Sunday, January 27, 2008

being and somethingness

i finally thought of one, call it talent. i do well when everything is decided for me; left alone, there's the problem. my mom and my sister and i were talking and mommy began telling lil sis to do this and do that (school-related stuff most of them): these were things she used to tell me before. although i was a mediocre student, i think i did well and beyond my mom's expectations: graduated on time and from a good university.

clueless comes close to a description of the present state of mind, and self, although it does not fully capture what's there. no one tells me to do things anymore! i envy friends who have clear i have to be this after blah years thoughts. can't even think of a decent goal for the next two years! my laptop crashed last week and like a student i called my mom and asked her if i could have another one. current job pays well but i always look forward to the next payday because a week after the previous one i start worrying about living for another week with whatever money's left in the atm. and there's never a single significant purchase! no travels to wherever, no plans even. wanted to make a list but too idle even for just that. where does it all go?

thought once that the diploma was a good place to start. again, did not work (the other meaning of the word was not planned but hey, it's there, so) for me. told myself i wanted a job in media, but only if the workplace was near where i live. did have that job, quit after a very short time. the postgrad thing was another attempt but i now think that there might be something to the basketball team-caf-boys story, that that might be, after all, the only motivation.

my present boss told me before that writing for an it company might not really be what i would want to do; that was quite true, but then what does that mean anyway - wanting to do something? what do i want really? someone answer the question for me, please, haha. try my best to be whatever you want me to be.

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

there are days

i think i have ocd. i was already late for the interview thing at school, and i went back to check if i had unplugged anything that needs unplugging. disaster-in-mind beats punctuality. not the first time. there was this one night when alanah and i were having dinner, or jogging maybe, and i dragged her to my house just to check. everything was unplugged, by the way. everytime.

the consolation (and sometimes i do believe this): there is a disparity between one's idea of oneself and what one actually is. alcoholics don't know they're alcoholics, those who think they're crazy probably are not, there's your story. so i have ocd, haha. i keep writing ocd, watched every episode of arrested development, that's why.

reminded me of a classic introduce-yourself-piece. people keep telling other people they're oc. the only intro that would rival that would be i'm non-conformist. big hellooo to that. and then there are the first conversations where everyone has to look smart. would usually start with i love books/i read books/i'm a bookworm. then a perky what books do you read exclamation points. then the answer: the da vinci code/the bible.

not stopping. i once had this conversation with someone who told me she's a big tennis fan. of course i asked her who her favorite player is (singular, the answer should be roger federer).

si, ano na nga pangalan nun? yung maganda?
sharapova? vaidisova? hantuchova? (started enumerated the -ovas)
di eh (long pause) ah, si kournikova.

vulgar, i know. and i pretend too. but please!