Archive for February, 2006

ETC’s ‘beauty or a geek?’

Sunday, February 19th, 2006

In the film Bladerunner, the ostensible villains are a rogue group of "replicants," subsitutes for human beings who perform menial labor on another planet and are forbidden to set foot on Earth.  Replicants are designed to live and work for four years and then to die, to be replaced by others.  This particular group have decided to rebel against their fate and have stolen onto Earth to discover the secrets that will allow them to prevent their "early" death and to live as ordinary human beings. 

The premise of the film -the existence of "replicants" who perform menial tasks and then expire- is the ultimate Garstarbeiter fantasy. 

–Introduction p.1, International Labor Migration by David Bartram

kadiri pero grabe natawa ako dun.  not natawa as in ‘haha, akala mo cool kang author ka’ but ‘haha, aliw’.  and it’s not supposed to be funny, just insightful and interesting enough to make you read the whole book to the end.  i’m halfway through it btw.  slow reader. 

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Sunday, February 19th, 2006

…pretty-eyed, pirate smile, you’ll marry a music man
ballerina, you must’ve seen her dancing in the sand…

Feb 13 ‘06

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Sunday, February 12th, 2006

Wouldn’t it be nice if we were older then we wouldn’t have to wait so long.  And wouldn’t it be nice to live together In the kind of world where we belong.  You know it’s gonna make it that much better when we can say goodnight and staaaaay together…

…Maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray it might come true.  Baby then there wouldn’t be a single thing we couldn’t do…

Feb 2 ‘06

Thursday, February 9th, 2006

you’ve got to bet on yourself now star*

sensitive material, parental guidance is advised

Thursday, February 9th, 2006

mich dulce is in pinoy big brother.  haha.  astig. 

i watch pinoy big brother now.  i used to think it was crap.  a few times i would try watching just to see what all the fuss was about and then get bored after ten seconds and change the channel.  but since an old friend is on the on-going "celebrity edition", the show now makes sense and is actually fun to watch.  note: had to insert ‘old’ in that last sentence there coz i’m not quite sure she remembers me, especially since she was on drugs a great portion of the time we were friends JOKE no she wasn’t on drugs naman, maybe speed or diet pills. basta she was on something that made her lose weight so she’d look good in our cheerleading outfit. 

i don’t really plan to write about mich’s early travails in pinoy big brother.  or comment on how huge she is now, relatively speaking.  or say how i think the setting of the show is similar to my highschool retreats.  or how i’m convinced that rustom padilla is gay.  this is all actually just an intro to my actual essay -shwing. 

so one of the earlier getting-to-know-you conversations that transpired in the house (ba’t ganto ako bigla magsalita kadiri) revolved around keana’s most important showbiz assets.  mich was trying to ask keana whether they were real or not.  and of course keana finally says "pinalagyan ko yan".  mich in turn shares that aside from liposuction she really wanted to have breast reduction done on her. 

shet ako rin kaya!!!  talk about relating to the housemates.  i don’t really want an operation.  i just wish they were smaller.  while everyone’s wearing maximizers, here i am complaining that normal cute preppy clothes don’t fit.  i have to be careful with what i wear coz i swear i make perfectly decent clothes look malaswa when they’re put on me.  actually they’ve already deflated a bit since i lost weight after college, but they’re still there!  for boys to stare at on the street. 

ya they can be a hassle in my everyday life.  but it’s mostly a problem because of ballet.  no it’s not about being cumbersome and heavy.  it’s all about how much they destroy your arabesque line.  hindi na nga square ang arabesque ko as it is.  and i look more fat than i already am.  plus the costumes in pbt hardly fit me.  coz ballerinas are flat, see?  that’s why i’m not a ballerina and i have to do other stuff to justify my existence.  what does keana do for a living anyways? 

luvin’ you weather… weather…

Sunday, February 5th, 2006

I!  LOVE!  THE WEATHER! 

huy daddy mu!

the weather now is great.  strong, cool winds, the sun shining real bright, NO RAIN

all i can say is that my life is pretty plain…