Friends, Trolls, and Tumblrbots,

I personally challenge you to a creative exercise involving this theme:

No, I am not kidding. The challenge is for you to write a soulful poem/bleeding love story/angry song/bitter letter/bordering on pathetic ode – you get the idea – or use any conceivable media (remember, somebody photographed Christ in piss) to produce a crime scene photo/documentary/emo music video circling around the theme above. (By the way, wag nyo pong nakawin yung banner, kasi ako lang gumawa nyan nakakahiya naman. I don’t want anybody embarrassing themselves on my behalf.)

If anybody is curious, here is an excerpt of Natanga Lang: A Telenovela:

I’m in love with her. Sure, for the first few days of our acquaintance, we hated each other’s innards, and we traded insults about each other’s mother. She called me a leery bastard and I called her an impetuous bitch.

Then we had an ordeal. We had to emergency land on a deserted island – long story, who knew pure manliness and shrieking MAYDAY MAYDAY like a highschool girl wasn’t enough to keep a plane aloft? – and we had to subsist on coconuts and tiny crustaceans. After a few hours with each other, after a talk by our magic bonfire (made without the help of matches and visible dry foliage) and sharing clothing for heat, we were saved. After that excruciating ordeal, we started giving each other meaningful looks and secret smiles.

So yeah, creative exercise. If you want to share your pieces (for this year’s Yuppie “Have Yourself A Merry Little Barfintimes Day”), don’t hesitate to tell me about it. Friends, you know my email address so you probably know where to send yours if you do plan to submit anything.

PS. Previous experience tells me not to expect anything from you useless bums. So nope, not getting my hopes up. :P

If you want previous YuppieUniverse Valentine’s Specials, you can check out Yuppie Replay: Rom-Coms and the Classics, Love According to Disney, and Willingly suspending disbelief.

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