5 posts tagged “blogging”
Having (belatedly) realized that I really cannot maintain this as a blog of any sort (i.e. one that is regularly updated with meaningful -- hah! -- and interesting -- haha! -- content), I think I will just turn this into a space to store photos and stuff. I'm supposed to upload the Davao pics here soon.
(Honestly this would be more interesting if more of my real-life friends were part of Vox, but come on, the major part of the Filipino web population is only now starting to move to Multiply from Friendster, so it'll take a while. Maybe in a year or so things will be different.)
So, yes, pictures of the beach and what-not to come. I leave the day after tomorrow. Yay.
In the meantime, have a listen to one of the few songs that sounds good even after endlessly looping in your head.
...As tagged by daimira.
Five strange/weird things about me
1. I am a geek. That is true. I love math. That is also true. However, I still have trouble adding even single-digit numbers. Especially -1 and 1; I keep writing -1 + 1 as 2 when I simplify equations.
2. I am like a cat in more ways than one. Not only am I feline in terms of affection and whimsy and general unpredictability, but I also do not know how to cross streets. Even the small streets in UP. I freeze when I see a car coming towards me, and therefore have almost gotten run over more times than I can count.
3. My usual bedtime is 3am or 4am. I've gotten so used to this schedule it's normal for me, but people always think it's strange, so... Also, I can stay up for days on end as long as I am fed salty junk food.
4. I'm not exactly a stalker, but my people-finding skills in the online world are rather scary, in that I find people even though I'm not looking for them. I know some rather interesting secrets involving a wide range of people, from my ex's ex to my old highschool batchmates.
5. I think more like a boy than a girl when it comes to many things, and thus have been known to rant about feminine stupidity on occasion. And then I remember that I'm a girl and feel really stupid.
(It was hard thinking of just five...)
I tag, uh, anyone who wants to do this; I'm too physics-y to think of specific people right now.
A.k.a. hello, I'm Mia, nice to meet you, cue hopefully fun conversation here--
Laura did her introduction via books, but I'm not sure my answer to that would make sense. However, it's very hard for me to do paragraph-based introductions because I tend to ramble and I'm not sure what, exactly, people want to know about. So! In the great tradition (?!) of the coolness that is FAQQLY, I shall do mine question/interview-style. The following are questions I've been asked in real life; some, I get asked all the time.
So, uh, you're Mia. Yeah.
What do you do? Sleep!
No, really. I... study? Right, I study physics. I also do some work that involves the web and writing. I write. I read a lot -- I can devour several books in a day -- though lately I haven't had time to read much non-technical stuff. I play games! I sing in the classical style, I do webdesign and graphic design, I cook, I draw, and... I sleep. Very often, though not according to normal hours.
Basically what you're saying is you're a geek. Hm, yeah. I like being one though.
But you don't look like one! I know! I think of it as a way to shatter people's misconceptions about geeks. Also I find their reactions funny when they find out I do complex calculus for fun.
What kind of geek are you, then? I don't exactly know. I haven't thought about it a lot, but-- I think I'm a science geek crossed with a gaming geek crossed with a general net geek. The other things I do aren't so "geeky" the way other people see them.
Why? Well, a lot of people associate being a geek with someone who hunches over the computer all day writing obscure code or talking about even more obscure subjects or just being anti-social in general. That's so not it.
So what's being a geek all about? I think it's about passion. A passion for learning, for exceeding the bounds of a certain field, for discovering and doing more. By that definition you don't have to be good with numbers or a computer whiz to be a geek. You just have to want to learn more -- more than your job or others' expectations require -- simply for the sake of learning itself. It's all about the pursuit of knowledge, baby.
If so a geek would actually be the epitome of the eternal goal of the human race. Yes -- ironic, isn't it? But that's my line.
Maybe. Did you expect your intro would turn out like this? Not at all! I blame Trickster-related login problems.
I didn't think I'd be so amused by tinkering with my Vox account, but I am. It doesn't make sense. It's not as hackable as I like my blogging/writing/media-ing stuff to be, and I haven't found a layout I really like, but it amuses me. It's like a very perky mix of LJ, Friendster, Myspace/online uploading sites, and MovableType, with taggability and Web 2.0 goodness. I don't find the interface that intuitive, though, so I keep running around and bumping my nose into things.
Ah well! We learn by... doing! Or doing badly. Sayeth the girl who never reads manuals but will attempt to figure out software/hardware on her own, seldom with disastrous results (surprising, yes?).
I'm still not sure what I'm going to do with this. I'm thinking a media repository of all the graphicky noodling and stuff I do. Plus maybe commentaries on things. And even sound files! Or pictures! I don't know! It will probably be the most theme-specific out of all the bloggish/journally sites I keep -- the question is, what theme?
