This hits a little too close to home.



by PHD Comics.

Because I'm sorely lacking in the brainstorming department, I'll be salvaging one of the entries I tried to write a few nights ago. You can pretty much guess what it's going to be about based on the title so this introductory paragraph is pretty useless. Just to reinstate: like the girl crushes, I'd prolly end up gawking rather than, err, doing if I ever did end up in an elevator with these men. Now off to the real content:

3. Takeshi Kaneshiro

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*Source: Whimsy Press.

(Feel free to substitute 'boy-free' with whatever gender is applicable.)

1. Wear happy-happy clothes.
Kids' alphabet sweatshirt? Check. Bright yellow shorts? Check. Dad's brown ribbed socks? Check. Have people comment on why you're wearing such an outfit? Check. Check. Check!

2. Do something "cultured". With friends.
Go to Vargas Museum with the intention of writing an art review. Have a semi-spontaneous meet-up with (preferably single) friends and drag them with you. Ogle at the 'Florante at Laura' exhibit, which none of you has ever read, and deduce the storyline. Have art-smart friend (hi, aidzz!) teach the rest of you nerds art techniques she learned in art school.

3. Stop and feel the breeze.
Be indecisive. Sit at breezy location while having a circular argument on what to do next.

4. Eat out, literally out.
Finally decide that you're hungry enough to trek to Choc Kiss. Eat outside the restaurant, where the dating couples are afraid to go because blatant PDA and conservative society do not mix well. Eat date-meal nono's, like messy saucy pasta and bad breath-inducing Hungarian sausages. Have waiter laugh when you break into a fit of hiccups.

5. Let them (you) eat cake!
Order some cake for take-out. Eat at a familiar location where you can people-spot, say Eng'g steps. Gossip.

6. Get roses.
Position yourself such that you're easily found by the fraternities giving away roses. DO NOT talk on the phone while being given one--it is IMPOLITE, and you will NOT be able to thank him properly.

7. Trade gifts with your family.
You have a rose while your brother has a heart-shaped balloon? Trade. Just so you can say you got a rose and a balloon during Valentine's. No one has to know you didn't have them at the same time. Bonus points if you open the refrigerator and find chocolate.

:) Happy Valentine's!

Yea yea, it's that time of the year again. While geeks like myself usually abhor this holiday, I find the amount of innovative ways people cope -slash- express their love -slash- angst very VERY amusing. In fact, I've been compiling articles on the subject for a few months now and have been waiting for the perfect time to... wait for it... SPAM YOU!

Yes, spam. That thing I said I'd stop doing yet here I am doing it still, like some relapse after going to rehab (hellooooo too much celebrity gossip). And without further ado, let us start with my favorite article on the subject:

The Geek's Guide to Valentine's Day

"...those lonely nights in your college lounge where you and the guys watched couples leave and return from their dates, as you fellows played one long, lonely game of Magic The Gathering"

I have to apologize for my choice in what to quote, as that line in particular recalled highly vivid memories and consequently made me pm (online messaging anyone?) my geeky guy friends and in return got, "It is funny Danna, but noooooooo... Not right now, I don't want to relate! Maybe in 5 months time?" [cue angsty /wrist lolspeak here] [LINK] ( Read more... )