February 2011
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“At the same time we also feel na hindi lang dapat love story and kuwento namin....”
– “A Demand Letter…”, Para Kay B ni Ricky Lee
“…in the end, love is inevitably connected with ideology. What we do, even...”
– Charlie, Para Kay B ni Ricky Lee
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I don’t know what the standard operating procedure is for people who tell you you’ve offended them with passive aggressive typography, so I thought I’d do a passive non-aggressive typography back. Except in the middle of it I realized I was using Comic Sans and MS Paint to create my ~*artwork*~. That must’ve been the apologizing-with-typography equivalent of apologizing to...
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Jesse Eisenberg
Me: I love Jesse Eisenberg so much. I actually avoid reading bad reviews of his performances. It's gotten that bad.
Aren: Pareho kayo ni Ellie. Gusto din niya dun e.
Me: Feeling ko talaga magiging close kami. Is that weird?
Aren: No, feeling ko rin nga e! Imagine-in mo there's this one person who is a cross of everything you like and everything I like. Like, Pokemon--
Me: No, I mean feeling ko magiging close kami ni Jesse Eisenberg. Is that weird?
Aren: Uhh, yeah, in that case, that's very weird.
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“‘Pag nanonood ako ng movies na binibigyan nung lalaki yung babae ng...”
– My dad, the Casanova
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The English translation of Haruki Murakami's...
This whole situation deserves to be written on the title.
It brings me that much joy.
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Crap Lit teachers require you to write
I found this while searching for my Fil essay in my cluttered Documents folder. Earlier this sem, Ma’am Kit (my Lit prof) asked us to rewrite a legend/fairytale/myth to suit modern sensibilities. I decided to rewrite the STC classic (harhar) The Rape of Persephone, going for a “we’re all equal”/sexual freedom angle. And I made Hades a pitiful outcast. Because that’s...
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On 18th birthdays
Debuts confuse me.
I don’t take throwing an 18th birthday against anyone who wishes to do so, but just personally the whole concept of it just baffles me.
Being the object of scrutiny for 3 or more hours and having people exalt on my virtues and assure me how much they love me time and time again would make me feel awkward. I mean, it’s practically a drinking game. Drink a shot...
January 2011
27 posts
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