And while i was home, i rummaged around the house for books. I found something that i should have burned a long time ago. Yes, an old journal. (Dammit.) Anyway, i cringed a lot while reading through it, though i found some gems for this time of year: The Old Man and the Sea, The Frog in the Well, poofy eyes, the wonderful healing powers of happy food, friends, and sappy movies. Lovapaloser!
Yeah.
Anyway, since I really don't want to everybody to suffer my sappiness, i'll hide the stuff in a cut.
The Old Man and the Sea. Remember the story? One old guy, one giant fish. The old guy refuses to the let go of the fish and ends up with, well, fish bones. I guess we're all stubborn like that once in a while (others, all the time). Out of the gazillion fish in the sea, you want one particular one. While this is the ideal thing (one fish is to one fish), it becomes a problem when the act of catching is not mutual. That's when being stubborn becomes real bad. You can stay stubborn, but of course, this has a danger of bringing about bouts of ulcer and copious tears (mostly of frustration).
Ergo: Small boat + one flimsy fish pole + giant fish that doesn't want to get caught + sharks = bad idea
The Frog in the Well. Know the riddle? The one where the frog falls into a 50-foot well. It manages to climb 3 feet a day but backslides 2 feet every night. (The riddle - or the math problem - is "after how many days will the from manage to get out of the said pit?") I guess the lesson there is more on the other type of stubborness (the leaving type) and the tendency to backslide. Checking the journal in question, I backslid xx number of times after going cold turkey. Not something to be proud of.
3 feet a day - 2 feet a night = 47 days, ergo: you'll get out. Eventually.
And something I should add. Pink Elephants = bad. Very bad.
The Old Man and the Sea. Remember the story? One old guy, one giant fish. The old guy refuses to the let go of the fish and ends up with, well, fish bones. I guess we're all stubborn like that once in a while (others, all the time). Out of the gazillion fish in the sea, you want one particular one. While this is the ideal thing (one fish is to one fish), it becomes a problem when the act of catching is not mutual. That's when being stubborn becomes real bad. You can stay stubborn, but of course, this has a danger of bringing about bouts of ulcer and copious tears (mostly of frustration).
Ergo: Small boat + one flimsy fish pole + giant fish that doesn't want to get caught + sharks = bad idea
The Frog in the Well. Know the riddle? The one where the frog falls into a 50-foot well. It manages to climb 3 feet a day but backslides 2 feet every night. (The riddle - or the math problem - is "after how many days will the from manage to get out of the said pit?") I guess the lesson there is more on the other type of stubborness (the leaving type) and the tendency to backslide. Checking the journal in question, I backslid xx number of times after going cold turkey. Not something to be proud of.
3 feet a day - 2 feet a night = 47 days, ergo: you'll get out. Eventually.
And something I should add. Pink Elephants = bad. Very bad.
At the office earlier, I went into senti music mode, a.k.a. Lovapaloser playlist. I shared the love - and the pain - with my hapless shiftmates in SS. Here are just some of the songs:
- Remember Me This Way (memories of gap toothed Devon Sawa and Christina Ricci)
- Valentine
- The Gift
- I'll Be
- Ted Hannah (para kang kape T___T)
- Akala Mo Lang (sing it with me: di kita mahal, akala mo lang...)
- Unchained Melody ( :| i can't even remember when i last heard this before today)
- Beauty and Madness (i think a part of me died there.)
- The Scientist
- Crazy For You (yep, the Madonna version)
- My Heart Will Go On (I swear, i'm going to kill BamBam one of these days)
- 214
- Your Love (oo, yun sa Alamid)
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