Bottled Sky

Nikki’s Failure Tip #347: Waste time by writing pointless haikus.

An excellent example of a pointless haiku appears below. It was written by Nikki herself while failing to finish a 10-page dialectic discussion on art theory.

caffeine and no sleep
deadlines loom ominously
procrastination

For a complete list of Nikki’s Failure Tips, watch out for her new book entitled “I’ll Think of a Title Later: The Procrastinator’s Guide to Never Getting Anything Done.” It will be released worldwide as soon as Nikki finishes writing it (i.e. never).

You can also check out Nikki’s writing portfolio (which is really less “writing portfolio” than “two poems and one short story written for class then recycled into website content” — but we’ll just call it a writing portfolio for brevity’s sake).

My muse is a bitch with a wicked sense of humor. Why else would she have visited me just as I was about to go to bed at midnight after a hectic week? She was probably laughing her ass off as I — desperately fighting sleep — drew, scanned, edited, and coded like a maniac until the sun rose. She does that all the time, making me itch to do something totally unrelated to schoolwork at the worst possible moments (like whenever I’m rushing to meet a deadline).

But I still like her. I just wish she’d develop better timing. Haha. So anyway, check out the result of inspiration’s latest horrendously-timed visit, Skylight version 15 entitled “Hitchhiker.”

…and presenting the cutest puppies in the galaxy. On the count of three say, “Awwwww!” then click on their furry little faces for more photos.

I recently saw a guy I had a major thing for when I was 16. (And 17. And 18. And 19. And 20. Haha!) In the past I had proven to be completely incapable of acting like a normal human being within 50 feet of him. This time, however, I am proud to say that I am finally cured! Relaxed interaction with him is now actually possible. I still think he’s adorable, though. It’s baffling really, but I think I might never quite get over him. Maybe 20 years from now when he’s fat and balding, I will no longer feel the urge to jump him. Let’s hope so

My high school class had its annual Christmas reunion party last night. It’s always great to see those guys again and to catch up on each other’s lives. Practically everyone is either already finished with or about to finish his/her undergraduate course. With four more semesters to go, I might just be the last one to graduate. Blame it on the two years I spent killing myself in ECE. No regrets, though. It’s all good.

A bunch of them prepared a handful of goofy awards. I got voted as the one who physically changed the most since high school. After losing my glasses and one-third of my body weight, I’d say it was no contest LOL. Chrissa got the Crush ng Bayan award. I expect the boy magnet to maim me once she sees that I actually posted that here.

Ugh. I have a ton of schoolwork to finish before the holiday break ends, but as usual I haven’t started on any of them. I have, however, managed to do other things since the break started last Thursday that include but are not limited to the following:

• seeing a movie with my online-turned-real-life friends
• having a PMS meltdown (that ended in a sobfest over nothing)
• reading one and a half books (that don’t include the one we’re supposed to review for one of my classes)
• accidentally bonking someone on the head with a microphone
• getting caught in a sticky situation (that I have yet to figure out how to get out of)
• and making a new layout for this website, version 14 entitled “Head in the Clouds”

I still have a bunch of get-togethers with family and friends scheduled for the next several days, so I’ll most likely be cramming the aforementioned ton of schoolwork into the last two days of the break. As usual

Happy holidays to everyone!