August 2012
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The Girl with the Dragon Delusions
I read this great story yesterday about how a guy in Canada scored a free (customized!) Galaxy S3 because he sent Samsung a drawing of a dragon.
Of course since I’m a bit of a doodler myself, this story gave me IDEAS.
Hey, I can draw a dragon! And other animals too! Plus people and all sorts of other stuff! How awesome would it be if I could use CUTE DRAWINGS to charm people into...
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Watch 'How It Should Have Ended'... Because I'm...
I’m not a big YouTuber, but I spent most of last night glued to the Tube and cracking up at “How It Should Have Ended” (HISHE) cartoons. And following my husband around the house with my iPad and forcing him to watch too.
They’re just too funny not to share.
Basically HISHE takes popular movies and creates parody animations of alternate endings. (Did I really need to...
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Eye, Eye, Captain! I May Be Switching Careers...
Help! Eek! I woke up this morning to the nerve-wracking discovery that there’s something wrong with my eye. It’s all red and swollen!
It could be just a sore eye - or some irritation. But of course since I’m cursed with a wild imagination I have all these scenarios in my head now… most of them ending like this:
… which of course means I’ll have no choice...
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Your vs. You're: Is It Really So Hard to Get It...
I don’t know why, but it really bugs me to death when people use “your” instead of “you’re.” It’s like my biggest pet peeve EVER. Most days it’s just a mild irritant…
But on some days, I swear it really drives me stark raving mad.
The thing is, it’s so simple that I just can’t understand why so many otherwise intelligent...
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Sunday Sadness Syndrome
It’s a long weekend again here, so even if it’s actually Monday, it feels a lot like Sunday… which means SUNDAY SADNESS SYNDROME should be setting in shortly.
“WTH is SSS? And why are you inventing ailments again???” you may be wondering.
Allow me to illustrate.
You know that joy you feel when you wake up early on a Saturday morning, thinking “Eek! I have...
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The Simple, Scientific (& Also Kind of Scary)...
Last week at the IMMAP Summit, Maria Ressa spoke about the effects of social media on the brain, and OMG! I finally understood why I can’t seem to stay the heck away from Facebook and Twitter!
She’s quite the brilliant little firecracker, that Maria.
Anyway I was really relieved to hear there was this whole smart, scientific explanation for the fact that I practically live inside...
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Oh Harry, You Red-Headed Royal Rascal You...
I wonder exactly how pissed off the Queen is at Prince Harry right now after he did the whole “Woohoo! Let’s do the Las Vegas Strip!” thing — literally.
The thing is, I’m biased. I love Prince Harry. He’s my favorite royal. He’s also my favorite Harry — well, after Harry Potter, of course…
Gasp! Wait. OMG. It just occurred to me that if...
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Rajo and the Reminder
My friend Tina’s visiting from Belgium, so we met for dinner last night at Mamou — which I must say has the yummiest garlic and olive oil spaghetti on the planet.
What? I’m supposed to be on a diet, you say? Uh yeah, I kind of forgot about that for a while last night. Whatevs. That spaghetti is so worth it.
Anyway don’t worry. I REMEMBERED AGAIN.
See, we happened to...
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'LOL' Has Made Liars of Us All
It occurred to me yesterday as I was typing yet another another “LOL” on Twitter - while not actually laughing at all, much less out loud - that LOL is probably the most rampant lie on the Internet.
Because really… just think about it. Whenever you type “LOL” you’re actually claiming to do this:
When in fact you’re probably only doing this:
or best...
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WTHWT* of the Week: The Elder on True Blood
LOL! *What the hell was that???
Two days after watching the last True Blood ep, and I still crack up every time I think about the Elder. What a weirdo! :D
And of course now I’m addicted to suddenly shouting out random “For or Against??” questions, pretty much the same way I was addicted to saying “Because drugs.”
The husband is not amused.
And it’s all...
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Hell No: The Dangling Diploma and the Twihard...
I’m really bothered by the news that a high school valedictorian from Oklahoma is being denied her diploma because she said the word “hell” in her valedictory speech.
What on earth is up with that?? I studied in a very strict Catholic high school, so I feel your pain, my little co-victim of oppression.
Gah. The memories. So you give ‘em hell, Kaitlin Nootbar. Yeah, I...
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Three Tips to Tackle a Long List of To-Do's
It’s Day 3 of a four-day weekend here in Manila, and I had a bunch of plans to be all productive and awesome, but I got a little sidetracked when I opened Twitter this morning and found out Lacey Chabert liked my blog.
How cool is that? And umm.. how much do you think it bothers her that people keep throwing “That’s so fetch” at her? I wonder. Hmmm.
Sorry, Lacey....
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The Bullet in My Bedroom
And in the “why on earth do these things happen to me” weird event of the weekend… a stray bullet landed in my bedroom last night. Seriously. About a foot away from the bed.
I was dead.. eep… let’s say sound instead…asleep, of course, but the husband woke up and immediately went into RAMBO mode and dragged me into the bathroom… which I guess is our...
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Sarah the Healthy (But Maybe Not Super Happy Right...
In other embarrassing Philippine news… in a speech against the overly much-debated Reproductive Health Bill, Senator Tito Sotto plagiarized a blog called the Healthy Home Economist.
When she found out about it, Sarah Pope (the blogger) was surprisingly gracious about the whole “OMG a Senator stole my words” sitch, and even seemed kind of flattered/amused when she first posted...
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Robert the Brute, a.k.a. Road Rage Barney
So everyone in the Philippines is furious at this guy Robert Blair Carabuena because he totally abused an MMDA officer last weekend. If you haven’t done so yet, watch the video and you’ll understand why — and probably want to TASE him to oblivion on behalf of the poor MMDA guy. :(
Well, get in line.
I’m taking a little break from my ire, though, to just be really...
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The Magic Powers of Fatboy Slim & Rockafeller...
This was me watching the Olympics Closing Ceremony yesterday … while running a fever.
And then out of nowhere FatBoy Slim shows up in this crazy awesome giant octopus…
…and next thing you know I’m like this…
WTH?? What is with that song, man??
It’s like the Pied Piper of dance moves!
Here, have a listen and try not to move a muscle. No...
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The Trouble with The Tummy
So okay, big announcement… I’ve decided to get serious about my diet. Really.
Because if you’ve been reading the blog, you’ll know that all my “I’m on a diet” proclamations were pretty much a big JOKE.
But no, enough of that. I’m serious now. Because my indiscretions are starting to show.
And I hate when that happens. It’s not so much a...
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My Reaction to Pretty Much Everything Today
Blame the fever.
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La Cucaracha: A Life Lesson
A little something to remember whenever you feel you’re too small and insignificant to shake things up and inspire people to action…
*Based on a true story. Actually, several true stories.
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Seven Tips for Struggling Writers (or, My Blog...
I love writing for my blog, but I’m beginning to realize that the casual, just for laughs, who-cares-about-overlong-sentences-and-other-silly-old-writing-no-nos style I use here is starting to affect my more serious writing.
Honestly. Next thing you know, I’ll be illustrating my proposals and adding cartoons to my reports.
This is not good. I was writing some copy the other day...
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Follow @Fanfiction_txt. BECAUSE DRUGS.
My friend Carter turned me on to an awesome Twitter account to follow last week. It’s called @fanfiction_txt and basically it just randomly tweets quotes from badly written fan fiction.
I LOVE IT. It puts the funniest pictures in my head. I wish I could draw them all, but you’ll have to settle for just a couple that really killed me.
Amazing, the WTF-ery you can...
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Dashes Are Important Sometimes. Also, Syntax.
This almost happened yesterday. True story.
Okay, I’m just being an idiot again. :)
But seriously… dashes are important sometimes. Also, proper syntax. Because you never know how people will read things.
Now imagine if that notice had been worded differently…
Oh wait… scratch that…
Anyway, you get what I mean, right? Wording. It’s important.
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Guest Post (Sort of): The Anonymous Swimsuit...
The other day when I was feeling kind of SAD, my friend Michelle sent me an email to cheer me up, and I swear it was the funniest thing I’d ever read. Her sister Marta told me to rewrite it with illustrations, but really, it was too good — I couldn’t possibly top it, so I decided just to illustrate instead and post the original text here.
And so I present… The Adventures...
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How to Pack Relief Goods for the Flood Victims
Manila kind of turned into Atlantis yesterday due to torrential rains caused by an unnamed monsoon (I call it Voldemort). Thousands of people were affected and had to evacuate their homes, so if you’d like to help out by donating relief goods but don’t know what to send, you might find this helpful.
My friend Chary from the HappytoHelp charity group says that “knowing what to...
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I Think I Have S.A.D. (Also -- Rain, Rain, GTF...
I’m convinced I have Seasonal Affective Disorder. I’m so depressed by this nonstop rain we’ve been having the past couple of weeks that I don’t even care how I look anymore. Yesterday I went to the office pretty much dressed like a bag lady.
And I’m not alone in this. (Okay maybe I’m alone in the bag lady department, but not the depression.) My Twitter and...
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Facebook News Feed Bingo
No time for a full post today (Mondays. BAH!), so here’s a little time-killer to keep us all entertained in the meantime… Facebook News Feed Bingo!
First person to get a blackout wins a prize! :D
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Another Illustrated Recipe: Fab Frittatas
So I didn’t end up making Mari’s Manwich yesterday, because I had brunch with the girls at a place called Wildflour Cafe — where I immediately proceeded to use up my diet-cheating quota for the next five weekends or so.
Instead I made a pretty good frittata for dinner, which was considerably less evil… and justified (or so I thought) my forbidden liaison with Cheddar...
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The Sneaker That Made Me Sob
You know, I’ve had a lot of people tell me “Oh, I wish I had your imagination!” and I really do appreciate it — on most days. But to be honest, it really isn’t always the picnic you’d think it would be. The weirdest things can set it off — and not always in the best direction.
Like this lone shoe I saw in the middle of the road yesterday.
Now I’m...
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Weekend Project: Mari's Manwich
My friend Josemari is the bane of my existence. Or okay, just my diet. He keeps posting these droolworthy food pictures online, and even though I know it isn’t just to tempt ME in particular, I often imagine him like this:
And every single time I see his pictures, I find myself gravitating towards the fridge.
For the most part, I find I’m able to resist, but there was this one...
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Music and Memories (aka OMG the 80s)
I was driving North yesterday, and when I turned on the radio a song called “Friends” was playing. (That song was like the “Call Me Maybe” of the mid-80s — except about 5000% less annoying.) And whoa! Suddenly the present melted away and I was sixteen again… dancing in a disco called Stargazer and squeeing over some boy.
I remember the feeling, but I...
July 2012
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Shopping with Mrs. Scrooge, Lesson #2: Update Your...
Hey! It’s August! Where are we on our Christmas shopping?
Hmmph. I knew it.
Okay fine, I don’t have a lot of time to go all Christmas Hitler on you today, but here’s an assignment for you before we move on to the next installment of Mrs. Scrooge’s Shopping Guide: UPDATE YOUR LIST.
This is important. Because things change.
The giddy recipients of last year’s...
