Rafa is Thankful

This week, I relish with momentous glee that the semester is finally over Like everyone else, I cherish my time, and I do believe alot of the days spent in school were sometimes futile and inane. My school's flaw consists of replacing quality work with a larger cuantity of work, which puts us students under a ton of stress. So I am thankful for this feeling of euphoria I am feeling right now that school is done with.

Rafa's Analysis

I once had a scholarly situation I had to deal with where I had been set up to work with someone I didn't particularly like. I knew the teacher didn't really care for me, but I never thought he might cospire against me and make me work with a dolt. After much thinking, I realized my attempts to change partners were futile. I thought no matter how much I were to abet the teacher, he would not attempt to help. But, even though I knew any of my imput would be inane, I could be optimistic because of the fact that I could at least just seperate the ammount of work between the both of us and stay as far away from this person.

Rafa's Peculiar Phobias

I have a peculiar list of phobias. For starters I get very frigid when I lie on my back with my neck exposed. This is because I have this gargantuan fear of being stabbed in the neck, which is really weird. Also, I am pretty much fazed by the dark, and am quite scared of it. Lastly, whenever I am forced to accompany someone to the hospital, I do so cautiously. This is because I am a bit of a hospital-phobe, and hospitals creep me out.

Rafa Illustrates

Most people immediatly think that the most talented people in the world were talented right from the start. For example, people think that DaVinci came out of the womb with the superlative ability of drawing portraits correctly, when his work was a result of years of training. Banal opinions suggest that Lady Gaga was "born that way", when, in fact, she wasn't. But perspicacious views surely know that no millionaire is born buissness-savvy, no scientist is born a genius, and no dancer is born knowing how to samba.

People: And When To Stay Away From Them.

When wanting a fresh look on life, the first step is to avoid people people with pernicious attitudes. Some types of people tend to be very detrimental, sometimes because of certain emotions and angers that fervent from them. Individuals with those kinds of feelings inside always tend to be surrounded by animosity. Derogatory attitudes and cantankerous personalities are, in some ways, damaging to any individual's positive attitude.

How to blog through writer's block

How to avoid writer's block

Most times, I evasively ignore my blog post assignments until it is finally Sunday night and the assignment is due the next day. Due to rush of getting it done quickly, my mind gets stuck in a state of mental paralysis whenever I attempt to write. This is what we call "writer's block", a very detrimental and banal condition of anyone who is trying to write but is held back by a mysterious mental force. But, luckily, there are ways of avoiding this annoying tendency.

First of all, asuming the writer has spent more than enough time thinking about what to write, one must write with abandonment. At first, this method might seem to be garrulous, but it is better to write too much than to not write at all. The intention of this step is to purely stop all mental blocks that keep you from writing. Also, this step helps you to get all your thoughts written on paper.

Second, edit your content. This step allows you to read everything you wrote and edit the information. Leaving only the important elements, this makes the blog post more coherent and organized.

And Voila! You have proven yourself to be quite astue and you have written a blog post just in the nick of time!

Acting

I do envy the superlative and talented actors of the world. The ability to impersonate a character is a feat within itself. An actor or actress must be dauntless and daring with one's performance, averting from their own insecurities. Actors are endued witih the ability to confer complete emotional expression, making their performance seem genuine and real. To be an actor means to be conscientious about your performance and to avoid being caitiff.

Rafa Compares and Contrasts

Me and my father have striking similarities. For instance, both of us have deep singing voices. When I was taking choir in school, I immediatly remembered how my dad used to sing at parties. Also, we both love cake to an extent we could eat a whole bakery. But, even though me and my dad have certain things in common, we also differ on various things. For one, although we both like to sing, he also likes to play guitar while I haven't learned to play anything. And, of course, my father loves to, not only eat cake, but to make cakes. I, on the other hand, find it irksome to cook something that isn't mess-proof.

Rafa's Cramming and its Side Effects

I had a bit of a trite habit of studying two days before the test.
Very haughtily, I would believe that two days of studying would be
enough for me to get a good grade for said test. I would believe
myself to be astute, thinking I could cram in all the information just
in time to take the test, get a good grade and act like a total
braggart for the rest of the week. But, as always, the consequences of my mistake were inevitable. As a result of my obsolete cramming session, I only remembered the easy topics, but couldn't remember the subjects that take time to learn. From this last experience, I learned to be more conscientious about my study habits.

Publish Post

Rafa, The Medium: Conversation With Don Salvador

Conversation with dead family member Don Salvador.

Me: I never understood. What are you in my family? Are you my uncle or something?

Don: I am your aunts stepather. Or was.

Me: Oh ok. Well I miss you. Even though the holidays were filled with animosity, the best Christmas present I ever got was when you said I was a good kid.

Don: Don’t mention it. And I mean’t it, don’t you forget it.

Me: I’ll try. You know, you’re really well spoken without that stuttering of yours.

Don: One of the few benefits of being dead. Everything that used to hold me down doesn’t anymore.

Me: It must be a relief being released from the burden of your wheelchair. Say, can you run in the afterlife?

Don: You never run. You just stay. You just are.

Me: That’s interesting.

Don: Somewhat. You never do anything but meddle into peoples lives

Me: Doesn’t that mean you’re in limbo?

Don: No, it just means there’s certain issues with my loved ones that keep me from “going into the light”.

Me: Oh. Well good luck with that. By the way, I think ______ has a crush on me and it creeps me out.

Don: Relax. She has a crush on everybody.

Me: Oh great. Not only am I creeped out, but now I feel totally un-special.

Don: You’re welcome.

Camila Featuring Colbie Caillat - Entre tus Alas

When I was informed of this assignment, I really had no clue which song I wanted to talk about. I didn't know what song was "blog post worthy". So what I did was I put my Ipod on shuffle and the first song that came up would be the one I would talk about. And thus, "Entre Tus Alas" by Camila Featuring Colbie Caillat was chosen.

I adore the song “Entre Tus Alas” by Camila featuring Colbie Caillat. The song is carefree and relaxing. It is a love song, but it makes me feel something much more powerful than love. It makes me feel bliss.To me, it represents where I want to be in life. I want to be relaxed and carefree, and I want to live blissfully.

Rafa, The Time Traveler

If you had some sort of time machine, where would you travel to? Using the word "where" instead of the word "when" seems erroneous, since I am referring to travelling to a specific time, no matter how far back or how far beyond in time. If technology were advanced enough for me to roam through time, I wouldnt want to stray to far from the new millennium. I would set my time machine to a familiar era. In this case, I would want to travel to the nineties, since I spent most of my childhood throughout this period of time. When visiting this specific era, I would go to all the places I grew up in. By doing this, I would get a second look at some of the most beautiful moments in my life. I would witness my first years, which include my first words and steps, and I would get to see my parents at a younger age. If I could go back in time to the nineties, I would get to relive some of my fondest childhood memories.

Rafa, The Woman

I once had a frightful dream where I had been transformed into a woman. Even more so, a nightmare, for I was a man incarcerated in a beautiful woman’s body, left in a man’s world where most wanted to keep me as a trophy for themselves. At one point, I got tired of being this prize men sought after, so I decided to go beyond what was expected of a beautiful woman, by getting an education and becoming a successful businesswoman. But, even though I had a triumphant career, I still was seen as just a beautiful woman, only this time, no man ever dared to pursue me. Days after this stupor, I found this dream of mine to be a reality to most women. I realized that if, for some reason, I were turned into a woman, I would not survive a week alive, due to the fact that I am not strong enough to be a woman.

Brainstorming: "Does being sexually active give or take power away?"

Being sexually active doesn't give any gender power. Being male and sexually active doesn't give men any more power than the power they were practically born with. And sexually active girls are the ones that end up losing power in some sort of way, but they gain that power back in time. This happens when females choose to take control over their sexuality (instead of letting society, men, or other women dictate what is acceptable.)

Bread

Right when I was picked up from school, there was this discussion I didn't get to analyze because I was sorta napping, sorta not. All I heard was yelling

I had three pounds of this really good bread in the car. I was eating tiny pieces of bread because I was hungry

The discussion stopped when we got home. I was still in the car while everyone was outside. As I went to take another piece of bread, a cockroach crawled out the bread bag and just kept on walking.

I still ate the piece


but anyway, cockroaches to me represent the tiny problems that are part of something much bigger.

I'm not saying i only see them after a discussion, because that's not true. But I'm just saying that I don't remember a discussion that didn't involve me seeing a cockroach at some point

whenever I see one, I just do what I always do: ignore it.

if I kill it, there will be more anyway

unless we resolve the problem...

we fumigate, i mean.

-rafa

Rafa, the wanderer

.....this has been the most confusing year ever...


like, up until now, i have always thought i had time. i had time to really think about my career, to really prepare myself for my future.

but now, its getting too real, too close. like, i have to choose what i want to do with the rest of my life by YESTERDAY, i have to apply to every school possible and see what is required for me to enter.

its like, i was just fine a few months ago. i wasn't perfect, but i was better.
suddenly i cant stop worrying

i cant stop freaking out about everything

i cant stop dwelling on sad stuff

ultimately, i cant stop.

at least there used to be huge time gaps between the times i have freaked out like this. but now this is a constant day-to-day battle.

who is this person and where did he come from?


i need to see my spiritual shrink, or whatever you call it. i need some sort of guidance


-rafa

Things i did when i couldnt sleep this winter break

1) Play Kingdom Hearts. and take pics :P

my favorite is the "sUpreme Darkness" one. altho Kairi's eyes aren't that bad either

2) Money jars!!!




i am attempting to save money.


i used the hot glue gun to make swirls, then i painted it yellow, then i painted it again with two coats of gold paint, cheapo wall mart paint. the yellow base coat gives the gold a yellower tone, because the gold paint it like too thin.

it looks liek a honey jar from winnie the pooh. maybe i've been playing too much kingdom hearts :D

(ignore my foot in the corner of the picture)


I might as well talk about my goals. lets see:

i kept my room clean.

i worked out. not exactly everyday, but amazingly constant.

played kingdom hearts :P and actually won the game

i sorta made art and crafted. sorta. because i threw out or painted over most of what i did. but at least i could experiment

and i didn't paint my room

but overall

SUCCESS

-rafa

♥

i need to freaking finish that story for her.
-rafa