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Saturday, October 27, 2007

A matter of facts (details, details, details)

Rough week for me again. No, I'm not sick this time. It's just that I accumulated academic chores over the week and I had to finish them, so I didn't have the time to keep up with you guys/gals. So, I'm doing very well with the course. The exercises are a bit difficult, but's that the point of it.... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

A bit on Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy

I started reading it a few days ago, I haven't read it before, but strangely enough, I can get all of its references since it's also about Greek mythology and all that defines us as the Western culture. Personally, it isn't that difficult to read. I say it reads as fluent as the Odyssey, but not as... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Am I Invisible!Girl or what?!

Something interesting happened to me this week. It was one of those days where...well no one seems to notice me! I greet my peers at college and they don't say 'hi' in return. People almost run over me when walking as if they don't really see me. The cashier over at Wendy's has to get closer to me... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, October 19, 2007

Back & Better

Hey folks. You can't even begin to imagine how much I missed this place. It has this sense of routine to me, this notion of stability, and to have lost that even for a relatively short period of time was...weird. I had a nasty stomachache (colitis, that's what the doctor diagnosed me) and now I'm on... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Tired

I don't know what's wrong with me today. My mind can't exactly process thoughts anymore. Over the course of this week, I had so many assignments it's funny. Now I feel as if a truck has run all over me. At least I'm doing the thing I want. Also I feel a bit 'stuck', like I want to do many things but... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, October 7, 2007

Representing a dream...

as the dreamer himself is dreaming it. That's my first assignment for this creative writing course I've just started on friday. The meaning of this is to get the writer to think narratively. That's a great start, isn't it? So, this was my idea:.The use of broken syntaxis..Incoherent thoughts..The... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, October 4, 2007

The metalanguage of emoticons

Many experts and intellectuals I know often deny or lessen the power of language on the Internet. Most of them think that Internet has in fact contributed to the decadence in the use of language in general. But I would think that despite this, language is slowly evolving into alternative forms, that... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, October 1, 2007

Of nothingness and purpose

After starting classes today, I feel kinda energetic and relieved at the same time. For being my first day in my Journalism major course, it was great. My expectations weren't that high because of my previous experiences with my teachers and peers which ended up in being something really dreadful,... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, September 28, 2007

A day of delayed errands

Have you ever felt like you try to get some duties done and the entire universe seems to conspire against you? Well, today was one of those days for me. I have problems with my LAN connection since this morning and all my local ISP provider does is give me a report number, then I have to wait 24/48... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

It's all matter of vision, then?

It's hard to define whether a director/writer/producer has that thing called 'vision'. The concept is as abstract and subjective as it is. I think that having a vision is mostly related to having a goal, a pre-visualized dream associated with some sort of real fact prediction of what's coming in the... Sign in to see full entry.

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