what is the world coming to?

three things:

1. i wanted the nigerian cardinal to be the next pope. and i haven't gotten over the fact that the new pope looks like, well...to put it bluntly: Ratzinger looks like Anthony Hopkins. as Hannibal. my mom was obviously shocked at my sacrilegious comment. but my brother agreed with me. (i love that brat) but we soon realized that he doesn't look that bad once he had those huge glasses on. the glasses masked anything cannibalistic. my dear catholics, please: don't detest me.

2. ciara abalos, daughter of rep. abalos was murdered. young. smart. she has a great future ahead of her. and she was robbed of it. i despise testosterone-fueled individuals.

3. a canadian singer sang the star spangled banner, or rather mis-sang it in front of a whole audience in a hockey tournament. she went backstage (or was it the locker room?) because of sheer humiliation. after a few moments or so, she went back on ice again and slipped, butt first. no concussions. just a beet-red face. i wonder how she'll live through a double-whammy like that. she should've sang "o, canada! o, canada" instead.

ahh blogging...

i will not try to even remotely explain myself why i got into this blogging business. i will not, i REPEAT *WILL NOT* explain why i started to blog.

i have 3 reasons:

1. this is good exercise. i have to do something creative while i'm downloading mp3s, e-books, etc. or else my brain cells will atrophy. at present, i have an intimate relationship with my computer and she feels that my journal upstairs is junk. i must admit that this is convenient, though nothing beats inking your thoughts on pages of modern parchment.

2. i want to learn how to make a webpage. html codes confuse me. i know it's sad. (i can assemble a Rubik's cube in less than two minutes but i can't even make a decent site.) in the next five years i hope to focus on IPR law and cyberlaw. apparently, we only have 5 cyberlawyers in the Philippines. and i intend to be the sixth. (or seventh, hehe). anyway, our lawmakers have to do something about women rights being exploited in the Internet. how come we still don't have laws that prohibit sex trade via computers?

-- and finally --

3. i've always thought that people who blog are publicity-seekers. i was dead wrong. why do people blog, anyway? do those people feel they need to? is there not enough breathing space at home? at school? at work? do they somehow feel connected with other people who also type their thoughts in cyberspace? do they feel a sense of satisfaction every time they create a post? i have plenty of questions and i can't answer them unless i become a blogger myself.