I've always wanted this look because I never learned how to place photos in this blog and I think this layout is perfect for my wordy-ness. Because that's all I have. Words.
Alex, I caught your falling debris.
After after hours. Workshop's finally over. I especially love this class because they have no expectations whatsoever on the class. They're happy just learning new things, revisiting old things, and smoking outside the library afterwards. Along with the occasional "blessing of a good book" and Bloc Party's raunchy guitar Strokes-meets-Stones licks, I've been happy doing the same things.
Belated happy birthday to Marnie. She will probably kill me for forgetting it. Apparently, cigarettes do kill brain cells.
Thursday, April 28
Fallen Idol
I love TV.
I love TV more than other people.
I love the people in my TV shows.
I root for them, cry with them, fight beside them.
I am incorrigible this way.
Saying goodbye to Constantine of pop-farm extravaganza American Idol was difficult. Abrupt like a car crash, I wasn't prepared for the the silence that followed the rolling credits. How will I survive my Wednesday nights without his smoldering eyes and devilish scowl?
CSI.
My Thursday nights?
Lost.
Still, sigh. Paula Abdul crying was funny though. She's a certified nut. Last season's nail infection must have gone up her blood stream, to her tiny, bubbly head.
I love TV more than other people.
I love the people in my TV shows.
I root for them, cry with them, fight beside them.
I am incorrigible this way.
Saying goodbye to Constantine of pop-farm extravaganza American Idol was difficult. Abrupt like a car crash, I wasn't prepared for the the silence that followed the rolling credits. How will I survive my Wednesday nights without his smoldering eyes and devilish scowl?
CSI.
My Thursday nights?
Lost.
Still, sigh. Paula Abdul crying was funny though. She's a certified nut. Last season's nail infection must have gone up her blood stream, to her tiny, bubbly head.
Thursday, April 21
Smoking outside the library
Cars. Too many of them too close to each other. Like intimate, dusty Christmas lights. It's too hot for a smoke but I light up anyway. Light up, like to smile or to relax. Like The Lemonheads said, we should be paid to smile. I'm suddenly missing the company of previous officemates. I miss the weekly sharing of mix tapes, the after-lunch trips to CD Warehouse, the 7 a.m. breakfast of Carl's Jr. onion rings, Marlboro Lights and Coke, and the payday drinking at Travessia or Decades.
I've been working here for 4 years, longer than I've ever worked anywhere else, have made a few friends, but
The Rock's first appearance outside the rubbery ropes of WWF was in Star Trek Voyager (Season 6), in the episode "Tsunkatse" --- a sort of Mad Max-inspired celebrity death match pastiche with the glorious Seven of Nine in the sandals (or spiked heels) of Spartacus. The episode slightly sucked but like most Seven-centric episodes, it was stoic and unsentimental yet heartfelt.
And not a lot of people get this. That detached doesn't always mean disconnected.
Just a lack of connection. Sometimes, there is an effort to want more.
Smoke's done.
I've been working here for 4 years, longer than I've ever worked anywhere else, have made a few friends, but
The Rock's first appearance outside the rubbery ropes of WWF was in Star Trek Voyager (Season 6), in the episode "Tsunkatse" --- a sort of Mad Max-inspired celebrity death match pastiche with the glorious Seven of Nine in the sandals (or spiked heels) of Spartacus. The episode slightly sucked but like most Seven-centric episodes, it was stoic and unsentimental yet heartfelt.
And not a lot of people get this. That detached doesn't always mean disconnected.
Just a lack of connection. Sometimes, there is an effort to want more.
Smoke's done.
Tuesday, April 19
Playing Favorites
Got this from D'Bird. I'm actually doing this to relax my achy breaky brain. Tuesday is Monday, and everyone needs everything ... (4 hours later) Ang hirap pala nito! Kinareer ko na, sayang ang effort...had to dig for forgotten CDs...but so glad to listen to old, familiar stuff...now taking out The Housemartins...
1. Favorite Beatles song: Two of Us
2. Favorite Rolling Stones song: Wild Horses...because it makes me smile everytime, and when Buffy and Angel dance to this during Prom Night, sigh.
3. Favorite Doors song: Break on through to the other side...cos I remember my early days in Image Dimensions and I thought it was cool to play the Doors loud. And it wasn't.
4. Favorite Bob Dylan song: I always loved Rainy Day Women #6. And You're Gonna Make Me Lonsesome When You Go. And the first song I ever learned to play on guitar, Blowin' in the Wind. Heh.
5. Favorite Pixies song : Cactus
6. Favorite TV Theme Song: Buffy theme by Nerf Herder, and the Star Trek: Voyager theme
7. Favorite Prince Song: Seven
8. Favorite Madonna Song: Borderline
9. Favorite Michael Jackson Song: Ben
10. Favorite Metallica Song: Fade to Black
11. Favorite Motorhead Song : Um . . . Motorhead, yes, but no.
12. Favorite Ozzy Song: Iron Man
13. Favorite Public Enemy Song: He Got Game
14. Favorite Song From A Cartoon : Oh dear. Kiss the Girl from The Little Mermaid
15. Favorite Faith No More Song: Be Agressive...because it's hilarious
16. Favorite Depeche Mode Song: Never Let Me Down Again
17. Favorite Cure Song: Love Song
18. Favorite Song That Most of Your Friends Haven't Heard: End of the Day by The Reivers
19. Favorite Smiths song : There is a Light that Never Goes Out
20. Favorite Beastie Boys Song : Intergalactic!
21. Favorite Korn Song : WTF?!?
22. Favorite Police Song: Don't Stand Too Close to Me `86
23. Favorite Sex Pistols Song: Who Killed Bambi?...Freshman year in the university, I would spit in my drink and offer it to my friends, thanks Danyon.
24. Favorite Beach Boys Song: 409
25. Favorite Def Leppard Song: Is this the one with the handicapped drummer...yung putol yung braso...yung may creepy song na Two Steps Behind?
26. Favorite Song From Your Favorite Movie: Momentum by Aimee Mann from Magnolia
27. Favorite Duran Duran song: Rio
28. Favorite Blondie song: Tide is High ... but this is a cover, right?
29. Favorite Garth Brooks song: Ain't Goin' Down (til the sun comes up) ... heh
30. Favorite Song From An 80's One Hit Wonder: Heaven (Must Be There) by the ... uhm ... Eurogliders?
31. Favorite Song from a Videogame: No cheats code here. None.
32. Favorite Kinks song: Tired of Waiting for You
33. Favorite Genesis song: Against All Odds?...hehe
34. Favorite Led Zeppelin song: Dancing Days
35. Favorite INXS song: Not Enough Time
36. Favorite Weird Al song: Like a Surgeon!...I made it through Med School, somehow I made it throuuugh...
37. Favorite Pulp song: Loved Different Class, and I still love Disco 2000
38. Favorite John Lennon Song: Stand by Me
39. Favorite Pink Floyd Song: Brain Damage
40. Favorite Cover Song: *after 1 hour* One by U2, as sung by Michael Stipe
41. Favorite White Stripes song: Seven Army Nation
42. Favorite Dance Song: Runaway by Nuyorican Soul
43. Favorite U2 Song: Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?
44. Favorite Song From An Actor Turned Musician: Pony, The Mongols...written by Yani...he's a TV actor, right?
45. Favorite Disco Song: Discohan na to! More, More, More by Andrea something
46. Favorite Motley Crue Song: Ay ganyan pala spelling ng "crue" nila
47.Favorite Guns N' Roses Song : Sweet Child O' Mine!!!!...yesterday, today and tomorrow...
48. Favorite The Who Song: The Kids are Alright
49. Favorite Elton John song: Tiny Dancer
50. Favorite Song, period: Good as Gold (Stupid as Mud), Beautiful South
1. Favorite Beatles song: Two of Us
2. Favorite Rolling Stones song: Wild Horses...because it makes me smile everytime, and when Buffy and Angel dance to this during Prom Night, sigh.
3. Favorite Doors song: Break on through to the other side...cos I remember my early days in Image Dimensions and I thought it was cool to play the Doors loud. And it wasn't.
4. Favorite Bob Dylan song: I always loved Rainy Day Women #6. And You're Gonna Make Me Lonsesome When You Go. And the first song I ever learned to play on guitar, Blowin' in the Wind. Heh.
5. Favorite Pixies song : Cactus
6. Favorite TV Theme Song: Buffy theme by Nerf Herder, and the Star Trek: Voyager theme
7. Favorite Prince Song: Seven
8. Favorite Madonna Song: Borderline
9. Favorite Michael Jackson Song: Ben
10. Favorite Metallica Song: Fade to Black
11. Favorite Motorhead Song : Um . . . Motorhead, yes, but no.
12. Favorite Ozzy Song: Iron Man
13. Favorite Public Enemy Song: He Got Game
14. Favorite Song From A Cartoon : Oh dear. Kiss the Girl from The Little Mermaid
15. Favorite Faith No More Song: Be Agressive...because it's hilarious
16. Favorite Depeche Mode Song: Never Let Me Down Again
17. Favorite Cure Song: Love Song
18. Favorite Song That Most of Your Friends Haven't Heard: End of the Day by The Reivers
19. Favorite Smiths song : There is a Light that Never Goes Out
20. Favorite Beastie Boys Song : Intergalactic!
21. Favorite Korn Song : WTF?!?
22. Favorite Police Song: Don't Stand Too Close to Me `86
23. Favorite Sex Pistols Song: Who Killed Bambi?...Freshman year in the university, I would spit in my drink and offer it to my friends, thanks Danyon.
24. Favorite Beach Boys Song: 409
25. Favorite Def Leppard Song: Is this the one with the handicapped drummer...yung putol yung braso...yung may creepy song na Two Steps Behind?
26. Favorite Song From Your Favorite Movie: Momentum by Aimee Mann from Magnolia
27. Favorite Duran Duran song: Rio
28. Favorite Blondie song: Tide is High ... but this is a cover, right?
29. Favorite Garth Brooks song: Ain't Goin' Down (til the sun comes up) ... heh
30. Favorite Song From An 80's One Hit Wonder: Heaven (Must Be There) by the ... uhm ... Eurogliders?
31. Favorite Song from a Videogame: No cheats code here. None.
32. Favorite Kinks song: Tired of Waiting for You
33. Favorite Genesis song: Against All Odds?...hehe
34. Favorite Led Zeppelin song: Dancing Days
35. Favorite INXS song: Not Enough Time
36. Favorite Weird Al song: Like a Surgeon!...I made it through Med School, somehow I made it throuuugh...
37. Favorite Pulp song: Loved Different Class, and I still love Disco 2000
38. Favorite John Lennon Song: Stand by Me
39. Favorite Pink Floyd Song: Brain Damage
40. Favorite Cover Song: *after 1 hour* One by U2, as sung by Michael Stipe
41. Favorite White Stripes song: Seven Army Nation
42. Favorite Dance Song: Runaway by Nuyorican Soul
43. Favorite U2 Song: Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?
44. Favorite Song From An Actor Turned Musician: Pony, The Mongols...written by Yani...he's a TV actor, right?
45. Favorite Disco Song: Discohan na to! More, More, More by Andrea something
46. Favorite Motley Crue Song: Ay ganyan pala spelling ng "crue" nila
47.Favorite Guns N' Roses Song : Sweet Child O' Mine!!!!...yesterday, today and tomorrow...
48. Favorite The Who Song: The Kids are Alright
49. Favorite Elton John song: Tiny Dancer
50. Favorite Song, period: Good as Gold (Stupid as Mud), Beautiful South
Saturday, April 16
Give me your chicken leg, I say!
I didn't actually say that to the kid beside me, who was an officemate's son, but I was really thinking it. Dropped by a children's party at McDonald's -- the Library's accountant's daughter was celebrating her 1st birthday --- and, well, imagine 30 kids running around with chocolote and ube sundae, their slightly chewed-on fried chicken ignored and looking lonely, and having not eaten lunch, I wanted to go to every table and collect those lonely legs and wings and breasts and stuff them into my mouth.
Yes, it had been an uneventful day.
Oh. And W told me yesterday that more people get depressed from being called stupid than being called ugly.
Yes, it had been an uneventful day.
Oh. And W told me yesterday that more people get depressed from being called stupid than being called ugly.
Wednesday, April 13
Something New
I was writing a review a few days ago and I wanted to give it a different spin, I wanted to make it feel "new."
Where does this new-ness come from anyway? A style-tone shift? A surprising angle? An astute observation?
Can someone really go back to the beginning and start anew?
Is there such a thing as a new beginning?
Struggling with the writing, the work, the heat. I just want to surprise W again is all. Inject the old relationship with excitement. With something surprising, something new.
And that's nothing new.
Where does this new-ness come from anyway? A style-tone shift? A surprising angle? An astute observation?
Can someone really go back to the beginning and start anew?
Is there such a thing as a new beginning?
Struggling with the writing, the work, the heat. I just want to surprise W again is all. Inject the old relationship with excitement. With something surprising, something new.
And that's nothing new.
Thursday, March 10
Shuffled, Too
Set your iPod to Shuffle. Post Tracks #1- #10. Courtesy of he who investigates Is-It-Safe.
1. Pavlov's Bell (live) - Aimee Mann
2. All Across the Universe - Fiona Apple
3. Breathless - Angie Hart
4. Jeremy Engle - Liz Phair
5. Plastic Sun - Sonic Youth
6. Hovering - Beulah
7. At the Bottom of Everything - Bright Eyes
8. The Distance - Travis
9. Stars - Dubstar
10. Life and Death of Mr. Badmouth - PJ Harvey
1. Pavlov's Bell (live) - Aimee Mann
2. All Across the Universe - Fiona Apple
3. Breathless - Angie Hart
4. Jeremy Engle - Liz Phair
5. Plastic Sun - Sonic Youth
6. Hovering - Beulah
7. At the Bottom of Everything - Bright Eyes
8. The Distance - Travis
9. Stars - Dubstar
10. Life and Death of Mr. Badmouth - PJ Harvey
Wednesday, March 9
Chaotica
Holding 3 jobs at the moment under one organization. And fuck it, I gained 3 kilos. 1 kilo per job. Multi-tasking should come with a calorie breakdown. Fat from sugar. Fat from stress.
Constantine was okay, but I agree with dododawg, it's oderless shit. I want my movies disturbingly stinky or cloyingly sweet. Gym clothes sour. Dark alley piss-pungent. I would say that Finding Neverland smelled like cotton candy, pink popcorn, and petrol; Closer like sour cigarettes and melting electronic.
I can't get this guy out of my head. Ice. Is what they call him. And he's very trained at making me feel inadequate. Met him at one of the high school get-togethers, a friend of a friend. Pale and pogi and plirty. He's very good at ignoring me in the first few minutes (or hours) of drinking when the first tagay goes around. And I watch him, waiting for eye contact. Until I get bored, or drunk, and then we finally talk, and his eyes seem to sparkle, and I'm blabbering like an idiot so I just stare at his fingernails. He has stubby fingers.
Weird, though. His real name is Abner. Another Abner. Just my luck to meet 2 Abners (both cute --- the luck factor) in a year when I've never met any Abners in the past 30 years.
At the end of the day, or the break of dawn, drinking is just a little more fun with cute guys around.
Constantine was okay, but I agree with dododawg, it's oderless shit. I want my movies disturbingly stinky or cloyingly sweet. Gym clothes sour. Dark alley piss-pungent. I would say that Finding Neverland smelled like cotton candy, pink popcorn, and petrol; Closer like sour cigarettes and melting electronic.
I can't get this guy out of my head. Ice. Is what they call him. And he's very trained at making me feel inadequate. Met him at one of the high school get-togethers, a friend of a friend. Pale and pogi and plirty. He's very good at ignoring me in the first few minutes (or hours) of drinking when the first tagay goes around. And I watch him, waiting for eye contact. Until I get bored, or drunk, and then we finally talk, and his eyes seem to sparkle, and I'm blabbering like an idiot so I just stare at his fingernails. He has stubby fingers.
Weird, though. His real name is Abner. Another Abner. Just my luck to meet 2 Abners (both cute --- the luck factor) in a year when I've never met any Abners in the past 30 years.
At the end of the day, or the break of dawn, drinking is just a little more fun with cute guys around.
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