Tuesday, January 15, 2008

eight facts about me

after months of driving with an expired license, i finally found the time to have it renewed. now, i'm not afraid to run people over again. anywheres, the girl named heaven tagged me on multiply with this thing and since my contacts there contain more strangers than friends, i chose to put it here instead.

In the 8 facts about you, you share 8 things that your readers don't know about you.
Then at the end you tag 8 other bloggers to keep the fun going.
Each blogger must post these rules first.
Each blogger starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
Bloggers that are tagged need to write on their own blog about their 8 things and post these rules.
At the end of your blog, you need to choose 8 people to get tagged and list their names.


okay. here we go, mr. roboto...

ichi: let's begin at the beginning. when i was born, i was born left-handed. i dont know why but as i grew up my parents forced me into right-handedness. now, i'm not completely ambidextrous but there are some stuff that i do better as a lefty like when i play guitar hero.

ni: i've had three near-death experiences. one, when i was very young, my dad and i almost fell off a wooden bridge, saved by a jacket sleeve. two, when i was in first grade, my friend and i braved the adult pool and i slipped while i had him on piggyback and he wouldn't let go and we both drowned. three, when i was in grade three, i had appendicitis and was admitted into a hospital just in time: my appendix had already burst and i was at the 50-50 mark. whoa.

san: i was a crybaby up until sixth grade. i'd cry for the smallest reasons like missing a show i wanted to watch or i was just plain thirsty. seriously. i dont understand it either.

shi: one thing that i would love to erase from my past is the fact that i used to dance. not the party /club dancing or even the cotillion thing. that was okay. the choreographed dancing, dancing on stage, dancing in competitions, performing in front of a lot of people, that dancing i want to edit out of my history. fuckin embarrassing. and some of it's on videotape. sheesh.

go: contrary to my appearance, i do not smoke. not a single puff on a single cigarette. sure i allow myself to suffer from second-hand smoking from them smokers who argue that it's deadlier than actual smoking, a mere myth to pull you into the dark lung side, but no i dont and wont smoke. so, thanks for the offer and no i don't have a lighter.

roku: i have almost complete control of my dreams. i can fly. i can end it when i want to and wake myself up. i can continue dreams. the only thing i cant do is force a dream, like i'd be half-asleep thinking of being the only guy in an island of women but then dream of sliding down the railing of an endless stairway.

shichi: i want to say that i've never stolen anything in my life, not even small change from my parents because i ask for it, but i actually did once in college. it was a book of guitar tabs from national bookstore back when they didnt have alarms yet. it wasn't for me though. it was for my roommate (joeyboy!) who dared me to do it because he really wanted it but didn't have the money to buy it. i took it, slipped it under my shirt, tucked it in my pants and we walked away. i was actually scared going out of the mall, mainly because my roomie kept taunting me every time a security guard was in sight. the bastard.

hachi: and finally, something really out of line: i was once raped by a deaf-mute nympho chick. word.

and the unfortunate souls i tag are: chaiikovsky, patty cake, red_pl8 special, acey of spadesy, michelle lualhottie, sister ana patricia, randell parcon obi gyne and katrina halili.

domo arigato sore dewa hei hachi mi shima.

p.s. but who gives a shit, right?
p.p.s. happy fiesta, batangas city! thanks for free food tomorrow!

Sunday, January 13, 2008

this post is not yet rated


the last movie i watched in 2007 was 12 angry men. i watched that black and white masterpiece online. the first movie i watched this spankin new year of 2008 was lord alfred hitchcock's rear window on dvd. i had seen the remake starring christopher reeve on hbo once, my utmost respects to mr. superman, but it pales in comparison with the original. halfway through the dvd, my player haywired on me and wouldn't read discs anymore. it was late at night so i bought a new one the very next day just to finish that amazing film. the fucking thing even played the discs that wouldn't play before. good buy. weird that it has a usb port in front which according to the manual (and the bored sales clerk dude) allows one to convert audio cd tracks to mp3s and save them on a flash drive. i'd say neato if i had a flash drive.

anyways, just like last year, here's a quick list of my must-watch movies this year. and just like always, entries 1-12 are in random and 13 takes the top spot.

1. no country for old men
shown in america last year, has yet to grace philippine silverscreens. it's been getting the highest of praises all around so it's got to be good. based on a cormac mccarthy book? you betcha.

2. cloverfield
i'm itching to find out what exactly decapitated the statue of liberty. is it a giant lion? godzilla? cthulhu?! i'll find out soon enough in this blair witch project-flavored disaster movie.

3. iron man
as i've said once, the iron man trailer reached badass levels that the whole superman returns movie didn't. and i think it's safe to assume that jon favreau dared not to do a bryan singer.

4. choke
haven't read the book but i just know it's great. yet, i could only hope that this film adaptation is as good as or better than fight club. go chuck!

5. zack and miri make a porno
make that, seth rogen and elizabeth banks make a porno, to be made by kevin smith. sure is gonna be something.

6. the dark knight
na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na, joker! thank you christopher nolan for putting the man back in batman. can he put the ok in joker with one of the brokeback mountain guys? we'll see.

7. wall-e
pixar. nuff said.

8. juno
after seeing ellen page (kitty pride!) in hard candy and michael cera in superbad, i'd have to believe the positive reviews this teenage pregnancy movie's been receiving. hmmm.

9. be kind, rewind
michel gondry. nuff said.

10. synecdoche, new york
i was gonna say charlie kaufman nuff said but i you'd probably think i've dumbed out and can\t construct more descriptive sentences. so i didn't.

11. rambo
since there seems to be a shortage of horror this year, i'd settle for violence, to be delivered by none other than red bandana-wearing, lower lip-curling john rambo!

12. jumper
i wrote a script once that had a character named jumper in it. anyways, this movie is about teleportation though, which is awesome. double if they play the 3rd eye blind song somewhere.


and the movie that i am definitely not gonna miss watching in the theaters this year and would by the tickets now if i could is...


13. indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull
hands down deep into the soil, this movie is my most anticipated of the year. can't wait to see dr. jones don the hat and crack that whip again and find out what this crystal skull business is all about. heck i'm whistling the theme right now. folks, adventure has a name and it is indiana jones. here's the teaser poster:


that's it for today, true believers. see you at the movies!

p.s. of course, this is my mainstream list. i'll keep the obscure movies that define me to myself. unless you wanna watch with me.
p.p.s. see you soon, nina. and your tattoo.

Sunday, January 06, 2008

classified id

wanted: long-haired, fair-skinned stunning girl who looks like sophie marceau in a black off-shoulder dress and purple-ish eye shadow who exchanged several stares/smiles with me while her boyfriend stood behind her. she was last seen january 5, 2008, route 196 bar, death cab for cutie night ii, around midnight.