Goddess, I Am.

I’ve decided that I don’t like February very much. It’s much too short for my taste – so much so that I’m in a constant state of panic and worry these days. When you’ve got a month-and-half’s worth of articles to write, edit, spin, post, and bookmark (not to mention videos to syndicate, RSS mashups to aggregate, and directory submissions aplenty), you’ll definitely understand where I’m coming from.

Yes, I’m very grumpy indeed. I haven’t had time to blog, get my nails done, and most of all, take pictures, which really, really, REALLY pisses me off because I received my spanking new 35mm f1.8 prime lens in the mail 3 days ago and I’m DYING to take it for a spin.

Sigh.

On the bright side, I did get to spend a long Valentine weekend with The Husband in Bantayan – our first holiday since – goodness! – July. And though I haven’t had time to post-process and upload the pictures from that weekend, I did manage to squeeze in my first ever attempt at HDR.

And just like that, February doesn’t seem so dreary now after all.

I like to think of that era between high school and college as the ‘Dark Ages’. It was the time of baby fat, dismal boyfriend choices, and worst of all, phenomenally bad hairstyles.

It’s no surprise, therefore, that I’ve spent my entire adult life rebonding my hair year after year after year to keep my hair long, ramrod straight, and totally . . . SAFE. That’s not too bad, you might think. Unless, of course, you consider the fact that I look exactly like a gazillion other Filipinas.

Case in point:

Really, the ‘dalagang Pilipina’ look is getting so old.

So old, in fact, that even I was getting tired of how I looked! Neither the prettiest hair accessories, nor the best hair supplements could make me get over how banal I looked. And if you just can’t please yourself anymore, it’s definitely time to shake things up and make a change, wouldn’t you agree?

Now, when it comes to fabulous, there’s only one person I’ve always looked up to. Seriously, who doesn’t want to be like Carrie Bradshaw? And with her as my inspiration, I did something that I never thought I would ever do. (Drumroll, please!) I got a perm! Gasp! And let me tell you, as far as hairstyles go, curly is definitely the way to go! You wash it, then you wear it – no muss, and definitely no fuss. I find it oh-so amazing that a simple change of hairstyle is easily making me feel as fun, fiery, and frivolous as Miss Bradshaw.

CURLS just wanna have fun!

But that’s not even half of it. My new curls is making me as fierce as I want to be, and that is definitely the best and most important bit of the whole transformation.

My personal Dark Age is definitely over, and I’m enjoying this renaissance, this time of self-rediscovery and awesome changes. I’m definitely looking forward to my next big change. Need I say what it’s going to be?

GlutaMAX, See the Results!

I usually find the stuff that people do on Facebook ridiculous. I absolutely loathe getting hit by pillows, and I hated that whole underwear color thing that was going around like a cold a few weeks back.

But today I’m suffering from food poisoning after I ate a bad burger from Brothers Burger yesterday and perhaps my brain has been addled so much from all the throwing up that I’ve been doing that I’m actually finding a new Facebook trend a lot more interesting than the article I’m supposed to be writing on home insurance quotes. So much so, in fact, that I’ve decided to post it on my blog instead.

So this is how it goes:

1. Go to urbandictionary.com and type in your first name.

2. Copy and paste this as your Facebook status and the FIRST entry for your name under comment.

These are my favorites for ‘Iris’ (unedited, so pardon the bad grammar and spelling in some):

1. beautiful, honest, popular, poise, sensitive girl; she is more than meets the eye.

2. A very beautiful girl who was sent from the heavens to come and pleasure all the men in this world. she is one who colors the world, and brings happiness to all, with a wild side.

3. One of the Most Amazing Girls you’ll ever meet. She is one of the nicest people you know, nobody hates her. Easy to fall in love with. A girl you’ll never forget. Every Iris is her own person and you’ll never meet another like her. Very trustworthy. Has beautiful eyes and a perfect face surrounding. She’s more than just a pretty face.

4. A very beautiful, angelic girl with a great smile. When with her, you will feel like the most blissful person on Earth. She has the greatest personality and will be there for you whenever you need her.

6. a beautiful girl inside and out. she is extremely complex and mysterious. nobody truly knows her but that is also what makes her so beautiful. she is the most well-liked girl you know and has an abundance of friends and is the most amazing and caring girl you will ever meet. simply talking to her will change your perception of beauty. she reflects the image of the perfect girl and you will feel incomplete without her.

9. A name for an Asian stripper.

13. A mean girl who thinks she can do whatever she feels like and get away with it. She is dirty minded and makes too many sex jokes.

That was fun, wasn’t it? Head on to UrbanDictionary.com to give it a try.