January 17th, 2010
I was thinking of something to post, and then I thought it would be nice to be posting things I like. I don’t write anything I like anymore.
Today, I will be posting musicians that I like. Yes, musicians I like. Now, why I have to reiterate that, I don’t know. Maybe for dramatic effect.
Today, let’s start with Tori Amos.
I like her a lot! Ever since… I don’t know. I just did. I’ve known her from high school, Jackie’s Strength. I liked it even if it isn’t a very manly song. Then, I started to hear other songs. Very original and unlike anyone else’s. She sing songs that tell a story, sometimes sweet, surreal, tragic or dark, at times even disturbing.
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January 10th, 2010
This Facebook Sabbatical made me go back to my neglected online activities like blogging, twitting (or is it twitter-ing?), and so on. The reason behind the FB boycott is a long story.
My online life was never the same after college. Maybe because I did not have much of a social life, just always waiting for the next birthday so that I can find a reason to get drunk.
Like I was browsing through Pinoy Exchange, and I was thinking, they are annoying. I never considered myself (maybe a little) a good debater but recent arguments on my former favorite threads are insipid and lame. Where have all the great PExers gone? Maybe I outgrew it and heard most of the arguments.I was grossed out.
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January 9th, 2010
I have mentioned countless times that I want to be a writer, not necessarily a prolific writer but a writer that writes for a living. That’s one reason why I chose that part-time article writer job.
Now, I am able to earn 300 pesos for five 500-word articles. Not very much, I know.
I downloaded way too many eBooks. I want to read them all, but I can’t due to my job. I badly need an eBook reader, a really cheap one.
My laptop is working against me. I need a new one. But I love this one, still.
While I was looking for Peter S. Beagle stories, which is hard to find in bookstores, I stumbled upon something about a Last Unicorn rave. Geeks know how to party. See This.
Three rooms of music and fantasy! Why aren’t there parties like that here?!
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January 3rd, 2010
A good movie does not need to have uber complex relations to be melodramatic, nor does it need have super complicated and unusual situations. I saw the movie Ded na si Lolo , and I think it is one of the best Filipino movies I have seen recently. The movie was cast with great actors (maybe except Rainier), we have Gina Alajar, Dick Israel, Elizabeth Oropesa, Roderick Paulate and Manilyn Reynes among others. The movie was directed by Soxie Topacio.
It is nice to see an indie movie that is not gay-themed.
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January 1st, 2010
New Year morning at Cubao is disgusting. Smog covers the city. It would have been picturesque if it was natural fog but it stenched of combustible powder. That was depressing.
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December 30th, 2009
I love the Manila Peninsula. It’s so nice there. The food is great, the staff are nice, it’s like perfect. It even has P’s on the towel. P for Peninsula and P for my name. Oh! I love it there. The tub was just the right size for me. The bath robe is just the right size and fits so well, it seems it was made for me.
We had this really great buffet breakfast and we had plenty of pictures. It’s not everyday that you get to be in a five-star hotel. So lumabas ang ka-jologs-an namin. The people there are nice. From the reservation desk when I called to everybody there, from the front desk even to the chefs.
I owe it all to Xandee and Shamie who sold the GC for three thousand pesos!
But all good things come to an end. We have to leave that nice place.
I just got confirmation that I passed the screening for freelance work. I will work on that tomorrow. I wonder what topic to choose. I tend to be dull and uninteresting if I find the topic dull. If all goes well, I may consider doing it full-time.
I’ve been watching a lot of anime. Naruto us still fun to see. I also saw Dragon Hunters, a nice french film. I loved it so much, you should see it.
I also have Coraline and Ponyo to finish.
I hope that everything goes well next year. Hoping, it will be a better one.
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December 25th, 2009
Christmas day of ‘09. What can I say? It is approximately 1:28 p.m. since I started this post.
Last night, I saw Blood: The Last Vampire on DVD. Beautiful visual experience but I don’t get it. It’s a movie that I probably need to check more, the original movie, the anime, the manga. I feel bad that these talented Japanese actresses are forced to read English lines and have difficulty enunciating their R’s. When they say Aris, they really mean Alice!
Why can’t they just have them speak in their normal Japanese tongues with subtitles?
I was able to see District 9 as well, and it was better than what I expected it to be. The beginning is kind of annoying, well, the protagonist was for some parts BUT it was good, good, good! I am glad I saw it.
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December 23rd, 2009
My sister is watching DVD. It stars Bea Alonzo and Sam Milby.
I hate Spam Milby, I am disgusted by him. Nakakainis sya, naiirita ako sa kanya. Dapat sila magsama ni Richard Gutierrez. Naiirita ako sa kanila! Letse sila.
Wooh! Now that’s out of my system, we can move on to something better to talk about… like how much I hate vampires right now… and werewolves. I hate New Moon, Twilight, Vampire Diaries and True Blood. I am sick of seeing Edward on posters. I hate seeing Jacob on FB. I hate how people are talking all the time about vampires.
Sick sick sick!
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December 20th, 2009
I get annoyed when people whine and they complicate their lives.
I really like boring. I don’t like shaking things up. I tell that to people. I don’t grow up because I want things nice and simple, no conflict.
Just Happy.
That is my take on what would make a perfect society. The world I want with little if no complication is one for the books. You cannot control everything. Even if you think you’re not hurting people, you still do.
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December 19th, 2009
Meow, my girlfriend of almost two years has this weird standard with friends or people she find amusing or people she likes.
Unlike me, I either like or hate people, and I try to get along with anybody who wants be friends with me. She doesn’t like people if she senses something. It’s a woman-thing that I stopped trying to understand. I sometimes think she’ll like some people but finds them very annoying.
One day while browsing Facebook, I found a friend request from an old classmate. She’s not really one I’d call a good friend but rather a very good acquaintance who’s been nothing but nice and pleasant to me.
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