Credo quia absurdum! "If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe. If I wish to preserve myself in faith I must constantly be intent upon holding fast the objective uncertainty, so as to remain out upon the deep, over seventy thousand fathoms of water, still preserving my faith."

Credo quia absurdum! "If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe. If I wish to preserve myself in faith I must constantly be intent upon holding fast the objective uncertainty, so as to remain out upon the deep, over seventy thousand fathoms of water, still preserving my faith." - Søren Kierkegaard http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/ <center>I will no longer be updating this Web site. Find me instead at http://absurdandpink.blogspot.com.</center> Wed, 6 Jul 2011 19:48:26 -0000 Fri, 8 Oct 2010 07:14:00 -0000 Credo quia absurdum! "If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe. If I wish to preserve myself in faith I must constantly be intent upon holding fast the objective uncertainty, so as to remain out upon the deep, over seventy thousand fathoms of water, still preserving my faith." - Søren Kierkegaard http://multiply.com/mu/katinkateeny/logo http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/ 100 100 Just to Love http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/354/Just_to_Love I wrote this article for Hilites, the school's magazine. They released a special edition that discussed homosexuality. I think it was wonderfully ballsy of them to do so, as it is a topic that's difficult to talk about, but one that must be talked about. I had all my dear friends and family (gay and straight) in mind and heart when I wrote this. <a href="http://absurdandpink.blogspot.com/2010/10/just-to-love.html">Read more...</a> http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/354/Just_to_Love Fri, 8 Oct 2010 07:14:00 -0000 Election tip: OVERVOTING in one portion of the ballot will render that VOID, but UNDERVOTING won't. BUT!!! Be wary about leaving portions of the ballot blank...someone might do a hocus-pocus on it. Most importantly, please choose our future leaders with a discerning heart. My unborn child depends on your vote. Bow. (Visit slb.ph for more information!) http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/notes/item/9 http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/notes/item/9 Fri, 7 May 2010 09:06:12 -0000 ARCHIE COMICS INTRODUCES FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER (PLUS ARCHIECOMICS.COM EXCLUSIVE ARTWORK) - Archie Comics News http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/links/item/80/ARCHIE_COMICS_INTRODUCES_FIRST_OPENLY_GAY_CHARACTER_PLUS_ARCHIECOMICS.COM_EXCLUSIVE_ARTWORK_-_Archie_Comics_News Little steps -- but this one's pretty major. Pretty soon, we'll get there. http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/links/item/80/ARCHIE_COMICS_INTRODUCES_FIRST_OPENLY_GAY_CHARACTER_PLUS_ARCHIECOMICS.COM_EXCLUSIVE_ARTWORK_-_Archie_Comics_News Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:24:26 -0000 On Coming Home http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/352/On_Coming_Home It has been 5 months since I've returned from the US and I still run into people whom I haven't seen since leaving almost 3 years ago. The reactions never really stray from the usual exchange: My friend says, "You're back!" Which leads to the inevitable follow up question, "For how long?" And my response will always be, "For good...or at least for a very long time, depending on what the Lord reveals." <a href="http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20091026-232439/Coming-home">Conrado De Quiros' article today</a> talks about "coming home," how Filipino students who study abroad must respond to the tug to go back home and help the country. I am one of those who studied in the US and came back home to work. I am, to quote De Quiros, "(putting) to good use what (I've) learned for God and country." Edgardo Angara would be proud of me. According to Angara, (former) students like myself should "feel (we) have the support and commitment of the government." De Quiros goes on to say, however, that that is simply impossible right now, taking our current government into cons... http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/352/On_Coming_Home Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:24:00 -0000 I'm okay, I'm okay. :-) Haven't had Internet access, but that's all. No property damage, everyone is safe. Just please pray for those who are not as fortunate. Stay safe! http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/notes/item/6 http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/notes/item/6 Thu, 1 Oct 2009 03:24:45 -0000 Darth Vader's Theme Played With A Ukulele http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/links/item/79/Darth_Vaders_Theme_Played_With_A_Ukulele Oh, mephistophelean mirth! http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/links/item/79/Darth_Vaders_Theme_Played_With_A_Ukulele Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:24:31 -0000 Cloud - Video http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/links/item/78/Cloud_-_Video http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/links/item/78/Cloud_-_Video Tue, 4 Aug 2009 08:46:21 -0000 I'm alive! I'm alive! Just extremely busy! Will try to post something significant soon. ("Soon" is such a relative term, isn't it?) :-) http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/notes/item/5 http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/notes/item/5 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:15:56 -0000 Ice Ice Baby? http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/349/Ice_Ice_Baby Yet another brilliant one from our friends at <a href="http://xkcd.com/">xkcd</a>. :-) (Click on the image to enlarge.) <a href="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/boombox.png"><img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.katinkateeny.multiply.com/image/m2dYbfBMUVyaT8X0PSpHsw/photos/1M/300x300/1506/boombox.png?et=7OFJF7q7XUD9VkPSQ1LoEA&nmid=0" border="0"></a> http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/349/Ice_Ice_Baby Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:34:00 -0000 WhY dO pEoPlE mIx ThEiR lEtTeRs ThIs WaY? cAn'T tHeY sEe HoW aNnOyInG tHiS iS?!?!?! #whatreallygrindsmygears http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/notes/item/4 http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/notes/item/4 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:54:36 -0000 Guess Who http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/348/Guess_Who I haven't been posting anything because...I have been trying to find a way to remain truthfully euphemistic and euphemistically truthful, but I can't. So I'm waiting for a time when I shall be calmer (and kinder) before writing about it (if I will at all). In the meantime...this should be fun. It certainly gave us a good 30 minutes of fun. Of course, Chaddy and I made it a mini-competition, but what else is new? LOL...:-) Click on the picture to go to the original site. If you hover on the picture (at the original site), it shows the answer. Some are pretty easy to guess, while some are a little trickier. Well, enjoy. (And off I go to calm myself down some more...) <a href="http://cliptank.com/PeopleofInfluencePainting.htm"><img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.katinkateeny.multiply.com/image/dwHKl-cU-J7FFGPAIyRejQ/photos/1M/300x300/1475/InfluentialPicture.jpg?et=yq8yaU9u78cH%2COxSjSKyxg&nmid=0" border="0"></a> http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/348/Guess_Who Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:41:00 -0000 Jack Russell Terrier Puppies http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/market/item/2/Jack_Russell_Terrier_Puppies Adorable 1.5 month old puppies for sale! :-) Just contact me for more http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/market/item/2/Jack_Russell_Terrier_Puppies Wed, 27 May 2009 01:50:36 -0000 "You've gained weight!" Oh, really? Well, you've lost tact. http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/347/Youve_gained_weight_Oh_really_Well_youve_lost_tact. I fully appreciate the irony here: I have a blog. There are parts of me that are for public consumption, so I do realize that I set myself up for — hmmm — moments of unwarranted familiarity with some. For example: Person: "How's so and so?" Me thinking: How on earth did they know about that? Person: "Oh, I read it in your blog!" Me thinking: Oh. Moments like that, I do understand. I mean, hey, I wrote about it. But since I'm pretty sure that I write about super private matters privately (or never at all), then I know that when someone out of my sphere of — well — interest asks about something private, it isn't because I offered it willingly through my blog. It is simply because they are being tactless. What is it about Filipinos that makes them think you owe them some explanation for how you live your life? And I'm not saying offering justifications for, say, illegally crossing the street. I am talking about deeply personal matters that spring from deeply personal reasons that only a hand... http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/347/Youve_gained_weight_Oh_really_Well_youve_lost_tact. Tue, 26 May 2009 00:34:00 -0000 Meme With An Actual Purpose http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/346/Meme_With_An_Actual_Purpose Saw <a href="http://stateofdenmark2.wordpress.com/">this meme</a> making the rounds, and I thought I'd participate. Because as far as memes go, this one goes beyond self-promotion (although I suppose it still is, in the teensiest way...that's why it's still fun, *grin*) because it actually has purpose! I hope this helps, <a href="http://stateofdenmark2.wordpress.com/">msmazzola</a>! 1.  How long have you been blogging? My first entry here in Multiply is dated October 15, 2006. But I had an off-and-on blog prior to that, started some time 2002. 2.  Why did you start blogging? Initially because I was bored out of my mind during work (some corporate job). I would finish work early and had nothing else left to do! 3.  What have you found to be the benefits of blogging? Aside from the obviously therapeutic effects of release, I have learned so many things from the friendships I've formed here in the blogosphere. Also, and quite ironically, I've learned to temper my temper. I know how some people have used anonymous blogging to mouth off at every opportunity, but blogging actually... http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/346/Meme_With_An_Actual_Purpose Wed, 20 May 2009 07:00:00 -0000 Grammar Police http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/345/Grammar_Police Beyond funny!!! LOL! <img src="http://images.multiply.com/common/smiles/teeth.png"> http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/345/Grammar_Police Mon, 18 May 2009 03:10:00 -0000 Hello. And so we meet again. http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/344/Hello._And_so_we_meet_again. So it's been a full week now. My sweat glands have been resuscitated, my atopic dermatitis (skin asthma) is on overdrive, my sleeping pattern is off (which, ironically, means I'm sleeping and waking up normally since I usually have very bad insomnia), and I've gleefully read four books (I'm now on my fifth). However, it seems as though, no matter how much I psyched myself for this, I was and am still ill-prepared for the monstrosity that is this humidity. It made me wonder if I ever handled this better — I mean, surely I praised this heat to high heavens but a few months ago. Yes, granted, it was during the height of winter, but still! Was it ever really this bad? I swear, for about five minutes this afternoon, I probably went into a shallow coma. I tried to imagine myself in Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County, or at least in Mitchell's Savannah, conjuring up some semi-glamorous scene — me on a rocking chair on a creaky porch drinking heavenly sweet tea. I opened my eyes and realized... http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/344/Hello._And_so_we_meet_again. Thu, 14 May 2009 08:57:00 -0000 T Minus 34 Hours http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/343/T_Minus_34_Hours It's worth a shot. :-( Excited and sad, all at the same time. <a href="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/angular_momentum.jpg"><img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.katinkateeny.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/Sf5m5woKCtgAACG5t8w1/angular-momentum.jpg?et=Tubt6YB59GZDkcHAXfMEpA&nmid=0" border="0"></a> Click on the image to enlarge. Photo from <a href="http://xkcd.com/">xkcd</a>. http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/343/T_Minus_34_Hours Mon, 4 May 2009 03:52:00 -0000 Separation Anxiety http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/342/Separation_Anxiety Today was my last day at work — the first of a series of lasts till I leave in exactly six days. It feels weird — I am all at once excited, sad, calm, and scared. It's not like I haven't done this before. It's just that, at this precise instance, if I become quiet and still enough, I can almost feel myself growing up. :p More than anything, I feel grateful for having had the chance to work here. The nonprofit sector will always be in my heart now. *sigh* And off I go to the next http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/342/Separation_Anxiety Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:45:00 -0000 Philosophy and Graffiti http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/341/Philosophy_and_Graffiti <a href="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/graffiti.png"><img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.katinkateeny.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/Sfi0jgoKCtgAAEJHTcM1/graffiti.png?et=9J4Jnc%2CaEiDaIU4Twgw4gg&nmid=0" border="0"></a> Click on the image to enlarge. http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/341/Philosophy_and_Graffiti Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:11:00 -0000 Playing For Change: Songs Around the World http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/340/Playing_For_Change_Songs_Around_the_World Video description written by <a href="http://playingforchange.com/">PlayingForChange</a>: (Edited to correct minor spelling errors.) "As we made our way around the world we encountered love, hate, rich and poor, black and white, and many different religious groups and ideologies. It became very clear that as a human race we need to transcend from the darkness to the light and music is our weapon of the future. This song around the world features musicians who have seen and overcome conflict and hatred with love and perseverance. We don't need more trouble, what we need is love. The spirit of Bob Marley always lives on. This is the fourth Song Around The World (The last one in the series - KN) video released from the CD/DVD Playing For Change: Songs Around The World and the follow up to the classics "Stand By Me," "One Love" and "Don't Worry." This unforgettable track was performed by musicians around the world adding their part to the song as it traveled the globe. Order the CD/DVD Playing For Change Songs Around The World... http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/340/Playing_For_Change_Songs_Around_the_World Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:24:00 -0000 *swoon* Rudo Y Cursi http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/339/swoon_Rudo_Y_Cursi OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG. They're together again!!! OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOGMOMG. I cannot wait to see this film!!! OMGOMGOMGOMG!!! http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/339/swoon_Rudo_Y_Cursi Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:20:00 -0000 11-Year-Old Hangs Himself after Enduring Daily Anti-Gay Bullying http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/337/11-Year-Old_Hangs_Himself_after_Enduring_Daily_Anti-Gay_Bullying This is the worse thing I've read in a long time. I long for the day when such things don't happen anymore. I'd be livid if I weren't so heartbroken. Hatred Kills. <a class="select" href="http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/all/news/record/2400.html">Link</a> (Reprinted from the site) GLSEN Calls on Schools, Nation to Embrace Solutions to Bullying Problem NEW YORK, April 9, 2009 - An 11-year-old Massachusetts boy, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, hanged himself Monday after enduring bullying at school, including daily taunts of being gay, despite his mother's weekly pleas to the school to address the problem. This is at least the fourth suicide of a middle-school aged child linked to bullying this year. Carl, a junior at New Leadership Charter School in Springfield who did not identify as gay, would have turned 12 on April 17, the same day hundreds of thousands of students will participate in the 13th annual National Day of Silence. by taking some form of a vow of silence to bring attention to anti-LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) bullying and harassment at school. ... http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/337/11-Year-Old_Hangs_Himself_after_Enduring_Daily_Anti-Gay_Bullying Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:04:00 -0000 Anthony Bourdain's Letter to Rachael Ray http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/336/Anthony_Bourdains_Letter_to_Rachael_Ray Hahahahahahaha! Oh, Tony. How I love thee! <img src="http://images.multiply.com/common/smiles/love.png"> From <a href="http://anthony-bourdain-blog.travelchannel.com/read/dear-rachael">Bourdain's blog</a>: ..... Dear Rachael By Anthony Bourdain on March 28, 2009 6:20 PM Thank you for the lovely fruit basket. My family and I arrived home very late last night to an empty refrigerator, with a jet-lagged, restive and hungry child agitating for food -- only  to find a festive and delicious assortment of fruit (from the very pricey Agata and Valentina no less). My daughter quickly tore into the grapes, saving me from the humiliating business of doing an impromptu "Dancy Dance" from Yo Gabba Gabba (a strategy that has been known to work in situations of similar extremis). I thank you for your kindness to someone who has shown you no good reason for such a thing, your good humor -- and for appreciating the New York Dolls. I will honor the sentiments of your note and promise to see to it that no puppies are hurt, killed or otherwise inconvenienced during my remaining time on television. Given my frequent trips to countries where the ... http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/336/Anthony_Bourdains_Letter_to_Rachael_Ray Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:32:00 -0000 Shameless Plugging http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/334/Shameless_Plugging Some of you already know that my brother sings — and that he sings very well. It's Day Whatever of <a href="http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/333/That_Kind_of_Day">This Period of Ugh-Ness</a> (as I have quasi-fondly began calling it), and my musical therapy for the day is none other than my own dear brother! One of my favorite songs of his is What Do You See In Me, a song he made for <a href="http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/172/My_New_Sister-With-Orange-Hair">his then-girlfriend and now-wife</a>. He also song that song in our <a href="http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/photos/album/19/Wedding_Pictures">wedding</a> :-). Learn more about him <a href="http://www.myspace.com/pownavarro">here</a>. Thanks, Bani. Your music has, yet again, saved me from an icky day. :-) Love you tons!!! http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/journal/item/334/Shameless_Plugging Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:05:00 -0000 Jack, Michael, and Andy http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/video/item/111/Jack_Michael_and_Andy I have a huge crush on three of these guys. :-) LOL! http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/video/item/111/Jack_Michael_and_Andy Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:20:32 -0000 Chris Botti (2009) - Cinema Paradiso (with Yo Yo Ma) http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/video/item/109/Chris_Botti_2009_-_Cinema_Paradiso_with_Yo_Yo_Ma There are so many things about this video clip that fills me with all sorts of happiness. One of my most favorite songs, from one of my most favorite soundtracks, from one of my most favorite movies, played by one of my most favorite musicians. Happiness. http://katinkateeny.multiply.com/video/item/109/Chris_Botti_2009_-_Cinema_Paradiso_with_Yo_Yo_Ma Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:52:40 -0000