Mental Block

1. What is your name? Peter Jonah Lin Junling
2.What color underwear are you wearing? All of it’s blue.
3. What are you listening to right now? Dream Theatre (Thanks, bro)
4. What are the last four digits of your phone number? 7637
5. What was the last thing you ate? A half-boiled egg… for breakfast.
6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Dark Green.
7. Where do you plan to go on your honeymoon? Depends on the season. And her. But right now, it’s a toss up between Rome and Berlin.
8. How is the weather right now? It’s raining, and the sun’s up.
9. Last person you talked to on the phone? Sis.
10. What’s the first thing you notice about the opposite sex? When you’re my height…. o_O
11. Do you like the person that sent you this? Technically, it’s either Yeshan or dys. Either way, yes. I’m a nice guy.
12. How old are you today? 20 years.
13. Your favorite drink? Teh-O bing.
14.Your favorite alcoholic drink? Beer. Tiger. Cold.
15. How do you eat an Oreo? Pop the whole thing in my mouth.
16. Favorite sport, to watch? Pro-wrestling. Nothing comes close.
17. What’s the next CD you’re going to get? Counting Crows.
18. Hair color? Black. Still.
19. Eye Color? Black. Always.
20. Do you wear contacts? Never have, probably never will.
21. Siblings and their ages? Andrew, 19. Sharon, 15.
22. Favorite month? September. It’s my birth-month after all.
23. Favorite food? Nothing quite like a BK Whopper. If I’m going vegetarian, then it’s maki maki maki.
24. Last movie you watched? A Tree of Palmé. I am forever scarred.
25. Favorite day of the year? Easter Sunday.
26. Are you shy to ask someone out? Depends on whether I feel 15 or not.
27. Do you like scary or happy movies better? Hate scary movies. Hate overtly happy movies too.
28. Summer or Winter? Scandinavian Winters so rock.
29. Hugs or Kisses? Hugs.
30. Relationship or one night stands? Heh… a one night stand is a relationship to me. I’m a chaste Catholic boy.

31. Chocolate or vanilla? Tough one. I’d go with childhood favourite Vanilla.
32. Do you want your friends to write back? Uh… some do. Not that I care.
33. Who is most likely to respond? The bored ones. And maybe one or two surprises.
34. Who is least likely to respond? Ha. Like I care.
35. Living arrangements? Parents and siblings under one roof.
36.What books are you reading now? Sadly, nothing.
37.What’s on your mouse pad? My mouse. Really, there’s nothing much.
38.Favorite Board game? I’ve always been partial to Cluedo.
39.Favorite magazine? FHM. For obvious reasons.
40.Favorite smells? Home cooked food.
41.Least favorite smells? Workplace. Really. Some of the people here stink.
42.Favorite sound? Vanessa Carlton.
43.Worst feeling in the world? Knowing you’ll never commit suicide, as much as you want to.
44.What is the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning? Okay, what did I forget to do yesterday?
45.Favorite colors? Green and Black, except when I’m feeling anti-Rafflesian. Then it’s Red, Blue and Gold.
46.How many rings before you answer the telephone? One. I’m work-trained.
48.What is the most important thing in life? Satisfaction. Your’s and those around you.
49.Do you like to drive fast? Not in your life. The only time I’d get behind a wheel would be Daytona.
50.Do you sleep with a stuffed animal? Not if I can help it.
51.Storms – Cool or Scary?Cool. Lightning rules.
52.Do you type with your fingers on the right keys?I type with two fingers.
53.What’s under your bed?Never checked.
54.What is your favorite number? 9. But it depends.
55.One nice thing about the person who sent this to you? Again, it’s either dys or Yeshan… and they’re very intelligent people. Very VERY talented buggers.
56.What CD do you have in your car stereo right now?Don’t have a car, and the CD player in the family car’s busted.
57.Favourite TV shows? I can’t believe I’ve watched the last episode of Son of the Beach on Saturday night. TNG Trek, RAW and Smackdown!.
58.Earliest memory?I remember dreaming about being shot. Scariest dream of my life.

Elf Only Inn

Hilarious. Do read.

Back

I’ve spoken to a handful of people who were worried about me. I’m fine. I have too much at stake in my life to end it myself. I’m also a coward who can never take the next step off the ledge. Either way, I’m probably never going to die by my own doing.

I’m fine.

Hiatus

Catholic War Machine will be put on hold temporarily while it’s writer decides whether to end his life this year or not.

INRI

Iesvs Nazarevs Rex Ivderovm – Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews.

“What I have written, I have written.” – John 19:22

It never fails to astound me how Pilate, despite being a weak puppet leader of the Roman Empire, still had the presence of mind to pen the four powerful words to be hung over the symbol of salvation – the crucified Christ. Because of this action of Pilate, the only recorded one that he did of his own accord, we Catholics have a striking and moving image of the “king” as he gives up his earthly life – broken and alone.

“Hail, King of the Jews!”

I don’t know how many of you would appreciate the devotion of hundreds of Catholics gathering at Saint Joseph’s Cathedral in Victoria Street to commemorate Good Friday with an annual re-enactment of the deposition of the Body of Christ, followed by a procession around the church. I was there last night, as I am almost every year. And like every year I’m there, there’s a strong sense of being a part of the event, of knowing that the sacrifice of Jesus two millenia ago was for us as well. As my friend aptly put it, “experiencing (the traditions of the Church) makes me love being a Catholic”.

Have a very Blessed weekend.

Sappho

Every blog has at least some miniscule form of homosexual discussion. Not this one. Today I’m going to shock, scare and generally elicit the same emotions and frustrations all of you tend to get when reading my blog.

It’s common occurence to see the Life! section of The Straits Times get carried away with lots and lots of supposedly-controversial topics. Yesterday, their Arts section on page L3 had back to back reviews of two R(A) productions: the locally-written Jointly and Severably and the abstract Japanese double-bill Ha-Ko.

The former, written by Eleanor Wong – whom I shall always remember as the chairperson who seemed to speak more than a whole team of debators combined – is the third in a trilogy (such an ugly ugly word) focusing on the life and times of gay lawyer Ellen Toh and her entourage of lesbian friends. The cast is filled with some of my favourite local talents including lead Tan Kheng Hua, Melody Chen and Pamela Oei – but what’s more important is the theme which insists that relationships – homosexual or otherwise – are always filled with the same fears, surprises, bliss and ecstacies.

The latter, two plays by writer Yukio Mishima explores two different forms of homosexual love. The first, Hanjo, depicts an artist who falls in love with a mad girl whom she houses and cares for. The second, Sotoba Komachi, is a surreal look at the self-inflicted narcissism of an aged woman who is too in love with her former self to look forward.

If nothing more, the publishing of these two reviews has incited an interest in researching the culture of female homosexual love in drama. It is unfortunate that, still being 20, I am unable to catch the two productions. However, drama is just one form of expressing what must be a rising trend.

Veteran series Strangers in Paradise by Terry Moore has explored the relationship between two “normal” women. Half-finshed webcomic Pander explores a girl’s crazy entry into the world of homosexual love. Heck, the webcomic which I was writing for 313 was going to include a lesbian relationship (I’m not saying who).