Mafe Maria: A Creative Playground by Maria Q. Stultz
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So many times in my life — be it important or ordinary times — when I’m ready to throw the towel or at least scream if I can’t quit whatever it is that I feel I can’t take anymore, I am reminded of an old story…
Once upon a time, there was a girl who hated […]
Doesn’t it suck when a long vacation is over?
Some time in a previous life, when I used to work as a financial analyst for a big company, my team’s manager had just been pulled to work on a top-secret super-critical strategic project. Her manager — my VP — had asked me and a coworker to […]
I always have a little bit of a hard time when guests leave my home after a few days visit. No, I’m no Santa Martha Stewart to host friends and relatives with the luxury and exquisite thoughtfulness of the best Bed & Breakfast in town. Yet, the loneliness left once they leave is always there… […]
Once upon a time, traveling used to be fun. Packing your three pieces of clothes, your walkman and a small set of tapes for the flight was easy and took only a few minutes — or what felt like minutes… Waking up at dark on the morning of the trip, taking a shower, grabbing your […]
—You know? I don’t think I’m pregnant, but I should not be having any alcohol or sushi any more… I mean: WHAT IF I was pregnant, and I just had a beer last night?
—Ok… But you said that you don’ think…
—I know… But I should be getting my period tomorrow and I still haven’t […]
—Why are you making that culo face?
—[silence]
—What’s wrong??? Are you mad at me? Have I done something wrong???
—My server is down again. I can’t work
—Again?… Seems like you need to change hosting companies…
—I can’t. Media Temple is supposed to be THE BEST
—Oh
—Yeah [back to culo face]
What are you supposed to do when you are already […]
Without much research, I dare to say that when it comes to answering the existential question of the purpose of one’s life, there are four kinds of people:
Those that don’t care. Or better yet: Don’t think there is one. For them there is only one life, and after that there’s nothing. Therefore, living this life […]
With the Holidays coming so soon, today I’ve started working on the digital Christmas greeting we’ll send out to our friends and family this year. Compared to last year, I didn’t think I had enough ammunition of events happening in 2006, but I was surprised by the amount of images I was able to collect. […]
I never thought I would write a tutorial on anything, much less one concerning the tool I’m least skilled at, i.e. Adobe® Illustrator®. However, in my first two attempts at using vector graphics to create figurative or portrait drawings, I have created two pieces that I rather like, and one of my readers — in […]
There was this time in college when a guy I didn’t know and I were paired as a team for our Physics Lab class. On the first lab, I started doing what I usually do: I grabbed the experiment instructions, read them for myself, and started manipulating the mechanical object we were supposed to work […]
Joining Joey in his late 30s and Jennifer in her early 30s, today I have experienced my first episode as an old fart…
For those that don’t know me very well, I should say that I am a poker-face scorpion, cold and smooth velvety thing that rarely se despeina when upset or frustrated. HOWEVER… in a […]
OUCH!… Where did that come from?…
A slap surprises you, humiliates you, hurts, and makes you wonder. But not all slaps are made equal: Some hurt to tears, some make you angry. In any case, a slap can be identified by the relentless presence of the aggressor in my thoughts for a long time. I repeat: […]
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