August 2011
3 posts
2 tags
4 tags
5 tags
April 2011
5 posts
“Look, dad. This is how I see it: Glee is like that friend that most of the time...”
– Me trying to explain to my dad how Community is better than Glee (via blehblehblehtroll)
1 tag
Well, this clears up 23 years of confusion.
mokidoki:
AT PAR: at the original price; neither at a discount nor at a premium; - used especially of financial instruments, such as bonds.
ON PAR: equal to someone or something.
All this cos we wanted to say that the Japan nuclear crisis is ON PAR with Chernobyl’s.
Sabi na you learn something new everyday. Thanks, Mox!
1 tag
Mosquito Press: GLAIZA Recruitment Agency: 'We... →
mosquitopress:
ADVERTORIAL — GLAIZA Recruitment Agency is your sure-bet for employment opportunities abroad. Anybody may apply! No educational attainment or previous work experience required!
Applicants must be skilled in field of putting physical objects into anus or vagina (if applicable). Challenges of…
2 tags
2 tags
March 2011
3 posts
3 tags
abashet: Those who voted No to the Articles of... →
gangbadoy:
Those who voted No to the Articles of Impeachment vs. Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez.
1. Albano, Rodolfo B. 2. Alcover, Pastor Jr. M. 3. Andaya, Rolando Jr. G. 4. Antonino, Rodolfo W. 5. Aquino, Jose II S. 6. Arroyo, Diosdado Macapagal 7. Arroyo, Iggy T. 8. Bagasina, Catalina C….
3 tags
3 tags
February 2011
1 post
5 tags
January 2011
12 posts
4 tags
3 tags
To do list for 2011
1. Learn how to ride a bike. Yes, I am 24 years old and I do not know how to ride a bike. I don’t exactly know how I’ll go about this goal since we don’t own a bike but when there’s a will, there’s a way!
2. Buy that 1++ or more terabyte hard drive. I need this to free up space in my laptop, Pollux, so he can perform better.
3. Get that passport! Ugh, everyone should have a passport. Plus, it...
2 tags
My 2011 To Do List →
2 tags
2 tags
4 tags
December 2010
4 posts
1 tag
5 tags
4 tags
November 2010
21 posts
4 tags
Favorite Movie Ever (?)
I’m pursuing graduate studies in Media Studies and I feel like I’m supposed to cultivate this high-brow, artsy taste in films but I think that my favorite movie ever is…drumroll… Con Air.
Yeah, I know, I know. Seriously, Con Air? But - but — it’s pure entertainment! The whole plot is so ridiculous, it’s good. I love the cast: Nicolas Cage, John...
1 tag
5 tags
New post on The Anne Shirley Project: Marilla's...
Who would you want more as a parent — Matthew or Marilla? Or both?
Excerpt:
We know that the Cuthbert siblings, Matthew and Marilla, wanted to adopt a boy to help with the farm and they got Anne Shirley instead. It was Matthew who was first taken with Anne, telling Marilla that they ought to keep her. Matthew’s connection with Anne was sparked by some instinctive desire to keep this...
3 tags
Hairy stories
Yesterday, I gave myself a DIY side-swept “bang.” I don’t know what came over me — I clearly wasn’t thinking because if I were, I would have been scared about ruining the long, growing hair I was finally embracing.
I just wanted to feel different. And a haircut usually gives me that feeling. It turned out okay, I think. The difference is really not noticeable. But I...
WatchTranscription (not 100% accurate)
Myth of Growing Up (By RE de Leon)
Act 1: I am a young boy. I don’t have a father. I have never been fathered. I don’t know how to be a man.
End of Act 1
Beginning of Act 2: I am forced into circumstances that are beyond my control. What will I do? What will I do? I have to grow up.
End of Act 2
Act 3: I am a man now. For the first time in my...
5 tags
Gillian Jacobs and Danny Pudi interviews at the AV...
Excerpt. Read whole interview here.
The A.V. Club: This is your first weekly TV show. What’s been the biggest change for you in that respect?
Gillian Jacobs: I definitely feel like I’ve learned a lot about comedy working on this show. I’d never really done comedy before Community, so getting to work day in and day out with all these great people, directors, writers, and actors, I feel like...
5 tags
Never Forget
From Philippine Daily Inquirer
Arroyo ‘aided’ Ampatuans—HRW
MANILA, Philippines—Militia forces were greatly strengthened under the watch of then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo through the sale of military weapons to local officials and other forms of support, with the Maguindanao massacre as prime example of the government’s inability to investigate the resulting atrocities.
This was the...
7 tags
New post: Anne Shirley and orphans in fiction
*Note: I started writing this post as an attempt to capture my observation of the role of orphans in stories, I didn’t mean it to be this serious. Apologies for the sort of “academic” tone.
There have been numerous orphan protagonists in various works of literature. Besides Anne Shirley, we have Cinderella, Jane Eyre, Oliver Twist, Harry Potter, the Baudelaire siblings,...
3 tags
2 tags
5 tags
2 tags
3 tags
3 tags
1 tag
Someone on Fomspring asked me whether I was a... →
2 tags
3 tags
3 tags
4 tags
5 tags
Night of the Living Wonks: Toward an international...
Sharing this awesome read on Zombies + International Relations. Pop culture and academic analysis for the win!
Here’s an excerpt: (Read full article here)
There are many sources of fear in world politics — terrorist attacks, natural disasters, climate change, financial panic, nuclear proliferation, ethnic conflict, and so forth. Surveying the cultural zeitgeist, however, it is...
October 2010
3 posts
2 tags
More on the new Gap logo →