Living in the day and age of digital photographs, when everything can be captured and viewed in a flash (pun intended), and just as easily forgotten, the old days of saving your film for more important shots, worrying about exposure and damage, and waiting for days to get them developed seem so far behind. I wonder if families still keep photo albums now; most are probably storing their children’s pictures in their hard drives and just printing those meant for framing. The more tech savvy ones will create a slide show and upload it to their favorite networking sites so their friends might see.

I just realized that I lost tons of pictures because I didn’t save them when I reformatted my PC and then later switched to laptop. Those I managed to upload online were lost, too, because I didn’t upgrade my membership. Oh, well. Perhaps  my friends have copies, so I just have to go into a hunt if I really want them back.

Unlike what that very popular song says, those two things actually cheer me up. But before anything else, I’m talking about light rains – not the ones that cause flood or damages. I love the smell of freshly rained-on earth (or cement?). Mondays, on the other hand, is the start of the week, so for me it’s very promising.

So, ironically, I’m writing this on a Friday. Or, technically, Saturday morning. It just rained and I’m quite thankful that I wasn’t at work tonight. Another good thing is that the weather’s cold enough for me not to overuse the air conditioning unit. Not that I’ll need an Amish fireplace anytime soon. But it’s good enough for me to hopefully have uninterrupted sleep. I love my weekends, too, if I must say so, but bring on Monday!

I need The Super Mario Brothers to fix my sink. I’ve reported this to my landlady a few weeks ago but it seems that the issue has been forgotten. Well, I’m also a bit to blame because I couldn’t spare the time to knock on their door and remind them that I need them to call a plumber. It’s not a Kohler kitchen sink by any means, but it’s so hard to clean up the kitchen, much less attempt to cook, when your sink’s not working. I’ve already tried those liquid decloggers and none worked. So I guess I need to stop ranting and actually look for a plumber now.

I found this P50 facial mask from Watson’s and I must say that I am having fun with it. First, I think it’s a great product. It’s supposed to give moisture and improve the texture of your skin, and I think it will work nicely, if only I can follow the instructions and use one everyday for 6 days. Anyway, it’s not a natural acne treatment, but has this agar-like substance that’s quite cool to the skin. I think I’m buying a few more of those next time.

I just downloaded Glee’s vol. 3 album (not sure if this is just a fan compilation; the album may not have been released yet), and for some reason I always skip Olivia Newton John and Jane Lynch’s song Physical. I’m not dissing it, and I don’t have anything against it, but I must admit the music video concept during the show’s episode is quite funny.

Which reminds me that I ‘m supposed to rant here about missing my badminton games last night. I had too much to do and attend to, I had to give up the only thing I’m looking forward to every weekend. Sure is the fastest way to burn fat, if you do it consistently.

Well, I don’t have one nearly this cute, but I do have a number of “broken” headsets at home and at the office. Apparently, this one is called the Swarovski DJ headphone. I think I want to have one.

One thing that baffles me about my broken headsets and headphones is that it is always, always the left side that stops working (and I can’t stand headphones with only one side working). It’s not like it’s about me, because others conked out while in my siblings’ possession. I don’t know why I’m keeping them still; maybe because one side still works, and it feels wasteful to just throw away. It’s not like I’m attached to them or something, they’re just stacked up somewhere, unused of course. Maybe it’s time to clean up; they’re just clutter, and getting rid of them would not need any “funeral costs,” anyway.

Common sense goes a long way. Didn’t Alanis Morissette (I still can’t spell her name without looking it up) said, “You’ll live, you’ll learn?”

Well, that  very short line is quite true. You can relate to it any way you want. Off the top of my head, I’ll say it’s just like you don’t need an online degree to create and maintain a blog. Internet skills can be learned and developed through experience, even. We’ll most of the time, all it requires is interest. If you’re not interested in something, it’s very hard to learn it. Like physics, for me. And don’t get me started on higher math. I’m just not good at them, and I’ve learned that I can live with that.

My sister’s husband is selling his car, and I really, really want to have it. But all things considered, I don’t think this is the right time for me, so I’m definitely passing up this opportunity. Definitely. I couldn’t hear it said enough through my conversations with my sister lately. We’ve decided that there are a lot of other things that will be better prioritized than thinking about buying a relatively new, automatic car. I don’t even need to think about Mercury insurance reviews for now; just a cab drive through SkyWay and other steep, narrow, and curvy overpass is enough to dissuade me to think about driving. I’ll remain a daily commuter. For now.

It’s a funny word – blog. If you’ve been living under a rock, you’d probably think it means … I really don’t know what you’ll think it means. You probably won’t be reading this anyway if you had actually been living under a rock. Or something. And you probably won’t understand why creating another blog when you have plenty of others is not merely creating an online backup of what you already have. It’s more like food tasting. It’s there, it’s free, it doesn’t hurt anyone, so why not take advantage? Here’s my new Tumblr site. [Don't mind me if you've already seen this update somewhere else.]

It’s summer! Time to give up your Hudson jeans for beach wear.

Truth is, I was so laughing at myself when I realized that I even forgot that it’s already April and it’s the time when students are vacationing, families (and friends) are going to the beach, and everyone’s just excited to take it easy and get some relaxation time. I’m thinking of joining the lot. I just hope I get to do it before the summer ends, because so far I’m still swamped. Or maybe it’ll be fine to let the majority have their fun and then schedule some trips when it’s no longer the peak season. That is, with the hope that typhoons would not get in the way by then.