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Also take note that they also want to learn how to become anorexic.

This here is the perfect sign that our world is going downhill–fast.

Fun Facts:

• Vampirism now seems like a realistic goal in life and a sensible career path.
• A person would rather be anorexic than become a lawyer. Or a doctor or firefighter, for that matter.
• Based on search volume, more people who would still like to learn how to become teachers than those who would like to become anorexic.
• More people want to become pharmacists these days.
• A lot still want to become models–not a surprise.

Thank you for your omniscience, Google.

The fall semester’s looking a bit heavy from what I can see right now, so I’ve decided to take Research in the summer. It starts, oh, tomorrow evening. An evening class. Once a week. In the summer. Greeeeat. I’m taking Patho as well, since I do have to retake it anyway. I really want to raise my GPA, so I’m trying out some new ways to get things done. We’ll see.

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For the past few days, after going back and forth from HM to the BEACH!!!, I spent most of my time catching up on about a year’s worth of missed television. I finished watching the epic yet shortlived Sci-Fi series called Firefly [it lasted up to only 14 episodes before Big Bad Fox cancelled it], its spinoff big-screen bonus called Serenity, the infectious and totally entertaining Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, and the first season of Castle. The common denominator in all of these is actor Nathan Fillion. That actor is just brilliant. Aside from the fact that he’s the first Nathan I’ve ever known who isn’t an asshole [enter snickers and lols here], the guy’s just really really good. And hi-larious.

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Also, last night, I finally saw the unofficial LOTR fan-made film, “The Hunt for Gollum”. It’s surprisingly very good. For a fan-made film, it’s AMAZING. It looks just like the ones New Line made. The fans based it off the stuff from the appendices, when Aragorn and Gandalf looked for Gollum. It happens before the Fellowship of the Ring. They only spent $4000 on it & nobody got paid. It’s made by fans, after all. It’s only about 40 minutes. Click here to see it.

As my friend pointed out, “The Hunt for Gollum” isn’t entirely accurate, but the general plot sticks to what happened [according to what Gandalf told the Hobbits in RoTK and the stuff I've looked at on the appendices, History of Middle-earth & The Unfinished Tales].

This whole thing now makes me think of the future of film. First off, we’ve witnessed the huge success of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog as a purely web-distributed work. The continued success of films for the web may perhaps open up to a brand new business model for distributors and filmmakers alike. I know that this isn’t a new thing, especially with the rising popularity of the indie film scene, but mainstream cinema is dying… would people now turn to the Internet?

Anyway, enough rambling for now. So go and watch it!

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And lastly, I just want to post this here:

Click here to take the Serenity Firefly Personality Test
Your results:
You are Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic)

Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic) 85% Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command) 75% Malcolm Reynolds (Captain) 65% Derrial Book (Shepherd) 65% Inara Serra (Companion) 60% Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic) 60% River (Stowaway) 55% Jayne Cobb (Mercenary) 45% Wash (Ship Pilot) 40% Alliance 15% A Reaver (Cannibal) 5%

Medicine and physical healing are your game, but wooing women isn’t a strong suit.

Anyway, this is from the Schweppes Short Film Festival. It’s 12 minutes long, but oh so worth it.

Enjoy. ♥

Signs – from the Schweppes Short Film Festival

Watch Signs – from the Schweppes Short Film Festival

Many people have been asking, “What is the English word for kilig?”

Well, to my non-Filipino readers, kilig is that shivery, fuzzy, chilling [positive] feeling that you get when you’re “in love” or infatuated.

To get straight to the point, I think–take note, I said I think–that it is…

twitterpated

What do you think? Sound off on the comments below!

/EDIT 12/03/2008: Hey, I take dibs on this. I was the one who first linked the word kilig with twitterpated on the whole history of the Internet. Please give due credit by linking to this blog entry.

http://darvit.net/2008/08/18/the-english-word-for-kilig

/EDIT 05/31/2009: Also, as for the history and origin of the word “twitterpated”, it is actually a fictitious word coined by the beloved owl in the Disney film, “Bambi”, describing how the animals “get all twitterpated in Spring”. See the youtube video here.

This is perhaps the most accurate career quiz I’ve ever taken!

Below are my results, with majority of them all careers that I have considered.

What career will suit your personality?

This description is a generalisation. If it rings true, you’ve found your career type. If it doesn’t, return to the quiz, decide whether you answered truthfully, and not by what you think you should answer. Redo your answers and read your new results.

You would be very happy in a career that utilised your level-headedness, and allowed you to work mainly on your own. You want a career that allows you to be creative, without having to be involved with lots of people. Some careers that would be perfect for you are:

• Artist
• Historian
• Banker
• Novelist
• University Professor
• Photographer
• Vet
• Paralegal
• Graphic Designer
• Online Content Developer
• Webmaster
• Producer
• Managing Director
• Nutritionist
• Advertising
• Nursing

You like working and being alone. You like to avoid attention at all costs. You tend to keep to yourself, and not interact much with the people around you. You enjoy spending time with a few a close friends. You like to listen to others, but don’t like sharing much about yourself. You are very quiet and private.

You are very practical, and only act after thinking things through. You don’t like being forced to answer quickly. You have to evaluate the situation completely. You make decisions based on what you can verify with your senses.

You like to be deeply involved in one or two special projects. You like to be behind the scenes. You are very logical and fair. You feel you should be honest with others and protect their feelings.

You trust your gut instincts. You are easily inspired and trust that inspiration. You are very innovative. You analyse things by looking at the big picture. You are concerned about how what you do affects others. You worry about your actions and the future. You tend to use a lot of metaphors and are very descriptive and colourful in your choice of language.

You are very creative, and get bored easily if you don’t get to express yourself. You like to learn new things. You don’t like the same old routine. You like to leave your options open.

That was really accurate. I was seriously considering Artist, Historian, Novelist, University Professor, Photographer, Paralegal [well, Lawyer, to be specific], Graphic Designer, Online Content Developer [a.k.a. Blogger, which at one point I considered doing professionally], Webmaster, Producer, Advertising, and Nursing.

PS: I don’t really “try to avoid attention at all costs” and I don’t really enjoy being alone. I’d be okay with being alone, but being with people is also something I like to enjoy.

I can’t wait to see what happens next! I hope that this is as brilliant as the Frodo one!

Oh, by the way, moar Hobbit movie news:

Bilbo Baggins casting rumors!

There have been tons rumored actors to play the young Bilbo Baggins so far, but the most popular ones have been:

[L-R: Jack Black, James McAvoy, Martin Freeman, and Daniel Radcliffe]

I’d rather they took an unknown actor, really. If they were to choose from any of those actors, I’d go for Martin Freeman. The guy looks an awful lot like a Hobbit and would definitely pass for a younger version of Sir Ian Holm. Daniel Radcliffe is too young and too Harry Potter; James McAvoy is a brilliant actor, yet I associate him with Nicholas and Mr. Tumnus too much and I don’t think that another fantasy flick would do him good anyway; Jack Black is made of Awesome and Rock, but that’s the problem, really: he’s too much of a funny man. I bet he could even play Peter Jackson if ever PJ needed an actor to play him in his biopic.

Either way, I just can’t wait to see how director Guilermo Del Toro is going to get this Hobbit on the move! It’s been YEARS since that last LOTR film. I just can’t wait to see this Hobbit movie. The possibilities are ENDLESS!

(via The Hobbit Movie page @ Facebook)

[Via Neil's journal]

PS: Thanks for the birthday wishes. I had a great birthday. I feel so loved. ♥
PPS: It’s my mom’s birthday today!
PPPS: Two more finals to go, and Summer 1 is all over! Up next: Summer 2 on Friday!

Freaking hilarious. XD

Got it from an email forwarded to me by my sister.

2: Type in “[your name] looks like” in Google search:
“Pam looks like shit!”
–> No, not right now, at least. XD

3: Type in “[your name] does” in Google:
“Pam does Montreal, P Diddy too”
–> I don’t really want to know what that’s about.

4: Type in “[your name] hates” in Google search:
“libapache-mod-auth-pam hates me: msg#00004″
–> Cool, something Apache-related, for a change! Go httpd.conf!

5: Type in “[your name] goes” or “..has gone” in Google
“Pam goes on the Monster for the first time”
–> I never rode it yet, sorry.

6: Type in “[your name] loves” in Google search:
“PAM Loves You …”
–> Yes, I do! ♥

7: Type in “[your name] eats” in Google search
“Pam eats! *****”
–> Boo. She doesn’t eat anything.

8: Type in “[your name] has” in Google search:
“Pam has finally released her long-awaited music for speech and language therapy”
–> Yeah, I am awesome like that.

9: Type in “[your name] works” in Google
“PAM works directly with your telephone system and Workforce Management System (if you have one) to quickly and accurately restore all agents to the policy you have defined for the upcoming day.”
–> I’m your super CB operator. XD

10: Type in”[your name] lives” in Google search
“Pam lives in Mexico, works in Mexico, is married to a Mexican”
–> Yeah, no wonder !soy «magnet» para los mexicanos!

11: Type in “[your name] died” in Google search
“‘It’s a tragedy that Pam died,’ Ray Manzarek says, voicing the opinion held by most who knew the couple.”
–> Aww. Pam and Jim.

12: Type in “[your name] will” in Google search
“Do you think Jim and Pam will get engaged tonight on the office?”
–> Woohoo, Pam and Jim! XD

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Nah, the title doesn’t have to do anything with this Google meme. It’s a great misheard lyric from the über smexxy Franz Ferdinand, by the way. It’s off their song, “Dark of the Matinee”. I love the video for this; it’s so trippy and funny! XD ♥

Also, I just got hold of The Fratellis‘ new album called Here We Stand. I haven’t listened to it properly yet, but I do have to say that I like their first one, Costello Music better. We’ll see.

And damn, they’re in New York right now! So near yet so far away!

I also just realized that Franz Ferdinand played at Duke University last April 2006, back when I was in the Philippines, taking a vacation. Talk about irony! Now Franz won’t be back in the US in a long time [not until they release a new album, at least].

Okay, I guess I bored everyone with the FF and TF talk. Sorry, I forgot nobody here digs the same music as I do. Boo.