So... I Guess I'm It

I've been tagged on a blog post by my good friend, Russ... so now, I guess I'm It. 

The rule is to confess 7 random things about yourself, then pass on to 7 blogger friends. Since currently I've been in somewhat of a mind block, I thought I'd play along. The thing is, just recently I've posted a "confession" entry where I confessed 2 of my deepest darkest secrets (don't worry, nothing shocking there... in fact, they're both very lame)... which means that doing this 7 confessions thing would be a "repeat performance" entry. (What the heck's with all this explaining I'm doing?! Sometimes, I really do think too much... )

Well, my Saturday night plans didn't happen, so I'm bored at home when everyone's out and about. So, I'm doing this! But since I've already confessed two things in the past, I thought I'd add just 5 more confessions to make it 7. (People, I'm not really cheating. I'm just really lazy, okay?)

Here are my 5 additional random (and not very controversial) confessions:


1.I LOVE SINGING ALOUD


I love it so much that sometimes I forget common decency and sing aloud aboard the BF to Makati to BF Public Shuttle. I love it so much that apart from being able to sing the lyrics to an entire song (one that I really like), I can sing the back up vocals PERFECTLY, and make sounds resembling instrument sounds (bom-bom-bom and tooooroooroootooo, among others). I'm the sh*t, I tell you. My nickname should be Iza "The One-Woman-Band" Singson.


2. I OWN TOO MANY BLACK CLOTHING


It was the last Christmas season when I realized this. There I was, after a shopping trip, going through my recent purchases... when it dawned on me: my closet is already filled with black clothes, and I just bought several more to add to my collection. No, I'm not a witch, nor am I a gothic person/anyone overtly depressed/suicidal. The simplest explanation to this "Black Phenomenon" is that I am actually just a little "thicker" (read: FATTER... ouch!) than I used to be, and I need the slimming benefits of dressing in black.


BTW, sorry for that "Black Phenomenon" coining thing I just did. I just wanted to make this sound more interesting.


3. I'M A WEEPER


Do not be mistaken by this tough exterior, my friend... As if. I cry all the time. It's freaking annoying. I try to bottle my emotions in, and I succeed sometimes in doing that, although my face can look a little constipated when I'm holding back the tears.


You want to know what's worse than drunk-calling? Or drunk-texting? DRUNK CRYING. Enough said.



4. I HAVE A SPLIT PERSONALITY


Okay, don't take #4 literally. I'm not a nutter. What I meant by #4 is that I really do have so many different and opposing character traits. Sometimes, I think my personality depends on who I'm dealing with (or how comfortable I am with this other person)... and boy, do I take it to the extremes.

I can be the quietest, shyest, most serious, and snobbiest, (I swear I've been called a snob many, many times and I never really understood why) person you'll ever know... or I can be the complete opposite: the loudest, rowdiest, funniest, and friendliest (I've been called a snob and then been called super friendly, even I'm confused) girly in the planet. 


5. I AM IN LOVE WITH THE BEACH LIFE... THE PALM TREES, WHITE SANDS, CRYSTAL CLEAR WATERS... BUT I NEVER SWIM.


I just have this little fear of being eaten alive by a shark. Blame that great white thing that was so popular in the 80's they made a movie about it, add the theme from the movie soundtrack, and you get a lifetime PHOBIA.


Well, that's all folks. Til next time, and after I've recovered from this slump... Be seeing ya!

These Are My Confessions...

Obviously, thanks to the title of this blog post, I have a few confessions to make. No, these are not the explosive and controversial types, so please lower your expectations my friend. If those are what you're looking for, then please, for your own benefit and mine, STOP READING.

Oh, you're still here? Well I guess I better start yapping. Here goes...


CONFESSION #1

This realization came about after seeing this website... and after reading this reply to that website.

I'm not very good with grammar. I mean I'm good, if what we mean by good is just knowing and having internalized the basic rules, e.g. tenses, subject-verb agreement, proper use of pronouns, etc. But... and this is kind of embarrassing, especially since I just recently spilled my guts about an impending career shift this January... I just think it's impossible (for me, at least) to be familiar with, let alone absorb all 10,000 of them grammar rules. Am I right or am I right?

However, to write something like that ad and upload it for everyone to see is just downright pretentious. I am totally with Zafra on this one, it's okay if you want to show the world how snooty you are... just make sure you are also perfect.

So, and it goes without saying, I am not perfect. I must admit though that there are some common grammatical, pronunciation, and diction errors that still manage to irk me quite a bit, such as... (ahem... bato-bato sa langit, ang tamaan... mabubukulan)


"With regards to" - Ditch the s in regards and just say, "With regard to".


The common misuse or lack of apostrophes, like interchanging the words "you're" and "your", "they're" and "their", etc.:
1. "Your a douche!"
2. "Their coming!"

The mispronunciation of the words:
1. Due - Djoo ("Your past djoo bill" or the double whammy, "You're past djoo bill", please make your life easier by just saying "doo")
2. Menu - Me-nu (people, repeat after me: me-nyoo)
3. Verbatim - Verbahtim (read: ver-bay-tim)


There are many, many more, but of course I am unable to remember them all.


What was I saying about snootiness and perfection? Never mind. Let's just move on to...



CONFESSSION #2

"I like 'art films'."

Oh, god... I cringe every time I hear anyone say "art film".


As they say, every human being is innately creative, and art is a product of human creativity.  What's more, art is relative to the person creating it and the person appreciating it.  Yes, totally. What's art to me may be a piece of crap to you. On the contrary, what's art to you may be (insert politically correct remark with a somewhat negative connotation here) to me.


In the same argument, then what defines an "art film"? 

I say just stop calling them "art films", and call them simply, "films". Isn't film another form of art anyway? So, saying "art films" is exactly like saying "art paintings", or "art music", or "art literature". It's so redundundundant.


Anyway, hearing this just makes me assume that the person talking has never seen an "art film" (CRINGE!) in his lifetime. Next thing I know, the next twilight movie will be called an ART FILM. 

Know what, go ahead say it... Twilight is art... as I said, art is relative anyway. Just don't say ART FILMS. Goddammet.

***Just my two cents. Peace. Happy Holidays!