http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:standingalive&section=today deviantART RSS for by:standingalive en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:56:06 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/20314297/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/20314297/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:17:19 PDT
a) tell you how I know you and a thing or two about whatever you have in your gallery OR Tell you why I friended you.
b) associate you with something - fandom, a song, a colour, a photo, etc.,
c) tell you something I like about you,
d) tell you a memory I have of you,
e) ask something I've always wanted to know about you,
f) tell you my favorite pic of yours,
g) in return, you must post this in your journal.

]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/19471484/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/19471484/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:47:28 PDT
1. a pen
2. my inhaler (I have asthma)
3. my wallet
4. comb
5. cellphone

5 things found in my wallet.
1. at least ten pesos
2. school ID
3. LRT card
4. Season pass to HTG plays
5. receipt for my new SMS membership card

5 favourite things in my room
1.my easy chair
2. a stack of old letters
3. my novel collection
4. my plaster work from high school
5. my journals

5 things I always wanted to do.
1. go on a mission trip
2. graduate cum laude (still can, but have to keep my grades up)
3. go on a road trip to Illocos
4. backpack across Europe
5. shoot my own documentary

5 things I'm currently into
1. Christian/positive psychology
2. YFC-DLSU!
3. worship music
4. realist writing
5. baking

List out the top 5 presents you wish for
1. a gimmick with my close psych blockmates
2. a decent camera
3. a last summer to go on a trip before I am bound to the life of the working class/grad student
4. to gather my high school friends together again
5. an ultimate bonding experience with my YFC-DLSU friends

The person who tagged you is

Your 5 impressions of him/her
- freakishly tall
- gives the words OUT LOUD a new meaning
- is my good friend's shadow
- has a strong personality
- talks a LOT

]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/17536508/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/17536508/ Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:15:07 PDT 1 - Post these rules
2 - Each tagged person must post 8 things about themselves on their journal
3 - At the end, you have to choose and tag 8 friends/people and post their icons on the same journal
4 - Go to their pages and send a message saying you tagged them

1. I am not sure whether I am a writer who is studying psych or a psychologist-in-training who happens to write.
2. Next to psych and literature, my favorite topic of study is political science.
3. I used to belong to a block of rather interesting people, and I have a rather heterogenous college barkada.
4. I still read and write fanfic in my spare time.
5. I still am trying to improve my drawing technique.
6. I have two left feet. Just ask my blockmates.
7. I have a secret love for Broadway and theater
8. I am happy to still be part of YFC after all these years.


Who do I tag (don't know how to put icons): tumbleweedink, risuko, icoloredtherainbow, homeostatis, chizuri, blackpearleyes, dark-kisai, anti00gravity

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[link]


Feel free to leave a line or two in the guestbook

]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/13924434/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/13924434/ Sun, 29 Jul 2007 08:18:55 PDT
Believe it or not, I tried art once. I'd scan some better stuff, if I could.

1. I usually draw female characters.
2. My tools of trade for fanart in particular are colored pencils
3. My most illustrated fanart characters are (naturally) Eponine and Enjolras from "Les Miserables".
4. I tend to pay much attention to eyes in my drawings
5. All my drawings are deformed/slightly out of proportion
6. I tend to illustrate scenes from some of my fanfiction stories.
7. Of my original characters, the ones I draw most are Charlize and Cedric.
8. I usually draw all characters wearing the same thing in each picture.
9. I draw when there are no more words that I can use, or when I get lazy to write.
10. I can never draw old guys. I don't know why.

And I tag cuchulain-okami, homeostatis, tumbleweedink, dark-kisai, koneko-aiko, and eerie-silence

]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/13588587/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/13588587/ Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:10:39 PDT
crossposted to LJ

Is equality really such a difficult thing? In this society where rights are being bandied and flaunted, are we starting to impinge on individual rights for the sake of common sensibilities?

In the social contract, the liberty of one man ends where another one begins. Okay, so we have the liberties of our suffrage and candidacy, we have the liberties of our speech, we have the liberties of enterprise. Yet when they begin to be at the expense of others' rights and liberties, such as the liberty to livelihood, respect, freedom, security...can we still really justify the exercise of our liberties?

Rousseau once said that the minute a man says of the business of the state "what is it to me?", the state has failed. I think this is what has happened to our country. It's always 'my family', 'my business', 'my kababayan', 'my pork barrel', 'my lifestyle', 'my right to speak'...

We voters must remember that just as much as our leaders, we are part of the state. And our leaders must remember the duties of representation, not domination. ]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/13311439/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/13311439/ Tue, 12 Jun 2007 02:49:57 PDT
For all my interest in psychology, history, and events...there will always be one thing I will never understand:

Why is it that many young people like us have one common vice: inertia. What is so scary about being involved, about passion, about crusades and causes and caring that makes us want to be 'above' these? What is so appealing about a coolly thought out existence, and the vacuum of nihilism and skepticism?

I may be able to think critically, but I will always reserve one part of me for my beliefs and fundamental principles. For liberty, equality, fraternity, and hope. For education and the need to struggle for Utopia.

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Sometimes I vacillate from being a driven young lady to being an angsty kid. Right now, the older part of me wants to move on, to give things a chance again, to see things at face value again.

But that little part of me finds the emptiness where someone once was now too hard to bear. It's funny to find that I hate the one person I used to be a fool for. It's bittersweet to realize that I have poured a lot of my emotion and feeling into such a hopeless case.

Perhaps this is one reason why I wave the disinterested flag.

Now you know why I would prefer to chase Utopia than a boy who loves someone else.

]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/13160567/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/13160567/ Thu, 31 May 2007 06:55:40 PDT 1- I'll answer with something random about you.
2- I'll dare you to try something.
3- I'll say a color I associate with you.
4- I'll tell you something I like about you.
5- I'll tell you something I always remember about you / a first memory about you.
6- I'll tell you what animal you remind me of.
7- I'll ask you something I always wanted to ask you.
8- If I do this for you, you must put this in your journal.

]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/13107476/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/13107476/ Sat, 26 May 2007 23:58:56 PDT
I was contacted by some people from orgs who are trying to encourage me to join. I'm flattered, only that it's so different from what I normally do.

I love writing. I always will. But I want to discover if there's more to be than just being a writer. So I'm considering joining YFC all the same, but I'm not sure if I'll spring for the Lit circle or any of the student publicaitons. I was thinking of getting involved in SANTUGON or some sociopolitical org, or getting back into the debate team.

Am I that one-sided that I do not know where to go?

]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/13072661/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/13072661/ Thu, 24 May 2007 07:01:04 PDT
I plan on joining YFC and another org. I am not sure what org number two is going to be for me.

Any ideas?

]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/12962241/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/12962241/ Tue, 15 May 2007 06:54:29 PDT
Eeee.....so it begins!

]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/12918200/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/12918200/ Fri, 11 May 2007 03:31:37 PDT
I want to give you my point of view on this entire exercise of suffrage. In my opinion, some Filipinos do not understand the entire point of the elections. Are they voting for people or for platforms?

Why do I ask this question? Let us first review what a democracy is supposed to be, historically and Constitutionally. Our country is a representative democracy by structure. Since it is impossible for every Filipino to sit in on every session of Congress or legislative hearing, we citizens must elect representatives who will do this for us.

Now, these representatives are tasked to create and vote on laws that will be in the best interest of the people they represent, that is us citizens. Technically, these senators, congressmen, party-list reps, mayors, etc. are supposed to be the bridges between us their constituents and the rest of the government. They should not be serving only themselves or one party, but rather each citizen regardless of creed, economic situation, or political standing.

At least, that is what should be happening. The reality however speaks otherwise: many Filipino voters choose candidates based on popularity, movie-star status, political and familial affiliations, and heaven forbid, even LOOKS.

Honestly, are these qualities supposed to help our country? Are we trying to run a government or another season of Philippine Idol? We have to ask ourselves if we want to be represented in government, or if we are content to let the government be a side-show or telenovela. What is it that we want from our government? Every year, voters complain that the government isn't giving them the services it promised. It goes back again to the kinds of people we vote for: pang-showbiz and pang-government are totally different things after all

To the non-voters who will read this, please educate yourselves. Read up on government, and make sure you know how your city/district/or country should be working. And register for the presidential elections if you can.

To the voters who will be going out this Monday: disregard affiliations you have promised, forget the money, forget the looks and the faces of the candidates. See what they stand for. See if they stand for what you stand for. Make sure they know and are capable of addressing your community's needs.

The ballot is sacred, and secret, a safeguard and a channel for your beliefs and convictions, as an individual and as a community. Make sure it remains that, and is not bought even by forces that aren't monetary.

Here's to sensible voting and the true exercise of suffrage.

]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/12685472/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/12685472/ Sun, 22 Apr 2007 00:22:02 PDT
I have a feeling though that something is going to give me another kick in the pants (looks guiltily at the book beside her).

]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/12641319/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/12641319/ Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:53:33 PDT
33 people get shot in America, it gets coverage and a huge investigation

157 people are killed by a bomb in Baghdad. It disappears on the Yahoo! News.

I guess this means one thing: Paradise is relative for some people.

And it means another thing: It seems as if geography is still the indicator of the value of a life.

Shit. I wish it wasn't that way. A life is still a life, no? Whether it is at the hands of a crazed student or a young extremist, that doesn't matter. They still are friends, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, parents, comrades, citizens...they mean something to someone. Regardless of where or who they are.

Egalite, where is it??

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]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/12602147/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/12602147/ Sun, 15 Apr 2007 07:34:02 PDT
And I don't look, feel, or act like it. God help me.

]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/12225187/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/12225187/ Sat, 17 Mar 2007 21:26:02 PDT [link]

I dare you

]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/12076680/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/12076680/ Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:48:30 PST
I've already made up my mind as to where I'll be in a year. Thank God for a lifeline for my sanity.

DLSU here I come!

]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/11594717/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/11594717/ Sun, 28 Jan 2007 02:15:57 PST
Voters, let's do this!

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* They should have me watched

* they will make the same thing in their respective journals.

]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/11102574/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/11102574/ Mon, 18 Dec 2006 07:35:54 PST
But the "Les Mis" 10th anniversary concert is just awesome. Saw it on tape...

...getting really inane ideas for fic. Involving a slightly crazy gamine...a certain blond revolutionary...a cast of thousands...

(hits her head)

]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/10980079/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/10980079/ Thu, 07 Dec 2006 05:26:26 PST Comment and I'll give you a letter; then you have to list 10 things you love that begin with that letter. After, post this in your journal, and give out some letters of your own.

Cookie gave me the letter 'E'. What an evil child. LOL

1. Equality: This word never fails to make me smile somewhat...will you join in our crusade?

2. Easter: summer, chocolate, and bye bye Lent

3. Espresso: yes, I'm a coffee addict.

4. Eponine (from Les Mis): One of my fave female characters in literature. And she's one I can somewhat relate to...scarily.

5. Enjolras (also from Les Mis): Actually, I'd put the entire Les Amis de l'ABC here if the rules would allow...but Enjolras is my favorite of the bunch.

6. Entrees: What makes up a meal...

7. Entries: I like blogging, and reading people's blogs.

8. Extemporaneous Speaking: It's a nice sort of head rush when one is able to expound on a point

9. "Ever After": One of my ultimate feelgood movies.

10. Extraterrestrials: I know they're out there!

]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/10751576/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/10751576/ Fri, 17 Nov 2006 01:14:32 PST
Goodbye research paper!

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Beats me why. I guess it's one of those poetic Renaissance things.

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And God help me, I'm coming down with a cold again. Still, who doesn't like to walk with sandals in puddles? Even if it's just to the grocery.

]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/10534695/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/10534695/ Sat, 28 Oct 2006 06:29:38 PDT
a lot. Oh yeah, and I'm getting a little addicted to some kinds of fanfic (bangs her head on a desk in disbelief at her enjoyment of certain 'crack' ships in Les Miserables).

A clue: the resident desperada and someone who couldn't care less.

This eerily sounds like my real life.

]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/10485419/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/10485419/ Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:47:36 PDT
Good luck. I just borrowed the unabridged edition. And I'm already beginning on the chapter "Cosette".

I am so lucky I haven't had any dreams about it (I can't understand French, much less think in it).

*proceeds to bang head against wall and mutter something about interesting but suicidal radicals*

(listens in to Howie Severino's docu about unusual/absurd names)

]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9985351/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9985351/ Wed, 06 Sep 2006 06:35:55 PDT
Hello, here we are again. Free from most of my other requirements...except for the TEs....aargghh.

(uses lightsaber to slash up Physics book)

Darned tests. ]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9937591/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9937591/ Sat, 02 Sep 2006 06:26:30 PDT
Quote of the week: "So this is how our bag looks!"

(unroll Edupack, let it drop)

Laughter.

"Uh...see, you can put PE stuff in it!" ]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9822977/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9822977/ Wed, 23 Aug 2006 02:17:11 PDT
1. Nezumi ate it!

2. My dog gave birth on it. See, here are the puppies!

3. Sir, we ran out of cloth. So it's going to be...plad.

4. Sir, I have a dog. Okay, I had a dog. Well, last night, my dog said "Wazaahh!" and turned the Edupack back into pants!

5. Sir, we ran out of pants.

6. Sir, we dyed it plad!

7. I lost it in hyperspace. Sorry.

8. Oh we were using to carry stuff, then some stranger came up to us...

9. It's upstairs. I'll get it. (bell rings)

10. It's a victim of the rats! (bring out toy rat)

11. We have a genius cat that we asked to sew the bag. But the cat was so smart, it turned it back into pants....

12. We're wearing it!

13. It's in a black hole.

14. Sir, it's a threat to the environment!!!

15. We almost got apprehended by the Society Against Cruelty to Pants ]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9812527/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9812527/ Tue, 22 Aug 2006 05:54:44 PDT
"And you gotta do this for five other people too. If you do this, you must post this in your journal and do 5 doodles for other people.


(though since I'm more into poetry, will a poem do? or a short story?) ]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9710077/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9710077/ Sun, 13 Aug 2006 06:40:03 PDT
The implications of what I did are just too big to comprehend...

...and either way, I SHOULDN'T SIT STILL...

here, transcending the aliases I've woven around me, the selfishness that stifles my pen...

....I write to change the world...or do I? ]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9687704/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9687704/ Fri, 11 Aug 2006 07:28:39 PDT
And this time, I feel nothing short of disbelief. Lightning does strike twice. ]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9625353/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9625353/ Mon, 07 Aug 2006 06:34:12 PDT
- be a grandpa? Peter Carter, in later years!

- get a gender change? Alexandra Barret.

- wake up on the beach in Cancun and wonder how they got there and... what else they may have done? Julia Hamilton

- sell all of their posessions to fully devote themselves to a worthy cause for the rest of their life? hmmm....Jean Santiago the vampire (a modern one)

- solicit the services of a prostitute? Charles Marius, Peter Carter, Andrew Mcdaughtery, Icarus Maused

- commit murder? Charles. Hands down

- be single forever? Icarus Maused

- be admitted to a psycho ward? Van O'Donnell

- be on the cover of People magazine? Aly Mir (in the equivalent in that universe)

- win the Nobel Peace Prize? Peter

- be a redneck? Isaac Demington

- sell their left kidney for superbowl tickets? Jean. He doesn't care.

- meet the president? Well....Charles (at least he meets the Prime Minister of England in his day!)

- die tragically? Van O'Donnell.

- be a momma's boy forever? George Danridge!

- steal from a child? hhmmmm.....I wouldn't put it past Aly, or Jean

- be a librarian? Jean, or Lorelei Warren

- be a billionaire? Charles

- host their own TV Talk show? hmmm....Cassandra Dean, my Andefalco thespian

- save someone's life? Peter

- splurge their life savings on a sports car? Charles

- end up in jail for an innocent mistake/misunderstanding? everyone. Peter perhaps. Poor guy. ]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9592916/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9592916/ Thu, 03 Aug 2006 23:28:00 PDT
Blame it on five letters. ]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9585022/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9585022/ Thu, 03 Aug 2006 06:57:31 PDT ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9473857/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9473857/ Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:50:25 PDT ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9351206/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9351206/ Wed, 12 Jul 2006 06:13:29 PDT
I just don't. And I'm not sure I like that. ]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9298808/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9298808/ Fri, 07 Jul 2006 06:38:23 PDT ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9239511/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9239511/ Sat, 01 Jul 2006 07:17:00 PDT
You know what they say about having your foot in your mouth? I seem to have my keyboard in my mouth. What kind of idiot takes on a writing challenge while working on an already screwed up saga (a joint fic with my brother, in which we wrote ourselves into a spy conflict). ]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9184966/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9184966/ Mon, 26 Jun 2006 02:43:09 PDT
Yes. I'm still here! Senior year hasn't killed me yet. Wow. Okay. So I must stop going round the bend and well, do some thinking. Or sleep properly.

Creative burst ahoy. ]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9165344/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9165344/ Sat, 24 Jun 2006 01:59:39 PDT ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9100800/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9100800/ Sat, 17 Jun 2006 22:56:19 PDT
I wanted to cry last night. My family realized that my brother had gotten taller than me, and my dad started to sing the Ewok song from Star Wars, saying it was my song. AARRRGH! Why? Why me? ]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9083387/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/9083387/ Fri, 16 Jun 2006 03:01:03 PDT
If this year and my preparations could be compared to flying X-wings, the image that comes to mind is of flying into the path of a Star Destroyer with shields at half-power. A nautical form would be sailing into a gale with two sprung masts. In short, better than nothing, but still not good.

I can be pretty dense sometimes! ]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/8926193/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/8926193/ Wed, 31 May 2006 01:16:07 PDT
My little OC is eating up many pages of notebook paper. It's perhaps because she's my one self-insertion who lives out most of my strange little daydreams involving space travel. And the interesting part is that she's not that much of a 'Mary-Sue': has the same problems and solutions that a working girl in her place would have. And she's got to solve them using mainly normal solutions.... ]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/8832601/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/8832601/ Sun, 21 May 2006 07:24:09 PDT
Must burn that notebook, no matter how funny it is. ]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/8774973/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/8774973/ Mon, 15 May 2006 05:08:50 PDT

Post a list of up to 20 books/movies/anime/TV shows/video games/etc.that you've had an obsessive fannish love of at some time in your life.Have your friends list guess your favorite character from each item. (comment to try out!)

1. The Lord of the Rings
2. Star Wars (specifically "Return of the Jedi" and the Rogue Squadron novels)
3. Dead Poets Society
4. Master and Commander (movie!)
5. Eragon
6. Pride and Prejudice
7. Final Fantasy VIII
8. Numb3rs
9. Moulin Rouge
10. Phantom of the Opera
11. Voltes V
12. The Real Adventures of Johnny Quest
13. Dracula
14. The Patriot
15. A Knight's Tale
16. The Mummy
17. Casablanca
18. Mulan
19. The Chronicles of Narnia
20. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants ]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/8745186/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/8745186/ Thu, 11 May 2006 23:09:21 PDT
1. -transcriber
2. -encoder
3. -English teacher/assistant
4. -

Four movies you would watch over and over:

1. Dead Poets Society
2. Master and Commander
3. A Knight's Tale
4. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

Four places you have lived:

1. Cubao (for a few months)
2. Makati, Philippines
3. Las Pinas (for a week?)
4. Arkong Bato, Pasig (for three days)

Four TV shows you love to watch:

1. Mythbusters
2. Numb3rs
3. Veronica Mars
4. Justice League

Four places you have been on vacation:

1. Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
2. Dos Palmas, Palawan
3. Matabungkay beach
4. Baguio City

Four websites I visit daily:

1. Livejournal
2. Yahoo
3. Master and Commander RPG
4. Fanfiction.net

Four of my favorite foods:

1. lasagna
2. adobo
3. chocolate mousse cake
4.Illocos longganiza

Four places I would rather be right now:

1. wherever the Summer House Training is now for mu friends
2. at some nice library or bookstore
3. in a cafe with a friend
4. in bed


Four things I always carry with me:

1. Cell Phone
2. paper + pen
3. wallet
4. hairbrush ]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/8726590/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/8726590/ Wed, 10 May 2006 02:52:35 PDT
-the person who carried out and survived the botched espionage being spoken of, and she's just happy and amused to be alive, even if she is notorious.

-the rather arrogant person who unwittingly took part in the espionage, whose part was never known, and is still a little ticked at the incident.

Or a neutral third party could do the trick. ]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/8696621/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/8696621/ Sun, 07 May 2006 01:43:46 PDT
My new journal is full of stuff that is meant to be either cute, profound, emotional, or funny, but it just isn't working. Not at all. Darn writer's block. Every time I get a fun new idea for a story or chapter or vignette, it just fizzles after three minutes. Or of course, I can always resort to the ancient tricks of 'bad soap writing': sensationalism, drunkeness, kidnappings, disasters, scandals, terrible pick-up and seduction lines, and one death after another leading to revenge and more 'angst'.

Where has everything and everyone gone? (looks under notebook) ]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/8679335/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/8679335/ Fri, 05 May 2006 07:15:16 PDT
...only that each part or incident is retold from the point-of-view of different characters involved in the incident. I just need to get a grip of the dynamics reigning between and among various people. I need to get a hang of writing about someone going berserk from a distant point of view. Or about absent romance from the eyes of a cynic. Or about a rekindled romance as seen by a 'kid brother' figure in the story.

Downright insane. Downright psychological. And I'm loving it. ]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/8669550/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/8669550/ Thu, 04 May 2006 07:35:34 PDT
And this is from someone who has a certain irrational fear of scratching fabric. I don't understand it really. I also have an unfortunate fear of heights, and the dead and cemeteries....

...but at least it's not of peanut butter stuck on the roof of my mouth...

...or of fear itself. ]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/8668978/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/8668978/ Thu, 04 May 2006 06:03:05 PDT
On a more mundane and slightly depraved note, I'm also writing 'the dark side' of some of my characters. Revenge, madness, blind leads, and utter hatred populate the pages of my notebook right now. Be it in 19th century combat, or in a vampiric underworld, or in far away settings, human emotion still reigns. ]]> ~standingalive http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/8659141/ http://standingalive.deviantart.com/journal/8659141/ Wed, 03 May 2006 06:04:31 PDT
Someone help me. My newfound sojurn into the galaxy far, far away is not much help, and nor is my usual stand-by of anything and everything nautical. What sci-fi cannot salvage in my head, historical fiction will. What historicals cannot save...

...only insanity can.

Help. ]]> ~standingalive