Facebook's new addictive apps

If being sucked into an FB vortex of incessant status updates, status checking, FB stalking and profile picture-plucking weren't enough, some quirky users came up with an FB profile VIDEO! You can now make your avatar into a video! Check out the how-to's on this Mashable page.

Now, while waiting for your video to render, why not think about joining the campaign to create a an FB wall in Mashable's New York office? Aside from being able to say you've been to NY virtually and you have the photo to prove it, you are part of a world wide experiment on social networking. Mashable details the objectives and instructions on this page.

Too bad concrete walls don't have video specs yet. It won't be long before they do though. Just keep checking back to find out!

A Visitor on my Own blog

The last post here was over a month ago. Again, it seemed like things came hurtling towards me. Though at the time, I didn't know how I was going to survive the tsunami of tasks and tedium. But I did. And here I am, sitting in our makeshift living room, among boxes and overturned shelves, tattered odds and ends fitted into niches above where I sit to give a semblance of relaxed decor, a spot where the eyes can rest for a moment before scanning the practically-empty first floor of our new home. Yes, a new home, where there is more space to move, grow, and entertain. I promised myself I would simply enjoy the process of fixing up the place, and not be too obsessed with filling it up right away. I catch myself wanting everything I see in the magazines, a virtual model of our home spinning in my head as I try to figure out where I should place this piece of decor or furniture. I'm glad that, several times, I was able to stop myself and make the wise decision to just walk away.

Our priority now is a work desk and a couple of chairs for the home office. It's imperative, since we do additional work at home. Gosh it never ends.

All of this on top of regular work load, and what my heart longs to do: write. I should just start making it a habit again, to write everyday, even just a line. What's the point of having a notebook and not writing in it. There are the Palancas to consider, CANVAS, papers, researches, etc. SIGH. I want to take a week off to just write. And sleep. And do yoga. What a vacation that would be!

I continue to dream.

In other news, my sister has a boyfriend! :) Sorry for the mundane-ness of this post. I just need to give my mind a break. Hope yours is faring better.