Murtaugh list March 31, 2009
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Ted Mosby of How I Met Your Mother had a list of things he was too old to do. He called it a Murtaugh list. This was based on the character of Roger Murtaugh in Lethal Weapon play by Danny Glover.
Ted was in his 30s in the TV show and he said that he was too old to play laser tag, drink like there’s no tomorrow and have an all nighter among many things. It got me into thinking that I have my own Murtaugh list but just very few. Maybe in a few years I end up adding to this list.
1. I can’t have an all nighter. I either wake up sick the next day or I’d be utterly sluggish I’d just lay in bed the entire day.
2. I used to be able to thrive on 6 hours of sleep and even do papers with just a couple of hours of shut eye but now I have to get 8 hours of sleep. I can still sleep for less than 8 hours but productivity slumps unlike before.
3. I can’t eat the same amount of food as before and not feel sick. I can gorge on anything before and not feel the effects but recently I feel the effect of eating fatty foods and junk food.
4. I can’t watch TV all day or read all day. My eyes hurt and I get terrible headache.
That’s all I can think about. Despite being too old to do these things, I still do it. So I end up with a headache, an expanding waistline and dark circles aroung my eyes.
I think am not too old to play at Timezone, watch Disney Channel, walk barefoot around the house, or throw a tantrum. There are still a lot of things I can do that people younger than me are doing. However, the fact that I am writing about this and thinking about it shows I am older.
Earth Hour 2009 March 31, 2009
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We did turn off all the lights at home. We kept the TV and computers on though because we took the campaign as it is. Lights off only.
Countries all over the world participated in Earth Hour. Big Picture was able to capture the effect of turing off the lights especially for the famous cities of the world. Imagine Eiffel Tower without the lights or High Parliament in London. Awesome sight. I realized the Philippines was missing in the pictures. After being the country that had the most cities that turned off their lights, a picture of some city in the Philippines would have been great.
Emotions March 27, 2009
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Found two great ways of seeing how people express their emotions all over the world.
Twistori and wefeelfine.
I love wefeelfine because of how it is presented with the bubbles and shapes. Twistori is twitter on an emotional high.
wefeelfine has many ways of presenting the data. Cool.
Bar Review March 22, 2009
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Just saw the Bar Review Schedule for our batch. I am excited because everything’s in the afternoon. I also like the lecturers although I have been under the class of Sir Catindig and Ma’am Herbosa, it won’t hurt listening to them again.
I just hope I can make good use of the mornings and study. A bit apprehensive too that I may have less time for swimming. Ugh. Will negotiate to have it moved to another day. But I am excited. I know I will pass the bar because I have studied, will study and will pray, pray, pray. This is only a formality I will go through and enjoy. That is my mantra.
I will have to break the monotony of studying by maybe running or swimming or both. Also to get started with my goal of joining a triathlon real soon but not during the bar review.
I just realized that I need a penmanship coach especially after an exam where I had to rewrite an entire page because my handwriting was not legible. Eek.
Dilemma March 20, 2009
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I lost my driver’s license a few weeks ago, rather, it was confiscated by an overzealous expressway patrolman. I need my license for errands at home but I do not want to pay any grease money nor make an affidavit of loss just so I can get a new one from LTO main office. I may have to go to San Fernando, Pampanga to get it but that is one heck of an adventure.
I don’t know what to do. My principles tell me to do something about it the right way. I have to research how to get a license from Manila, legally, even though my license is in San Fernando. The other option is to go to San Fernando and get it from them, somehow. Hassle.
Calvin and Hobbes ending and the future March 12, 2009
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I really like Calvin and Hobbes. It never fails to crack me up because I find his adventures really interesting. Some part of me wishes I had that kind of childhood but mine was more fun. I did play like a real Power Ranger or a real movie star. Bata pa lang ilusyonado na.
So discovering Calvin and Hobbes during law school, yes that late, was really a sort of throwback to my childhood. I would read it to make me laugh and even if I have read the series in hand a number of times, it still never fails to utterly amuse me.
Sometime ago I came across the ending of the series. I know the Bill Watterson stopped making the comic strip but I did not know that he made an ending. When I saw it, my heart broke. My goodness me, they made him take pills and Hobbes just became a lifeless stuffed tiger.
Then I came across this compilation of the many versions of the future Calvins and Hobbeses. Awesome. Thanks to Jason Kottke, yet again. I love Calvin and Hobbes. The asshole who made the sad ending should be tortured and shot. Thanks to whoever made this addition to the sad ending.
Doing March 12, 2009
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This made me think about something. This is from a post by Mark Batterson. He said:
There is something powerful about doing what you know you should do even when you don’t feel like doing it. God can really meet you in those moments. It’s not like revival broke out or anything. But some of the greatest victories we win over the enemy are simply doing the right thing when we least feel like it.
It leaves a familiar feeling. I don’t like feeling it but it comes with my walk as a Christian.
Going online and politics March 5, 2009
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Been enjoying Twitter for quite sometime now. I get to follow people that are really interesting and a legitimate stalking way because they consent to it. In following random people and the links that they lead me to, I found that the office of the PM of the United Kingdom has a Twitter account. Follow I did. Interesting.
I remembered that the campaign of Pres. Obama used Twitter and Facebook to connect to the those active in those kinds of things. The Office of the PM of UK also has a Facebook page. Now that is a government online. I have yet to see the Twitter page of Pres. Obama.
It is great that these politicians are using technology to connect to the people they serve or they want to serve. The internet is such a powerful tool to communicate to people. With the upcoming 2010 elections, those who plan to run for national or even local positions should use these tools. One of them should start twittering. Or create a Facebook page. Create a Youtube Channel. These are all free, thus no campaign expenditure. I would like to see who among these candidates would do that. Or maybe some of them are already doing it and I do not know about it yet.
The government should also make an effort to use these things to connect to the people. It might improve the image of PGMA. They could use it to spread the good deeds that she has been doing, I’m sure her well paid people would come up with many things.
This is making me hungry March 3, 2009
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Can a good soul out there give this to me as a gift? Thanks to Dessert Comes First.
Hungry for dessert. I will probably give up on that sacrifice I said I would make. But I already did. Blueberry Cheesecake and Dulce de Leche Cake are in the fridge. Ugh.
One thing I hope I will never have March 3, 2009
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One psychological disorder that scares me more than anything is fugue. Since undergrad I was always terrified of this one more than anything. Imagine forgetting who you are but you still continue what routinary things you usually do, then you wake up and not remember anything that had happened. There is a gap in your memory. I always had this grim feeling that I could end up with this. For no reason at all but there are countless times when I am walking in an overpass when I would suddenly have to figure out if this is the right overpass and whether I am just there because that is my routine. I know that place and I always go down that overpass in order to get to school or to go home.
So my fear just increased when I read about a real case of fugue. She is a school teacher in New York. Really scary stuff. Thanks again to Jason Kottke for this.
