Project 365: January 4

My biggest surprise for the day: I actually own some titles from the Pop Culture and Philosophy series. This quote is from an essay by Mark White for the X-Men and Philosophy volume. It’s actually a very interesting read, and I never fully realized how complicated some comic book characters were until I followed this series. Some titles from the series include Iron Man and Philosophy (“Facing the Stark Reality!”) and Watchmen and Philosophy. 😀

Project 365: January 3

Quote taken from John Eldredge’s Walking with God

Project 365: January 2

P.S.

I have realized that using quotes from page 365 would not work for most of the books that I actually like, so I have tweaked my preferences a little bit while still retaining the 365 element to the page system. So now I look for quotes from the following pages: 36, 41 (36+5), 65, 68 (65+3), and lastly, 365. I found that it was a better scheme since I would have more quotes to choose from.

This quote in particular stood out for me for two reasons: 1) I have recently watched The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers again, on HBO and on Blu-Ray (that’s about 8 hours of my life right there), and 2) I just adore Treebeard and I was secretly wishing that I could use this particular quote (or is it line? or scene?). Already excited for Day 3! 😀

Just another 365 days thing

It’s already a new year on my side of the planet and the undeniable urgency of certain things suddenly dawned on me the moment I woke up today (read as: thesis). As my mind was scrambling for a semblance of organization and my hands were mindlessly typing some words on chat boxes, I saw a post by my friend Samantha. No, it’s not a personal diatribe but a site showcasing the projects some people vowed to do for every day of the year, hence the title “Make Something 365 & Get Unstuck.”

Most people feel stuck all the time– with their work, relationships, and the slew of decisions that they have made. As the year ends, while we look back on the good memories that the year has brought, we also can’t help but ponder on our regrets. But the new year brings with it the promise that, indeed, we can get unstuck from the quagmire we have been in. We can start over. (But, no. That does not mean that I am going to start my thesis all over again, okay? What needs to be overhauled is a sense of responsibility.)

The 365 days project could be as simple as taking a photo of cute babies everyday or as complicated as making owl figurines out of, let’s say, broken uncooked pasta. It could be anything, as long as it encourages you to be creative. I really want to do something simple, yet still thoroughly stimulating. If anything, the two things I feel rather proud to be doing on my spare time are reading books and tinkering with Photoshop. (The other things  I do but am not proud of includes sleeping, eating a lot of salty chips, and watching way too much Spongebob Squarepants.)

So, I have decided to do “365 Quotes from page 365.” (And, yes. Some of my books are that thick.) I have already started with a quote from the Holy Bible. It’s on page 365 of my Bible, the one that I am personally using right now. Not only is it a great quote to start this project, but it also serves as a great promise for us this coming year. May you have a great and prosperous new year, my friend! 🙂

Meet me at the Sagittarius

I have officially started my internship at CBN Asia, Inc. And the office happens to be in the Sagittarius building in Makati. I really felt like a working girl, walking down the street with the so-called corporate herd. But who am I kidding? I look nothing like them– in my plaid shirt, denim jeans, and espadrilles, I look like an activist looking for a building to picket against.

It’s been a long time coming since I applied there last year, but I wasn’t really able to start due to some intervening factors. Read as dengue fever, delayed endorsement letter and thesis proposal.  I have been assigned where I have been previously assigned, in the Special Projects. Supposedly, I will be a part of the team handling the administrative and creative aspects of Super Book Reimagined. 80’s and 90’s kids should know what this is– if not, at least you should have heard of it and The Flying House. I am really excited for this project, and I am really looking forward to glorifying God through my service and the success of this children’s television program. 🙂

Sunday couch jumping

It’s Sunday, and I’m officially free to go home. But instead, I found myself sleeping on three different couches, one of them possibly previously owned by Ms. Regine Velasquez. Possibly. And it just made me realize how I am not really home most of the time, and how inconsiderate I am as a daughter. The thing is, I really have no right to complain every time my mom asks me to go home already. Because, even if I don’t, nothing really happens to me– no allowance withheld, no clothes thrown out of the balcony, no burned books on the lawn. It just makes her sad that I am not beside her when she goes to sleep. She keeps telling me that she gets these nightmares every time I don’t sleep beside her, but that could just as might well be a ploy to make me go home and be the hero. As much as I would like to comfort her, I don’t feel compelled to go home right now.

I feel right at home where I am now, so why bother? I hope you’re safe and comfy at home, my friend. 🙂

It’s an office couch weekend

It’s a press work weekend and I had to sleep at various places in the office– on mattresses on the floor, on a double deck bed, in the bathroom, or wherever it is I happen to fall asleep in. And yes, I had to sleep in the office couch, which looks oddly enough like a casting couch. For those in the know, I don’t have to explain anymore what that is.

I haven’t finished my draft yet, and it really looks like I’m attempting to write the biography of a certain sociology professor with the length I’m at now. I guess I’d just have to kill my babies on my second draft. But before that, I really want to take a bath.

How’s your weekend coming along, my friend? 🙂

Great Balls of Mud

He answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.”

John 9:25

My daily devotions took me to this verse and it compelled me to read the full story of how Jesus healed the man born blind using… great balls of mud put on his eyes, that the blind man also had to wash away in the Pool of Siloam.

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