from Ever After

Prince Henry: You told me it was a matter of life or death.
Leonardo da Vinci: A woman always is.

ICFJ

Photo by Sara Fajardo
taken from http://www.icfj.org/

On Suffering

Suffering is not increased by numbers: one body can contain all the suffering the world can feel.
-Graham Greene, The Quiet American

scarcity and choice

I had to teach a friend today about opportunity cost. Teaching him about economics cost me time and effort I could have used to do other things like sink in a bean bag and read The Devil Wears Prada or go shopping for my thesis defense outfit (still encompassed in the Devil-Wears-Prada world. Well, I'm a living testament to retail therapy. If it weren't for shopping, all women would be dead.).

What is opportunity cost? It's the price (in terms of both money and satisfaction) that you pay in order to get something. It includes the price of what you forego (yes, no matter what income bracket we belong to, we always have choices). Why does foregone opportunity cost you something? Resources are limited; this scarcity constrains us to make decisions.

The opportunity cost of what I've foregone in favor of my present has got me asking, "What if?"

What if...?

the 12 Biggest Mistakes of First-Time Authors

from Roger C. Clarke's Published & Profitable
the italicized text are mine :)

1. Unrealistic expectations
Thinking book equals money might find you in that relationship stage where you think the one you're with is a god who later turns out to be human. Well, that's life!

2. Writing without a contract
Apparently, you must prepare instead a proposal and a few sample chapters. Personally, just keep on writing. Don't give away the goose but let them have a glimpse of the golden eggs.

3. No agent
Get one and let him or her do the talking. You're a writer. Question though, what if you can't afford an agent? Seeing that nothing stops you from not hiring an agent (as of now), learn the tricks of the trade. It won't hurt. Experience is a pretty good teacher.

4. Weak Titles
What with people's attention span?

5. Title versus series
Just leave room for future projects.

7. "Event" Writing
Block time off to write daily instead of shutting the world out in order to write. Writing is a discipline. Even if you've got talent and a writing Muse, if you abuse it or don't use it, well, as the Sixpence None the Richer song goes, "There she goes..."

8. Self-editing
Write in white heat. Let the editors edit in cold blood.

9. Failure to promote
Get out there. Publishers apparently are not publicists.

10. Failure to backup and save
Murphy's Law states that everything that could go wrong will go wrong. This law operates during the most crucial projects of our lives - cramming your thesis, preparing a slideshow for your defense, etc.

11. Failure to plan future profits
Don't stop at your first book. There are lots of opportunities out there. You just have to look for it.

12. Failure to consider options
As what Phoebe would say, it makes good sense to back up your backup.

Another Palladium Quotable Quote

Buddhist Meditation Point # 24: Do not be worried of accepting too much work...

Iya: I'm worried about accepting too much work. I'm also worried when Kiko accepts too much work.

... Worry about meddling too much into people's lives.

The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep): The details of your incompetence do not interest me.

We be like her.

Levie-ism No. 1

1. For all weird things, non-living or otherwise: "May sakit sa utak."

Defining Heaven and Hell

Quotable Quote

22 August 2006
Midterm Week

Quannie: Cliff! Parang pumuputi ka?
Sarj: What did you do?
Cliff: Stay indoors.

rant

Some blogs are such a waste of time. All the whining about the whining should be penalized with life imprisonment. Hah! So much for "human rights advocacy" when one can't even respect freedom of expression and non-expression.

untitled

http://www.law.nyu.edu/ili/conferences/freeinfo2000/abstracts/index.html

Favorite ko 'to!

(c) MRD

One Tough Monday Night in Katipunan

“But for the flashing light
or the wild
rage of my blood,
I cannot tame
my heart.”

-D.M. Reyes, Riddles

Did you know...?

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