CATHastrophic Mediocrity

This night, I was lazing out when I had a chat with Sir Ken (Moushigo) through Skype, a person I knew way back my Jairosolution days. Well, we kept chit-chatting until he forwarded me a link. I love the lyrics, the song itself by Nine Inch Nails. He tells me that it helps him ease out before he gets burned out. Here goes.

Everyday is Exactly the Same

I believe I can see the future
Cause I repeat the same routine
I think I used to have a purpose
But then again
That might have been a dream
I think I used to have a voice
Now I never make a sound
I just do what I’ve been told
I really don’t want them to come around

Oh, no

I’ve always been an Angelina Jolie fan, and guess what? An upcoming film is heading our way this July 2010. Angie portrays the character as an agent accused as a Russian spy. You might just as well take a look o this trailer for yourself.

I woke up with a very light feeling. I slept around two this morning and woke up at six. The dogs next door just kept on howling. But I slowly drifted to sleep while reading a good book. A good book had always been indispensable for me. It’s Coelho’s.

Anyway, today is another better day. Have lots to finish, and I’m looking forward to accomplishing my tasks before 5:30pm comes. Hehe. There are important things I have to do tonight. 

Ja ne.

As usual, I’m in my writing and surfing mood this night. My hubby just snored his way out of our conversation over Skype, so I might just as well share to you a thing I’ve read while surfing the Net. Link here. I’m gonna keep this short and simple to save you your time. Here goes.

I’ve been with my guy for more than a year already. And he was the longest one I’ve been into since I first learned dating and stuff. I don’t really know what made us stick, but this article did gave me an idea why. I am just so grateful that neither of us had gone overboard with our imperfections. Some of you may relate to this.

A couple may break up because of the following habits:

1. Having an affair with his ‘potential’ - We girls and guys are so dreamy in finding our perfect match. We all get into a relationship because we love the person as he is. The scheme of having a Personality Makeover to make him/her match your ideal dream partner will only lower his/her self-esteem, simply because you’re telling him/her that they’re not good for you.
2. Major mood swings - Being a girl is an acceptable alibi when one has a mood swing. (Count my hubby in. He frequently has one.) But why don’t you try to stop and think things over? It may have a very big effect when one or both of you take out stress on your relationship when it really doesn’t have anything to do with it.
3. Gossip - It’s pretty normal to share with friends what you’ve gone through with your guy/girl. But having the first intuition of texting your barkada or calling your mommy to share your problem without even consulting your partner is explicitly a big No No. He/She may even feel he/she had been judged by someone else. Your problem is private thing to keep. As much as possible, work it out together. And please, forget the word ‘blame’.
4. Melodrama - We girls are so melodramatic. Admit it. Unfortunately, the guys, inately, are lazy trying to keep up with it. It’s really tiring to work hard pleasing and calming someone down.
5. Mom-ing him - Your guy is not a kid anymore. That means he doesn’t need someone who’ll hover above his head, tryin’ to tell him what to do and how to do it. You’ll give them an idea that you’re being a control-freak over him. 
6. Too much together time - Men, they say, are attracted to secure and independent women. Being too clingy with your guy gives him an idea that you can’t survive without his constant pampering. Men need more space than we do. And there are things he would want to do alone wihout you in the scene. In this way, you will also have time for your self, not only letting him miss you but also be the independent woman you were when you first met.
7. Jealousy - A little bit of jealousy is alright in a relationship, but getting overboard is like putting a red flag over your head for another war. That means checking on him every now and then, questioning his whereabouts and etcetera. Not only are you telling him that he can’t be trusted, but you’re also making him believe he is being controlled and manipulated.
8. Getting too comfortable - After spending a long time with your guy may make you very comfortable with him. Although the idea that he accepts you for whoever you are is a good thing, we should always remember that a good romance will always do the magic of keeping love alive. Every man would want to feel important and one way is putting up an effort to please or impress him. Not only are you feeding his ego but you’re also boosting your own confidence that the relationship will go a long way.

Trend and technology had taken a complete twirl of our lives - and even affect the most basic of us. As I was reading news on the Net lately, I came across the following interesting technology news item. For more tech-savvy updates, click here.

‘UNFRIEND’ - New Oxford American Word of the Year

On November 16, the New Oxford American Dictionary had named ‘unfriend’ as its new Word of the Year. It’s meaning is how you’ll expect it to be - "To remove someone as a ‘friend’ on a social networking site such as Facebook". With the evident influence of technology,  even the dictionary makers are very much into creating buzz in social mediaby using tech-savvy terms. Other words considered were hashtag, sexting, freemium, paywall,netbook and et cetera. 

Christen Lindberg, a senior lexicographer for Oxford US Dictionary Program, says the term ‘unfriend‘ is easily adoptable as a modern verb form since in social networking, it’s meaning is easily understood. This makes the word interesting enough to be chosen as the 2009 Word of the Year.

Twitter, and Facebook had also received such treatment in Collins English Dictionary. Meriam Webster’s Dictionary had also topped the word ‘Blog’ way back 2004. 

Facebook Status frees Robbery Suspect

Charges to a 19-year old robbery suspect in New York was dismissed. He was arrested for 12 days after being suspected responsible of the October 17 robbery of two people in Brooklyn. 

He insisted he was not in Brooklyn at the time of the crime and then claimed he was in his father’s house in Manhattan. He used as an evidence the Facebook status update he posted using a computer in his father’s building. 

He was then dismissed of the charges.

I had this from a Facebook friend. Girls, check this out. Maybe you would want to think this over. Guys, I just picked this out somewhere so don’t fret. <laughs**>

1.If you ask a question you don’t want an answer to, expect an answer you don’t want to hear.

3.Birthdays, Valentines and anniversaries are not quests to see if we can find the perfect present once again.

4.Sometimes we’re not thinking about you. Live with it.

5.If you think you’re fat, you may be. Don’t ask us. (besides, we’re not suicidal enough to answer anything other than "no" anyway)

6.Sunday Sports. It’s like the full moon or the changing of the tides. It can’t be altered so just let be.

7.Don’t ask us what we’re thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as sex, shortstops and carburetors.

8.Shopping is not a sport

9.Anything you wear is fine. Really

10.You have enough clothes

11.You have too many shoes

12.Ask for what you want. Subtle hints don’t work.

13.No, we don’t know what day it is. We never will. Mark anniversaries on a calendar.

14.Yes, peeing standing up is more difficult than peeing from point blank range. We’re bound to miss sometime.

15.Most guys own two or three pairs of shoes — what makes you think we’d be any good at choosing which pair, out of thirty, would look good with your dress?

16.Crying is blackmail. Use it if you must, but don’t expect us to like it.

17."Yes" and "No" are perfectly acceptable answers.

18.A headache that last for 17 days is a problem. See a doctor.

19.Your mom doesn’t have to be our best friend.

20.The man is ALWAYS in charge of poking the campfire with a stick and/or tending the grill.

21.Those male models with perfect bodies are all gay. Accept it.

22.Don’t fake it. We’d rather be ineffective than deceived.

23.Let us ogle. If we don’t look at other women, how can we know how pretty you are.

24.You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done, not both.

25.Christopher Columbus didn’t need directions, neither do we.

26.You know, YOU can ask HIM out too… Let’s spread the rejection around a little.

27.Men are from earth; women are from earth. Deal with it.

28.Anything we said 6 or 8 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. All comments become null and void after 7 days.

29.If something we said can be interpreted two ways, and one of the ways makes you sad and angry, we meant the other one.

30.We’re not telepathic. We can’t read your mind, so don’t blame us for not knowing something you expected us to know without telling us. Conversely, you aren’t telepathic either, so don’t get mad about what you think we’re thinking, because your guess is probably wrong.

Lovin’ more and more..