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To be honest, right now I haven't got much to do.

2009-12-30T01:44:01Z

Four years running, too.

1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
Collect stickers for that Starbucks planner, and become a big fan of something. (Sure, I love Keane, but only this year did I root for Allison Iraheta so hard, knowing the effort is futile. Damn you, Adam fucking Lambert. Oh, and Glee, too. I would've mentioned me watching Lost but I've seen an episode before watching everything in three months.)

2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
New Year's resolutions aren't my thing.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Not that I know of.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Not that I know of. Nobody tells me anything anyway.

5. What countries did you visit?
I returned to Singapore again. Most of my plane rides this year were within the country: I went to General Santos early in the year, and I'm currently in Bohol, my holiday ruined by my wheezing.

6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
I wouldn't bother answering that, because really, I never get anything I wish for anyway. And don't tell me about that freaking secret.

7. What date(s) from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
This year was pretty uneventful. There are dates I'd rather forget, actually.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I don't really know. I have ideas but I don't want to jinx anything.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Not getting a new job. And that's just the very tip of the iceberg. I can talk about not having external references, or having the bitches sabotage my job applications... or, let's be honest, do we have to go through this again? We all know who was the biggest falure of 2009.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I don't think so.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
I'll just say I bought around twelve, thirteen, fourteen CDs this year, ten within the past two months. Can't really say it's the best, but I'm not the guy who buys stuff anyway.

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
I prefer not to answer that question.

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
I think we all know where this is going.

14. Where did most of your money go?
The usual stuff, plus the CDs I mentioned earlier. I told you, my year is uneventful.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
That Singapore trip, or to be more exact, the idea of walking the city's streets alone, taking photographs with an expensive camera, and writing about everything I've seen there. Catch is, the one thing I was to write about never got written. I didn't like the ending. It got too you-don't-deserve-it.

16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
Anything from Glee. I hate to say this, but it's got to be their take on True Colors.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

I. happier or sadder?
The latter.

II. thinner or fatter?
The latter.

III. richer or poorer?
The in-between.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
I've done everything I could. They're the ones not doing anything in return. And they expect me to do so much more? Oh, bullshit!

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
The only thing I regret doing is blogging too much about... well, it wouldn't have changed things anyway. I am so used to this fucking shun.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Are you saying I should answer this survey before Christmas?

21. Did you fall in love in 2009?
I regret falling in love in 2009. That's one more thing I regret.

22. How many one-night stands?
Is it a cool thing to do? If so, then there's no chance I'll be doing that.

23. What was your favourite TV program?
This year was, obviously, the year I watched a lot of television. I'll say I'm a gleek, so yes, Glee. Fell in love with Fringe further. There's an episode of Dollhouse I particularly like, although it's because I've got a crush on Dichen Lachman. I won't mention Lost because I think I cannot call it a favorite until months later when I really immerse in it.

24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I just hate them more.

25. What was the best book you read?
Out of the three books I bought? There's this other book on the Watergate journalists I finished reading in Singapore. Still reading Sedaris. Have to reread Colbert.

26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Lisa Mitchell. I still believe she'll be a big thing here if one radio station gives her the right amount of exposure. Unfortunately, that isn't happening. I've convinced a couple of people to be fans, but apart from that, she's an Aussie obscurity. Today's best music my shiny metal ass.

27. What did you want and get?
I'll get back to you next year.

28. What did you want and not get?
Everything.

29. What did you not ask for but get?
People getting angry at me. Am I just that repulsive, or is destiny giving me people that were sent to this world to hate me?

30. What was your favourite film of this year?
I can't say I have one. I feel bad when I see Krizzie tagging me in all those film-related blogs, because I haven't caught up in a while.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I'll only mention the lunch-slash-movie-date with Ariane and Jackie. Being twenty is a boon, thank you very much.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Acceptance. This year it felt like everybody was leaving me behind. Some reasons, I understand, because I've been doing the same thing, too. Most reasons just defy logic. I mean, what did I do that led you to delete me on Facebook? Why don't I fucking deserve to be happy? Wh do they have that I don't? I don't know if I screwed my chances by just being myself, or if people are just so dim-witted to realize that they've been missing out. More often, though, it all boils down to me doing nothing. I absolutely resent that.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Nothing really changed.

34. What kept you sane?
Nothing. It's all relative.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I think I'll leave the list of celebrity crushes to Icka.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Noynoy Aquino running. In a nutshell, I hope he doesn't win the elections. I'll write about this soon, but right now, in a nutshell, he's the ultimate case of political coattailism, he's running a celebrity-powered campaign, and he offers nothing to the table.

37. Who did you miss?
Anyone who cares. I should've learned that the world is full of people who doesn't.

38. Who was the best new person you met?
Technically, I met Valerie last year, but it was this year when things really unraveled.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
Everythng is inevitable. When you decide you want something, you can't stop yourself from wanting that, even if you tell yourself you shouldn't. In the end, life becomes a hopeless rigodon.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
We missed the sexual revolution when we failed the physical. That, from Manic Street Preachers' Me and Stephen Hawking.

But I'm on holiday!

2009-12-28T13:06:44Z

Sometime in the middle of August, I was involuntarily introduced to this girl who's got a flat overlooking some hotel, where she has a view of the bell hops. She was talking about the DJs of one of my favorite radio stations, and I scoffed at the fact that she mentioned the one guy I thought ruined the station: George Lamb.

I signed the petition to kick him out. He has been given the weekend breakfast slot.

Three months later, I'd bump into Jeany, not knowing she was the girl who had the view and that DJ on her list. Shaun, sure. Tom, sure. Messrs. Wallace and Buckles and Cornballs, sure. Lamb? Get Lamb out, I scream!

We shouldn't be agreeing, really, but odd things have happened.

In other news, I pretty much failed.

2009-12-26T02:33:56Z

I don't exactly have the means to compile a highlight reel like last year's - and then there's the fact that many elements of that highlight reel seems to be cursed. Okay. That's bored me working. So, I'll instead list down my best entries from the orange blog over the past twelve months - because, really, without that many photographs, you can only work with words, and lots of them.

The survey I aped from slantrhyme, well, I'll do that on New Year's Eve. I think I'll still be around at that time, right? I'll be back from Bohol just in time.

So, here goes the list, also known as my best effort to scrub certain things clean... and yes, that is, like last year, aimed at you.

Coming clean (4 Jan)
This list is chronological, sure, but this is perhaps my favorite blog entry this year, so I don't mind if this comes in first. It's not common for me to tell someone I've got a crush on her, so...

The damn what-ifs (8 Jan)
January was the ~~rise of the bitches~~ beginning of the downfall. This could be where it all started.

The one missing out (14 Jan)
I always liked the noogie conversations. This is only one of two that bled out to the orange blog, and is thus very open to the public.

Live as if you don't exist (22 Jan)
Only because Dex eventually wrote in the same style.

Coup de grâce (28 Jan)
Example number two of the downfall. It's a particularly strong write-up.

Eight days ahead (6 Feb)
Also known as the why-the-heck-did-I-think-of-that-eight-months-ago? entry.

Out of the window (8 Feb)
My manifesto of hostility declaration. Ironically, one of the people that commented on this deserved the same treatment... at least until we reconciled.

The option of surrendering to paranoia (or not, which should make this very obvious) (25 Feb)
The title of this blog entry is, believe it or not, lifted straight from...

Heavier than a car battery (21 Mar)
I took a break of sorts since I was working on Shale Campaigns at the time. This was the only result on the orange blog: one with photos, sentimentality, and my ability to shoehorn something into anything.

Feeding my frustrations (27 Apr)
Named after a lyric off a La Roux song, this is one of those entries that's directly (and anonymously) addressed to...

Kids (29 Apr)
After writing this, I realized I am so out of my element, and so going to die.

We always thought we could get away with it (5 May)
I wrote this as a day-long effort to distract myself. I wasn't sure if it worked.

I almost did this before, but... (26 May)
Niña and I have had these unusually insightful conversations, although I enjoy them mostly because I have the chance to bring down a 17-year-old on her beliefs on romance. This was more of a truce, actually. Still, I think we injected something in our heads.

Distance changes everything (31 May)
I'm throwing this in the list because I wrote it in reverse: the first paragraph is at the very end, and the last paragraph is the one you read first.

Twelve hours, not eleven (6 Jun)
This year was the year which saw many of my friends leave the country. Marcia's departure got a blog entry which had people thinking I was writing as if she died. They've misinterpreted me.

Primal instincts (18 Jun)
A recurring theme this year: I still think the world has a different set of rules when it comes to me.

One year after take-off (21 Jun)
Written exactly a year after graduation, this pretty much caught up with 18 of us graduates from our batch. The project took a month, and some Facebook-snooping, to finish. They asked me to do it again next year. I don't think I will. It sounds desperate.

Hello News all over again (27 Jun)
The perfect example of circumstances aligning just perfectly. Mostly based on some school project I did more than a year before, this ended up being a huge time warp for me and my elementary classmates, especially for me, who hasn't had contact with Anna for eight whole years. What I love about this was the feeling after it was published.

The day Zet's proposal got approved (or the day I wrote a blatantly self-indulgent entry) (19 Jul)
Precisely because it's blatantly self-indulgent.

Second round draft pick (21 Jul)
I tried to hold on to that conversation with Sars for three weeks, I think, but I ended up losing it anyway, so I wrote stuff from scratch. It was a good conversation.

Real world blues (28 Jul)
Looking back, I realized I just tried to shoehorn "optimism" into this. Sure, I felt really happy for Mooie. It just didn't feel right hours after.

They don't call it strange for nothing (7 Aug)
Unlike what most think, this has nothing to do with mathematics (I'm math-challenged too) but has everything to do with the rest of the year. And my gross tendencies.

"Friends" (9 Aug)
At one point I got so disillusioned I started playing with the idea of friends in air quotes. It lasted quite a while, and still does. Sucks thinking I don't really have the right to accuse my friends of abandoning me when they have all the right to do one up.

(Random life questions, such as) "does Demi Lovato really have a cleft chin?" (16 Aug)
I'll fess up: this entry is based solely on that Demi Lovato premise, because she looks a hell lot like a subject of another blog entry. Everything else was shoehorned.

"Who says we can't talk?" (3 Sep)
The first eight blog entries I wrote in September revolved around a certain mind-hatched theme - and nothing else. The subjects are disparate, but the titles tied in as a separate blog entry in itself. This, as well as the eighth, unexpectedly tied in to that.

Antagonists (26 Sep)
Another one on friends in air-quotes.

One tall dark mocha frap (7 Oct)
A conversation (of sorts) between me and Asia - a routine interview, her school requirement, led to a blog entry.

Company policy on shouting inside elevators (13 Oct)
I really do this. In my worst days (read: someone plays with the hang button and I can't work properly) I really shout inside elevators. It helps me just a little bit.

There's no such thing as a Twitter romance (23 Oct)
I found this story unusually amusing, because I never saw myself as the reason why someone's boyfriend would get jealous of his girlfriend. For the record, I still follow her on Twitter, but she doesn't follow me anymore, and we act as if we never existed. That's putting it too, uhh, romantically.

"Seems like it'd be okay for her to kiss and make up" (28 Oct)
To be honest, Asia, I don't think she will.

The in-between (17 Nov)
Remember the Demi Lovato reference? Exactly.

The thaw (14 Dec)
Partly about double standards, this one. I'm annoyed at the fact that people expect people to change their minds quickly. I guess I'm a huge double standard myself.

Overshare (18 Dec)
I don't know why I'd end up writing about sex when I haven't experienced it in the first place. I think that, unless you've done it, you'll write this in either an ultra-conservative viewpoint, or an I-want-it-so-bad viewpoint.

The big thank you (24 Dec)
It's an annual tradition. It also usually sums up the whole year. Unfortunately, while this is funny, this is also a sad take on things to come. Cynicism, oh yes.

This should be a genius idea, if you actually get it.

2009-12-14T09:30:07Z

So what does Finn tell Puck?
___  Not now, Puck.
___  Not ever, Puck.
___  Who are you?

"Truth" is such a heavy word, so...

2009-11-29T10:02:44Z

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 100 Truths about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you.

(To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, copy and paste this note, erase my answers and enter your own, tag people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.)

WHAT WAS YOUR:
1. last beverage = Water. I was coughing.
2. last phone call = Asia. She wanted me to call her back. When I called her I couldn't reach her.
3. last text message = I'm sure it was my parents.
4. last song you listened to = Jori Hulkkonen's "The Other Side Of Time".
5. last time you cried = I never really keep tab of these things.

HAVE YOU EVER:
6. dated someone twice = I have never dated anyone. Okay. Loser.
7. been cheated on = No.
8. kissed someone & regretted it = Maybe? No, that does not count.
9. lost someone special = Someone special, yes. Losing them? I don't think they were ever mine anyway.
10. been depressed = Ano ba, Valerie. Alam mo na sagot diyan.
11. been drunk and threw up = I've never been drunk. Helps that I never drink... as much as the rest.

LIST THREE FAVORITE COLORS:
12. Blue
13. Black
14. Red (Striking Allison Iraheta's hair. Weehee.)

THIS YEAR HAVE YOU: (2009)
15. Made a new friend = I would've said yes, but I realized Valerie was from last year. So, unfortunately, no.
16. Fallen out of love = I tend to hold on until someone else comes along, even if there's no reason to hold on.
17. Laughed until you cried = No. I think?
18. Met someone who changed you = No. That was last year.
19. Found out who your true friends were = On the contrary, I found out who my false friends are.
20. Found out someone was talking about you = Hello, Asia. I almost forgot about what three told you.
21. Kissed anyone on your FB friend's list = Hell?

GENERAL:
22. How many people on your FB friends list do you know in real life = I'm glad to say it's the majority. The question is, do they know me?
24. Do you have any pets = Nope.
25. Do you want to change your name = Nah. Unless I have to. Witness protection program, much?
26. What did you do for your last birthday = I was actually forced to have lunch with the back row. It was the last time.
27. What time did you wake up today = Nine flat.
28. What were you doing at midnight last night = Watching Lost. Eight more episodes, yay!
29. Name something you CANNOT wait for = I hate these questions. Switch topics, please.
30. Last time you saw your Mother = Minutes ago, yeah.
31. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life = I honestly wish I wasn't so insecure. We would've been best friends if ever. (Shit, I'm thinking about her again. Damn it.)
32. What are you listening to right now = The Smiths' "This Charming Man" dovetailing to Dogs Die In Hot Cars' "Godhopping".
33. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom = I think so. Did I?
34. What's getting on your nerves right now = See question thirty-one.
35. Most visited webpage = Stuff related to work. I have to.
37. Nicknames = Niko. Niks. Nicksy, although I'm the only one who calls myself that. "That douche behind me."
38. Relationship Status = No surprise.
39. Zodiac sign = Capricorn.
40. He or She? = Be specific.
41. Elementary? = MTS.
42. Middle School = Unfortunately, contrary to my illusions, I am not American.
43. High school/College = Anima. On paper, at least.
44. Hair colour = Black. I think?
45. Long or short = Oo nga. What are we talking about?
46. Height = Five-ten... I think?
47. Do you have a crush on someone? = Okay, Valerie, this is the most idiotic question I have ever seen.
48: What do you like about yourself? = It's hard to find something to like about me. I find one and someone will say something that will render it unlikeable.
49. Piercings = Zero.
50. Tattoos = Zero.
51. Righty or lefty= I prefer to spell it as "rightie".

FIRSTS :
52. First surgery = I'm sure circumcision counts as surgery.
53. First piercing = I don't think so.
54. First best friend = Marvin, although I'm sure it was just by name. No, we're still cool. Not much contact, though. But really. Back in elementary it seemed cool to have a "best friend", right?
55. First sport you joined = Basketball. Again, it seemed cool.
56. First vacation = Baguio. I was three, I think.
58. First pair of trainers = That's where my memories get sketchy.

RIGHT NOW:
59. Eating = Nope.
60. Drinking = Nope.
61. I'm about to = Continue answering this.
62. Listening to = Fra Lippo Lippi's "Angel". (Surely, Val, your answers suggest I should be listening to Allie's album, right?)
63. Waiting for = Lost to load.

YOUR FUTURE :
64. Want kids? = We'll see when we get there. But I doubt we will.
65. Get Married? =
66. Career? =

WHICH IS BETTER :
67. Lips or eyes? = Eyes.
68. Hugs or kisses = Hugs. It promotes warmth better.
69. Shorter or taller = Does it matter?
70. Older or Younger = Older. Well, not that old, but I have a weird feeling whenever I have a crush on someone younger than me, like that wizard from Waverly Place, or that girl on American Idol.
71. Romantic or spontaneous = Neither worked for me.
72. Nice stomach or nice arms = I'd prolly be staring at the face, so...
73. Sensitive or loud = Agh, this is complicated.
74. Hook-up or relationship = Ditto.
75. Trouble maker or hesitant = I don't think I'm supposed to know these things. Oh, here you go again, making me insecure.

HAVE YOU EVER :
76. Kissed a stranger = No.
77. Drank hard liquor = No. Or maybe, but I did not feel it.
78. Lost glasses/contacts = No.
79. Sex on first date = I've never even been on a date!
80. Broken someone's heart = Actually, people love breaking my heart. It must be an Olympic sport.
81. Had your own heart broken = There it goes again.
82. Been arrested = Nope.
83. Turned someone down = Unfortunately, girls only prefer boys who look like Sam Milby, Robert Pattinson or Ian Somerhalder. Anybody else is a geek.
84. Cried when someone died = Yep.
85. Fallen for a friend = Hmm.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
86. Yourself = I never have and I probably never will.
87. Miracles = No.
88. Love at first sight = Yes, but the honeymoon period ends soon.
89. Heaven = I don't know. I have to see it to believe it.
90. Santa Claus = Used to.
91. Kiss on the first date = How the hell should I know?
92. Angels = It's the sort of thing that just happens. But I don't know.

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
93. Had more than one bf/gf? = No. I never had one.
94. Is there one person you want to be with right now? = See question sixteen.
95. Did you sing today? = To myself. That would be Noisettes' "Wild Young Hearts".
96. Ever cheated on somebody? = Nobody would give me a chance to cheat.
97. If you could go back in time, how far would you go, and why? = So here's the thing. If I go back to my first day at work, I would have to endure being the new kid again, but I'd have the chance to correct everything. But back then sucked in one front. The present sucks in a different front.
98. If you could pick a day from last year and relive it, what would it be? = I cannot answer that. I will never be satisfied.
99. Are you afraid of falling in love? = But I end up doing so anyway.
100. Posting this as 100 truths? = Nope.

I thought you had a choice!

2009-11-19T13:19:30Z

Unless I missed a revolution of some sort in the social networking scene, the ground rule is, when someone wants to be your friend, you have to confirm first because you can officially be friends, rather than find yourself being friends with the most questionable people in the world.

Again, good evening from Singapore.

2009-11-05T10:36:31Z

Well, that title isn't really specific since I haven't posted a dispatch from Singapore yet. Then again, the last time I went here, I blogged on this blog, and the one thing I talked about is the one thing I won't talk about now.

I have three more days to go.

Already I have bought six CDs, four of which goes to me. I'll definitely buy myself a book. I hope. Maybe another CD, but I don't know. I don't really want to spend my pocket money, but if I don't spend my money, I'll be left with roughly S$200 that would be useless junk on my wallet - well, money is not useless, only it wouldn't be worth as much. I had S$5 from the last trip (when I bought an Elbow CD - I love it!) and I only used it yesterday for an MRT ticket. I can use the MRT alone!

Ahh, it's easier because Singapore is such a walkable, commutable city. Manila is chaotic. But I'll save the comparisons for a series of essays I'll write when I get back. maybe compile the photos and send it to Valerie. I hope she reads it. I hope I do it in the first place.

Oh, the one important change is, I didn't eat at KFC the first night. Toodles.

Good evening, forgotten even numbers.

2009-10-30T13:28:04Z

Jill wrote a blog entry, announcing that she changed her relationship status on Facebook. I responded, saying I didn't know it, even if she claimed it was pretty obvious and it was something we should've all seen coming.

She responded, "You have been visiting my blog frequently and you don't know?"

Fail. Slight. There is, after all, a problem with being sandwiched in between one and the same thing. And oddly, that one thing wasn't even sliced into two to make the sandwich convenient. I guess that's why it's got cracks in the middle.

I just realized the bigger things happen after every small thing. Robbie Williams, Edwyn Collins, and right now, I don't have a theme song.

You and me, all we want to be is lazy.

2009-10-25T06:24:40Z

I've never done this in a while, but I thought I will because it ties up to what I'm planning pretty nicely.

I still write my reviews on Multiply. But people have been leaving Multiply in droves the way they have left Friendster in droves. And people are threatening to leave Facebook in droves. Not a good thing for my basically non-existent readership. Well, all but one.

"I will always and forever be a fan of Multiply... and of your writing, however pessimistic you can sometimes be."
Ning Hilario

Well, it could've been Claud's liner on the same topic, but I told you, I feel lazy lately, or I've been too busy, or it just doesn't tie in nicely with what I'm planning.

Well, Twitter's failing me, so...

2009-10-21T00:59:49Z

Now I wonder. Is fate and destiny different? I messed up the quote. (But nobody's paying attention. That is the point.)

Surprise, surprise. We have a casualty.

2009-10-17T19:29:22Z

It was Jose Gonzalez, right, who did "Left Behind"? Or Zero 7? Right, Zero 7, with Jose Gonzalez on vocals.

It's going to be sixty-nine weeks. I might as well do so.

Slow yet oh-so-fine. (Not exactly.)

2009-10-05T09:57:51Z

Today feels slow.

"This is due to a growing weariness for microblogging," she said, which is probably why I myself can't get started. Or, it's burn out creeping all over again.

Today feels slow.

Who's for real?

2009-09-27T08:51:57Z

This tropical storm is a bitch. Yes, I'll admit that.

The number of people who were killed, or affected, or seriously taken aback, I'm not taking them for granted.

The number of people who didn't care a bit but suddenly do? Bullshit.

I mean, really. You were once a happy-go-lucky person and suddenly you're going, "come on, people, don't you have hearts?"

Like, since when did you grow one?

This is why I should be on one of those fancy television sets.

2009-09-24T02:30:01Z

I'm bored of waiting. Follow my progress?

~~CSI preview~~
~~CSI: NY day-after~~
~~Fringe preview~~
~~Glee recap~~
Glee music
Glee quotables
So You Think You Can Dance recap
So You Think You Can Dance music
~~Survivor: Samoa preview~~
~~The Mentalist preview~~

Well, my list ballooned because of circumstance, so...

10.43: The hell. Glee went on first. SYTYCD should've!
12.06: Glee recap done.
14.32: SYTYCD scrapped. It's hopeless. Finishing Glee.
15.14: Done with all the Glee stuff. "Single Ladies" is not stuck in my head.
17.15: Done with CSI: NY. The SYTYCD link just came in, and I am seriously, seriously annoyed.

So, a third of today was a fail. Nonetheless, being a one-man Glee machine is enough redemption.

Hello, map boy.

2009-08-27T09:19:58Z

And I was like, "her voice is that deep?" when I called Issa up earlier this afternoon. If she didn't get lazy, or that's what I think at least, I would've figured out the truth, because I remember the last time I called her and she sounded a tad bit pitchier than today. Now her voice is deeper than Icka's - and definitely deeper than mine's.

Or maybe it's because it's been, I dunno, a couple of years since the last phone call.

What if we've stopped believing entirely?

2009-08-21T17:02:37Z

(First up: a shameless plug. You'll understand why.)

I was talking to Icka three days ago. I had absolutely nothing left to do, and everybody pretty much knows that, so I was extra bored to my wits. The only thing I took to heart is my little task to help prop up Glee to the world, which is why I'm telling Icka about it. By her admission, she's also run out of shows to watch.

Surely you know what Glee is, right? If you haven't seen my five-star review months ago, just click on my shameless plug.

That's where this time period's Facebook quote comes in. I was waiting for a text from Zet that won't arrive, but I got one from Icka anyway, and by all means, it's a little too daunting if you take it literally.

"You are my official TV guru. Glee is brilliant!"
Icka Alcantara

And to think the only television-related thing I did to her in the past few, well, months was me sending her all those official Anoop photos to fuel her fangirlism, which is tantamount to martyrdom since I wasn't doing the same to fuel my Allie fangirlism. Or, in other words, the best excuse to get rid of monochromatic colors. Black, gray, pale white...

It's odd when you have permission to do virtually nothing.

2009-08-19T08:05:28Z

Since none of my shows are on yet, I'm exceedingly idle. I just worked on an extra, did an extra, and got frustrated with everything else.

I call this a quickie.

2009-08-14T09:59:28Z

I just went to Lizette's blog after a varnish-induced boredom spell, and I suddenly remember what she said, about her liking my entries more if I ranted less. And suddenly I had this urge to impress her. Well, not exactly.

This is not addressed to the most obvious choice.

2009-08-09T13:04:43Z

For one, I'm thinking of letting you go. Not worth it anyway; I figured if you'd hate me and I'd hate you, I might as well not see you when you show up. It worked before, and they say I'm better, but when was I better? Fuck you. Fuck you again.

If I wasn't that bored, what would I do?

2009-07-31T10:00:10Z

Blame Kor for this.

If you've been tagged or you are reading this, you have the honor of copying all these goofy questions, writing your own response, and tagging other victims. You have to tag me and however many other people that you would like. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you - but not in a creepy stalker kind of way.

To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your title as "Getting to know each other!", tag 25 people including me (tagging is done in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.

1. What time did you get up this morning?
-- Forty-five past four.

2. How do you like your steak?
-- Could be medium rare, but I don't really think about it much, for I don't eat steak much, for it costs much.

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
-- The sixth Harry Potter flick.

4. What is your favorite TV show?
-- I write about television for a living, actually. Right now? The CSI franchise, Dollhouse and the ever-classic Arrested Development.

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?
-- I don't know. New York? London? Sydney? Singapore?

6. What did you have for breakfast?
-- A cheesedog in a bun and a banana. Symbols, yes.

7. What is your favorite cuisine?
-- I eat anything. I just ate at Sbarro earlier.

8. What foods do you dislike?
-- I just answered that question.

9. Favorite Place to eat?
-- It's more of a whim.

10. Favorite dressing?
-- Honey mustard, classic vinaigrette (even if it's made of pineapple juice) and... oooh, aioli, right, Kor!

11. What kind of vehicle do you drive?
-- My dad's Civic. Rarely.

12. What are your favorite clothes?
-- There's this pair of jeans I bought.

13. Where would you visit if you had the chance?
-- All those aforementioned cities.

14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full?
-- Half-empty.

16. Favorite time of day?
-- One in the afternoon: lunch time, or sometimes, when it's all over.

17. Where were you born?
-- In some hospital room.

18. What is your favorite sport to watch?
-- No preference, really.

19. Who do you think will not tag you back?
-- Obviously, Kor, I'm not tagging you back because I don't write blog entries directly on Facebook.

20. Person you expect to tag you back first?
-- Nobody tags me back. I only have "friends".

21. Who are you most curious about their responses to this?
-- Stop annoying me.

22. Bird watcher?
-- I don't see birds.

23. Are you a morning person or a night person?
-- Morning person. I wake up early, but that seems to change lately.

24. Do you have any pets?
-- Nope.

26. What did you want to be?
-- Veterinarian.

27. What is your best childhood memory?
-- That's for a series of blog entries.

28. Are you a cat or dog person?
-- Same with Kor.

29. Are you married?
-- Probability, zero. Who likes me? No one.

30. Always wear your seat belt?
-- Yes.

31. Been in a car accident?
-- No.

32. Any pet peeves?
-- Bad grammar, typographical errors, and the constant use of "dish" in headlines.

33. Favorite Pizza Toppings?
-- It's pizza. I'll still eat it.

34. Favorite Flower?
-- None in particular.

35. Favorite ice cream?
-- Selecta's Hazelnut Brownie. Or Sebastian's Chocoholics Anonymous.

36. Favorite fast food restaurant?
-- Chowking counts, right?

37. How many times did you fail your driver's test?
-- I'm no SpongeBob.

38. From whom did you get your last email?
-- Issa, via LJ.

39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?
-- I don't have a credit card.

41. Like your job?
-- You want another series of blog entries?

42. Like Broccoli?
-- Yes.

43. What was your favorite vacation?
-- Singapore, because I have S$50 to myself.

44. Last person you went out to dinner with?
-- Apart from family? I'm afraid the answer is no.

45. What are you listening to right now?
-- WFUV's The Alternate Side.

46. What is your favorite color?
-- The primaries.

47. How many tattoos do you have?
-- None.

48. How many are you tagging for this quiz?
-- I said I won't tag anyone!

49. What time did you finish this quiz?
-- A minute before my shift ends.

50. Coffee Drinker?
-- No. Maybe.

"Odd" is a buzzword at the moment, oddly enough.

2009-07-28T09:28:16Z

The only thing I did was ponder, and yet I feel I already screwed up.

You are now the antagonist, part one.

2009-07-20T13:33:26Z

And I can hear you laughing, saying something like, "kung hindi ka kasi nagrereklamo eh di sana nakaalis ka na at tumulad ka sa pinakamatalik kong kaibigan. Hindi ikaw yun, gago."

Permission to be giddy?

2009-07-20T09:41:54Z

Ellen DeGeneres is going to be a guest judge on this week's So You Think You Can Dance. Isn't that amazing? I wonder how the results night will turn out. And, for those two who will be eliminated, the privileges of having Ellen say you're gonzo...

Now, if that only went beyond the name...

2009-07-18T17:19:50Z

At least the shelf life of this thing's getting shorter. Or, the cabinet gets organized way too quickly.

The conversation was something weirder, though: colorfarfall was complaining that she isn't the only one with her name in the world. To make things complicated, her last name's pretty unique already. Even more complicated, that other person does, well, has weird things. Image matters, turns out.

So I say something along the lines of "you're our Camille Adraincem," and that should set it up, because her reply is slightly gloopy but actually true, semantics-wise.

"But at least you're the only Henrik Batallones."
Cam Adraincem

Now, if that only went beyond the name. Told you it was gloopy. But it's Twitter. I've no idea afterwards.

"Retweet", as I flimsily called it.

2009-07-10T06:12:27Z

We walk the same streets
but go in different buildings:
run-down, high-rise, five-floored;
ride different elevators,
go off different floors;
we don’t dress the same,
but we might just get the exact
treatment from superiors,
my co-inferiors;
get the same wages,
but parade them differently:

Like the time I chose to buy instant coffee
you carry your moistened drink
with its green straw invaded by ice cubes
that sweat away the flavors of its pool.
You can’t raise an eyebrow at me—
I may just be 100 bucks richer
the moment you choose to be classy.

(Scribbled by isawforsale on a notebook a couple of days ago.)