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The Diary of an Eloquent Narcissist
nikkifrancisco.wordpress.com
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"All journeys have secret destinations to which the traveler is unaware." - Martin Buber
#416927 in All , #61 in Movie Reviews

Hello world!

Welcome to WordPress.com. After you read this, you should delete and write your own post, with a new title above. Or hit Add New on the left (of the admin dashboard) to start a fresh post. Here are s...

13 dec 11

I don’t know what I want, but I know it’s not this.

It’s not so much that I’m miserable, it’s just that it’s been a fucking long time since I cared. I think that’s more dangerous– the being dead inside– becaus...

06 dec 11

Quit Your Day Job And Do What Makes You Happy

I’d like to recant a previous statement I made. Specifically, this one: “Sometimes, quitting is the braver thing to do.” I’ve seen the light and realized that when you quit at...

10 nov 11

Obligatory

What bothers me the most is that I don’t feel a sense of remorse or regret about this. I’m not sad, I’m not disappointed, I’m not angry. Sure, I feel like I should have, could...

27 oct 11

Losing My Ambition

It is often said that dreams are ways for our subconscious to deal with our conscious problems. I’ve personally believed this to be true because whenever things bother me long enough and hard e...

01 oct 11

KEEP IT CLASSY, INTERNET!

Did you guys know that WordPress records the search terms that lead to this blog as well as how many people searched that particular term? And I can see the exact phrase you Google? Over the past fiv...

24 sep 11

Same Shit, Different Post

You have to want it. You have to want it. You have to want it. You have to want it. Those five words have been ringing in my ears for the past three or so months but for some reason, it just … ...

19 sep 11

It’s My Birthday and I’ll Have an Existential Crisis If I Want To

Sometimes I wish I made different decisions. Maybe it’s because the paths I chose haven’t ‘paid off’ for me just yet. The jury is still out on whether or not I become who I...

03 aug 11

[film] Lightning Has Struck: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART II (2011)

SATISFYING– that’s all any Potter fan want out of this movie, isn’t it? To be able to come out of that cinema with a sense of satisfaction and conclusion, or at the very least witho...

15 jul 11

Talking Tom Sings!

It’s been raining really hard the past few days so what is a girl stuck in her tower to do with all that free time (save for catching up on her never-ending readings, that is)? Play with Talkin...

25 jun 11

Babies and Bathwater*

I took swimming lessons when I was a kid. I remembered the thrill of the novelty– something new and exciting to learn, a whole new world of experiences! I arrived at my swimming school equipped...

22 jun 11

Pièce de Résistance

Isn’t it annoying how I’m merely a weekend shy of officially starting law school and I’m still having… well, not second thoughts per se, but a quasi-existential crisis about t...

09 jun 11

Warped– Among Others

It baffles me that fourteen hours later, I find myself walking home, lost in thought and thinking about it. And him. And (naturally) the past. And (oddly enough) the future. The news doesn’t ha...

25 may 11

Puppies!!!

I was looking through old photo files and saw this set from two years ago when my Pomeranian-Shih Tzu dog, Becca, had her first litter of puppies! I don’t usually find newly born pups to be all...

11 apr 11

MIX: One

I am admittedly far too preppy for something so hipster like a mix but there are just some emotions best left expressed through the words of someone else. Call it the summer heat but I’ve been ...

08 apr 11

Now What?

With graduation comes the realization that this is it. This is the moment every undergrad struggling to write papers at 4 in the morning and stay awake through readings have been hoping for– fr...

01 apr 11

In Conclusion: 2011 UST Solemn Investiture

Investiture (n.) – the act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right I love how the university calls graduation a ‘s...

31 mar 11

Justice is Served

It’s a fact of life– you do something wrong, you expect consequences and you suffer them. It’s really the only exemplification humans get that life is somehow fair. Justice, as I...

30 mar 11

Pray For Japan

None of the world’s money nor technology nor advancements in fields of existence matter when a 40ft tsunami is heading your direction, wiping everything in its path. You can’t haggle the ...

10 mar 11

Untitled [an excerpt]

The trick is to go for the babies first. They’re all pretty much touch-and-go until they turn three. It’s not true they’re resilient. They’re babies. Why do you think theyR...

02 mar 11

AKBAYAN vs Sir Jalin

The man made a bad call. Does he deserve the public degradation now being hurled at his person? Definitely not. Sure, it’s disappointing for a professor as brilliant as he is to coax his studen...

24 feb 11

This is Just Cowardice, Move Along

I’m afraid to want anything bad enough because I’m even more afraid of how much it would hurt if I didn’t get what I want. What was just a reflex reaction turned into my own life ph...

20 feb 11

[film] The Same Old Story: TANGLED (2010)

Directed by: Nathan Greno, Byron Howard Starring: Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy Rated: PG Running Time: 1 hour, 40 minutes A damsel in distress lying in wait, a gorgeous man set to rescue h...

09 feb 11

[play] Too Much ‘Sahog’ Spoils the Kimchi: Tanghalang Pilipino’s AMERICAN HWANGAP (2010)

Mario O’Hara. Gina Pareno. Leisl Batucan. There is no doubt that Tanghalang Pilipino achieve the mother load of theater greats in American Hwangap. Big names for such a generic family drama. It...

03 oct 10

Intrusion

Answered the stupidest set of questions for the stupidest class: Are you in a relationship? Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend? If you are in a relationship, why are you not engaging in Pre-Marital S...

01 sep 10

Anti-Climactic Love Affair

The sound of your name, The idea of seeing you, The thought of you near– A shock to the heart. I must’ve loved you then. Seeing your face, Catching your eye, Witnessing your smile– ...

29 may 10

I Wish I Hadn’t

Right now, of two things I am sure: I’m not going to be a lawyer. Majoring in Philosophy is slowly edging towards the ‘things I regret’ pile. I remember hearing horror stories about...

19 mar 10

The Big Bad Future

The plan was law school. I’m in Philosophy for law school. That was my mindset nearly four years ago when I was a senior talking to girlfriends, painting pictures in our heads about what weR...

13 mar 10

Breakthrough

If you know me but at all you know that I’m either sixteen, seventeen or eighteen depending on my mood. The prissier I am about my age, the younger I lie about it. It’s a thing with me...

08 mar 10

Pers Taym [an excerpt]

Ewan ko ba kung bakit nauso ang inuman. Joke lang. Alam ko naman kung bakit eh. Masarap kaya. Iba ang pakiramdam ng lasing. Para bang kahit anong bagay ang gawin mo, kahit ano pang salita ang lumabas...

19 jan 10

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