7 posts tagged “evergreensd”
Planning to move back to WordPress... and I've decided to take only the posts with the most personal value to me. This means just the most well-thought out posts and the ones that mark an important point in time in my life will make the cut.
While my primary motivation for dumping Vox is really just because it doesn't want to play nice with the idea of open commenting, I also want a large degree of control over the blog's design. As much as I love Vox's media utilities and quite possibly unlimited storage provisions, I don't like being tied down and settling for "it works just fine the way it is". No. If I can't make it work the way I want to, it doesn't "work just fine".
I'm getting tired.
This blog has been a personal chronicle to what can pretty much be summed up as "my trying to decide who I really am, who I really want to be (hey, sounds like a 30STM song!) and what I really want out of my life" (five jobs, dives into depression, a couple of personal epiphanies, etc). I have found it. Though it goes beyond words, I have affirmed it to a degree worthy of the label of certainty, methinks.
This blog has also been a witness to me during my weak moments, when I could not restrain myself. This blog has recorded the deaths of friends and loved ones who left too soon (just this Tuesday, Eddie Wong, father of my childhood friend Jared, died of a stroke at the age of 53; sometimes I wonder if it's even worth posting at all, for all the bad vibes it stirs up inside). This blog also contains a lot of crap (all blogs do, of course). I want to consciously create things that are of good quality, regardless of medium, and I figure that which I record and organize my thoughts and experiences upon would be a good start.
This blog began with the end of something I loved doing, and it will ironically, albeit fittingly end with the resurrection of that very same thing.
Time to finally start a journey with one true destination in mind, so to speak.
Funny, whenever I start a new phase in my life I also tend to switch blogging services. Hmmm.
My best ideas come to me when I'm out, about, alone, and with a cup of coffee in my hand. Most of the time, though, I'm caught unprepared, as I prefer to travel light without anything that can encumber my movements. So...
The Good:
Today, I was able to write a really good storyarc script, wholly enabled by imbibing possibly immoral amounts of Arabian coffee.
The Bad:
Now I can't sleep becuase I drank possibly immoral amounts of Arabian coffee.
The Stupid:
I also ate half of an 18" pizza; now I feel like I have rocks in my stomach in addition to my being wired.
So far I'm enjoying my first stress-free week in a very, very long time. I've promised myself that I won't ruminate on anything other than things I can do to enjoy myself; I'll save that stuff for next week.
I want to:
- Get back into art (forcibly, if necessary)
- Watch bad B-movies (like Eight Legged Freaks! So bad, it's good)
- Declutter my room
- Finish all the errands mom wants me to do (some dating back to April of this year... bad Andre! Bad!)
- Sleep all day EVERYDAY! Whoooooo
Oh well... all up for consideration next week. This week I paaaar-taaaay!
Man, things have been crazy the last four days.
I've been revisiting my old artwork, trying my hand at writing short stories, sleeping close to seventeen hours in one day, drinking different kinds of tea (Green, Oolong, Chamomile), trying (and failing) to finish leftover coffee beans that have stayed in rotation for a little bit too long. I mean, after the novelty wears off, who really wants to drink pepper-flavored coffee on the regular? Seriously.
I also tried to clean my 4-year old keyboard... which was interesting, to say the least. Okay, it was disgusting. Vacuum, Wipeout, Soap and Water. Good riddance, E. Coli.
I was supposed to attend a coffee seminar at Starbucks Waltermart this morning, but I overslept due to a short story that I had to just bang out 'cos it wouldn't let me sleep. It's about a guy who wakes up in an empty room to find that everyone in his city has turned into a zombie (original, I know). But it's the delivery and the context that matter. Plus, I still don't know if I really want zombies or giant, pink, gene-spliced mutant bunny-roaches with lightsaber carrots. I also plan to insert some socio-political commentary somewhere in there about socialized healthcare. It'll be a hit with the kids, I tell ya.
I managed to roll off my bed and give myself a concussion by falling off the floor, so I'd have no choice but to stay awake or die. Then, I headed off to Origin Cafe to do an interview with Ms. Gina Sy, the proprietress. I expected to do a 15-minute interview, but it was so much fun we ended up talking for 90 minutes. After that, I stole a cappuccino and headed off to Glorietta.
Tumaas nanaman ang pamasahe? Kamote. Kamote kayong lahat. Tse. 11 pesos na sa bus, 8 na sa jeep.
Headed over to Starbucks Makeroom to my homies in the coffee industry (what up Jay, K-rissy, Chai; keep pullin' those shots right and we be down) to pick up my stash (a fudge brownie, decaf drip, and a replacement beaker).
Went home, unloaded my digicam and the digital audio recorder. Gonna be workin' on those tomorrow. The interview should be up on coffeerev within the next two weeks; still have to transcribe and edit it, make it available as a podcast, and then there's the new Africa Kitamu coffee beans that I have to review.
I've also come to a realization that not all country music (or similar-sounding genres) has the tendency to inflict temporary retardation and/or loss of cognitive and motor functions. Lately, I've been listening to some Carey Ott, Assembly of Dust, and Neko Case... they blend in well with some of the lighter pop/jazz/bossa songs I've got on one playlist (like Better Than Ezra, Coldplay, Jamie Cullum and Miho Hatori).
I'm also now really seriously thinking of a reload.
The next few days will be fun. Now if I can just get some sleep and not die due to lack thereof.
I'm giving serious thought to going back to school.