Secrets… and then some.

This is funny. Merriam-Webster Online’s #1 Word of the Year (in other words, the “most looked-up word”) for 2005 was:

Integrity 

That just goes to show what kind of a world we’re living in right now, huh? 

Anyway, I stumbled onto www.m-w.com because I wanted to see how they officially defined the word “secret”, and this is what I got:

a : kept from knowledge or view : HIDDEN
b : marked by the habit of discretion : CLOSEMOUTHED
c : working with hidden aims or methods : UNDERCOVER <a secret agent>
d : not acknowledged : UNAVOWED <a secret bride>
e : conducted in secret <a secret trial>

Now you might start asking why, pray tell, would I be fascinated with this word right now?

EDIT: After some thought, I edited out the “secrets” part of the entry.

I’d blog about our policitcal situation, the state of national emergency and proclamation whatever… but I’m too sleepy to do so, and so much has already been said about it, so I’d rather not. Instead, I leave you this quoted paragraph from Conrado de Quiros:

“I’ve always said every time I hear calls for this country to finally come together that this country has never had any problems uniting. It has done so repeatedly and, as in the case of the two Edsa People Power uprisings, completely resplendently. Unfortunately, as the case of the two Edsa revolts also shows, Filipinos find it a lot easier to unite in fighting against a common threat than in fighting for a common good.”

Now I’d also blog about music, but then again, tinatamad na ako so I’ll keep it short:

Belle and Sebastian are awesome! Read about them (click the link) or/and download these songs and get drowned in saccharine audio sweetness:

Another Sunny Day
Sukie In The Graveyard