Month: December 2008

Picture’s not mine, it’s Mark U‘s (who’s currently recuperating from a dead toenail). I was holed up in the apartment the whole day Friday, totally missed it. Darn.

Ang hirap na lang gawan ng tula ang ganitong pangyayari sa kalawakan ano. Parang nangga-gago lang eh, haha.

Well, anyway, other parts of the globe saw a “frown” instead of a “smile”.

The National Geographic News offered this interesting trivia:

In fact, some historians think that a similar conjunction between Jupiter and Venus in 2 B.C. may be the source of the “star of Bethlehem” story related in the Bible.

The stellar pair would have appeared so close together, scholars think, that they might have seemed to meld into one brilliant beacon of light.

Still magical even without the religious overtones. :)

You come across crazy stuff like Hamlet told via Facebook news feed.

Fave bits:

The king poked the queen.

The queen poked the king back.

Hamlet and the queen are no longer friends.

Marcellus is pretty sure something’s rotten around here.

Hamlet became a fan of daggers.

…

Hamlet wonders if he should continue to exist. Or not.

Hamlet thinks Ophelia might be happier in a convent.

Ophelia removed “moody princes” from her interests.

Hamlet posted an event: A Play That’s Totally Fictional and In No Way About My Family

The king commented on Hamlet’s play: “What is wrong with you?”

Polonius thinks this curtain looks like a good thing to hide behind.

Polonius is no longer online.

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Ophelia loves flowers. Flowers flowers flowers flowers flowers. Oh, look, a river.

Ophelia joined the group Maidens Who Don’t Float.

Laertes wonders what the hell happened while he was gone.

Flowers flowers flowers flowers flowers. Oh, look, a river. AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA.

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Consequently, you end up with online banter like this:

[1:20 PM]<eliza> dapat itry natin sa Florante at Laura ganyan

[1:21 PM]<kate> Florante is tied to a fig tree.

[1:21 PM]<kate> ganyan.

[1:22 PM]<eliza> yes ganyan

[1:22 PM]<kate> hahahahhah

[1:22 PM]<eliza> Florante now likes Muslims.

[1:22 PM]<kate> Florante poked Laura. ganyan.

[1:22 PM]<kate> HAHAHAHAHA

[1:22 PM]<kate> dapat plurk naman.

[1:22 PM]<eliza> ahahahah

[1:22 PM]<eliza> Florante and Laura have reached Nirvana (insert Nirvana emoticon)

[1:23 PM]<kate> HAHAHAHAHAHA

[1:23 PM]<eliza> sabooooog

[1:23 PM]<kate> kaso di ko memorized yung plot ng F&L

[1:24 PM]<kate> dapat news na lang.

[1:24 PM]<kate> JDV III has removed “broadband technology” from his interests.

[1:24 PM]<eliza> HAHAHAHAH gusto ko yan

[1:25 PM]<eliza> De Venecia throws a sheep at GMA.

[1:25 PM]<kate> Mike A is sick.

[1:25 PM]<kate> Mike A has stomach cramps.

[1:25 PM]<kate> Mikey A wants independence