tala @ so-phobic

I got this from Loryces’ blog.

age: 24
band listening to right now: The Starting Line
career future: computer scientist, member of an AI-related research team
dad’s name: Luis
easiest person to talk to: Nix
favorite song: right now, The Starting Line’s Best of Me
gummy bears or gummy worms: worms
hometown: San Carlos City, Pangasinan
instruments: scalpel. lolz
job: professional student
kids: zero. not in 6-8 years
longest car ride ever: 6 hours
mom’s name: Patricia
no. of people you slept with: as if I would tell yew, lolz =)
phobia(s): enclosed spaces, people who curtail my freedom
quote: Live and let live.
reason to smile: ***, Ragnarok, lolz (sige, sabihin mo pang addict ako!), DSL, the Internet, books, lots of books
song you sang last: Seasons of Love I think
time you wake up: 2 hours before class time
unknown fact about me: I don’t know it myself
vegetable you hate: okra, anything slimey-feeling
worst habit: buying things I don’t really need, drinking too much coffee, being a zombie when in front of the PC
x-rays you’ve had: chest, tooth
yummy food: kitkat. yum.
zodiac sign: Virgo

If I were to give someone a box with 12 things that would best define me, my box would have:

1. one-volume hardbound book of Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales
2. a laptop
3. DSL modem and subscription
4. a cellular phone
5. Ragnarok Online CD (updated with WoE!)
6. the complete Wheel of Time series
7. vanilla-scented candle
8. champoy (it’s not Chinese snot!)
9. Dragonlance Chronicles and Legends
10. all of Jane Austen’s novels
11. gift certificate for an unlimited shopping spree at Shoe Salon
12. my blogger account =)

What’s in your box?

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A poem by Sara Teasdale:

No one worth possessing
Can be quite possessed;
Lay that on your heart,
My young angry dear;
This truth, this hard and precious stone,
Lay it on your hot cheek,
Let it hide your tear.
Hold it like a crystal
When you are alone
And gaze in the depths of the icy stone.
Long, look long and you will be blessed:
No one worth possessing
Can be quite possessed.

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I think that line should be said to anyone and everyone entering a romantic relationship. Just a thought.

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Either Blogger or Blog*Spot is down, or I just have this negative affinity with anything broadband. My entry before this does not publish to Blog*Spot no matter how many times I refresh or republish. At the rate this is happening I am so tempted to learn the Greatest Journal’s quirks and switch to that. Or maybe use Yael’s blogging engine.

On a lighter note, War of Emperium starts tonight at 6pm, and Miriya will have her first ever run. I’m so excited! I have to stock up on white pots first though. =)

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From http://www.geocities.com/jibroo/yourname.html:

Tala:

You are an overly sensitive person, often falling into a savior-martyr role. You are very skeptical and have more than your share of bad luck. You have much enthusiasm with a driving attitude toward achievement in life. You have a diplomatic flair to your nature. Equality and fairness are important to you. You have a need to be up front.

Vito Cruz:

You have difficulty getting emotionally close to others. You believe in live and let live. You are future oriented. You are relatively demonstrative in your affections. You enjoy being stroked verbally and physically. You need to learn faith in place of fear. You have a great deal of loyalty to those you love. You have much inner strength. You are clever, inventive, imaginative and youthful. You enjoy socializing. You enjoy a challenge. You can take thought-directed actions. You are soft-hearted with a charitable nature. You are compassionate, highly imaginative and creative.

De Vera:

Your world, good or bad, revolves around your family. You are determined and loyal, and your word is your bond. You can be quite inventive and quite curious. You have a desperate need for freedom. You need to learn to be expressive. You are a person who cannot tolerate being misunderstood. You have a lack of confidence in your mental abilities and do not like being forced into giving your opinion. You have a need to be up front.

*those in BOLD are oh so true. =)

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Roughly 3 hours and 10 minutes till the OBJPROG exam. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!! =)

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I’ve had it with Tripod’s pop-ups. And since it no longer supports Blogger’s FTP-type (passive I think), it is of no use to me now. I’m currently moving my site to FreeWebs. The bad news is, FreeWebs’ free account doesn’t support multiple file uploading. So now I’m wondering what to do with my photos section. Hmm, I think I’m going to have to use a free album site for this one. Hmm, I think Photobucket supports public viewing. I’ll try this later. Meanwhile, got to get ready for school.

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