An Endless Visited Me

While whiling away all fatigue
In the cold company of a lit screen
While my mind is in a haze
Being drugged by vapors unknown
While I intended to finish perusing
These words he hath spoken
Until he tapped my head and shoulder
To proclaim it to you, my reader.

That We Be Spared from Idiotic Hatemongers

In case you do not know who these nutcases am I talking about, taken from wikipedia.org:

The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) is a church headed by Fred Phelps and based in Topeka, Kansas, United States. The organization is monitored by the Anti-Defamation League, and is classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

The church runs numerous websites such as GodHatesFags.com, GodHatesAmerica.com and others expressing condemnation of homosexuality, Roman Catholics, Muslims and Jews, as well as populations it believes are supporting the aforementioned groups, including Chinese, Swedes, Canadians, Irish, British, Mexicans and Americans.

Although well-known in LGBT communities for picketing gay pride events and funerals, the group achieved national notoriety for picketing funeral processions for soldiers killed in action during the Iraq War.

While its members identify themselves as Baptists, WBC is an independent church and is not affiliated with any known Baptist conventions or associations. The church describes itself as following Primitive Baptist and Calvinist principles, though mainstream Primitive Baptists condemn Westboro Baptist Church and Phelps. The views that distinguish Westboro Baptist Church are views that most Baptists and Calvinists do not recognize, and do not consider to be in any way characteristically Baptist or Calvinistic.

The church bases its work around the belief expressed by its best known slogan and the address of its primary website, "God hates fags," and expresses the idea that every tragedy in the world is linked to homosexuality – specifically society's increasing tolerance and acceptance of the "Homosexual Agenda." The group maintains that God hates homosexuals above all other kinds of "sinners" and that homosexuality should be a capital crime.

Its first public service was held on the afternoon of Sunday, November 27, 1955.

Either, way, I call them the most idiotic "religious" extremists I've come so far. They actually make Satanism a more logical choice of religion if in the wrath of the order of the cosmos they leave us with only two choices of religious affiliation.

What's worse, they actually use kids as well in their protests:


I'm gonna quote James O'Barr's The Crow:

HOW COULD YOU TAKE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL AND TWIST IT INTO SOMETHING HORRIBLE?

What would I say?


Matthew 7:1-5: Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

John 7:24: Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

Many wish to picket Fred Phelps' retirement when the cosmic authorities deem it with sufficient reason that he is wasting unnecessary oxygen, but I say as much as possible let us not. If we do so, we are no better than these kick-outs from hell.

For You Are Not Made For Epics

The pendulum swings nonchalantly, without patterns
The skies rumble without abandon
A melancholy and sad violin creeps its melodies in your brain
Which makes you see rushing feet, wet and continuous in their constant search for
the nothingness you thought is already there

Then lightning strikes!!
The grandfather clock sounds...
With memories long gone now reappearing at your doorstep...
As if someone, smiling, holding a knife, will suddenly jump out of nowhere...

And then nothing.... And once more the sound of thunder fills every corner...

The orchestra of nature and the tension of the battlefield plays in your ears...

You hear the roar of thunders calling out the winds of chaos
Showing you the pain of all battles we have fought, thinking they were in vain

Feet march without ceasing, the horns blaring, wings fluttering from the darkness
Eating up the little peace of mind you have left, a call to arms, drums booming, all
conspiring to make you...

READY.

FOR WAR.

And then the trumpets blare the scream... the call, the only one you will answer.
Followed by the ceaseless breathing that you shall never experience again.

Verdadero Imagen de la Biblioteca.

(Una sa mga serye ng pagsasakumplikado ng mga payak na bagay at lunan o pagsasadetalye ng mga bagay na hindi pinapansin)

~O~O~O~

Iniisip ko minsan ang pinagbubuhatan at kinatutunghan ng ilan sa mga bagay na inilalabas ng tao mula sa kanyang sistema. Napansin ko rin na ang mga tao ay lumikha ng mga bagay na siyang paglalagyan ng kanilang mga inilalabas. Kapuna-puna nga lamang na sa lahat ng pinaglalagyan ng mga inilalabas ng tao, iisa lamang ang pinagkakapitaganan, ipinalalagay na malinis at pinamamalagian ng mga tao: ang aklatan. Bilang pinaglalagyan ng mga pinaglalagyan ng inilalabas ng isipan ng tao (ang mga aklat na kinalalamnan ng mga ideya), isa ito sa mga lunan na pinamumugaran ng mga isip na naghahanap ng karunungan, nagnanais isaayos at ibahagi ang kanilang karunungan, o kaya'y nagnanais mamahinga matapos ang malaong pakikitalad sa larangan ng karunungan. Kung minsan, lalo't ang isang aklatan ay pag-aari ng isang pribadong institusyon o kaya'y ng pamahalaan, maaaring palamutian ito ng ilang mga bagay-bagay na may akademiko, kundi man pangkasaysayang halaga.

Maaari rin nating sabihin na sinusunod ng isang aklatan ang batas ng "kaayusan sa gitna ng kaguluhan." Nag-ugat ang obserbasyong ito sa penomenon ng pagbibigay ng partikular na kulay sa isang kalipunan ng mga akda, lalo na sa bahagi ng aklatang kinalalagyan ng mga talaarawang pampantas (academic journal), mga lumang peryodikong arawan, buwanan o taunan, pati na yaong mga serye ng mga aklat-sanggunian. Bagaman hindi ito totoo sa mga bahaging kinalalagyan ng mga aklat na maipapahiram upang maiuwi, naisasagawa naman ang naturang batas sa pamamamagitan ng pagsasaayos sa kanila batay sa paksa. Kaya matatagpuan ang isang akdang ukol sa administrasyon ni Josef Stalin na kalapit ang isang likha ni Leon Trotsky, dulot na din ng katotohanang ang huli ay ipinapaslang ng una sanhi ng pagkakaalit pulitikal.

Kaya naman marahil ay ito ang sanhi sa pagkakaroon ng hugot sa ating kamalayan ang imahen ng isang aklatan. Bilang repositoryo ng mga kaalaman, isa itong manipestasyon ng isang kalipunang naghahanap ng kapit sa kaniyang nakaraan upang maunawaan ang katotohanan ng kasalukuyan at maitakda ang tungo ng hinaharap.

Gayunman, may isang aspeto ang isang aklatan na tila nagbibigay dito ng isang kulay-pulitikal, isang aspetong nagbibigay ng hulagway ukol sa institusyon o kalipunang kinalalagyan nito. Kung bakit nga ba ang Aklatang Rizal ay mukhang malinis kung ihahambing sa mararaming aklatan ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas, kung bakit mas maraming aklat, sanggunian at artipisyong mapag-aaralan ang huli kaysa una, o KUNG BAKIT BA MAY MGA AKLATAN SA MGA PAMPUBLIKONG PAARALAN NA KAPOS ANG LIBRO SA MARAMING ASIGNATURA. Isama na rin siguro maski yung ilang pribado, alam na ng nakakakilala sa pinagmulan kong paaralan ang konteksto.

Alam na alam ko, sabaw, wala sa konteksto at walang kapit sa katinuan, lalo't ang mga kinalalagyan ng mga aklatan ay mga kapaligirang may "kalayaang akademiko." Pero paano nga ba yung mga "public library"? Bukas sa lahat ang mga yaon, at alam na alam naman nating hindi lahat ng publiko ay mayroong kalayaang akademiko.

Di bale na nga. Basta ang tanong.

ANG TANONG.

AANNGG TANOOOONNGG:

Maituturing bang pulitikal ang aklatan?

~O~O~O~O~O~O~

At ganyan ang epekto ng nagbuhat sa isang Miyerkules na may dalawang nakakasabaw na asignatura na sinundan ng isang Huwebes na marami ka pang gustong isulat pero kapos pa rin ang dalawang oras para sayo.

Bakit pa pakiramdam ko mapapalipat ako ng AB Panitikang Filipino nang wala sa oras??!!

In The Spirit of Solidarity

Former C/MSgT Tara Santelices, AB Political Science 2007, was shot in the head during a robbery on August 6 2008. Up until now, she is confined in the Medical City. Her medical bills now amount to more or less a million pesos and her family needs support. These events will help raise funds for her eventual recovery. If you can, please drop by and help for this cause. She is a victim of indifference as well, no one bothered to help her and her companion when she was shot. Fight indifference and please sign this petition. It only takes 5 minutes of your time to make a big difference.

October 11 - Mag:net Katipunan - STORMY NIGHT: Film showing of Tara's and Joee's (Stormy) works

October 23 - 6 Underground - Collab with Karen of Sanctus and Charms of Matilda. Line-up TBA

October 24 - Bela Bar - Line-up TBA

October 31 - Mag:net Highstreet - Eternal Death Wake

October 31 - Mag:net Katipunan - Halloween Costume Party

You can help this cause by praying for Tara, sending positive energy in her direction, and/or helping fund the medical expenses for her stay in the Neuro ICU/Acute Stroke ICU. Deposit your donations to Anne Marie F. Santelices, Banco de Oro
(savings account number 2140-062201).