DEV and ARK: September 2012

Sunday, September 30, 2012

"Ideas" by ARK

Ideas... They are like inspiration, only a bit more solid.

Of course ideas are still as abstract as inspiration, only they tend to transform into real things more often. Why? Because when you are inspired, you want to do something to suit that inspiration. You are motivated to move. For a lot of people, inspiration is scarce. They tend to stay inside their boxes and refuse to see the world at a different angle. But if you are the opposite, you'll be able to find inspiration anywhere. It's just a matter of perspective.

When you step outside your comfort zone, you'll see that the "box" has been limiting your view. Using your imagination often gives you a wider range of possibilities, whether it's for your career, your love life, your family, your goals, or your dreams. Imagination fuels inspiration.

Ideas, on the other hand, are more solid. While inspiration only motivates, ideas point the way to get you were you want to go. Award-winning novels, blockbuster movies, successful political movements and other triumphant achievements are all rooted to somebody's million-dollar idea.

Why am I even posting this now? First, I have free time. Not that I don't have much to do, it's just that I have enough time to spend on my precious blog. Second, I have tons of ideas rushing to my head right now. I want to write something-no, in fact I have several ideas going on inside me that are just begging to be released. But if you know me well, you would know how my ideas all turn out.

Yes, I have heard from some that I make good ideas, but hardly none of it survives my attention span. This is something I MUST learn to get over. I can't have all these ideas put to waste. Some of these may-not meaning to brag-someday make me successful too. And I know how opportunities come and go...sometimes they just pass and you simply must grab them. But sometimes you must create them for yourself.

Gosh, I really am starting to plan ahead. The future is way too exciting for me. I want to do my best to reach those dreams of mine...and here I am blaming Dev for watching too much Glee.

I...will start again. I will try to form art from these ideas to prove to everybody that they exist in my head. Amazing works, here come!

...but first allow me to finish all my schoolwork. The semester is about to end, after all. Soon, I will have time to relax, unwind, love, and pay attention to my brain's visitors.

Thursday, September 27, 2012

"Get Ready For It" by ARK

Just a few days more and everything will be back to normal. And I'm both scared and excited.

Scared-that I may have not given enough. Yes, simply because I failed my Statistics midterm, I think everything I did this semester is wrong. Wrong enough to get very, very low grades. Okay, so I guess I'll just pray to get what I deserve. I hope I don't get anything lower than a 2.5. That's the limit...my personal limit. Bring it on. Give me all the low grades I believe I deserve. But don't make them lower than 2.5

Grade-conscious you say? Well, yes. I have always been like this. There are times when I forget this attitude, which causes me to receive marks I never liked seeing. But I do motivate myself enough to-you know-keep myself "grade-conscious". Because I have this ability to get lazy all I want. I could care very little about something if I am not properly motivated. And to feed my hunger for good grades, I must keep inspired.

I am excited... to see the semester end. To see the fruits of my labor. I did do my best. It is just that my vision is blurred every time I remember my Statistics. I have failed in a math subject before. And the last thing I want is to repeat one. I ONLY WANT TO PASS. I have done my part, and I believe I don't deserve to fail, even though my professor conveniently assured the class that he would gladly fail people. Oh, I wish he'd grow himself a heart.

I will continue to be on this state of fear and excitement until I get a good score on the next Statistics activity. It is not yet too late. I can still boost myself up and away from danger. I want to celebrate the semestral break...and not spend it lamenting on a single subject.

You can do it Ark! You have survived something like this before...it is only a bigger foe you are faced with. And wit your strength, you can triumph again. Just...get ready for anything.

Sorry reader, for being too self-centered on this topic I just needed to remind myself to relax and not be too paranoid. Grades don't dictate anybody's life anyway. Breathe, Ark. Breathe.

Found this link: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/AHZWm4/:MuA0z7_-:c@@cI+9L/make-everything-ok.com/

...and it made everything okay! It is quite cool. :)

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

"Busy Week!" by DEV

This week is so busy that WHEN I OPENED THE "CREATE NEW POST" TAB, I WANTED TO TURN IT BACK OFF.

This week is so busy that I DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TIME TO POST, BUT I LOVE BLOGGING SO HERE I AM ANYWAY.

This week is so busy that I'M HELPING ARK AND CAT PIG DO SOME HOMEWORK!

This week is so busy that ARK CAN'T POST ANYTHING HERE. TOO BUSY DIGGING THOUGH PILES OF WORK. I'M BUSY DIGGING THROUGH MY PILE OF LAZY.

This week is so busy that I'M PLANNING TO NOT POST UNTIL THIS CRAZY WEEK'S OVER, BUT I BET I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO RESIST ANYWAY.

This week is so busy that I CONSTANTLY PRESS THE CAPS LOCK BUTTON JUST TO EXPRESS HOW BUSY I AM!!

BUT this will all end very soon. I'm helping my friends out with some work to make the approaching vacation feel much more relaxing. Handle all the stress now before diving into limitless relaxation, right? And that's the logic I'm following now.

AND just so you don't miss me too much, I'll leave you with this Glee song. Enjoy. :)

That's Somewhere Only We Know...just so you...umm... know. :D

Thursday, September 20, 2012

"Tweet!" by DEV

I’m getting back to my old tweeting habits. Guess that’s good…and just in time for our sem break. Oh yeah!! Cat Pig’s efforts to go to school for me have landed yours truly on another step closer to graduation. And…oh no! We’re heading towards “THE REAL WORLD”. As if this world aint real or something.

Anywho, I plan to spend my lazy days tweeting. That is IF Cat Pig could pass General Statistics. Still makes me nervous to know that Ark MAY fail the subject-do you know how hard that dude studies? Talk about grade-conscious! But hey, math may not be our thing, but there’s still hope. Ark would pass. Cat Pig can- I mean, he’s a genius. But Ark could do that too. I just can’t go to “THE REAL WORLD” without him! HE HAS TO PASS!

Or else he’ll be staying with me, here at home…tweeting.

Well, these are the highlights of my Tweeting history (not that I LIKE history. Ugh.)

April 20, 2011- Got my first follower during my FIRST tweeting day! He already unfollowed me and he sucks for that, but at least he added “1” to my followers list, right?

April 26, 2011- First person to retweet me was American Idol contestant, Ashton Jones. She’s even mentioned me in her tweets several times.

June 7, 2011- YouTube star Maddi Jane followed meh. She follows back. (@maddijanemusic)

June 7, 2011- Filipina Comedian Pokwang followed meh. (@pokwang27)

September 4, 2011- I got my first 100 followers.

Some Random Date- Started to unfollow uninteresting accounts ‘cause that’s what made me lose my Twitter spirit.

This week- Returned to my Twitter habits.

How the heck did I keep track of these dates? Super memory, of course! Just kidding. :D

@thekenthansen

Hmm... There's an awful lot of birds on this post.

"If I Never See Your Face Again...!" by DEV

So this song isn't new... But hey, it's new to me! I dedicate this post to a friend o' mine who missed out on the Maroon 5 Concert. Better luck next time! LOL. :)

What if... I never see Ark's face again? Gasp!

...it's probably for the best. LOL. :D

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

"Paper Trail!" by FIN

I was taking a simple walk on a simple sidewalk, when I saw this simple piece of tissue lying on the ground.

"NOT AN ISSUE.", I said. These days, polluted sidewalks seemed normal. So I restrained my annoyance and my sharky senses. I had no one to blame anyway.

BUT THEN I SAW THIS SIMPLE GUY. He had a cold, and he kept on sneezing as he kept walking in front of me. He was holding a BOX OF TISSUES and he was wiping his nose with it. "Still no issue, dude. Keep calm."

Then I saw him drop the used tissue on the sidewalk. I found the culprit. He was right in front of me and he was dropping more and more dirty tissues on the already-battered floor. HE WAS LEAVING A TRAIL OF PAPER FILLED WITH GUNK LEAKING FROM HIS NOSE. If anybody was hunting him down, trying to kill him, they'd simply follow his snot-filled paper trail and stab him.

My teeth were itching, plus I was really irritated by the nerve of this person, so I prepared myself to feast. Good thing Ark came and stopped me. That angel's a really great role model. He said I shouldn't kill people even if they were killing nature. Okay, so I guess I must learn self-control...

But if I EVER see that guy doing THAT again, trust me, THERE WILL BE BLOOD.

Have a good day y'all. :)

"Shark Attack!" by DEV and ARK

ARK: Hey guys. I believe it has been a while since our last post...

DEV: But we don't have time to explain that! Our house is under SHARK ATTACK!!!

ARK: It's not a shark attack, Dev. I simply made a new friend.

DEV: You and your weirdo friends are clogging up my blog. Get that sea creature out of Jen's house!

ARK: You're being mean again. Oh well, might as well let my new friend introduce himself to you, dear readers. He's Fin. I met him in a nearby beach.

FIN: Hey guys! I'm Fin. And yes, I'm a shark. You might be wondering why I have arms and legs. That's 'cause I noticed that my home-THE OCEAN-has become very, very polluted. I swam all the seas and oceans in the world (and some rivers too) to see what's going on. I found that humans have been irresponsible with their waters.

So I forcibly grew out these limbs to investigate further. Becoming a land shark, I saw how polluted the rest of the world is. I was just concerned. And being the nice shark that I am, I took it as my mission to protect Mother Nature. Starting with this blog, I'll spread messages of environmental love...to all the humans who PREFER TO NOT HAVE THEIR HEADS CHEWED OFF. Yeah, I don't want to hurt anyone. Just don't hurt nature, 'kay?

DEV: So he'll be sharing the blog too???

ARK: Yes, didn't you hear him?

DEV: Sheesh...

FIN: Thanks Ark!

Friday, September 14, 2012

"Digging Deeper" by ARK

“The ARK that thinks a little bit deeper than the surface.”

I do have a sentimental side… A side I have been introducing through my blog posts. Somehow people think I am still keeping an even deeper side…probably a lonelier side.

I hover past people usually with a smile. My aura, as one of my friends said, is almost always positive. I like it that way. But for this very reason, people think I’m shallow, and I’m taking life a little too lightly. There are others however, who are convinced that I am keeping it all hidden within me. They think I have walled up my insecurities, never to be noticed by anyone- which is why my friends continue digging deeper.

To confirm, I am a living human. I may have taken an oblong-shaped, yellow-skinned angel form, but I’m still human at heart. I DO have my fears, my insecurities, my secrets, my regrets. The only reason I’m positive is because I try not to let them consume me. I also believe these “deeper” parts of me are better unexplored, for I don’t think people would understand…or care.

I live everyday with a smile. If I ever bury something in the past, it’s because I would like to move on. Whenever I bury, I make sure I use it as another start-off point, or a stepping stone…or a launch pad. I guess I’m just not used to having my stepping stones dug. But that’s something I could learn. J

And to those who worry, don’t. I’m only changing my habits for exploring purposes. What good is a stepping stone that wouldn’t allow you to go to someplace new? What is the past for, if not for the future?

Thursday, September 13, 2012

''Premiere!!" by DEV

Ark was going to post something super boring when I realized that GLEE SEASON 4 PREMIERES TONIGHT!!

That's right folks, it's on FOX at 9pm. So I shoved Ark out of the way to pay tribute to the only reason I watch TV ('sides Adventure Time, of course.)

Here are my Top 3 favorite Glee songs...EVER!

Top 3: "Toxic" by Britney Spears

DEV: It's as infectious as it is toxic. LOL.

Top 2: "Rumor Has It/ Someone Like You" by Adele

DEV: I'm literally sick of this song. But I still can't stop singing it. That's how awesomazing this mash-up is. Everybody sing: "Rumor has it...Rumor has it..."

Top 1: "Thriller/ Heads Will Roll" by Michael Jackson/ Yeah Yeah Yeahs

DEV: Mash-ups. I just can't get enough of 'em. Probably the best Glee Mash-up EVER.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

"Get Inspired!" by DEV

Don't take this video literally, guys. I mean, it CAN be fun to dance with a devil on your back.

LOL. Get inspired folks. It's always darkest before the dawn...whatever that means. :D

That's Florence and the Machine's "Shake It Out". C'mon, do some shaking. :D

"Birthday Continuation" by MAX

Earth Invasion Report: Humans celebrate the date of their birth.

I tried using Jen's computer to make a special greeting for her. Unfortunately it remains a bit primitive to me-Earth's technology. Still, I am rather proud of my work.

So...happy birthday JEN!!!