2008年9月4日 (Thu)

// NYPL Digital Gallery (via BibliOdyssey: Filipino Costumes) The second link leads to a great post on Philippine costumes from the 1800’s. I’m personally interested in this kind of things because every time we go to the national museum, I invariably get comments on how much I resemble the women in the old Filipino paintings. Turn-of-the-century Manila-ish, they said, especially with the right get-up. I have one of those homely Yndio faces, I guess.

// NYPL Digital Gallery (via BibliOdyssey: Filipino Costumes)

The second link leads to a great post on Philippine costumes from the 1800’s. I’m personally interested in this kind of things because every time we go to the national museum, I invariably get comments on how much I resemble the women in the old Filipino paintings. Turn-of-the-century Manila-ish, they said, especially with the right get-up. I have one of those homely Yndio faces, I guess.

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(YT link via Imee.)

Ridiculously super hard version of Super Mario Bros. Please watch ‘til the end. XD

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Loosely defined

// via magicmolly:

A little while ago my brother Ned sent me a text message. It said: What are some fairy-tale professions besides ‘woodcutter’? And I was embarrassed that I could not think of any. Six months of consideration has produced this list:

Woodcutter
Spinner (*must be lazy)
Thief
Miller (*must be poor)
Tailor (*must be valiant)
Beggar
Foundling
Huntsman (*must be skilled)
King
Peasant
Sluggard
Shepherd Boy
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2008年9月3日 (Wed)

Love is emotional maturity needed to deal with disillusionment. It’s knowing your Other will not always save you, even if he can. And being okay with that.ETA 13:56 Talk about synchronicity. Just when I buried myself in the comfort of pragmaticism, I find my horoscope for week of September 4, 2008 making a mockery of it: “The reality of love is mutilated when it is removed from all its unreality.” So said the French philosopher Gaston Bachelard in his book The Poetics of Reverie. He meant that realism alone is not enough for human beings to live on, especially in our most intimate relationships. We need fantasy to augment the merely factual perspective. We require poetic truths to keep the rational approach honest. Without the play of the imagination, in fact, our understanding of the world is impoverished and distorted. In this spirit, Scorpio, I invite you to be extra daydreamy and imaginative about love in the coming days. Feed your soul and the souls of those you love with experiences that arouse mystery and wonder. (P.S. Nietzsche said: “We have art in order not to perish of truth.”)

Love is emotional maturity needed to deal with disillusionment.
It’s knowing your Other will not always save you, even if he can.
And being okay with that.

ETA 13:56
Talk about synchronicity. Just when I buried myself in the comfort of pragmaticism, I find my horoscope for week of September 4, 2008 making a mockery of it:

“The reality of love is mutilated when it is removed from all its unreality.” So said the French philosopher Gaston Bachelard in his book The Poetics of Reverie. He meant that realism alone is not enough for human beings to live on, especially in our most intimate relationships. We need fantasy to augment the merely factual perspective. We require poetic truths to keep the rational approach honest. Without the play of the imagination, in fact, our understanding of the world is impoverished and distorted. In this spirit, Scorpio, I invite you to be extra daydreamy and imaginative about love in the coming days. Feed your soul and the souls of those you love with experiences that arouse mystery and wonder. (P.S. Nietzsche said: “We have art in order not to perish of truth.”)

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To see other photos taken at the Singapore Botanical Gardens, please proceed to this album. Everything looks better in their original sizes. The collection is a bit uninspired, admittedly. I was more preoccupied by the act of taking pictures of flowers than the flowers themselves. It’s almost meditative; you single out a certain bloom in the bunch and focus on it so long that your mind just zones out and wanders into eternity.

To see other photos taken at the Singapore Botanical Gardens, please proceed to this album. Everything looks better in their original sizes. The collection is a bit uninspired, admittedly. I was more preoccupied by the act of taking pictures of flowers than the flowers themselves. It’s almost meditative; you single out a certain bloom in the bunch and focus on it so long that your mind just zones out and wanders into eternity.

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そうさ君とこの銀河の中で出会ったよ 信じよう信じよういつか聞いた星の神話 きっと僕の世界の君は女神になる 守りたい守りたいGalaxyなその瞳を抱きしめて — 「瞳の中のGalaxy」, 嵐

そうさ君とこの銀河の中で出会ったよ
信じよう信じよういつか聞いた星の神話
きっと僕の世界の君は女神になる
守りたい守りたいGalaxyなその瞳を抱きしめて

— 「瞳の中のGalaxy」, 嵐

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2008年9月2日 (Tue)

Faces of Grotesqueness

Had fun with the Face Transformer…







I already did this about three years ago with a different picture, which yielded rather grotesque results. Viewing this page in the middle of the night or in a dark room is definitely not recommended for young children, the elderly, and people with heart problems.

Shall I make this into a meme and tag everyone who’s reading? In any case, I want to see your transformations!

(If you feel like you’ve seen this before, well… you did. I’ll be reposting some old entries here over the next few days before deleting my Jugem blog.)
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» Russia's Putin saves TV crew from Siberian tiger

// via gregbrown:

Russian newspaper journalist Klark Kent went missing during the scuffle, only reappearing afterwards once Putin had departed the scene.

Mr. Putin is my new hero.

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From 20 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Stick In Your USB Socket (Link via herethereoverthere). Here be the most innovative mental trauma-inflicting USB drive in the history of USB drives, the Barbie USB Drive. Now I know what to do with my vintage Barbies. =D

From 20 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Stick In Your USB Socket (Link via herethereoverthere).

Here be the most innovative mental trauma-inflicting USB drive in the history of USB drives, the Barbie USB Drive. Now I know what to do with my vintage Barbies. =D

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2008年8月31日 (Sun)

// via new-akiba: mi8-r: 駅でのお茶会 / わこ [pixiv]

// via new-akiba:

mi8-r:

駅でのお茶会 / わこ [pixiv]

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