Tuesday, October 23, 2007
No Difference
NO DIFFERENCE
by Shel Silverstein
Small as a peanut,
Big as a giant,
We're all the same size
When we turn off the light.
Rich as a sultan,
Poor as a mite,
We're all worth the same
When we turn off the light.
Red, black or orange,
Yellow or white,
We all look the same
When we turn off the light.
So maybe the way
To make everything right
Is for God to just reach out
And turn off the light!
Saturday, October 13, 2007
DOWNELINK
It has come to my attention that people from my old high school and others have been telling my friends about me having a Downelink account.
This is the account they have been talking about: http://www.downelink.com/member/profile.aspx?id=336344
Dati pa 'to sinabi sa akin e, last Feb pa. Back then there was a Report Abuse option. Now they changed the mechanics of reporting, which I found out just recently. I am going to have to send the Downelink management a photo of me stating my real account. (I don't have an active account. I made one under a pseudonym so I can view the poser's account.)
Whoever is behind this nakakabastos talaga. There was even one testimonial from this lesbian saying: "and don't tell me yung hinahalikan ko b4 sa apartment ni jengtot eh gumamit lang ng maskara mo?" I mean, WTH. First of all wala akong kilalang Jed, Jengtot, and whosoever. At jusko, wala na ba akong dangal para makipaghalikan sa kung kani-kanino?
Isa pa, I would see testimonials from a certain Marn in the poser's profile. I don't really know, parang lumiligaw ata sa kanya 'yun. One night, someone called me up from, I don't know, a phone booth saying she was Marn and all. WTH. I said, "I don't talk to strangers." Well, Marn, if you're reading this, you know better now. The one you're flirting with on Downelink is NOT me.
Eto lang. News has been spreading fast, according to Ate Hanna. As much as I would like to ignore what's been going on, nababastos talaga ako e. Credibility ko 'yung nakataya.
Unang una, I would never EVER look for relationships online. Hindi ako naghahanap ng boyfriend, girlfriend, flirting buddy, whatsoever. It's against my beliefs. It's not that I have anything against people who do this. Hindi lang talaga ganoon 'yung paniniwala ko.
Second, I am STRAIGHT. Pin straight. Wala pa akong nagiging ka-on o kahit anong kalandian of the same sex.
Third, I would never know about Downelink kung hindi sinabi sa akin na may gumagamit ng identity ko doon. This is the account I created for the purpose of reporting and monitoring the poser's profile. It has no photos whatsoever.
Whoever's behind this, just stop it. You are sick. Use your own photos, use your own life.
Hindi ako nagfi-feeling dahil merong gumagamit ng pictures ko, whatsoever. (I'll admit it was partly my fault for setting my photos viewable to everyone way before. I mean, if you were secure naman that no one would use them for bad purposes, you wouldn't really mind di ba? Well, so much for naivete.) Gusto ko lang protektahan ang sarili ko against these people who are doing stuff, on purpose or not, to ruin my credibility. Mahiya naman kayo.
To those who have seen the profile, those who have actually believed in this hoax... you should know better now that it's coming from me. If you eventually ignore this and still insist that that person in Downelink is me, maybe the problem is with you.
Judge me all you want. Patuloy pa rin akong mamumuhay according to my principles and morals. In the end, only my real friends would know -- people I constantly hang with, people I've grown up with. And you see, only these people would have the guts to personally tell me about problems with this and that, unlike those who'd rather not ask and who'd rather spread rumors.
