How to Build Velvet Robots

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fuckyeahsodomites: pinkpanthers: queerhumanlove (via...
Dec 6th

Post-Life Civility

One of the stranger things about ghost hunting and things of that sort is the fact that it most of...
Dec 6th
thedailywhat: Oh, you.
Dec 6th
supersonicelectronic: My new haircut Love the huge...
Dec 6th

43. Fine Writing

Avoid flowery language. Fine writing is ornate, falsely poetic language which is often pompous...
Dec 6th
“I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives...”
— Samuel Johnson
Dec 6th

Walk & Talk

When someone fights with my friends, I fight with that person. Always. I cannot tolerate people...
Dec 6th

37h. Be exact. Use words in their...

Knowledge of idiom, use of a dictionary, and awareness of the ways words are used—all of...
Dec 6th

21. Unnecessary Commas

Do not use excessive commas. A comma at every possible pause within a sentence is not necessary....
Dec 6th
(via fuckyeahsodomites) That’s never going to work. ...
Dec 6th

Consumerism

Either my pre-cosmic self had very bad taste, or the salesman who sold my soul this body was a very...
Dec 6th

Fragment: Dinner with Friends

I wrote this during one of those long breaks, apparently last August 27. My friend Tom threw a party...
Dec 5th

Recurring Scene

The lights are too harsh for the small room and the chairs are too close to one another. Beneath...
Dec 5th
bumblebitch: jessicuh: drugsandsex: omg wow MIND...
Dec 5th

The Battle is One

In a past life, you were a general I refused passage to, And because I killed a thousand of your...
Dec 5th

Never say Forever

Because I love you, I love the infinity of the skies— For you, and I and your nails and the...
Dec 5th

Sorry for replying to this, but I'm...

baddie: velvetrobots: baddie:velvetrobots:dreamsofelectricsheep:baddie: Apparently he does this...
Dec 4th

One thing you need to know about me:

I go there, and I buy property.
Dec 4th

The Man Who Screams at the Wrong Waiter...

Let’s make one thing clear here: Even if this was wrong, and I’ve expended too much...
Dec 4th

Sorry for replying to this, but I'm...

baddie: velvetrobots: dreamsofelectricsheep: baddie: You’re way more tolerable than Shinji. ...
Dec 4th

Home

The world I live in is called Temporary & Never. It is an inn at the edge of the galaxy whose...
Dec 4th

Sometimes

He wore a mag- nificent black shirt and black slacks with slender lines and his hair was combed back...
Dec 4th
eft: MY FIRST EVER PACKAGE ARRIVED TODAY! YAY!...
Dec 4th

Selfishness

There are friends that are somewhat akin to sucking vortexes of selfishness. I’ve had a few in...
Dec 4th

formspring.me

dreamsofelectricsheep: baddie: You’re way more tolerable than Shinji. by aldrin I swear Tumblr...
Dec 4th

I'll bore you to death. But I assure you...

(via memasabilang) …what happened to memasabilang? What did I miss?
Dec 4th

Reading a poem once is like trying to...

Dec 3rd

Literary Theory Class

There is a literary theory class today. But I did not attend. I haven’t been attending that...
Dec 3rd
bumblebitch: My HUMALIT class. One of the best classes...
Dec 3rd

Jurassic Park is on HBO.

Great film. Watch with someone to scream with.
Dec 3rd

To Report on Feminism

I have a problem with reporting facts and figures. We had to do a report on the women’s rights...
Dec 3rd
staff: Now testing: Password protected blogs It just got...
Dec 3rd

I wish I can develop a series for

siegemalvar: …Ruby Rodriguez. I think she’s funny enough, and she has enough personality for it....
Dec 2nd

I am finally done.

Hell #2: Reporting on Islamic Feminism and Feminist issues in Maguindanao.
Dec 2nd

Currently: Hell Week.

Dec 2nd
Listen Listen
migsambo: Rico J. Puno - Macho Gwapito (Strangebrew Opening Theme) Nagplay bigla sa kompyuter ko,...
Dec 2nd

You're required to write a paper that's...

You’ve spent all you know at only 6 pages. Ragetoon.
Dec 2nd

I want to commit suicide, but that would...

Dec 2nd

I keep misspelling Hagedorn as Hagedron.

Sounds like her evil robot clone.
Dec 2nd
ratmanprimate: derangedwriter, a haiku has a specific form. It should consist only of seventeen...
Dec 2nd

Hare Krishna! Hare Rama!

HE ACCEPTED MY FRIEND REQUEST! A THOUSAND LOTUS PETALS TO THE GODS, IT HAS FINALLY HAPPENED! ...
Dec 2nd

People overacting about their love for...

Dec 2nd

Working on My Mock Thesis Proposal

I need to write about six more pages by 12nn today. If there is such a thing as magic, I will need...
Dec 2nd
libraryland: butterfliesinmyhair: Art and Literature I...
Dec 2nd
“And how could there exist a ‘common good’! The...”
— Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond...
Dec 2nd
cakeparade: acariebombsaway: Hello, my life.
Dec 2nd

My One-Word Thesis Proposal for...

Anti-Colonialism!
Dec 2nd

For once I'd like someone to challenge...

More difficult, yet less stressful.
Dec 2nd
“If there is some point to everything we do, something we...”
— Aristotle: Nicomachaean Ethics...
Dec 2nd

I COULDN'T HELP IT.

bumblebitch: I just told her the sequencing, and she said she’s still confused. Hindi ko na alam...
Dec 2nd

I COULDN'T HELP IT.

bumblebitch: jessicuh: bumblebitch: I had to peek. just a little… God tumblr, why you so...
Dec 2nd
Is it fair to be attractive and a good writer at the same...
Dec 2nd
elderwind: I think it says “To Study,” but I’m not sure. Patrick says it says to remember and...
Dec 2nd
elderwind: I think it says “To Study,” but I’m not sure. An enigma that will last a thousand...
Dec 2nd

Filter

*just got home*
Papa: You're smoking a pack a day?
Me: No. 1 pack lasts me 3 days.
Papa: You said 1 pack lasts you a week!
Me: that was before-
Papa: Nguyain mo na pati filter! sunog baga!
Me: WHAT THE HELL PA.
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Call me odd, but I think your dad's sentiments are correct.
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I know, but I was caught off guard. I just came in and then boom, he suddenly asks me that. I wasn't even smoking, or holding a pack, just walking through the door. He does that a lot, but it still surprises me.
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Lesson: stop smoking.
Dec 2nd
elderwind: Charlson Ong’s autograph on my copy of Banyaga,...
Dec 2nd

Filter

*just got home*
Papa: You're smoking a pack a day?
Me: No. 1 pack lasts me 3 days.
Papa: You said 1 pack lasts you a week!
Me: that was before-
Papa: Nguyain mo na pati filter! sunog baga!
Me: WHAT THE HELL PA.
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Call me odd, but I think your dad's sentiments are correct.
Dec 2nd
Ayu: lets start working if we want to get sleep
Ayu: PLUS
Ayu: stop tumblring
Ayu: for now
Cholo: I've been working since 6.
Ayu: well, let me work. i want to sleep
Ayu: goodluck
Cholo: God, you said that as if I was forcing you to speak with me.
Cholo: Fine. Christ.
Ayu: i love you.
Cholo: STOP TALKING TO ME
Cholo: I'M WORKING
Dec 2nd
elderwind: Guess so.  But really, where would you find room for long speeches?  Most of it’s just...
Dec 2nd
elderwind: Um, it’s a thesis proposal, not an essay.  Stuff like that’s better off for analysis. ...
Dec 2nd
libraryland: (via nosex) Foucault writes about the most...
Dec 2nd
elderwind: Oh yeah!  Thanks, Boss. Question: Can we make long speeches about our thoughts on the...
Dec 2nd
elderwind: velvetrobots: bumblebitch: elderwind: Background:  4 pages;  Theoretical...
Dec 2nd
bumblebitch: elderwind: Background:  4 pages;  Theoretical Framework:  4 pages;  Methodology:  4...
Dec 1st
elderwind: velvetrobots: bumblebitch: Sweetest man ever. Okay, enough of this. Back to the...
Dec 1st
bumblebitch: Sweetest man ever. Okay, enough of this. Back to the thesis. Oh, don’t...
Dec 1st
bumblebitch: He knows! I had to ask permission before magpose noh, nakakahiya naman. HAHA. ...
Dec 1st
bumblebitch: with the great F. Sionil Jose.:) I look like...
Dec 1st
bumblebitch: Last one for tonight.. with the genius, Dr....
Dec 1st
bumblebitch: WHO IS THIS AWESOME MAN, YOU ASK? THE GREAT,...
Dec 1st
“Once the sign becomes arbitrary, once divine self-revelation...”
— Simon During,...
Dec 1st
kickingfish: fuckyeahpichpich: (via...
Dec 1st

Post-Colonial Theory makes me feel...

Am I just a neo-colony zombie?
Dec 1st

You read tons of articles to prepare for...

You sit down to write your paper. You realize you haven’t read enough. Ragetoon.
Dec 1st

Love Songs

One of the most prominent changes I find in myself when I fall in love (and I do so not very rarely)...
Dec 1st

I'm going to report on Yukio Mishima's...

I think I’m going to puke. I’m dead nervous.
Dec 1st

So I and the literature majors met F....

elderwind: You misspelled Charlson Ong’s name.  You misspelled it! *pulls out an axe* Oops.
Dec 1st

So you feel like death but you want to...

SUCK IT UP AND DO YOUR PAPERS. Eats Decolgen like candy.
Dec 1st

So I and the literature majors met F....

We were shocked to find out they did not glow gold, nor did they speak in verse. They are...
Dec 1st

I have a fever and I feel as if I'm...

But I have to work on four papers tonight, read five books, and prepare for my report on one short...
Dec 1st
libraryland: grilledcheesevstaco: I’ve lost two...
Nov 30th

Archaic Language

The thing about people talking in archaic language is not so much that it’s annoying or...
Nov 30th
inky: Noam with Gnome STRANGE.
Nov 30th
I love you (and I mean that in an entirely homosexual way) But you’re being a jackass.
Nov 30th

Subtext

One of the more ironic lines in life is “I’m happy for you”— Never said...
Nov 30th