Comments on: The Waterworks Survey http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/09/25/the-waterworks-survey/ Twisted by Jessica Zafra - Pumping irony since 1994 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:24:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: turtlesmaketheworldgoround http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/09/25/the-waterworks-survey/#comment-25903 turtlesmaketheworldgoround Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:04:31 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/09/25/the-waterworks-survey/#comment-25903 A crybaby is someone who gets easily affected and is only able to release his/her emotions by crying. Not necessarily a weakling, just someone who cries too often. No, I'm not a crybaby - I used to be though, but I had to train myself not to cry because: 1) after crying my eyes start hurting and I'm forced to sleep it off; and 2) I have chinky eyes and after a bucketful of tears they are reduced to mere slits or sometimes, a dot. Think I trained myself really well because now I can't seem to cry when I'm sad. At most, I get teary-eyed. A crybaby is someone who gets easily affected and is only able to release his/her emotions by crying. Not necessarily a weakling, just someone who cries too often.

No, I’m not a crybaby - I used to be though, but I had to train myself not to cry because: 1) after crying my eyes start hurting and I’m forced to sleep it off; and 2) I have chinky eyes and after a bucketful of tears they are reduced to mere slits or sometimes, a dot. Think I trained myself really well because now I can’t seem to cry when I’m sad. At most, I get teary-eyed.

]]> By: number1 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/09/25/the-waterworks-survey/#comment-25771 number1 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 05:00:30 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/09/25/the-waterworks-survey/#comment-25771 Me? A crybaby? my mom once asked me if im human coz my apathy from just about everything just drove her nuts.no one has ever made me cry.im a cold, calculating, unfeeling biatch.maybe i am yet to meet the person who's gonna make me cry like a baby.sort of my karma.if ever i cry i dont let others see it.for me crying is a sign of weakness.and i dont want others to think im weak.because inside i really am.(get out)what amkes me cry?books and movies. not the "pasan ko ang daigdig" type of movies.nakakaiyak ba ang schindler's list? hotel rwanda? kasi naiyak ako dun.sobra. Me? A crybaby? my mom once asked me if im human coz my apathy from just about everything just drove her nuts.no one has ever made me cry.im a cold, calculating, unfeeling biatch.maybe i am yet to meet the person who’s gonna make me cry like a baby.sort of my karma.if ever i cry i dont let others see it.for me crying is a sign of weakness.and i dont want others to think im weak.because inside i really am.(get out)what amkes me cry?books and movies.

not the “pasan ko ang daigdig” type of movies.nakakaiyak ba ang schindler’s list? hotel rwanda? kasi naiyak ako dun.sobra.

]]> By: cloudcumulus http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/09/25/the-waterworks-survey/#comment-25710 cloudcumulus Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:11:12 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/09/25/the-waterworks-survey/#comment-25710 oooh survey! Question 1 No, I am not a crybaby. A crybaby is someone who does not know how to express any feelings of frustraion or disappointment but to cry. Especially, when they did not get what they want. Palagi na lang parang batang isang linggong pinangakuan basta pag nagpakabait sya, sa pagdating ng sabado, ay pupunta sa Jolibee tapos sa Mcdo dinala.. When I'm frustrated I sleep na lang plus mas gusto ko sa KFC. Question 2 I do cry on half the movies that I have seen. Drama, action, comedy, even trailers. Even carttons- Nemo, The Incredibles, Meet the Robinsons, Snow White, Cinderella, Peter Pan. I get teary eyed with the trailer that comes along when we sang the national anthem during the last full show. oooh survey!

Question 1
No, I am not a crybaby. A crybaby is someone who does not know how to express any feelings of frustraion or disappointment but to cry. Especially, when they did not get what they want. Palagi na lang parang batang isang linggong pinangakuan basta pag nagpakabait sya, sa pagdating ng sabado, ay pupunta sa Jolibee tapos sa Mcdo dinala..
When I’m frustrated I sleep na lang plus mas gusto ko sa KFC.

Question 2
I do cry on half the movies that I have seen. Drama, action, comedy, even trailers. Even carttons- Nemo, The Incredibles, Meet the Robinsons, Snow White, Cinderella, Peter Pan. I get teary eyed with the trailer that comes along when we sang the national anthem during the last full show.

]]> By: Jerome David http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/09/25/the-waterworks-survey/#comment-25678 Jerome David Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:54:22 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/09/25/the-waterworks-survey/#comment-25678 Yes, I often cry in real life. Maybe I'm just the typical "mababaw ang luha"! I cry at mushy commercials, I cry whenever I hear of stories about Pinoys doing great things, I cry when I hear a very touching note about anything by someone being interviewd on TV and when I finally set my eyes on Boticelli's masterpieces The Birth of Venus and La Primavera at Florence's Uffizzi Gallery, I was sooo moved to tears that a friend had to pretend I wasn't with her! And yes, I often cry at the movies (and yes, I'm pathetic!). Not just for the tear-inducing scenes but for the sheer greatness of acting abilities by actors: the trailer of Cate Blanchet's The Golden Age never fails to make me cry; she's just so effing good! Greg Kinear made me cry in As Good As It Gets. I could go on and on but I guess that would do... Yes, I often cry in real life. Maybe I’m just the typical “mababaw ang luha”! I cry at mushy commercials, I cry whenever I hear of stories about Pinoys doing great things, I cry when I hear a very touching note about anything by someone being interviewd on TV and when I finally set my eyes on Boticelli’s masterpieces The Birth of Venus and La Primavera at Florence’s Uffizzi Gallery, I was sooo moved to tears that a friend had to pretend I wasn’t with her! And yes, I often cry at the movies (and yes, I’m pathetic!). Not just for the tear-inducing scenes but for the sheer greatness of acting abilities by actors: the trailer of Cate Blanchet’s The Golden Age never fails to make me cry; she’s just so effing good! Greg Kinear made me cry in As Good As It Gets. I could go on and on but I guess that would do…

]]> By: humanum777 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/09/25/the-waterworks-survey/#comment-25623 humanum777 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:30:28 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/09/25/the-waterworks-survey/#comment-25623 Do you often cry in real life? (Iyakin ka ba? What's your definition of a crybaby?) -There are certain triggers that make me cry. When I hear about people who did something very noble- e.g. Nelson Mandela & Desmond Tutu in South Africa, the honest cabbie who gives back thousands of dollars a passenger left, things like that. Sometimes I cry when I feel very tired and frustrated and need emotional release. But I don't consider myself iyakin. Iyakin for me is someone who is emotional in a cheesy, over-sentimental "Hallmark Card" sort of way. Do you cry at the movies? Not just when the hero dies or proposes, but even at stuff that's not supposed to be tear-inducing. -Absolutely. Case in point, I recently viewed "Death at a Funeral," and found myself crying over the most ludicrous scene. It was a trigger for something else, I surmise. I normally would not cry when copious tears are shed onscreen. The literal and overcooked (and any movie by Clint Eastwood) do not make me cry. The Danish film "Babette's Feast" is one film that made me cry a lot- the delicate turns, the simplicity, the symbolism. Cheers. Do you often cry in real life? (Iyakin ka ba? What’s your definition of a crybaby?)
-There are certain triggers that make me cry. When I hear about people who did something very noble- e.g. Nelson Mandela & Desmond Tutu in South Africa, the honest cabbie who gives back thousands of dollars a passenger left, things like that. Sometimes I cry when I feel very tired and frustrated and need emotional release. But I don’t consider myself iyakin. Iyakin for me is someone who is emotional in a cheesy, over-sentimental “Hallmark Card” sort of way.

Do you cry at the movies? Not just when the hero dies or proposes, but even at stuff that’s not supposed to be tear-inducing.
-Absolutely. Case in point, I recently viewed “Death at a Funeral,” and found myself crying over the most ludicrous scene. It was a trigger for something else, I surmise. I normally would not cry when copious tears are shed onscreen. The literal and overcooked (and any movie by Clint Eastwood) do not make me cry. The Danish film “Babette’s Feast” is one film that made me cry a lot- the delicate turns, the simplicity, the symbolism.

Cheers.

]]> By: katarina http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/09/25/the-waterworks-survey/#comment-25580 katarina Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:55:37 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/09/25/the-waterworks-survey/#comment-25580 you know what, this is exactly my problem. in 'real life', i hardly cry. but i'm not stiff naman. god knows how much i crave for passion. i just find it hard to let the tears come out, specially when the situation requires me to (i.e. friends pouring their heart out, or making up after a bad fight). i don't know...i share the same feelings with them but i just CAN'T cry. and what's actually weird is i usually have this impulse to laugh whenever i'm suppose to cry. swear! i don't know why i'm doing the exact opposite! on the other hand, i'm such a cry baby when it comes to movies. i can't remember watching any movie that i didn't cry. as you've said, even to movies that are not tear-inducing. i cried for bruce almighty and even 13 going on 30! that's pretty weird right? just hearing a nice line gives me that lump in my throat. bah. i love passion. i lack passion. hmm. so, good luck on your theory ha. hope it would be able explain why i'm like this. you know what, this is exactly my problem. in ‘real life’, i hardly cry. but i’m not stiff naman. god knows how much i crave for passion. i just find it hard to let the tears come out, specially when the situation requires me to (i.e. friends pouring their heart out, or making up after a bad fight). i don’t know…i share the same feelings with them but i just CAN’T cry. and what’s actually weird is i usually have this impulse to laugh whenever i’m suppose to cry. swear! i don’t know why i’m doing the exact opposite!

on the other hand, i’m such a cry baby when it comes to movies. i can’t remember watching any movie that i didn’t cry. as you’ve said, even to movies that are not tear-inducing. i cried for bruce almighty and even 13 going on 30! that’s pretty weird right? just hearing a nice line gives me that lump in my throat. bah. i love passion. i lack passion. hmm.

so, good luck on your theory ha. hope it would be able explain why i’m like this.

]]> By: dreary_gLenNy http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/09/25/the-waterworks-survey/#comment-25576 dreary_gLenNy Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:26:10 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/09/25/the-waterworks-survey/#comment-25576 One word of thought: Never sit beside a mongoose who thinks he looks horrendously like the lead character in the movie. You'd go home teary-eyed. :) One word of thought: Never sit beside a mongoose who thinks he looks horrendously like the lead character in the movie. You’d go home teary-eyed. :)

]]> By: dreary_gLenNy http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/09/25/the-waterworks-survey/#comment-25575 dreary_gLenNy Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:12:16 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/09/25/the-waterworks-survey/#comment-25575 1.) A crybaby is a person who lets out his repressed emotions too much that he tends to become overly dramatic. In such cases, he'd get out of his room, trips on the mat, and sobs hysterically. But that is just me being sardonic. I'll cry when my life depends on it. I'll cry if aliens abduct me and send me to some planet. I'll cry if a doctor disects me, gets my innards and sells it to some patient who needs a donor. I'll cry if Yasmien Kurdi quits being a crybaby and ends her acting job just for the heck of it (actually, it would be like tears of joy). But for the most part, I'm not a crybaby. Anyways, who still uses the term? 2.) I cried once when we were watching 1408 just recently. We were at the far end of the seat. Two raunchy men came clambering in our way to get through the middle part of our row. The other one stepped on my toe and it had really hurt. REALLY hurt. I was cursing furiously and then, I started crying. It's as if my toe splinched itself or something. It was in the same scene where John Cusack was hugging her daughter. My mom was looking at me and patted my back. The movie ended and I was like shouting "WHY!? WHY!?". The other guy who was in the front told me that the ending was all for the best. I was weeping for my dead toe, brother. I know I'm not of help with this survey of yours but hey, the toe still hurts. 1.) A crybaby is a person who lets out his repressed emotions too much that he tends to become overly dramatic. In such cases, he’d get out of his room, trips on the mat, and sobs hysterically. But that is just me being sardonic.

I’ll cry when my life depends on it. I’ll cry if aliens abduct me and send me to some planet. I’ll cry if a doctor disects me, gets my innards and sells it to some patient who needs a donor. I’ll cry if Yasmien Kurdi quits being a crybaby and ends her acting job just for the heck of it (actually, it would be like tears of joy). But for the most part, I’m not a crybaby. Anyways, who still uses the term?

2.) I cried once when we were watching 1408 just recently. We were at the far end of the seat. Two raunchy men came clambering in our way to get through the middle part of our row. The other one stepped on my toe and it had really hurt. REALLY hurt. I was cursing furiously and then, I started crying. It’s as if my toe splinched itself or something. It was in the same scene where John Cusack was hugging her daughter. My mom was looking at me and patted my back. The movie ended and I was like shouting “WHY!? WHY!?”. The other guy who was in the front told me that the ending was all for the best.

I was weeping for my dead toe, brother.

I know I’m not of help with this survey of yours but hey, the toe still hurts.

]]> By: paulkadot http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/09/25/the-waterworks-survey/#comment-25574 paulkadot Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:09:27 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/09/25/the-waterworks-survey/#comment-25574 i cried watching 6-year-old, Britain's Got Talent finalist Connie Talbot...does it count? :-P i cried watching 6-year-old, Britain’s Got Talent finalist Connie Talbot…does it count? :-P

]]> By: summer http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/09/25/the-waterworks-survey/#comment-25568 summer Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:33:26 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/09/25/the-waterworks-survey/#comment-25568 i used to cry in movie houses. when the background music is starting to mellow tears would build up and slowly makes it way out of my eyes and i will sniffle a little. then i watched titanic with my pregnant sister. the thing is, that was the first time we watched a movie together because we don't get along that well.but for some unforeseen energy i think i need to be with her that time. she's 6 months pregnant that time. i thought it's the hormones. no, not the hormones. when leonardo di caprio and kate winslet held hands in that icy water and finally leonardo died of hypothermia (?) my sister wasn't crying, she was making a scene like he did die in real life. i kept apologizing that she's pregnant and its surge of hormones. that was the last time we watched a movie together. and i stopped crying in movies. i used to cry in movie houses. when the background music is starting to mellow tears would build up and slowly makes it way out of my eyes and i will sniffle a little.
then i watched titanic with my pregnant sister. the thing is, that was the first time we watched a movie together because we don’t get along that well.but for some unforeseen energy i think i need to be with her that time. she’s 6 months pregnant that time. i thought it’s the hormones.
no, not the hormones.
when leonardo di caprio and kate winslet held hands in that icy water and finally leonardo died of hypothermia (?) my sister wasn’t crying, she was making a scene like he did die in real life. i kept apologizing that she’s pregnant and its surge of hormones.
that was the last time we watched a movie together.
and i stopped crying in movies.

]]> By: etc252 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/09/25/the-waterworks-survey/#comment-25562 etc252 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:38:18 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/09/25/the-waterworks-survey/#comment-25562 1. not a cry baby. 2. the last time i cried was tuesday night while watching the correspondent's episode on sspe. it was so sad... to lose someone you love through sspe. 1. not a cry baby.

2. the last time i cried was tuesday night while watching the correspondent’s episode on sspe. it was so sad… to lose someone you love through sspe.

]]> By: daydaygrl http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/09/25/the-waterworks-survey/#comment-25555 daydaygrl Thu, 27 Sep 2007 04:45:00 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/09/25/the-waterworks-survey/#comment-25555 I rarely cry in real life. Though I cry a lot in movies and books. I rarely cry in real life. Though I cry a lot in movies and books.

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