On The Sixth Day of (Temporary) Bumhood
Don’t ask me why, I have to stay at home for seven days. It’s a taste of bumhood and so far, I am getting the hang of it.
Tonight I shall go to Prinsipe’s and grab a few rounds of vodka. We’re going to try the local brand offered by a reputable brewing company here in P.I. and mix it with the usual (Sprite, minus the lemon, of course).
Tomorrow is the last day of my being a bum. On Wednesday, I am going back to work. I can bet one million bucks that I have two desks of paperwork to do, though probably not as high as one foot. I hate working, but I love paydays.
Sharing with you my horoscope for today 26th of November 2007 brought to you in part by Friendster astrology, in orange italics.
Staying close to home is best for you today. You’re in a mood to ignore the world.
If it were not for the drinking spree tonight, I would have hibernated all day long.
As much as you may want to hurl a drink in their face, try not to let the arrogance of someone else put you in a sour mood.
Could be be one of the creatures I will meet at Prinsipe’s. And who said I should not let their arrogance bring me to hurl a drink in their face? I’ll shower them with vodka if I like. No one’s going to stop this megabitch.
There are way too many knuckleheads in this world to live life any other way. After all, if you let every jerk affect your mood, you would never be able to relax.
I’ll let myself be affected if I want to and handle it afterwards. I don’t need an astrologer’s unsolicited opinion on how I will handle my emotions, so fuck off.
Lately there have been an unpleasantly high number of negative-minded people around you, but luckily that is all about to change soon. So just Zen them out and focus on the people who add joy to your life.
This is so true. Thank Cosmic Muffin, it’ll be over soon.
This is as short as I can afford to post. I will still be looking for someone in cyberspace. My sideline as a private investigator demands too much from me.
Ciao! Hullo Pedrito. Bet you’re reading this. Check out the private photos. I approved your request.
Below is a poster of one of the god-damned wonderful flicks I watched in the course of my temporary bumhood. Go and grab your DVDs and watch it, watch it, watch it!
"Here’s looking at you, kid."
From Joydyn’s Bulletin
1. Where is your brother right now?
♥ At home.
2. Last time you went swimming?
♥ Barkadalympics in June 2007.
3. Name three things you did yesterday.
♥ Went out on a date, bought post-its, slept.
4 . Last person you text messaged?
♥ JT.
5. What kind of phone do you have?
♥ Nokia 6300
6 . How do you feel right now?
♥ Weird.
7. What is more important, trust or
communication?
♥ Trust.
8 . What are you listening to right now?
♥ I Just Wanna Stop (Live) – Gino Vannelli
9 . What color are your eyes?
♥ Brown.
10. Have you ever done a Chinese fire drill?
♥ No.
11. Does the person you like know you like him/her?
♥ Haha! I hope so.
12. Do you have a chair in your room?
♥ No.
13. What are you doing tomorrow?
♥ In chronological order: wake up, take a bath, dress for work, morning toner rituals, fix my hair, drink my Milo, take Centrum, brush my teeth, travel time to the office while reading J. Krishnamurti’s Inward Revolution, work mode (includes morning and afternoon nicotine breaks, lunch, merienda, and teethbrush mode), travel time going home, have dinner, watch DVDs, night rituals, sleep.
14. Who’s your second favorite band?
♥ I don’t like bands that much.
15. Do you have good friends?
♥ Yes.
16 . Do you know someone named Betsy?
♥ Yes.
17. What color is your mom’s hair?
♥ A touch of black, brown and white. Hahaha!!!
18. Do you have a dog?
♥ Yes.
19. Do you remember singing any songs as a kid?
♥ Yes.
20. Are you married?
♥ No.
21 . When was the last time you talked to one of your siblings?
♥ Yesterday.
22. Do you play any instrument?
♥ Yes.
23 . Do you like fire?
♥ Who doesn’t?
24. Are you allergic to anything?
♥ Yes. I’m allergic to certain types of persons. Hahaha!!!
25. Do you have a crush on anyone?
♥ Yes.
26. Hair Color?
♥ Mine or the crushee’s? Mine is brown. The crushee’s… black, I think.
27 . Have you ever been to a spa?
♥ No. Vanity is not my favorite sin.
28. What are you thinking about right now?
♥ About being vain sometimes.
29. How long have you had your current sim?
♥ 4 years, I think.
30. Do you miss someone?
♥ No one in particular.
31 . Do you think they miss you too?
♥ Not applicable.
32. Have you ever seen your school counselor?
♥ Yes. I was part of the Junior Peer Counselor’s group. We counsel kids.
33 . Have you ever wanted to be a teacher?
♥ Yes.
34. How do you overcome unhappiness?
♥ Not delve on it and think happy thoughts instead.
35 . What are your favorite colors?
♥ Yellow, black, and silver gray.
36. Is anyone jealous of you?
♥ Maybe. Hahaha!!!
37. Ever been stuck in an elevator?
♥ Almost.
38. What does your mum call you?
♥ Anne / Angge / Bruha. Depends on her mood.
39 . Do you like to write?
♥ Yes.
40. What does you hair look like right
now?
♥ Unkempt.
41 . Has a friend ever used you?
♥ Never.
42. Has anyone told you that they like you more than a friend?
♥ Yep.
43. What have you eaten today?
♥ Milo, Centrum, KitKat, Dewberry strawberry, rice, kare-kare, Chowking congee with meatballs
44 . Is your hair naturally curly or straight?
♥ Naturally straight and unkempt.
45. Does the future freak you out?
♥ No. We all die in the end.
Hitting The Bottom
Just hit the bottom at work. Two major accounts ‘exploded’ and two are rumbling before the explosion. One of the two about-to-explode accounts will be given a remedy within this week and the other one is still, well… brewing. I still have to kick my own ass to get the job done.
The boss asked me what the hell happened to me. I could not give her a direct answer since I don’t know how to put my emotions into words. Not that I don’t exactly know what hit me or I cannot figure out what hit me or what hit me is too shameful to talk about. I know everything and I stuck to what hit me, though not deliberately. I know I could have outdone myself but I just could not, not by choice, but because I ran out of acceptable reasons to give myself the push; and I know that it does not justify hitting bottom at work, so I decided to keep my mouth shut.
It’s as if I died for more than two months. I cannot even recall the things I did when I went to work from August to October. Imagine a person going to work every single day for more than two months accomplishing nothing–that was me. Now I’m back on track. Me and Tacky (an officemate) cleaned up my desks (yes, I have two desks at work) and we accumulated a heap of documents measuring one foot thick. That’s how you measure my ‘death’ for more than two months. I went to work like a zombie. Plus the asthma attacks became severe, plus I was rushed to the ER twice with no significant medical findings so I got discharged right away. I know it’s not sickness that hit me. It’s something I opt not to discuss, for personal reasons.
If the topic seems so private, why blog about it?
The reason for hitting-the-bottom issue is indeed private, but hitting the bottom is not private. Everyone in the office knows, even the Big Wigs. I never tried to defend or justify myself to anyone who asks about what happened since it is something personal, but I want to give the world the dirty finger and say to everyone I can resurrect myself no matter how bad things get.
The resurrection begins now.
Something About Muzak
A Hot 100 Hit List
Not the list the Corleones prepare before butchering people, but a list of songs that get me freaking, flaming, fired up, happy, wonderfully sliding on a rainbow. This is in alphabetical order, save for the last three entries, and in amendment to the list on my profile, of course.
All I Want – Todd The Wet Sprocket
Ang Aking Awitin – Bong Gabriel
Angel – Fra Lippo Lippi
Ayoko Ng Torpe – Barbie’s Cradle
Barely Breathing – Duncan Sheik
Be Like That – 3 Doors Down
Black Magic Woman – Santana
Blue Eyes Blue – Eric Clapton
Break It Down Again – Tears For Fears
Bring Me To Life – Evanescence
Come Around – Rhett Miller
Come Undone – Duran Duran
Cross My Heart – Everything But The Girl
Di Mo Man Hanapin – Article Six (Ultimate kilig OPM song.)
Don’t Dream It’s Over – Crowded House (Intro pa lang, mapapatalon ka na.)
Drive – Incubus
Drowning In Your Eyes – Ephraim Lewis
Every Now And Then – Earth, Wind and Fire
Faith – George Michael
Finding Out The Hard Way – Cynthia Rhodes (Sweetest voice on Earth.)
Friday I’m In Love – The Cure
Girl Be Mine – Francis Magalona
Girl I’m Gonna Miss You – Milli Vannilli
Goodnight Girl – Wet, Wet, Wet
Happy Man – Chicago
Heart Needs A Second Chance – 38 Special
Hold On – Neocolours
Holding Back The Years – Simply Red
How Can I Fall – Breathe (Meron din ganito si Jed Madela.)
How Do You Talk To An Angel – Jamie Walters (Band name forgotten.)
How To Save A Life – The Fray
Hurting Each Other – The Carpenters (Yes! Sing-out-loud ako dito!)
I Don’t Wanna Live Without You – Foreigner
I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing – Aerosmith
I Have Nothing – Whitney Houston (Patay tayo diyan! Haha!)
I Need To Be Next To You – Leigh Nash
I Touch Myself – The Divinyls
I’ll Fly For You – Spandau Ballet
I’ll Never Love This Way Again – Dionne Warwick (Haha! Isa pang pamatay!)
I’ll Still Be Loving You – Restless Heart
I’m Never Gonna Say Goodbye – Peabo Bryson
If You Leave – OMD
Incomplete – Sisqo (I dream of singing this someday.)
Initial Thrill – Kenia
Insensitive – Jann Arden
Into Deep – Genesis (Phil Collins’ band.)
Iris – Goo Goo Dolls
Irreplaceable – Beyonce (Yes, so very un-Aj, but I like this. Ang galing eh!)
It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over – Lenny Kravitz
Knocks Me Off My Feet – Stevie Wonder (One of the best!)
Lanca Perfume (live) – Sitti Navaro
Last Christmas – Wham!
Let Her Cry – Hootie and the Blowfish
Let This Love Begin – Caught In The Act (Boy band!)
Linger – The Cranberries
Lips Of An Angel – Hinder
Love Fool – The Cardigans
Love Is Love – Culture Club
Love Me – Bee Gees
Missing You – John Waite
Not This Time – Cultured Pearls
Ocean Drive – Lighthouse Family
Open Arms – Journey
Para Sa ‘Yo – Prettier Than Pink
Real Love – Claire Marlo
Rock DJ – Robbie Williams (Baduy but this pumps me up.)
Room In Your Heart – Mike Francis
Sana Naman – Side A
Sara – Starship Troopers
Say What You Want – Texas
Selling The Drama – Live
She – Elvis Costello (Feeling Julia Roberts! Hahaha!)
Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
Someday We’ll Know – New Radicals
Spell – Deon Estus
Stay Awake – Ronnie Laws
Strong Strong Man – Rick Astley (Hahaha!!! Roderick Paulate!)
Sweet Baby – Stanley Clarke and George Duke
Taken In – Mike and The Mechanics
Tempted – 92"
The Best I Ever Had – Vertical Horizon
The Day You Went Away – Wendy Matthews
The Same Love – The Jets
Truth – Bamboo
Turn Back Time – Aqua
Two Solitudes – Level 42
Unbelievable – EMF
Vogue – Madonna
Waiting For A Star To Fall – Boy Meets Girl
We Could Be In Love – Lea Salonga duet with the cutie AmBoy
Weak – Sisters With Voices
Whatever We Imagine – James Ingram
Where Are You Going? – Dave Matthews Band
Who’s Holding Donna Now – El DeBarge
Wouldn’t It Be Good – OST of Pretty In Pink
You Oughta Know – Alanis Morissette
You’re The Best Thing – Style Council
Opening Song of Cow and Chicken (Mama had a chicken, mama had a cow…)
Closing Song of Bioman [Bio V (ngaa!) Bio V, Sodja!!!]
And of course…
Fushigi – Theme of Phuma Lear in Space Sheriff Shaider (Hindi ‘yung sa Zaido, ha… excuse me nga ‘noh! Ang baduuy talaga ng mga remake.)
A List of Good Remakes
I have an inexplicable dislike for remakes. Not that I hate it when original songs are revived/remade. I hate it when artists revive the songs and the original is way better than the revival, or worse, the revival sounds like the original. What’s the point of reviving or remaking songs when you cannot offer at least an alternative to the original, if not outdo it? I think most remakes/revivals stink, but let us not overlook the fact that there are good remade/revived songs, remakes/revivals which can stand on their own and will make it to the airwaves without you wishing to hear the original instead. Here is my alpha list of twenty. I shall add that the songs in this list do not necessarily give me a high, but they’re good and deserve to be given the credit.
Violent Reactions and What Have You
I hate the OPM remake of Blue Eyes Blue. I heard it playing in a KRR outlet and it made me want to pummel the speakers. Whoever did that remake deserves a karate chop on the neck, hard enough to damage the larynx. But I hate the Run To You Regine Velasquez remake more than any remake or song. Fucking dick. I think it’s the worst thing in the entire history of music. I wish Miss Velasquez would stop singing like that—like she’s being pinched somewhere private. I hate that singing technique, if you could call that a technique (I think howling would be more appropriate). If her singing or, yes, howling, makes my neutral office mates cringe, imagine what it does to me. It does not only make me want to give her a karate chop on the neck… it makes me want to pray for her. Hahaha!!!
I am not good at singing so who am I to criticize. But I ALLOT A PORTION OF MY INCOME ON ORIGINAL CDs. I own several pirated / burned CDs, given by friends and acquaintances and if I like the pirated copy, I get myself an original copy. The hard-to-find songs (i.e. Heart Needs A Second Chance by 38 Special) are acquired through the powers of the internet, but I only use the web to search for extremely hard-to-find cuts. If there are people like me who are willing to spend on original CDs, album producers and artists should give us a reason to ‘invest’ our centavos on their products.
Why do I buy original CDs when it seems absurd because everything is to be found in the web or The Quiapo Tower Records? The estimated useful life of original CDs is longer than that of the pirated ones. It’s the most practical thing to do, to buy original. It helps one develop an impeccable taste for music. Since you’re buying only original copies, you tend to choose only those that are worth keeping as you know it would be insane to grab and spend on every released record in the market. Besides, if no one buys original CDs, who would sing our favorite songs?
I have a friend who buys pirated albums, but when it comes to Pinoy artists, she cannot bring herself to pay for bootlegs. Her saying goes, "Bumili ka ng pirated pero ‘wag mo namang taluhin ang kalahi mo." Makes sense. If we cannot afford to buy original, let us spare the Pinoy artists from the bludgeoning.
Now… Why am I so into this? Hahaha!!! Secret!!!
Happy sound tripping everyone!!!
J
Waiting
Just passing time while waiting for a short message that would tell me I can leave. Holy cow. What’s taking him so long?
I checked several websites through google and I am happy/sad about the things I learned. Thing is, sadness devours me… so I will not even dwell into that. :( Sigh…
Shift gears, shift mood.
I’m whacking my brains… I can’t recall the goddamned title of the Stephen Chow flick which has the same plot as Martin Scorcese’s The Departed. Which came first? Movie afficionados out there, can you help me out? If it turns out that The Departed is merely a derivative, then it’s dropped out of my list of favorite flicks. (But I have to admit, the goddamned superb acting of Mister DiCaprio makes The Departed one of my goddamned fave flicks–but that would not be enough reason to put it on the list of the favorite amongs the favorites… Holy cow! The insane habit of talking to oneself while waiting… Hahaha!)
Holy cow. Got the short message. I’m just getting fired up and now I have to leave.
Hi Heidi!!! I miss you too!!! Let’s meet some time. I’ll send you a short message. (Hirap kasi ng parehas na sikat, laging hectic ang sched! Bwahahah!!!)
Ciao!!!
Errata : The Departed is a remake of Infernal Affairs, a Chinese flick that does not feature the acting prowess of Stephen Chow. Thanks to www.google.com. 
