Brain Test Illusions Suck. And so does my Brain.

I saw this in my inbox this afternoon. It’s a brain test image which determines which part of your brain is being used more often. If you see this lady turning clockwise, the right hemisphere of your brain is working at the moment. The left brain if she spins the other way. If you don’t see the lady move at all, then you should consider earning a fortune by selling your brain on eBay. I hear they make higher bids on slightly-used stuff over there!

The lady’s sillhouette which supposedly spins around on a fulcrum (one of its legs), is in reality a two-dimensional image that shifts from left to right. The turning motion is caused by the ambiguous frames where the “spinning” lady’s legs and arms cross over each other, giving you (or your brain) the impression that she’s um, spinning. If that explanation did not cause you discombobulation nor make your mouth froth, then congratulations, you already passed the brain test. (more…)

Time to Lighten Things up

With the help of proper sleep, good food, nightly tall glass of milk, and some heartwarming comments such as this one and thi…um, that’s actually it, really, I am officially giving this hiatus a taste of its own medicine and am starting to get back into the swing of things. Before, I used to live by the “An unhappy Steel is a Blogging Steel” code, which explains all the whiny posts seen below this one. But then I guess I have nothing to grouch about lately so it’s high time to give a new aura to my posts.

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Drought for Rational Thought

Okay, I’ve lazed about just long enough. And it doesn’t help that the summer season here goes for as long as nine straight months. Apparently, July is the one month of the year in which this country is closest to the sun. For someone who grew up in a wet tropical country, being exposed to 13 hours a day of scorching heat literally makes him a fish out of water. It goes without saying that I’m sorely missing the rain.

View outside my window. I wish I was kidding.

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Work!

Being caged within the confines of these four cryogenic white walls which eventually led to my suppressed inner emotions and lack of social life is what made my job comparable to a crap-filled vagina. I could feel my nerves throbbing with insatiable urge to write. Problem is, I’ve searched the deepest, darkest, filthiest recesses of my muddled mind only to find NOTHING to write about. I blame work for this.

Mandatory Edward Norton photo 

Here’s a typical work day: (more…)

Schizophrenia rises to all-time high

As you may have noticed, my posts here and in The Man Blog are getting scarce and scarce every week. God knows how much my head is overflowing with ideas and things to write about but I simply don’t know where to begin. No, it’s not because of my job. Nor the new apartment I moved into. Blame it on these three morons in my head who’s got their own axes to grind and issues to settle. Simply put, I got a total of three alter-egos who can’t seem to agree on just about anything. And yes, for some strange reason they all look like Edward Norton. That, or my brain is completely turning into a drippy puddle of goo.

Here’s what happened once when I tried to publish a new post: (more…)