09 Jun 2006
Posted by J. Angelo Racoma as Blogs and blogging, Fun, Productivity, Writing
So alcohol did not work in kicking up my creativity level (though I was able to conceptualize a handful of stuff—if only I already had that cool Moleskine notebook a gracious reader promised to send over, I would’ve had somewhere to write them down aside from good ol’ notepad.exe). The good stuff messes you up well, and makes you take on fresh perspectives on othetwise mundane things. From this point, it’s all about keeping the flow, and being able to put into writing all those ideas inspite of the Kaliedoscopic state of events in your head.
It’s a Friday and people are out partying and celebrating the end of the work week. Good for them. It’s great for people to get well-deserved treats or rest after slaving hours off as corporate drones for people who probably don’t give an effing damn about their welfare. Whoops, sorry for the rant. I just feel so thankful I’m no longer part of that system (the corporate world, durr!)—at least not now, while I’m in this profession called blogging (and as well a host of other online stuff I’m involved in, I’ve started or would like to start, like that isulong seoph contest I probably won’t win but have entered anyway). No parties for me, though (birthday parties are for kids).
On being part of the system, why don’t we all give our kudos to Jolo, a.k.a. Avlack, a.k.a. the person who created the bad-ass original theme for The J Spotter, our resident designer, TXP lover and advocate of strict XHTML compliance. He recently, well, xacked up with Xackup, the latest Philippine-based startup promising to put out cool software and Web apps in the near future. That kid’s living the life! It’s like the local version of Silicon Valley or something. Free foodies, free massages, free corporate housing, take-home laptop, no time-in/time-out requirements, regular drinking sessions, stock options. The works!
With Jolo on board, I have no doubt Xackup will be looking good when the time comes for it to, umm, Alpha-release its products (release early, release often as my favorite open-source adage goes). Got to work with Jolo for a while (and we’re part of some blogging projects, too), and I can say he’s one cool dude. I do hope his Valley environs don’t make his head swell too much. Heheh.
Hey, Jolo, that sure is a world of difference you’re experiencing there compared to before, eh? Same here.
So where was I? Oh yeah I wrote on the title field “Friday Blues” because I couldn’t really think of any more appropriate title to describe what this Friday is. It’s probably the birthday nearing—existential meanderings again, or because I’ve a lot of things in my mind I’d like to do or achieve sometime soon. Chris P. would probably kick me in the head for typing in my headline first, but that’s how things are (okay, I’ll try to vary my workflow sometime for a change).
If you guys plan to greet me on my birthday, think first whether you’d more or less been a good person to me the rest of the year. If so, then greetings are very much welcome. If you’d been an arse the rest of the 364 days (365 on leap years—an extra day to be an arse), well then what else can I say? Take your greetings elsewhere, you hypocrite.
This being a Friday, it’s probably good to leave you with links to other interesting stuff. I’ll still be writing over the weekend, though, mostly on my BloggyNetwork blogs and probaly here also.
If this post turns out to be as serendipitous as the last “blues” roundup, then that would be awesome!
(Things do tend to turn out differently than you hope or originally intend. It’s sometimes fun, and sometimes downright annoying to watch how things go in the end—that depends on the turnout.)
Work Smartr every day.
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17 Responses
Chris P.
June 10th, 2006 at 1:07 am
1Haha, I don’t think I’ll be doing any kicking anytime soon. I talked with Brian Clark (copyblogger.com) about the headline issue, and he actually thinks you should write the headline first because, theoretically, it will constrain your content to the most meaningful material.
I have to admit that I’ve been following his suggestion for a few weeks now, and I dig it!
J. Angelo Racoma
June 10th, 2006 at 1:16 am
2Heheh, thanks for the coment Chris! Will try to use both (headlines first and headlines last), and see what works for me better.
Great work on Pressrow, btw! I’d switch if it weren’t for the customizations I’ve done so far here (isn’t that what everybody says?).
Cheers.
Corsarius
June 10th, 2006 at 6:24 am
3Go Go-Ogle! (Now, Go-Go doesn’t sound that nice. Erm..)
At the risk of being preposterous (enough to assume that I’ve been good to you the rest of the year), I would like to greet you a very happy birthday.
Janette Toral
June 10th, 2006 at 9:18 am
4Hey Angelo. Thanks for the link.
Yes, your creativity juice will just die on you from time to time. I encourage you to get “The Observation Deck: A toolkit for Writers.” It can provide you with interesting angles and approaches that can be worth trying or just recalling.
More than anything, you also need to rest or catch up with friends. Try cheering up someone too.
taorist
June 10th, 2006 at 3:07 pm
5Thanks for putting me up there, man. What ever happened to your blogging about fathers working at home?
Manuel Viloria
June 10th, 2006 at 3:49 pm
6Hi J. Where may we buy Moleskine notebooks in the Philippines? Thanks!
jozzua
June 10th, 2006 at 4:03 pm
7Heya Angelo, so you joined that Isulong SEOPH contest too? Wow. I saw your entry. jeez we have the same template! Hahahah. Goodluck to you as well.
J. Angelo Racoma
June 11th, 2006 at 1:28 am
8@Corsarius: Hmm. Have you, indeed, been good to me this year?
@Janette: Thanks for the comment and the advice. As for cheering up, perhaps the first one I should cheer up is myself.
@Taorist: I wasn’t able to sustain that Man-Blog series, was I? Will try to do another one soon, time permitting.
@Manuel: Right now I don’t have a clue where Moleskines are retailed. You could try out http://moleskineph.com. I think they accept orders.
@Jozzua: So I noticed.
Actually, we were using redbar but we thought that was inappropriate, so we switched to Plaintxt. I was initially thinking against it, since your entry was using the same template. But we wanted something simple, light, and yet elegant. Good luck, btw!
Lex
June 13th, 2006 at 10:14 am
9It’s 365 days on a regular year and 366 on a leap year. Make’s me wonder but I do hope you’re not multitasking like the McIntosh stuff hehehe
J. Angelo Racoma
June 13th, 2006 at 10:27 am
10@Lex, well, I do need sleep. Seriously.
As for the days of the year, however, of course I discounted the one day for my birthday so that makes it 364 on regular years and 365 on leap years.
This is so confusing. If I get to be crowned king, I will declare that the years all be equal at 365.25 days per year.
Hey, you didn’t greet me. You’ve been mean to me behind my back, haven’t you?
Lex
June 14th, 2006 at 10:06 am
11Yoh J, Didn’t greet you? hmmmmm what’s the occasion? did you get your first gray hair?
Lex
June 14th, 2006 at 10:08 am
12HAPPY BIRTHDAY DUDE
J. Angelo Racoma
June 14th, 2006 at 10:18 am
13Thanks, Lex!
taorist
June 14th, 2006 at 12:55 pm
14Happy happy birthday to my problogging idol!
J. Angelo Racoma
June 16th, 2006 at 11:41 pm
15Thanks Taorist!
Benedict Bueno
November 15th, 2006 at 5:15 am
16For Moleskines in Philippines (www.moleskineph.com)
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April 12th, 2007 at 5:33 am
17celexa 10 mg…
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