two stones with one bird

namaste! time is gold, and i'm running out of both. so instead, please enjoy this random rundown of some of the things that happened in the recent past since i blogged last...

- accompanied by dindo, i went to sta. mesa, as suggested by several friends, to buy an acoustic guitar. bought a black one which i gave to shaila the following day. i will never forget her blushing cheeks.

- played ps2 with dindo in my apartment. he beat me in fight night, i beat him in tekken 5.

- transcribed commentaries/interviews for: stranger the fiction, night at the museum, stargate sg-1 season 9, the simpsons.

- patched things up with john wong and took a quick editing job he offered, a tv and a radio commercial for some ceu students. their marketing idea was fine, but their footage wasnt that good. still turned out okay, though.

- played guitar hero on john's ps2. im buying that game next.

- had a one night stand with nikki gil. just kidding. but i did see her when myx did an event in our building. it was for one night only and i was standing the whole time. so, i guess it's not entirely a lie.

- watched zhang yimou's soap-opera-ish epic curse of the golden flower and liked it a lot. and not just because there's a prince jai in it. the moral lesson: you don't mess with the emperor.

- had drinks with colleagues after work, went home to bathe and change clothes, then went to work. the same thing followed.

- finally won stacker in timezone. got a bruce the shark from finding nemo stuffed toy. which my friend stole asked for.

- had two weird dreams. one was about me trying to find some dude who traveled back in time and made the comma cease to exist. apparently, that could cause a lot of crazy shit like people turning into foam. the other was about me delivering a beautiful chick back home to her father in exchange for a suitcase full of money while killing some people who wanted to kill me along the way. twist ending: i had kidnapped her, injected her with a drug that made her forget the last 24 hours, and the people i killed were trying to rescue her from me.

- went to sm batangas to buy a superman school bag for my godson's 6th birthday, returned home to watch heroes episode 14, but only after i publish this entry, including the talkbacks below this paragraph.

bloodboard:

rho: im doing good. how about you? i see you in ym sometimes but im too shy to chat you up. take care.

luigi: dude, i wasn't able to join the boot camp. darn it. some complications got in the way. but it's ok. as ive said above, john and i have settled our differences and we'll be shooting a short film real soon. wish you were here to be part of it. i need a rapist.

myls: that was a line from a third eye blind song. i really want to see if you are real and not just a figment of someone's imagination. a beautiful woman who can draw? whoa.

red_pl8: which one?

patty: as you wish, my lady. i shall do your musical meme on my next post.

katia: cool. but i wouldn't recommend it 'cause i don't know if it would stay that way for long. i might just get another crazy idea and do things over.

comments:

jarvik: thanks. anyone in love has the right to be cheesy. and come valentine's day, i'm gonna turn my cheesiness up a notch. wish me luck.

obi macapuno: dude, i'll be watching darren aronofsky's the fountain this week, most likely with a female friend. but in case she backs out for some reason, please be available as her replacement. i wont try to put my arm around you or kiss you, i swear.

beybiemidge: don't be jealous. there's plenty of jai to share around. just joking. why should you be jealous when you have a boyfriend who can provide you pages upon pages of mushy lines? lemme guess, he can't. oh, well. you can't have em all.

blah-blah-blah. [insert closing remarks here] the gospel according to skizzy. praise be to cobain.

p.s. to the tom morello of my zack de la rocha, thank you for one more gig. and the calendar.
p.p.s. i refuse to explain this post's title.

rebel without applause

got nothing much to stay tonight. went online to find something out and thought i'd do a quick post as well. i'll start with the talkbacks.

bloodboard:

phia: ive just been cheated on so im kinda bitter about that. but cheating in school, i have no problem with it, especially if the teacher allows it. xlinks? sure! i've already added you to my list.

jean.movie: the pleasure is always mine. i was just joshing with you anyways about that funny thing. thanks for the visit and hope you return!

pam: wassup?

myls: i will put together everything that's broken just to see you.

tina: hi ho, a-hunting we will go?

franco: dude, you are most welcome.


comments:

tina: yeah, like live's instead of levi's. thanks for the comment and the compliment. you are too kind.

cheska: yeah. i look like him, although i wear contacts instead of glasses most of the time. i might have new specs made this weekend and be a total geek once again.

clouds: hey, there. so what kind of clouds are you? anyways, yeah it sucks to "own" something and then suddenly everyone's into it, and you're like riding the bandwagon. like, what?! as for friendster, i only use it to check up on my friends. thanks for coming by. hope to see you again.

red_pl8: ive actually contemplated on cancelling that darn account because it's kind of useless now. but then i have friends there whom i dont get to communicate with anywhere else, so. i'll do my rant about religion next time. i tend to get carried away. i do have a point to raise already though. i am, in real life, nowhere near harry potter's looks. maybe in my younger years, yes. thanks for spending your time here. take care always. and come back!


ooookay. some kind of mumbo-jumbo is going on in our account in peoplesupport, a conspiracy of sorts against our batch. i was the first to voice out my complaints about the shitty system wherein us new hires are the only ones affected negatively. that was when we were still in graveyard shift. as time went on and now that we are in the afternoon shift, my batchmates eventually realized (and experienced for themselves) the issues ive been raving about for so long. now, ive got an army. at least, when this thing blows, they've got my back. however, no one seems to be considering the fact that i began the silent revolution. hence, the blog title. not my original idea though. it's the name of an album of a band i forgot which i randomly got to listen to on an online radio web site that shaila suggested.

speaking of shaila, that angel from whom i cant get out of my mind is the only reason im holding on to this job. she must be good at puzzles because im only starting my day and she's already completed it. and i need to bring a map to work because i always get lost in her eyes. cheesy one-liners aside, it's a good thing that batch 18 supports me 100% on this. i hope shaila herself does as well.

well, true believers. gotta make like a shepherd and get the flock out of here.

the gospel according to jai/skizzy. thanks be to chopin.

eyes on the prize

the picture below i received in an email together with a handful of other wrong grammar signs. "canvers", wehehehe.


i actually checked my own chucks just to make sure. fortunately, it is converse. whew.

friendster bulletins. there's something i barely read nowadays. i used to enjoy reading and answering those silly surveys as they come, but i guess i dont find them that interesting anymore. not that i dont want to find out more about my friends. it's just that, you know, letting people know things they don't know about you has become quite... meh. sorry, cant find the right word. it's like this: way back before when nobody had an ipod (or knew about apple and macs), i wanted to have an ipod. fast forward to the present where everybody's got one (even though some of them still know nothing about apple and macs), so now, i don't want to have an ipod anymore. i have a nokia 3250 and it plays mp3s just as well. anyways, i checked my friendster account for any messages, requests or testimonials, and once again, nada zilcho. but one friendster bulletin caught my bespectacled eyes. it went "i am single, so i must be ugly". clicked it to find out more. the bulletin had a bunch of these stereotypical statements (like "im a guy, so i must only want to get in your pants" and "i have straight a's, so i must not have a social life"), and you were supposed to choose one that best fits you and put it as a title and post as a bulletin to annoy your friends with. i picked one but didn't bother to bother my friendster friends with it, and instead, i'll use it as a great segue for the real purpose of this blog entry:

"i am not like everyone else, so i must be a loser".

you see, i have not won anything in my life. im talking about tangible winnings because i did win some nerdy contests in high school. but as far as i can remember, i never got anything through winning, especially the ones that rely on luck, which you can brag about around. that's why i don't like gambling. i feel like im gonna end up losing all my money instead of doubling it. there was this one time where i emailed myx and won tickets to the oasis concert. but then the concert got cancelled (thanks abu sayyaf), so that doesn't count. anyways, im talking about this crap about winning because ive just been chosen as one of the nominees for blog of the week in the composed gentleman's blog. do i expect to win? honestly, no. it would depend, of course, on the number of votes i get which i am in no way forcing any of you to cast against your will. it's your internet connection, so it's up to you if you will allow me such privilege. but i am deeply honored, flattered, and grateful to even be considered for it. i guess somebody does appreciate what i do here... thanks, dude.

intermission... you can read my saw iii review here.

it's talkback time! beginning with the bloodboard:

franco: thanks for liking the theme. im always trying out something new, coming up with new ideas for my blog. sure hope you and the other visitors will like the future ones as much.

jean.movie: funny, i wasn't trying to be funny. but thanks for pointing that out and for checking me out, i mean, my blog.

talksmart: again, dude, thanks for the nomination. never expected something like that. good luck to me and the other nominees. may the best blog win. for the week, at least.

patty: here you go, patty-cake. see you again, okay?

din-din: been very busy. i was supposed to post one last week but i had tasks to accomplish, a couple of which i failed to. do you watch heroes? i wish had hiro's power to bend time and space...

cheska: i haven't watched the anime. i just saw him on a dvd cover and decided to use him as an avatar because he resembles me. or i resemble him? anyways, ive changed my profile pic now.

tina: hello, tina. welcome.

wigie: dude, i miss you. still unsure whether to go and work there or not.

comments talkback:

din-din: yeah. can't help it. love always is beyond one's control. it's good to hear that i have your support on this. kinda weird actually because just about everyone ive talked to about this has encouraged me to push through...

red_pl8: sickeningly sweet, how nice of you to put it that way. how about sweetly sickening?

well, that's that. gotta make like a banana and split. ive got to watch heroes episode 12. anyways... that's the gospel according to skizzy. thanks be to kafka.


p.s. i noticed only now that the most comments i got was from a post where i viciously attacked religion. as an experiment, i'll try to punch in a few blasphemous blabber next time.
p.p.s. shaila likes joss stone. so i downloaded one of her albums, burned it and printed the labels. i'll give it to her on tuesday. am i obsessed or what?

toinks

my closest friends in peoplesupport are dindo, a beer-loving who has two "panganays"; and paul, a family guy whose hair looks like moses combed it. both of them are on the same frequency of the babe radar as mine. anyways, before paul was bumped into an earlier shift, we were together all the time, apparently enough to attract some attention since one time we heard this girl with a great body (whom we've codenamed sexy) tell her friend something like, "there goes the three of them again." that and a couple of guards refer to us as the three musketeers. but we've dubbed ourselves "the bottles". why? because we're jai, paul, and dindo (sounds like the beatles eh?), and we like to drink. and we did just that last saturday as paul's post-birthday celebration. despite our incessant invitations to the rest of our batch, only three other people tagged along: jakeson, a gym denizen who takes pictures of his physique; crystal, a pampangena party girl; and irene, our version of daria (from beavis and butt-head) sans the verbal ammo. aboard paul's van and singing loudly to a best of eraserheads cd, we headed for marlon's in timog ave. and found out it was closed. we settled with nine ball cafe a few moments away, got a table, and started the beer-guzzling while playing billiards. the heavily practice paul kicked our butts in every game, and so we decided to play in teams. paul the hustler and jakeson the novice versus jai and dindo, the guys who know how but aren't any good and depended mostly on luck. three laugh-filled games later, dindo and i lost by a scratch, a sure win from my shot, but then the stupid cue ball disobeyed my orders to stop and went in the opposite hole. it was a fun night that i wish lasted longer. we parted ways soon enough, but dindo and i longed for more beer in our system. we found a cheap bar and boozed ourselves to the break of dawn.

okay. just one more thing about peoplesupport people. i'm in love with a co-worker. that's right. you read that one clearly. i am in love. i didn't mean to be. i actually don't want to be yet. but this wonderful young woman, that i sit next to every work day, text with almost every night despite her preference to buy load only on weekends, dreamt about holding hands with two times already even though i haven't touched a hair on her in real life, and made me feel so alive again just when i thought i was doomed to be lonely, has, obviously, got me madly head over toes for her. when im working on a file that's a pain in the ass hard to transcribe, all i need is to hear her giggle as she watches flash cartoons online. we have a lot in common, some of which ive always thought only i was/had/did/liked. her name, by the way, is (drum roll, please) shaila. and goddarnit, i love her. but, alas, poor yorick, she has a boyfriend. hmm...

so, that's enough of my life for now. i made a lucky list about a week ago which in a way does not apply now since i already have (figuratively, of course) shaila. but i'll let you take a peep anyways. it was about the 13 girlfriends i should have next. it's sorta not-safe-for-work though. also, here are some new links, starting with one that kinda helped me with the cardiac catastrophe i recently underwent:

beating the break-up blues by jenny mccarthy's boobs
some pretty good porn movie titles
here are some movie cliches that need to die
skizzy like snow globes. skizzy want this snow globe
think you're good at making sand castles?
wanna know the 9 things men masturbate to? sure you do.
cool bus ads
now here's a good idea: city at sea
who ripped off who? bunch of look-alike ads
top 10 bad things that are good for you
skizzy wants the matrix bathrobe!
stay warm using your own blood... it's the blood scarf!
50 mistakes men make during sex
and 50 mistakes women make during sex
the simpsons drawn manga style (and check out the edit 3 link! damn!)
8 important lessons learned from '80s cartoons
skizzy wants these blankets... and a wife to share them with

and finally, a youtube video how to draw a perfect circle...



p.s. other codenames we use for some of the many beautiful babes in ps are: 3 o'clock, maj, lobby girl, kotse, bilog, and honey. the 3 o'clock girl must have moved to another department or left the company completely because we haven't seen her again despite being put to our new day shift from the graveyard shift where we used to ogle at her luscious legs all night.
p.p.s. did i already say that i love shaila? they call her shai at work, though. which is fun 'cause when her friends call her, i look thinking it was jai, and when my friends call me, she looks. kinda annoying but cute at the same time.
p.p.p.s. toinks is shaila's nickname of choice. i have yet to find out why.

shaken, rattled, and rolled, but not stirred...

wouldn't it have been a better marketing ploy if casino royale was released next year? 007 = 2007. golly, why didn't they think of that?

what do you guys think of my new header? the chick in the pic by the way is none other than the deliciously busty model keeley hazell. google her and give your eyes something to feast on. it's good for the health, you know. anyways, here's my lucky list of the 13 movies i must watch on 2007 (again, for the uninformed, first twelve's in random order, entry #13 takes the top rank).

1. children of men - good premise in the hands of a good director, alfonso cuaron. this was actually released this year, but has yet to be shown in philippine theaters. darn it.

2. the host - the kickass big monster movie from korea. which hollywood's gonna try and remake soon. oh, come on.

3. arthur and the invisibles - luc besson's live action / cgi movie. i'm there.

4. jumper - about a dude who has teleportation powers. cool. title's the same with one of my favorite songs, and a character i once created for a story. double cool. samuel l jackson's in it. muthafuckin cool.

5. pan's labyrinth - gulliermo del toro's fairy tale for adults. again, released last year, but not in this country. nah-uh.

6. the simpsons movie - aye carumba! a simpsons movie?! finally! everyone's been waiting a long time for this. better late than later.

7. pirates of the carribean: at world's end - the potc movies have been so much fun to watch. now way im missing the final chapter of this trilogy.

8. grindhouse - two names: robert rodriguez and quentin tarantino.

9. fantastic four: rise of the silver surfer - saw the trailer and was completely blown away by norrin radd. you know, the silver surfer. must-see movie because of him and galactus of course! well, them and the human torch. the most of all, jessica alba.

10. 300 - gimme my war movies! doesn't matter when it happened. just give me war! swords! blood! underwearless women!

11. tmnt - the heroes in a half-shell are back, now in cgi form! cowabunga, dude!

12. transformers - hallelujah to the highest! aw, man, i'm gonna be a kid again. autobots, roll out!

13. spider-man 3 - no surprise here. as a big spider-fan, this movie isn't a must-see, it's a will-see. there is absolutely nothin that can stop me from going to the theater and watching our friendly neighborhood spider-man duke it out with sandman, green goblin.2, and, oh, yes, true believers, venom! fuck, i'd buy tickets now if i could!

that's it for my quickie lucky list. no hostel 2 or saw 3 because as much as i do want to see both of them, i've always felt like such movies shouldn't have sequels. no harry potter either because i aint much of a harry potter fan. hermione, yes. they should start letting her do other movies, you know? so anyhow, got no theater companion anymore right now. anyone wanna fill in the spot?

i know i promised the details regarding my recent ordeal, but to hell with it. i'm done with that episode. i just want peace. not happiness, not a new girlfriend, not a one-way ticket to canada but just plain and simple peace. of mind, of heart, of ears (to whoever thought of prohibiting the "boga", i owe you a beer). i just want to live my life the way it is for now. do what i want to do, go where i want to go, sleep as much as i want, play the ps2 as much as i want. because freedom is the right of all sentient beings (thanks, optimus prime). i mean, yeah, i'm alone, but it's cool. just glad that it's over. but she did push through with her plans. there goes my kid. would've been an archaeologist or something.

what a way to end the year, eh? hope this following year is brimming with positivity since i seem to have exceeded my problem quota for one year. nonetheless, thank you for eking through 2006 with me. may 2007 be good to you, too. happy new year, fuckers.

holy dog, saint horse

about a couple of weeks ago, i went out with a friend who has been my friend for a long time but one whom i've never met in person. thank the irc/ym for that set up. there's actually another one that i've yet to see in the flesh despite the fact that we're both in manila now. been friends with her since 1998 i think, and there's quite a story in there too but i'll tell you about it when i do get the chance to physically interact with her. i guess maybe she doesn't want to see me or something like that. or busy as hell like me. (busy, busy, busy! i'm getting tired of that word) anyways, this friend that i managed to wrangle and spend time with me didn't look like the rock chick i was expecting her to be, you know, tats and piercings, eyeliner and stuff. anyways, we scampered to the cool place named saguijo and had a couple of rounds of beer while some local bands performed. dong abay of the late yano did his thing, which was cool, refused to sing their big hit in the past. hence, this entry's title. but hold your hamsters, that's not just it. it does have a connection with what i'm about to tell you now...

but first, welcome again to my blog. there will be no talkbacks today. i'll just ramble on about the recent past, which explains why i haven't been blogging lately. the story of my life, one that at first i was reluctant to tell. but fuck it, people need to know about stuff like this. one of the many reasons why: it could actually save lives. have i piqued your interest enough? intrigued enough to stay and read on? is the suspense killing you yet? should i go ahead and type the darn thing instead of asking these questions? okay! here we go.

wait. one of the factors that hindered me from doing any personal activities is the avp i was tasked to edit for our family company's 50th anniversary. that meant lack of sleep for days because i still went to work at night, which caused me to miss its presentation after i've finished it a little over an hour before. anyways, on to the main course.

if the chair you're sitting on has seatbelts, i highly recommend buckling up.

for unnecessary artistic purposes (my blog, my rules), to view the message you have to use your mouse to highlight it. start after the x below.

x i have left layla because she cheated on me with a guy who is married and has a kid, and now she's telling me she's pregnant with my son and she wants to abort it.

that's it. details next time.

what would peter north do?

today i received an e-mail from ebay stating that i've just won my first bid. oh yes, ive only just begun ebaying the other day, due to boredom. did a search for something neat, found one, registered, placed a bid and ta-da! the final fantasy: advent children calendar is mine! well, will be mine, because i havent paid for it yet. when my salary arrives this wednesday, a small part of it will go to the seller's bank account and pretty soon i'll get my hands on that kick-ass cool calendar. other than that, nothing else in ebay interests me. for now. no sign of a jason vorhees hockey mask yet.

anyone got a ps3 out there? wanna be a good citizen and lemme have a swing at it for a couple hours? 'cause i aint buying one anytime soon. im content and happy with my beloved ps2. i just finished ultimate spider-man on it and it was fun. im playing hitman: blood money next, right after i buy a copy. anyways, speaking of which, i was flipping through the channels on tv last night and i came across the abs-cbn show xxx, where they were investigating medical exam fixers. why is the previous sentence in this paragraph? because they rip-off need for speed: most wanted. before each segment, the reporter is introduced in the exact same manner blacklist opponents are introduced in the game. and when i said exactly, i meant exactly exactly. i could almost hear the abs-cbn bosses commending the moron(s) behind those graphics. they should get a ps2 and pop in nfs:mw, so they'll see how original and creative their bastard employees are. oh yeah, right, maybe they actually knew about it all along. maybe they were even the ones who asked for it. fuck, i hate these giant xerox machines.

time for talkbacks! again, guys, thank you for spending time here.

comments talkback:

cheska: thanks, fellow chocophile! i never say no to chocolate, well maybe except when it's got nuts in it, especially almonds! no!!! anyways, the job's not as easy as it sounds. by the time we're regulars, we oughta be able to transcribe a 1-minute file in 4 minutes tops! plus there are files that are really hard to transcribe and that get on your nerves. good things some pretty babes pass by every now and then to calm me down...

jigs: yeah, it's cool. but just like any job, it's got its downsides. like we barely have enough time for chit-chat. dvd subtitles? i presume so, because the other day we just did some interview files for shrek 3. that was cool. carnage? hopefully, spider-man 3 sets him up for the fourth, since i don't think venom's gonna be a full villain in this one. as for the header, please explain to your nosy nurse sister that the misspelling is deliberate.

katia: no shit, for real? what account were you on? um, i have no idea what this mugshots thing is. anyways, technically im in no particular account yet. still under training. or t&c (transcription and captioning) is the account? i don't know.

patty-chan: i like that you like my header. sweet darkness, that's a nice way of putting it. actually, i have many more plans on how to, um, for the lack of a better term, "market" the hemorage brand. and yeah, no running around for us. except maybe when break time's over and we're nowhere near our workstations. strict schedule compliance. anyways, i actually have nothing against people who read those kinds of books. the conflict begins when they act like they're on a higher level (of intelligence, most of the time) than you. i mean, what? you learned a new way to cry?!

din-din: finger-tiring? actually, no. it never gets to that point. im quite used to typing, clicking, and staring on the monitor for hours. but you're kind of right about the social life thing. we're working on that though. my batchmates and i will be going out soon. be my guest and take a bite. and regards to your significant other as well!

@bet: yeah, andrew e. but not just him. almost everybody in the biz does that. which is their way of cheating the audience of the money they paid. and then you hear them talk crap about how piracy should be stopped and that we should buy original. sure, as long as they stop cashing in on revivals too.

bloodboard talkbacks:

red_pl8: what html thing is it that i might be able to help you with? thanks for dropping by.

jen: im... okay. yeah, i've been quite busy myself, hence almost no time for gimmicks and blogging. when you get back, then?

ghostin u: applications are very much welcome here. numerous applicants come in everyday. you should give it a try.

cheska: thanks for adding me to your list.

kipay: kfc batangas! the one in sm or the one in front of citimart? congratulations on your new job. favor though, can you ask the kfc management why their spicy products (hotshots, chicken, and especially my favorite zinger) aren't as spicy as before? to be honest, they aren't spicy anymore actually!

there you go, brothers and sisters. the gospel according to skizzy. praise be to kubrick.

p.s. if any of you do want to give peoplesupport a go, drop me a line so i could assist you. successful referrals mean cash bonus for me! woohoo! so, what are you waiting for! come on!