Meet the Blogger

• Do you usually sleep with your closet door open or closed? It's open, to let my cat enter and exit freely.
• Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotels? Eh, no...
• Where is your next vacation? I don't have anything planned yet.
• Who do you think reads these? Oh, whoever has some time on their hands and a bit of curiosity I guess.
  
• Do you have a calendar in your room? No.
• What’s your plan for the day? Work.
• Are you reading any books right now? Currently re-reading A Game of Thrones.
  
• Do you ever count your steps when you walk? Only when I'm really upset or stressed and needed to calm down (by counting).
• Do you ever dance even if there’s no music playing? Nope, I'm a terrible dancer.
• Do you chew your pens and pencils? Nope.
  
• What is your “Song of the Week”? Emelie Sande's Read All About It (Pt. III)
• Is it okay for guys to wear pink? Why not?
• Do you still watch cartoons? I still watch Disney Channel and Cartoon Network. I especially like Adventure Time.
• What do you drink with dinner? Usually nothing.
• What do you dip Chicken Nuggets in? Honey mustard hell yeah!
• What is your favorite food/cuisine? Japanese Curry.
• What movies could you watch over and over and still love? The Hours, Lost in Translation, and...I can't think of any others right at the moment.
• When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper? About a year ago.
• Can you change the oil on a car? l don't think so.
• Best thing to eat for breakfast? Chinese omelete with cheese and tuna. And a cup of coffee.
• What is your usual bedtime?  Ideally, it should be before 12:00, but I usually fall asleep at around 1 AM.
• Are you lazy? It depends.
• Afraid of heights? I think I'm a little afraid. I don't do roller coasters or sky-diving.
• Occupations you wanted to be when you were a kid? An artist or a vet.
• Hot tea or cold tea: I like my tea iced.
• Tea or coffee? Coffee, always.
• Favorite kind of cookie? Chocolate chip cookies.
• Can you swim well? Well enough.
• Can you hold your breath w/o manually holding your nose? Huh? 
• Who do you want to see right now? Her.

Facebook & Tumblr rant

I have very different attitudes regarding these two internet communities that I spend quite a considerable amount of time on everyday. Facebook is almost an extension of my life in reality, because 95% of the people that I interact with on Facebook are people that I’ve first known in real life or have come to know in real life. That includes family members (though I was really reluctant to add them), classmates, co-workers, and friends from an online game that I had played for years (though I don’t play it anymore). While Tumblr only consists of people that I interact with via Tumblr, i. e. liking other people’s posts, giving replies, reblogging, and sending messages.

the road not taken

What I want you to think about is what happens afterwards.

It's actually easy to form an intense bond with someone when two people have gone through a major event or time period together. The bond takes form rather quickly, but is fragile in the long run. It isn't unlike a cement mixture that has been tampered with, while the hardening process speeds up immensely, it'll easily crumble to pieces when dropped. And these kinds of relationships are exactly that, easily dropped if not careful.

In order to attain a continued spontaneous connection when the time comes relies on both parties. On the one side, you have to be sure about your desire to keep in touch with the intent to proceed further no matter what. On the other side, this other person also has to provide a sense of security or an invitation of sorts for you to latch onto. But relationships usually don't play out like that with crystal clear intents and directions. You are left with a strong desire to have a further connection, but the other party gives off a mixed and confusing vibe.

Ask directly, you run the risk of ruining a potential friendship. Keep silent, you run the risk of ruining a potential romantic relationship.

This is what happens when two people bond too quickly, only to be left at a crossroad. Which way to proceed? Choose one, and the other becomes the road not taken. And that really just sucks.

Poem, maybe

If only I knew where to turn,

Other than the turning of a page.

Maybe I will stop searching

Between the words,

For hopes that glide and

Surround me like birds.

I could lose myself

In an afternoon,

With a cup of coffee

and a book.

At the very end of that line,

I close the book and sigh.

For the thud echoes heavily

Out of earshot,

But in my mind.