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Cover: “Waterspots” design by Mike Murray sh pond: images and thought s” is an underground magaZINE published by onne traya hortillo. writing and artwork is the author’s original unless specified. opyright (c) 1998. All rights reserved. Now is t he speech of Tomorrow, In cert ain mout hs. A cert ain Ghost is Et ernit y Who, as we walk herward, Walks usward, Speaks nowward. Un-ears and un-eyes Stand in disbelief and sur- prise. The law of their clock is riven. The law of their orbit is bro- ken. This speech is misshapen! Wherefore, sharpen sharpen Your claws O fellow cit izens: You have work to do You have crosses to rear You have history to smear. ---yup, those faddish little cartoon critters that have taken the world y storm. the first time i heard of them was when my youngest sis- ter told me about them. “but you won’t like them,” she laughed to me, “but they’re funny!” ---she was right, i didn’t like them the first time. in fact, i was silenced into shock the first time i saw them on Comedy Central. it was 11 p.m. on a wednesday night, and while my sisters were rolling er in laughter, i was still stuck trying to analyze where in the world the creators of the cartoons get their humor. ---“you can’t analyze it,” my other sister said, “it’s too different to be analyzed. you can’t find any justification for [their jokes]. it’s all just plain fun.” --so i didn’t. i ended up having one of the best first laughs i have had to a cartoon in a long while! --i tried to avoid watching the cartoon, because i had other things o do (yup, i DO!), but i ended up waiting for wednesday night ery week so that i could see SOUTHPARK again. i really initially ike it, and eventually i actually found them pretty harmless, so long as you know how to keep your distance (not make it a priority see) --but the fever is on-- my sisters talk about it incessantly; Cartman s their hero now. a friend remarked recently how “he sounds like a uperhero, CARTMAN!” one of my sisters has surfed the Web and ound numerous homepages dedicated to or link to SOUTHPARK. “people never tire of doing things slightly off center and showing it to every one else.” followed suit and i found a siteowner who will draw you for free according to the likeness of SOUTPARK’s residents. there is an offi- cial site constructed by Comedy Central that features info on the eators, series, and characters; and has downloadable artwork mong other things. that site is updated frequently. there are people who claim that they “LIVE FOR SOUTHPARK!” (but heir sites are all under construction). --a few more episodes of SOUTHPARK, lots of talk about it, people trading taped episodes and renting and buying them from tores, and soon i found myself slowly shaking off my like for the cartoon. for me, SOUTHPARK has become commonplace. just ike the grass, it’s everywhere. in my opinion, in places it was really funny. in others, it was actually saddening and a little scary even. --but people don’t ever tire of doing things slightly off center and showing it to everyone else. SOUTHPARK is clearly that. --i guess in order for a cartoon to entertain adults, it has to be a little wacky. i actually admire the creators of the cartoon. to me the writers featured a keen understanding of society and what makes people react (in this case, laugh) the best. all adults know that you don’t really vomit when you see someone you love, when you die you don’t come back to life every week, and when you state the painful truth about someone’s poverty or handicap you don’t rub it in. now that i think of it, sometimes the cartoon shows the oppo ite of society’s norms. when you only think of what the opposite of the norms are, they aren’t really funny, but when you see them ctually happening, everyone becomes nervous and starts laughing. then again sometimes, the cartoon just wants to have fun and hrows in a crazy gag or two. --currently, i’ve gotten over my SOUTHPARK fad. i still think that it’s a maddening, skewed show. but i also think it’s good humor e can’t stop the airing of it, but we can keep in mind that this is a show for adults. so when curious kids see all the baseball caps, bumper stickers, shirts, ads, and whatever else advertising SOUTHPARK and wonder why everyone else is watching it and why can’ our family see it too, it becomes an opportunity to tell them about what’s right and what’s wrong, and to show them that doing ight is what’s best for themselves and others. Untitled. Watercolor on Oslo paper. Miam Tan. LOVE STYLES According to my textbook, “Social Psychology (2nd Edition)” by Elliot Aronson, Timothy Wilson, and Robin Akert, there are several definitions of love. One definition is called “Love Styles”: Clyde Hendrick and Susan Hendrick (1992) have identified six love styles. Eros is a passionate, physical love, where the partner’s physical appearance is highly important. The Eros lover gets involved quickly; “Eros is like being hit by a bolt of lightning.” Ludus is love played as a game, never taken too seri- ously... “Ludus likes all aspects of a rainstorm... but doesn’t want to get get.” Storge is a slow-growing love, evolving out of affection and friendship. Storge lovers “would be likely to stay inside during the... thunder[storm] and go out when a... gentle rain began to fall. Pragma [love is] commonsensical, realistic, feet on the ground. In a rainstorm, “pragma will always have an umbrella.” Mania is the highly emotional, roller-coaster ride of love. Manic lovers... gen- erally fit our stereotype of “romantic love.” Manic lovers “stand outside get- ting wet, self-destructively waiting for the lightning” [to hit them]. Finally, Agape is a totally selfless, giving, and altruistic love, and quite rare... the agape lover “would give you his or her umbrella so that you won’t get wet.” (Akert, R.M.; Aronson, E.; Wilson, T.D. “Social Psychology, Second Edition. Longman, Inc. Chapter 10, 379. 1997. Used with permission.) There is another, more open-ended way of describing love. The Apostle Paul called it “the most excellent way.” “If I speak in human and angelic tongues of men and of angles, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but not love, I am nothing. If I give all I pos- sess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always preseveres. “Love never fails. But where there are prophecies they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfec- tion comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” ~1 Corinthians 13 (New International Version) Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride. Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure ecstasy. When loved ones come home, always run to greet them. When it’s in your best interest, practice obedience. Let others know when they’ve invaded your territory. Take naps and stretch before rising. Run, romp and play daily. Eat with gusto and enthusiasm. Be loyal. Never pretend to be something you’re not. If what you want lies buried, dig until you find it. When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit nearby and nuzzle him or her gently. Thrive on attention and let people touch you. Avoid biting when a simple growl will do. When you’re happy, dance around and wag your entire body. No matter how often you’re scolded, don’t buy into the guilt thing and pout. Run right back and make friends. Delight in the simple joys of a long walk. Miam Tan’s Japanimation I am sure that almost everyone gives you free reign on a till in school has to some extent used the paper topic (and for those nternet as a source of information for one who know how English f their school projects. courses can be, choices It’s amazingly comprehensive in can vary very greatly). he amount of information available and From there you can look he speed of accessibility that’s right at at all the options provid- ne’s fingertips.

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