teaser: watch out for a blog background like this on april 20!
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"OUT": forgive my insanities... it seems that my renewed enthusiasm at joining the CPMA for Literature has waned again. i read the contest rules again, and this is how it goes, that made my decision final:

Submit a typewritten format of your essay, at least FOUR PAGES LONG and not exceeding 5 pages.

Deadline for submission is on April 30, and entries should be postmarked/invoiced NOT LATER THAN APRIL 15.

speaking from the conditions above, just how in the world can i accomplish a 4-page essay with this time limit? i have NEVER written an essay (or any piece of prose) that long. and the other real fact is, it's way beyond april 15 already, there's absolutely no way i or anyone can personally send my stuff to their office (it's too far), and so any effort here will be as good as rotten potatoes. i'm sorry for just letting you and myself down. :(

oh well, that's for me --> better TIME next LUCK.

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"IN": however, there's no need to be sad about wasting yet another opportunity... i'll try and flex my writing muscles with another contest: the "My Favorite Book" contest from National Bookstore... i'm thinking of writing about "the catcher and the rye" since the book's still very fresh in my mind and it's really a good piece. prizes (if chosen!) will be 5000 php of gift checks (yay! i'll have the chance of buying my fave books now!) and showcase your work in the newspaper! isn't that cool? i'll think of doing it sometime this week. :-)

EXTRA "IN": for the past two days i have been working on redeveloping the 'visual aspects' of our pretty little blog, putting some beautiful images, changing the colors, that stuff... so the next time you take hold of schizoesque, it's gonna be a more luscious one...

watch out for "SCHIZOESQUE 2.0" this coming WEDNESDAY!

p.s. and yes, i already got into contact with my friends. like rob thomas' song, i am "Lonely No More". :D

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