Across the Disturbance

Well I just saw Across the Universe. At first i wasn't sure if I was gonna like it. Turned out to be a reaaaalllllly goooodddd movie. I found it quite corny though that they named some of the cast after the songs like Prudence, Jude, and Lucy. I know, right? Ha. It was really good. They showed the whole '60s lifestyle and culture which was the beatles era. The beatles' music is just plain timeless. Being born decades after the beatles reign, i find their songs relatable. For them to create songs that are to be appreciated by people not from their own time is just plain genius.

What keeps bothering me is Evan Rachel Wood. I love her. She's such a great actress. There was some sort of a left breast exposure but that didn't disturb me as much as the fact that she is currently dating Marilyn Manson. That's just plain gross. What the hell,man? That guy fucked a friggin cow onstage. That guy's repulsive! And what is up with the weird costumes/uniforms his girlfriends wear? They're always sporting a '40s inspired wardrobe. Just the thought of them together makes me throw up a little in my mouth. That reminds me to not watch MM's Heart Shaped Glasses ever again.

Labels: beatles. across the universe, evan rachel wood, icalaua, jj, jj apostol, marilyn manson

jj apostol was shot at 6:57 PM

Firefox Revamp

Dead bored. J

I recently changed my firefox theme. It's this new newground theme that has a gray-black-orange palette. Cool. Here:

 

Well this is my original homepage, (dogpile) I just wanted to show you how cool it looked when browsing in blackle.

jj apostol was shot at 9:37 PM

Unbelievable

I still am getting used to the fact that blogging in Word is unbelievably easy and convenient. It's ridonculous. I really need to go back to work. Til then!

Labels: blog, ms word, word

jj apostol was shot at 9:45 AM

Good job, Gates!

Haha. Guess where I'm typing? Microsoft Word! Yey! Hehe. Yeah. It turns out you can write blogs in Microsoft Word 2007 and it directly uploads your post. Many of you might know this already and find me annoying for being in a state of perpetual bliss coz it's only now that I figured this out. Sorry. Yeah. Noob move. I just recently installed the Microsoft Office 2007 and it rocks. I've had the trusty 2003 edition for quite some time now. J Oh look! Auto smiley! You never get that when writing in the blogger post box. Anyhoo, I'm currently working on our Building Maintenance Report. Yeah. Party Pooper, eh? Wait! How do I place tags here? Coz of course I want people to pass by my site. (For advertising purposes) Oh I'm having so much fun blogging in Microsoft Word. Yey. Will post again later. I just wanted to gloat for a while that I'm blogging in Word. Who would've thought? Hehe. J Schveet!

Labels: advertisers, broke, car, condo, defense, graduation, icalaua, jj, jj apostol, money, sponsor, stuff, summer, thesis

jj apostol was shot at 9:35 AM

Forced to be a fruitcake by psychology

Yeah so anyway, i have an essay due in like 5 hours and i haven't even started. I should be feeling the jimjams right now. this essay serves as the final exam in Psychology. I should write my soul away. now. How the hell could i write my soul away if the theme of the paper is the fruitiest thing i've ever heard in my life? "10 things i learned in college". I know right? Lol. Since my attempt to write this essay is not looking good (at all). An idea came into mind that i should just pass a blank paper saying i didn't learn anything. Clever, yes? Lol.

Labels: Fruitcake, Fruity, Fruity Mcgaygay, Heath ledger, Psychology

jj apostol was shot at 8:18 AM

Life all planned out

Update. I finally finished my thesis. Sort of. God indeed shows small mercies. I'll be graduating this summer instead of October. Yay! So i finished everything and showed it to my thesis adviser. The things that i should work on are the following:

1. The Ratio/proportion of Utilities to the number of users/Floor Area
2. Architectural details - she said that i should study my details coz they are quite complex such as the self curbing double dome.
3. Doing away with Roof decks. She wanted more dramatic roofs for my buildings. And of course, Roof decks require a lot of budget and maintenance such as waterproofing, etc.

I really think that i could revise these minor issues plus reproofing the book come summer time. I hope. But what if my adviser wants me to replan everything on summer? 5 weeks? Gak!

Labels: thesis jj apostol summer graduation defense

jj apostol was shot at 4:51 AM

The STRAT of something new

My humphrey is no strat. it's an ibanez that looks like a fat strat. :) Well, since it looks much like a strat, i've had this thing against strats. i find them plain. too plain. But they sound wicked of course. Not until i was skimming through a bunch of guitars in guitar center. Woohoo. I saw the Fender John Mayer Signature Stratocaster and i immediately fell in love with it. It's no fat strat.. it's an S-S-S. Still looked good though. Hmm. I know that model's been out for some time now, but it was such a beauty. Yes. I can see myself onstage playing one. So there. Maybe this is another epiphany. You shouldn't completely shut your door on some things. maybe i hated strats for a while coz i wanted to be on the other side. Everyone does.

jj apostol was shot at 10:44 PM

The music in me

This post is not as fruity as the title. Ha!

Well these past few days, i've been obsessed with playing music. It's weird. yes. I've been playing the keyboard, guitar, and bass all day. Hmm. i'm planning to start a one woman band and will be touring around the metro pretty soon. Ha. Of course i'm kidding. :)

Maybe a few more days keeping this up and i'll be sure to score a chair in the Philharmonic Orchestra. Before that, i have to learn new drum beats. I can only play one beat. (in different tempos) Lol.

I can't believe how incredibly talented i am. Lol.
(background music: Here she comes to save the day, Mighty Gloat is on her way)

Well Valentine's day is out the window. Woot. The night of valentine's day, i was quite sad coz all i got were a card and a rose. Pffft.. From my friend and my stepdad. Talk about depressing. Anyhoo, as i retired that night, i had the weirdest dream. I dreamt of the ghosts of my valentine past. Yeah. talk about fruity. I woke up really early and had this weird feeling in my stomach. Yes. they were definitely butterflies. Hmmm.. Yeah i guess it's safe to say i'm still in that God forbidden place. :) and i'm thinking of giving it another try. what do you think? Hey i've hurt people too and they've given me a chance.

THis just feels strange. Being cynical for quite some time and now feeling the butterflies again? Maybe it's just the spirit of Valentine's day. I don't know. but i sure am liking what i'm feeling right now.. Haaay. Good lord, i'm in a state of perpetual bliss.

jj apostol was shot at 11:08 AM

Your Ad Here

Ha! yeah. i guess i'm going to have to give in to advertisers pretty soon. TAKE ME PLEASE. Ha! yeah. Given the fact that i won't be graduating this march, (still bitter about what happened) heck, i'm searching for ways to earn a little on the side to pay for the condo unit, utilities, new car, and other stuff. yeah. talk about bad timing. As for my battle plan, it's still pretty much in the rough but maybe you could help me out. i made a list of money making schemes. Now i know these might seem pretty bizarre, but Hey! if this is what it takes to earn a little cas, BY God, i'll do it!

1. Donate blood (for cash) - i have donated blood once before, but i ended up feeling a little faint. i can get used to it, right?
2. Sell my kidney - you only need one functioning kidney.
3. Sell my kid brother - he's cute right? he'd make a great commercial actor. But then i'd be responsible if his childhood gets all screwed up. Hmmm..
4. Freelance Graphic design services - i'm a really good graphic artist! i'm actually the best! and i'm super humble too.
5. Be a rockstar - my band's got talent! But we really need to come up with new material.
6. Sell my soul - let's make this the last option.
7. Take job at an Architectural firm - but then they'd make me work everyday from 8-6 pm. I might have no time for thesis.
8. Design shoes for PONY - hmmm. what if they don't like my designs. might as well try.
9. Sell my guitar stuff and comic books - HELL NO!
10. Smooch off other people? - I've been doing that for 21 years. i'm practically a pro.

Let me know what you think, people!
Take it easy!

Labels: advertisers, broke, car, condo, graduation, icalaua, jj, money, sponsor, stuff

jj apostol was shot at 3:30 AM

Another all-time low.

I know i've announced a few months back that i would be using my blogspot to broadcast my thoughts, yes? I just wanted also to use multiply 'coz i think more people view my multiply than my blogspot. (Rockstar mode, ON) Yeah. Anyway, before people start talking as to why i'm not graduating, let me be the one to give you a play by play on what happened.

Saturday, January 26 was second endorsement. I had complete requirements. from plans to perspectives, i've even laid them out in photoshop with the borders and shit. I could speak for Pao and Hinch, who were with me (and were also creamed by Ponce), that out of the bunch, i was the only one who completed everything. Ponce whipped out my progress chart and checked every requirement box there is. Now all i had to do was finalize everything and improve my sections which she thought were "pangit." hehe. but other than that, i was a shoo in for the last endorsement.

The following week, i worked really hard on my sections. i detailed them. good Lord. you could see the bed sheet patterns, the plants, the wallpapers and the pictures on the walls. That's how detailed they were. I had 4 buildings so i made 4 sections. Wednesday morning, i labeled the sections, details and structural concept. After that, the only things i had to do were labeling the plans, exporting, and photoshopping. I saved my files, and left Cad 2008 open coz i had to get ready to go to school to buy backing boards for my print outs. I let my little sister use MY computer. Well that was hell. i had to commute with a 30"x40" bag filled with corrugated boards (14) that were meant to be used as backing boards for my print outs.. Anyway, i had it all figured out. i was going to have my stuff printed in Microcadd SM BACOOR come Friday morning.. hehe. yeah i found it funny at first also..hehe.. i had to call NDD to contact them and inquire on their rates.. anyhoo, upon arrival at home, i immediately opened the PC and my CAD files that i left before leaving. I was really surprised that it was taking a really long time to load. really. and then after like 5 minutes, they're finally loaded but all i can see were blank documents. i started to get scared so i zoomed the screen in and out hoping the drawings would appear. For my 3 files that morning, (details, structural concept, and sections), that was what happened. i tried the *.bak, and recovery tools, nothing happened. It dawned on me that my files were corrupted. I started to cry immediately while throwing random curses. I shouted at my little sister and asked her what had happened.. the only reply i got was "EH NAG HANG NGA EH!" i wanted to smack her in the face and do a weird judo kick flip or something. I wanted to kill her. You know what's worse than people who don't say sorry? people who won't admit they've done something wrong. I explained to the gravity of the situation saying that my computer has hung up on me many times but never had it erased my files. what a moron. she kept repeating "EH NAG HANG NGA EH!" as if that was the only group of words she could put together. then my whore of a mother was all mad at me for cursing and wanting everyone to be pissed off also coz of what happened. Dude seriously, have i got reasons to grieve over what happened? Fuck you! your poser daughter destroyed my thesis. and my future as well. I tried finishing everything. but time was definitely not on my side. It wasn't until it was friday afternoon that i realized it's not looking so good for me. I won't be able to finish come saturday. yeah. you could guess what happened next. there was nothing to do but accept the fact that it's over. I won't be marching this sem ender.

God, i've Bled for this thesis and this is all i get? not even a slot for deliberation? Life's unfair most of the time. I would like to say sorry to everyone who was expecting. I quit the band for thesis. i went home early from australia for thesis. i stopped going out for thesis. My life was my thesis and this is what happens. i am really frustrated over the series of unfortunate events in my life. I worked so hard for this. Way harder than some of the people who were endorsed yesterday. God! What do i get in the end? A dead father and no graduation? My dad (before he passed away last November) was scheduled to go home for my graduation come March. He was the most excited about it. What kind of a sick kid i am to not be able to fulfill the wish of her dead father? ARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH!!!

Fuck!

sorry dad.

jj apostol was shot at 1:41 PM