the mad scribbler

the mad scribbler http://themadscribbler.multiply.com/ a: random rambler, mad scribbler, persistent shutterbug, reluctant teacher, 15-minute rockstah, clumsy hiker, closet exhibitionist, gradual graduate grad student. also a: daydreamer, versifier, once-disc-jockey, once-lost bean. Thu, 15 May 2008 23:20:20 -0000 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:23:00 -0000 the mad scribbler http://images.themadscribbler.multiply.com/logo http://themadscribbler.multiply.com 100 100 Happiness is one mooch away--- I'm giving away books and stuff! (PART 2) Here are the tapes and VCDs I'm trading for bookmooch points. Again, you should <a href="http://www.bookmooch.com">sign up for a bookmooch account</a> to be able to make a "transaction". PLEASE READ MY CONDITIONS: <ul><li>I'll be shipping locally for the time being (at least until finances permit me to ship to other countries.) Will keep you guys posted on this.</li><li>1 cassette or movie = 1 bookmooch point </li><li>VCDs and cassettes are original, condition ranges from good to excellent (no scratches, pristine case, covered in plastic)</li><li>For details, you can PM me. </li></ul>CASSETTES: <ul><li>Les Miserables 10th Anniversary Concert (2 tapes)</li><li>Reality Check - Reality Check </li><li>Jars of Clay - Jars of Clay</li><li>Now That's What I Call Music 5</li><li>Tracy Chapman - New Beginning</li><li>The Corrs - Talk on Corners</li></ul>VCDS: <ul><li>Looney Toons - Stranger than Fiction (1 cd) </li><li>Joe's Apartment (2 cds)</li><li>South Park The Movie (Bigger, Longer & Uncut) (2 cds)</li><li>Videoke CD - Josh Groban/Michael Buble (1 cd)</li><li>Police Academy (2 cds)</li><li>Piranha II (2 cds)</li><li>XXX (2 cds)</li><li>Trois: The Escort (2 cds) </li><li>The Mummy Lives... http://themadscribbler.multiply.com/journal/item/59/Happiness_is_one_mooch_away---_Im_giving_away_books_and_stuff_PART_2 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:23:00 -0000 Happiness is one mooch away--- I'm giving away books and stuff! In the effort to reduce the clutter that has accumulated in my room over the years, I'm giving away some of my worldly possessions: BOOKS, TAPES and VCDS, in exchange for bookmooch points. I can ship the stuff to you locally (via LBC or JRS), or, if you're in the neighborhood, I can meet up with you and give them to you personally. Note: You have to <a href="http://www.bookmooch.com">sign up for bookmooch</a> to make a "transaction". Hey, it's free anyway. <a href="http://www.bookmooch.com/m/inventory/grinningghoul/0/-/-/9999/50">Check out my inventory! </a> Here are the books I'm giving away: <ul><li style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Philip Ardagh    A House Called Awful End (Eddie Dickens Trilogy) </li><li>Richard Bach    Illusions        </li><li>Richard Bach    Jonathan Livingston Seagull        </li><li>Johnny Ball    Second Thinks (Puffin Books)        </li><li>Dave Barry    Dave Barry's Stay Fit and Healthy Until You're Dead        </li><li>Himstreet and Baty    A Guide to... http://themadscribbler.multiply.com/journal/item/58/Happiness_is_one_mooch_away---_Im_giving_away_books_and_stuff Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:02:00 -0000 Angry Alien Productions: 30-Second Bunnies Theatre and other cartoons. See 30-second summaries of movies re-enacted by bunnies! Found this http://themadscribbler.multiply.com/links/item/15/Angry_Alien_Productions_30-Second_Bunnies_Theatre_and_other_cartoons. Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:23:04 -0000 *Homer Simpson Moment* Doh.... If I had known about all of this two years ago, researching for my thesis would have been less painful. Here are some sites for people like me, whose social lives are virtually nil thanks to that wonderful, horrible thing we call the thesis: <ul> <li>Philippine E-Library: Yes, ladies and gentlemen, they have an online, searchable catalogue of several libraries in the country. Just type in your keywords, and they'll tell you what books are available, and where you can find them. You can even build a book list that they'll email to you. Lalalalalalaaaa. Anyway, here's the site: <a href="http://www.elib.gov.ph">www.elib.gov.ph</a> </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Google Scholar: Are you sick and tired of getting personal blogs and porn sites everytime you try to find references? Do you get sites on plastic surgery, breast augmentation, and nekkid women when all you really want is to find out the "different uses for coconuts"??? Try Google Scholar: <a href="http://scholar.google.com/">http://scholar.google.com</a>. Never have to bleach your eyes again. Ever. </li> </ul> http://themadscribbler.multiply.com/journal/item/53/Homer_Simpson_Moment_Doh.... Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:47:00 -0000 Freaks and a Fisheye Lens Deep inside, we're all http://themadscribbler.multiply.com/photos/album/15/Freaks_and_a_Fisheye_Lens Sat, 10 Nov 2007 15:45:18 -0000 Happy Birthday to Meeee. Uh. I get http://themadscribbler.multiply.com/calendar/item/10001/Happy_Birthday_to_Meeee. Sun, 4 Nov 2007 13:48:24 -0000 Songs to Wear Pants To Utterly. Defies. Description. ROTFL For more apple-cinnamon-lemony-fresh goodness, check out http://www.songstowearpantsto.com http://themadscribbler.multiply.com/music/item/20/Songs_to_Wear_Pants_To Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:52:41 -0000 Attack of the Evil Shadow-Bunny When shadow puppets strike http://themadscribbler.multiply.com/video/item/1/Attack_of_the_Evil_Shadow-Bunny Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:48:13 -0000 The Things That Matter This has been a year of learning to deal with difficult things. My long-overdue thesis. My father's stroke. My grandfather's cancer. My grandmother's foot injury. The whole family's been under a lot of strain. With so many things happening at the same time, it's hard to just sit down and make sense of everything. And I have a feeling it'll take a couple more months before I can do that completely. In the meantime, here are fragments of what I've learned so far: From the Thesis: 1. Sometimes you just have to keep doing something even though you can't see the point. Because if you're paying attention, you'll see the point eventually. 2. Learning starts when you've reached the point where you feel like you don't know anything anymore, and you learn to accept that. Ignorance isn't a stumbling block, it's a space for something new to grow. 3. When your intelligence fails you, sometimes sheer stubbornness does the trick. 4. Fight, even if it seems like a lost cause. Because if yo... http://themadscribbler.multiply.com/journal/item/49/The_Things_That_Matter Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:12:00 -0000 Sonnet 130 You rock my world, Professor Snape. http://themadscribbler.multiply.com/music/item/13/Sonnet_130 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:55:48 -0000 Thesis Defense Veni, vidi, vici. And now it's time to revise. (God looks out for His own. He really does.) http://themadscribbler.multiply.com/journal/item/47/Thesis_Defense Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:22:00 -0000 Lynette's Thesis: "Salamat po, Dra. Bello!" I think the title pretty much says it all. :) http://themadscribbler.multiply.com/journal/item/46/Lynettes_Thesis_Salamat_po_Dra._Bello Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:23:00 -0000 Tiyanak: The Story of A Thesis Proposal I have been working on the thesis proposal for almost two weeks. I managed to finish the capsule proposal, and was pleasantly surprised that my committee liked it. They gave it an ok, and told me to expand it a little more so  I could submit it to the graduate school for approval. "Expand" meant "add some relevant related literature." Which I did. And then the unexpected happened. Somewhere in between reading references and writing the review of related literature, I happened to take a look at my thesis proposal---and realized that it had turned into a monster. More on this later. I have to do some reconstructive surgery. *brings out chainsaw and eyes thesis warily* http://themadscribbler.multiply.com/journal/item/45/Tiyanak_The_Story_of_A_Thesis_Proposal Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:36:00 -0000 Evil Space Warlord! Wahahahahaha! If You Were Born in 2893...<img src="http://images.blogthings.com/ifyouwerebornin2893quiz/future-9.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Your Name Would Be: Ayn Kad And You Would Be: An Evil Space Warlord<a href="http://www.blogthings.com/ifyouwerebornin2893quiz/">If You Were Born in 2893</a> http://themadscribbler.multiply.com/journal/item/44/Evil_Space_Warlord_Wahahahahaha Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:48:00 -0000 A Postcard from the Vortex Just so everyone knows: no, I haven't been abducted by aliens, am not suffering from amnesia, have not eloped and have not been kidnapped. I have merely flung myself headlong into the Vortex of Madness (or, at the very least, Vortex of Lots of Late-Night Work and Excessive Midnight Snacking) that sucks in normal people and spits them out some time later, reeling and bewildered, but with a graduate degree. Most people call it the Master's Thesis. But, in spite of the work interspersed with visits to the hospital (that's another story for another time) and all, I'm alive and well. And strangely optimistic. I know this is a long shot, (got about a month until the end of the semester, and then a couple of weeks until the deadline for grades) but I figure, if I work like a madwoman for the remainder of the semester, I think I'll make it. Right now, the one thing that's motivating me is the fact that the members of my guidance committee think that my study is actually worth doing. That and... http://themadscribbler.multiply.com/journal/item/43/A_Postcard_from_the_Vortex Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:55:00 -0000 Rainbow <A href="http://themadscribbler.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/RrNgTgoKCqMAAC1Jb201"><IMG class=alignleft src="http://images.themadscribbler.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RrNgTgoKCqMAAC1Jb201/wainbow%20copy.jpg?et=cnap2T1d%2CF8P5KEQUkKXLA" border=0></A>He never promised me the "sun, moon and stars". (Thankfully.) He emailed me rainbows instead. Said he wanted to cheer me up. It's surprising that, after what our family's been going through the past weeks, a couple of rainbow photos will still do the trick.   http://themadscribbler.multiply.com/journal/item/40/Rainbow Fri, 3 Aug 2007 17:03:00 -0000 Re: Blood Donors Thanks to everybody who responded to my post about blood donors for my grandfather. He had a spinal tap at 11 am, and the procedure was successful. According to my uncle, Lolo looks a lot better now, and we're hoping that the spinal tap relieved some of the pressure that was causing severe back pains. Thank God there was no need for an additional transfusion. Please keep him in your prayers. http://themadscribbler.multiply.com/journal/item/39/Re_Blood_Donors Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:49:00 -0000 Ani-ism #1 Some people wear their heart up on their sleeve. I wear mine underneath my right pant leg, strapped to my boot. Ani di Franco, "Outta Me, Onto You" http://themadscribbler.multiply.com/journal/item/37/Ani-ism_1 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:27:00 -0000 The Right Number Love. Sex. And numbers. Good read. :) READ IT AT: http://www.scottmccloud.com http://themadscribbler.multiply.com/reviews/item/5 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:40:28 -0000 Weirdness Each player of this game starts with 6 weird things about himself or herself. People who get tagged need to write a blog entry of their own as well as state the rule clearly. In the end, you need to tag 6 people as well and list their names. Don't forget to let them know they've been tagged! (Thanks to Bing for this one.<IMG src="http://images.multiply.com/common/smiles/smile.png">) <OL> <LI>I occasionally have belching contests with my boyfriend. It's crude, gross, and very entertaining. <LI>Every now and then, I talk to the moon. I have also had interesting conversations with trees and stray cats. My family does not know about this. Kindly refrain from mentioning it to them. <LI>I firmly believe that Dr. Seuss is one of the greatest poets who ever lived.   <LI>When I was a kid, I loved hiding in small, cramped spaces so I could read. My favorite spot was under the stairs, behind a huge cabinet. <LI>I have perfected the art of walking around the house without being noticed. Let's say my mom's in the living room. I can walk into the room, flop onto the couch, r... http://themadscribbler.multiply.com/journal/item/36/Weirdness Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:29:00 -0000 odds and ends Random photos courtesy of my camera phone. And the stories that go with http://themadscribbler.multiply.com/photos/album/11/odds_and_ends Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:42:38 -0000 Babycakes (webcomic) I first read Babycakes in Gaiman's "Smoke and Mirrors". The story was deliciously disturbing to begin with. Macabre, yes indeedy. And then I saw the webcomic...very nicely done. READ IT AT: <a href=http://ljconstantine.com/babycakes/page1.htm>http://ljconstantine.com/babycakes/page1.htm</a> http://themadscribbler.multiply.com/reviews/item/3 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:32:23 -0000 The Empire of Ice Cream "Are you familiar with the scent of extinguished birthday candles? For me, their aroma is superceded by a sound like the drawing of a bow across the bass string of a violin. This note carries all of the melancholic joy I have been told the scent engenders—the loss of another year, the promise of accrued wisdom. Likewise, the notes of an acoustic guitar appear before my eyes as a golden rain, falling from a height just above my head only to vanish at the level of my solar plexus. There is a certain imported Swiss cheese I am fond of that is all triangles, whereas the feel of silk against my fingers rests on my tongue with the flavor and consistency of lemon meringue." This one's on my must-read list. Jeffrey Ford spins a tale about a boy with a rare condition called synesthesia, who just wants to be normal for a change. Freaky twist in the end. Ah yes. Coffee ice cream. mmmm. READ IT AT: <a href=http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/ford4/ford41.html>http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/ford4/ford41.html</a> http://themadscribbler.multiply.com/reviews/item/2 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 05:56:46 -0000 They're Made Out of Meat A conversation between two aliens. They've just made a startling discovery about us. Spanking good piece of sci-fi. The Hugo Award was well-deserved. :) READ IT AT: <a href=http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/TheyMade.shtml>http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/TheyMade.shtml</a> http://themadscribbler.multiply.com/reviews/item/1 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 05:43:37 -0000 emerging from the void (temporarily, that is) Hello. I am well. Now back to work for me. http://themadscribbler.multiply.com/journal/item/34/emerging_from_the_void Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:28:00 -0000 Puddle a waterdrop falls: the stillness shatters into nested ellipses. http://themadscribbler.multiply.com/journal/item/33/Puddle Sat, 26 May 2007 02:00:00 -0000