Welcome To The Black Parade

After learning of his illness, reflecting on his life, and dealing with all the issues of mortality, the Patient's own mortality is quickly coming to an end. Here the Patient is drifting between life and death, and so death is coming for him in the form of his strongest memory. The Patient's fondest memory is of his father taking him to town as a boy to see a parade ("when I was a young boy, my father took me into the city, to see a marching band"). The Patient's father asks him as a boy "Son, when you grow up, would you be the savior of the broken, the beaten, and the damned?", perhaps preparing the Patient for his future illness, and asking him if he will have what it takes to mentally overcome it and be an example for others who follow in his footsteps to be strong. The Patient's father also tells him "someday I'll leave you a phantom, to lead you in the summer, to join the Black Parade." This hints that the Patient's father most likely died before the Patient, and will help him join the Black Parade (in other words be there when he dies to help him in the afterlife). The song also shows that the Patient most likely had a very good relationship with his father, since his fondest memory in life occured when he was with his father. This is the opposite of the relationship he has with his mother, which is further detailed in the song Mama.

The Patient passes into a realm of life and death, and sees the Black Parade. The Black Parade seems to take place in the city that he saw the marching band in his youth, only now the city is barren, and more macabre ("the bodies in the street"). He sees the performers of the Black Parade, only they too are more macabre than those of the parade he saw in his youth, and seem to represent emotions and other parts of his life. The Black Parade tell him of "the disappointed faces of your peers", which have no effect on the Patient, as he states he "could not care at all", showing he will no longer let anyone dictate his actions, and hasn't quite repented yet (as he does in Famous Last Words). He still doubts himself ("I'm just a man, I'm not a hero" in reference to his father's question at the beginning of the song). He is still firm in his doubt of the world ("you can try, you'll never break me"). Finally The Black Parade insures him that his "memory will carry on", and though he may be dead and defeated his "weary widow marches on." Thus trying to encourage him that he isn't as evil as he thinks, and that if he joins them what he leaves behind in life will be fine.

The song visually represents the entire story (somewhat) in its music video (one flaw however is that "the patient" has hair, when a cancer patient suffering from chemo would be bald + the character in the album art is bald and paler).


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Trinity University of Asia



Bachelor of Science in Computer Science



CS111 - Comparative Programming Languages class (S.Y. 2006 - 2007)

OktoberTEST na naman sa TUA

Exams na naman sa TUA. Ok lang! Masaya naman ang Oktoberfest kagabi, atlis I rock'd myself again before the examination week. Syempre masaya, everything's fine, walang mga jologs (or yung mga punks, 'PANKS' nga daw kung tawagin). Hehe, salamat kay Ryan at Karin, backstage na naman. Grabeh! PhP40.00 ang Draft Beer. Crowded nga kagabi sa E.wood pero peaceful naman! Hehe. Yun lang! See yah sa mga gigs guys!

FRIENDSHIP by Lily Bosch

"I've looked a lot at what makes people successful. And I’ve never yet seen a real, big-time successful person who was a lone wolf. Every successful person I’ve know has had a nucleus of people around them who shared their passions, supported their best interests, upheld all the things that were important to them, and wanted them to succeed. Yet people allow themselves to get isolated – either because they’re too busy, or too tired, or depressed. We don’t think much anymore about what a friend is. What do friends do? Well, friends stay in contact, they talk about things that matter to both of them, they’re honest, they’re supportive, they’re willing to give something. It can mean so much when someone who doesn’t have to call does and says, ‘How are you? How’s it going?’ And friends don’t only say, ‘I’m having a hard time at home.’ Sometimes they want somebody to celebrate with, somebody to be excited with. Somebody who will be happy rather than jealous if they get a promotion or a new car or have a baby.”

Dr. Phil’s RX: “Sit down and define what a friend is in your mind. And then, whether it’s a few minutes a day or a few hours a week, make contact. It’s nice to know that there are people out there who are interested in you life. And that’s a great way to initiate friendship: Be interested in someone else’s life. There’s a solid rule in friendship: If you want to have a good friend, you need to be a good friend. Give away what you wish you were getting, and it will come back to you in spades.”

What are the mantras of Friendster culture? Decide it, and how'll you relate it with Friendster. (These are some paragraphs taken from an article.)

My Space... or yours?
By Eden E. Estopace
The Philippine Starweek
The Sunday Magazine Of The Philippine Star
July 16, 2006


Once you sign up for a MySpace account, you can be connected to a universe of other online souls whose online identities may be totally different from their real selves, or you could begin to see someone you know in real life in a different light by viewing his or her MySpace profile.
By adding people into your network of friends, you could have access to their online lives, know what they are thinking (or at least what they want people to think they're thinking), who they're with, where they've been over the weekend, what they're reading, watching or listening to, who's dating who, where is the newest gig, what makes them tick, and who their other friends are in a kind of voyeuristic exercise which is also in a way fueled by a healthy dose of youthful exhibitionism.
"Find and be found" might as well be the mantra of MySpace culture. Find people, events, products, things, discussion groups, music, podcasts. In turn, people will also find you, see through you, collaborate with you, have fun with you. And since you can change your display name and profile as often as you like, you could be many different persons and attract a different crowd everytime you switch personalities.
The site is actually a complete aggregation of people-to-people communication media previously offered in many websites separately.

In this veritable beehive of manufactured identities, it is impossible to ascertain if your new friend is really the emerging rock superstar in another campus or the elusive Osama bin Laden in disguise. People who play on the safe side add only the friends or friends of friends they know in real life and us the medium to keep up to date on each other's life without having to meet physically.

Knowing her means so many things to me. But mostly, it means that I have something to be happy about. For as long as I know she's there, the world looks a whole lot better to me.

21

Nineteen eighty-five, sounds cool? Anu-ano ba mga nangyari noong nineteen eighty-five? Hehehe, wala lang.

Sabi ng isang kapit-bahay na updated palage sa balita, pinalaki daw akong hindi disiplinado, hindi daw ako dinisiplina ng aking mga magulang. Totoo kaya yun? Ewan!

Every year may bagong laruan, makabagong technology, sapatos, damit, etc. ang pinsan ko. Galing ko noh? Alam na alam ko, sabay kasi kami lumaki sa iisang bahay eh. Ganun din kaya ako? Simple lang trabaho ni erpats at ermats, pag may pera, may bago din sakin, pero kailangan idaan sa mataas ng grades. Lahat ng gusto ko nung bata ako ay bihira ko lang makamit. Kaya siguro liberal ako ngayon. Hehe. Tama nga si kapit-bahay, pinalaki nga siguro akong hindi disiplinado, kasi minsan napapansin ko din na nakakaaway o nakakasagutan ko mga kapatid at magulang ko. Lahat nagagawa ko. Siguro kaya ganun dahil nahihiya si erpats, hindi niya mabigay mga gusto ko, hindi tulad ng sa pinsan ko maya't-maya may bago. Kaya siguro hindi siya naging strict sa amin? Kaya siguro liberal ako ngayon?

Dumaan ako sa marijuana, yosi, Q.Ave., at hazing. Alcohol, pag trip ko lang. Anytime pwede ako lumabas, anytime pwede ako umuwi. Haha, mahilig ako manood ng mga banda, tumambay kung saan-saang bar at coffee shop. Manood ng sine, ayos yun! Pero lahat ng luho ko, pinaghihirapan ko, katas yun ng baon ko sa eskwela. Tahimik lang akong tao. Enjoy kaya mag-aral! =)

Marunong akong gumalang ng kapwa ko. Ewan ko lang sa loob ng bahay, hehe. Lakas nga ng impluwensya ng Angelicum eh. Pero kapag hindi ko trip, hindi ko talaga trip. Speaking of Angelicum, isang Angelican ang kinababaliwan ko ngayon. Kaso Thomasian na pala siya ngayon, college na eh. HRM ba course niya? Hehehe, in-love na nga siguro ako.

Malapit na pala mag twenty-one! Sana hindi maintindihan ng bumabasa nito ang mga sinulat ko. Hahahaha! Twenty-one, ano yun? Ang korny ng sinulat ko. Pasensya na wala ako magawa eh. Liberal ba ako?

My academic progress report

Education is a lifetime searching of knowledge. In reality, it's not a right, it's a privilege. It makes me to become better equipped to face the challenges of my future. I took Computer Science as my course because I want it to become as my chosen career. I took Computer Science because I feel comfortable than the other courses.

At this moment, I can say that I’m doing well in my schooling. I’m an average student because I can complete all the requirements and pass all my subjects. At the rate of 1- 5... I think I’m in 3, because like what I said, I can pass all my subjects. My grades doing well, it’s in favor with my parents. My life as a student… I’m very thirst for searching of knowledge, but because of our financial status, maybe an undergraduate degree is enough for me.

As an average student, there are also hindrances in my studies. Right now, my schooling is my privilege, I don’t know whether I can finish it or not. But if there is an opportunity, I will take it no matter how long in time I can, just to fulfill and to succeed my chosen career.