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In the mood for music

This is a Modernist blog. I write out of unabashed self-centeredness, narcissism, and the need to analyze my own psychotic problems. I take no responsibility to write about socially/morally relevant issues; I write about my own personal life. Blame The Pepo Fever for this new take on blogging.

Thus, I now feel justified to write about whatever I want in this poor self-mutilated webpage. That's right; don't complain if the entries bore you, piss you off, or make you puke. This is MY blog. Autonomy of art, beybeh!

Since it's almost 5 in the morning and I am (again) suffering from a bout of insomnia, I wanna do an interesting tag I found in Tammy-chan's blog.

Anyway, HERE IT IS:

1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question
even if it doesn't make sense.
NO CHEATING!
4. Tag 10 people to play this game too.

How are you feeling today?- Ulan by Cueshe. Of all the songs to show up first, it just HAD to be this one. Argh. Needless to say, I'm feeling pretty optimistic today, thank you very much.

Will you get far in life?- Come as You Are by Nirvana. So I'm supposed to be myself to get far in life...??????

How do your friends see you?- Beer by Itchyworms. Okayyyyy...I'm really not taking this test seriously anymore.

Will you get married?- The World is A Vampire by Smashing Pumpkins. Alrighty then, I guess that goes without saying that I'll join the grisly ranks of the Undead, and thus lose my ability to, uh, procreate. :D

What is your best friend's theme song?- Alert the Armory by Urbandub. Yikes, I don't even know anyone to whom I can relate that with.

What is the story of your life?- Comfortably Numb by Smashing Pumpkins. Finally, a song that got it right!

What is high school like?- Wild Horses by The Rolling Stones. ALLLRRIIIGGGHHHTT! I knew High School in St. Paul was a whole lot of fun, but this is the first time I'd describe my admittedly crazy batchmates as animals.

How can you get ahead in life?- Fruitcake by Eraserheads. My brain is melting now. Can a conspiracy theorist out there help me find an intersection between these definitely parallel functions?!

What is the best thing about your friends?- Echo by Incubus. A vague title, but I can say my close friends echo some of my neurotic perceptions in life.

What is today going to be like?- Just That Good by The Calling. Okay; so not bad, but not excellent either. Just good old mediocre good. Geeeeee, thanks.

What is in store for this weekend?- Don't Stop Me Now by Queen. Hehe, tell that to my parents!

What song describes you?- Battle Theme by John Williams (part of the Star Wars Soundtrack; instrumental background music). DOESN'T MY iTUNES KNOW ME?! I AM A PACIFIST, ALRIGHT!

To describe your grandparents?- Our Lives by The Calling. Ohhhh yeah, they're definitely pushing into our lives, more than necessary.

How is your life going?- Soul by Matchbox Twenty. And no, I am NOT concerned for my soul in the slightest. I am thoroughly, unabashedly materialistic.

What song will they play at your funeral?- Angie by The Rolling Stones. Is this REALLY my iTunes player?! I'd be deeply offended if somebody played a song on my funeral that wasn't about me. Dammit; Angie should get her own funeral!.

How does the world see you?- Mr. Self Destruct by Nine Inch Nails. For the last tiiiiiime, I am NOT morbid NOR suicidal!!!!

Will you have a happy life?- The Game of Love by Carlos Santana. Hrmmmm....

What do your friends really think of you?- Biglaan by 6cyclemind. So I'm supposed to be spontaneous......? I highly doubt that.

Do people secretly lust after you?- Exodus by Evanescence. So I guess it's far from that; they'd actually go so far as to part the friggin' Red Sea just to get away from me! Niiiiiice.

How can I make myself happy?- Thirty-Three by Smashing Pumpkins. Maybe 33 is my lucky number??? (clutching at straws here)

What should you do with your life?- Enter by Within Temptation. Wow, that's profound.

Will you ever have children?- Wet Sand by Red Hot Chili Peppers. I won't even try to understand what this means.

Based on the results gathered from this simple activity, I can only conclude that:
1) My iTunes have been mysteriously taken over by alien life forms;
2) My iTunes wishes me to have a morbid life filled with suicidal fantasies, and;
3) This meme is completely pointless and time-wasting.

Bite me for my lack of creativity and coherence. AUTONOMY OF ART. :D

posted by steph @ 4:46 AM 0 comments

Summer has never passed by this fast

Okay Mia, an update for you. Matagal ka na yatang naghihintay. :D

Gone are the days when summer vacation meant blissfully whiling away hours in front of a computer/tv in an airconditioned room, eating junk food loaded with cancer-inducing preservatives all day, and basically transforming into a couch potato with atrophied muscles and neurons. The beautiful weeks wherein all the (academic) worries would be lifted clean off your shoulders, and all you'd have to worry about is how to prevent boredom by doing things you actually like to do.

Oh those carefree days...!

(nostalgia trip)

Taking summer classes in Ateneo is another reminder of our transition from the worry-free world of kids and into the frightening, responsibility-ridden world of adulthood where "vacations" are few and far in between. Summer classes eating into your precious and long-awaited fun time, loading your figurative shoulders with workload intended to be spread out throughout a full-length sem and thus made more intense. What was originally a time for rest and relaxation is now a hell of heat, calculus, and extremely loooooong filipino reading materials (yes, my three worst enemies).

Oh joy!

But I guess the advantage of this setup is the continuous workout it provides your brain. Because we're forced to study everyday due to the teacher's crammed-in lesson plans, my brain will never have the chance to blissfully erase from my consciousness everything related to dreary academics. The mental faculties won't atrophy and rot due to overexposure to tv (although I still watch Simpsons and Justice League though!). Also, I won't spend as much as I used to, since I wouldn't have time to go shopping.

Most important, however, is the fact that summer classes distract me from boredom. Because we always have something to do, time passes by twice as fact. In fact, sometimes I forget that it's summer and I think that I'm in the middle of a sem. The connotation of "summer" as work- and problem-free is simply gone from my head. Now, summer is nothing more than a season.

It seems only a short time ago that we went in our customary family vacation in Ilocos. There, we lived out the real spirit of summer vacation just like you see it on tv: white powdery beaches, blue glittering seas, cold drinks, parties... But that time was short-lived. For me, "summer" ended on the first day of class.

That's why I couldn't help laughing as I saw the "back-to-school" ads that are usually posted around Megamall at this time. I thought, "lucky bastar...i mean, kids, I already AM in school!".

posted by steph @ 6:02 PM 0 comments