utter randomness

here is the cover of the final harry potter book, which will be out on july 21.

i can't wait!

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1. may the force be with your mail. i can just imagine the fanatics going nuts and hording books upon books of these things.
   
2. kawawa naman si kermit.
3. seriously, when are they voting this kid off the show?! i don't know whether to feel sorry for him or be pissed as hell. fyi (here be spoilers), chris sligh was eliminated tonight. the kid wasn't even in the bottom three.
   
4. tony parker: rapper
5. this is just mean.
   

headlines

these are some of the headlines on cnn.com. we have:

1. we have a crime of passion
2. a freak accident that's also a really, really freaky coincidence
3. another freak accident

how bizarre!

bent

if i fall along the way
pick me up and dust me off
and if i get too tired to make it
be my breath so i can walk

if i need some other love
give me more than i can stand
and when my smile gets old and faded
wait around, i'll smile again

shouldn't be so complicated
just hold me and then
just hold me again

can you help me, i'm bent
i'm so scared that i'll never
get put back together

keep breaking me in
and this is how we will end
just you and me bent

if i couldn't sleep, could you sleep
could you paint me better off
could you sympathize with my needs
i know you think i need a lot

i started out clean but i'm jaded
just phoning it in
just breaking the skin

can you help me, i'm bent
i'm so scared that i'll never
get put back together

keep breaking me in
and this is how we will end
with you and me bent

start bending me
it's never enough
i can feel all your pieces

start bending me
keep bending me until i'm completely broken in

shouldn't be so complicated
just touch me and then
just touch me again

can you help me, i'm bent
i'm so scared that i'll never
get put back together

keep breaking me in
and this is how we will end
with you and me bent

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how are you supposed to feel when you realize that a significant time of your life was nothing but a big lie? is it really as simple as letting go and moving on?

according to blogthings

You Are a Realist

You don't see the glass as half empty or half full. You see what's exactly in the glass. You never try to make a bad situation seem better than it is... But you also never sabotage any good things you have going on. You are brutally honest in your assessments of situations - and this always seems to help you cope.

Are You An Optimist or Pessimist?

this actually saddens me a bit because i used to be such an optimist. i still try to be even now. unfortunately, every time i try to stay positive -- and i really do try, giving people the benefit of the doubt and whatever else -- i end up getting disappointed. so it's kinda hard.

this is one thing i hate about growing older.

blake lewis

part of me wished this guy gets eliminated when there are only 3 or 4 of them left, like what happened to chris daughtry. that way, he would have gotten enough exposure and he would still have a chance to keep his artistic integrity when he produces his solo album.

can you imagine someone with such a solid musical identity being forced to record whatever the idol producers want him to, just because he's contractually obligated to? i can't. it would be such a waste.

top 100 facts about chuck norris

this is hilarious. some of my favorites are:

• chuck norris can speak braille.
• chuck norris owns the greatest poker face of all-time. it helped him win the 1983 series of poker despite him holding just a joker, a get out of jail free monopoly card, a 2 of clubs, 7 of spades and a green #4 card from the game uno.
• while having sex with a tractor-trailer, part of chuck norris' sperm escaped and got into the engine. we now know this truck as optimus prime.
• chuck norris puts the "laughter" in "manslaughter."
• chuck norris does not hunt because the term hunting implies the possibility of failure. chuck norris goes killing.
• chuck norris doesn't read books. he stares them down until he gets the information he wants.
• chuck norris doesn't have hair on his testicles because hair doesn't grow on steel.
• if it looks like chicken, tastes like chicken, and feels like chicken but chuck norris says it's beef, then it's f*cking beef.
• chuck norris is 1/8th cherokee. this has nothing to do with ancestry, the man ate a f*ucking indian.
• ghosts are actually caused by chuck norris killing people faster than death can process them.
• chuck norris once punced a man in the soul.
• chuck norris likes to knit sweaters in his free time. and by "knit", i mean "kick" and by "sweaters", i mean "babies".
• chuck norris can drown a fish.
• the quickest way to a man's heart is with chuck norris' fist.
• chuck norris can tie his shoes with his feet.
• the only time chuck norris was wrong was when he though he had made a mistake.

supergirl vs. poison ivy

You are Supergirl

Lean, muscular and feminine.
Honest and a defender of the innocent.
(my note: patawa naman 'to eh. i'm not lean and muscular at all. kainis.)



and

You are Poison Ivy

You would go to almost any length for the protection of the environment including manipulation and elimination.

holler and i'll

1. tell you why i friended you.
2. associate you with a song / movie.
3. tell a random fact about you.
4. tell a first memory about you.
5. associate you with an animal / fruit.
6. ask something i've always wanted to know about you.
7. in return, you must post this in your own journal.

this is an interesting online exercise don't you think?

leave your comments!

american idol season 6

the last 4 semi-finalists will be sent home tonight and the 12 finalists will be revealed.

now i want to make a fearless forecast and say that a woman will be taking home the idol title in may. there are two girls in particular who i believe will battle it out: lakisha jones, who has been getting a lot of press since the show started; and melinda doolittle, the former back-up singer who, i believe, has proved that she deserves to take the lead. sure, melinda's not pretty like carrie underwood or katharine mcphee. but she's very likable and her performances are always very solid.



still, this guy could be the dark horse and win it all... and i wouldn't consider it an upset. i didn't like blake lewis... until i saw his first semi-final performance (of keane's "somewhere only we know"). since then, he's my favorite male contestant. ever (right next to chris daughtry). i love his contemporary sound, his seamless infusion of his beatbox skills into his performances, and his whole vibe when he's on stage. he just looks really comfortable when he's performing.

weekend links

1. can't wait to do this again.
2. the top 25 crimes of the century. among them: the black dahlia, the manson murders, columbine, the stealing of the mona lisa, and, of course, o.j. simpson.
3. the most beautiful object in south africa.
4. for all their ingenious gadgets, the japanese sometimes really do strike out.

total lunar eclipse

saturday, march 3, at 5:44pm. mark your calendars.

if you miss tomorrow's eclipse, it's supposed to happen again on august 28