6 posts tagged “rant”

It's similar to saying "Gee, I still have a lot of backlogs to do, but I'm not in the mood yet so I think I'll blog first."

Ahem...

An advice:
Don't take naps that will last for less than 30 minutes. You'll get minor headaches for that, and your vision [especially when they're not normal to begin with] will be blurry for fifteen minutes or so. In effect, you'll only waste time.

A decision:
I'll be leaving Vox soon. Nope, I won't quit blogging. I'll just move back to Blogger.com. And it's included in my short-term goals. I have finally gotten the hang of CSS [yay me!] and relearned Dreamweaver [it's been two years since I last used it]. As soon as I finish my website project for CS10, I'll immediately start my drafts for my blogspot layout. Hmmm, the release might be during the sembreak, though. I still have to prioritize my finals. X_X

An anxiety:
I'm having very, very odd dreams lately. My intuition, however, keeps on preventing me from trying to know what they might mean. Something about it's better not knowing at all.

Another anxiety:
I'm drained. Emotionally and mentally. I think it's only a matter of time before I'll be drained physically, as well.

Why? I don't know; probably because it's been a week [almost, give or take a few days] since I have last posted. And no, the mind dump post yesterday does not count.

Ooopsss!! Gomen!!! My SoTW is two weeks overdue!!!

OK, OK, I'll do it now. I found the two perfect songs. I'll explain their sentimental value later...

This thought just came to my mind during practice earlier...

Does anybody ever read my blog?

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Wait, scratch that. I do know at least three people who read my blog, and they have all commented on certain posts. So, it's pretty obvious who those people are.

I'm referring to the world at large. I don't know how to embed a visitor counter widget with this thing [It appears that Vox can only embed simple widgets, preferably those static.] So, I have no idea if my blog's receiving its own traffic or not.

Not that I mind, though. I never envisioned my blog as famous as those of certain Americans who claim to have ***** several Filipinas. I do not want mine to be as notorious, either.

It's just awkward to rant your heart and frustrations out not knowing that the very people concerned might be reading it. My professor voiced the same sentiment on his blog.

Er...

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How to say this...

Unidentified-person-who-happens-to-stumble-upon-this-blog, please drop a comment. Anything. Bash me. Greet me. Type an assortment of punctuation marks on your comment if you want, I don't care. I'll delete anything offensive anyway.

I really just want to know how accessible my blog is.

Because if it's that easy, then woe to Riknata.

X_x

[...Privacy is dead nowadays...]

 I just realized that this might probably be the last time I’ll be able to post decently and sanely [for real]. So, at 9:10 in the morning, a few hours before I officially start my college, I’ll rant ‘til my heart is satisfied.

Ah, the beauty of the power of youth. Damn Lee and Maito Guy; they’re starting to affect my mannerisms.

Naruto’s on it’s 400-ish chapters and none of the loose ties are settled yet. Ooops, yeah. I forgot. Now we all know Itachi really is (or was; he’s dead) just the caring big brother who did, risked, and gave up everything just to protect his “foolish otouto.”

Speaking of fanfic hunting…After two months of searching and reading and reviewing, I eventually mastered the art of finding good and very good reads.

One. Review count. Seriously, even if the most of the reviews only consisted of “Wow, it’s amazing!” and “You’re sooo great!!!” and the like, don’t mind. What’s important is the count. If a lot reviewed bothered to review, then it might be something. Right? Oh, and another thing. Check the Word Count-Review Count ratio. If it’s a 1,000-ish word fic with only 10-is fic, then trust me. It’s not worth it. Multi-chaptered fics are trickier, though. Sometimes, I give them a little slack. So, if you feel like the fic’s well loved by the people, then it’s worth checking out.

Two. Summary. Nope. That’s not a major factor. Some of the best fics I have read have not-so-well-made summaries. They contain the warnings or keywords you might be looking for, though. Best not to ignore them. See the fic I promoted? It’s wee bit at the beginning of this post. It’s a SasuSaku. Trust me. It is.

Three. Favorites. Searching each and every single page in your chosen archive (ie. Saiyuki) is worse than looking for a needle in a haystack. Here’s my idea of fanfic hunt. You find a very good fic. If this is your first time, then there’s no choice but do use the old-fashioned way. Then, after reading it, you review. (No, that’s optional.) Seriously, though. After you finished, check the author’s profile. It’s a bonus if you found another of his/her works that interest you. Look up the faved stories. Again, it’s a bonus if there are more than 80 stories linked there. Didn’t find anything you want? Then check the faved authors. I would recommend choosing the one with the most stories written. It provides more choices.

Here’s the catch. If author has good skill, then other authors with good skill associates with author. If author has good skill, then author has good taste. If author has good taste, author likes good stories.

Further *meditating* also made me realize another crucial fact about me: I’m addicted to computers.

‘Nuff said.

I'm typing this above our roof. Call me desperate but seeing that a beach trip is near impossible, I'm looking for new ways to get a tan. The only drawback is I can't raise a beach umbrella on our roof. That's just plain stupid. I'm gathering curious eyes as it is.*

As much as I would like to start writing on my newly-personalized blog (n_n), Journalism duties call. Just so, this post is a test-run, anyway. I want to check out how my Vox will look like with decent posts in it.
(if you can call these decent, that is)

Hmm, so far so good, actually.

So,

Ja!