Sunday, October 30, 2011

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!

Sunday, October 23, 2011

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.

Monday, October 17, 2011

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.

Monday, October 10, 2011

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.
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Monday, October 03, 2011

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.




Sunday, October 02, 2011

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.