grabbed from kaye.

Can you name 30 people you can think of right off the top of your head? Dont read the questions underneath until you write the names of all 30 people.*NO CHEATING*

30 persons [secret sila]:

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THE QUESTIONS:
• How did you meet 10?
- Classmates kami nung second year HS.

• What would you do if you had never met 6?
- Walang magpapasaya sa akin kapag may chem kami. Hahaha. At saka walang magaan sa seesaw. XD.

• What would you do if 20 and 15 dated?
- Mismatch yata. Mukhang 'di pwede. XD.

• If you could marry between 6 and 14 (who you choose)?
- Sorry. Parehong girl. 'Di naman ako lesbi eee.

• Did you ever like 9?
- No wayyy! Like as a friend. Pwede na rin. :))

• Have you ever seen 4 cry?
- Sus! Yan pa! 'Di naiyak yan eh!

• Would 4 and 17 make a good couple?
- Hahaha. NO! Feeling ko slash si 17 eh.

• Would number 1 and 2 make a good couple?
- No! Lagot sila sa akin!! LOL. Joke! Mukhang hindi eh.

• Describe 8
- Tangang matalino. Gets?

• Do you like 12?
- Like as in friends. Lafftrip kaya kapag kasama namin siya! Sobrang wild ng imagination!

• Tell me something about 17
- Na-dissect siya ng disoras.

• What's 7's favorite color?
- Di ko alam ee.

• What would you do if 1 just confessed he/she liked you?
- KADDDIIIRRRIII!!

• When was the last time you talked to number 15?
- Kaninang Math lang.

• How do you think 19 feels about you?
- A friend. Sana.

• What language does 13 speak?
- English, Tagalog, Kapampangan, Nihonggo [i think]

• Who is 2 going out with?
- Di ko alam. Hahaha.

• What grade is 16 in?
- First Year College.

• What is 5's favorite music?
- Iba't-iba taste nito ee!

• Would you ever date 21?
- Nope. Hanggang friends lang kami. :)

• Is 11 single?
- I think so.

• What is 10's last name?
- Caberio

• Would you ever want to be in a beach with 26?
- Okay lang basta ba hindi kami mag-aaral ng Chem. Hahaha.

• Where does 18 live?
- Sa QC.

•what do you think about 20?
- Mabait siya.

• What is the best thing about 30?
- Sobrang cooperative at maaasahan. :)

• What would you like to tell 14 right now?
- Pupunta tayong La Salle [w/ accent ha] tomorrow diba? diba? diba?

• How did you meet 9?
- Classmates/Blockmates kami nung 1st sem

• What is the best and worst thing about 2?
- Best: Quite tall, dark and handsome; Worst: Mukhang tamad. XD

• Are you going to know 3 forever?
- Oo naman. Why not?

• How long have you known 26?
- Since 1st year HS

• Who is 24?
- Siya iyong mahilig mag-joke kahit corny sa Chem Lab. HAHAHA.

• Are you or did you ever date 2?
- Only in my dreams. Hahaha.

• Do you have a crush on 27?
- I DID [past tense yan ha. hahaha.]

• Would you kiss 25?
- NEVAAHH

• Have you hugged/kissed 21?
- Nope.

• Would you like to hug/kiss 22?
- Hug na lang. Miss ko na rin kasi siya eh.

• Is 29 your gff?
- Lalaki iyon! gff ka diyan! XD

• What do you hate about 23?
- Wala pa naman so far.

• What's your relationship with 28?
- SUPER FAN! HAHAHA.



ayaw kong mag-aral! ayaw kong magcalculate! it pays to cram sometimes. XD.

~x~ "Speak in Tagalog. You're in the Philippines."~x~

kinuha kay Zarah. maraming salamat Zarah! natapos ko rin Zarah! HAHAHA!

* Next to each number, write the name of the person who fits the description.
* Answer one question with one name.
* Don't reveal the questions to anyone who isn't doing the meme. Those who want to know what the questions are must do the meme on their own blogs, on pain of wrath from the meme gods.

1. Zarah Garcia [kahit saan kami magpunta may nakakasalubong siyang kakilala niya eh]
2. Gertrude Crisostomo [ilang years din kaming magkaklase from prep to 4th yr hs]
3. Mia Marin [maraming reasons kung bakit. mahirap itype isa-isa.]
4. Bianca Edora [may naalala kasi ako. hahaha]
5. Chris Mojica [dapat tandem sila ni Gertrude.]
6. Mark Fernandez [alam ng Math17mates namin kung bakit!]
7. Rizi Guerrero [kasi naman everywhere may kakilala. hahaha.]
8. Zarah Garcia [pareho kaming tamad at sinisipag kung kailangan. diba zarah? hahaha]
9. Kaye Solomon [di kami mawawalan ng pag-uusapan lalo na kung tungkol kay ano. hahaha]
10. Bianca Edora [mahaba pasensya nito.]
11. Kaye Solomon [mahirap maka-get over eh!]
12. Mia Marin [sa loob at labas. :D]
13. Josh Arcaira [may naalala akong kwento from him]
14. Pauline Gonzaga [she really is.]
15. Jet Guerrero [hahaha. ang cute siguro non!]
16. Kenneth Tapawan [lolo kenneth!! hahaha. sino bang umampon sa akin? XD]
17. Patrick Eustaquio [very evident. hahaha]
18. Kathrina Mendoza [damitan mo lang at ayusan. ayun na!]
19. Kevin Basis [taas ng energy eh!]
20. Rizza Caberio [naalala ko lang noong 2nd year. ^_^]
21. eh?
22. ah?
23. si God [no explanations needed. we all know it!]
24. Kaye Solomon [very scary.]
25. Rizi Guerrero [pictures mo kasi eh!!]
26. WALA! hahaha.
27. Parents [spoiled ako eh. XD]
28. cedric Genovaña [Zeroooo!!!]
29. Robi Domingo [hahaha.]
30. walang personalan ha. hahaha. namimiss ko na iyong iba diyan. iyong iba naman, kitakits sa UP! good luck sa mga lintek na exams!

~x~ "Speak in Tagalog. You're in the Philippines."~x~

Next week and next next week are going to be hell weeks for me. Kung pwede lang mag-perform ng Kage Bunshi No Jutsu eh! HAYY.

Next Week:

- Math53 Third Exam. Actually tomorrow na ito kaso lang I haven't studied yet [well a bit]! Inuna ko ang mahabang [exagg] Chapter 31 ng Campbell at iyong notes ko!

- Bio11 Lecture Second Exam. Gahd. Iisipin ko na lang na gawa ni Ms. Zinnia ang exam na iyon.

- Bio11 Laboratory Second Practical Exam. Sana 'di ako mag-mess up. SANA!

- Art Stud 2 Midterms Exam - OMG. Too many concepts. Huhuhu.

- Chem17 RDR. Buti na lang by pair. Less load. T_T

Next Next Week:

- Math53 Midterms Exam. Sobrang good luck!

- Chem17 Second Exam. Do or DIE! Ladderized yata ang exam. Huhuhu. Mapapashift na talaga akooo. XD.


AND TO THINK NA UWIAN NA AKO FOR THE WHOLE SEM!

Grabe talaga. Super Major To The Nth Level Good Luck To ME!!!

~x~ "Speak in Tagalog. You're in the Philippines."~x~

Ano nga ba ang UP? UP stands for University of the Philippines o Unibersidad ng Pilipinas.. sa INYO.. pero sa akin.. ito ang mga UP sa loob ng UP.

1. Unibersidad ng Pila - No doubt about it. Pila there, Pila here, Pila everywhere! Sobrang maeexperience mo ito kapag enrollment [kahit pa freshie ka pa lang!]. Kaya nga noong pauwi ako ng Cavite at naka-lanyard ako ng UP, may dalawang babae na nagtanong sa akin na: "Taga-UP ka ba? Kami rin eh kaso lang alumni na. Sanay na tayo sa pila diba?". Hahaha. Kaya naman kapag may pila.. dapat may pasensya...ayon ang next.

2. Unibersidad ng Pasensya - Pasensya sa pila. Pasensya sa mga prof na walang ginawa kundi magpahirap sa mga estudyante. Pasensya sa mga minor subjects (i.e. GE) na sobrang demanding na feeling nung prof ng subject na iyon major subject mo siya. Pasensya sa mga subjects na sobrang hirap na feeling mo out-of-this-world na iyong mga pinag-aaralan mo. Pasensya sa paghihintay ng TOKI na super limited dahil lahat ng Toki jeeps ay nakatambak sa Math Bldg. Pasensya sa paghihintay ng laging mataas sa demand na UP-SM North Edsa na jeep. At kung galing ka sa Trinoma at babalik ka sa UPD [around 2-4pm, tues-fri], kailangan mo ng matinding pasensya dahil sobrang tagal mapuno ng jeep. At marami pang dapat pagpasensyahan na 'di ko na matandaan kung anu-ano pa. Pasensya na dahil mahaba na itong comment sa UP na ito.

3. University of the Poor - Bukod sa literal na meaning ng UP na iyan, sa UP maghihirap ka dahil sa mga friends na madalas magpalibre ['wag ma-guilty at lalong-lalo na na 'wag magagalit dahil i have nothing against you guys] at kailangang may budget ka para sa mga nagkakapalang readings. At the end of the day, dun mo lang malalaman na halos butas na pala ang bulsa mo. XD.

4. Unibersidad ng Puyat - Yes! All hail sleep deprived chemists! Masaya gumawa ng FR ano? Sarcasm aside, mapupuyat ka talaga. Siguro kung superhuman ka sa time management di ka siguro mapupuyat. Hahaha. In my almost one year stay sa UPD wala pa yatang araw na hindi ako napuyat [meaning less than the required 8 hours of sleep].

5. Unibersidad na may Playground - Para sa mga depressed yan! Tamang-tama malapit sa Math Bldg. Hahaha. Nilikha ang playground para sa mga estudyanteng nais magbalik sa kanilang pagkabata o para maglabas ng sama ng loob [hahaha]. And guess where nila inilagay ito? Sa TELETUBBY LAND!! For the record, almost all colors ng teletubbies ay nakapintura doon. Kulang na lang eh iyong kulay ni Dipsy. Iyong see-saw kakulay ni Tinky Winky. Iyong monkey bars kakulay ni Po. Iyong slide kakulay ni Lala. Iyong swing... dapat ang kakulay ni Dipsy. Masayang maglaro rito. SWEAR!!

6. Unibersidad ng Pahinga - A very sarcastic UP. Dahil once you're in, you can never get out! Joke! May pahinga pa rin naman pero limited na lang... as of now. Hahahaha. Sunud-sunod kasi ang exams eh.. Hayy.. At kapag hell week... kaakibat na nito ang Unibersidad ng Puyat!


Ayan ang UP sa akin.. so far. Pero one thing's for sure, these doesn't apply to all. Kaya don't be takot ha? lol. Pero ito ang common sa aming lahat na UP.

7. Unibersidad ng Prends [corny, i know] - Dahil once you're in UP, ang mga friendships mo 'di lang limited kung saang socio-economic strata ka. From different walks of life yan! Iyan ang maganda sa UP, 'di ka lang matututo from your professors but also from your peers. Sobrang dami mong matututuhan sa kanila.


So ayan.. UP.. baka may gusto kang idagdag diyan? magdadagdag ako kapag may naisip pa ako. how about, Unibersidad ng Palusot? do you have any experience with such? hahaha.

Gagawa na talaga ako ng pre-lab ko mamaya 8pm. Wahahaha.

~x~ "Speak in Tagalog. You're in the Philippines."~x~

Mabuhay ang mga Bagong Iskolar ng Bayan!

Congrats sa mga pumasa ng UPCAT [lalo na sa mga Setonians!]

Ang pag-down ng site ay simula pa lang ng UP life ninyo. XD.

Sa mga ka-batch ko: Di na tayo freshies... pero after 100 years pa magkakaroon ng Bi-CENTENNIAL Freshies. Hahaha. XD.

Excited na ako na i-welcome kayo next year! ['Yan ay kung di na ako "freshie" next year. hahaha.]

Again, Congrats!

~x~ "Speak in Tagalog. You're in the Philippines."~x~

My heart was beating super fast.

My fingers started shaking.

My throat got dry.

I wasn't ready for that moment.

It was an unexpected surprise.

Ay. Andrama. Hahaha.

January 12, 2008. May nagsabi sa akin sa Y!M na out na raw ang results ng UPCAT at nakalagay ito sa www.mycadaver.multiply.com. Syempre ako kinakabahan at pinapawisan ng sobra kahit na naka-aircon nako at gabi na noon.

Ako kasi ugali ko na tumingin mula dulo papuntang unahan. Para bang sa alphabet, Z muna ang uunahin ko tapos Y and so on. So that's what I did.

Noong nasa FG/EF part na ako, putol! Walang FERRER. Doon talaga ako mas kinabahan. Sobra sobrang kaba na para bang matatanggal na ang puso ko.

Tapos noong makita ko na iyong FERRER... I SAW MY NAME! BUT I was disappointed. Gusto ko kasi sa UPM eh. Eh ang lumabas: -insert my full name here- DILIMAN: Degree Program With Available Slot. So noong nakita ko nasabi ko "Shocks, Diliman LANG" [imbey ako ngayon na nasabi ko ito ngayon.]

After a while at saka ko lang sinabi sa parents ko. Sabi naman nila ayos lang naman, UP pa rin naman kasi.

So ayon... iyon ang gabi ng pagdedesisyon. Kung sa UPD ba ako mag-aaral o sa DLSU-M. And I ended up choosing UPD over DLSU-M.

Seriously, sa mga unang araw/weeks ko sa UPD, laging nag-o-occur sa akin na sana nag-La Salle na lang ako. PERO sa mga sumunod na araw naging okay din ang lahat. Ngayon, masaya ako rito sa UPD. Dito mo mararanasan ang extreme ups and extreme downs.

At dahil masaya na ako rito at dahil mahirap din dito, I guess 'di na lang ako lilipat sa UPM next sem. Igagapang ko na lang ang Chem to the best of my ability.

HAHAHAHA.

PAHABOL: Sa list na nilabas ng OUR ng UP [iyong hard copy] napapagitnaan ako ng dalawang FERRER na BS Mathematics. HAHAHA. XD.

~x~ "Speak in Tagalog. You're in the Philippines."~x~

grabbed from zarah.

Instructions:

1. Put your iPod or whatever on random. Post the 1st line of the of the first 30 songs, however embarrassing.
2. Let people guess the song and artist of each line.
3. Searching on Google or whatever is cheating.

ONE: Lately, I have had the strangest feeling.

TWO: If I were a boy even just for a day.

THREE: We were as one babe.

FOUR: Long ago and oh so far away.

FIVE: Today is a winding road.

SIX: For awhile to love was all we could do.

SEVEN: Late at night when all the world is sleeping.

EIGHT: Ebony and Ivory lived together in perfect harmony.

NINE: I hung up the phone tonight.

TEN: She's always on my mind from the time I wake up.

ELEVEN: Please don't ask me what am I thinkin' it's about you.

TWELVE: What if I took my time to love you?

THIRTEEN: Two old friends meet again wearin' older faces.

FOURTEEN: Hello boy it's been a while. Guess you'll be glad to know that I've learned how to laugh and smile.

FIFTEEN: There was nothing to say the day she left.

SIXTEEN: Here I am, playing with those memories again.

SEVENTEEN: I'd rather know if you had turned the page.

EIGHTEEN: Lookin' in your eyes I see a paradise.

NINETEEN: Put away the pictures. Put away the memories.

TWENTY: I was down my dreams were wearing thin.

TWENTY-ONE: Tomorrow morning if you wake up and the sun does not appear.

TWENTY-TWO: So far away doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore.

TWENTY-THREE: Last night, I waved goodbye now it seems years.

TWENTY-FOUR: Don't you ever wish you were someone else.

TWENTY-FIVE: There were nights when I can't help but cry.

TWENTY-SIX: Remember when we held on in the rain.

TWENTY-SEVEN: Oh my love, you were the only one.

TWENTY-EIGHT: I just had a dream that you were far away.

TWENTY-NINE: Pangarap ko'y makita kang naglalaro sa buwan.

THIRTY: Some people live their dreams. Some people close their eyes

Kung sinong makahula.. may prize. hahaha.

~x~ "Speak in Tagalog. You're in the Philippines."~x~

I just want to share this very interesting and inspiring article [is it an article?] about the prominent people in this worl who didn't give up and kept on striving for a good result.

But They Did Not Give Up

As a young man, Abraham Lincoln went to war a captain and returned a private. Afterwards, he was a failure as a businessman. As a lawyer in Springfield, he was too impractical and temperamental to be a success. He turned to politics and was defeated in his first try for the legislature, again defeated in his first attempt to be nominated for congress, defeated in his application to be commissioner of the General Land Office, defeated in the senatorial election of 1854, defeated in his efforts for the vice-presidency in 1856, and defeated in the senatorial election of 1858. At about that time, he wrote in a letter to a friend, "I am now the most miserable man living. If what I feel were equally distributed to the whole human family, there would not be one cheerful face on the earth."

Winston Churchill failed sixth grade. He was subsequently defeated in every election for public office until he became Prime Minister at the age of 62. He later wrote, "Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never, Never, Never, Never give up." (his capitals, mind you)

Socrates was called "an immoral corrupter of youth" and continued to corrupt even after a sentence of death was imposed on him. He drank the hemlock and died corrupting.

Sigmund Freud was booed from the podium when he first presented his ideas to the scientific community of Europe. He returned to his office and kept on writing.

Robert Sternberg received a C in his first college introductory-psychology class. His teacher commented that "there was a famous Sternberg in psychology and it was obvious there would not be another." Three years later Sternberg graduated with honors from Stanford University with exceptional distinction in psychology, summa cum laude, and Phi Beta Kappa. In 2002, he became President of the American Psychological Association.

Charles Darwin gave up a medical career and was told by his father, "You care for nothing but shooting, dogs and rat catching." In his autobiography, Darwin wrote, "I was considered by all my masters and my father, a very ordinary boy, rather below the common standard of intellect." Clearly, he evolved.

Thomas Edison's teachers said he was "too stupid to learn anything." He was fired from his first two jobs for being "non-productive." As an inventor, Edison made 1,000 unsuccessful attempts at inventing the light bulb. When a reporter asked, "How did it feel to fail 1,000 times?" Edison replied, "I didn’t fail 1,000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1,000 steps."

Albert Einstein did not speak until he was 4-years-old and did not read until he was 7. His parents thought he was "sub-normal," and one of his teachers described him as "mentally slow, unsociable, and adrift forever in foolish dreams." He was expelled from school and was refused admittance to the Zurich Polytechnic School. He did eventually learn to speak and read. Even to do a little math.

Louis Pasteur was only a mediocre pupil in undergraduate studies and ranked 15th out of 22 students in chemistry.

Henry Ford failed and went broke five times before he succeeded.

R. H. Macy failed seven times before his store in New York City caught on.

F. W. Woolworth was not allowed to wait on customers when he worked in a dry goods store because, his boss said, "he didn't have enough sense."

When Bell telephone was struggling to get started, its owners offered all their rights to Western Union for $100,000. The offer was disdainfully rejected with the pronouncement, "What use could this company make of an electrical toy."

John Garcia, who eventually was honored for his fundamental psychological discoveries, was once told by a reviewer of his often-rejected manuscripts that one is no more likely to find the phenomenon he discovered than to find bird droppings in a cuckoo clock. (sort of a cute critique actually)

Rocket scientist Robert Goddard found his ideas bitterly rejected by his scientific peers on the grounds that rocket propulsion would not work in the rarefied atmosphere of outer space.

Daniel Boone was once asked by a reporter if he had ever been lost in the wilderness. Boone thought for a moment and replied, "No, but I was once bewildered for about three days."

An expert said of Vince Lombardi: "He possesses minimal football knowledge and lacks motivation." Lombardi would later write, "It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get back up."

Michael Jordan and Bob Cousy were each cut from their high school basketball teams. Jordan once observed, "I've failed over and over again in my life. That is why I succeed."

Babe Ruth is famous for his past home run record, but for decades he also held the record for strikeouts. He hit 714 home runs and struck out 1,330 times in his career (about which he said, "Every strike brings me closer to the next home run."). And didn't Mark McGwire break that strikeout record? (John Wooden once explained that winners make the most errors.)

Hank Aaron went 0 for 5 his first time at bat with the Milwakee Braves.

Stan Smith was rejected as a ball boy for a Davis Cup tennis match because he was "too awkward and clumsy." He went on to clumsily win Wimbledon and the U. S. Open. And eight Davis Cups.

Tom Landry, Chuck Noll, Bill Walsh, and Jimmy Johnson accounted for 11 of the 19 Super Bowl victories from 1974 to 1993. They also share the distinction of having the worst records of first-season head coaches in NFL history - they didn't win a single game.

Johnny Unitas's first pass in the NFL was intercepted and returned for a touchdown. Joe Montana's first pass was also intercepted. And while we're on quarterbacks, during his first season Troy Aikman threw twice as many interceptions (18) as touchdowns (9) . . . oh, and he didn't win a single game. You think there's a lesson here?

After Carl Lewis won the gold medal for the long jump in the 1996 Olympic games, he was asked to what he attributed his longevity, having competed for almost 20 years. He said, "Remembering that you have both wins and losses along the way. I don't take either one too seriously."

Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor because "he lacked imagination and had no good ideas." He went bankrupt several times before he built Disneyland. In fact, the proposed park was rejected by the city of Anaheim on the grounds that it would only attract riffraff.

Charles Schultz had every cartoon he submitted rejected by his high school yearbook staff. Oh, and Walt Disney wouldn't hire him.

After Fred Astaire's first screen test, the memo from the testing director of MGM, dated 1933, read, "Can't act. Can't sing. Slightly bald. Can dance a little." He kept that memo over the fire place in his Beverly Hills home. Astaire once observed that "when you're experimenting, you have to try so many things before you choose what you want, that you may go days getting nothing but exhaustion." And here is the reward for perseverance: "The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's considered to be your style."

After his first audition, Sidney Poitier was told by the casting director, "Why don't you stop wasting people's time and go out and become a dishwasher or something?" It was at that moment, recalls Poitier, that he decided to devote his life to acting.

When Lucille Ball began studying to be actress in 1927, she was told by the head instructor of the John Murray Anderson Drama School, "Try any other profession."

The first time Jerry Seinfeld walked on-stage at a comedy club as a professional comic, he looked out at the audience, froze, and forgot the English language. He stumbled through "a minute-and a half" of material and was jeered offstage. He returned the following night and closed his set to wild applause.

In 1944, Emmeline Snively, director of the Blue Book Modeling Agency, told modeling hopeful Norma Jean Baker, "You'd better learn secretarial work or else get married." I'm sure you know that Norma Jean was Marilyn Monroe. Now . . . who was Emmeline Snively?

At the age of 21, French acting legend Jeanne Moreau was told by a casting director that her head was too crooked, she wasn't beautiful enough, and she wasn't photogenic enough to make it in films. She took a deep breath and said to herself, "Alright, then, I guess I will have to make it my own way." After making nearly 100 films her own way, in 1997 she received the European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award.

After Harrison Ford's first performance as a hotel bellhop in the film Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round, the studio vice-president called him in to his office. "Sit down kid," the studio head said, "I want to tell you a story. The first time Tony Curtis was ever in a movie he delivered a bag of groceries. We took one look at him and knew he was a movie star." Ford replied, "I thought you were spossed to think that he was a grocery delivery boy." The vice president dismissed Ford with "You ain't got it kid , you ain't got it ... now get out of here."

Michael Caine's headmaster told him, "You will be a laborer all your life."

Charlie Chaplin was initially rejected by Hollywood studio chiefs because his pantomime was considered "nonsense."

Enrico Caruso's music teacher said he had no voice at all and could not sing. His parents wanted him to become an engineer.

Decca Records turned down a recording contract with the Beatles with the unprophetic evaluation, "We don't like their sound. Groups of guitars are on their way out." After Decca rejected the Beatles, Columbia records followed suit.

In 1954, Jimmy Denny, manager of the Grand Ole Opry, fired Elvis Presley after one performance. He told Presley, "You ain't goin' nowhere, son. You ought to go back to drivin' a truck."

Beethoven handled the violin awkwardly and preferred playing his own compositions instead of improving his technique. His teacher called him "hopeless as a composer." And, of course, you know that he wrote five of his greatest symphonies while completely deaf.

The Impressionists had to arrange their own art exhibitions because their works were routinely rejected by the Paris Salon. How many of you have heard of the Paris Salon?

A Paris art dealer refused Picasso shelter when he asked if he could bring in his paintings from out of the rain. One hopes that there is justice in this world and that the art dealer eventually went broke.

Van Gogh sold only one painting during his life. And this to the sister of one of his friends for 400 francs (approximately $50). This didn't stop him from completing over 800 paintings.

John Constable's luminous painting Watermeadows at Salisbury was dismissed in 1830 by a judge at the Royal Academy as "a nasty green thing." Name of the judge, anyone? Anyone?

Rodin's father once said, "I have an idiot for a son." Described as the worst pupil in the school, he was rejected three times admittance to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. His uncle called him uneducable. Perhaps this gave him food for thought.

Stravinsky was run out of town by an enraged audience and critics after the first performance of the Rite of Spring.

When Pablo Casals reached 95, a young reporter asked him "Mr. Casals, you are 95 and the greatest cellist that ever lived. Why do you still practice six hours a day?" Mr. Casals answered, "Because I think I'm making progress."

Leo Tolstoy flunked out of college. He was described as both "unable and unwilling to learn." No doubt a slow developer.

Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women, was encouraged to find work as a servant by her family.

Emily Dickinson had only seven poems published in her lifetime.

15 publishers rejected a manuscript by e. e. cummings. When he finally got it published by his mother, the dedication, printed in uppercase letters, read WITH NO THANKS TO . . . followed by the list of publishers who had rejected his prized offering. Nice going Eddie. Thanks for illustrating that nobody loses all the time.

18 publishers turned down Richard Bach's story about a "soaring eagle." Macmillan finally published Jonathan Livingston Seagull in 1970. By 1975 it had sold more than 7 million copies in the U.S. alone.

21 publishers rejected Richard Hooker's humorous war novel, M*A*S*H. He had worked on it for seven years.

22 publishers rejected James Joyce's The Dubliners.

27 publishers rejected Dr. Seuss's first book, To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street.

Jack London received six hundred rejection slips before he sold his first story.

English crime novelist John Creasey got 753 rejection slips before he published 564 books.

William Saroyan accumulated more than a thousand rejections before he had his first literary piece published. Way to not take a hint, Bill!

Gertrude Stein submitted poems to editors for nearly 20 years before one was finally accepted. See . . . a rose is a rose.

I bet you didn't know that John Milton wrote Paradise Lost 16 years after losing his eyesight

One of Professor Pajares's first research efforts came back with a review that began, "There are so many things I don't like about this article I just don't know where to begin."

There is a professor at MIT who offers a course on failure. He does that, he says, because failure is a far more common experience than success. An interviewer once asked him if anybody ever failed the course on failure. He thought a moment and replied, "No, but there were two Incompletes."

Let's end with Woody Allen: "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying. Eighty percent of success is showing up."

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