Priority Check oder Pep Talk (rah)

I'm not giving up when I'm thisclose to making it.

In the face of adversity, I get nauseous. I want to fall asleep or crawl into bed and wait for the storm to pass. I have many reasons to accept failure and half-assedness as of late, but today, I will remind myself of …

1. I still know what I want.

2. Hearing Father David and Ma'am Rosana lecture is like getting my daily bread. I'm so thankful for them. I mean honestly, it's a rare day when you hear people telling you to "love your enemies" (Jesus c/o Ma'am Rosana) -- who does that …

sha-la-la-la-la-la

Announcement:

Mong-Ryong has a girlfriend! :D (and it's not Chun'hyang :P)

I believe in all that has never yet been spoken.
I want to free what waits within me
so that what no one has dared to wish for
may for once spring clear
without my contriving.

If this is arrogant, God, forgive me,
but this is what I need to say:
May what I do flow from me like …

:)

Yesterday my macbook turned belly-up and question-mark on me (as if to ask, "What on earth am I here for?"). I'm in the middle of thesis sem _and_ Fr. David's notorious 40-page midterm paper. It's not a good time.
I will most especially miss all those academic journal …

We are such geeks

Dear MAG 1.0,

If you google "despair of representation" (quotation marks included), what you are likely to get is a list of us using the phrase in various areas of the blogosphere. I wanted to know where this quote came from and googled it; who do I cite for this …

alright spit it out.

Dear Ateneo.

Who took David Morley? I can't find him!

I really liked the film NaPoLa -- it helped me to remember what would be criminal to forget. So. Can anyone recommend books that speak of a similar experience? Na

Just so you know--

My weird mind wanders and my brave heart breaks.
I've nailed some milestones, but I've made mistakes,
Cuz I got more faults than a map of California earthquakes.

I am taking a nap beneath your covers.
Wake me if you like me.
Wake me if you want me
Wake me if …

what's your theory?

If you're a comm major in the middle of thesis, comment with your theory/theorist/premise and I might be able to find you a book (ebook) that's not in the library. No guarantees, but I've already been able to hook Cands up with cultural theories focusing on sports. I've …

best dream yet

An aurora borealis -- vivid, emerald sine waves -- constituted my midnight rainbow. We were sprawled on the beach at the waves' edge but our eyes were kept upwards. The stars were so close and bright and plentiful. And on the other end of the sky, all the other planets …

I don't have a crush on him, okay.

Dr. Lejano replied to my email (yay). A refresher course: Dr. Lejano took over for one of our Philo lectures with Father David. Father David knows such smart people! And Dr. Lejano is the complete antithesis of Father David in terms of niceness. He smiled a lot, and he …

This evening, by sheer coincidence, I heard the death knell of the freedom of thought.

Finishing up thesis proposal. I kinda want to stop working on it after we submit the thing tomorrow because it's just going to be an uphill battle from here -- not so much the review of related lit but the looking for yayas and willing families to interview/observe.

Oh wow, Dre.

In Theo class;
Ma'am Rosana: Who can give me an example of the Synoptic Gospels?
Me: Uh... the Dead Sea Scrolls?

Way to go, and to think classes practically just began. These things don't usually happen until I'm well into the middle of the semester.

yay Ateneo

I first heard of such a school called Ateneo when I learned my crush went there for college. I was a high school sophomore that time, and by association I simply fell in love with the university, its tree-lined streets, its Jesuit ideals. That was also when I became a …

The Art of Disappearing

When they say Don't I know you?
say no.

When they invite you to the party
remember what parties are like
before answering.
Someone telling you in a loud voice
they once wrote a poem.
Greasy sausage balls on a paper plate.
Then reply.

If they say We should get together
say why?

They say you're really a senior when you walk around campus feeling like, dude, you practically own the school.

It feels like that at first. It feels like the first three years have taught you to stand up confidently enough on your own two feet and then senior year pulls …

for lack of better things to say

1. You can really tell Mariah Carey's songs by the lyrics. Touch my body -- youtube, tropical breeze, skinny white tee, favorite jeans -- Mariah's got lyrical flair. No one can put those words together like Mariah can.

2. What About Brian's a good drama I think and I say …

on MAG

Remember when I said this'll be your last chance to take sir Jon, as seniors? It's actually not. My mistake and I take it back. He'll actually be around till the end of the schoolyear and, so, you can still take MAG. Which is looking to be a popular class. Juniors: …