I Can't Love You Today

Manila, Philippines
October 14,2008
12:03am

In the stillness of this Asian evening
Without sunlight to intrude
It only prods me to imagine the dusk in your eyes
Yes the moon sets up the mood, but you are not here with me
And so I can’t love you today.

A soft and slow rhythm plays on my head
While my self-made romance fills the air
I can’t help but feel aroused
This very moment your seductive imagery lingers on me
But still, I can’t love you today.

I long to whisper words of love
And I hope you answer them with a sigh in a very sexy way (of course)
I envision your sweet body to come alive
And yet that could only be just a fabricated fantasy…
Manu, I can’t love you today.

Disney and Satanism

I am not really a religious person and so I don’t have my own standpoint about Satanism. But I would like to share this video because it speaks more than just about Satanism itself — it could also be about dozen other things which could range from entertainment to evangelism, to absurdity, exaggeration, and reality.

To view this video from a slightly fictional/psychological perspective, I would say psychology has something to say about this. Bandura’s social learning theory says that people learn behaviors, emotional reactions, and attitudes from role models whom they wish to emulate. If this video has a touch of reality (which I am confused about), then as a society we should wield the power of television and the promise of psychological theory to address some social problems. What do I mean? Well, it simple: billions of people around the world spend large portions of their lives watching television. Billions of people are also affected by AIDS, overpopulation, illiteracy, and gender discrimination.

And in reference to Satanism, I have yet to see it in someone else’s lens.