What an exciting weekend. :Yawns:

Marcelle’s just kidding. Actually, it’s really been an eventful Saturday, far more than can be said about Sunday. After more than a month, we finally had a tournament for RAW Deal, and unlike the last time’s upset, this one resulted in Ralph Tan’s Trish Stratus deck coming out on top once again. There were some neat tricks left and right, but there’s no question that The People’s Champion and The Game are two decks to watch out for. Both of them are rather interesting decks to deal with, as one prevents reversals from the Backlash deck, while the other is simply loaded with great cards, and has a Sylvan Library ability.

There really isn’t much to detail about the matches, as since Marcelle was running the tournament, there’s no question that he had his hands full observing every match. It was an interesting tournament, as that was the first time a RAW Deal has achieved a turnout of 20 people or more. Last Saturday yielded 26 entrants. Simply amazing. Of course, at a hundred and fifty per five entrants, that netted Marcelle a cool 750. This beats joining tournaments, as far as Marcelle is concerned.

Here’s a standout, though: Kurt Angle seems to have been totally beefed up this time. Franz Alibuyog fought Ryan Ramos in a certain round. Franz was using Angle, while Ryan was using The People’s Champion. Problem with that is Angle’s feud mentions The People’s Champion, and the feud not only gives him two more mid-match slots, he even gets to take a card from his discard pile during each of his turns! How do you stop a steamroller like that?

The RAW Deal community is growing rather nicely at this point. Would you want to give it a try and perhaps be the next World Champion?

Marcelle wasn’t able to finish the tournament because he had to watch Bruce Almighty with Grace. Needless to say, that involved him rushing and asking to be texted the results after the tournament. He made it there with lots of time to spare, and comedy of comedies, was mistaken for a celebrity, and was thus asked to sign in the Red Carpet guestbook. Grace, on the other hand, barely made it there on time. The movie was extremely funny, and it actually toppled Matrix: Reloaded in the box office. It’s number one this week, and it holds the record for the best opening of a non-sequel comedy with over $70 million. Was it any good? Well, just read the next three reviews to find out. Let’s do three comedies this time… do notice an attempt at a subtitle with each movie. Hopefully, this can be done consistently…

SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

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Shanghai Knights:

Not even a super cute Chinese girl can keep this movie from being lackluster…

Apparently, Shanghai Knights is an attempt at making a good buddy flick. So there’s a good deal of chemistry between Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson. Sadly, that won’t be enough to make this movie good. Tired old jokes, a long stretch at both a conspiracy and historical facts… just about everything you can complain about with a movie is in here. And like the subtitle says, not even Fann Wong can make this movie something great. The story is a take on the dynamic duo of Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson going to England to follow the people who killed Jackie’s dad in the film. Apparently, this is part of a huge conspiracy between two heirs apparent in both the Chinese empire and the English kingdom, so that they will rule simultaneously over their respective kingdoms.

It just doesn’t work. Jackie Chan works well with Owen Wilson, but their rapport can’t hold together the flimsy plot they were given to work with. Besides, how many times can we see Jackie Chan still up to his same old tricks and remain entertained? Shanghai Noon wasn’t so bad, but to make a sequel actually inferior to it could only mean trouble. There was nothing in the film that would really impress you, as it’s pretty much the same sickness the RAW roster has been suffering from lately. You’ve seen a Jackie Chan movie, you’ve seen them all. It’s not very flattering, but that seems to be the case now, as I did not find anything noteworthy about the film.

If you’re not a diehard Jackie Chan fan, trust me. You’re not missing much. If you’re a Fann Wong fan, look for some of her better movies. That should satiate your uber-cute Chinese girl fix…

Marcelle’s Rating: C+ (This is already being rather generous…)

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How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days:

Not another bet movie… rrriiighhhttt… But at least, it’s a smart comedy.

Annie (Or is it Andy? Whatever…) Anderson, played by Kate Hudson, is a writer. She writes for one of the most pretentious fashion magazines around, and she’s the resident How-To girl of Composure magazine. “How to get away from a parking ticket”, “How to get a makeover”, you name it, she’s probably done a “How-To” on it, so long as she doesn’t talk about politics or religion or something of (Heaven forbid!) actual importance to mankind.

Benjamin Barry, played by Matthew McConaughey is making a play for an advertising account, and ends up getting himself into a bet for the account. The bet: to have a girl fall for him in ten days. His rivals know what they’re doing, though, and pick Annie. Why? Because she’s doing a groundbreaking How-To: How to lose a guy in ten days. You can tell that Ben will be in quite a spot of trouble now.

What follows is a series of mishaps involving naming a certain male body part “Princess Sophia”, a Knicks finals game being given up in favor of a Celine Dion concert, and other things meant to drive Benjamin out of his mind and out of Annie’s life.

But Princess Sophia refuses to budge.

This, of course, is a date movie. What do you expect? It’s extremely funny, and is one of those smart comedies out there. Kate Hudson was scorching hot, and Matthew McConaughey, err… no comment. Anyways, since both of them have entered this relationship with a hint of deceit, you can just tell how big the trouble will be when they find out what’s really happening. But yeah, true love conquers all, and Annie quits writing for Composure magazine. It’s a very entertaining movie.

Of course, the film has a few gaffs. Here’s the most glaring one: BET MOVIES HAVE BEEN DONE, AND DONE BEFORE. What else is new? Didn’t a movie involving Freddie Prinxe, Jr. try this codswallop already? You’d think that for all the smart writing employed in the script, they’d come up with a more original plot. Beyond that, there wasn’t much else to complain about with this film. It was far from disappointing, but we know it could’ve been better.

Well, this movie is worth watching, but then, it’d really be a waste to see this alone…

Marcelle’s Rating: B/B+

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Bruce Almighty

Jim IS Almighty, and that is just B-E-A-Utiful!

Well, Jim Carrey plays Bruce Nolan, an intrepid Marc Logan-esque reporter who had the worst day of his life and blames God for everything. Thinking that maybe he’d like to see for himself if he can do better, God, played by Morgan Freeman (Shades of George Burns’ “Oh God!” series…), gives Bruce his powers. Bruce lets the power get to his head, and ends up using his powers to right some wrongs in his life. This includes putting a stash of marijuana in a rival station’s van, getting a dog housebroken at will, and being there whenever something big happens, earning him the monicker “Mr. Exclusive”.

Being endowed with such powers, there are only two limitations that Jim Carrey can’t overstep. One, he must not reveal to anyone else that he has such powers (As if anyone will actually believe him...). Two, he cannot meddle with free will. All this happens while we realize that Bruce is actually rather egocentric, and this proves hazardous to his relationship with Grace (No, not my Grace. The one played by Jennifer Aniston.). When he manages to resolve his gaff at answering all of Buffalo city’s prayers with a “yes” (Which means 200,000 people won the lottery.), Grace prays to learn to let go of Bruce. If you were Bruce, how in Hades do you expect to answer that prayer, eh?

That’s when God finally takes back His powers and rights all of this. It’s a really good feeling, as Bruce enjoins all of us to “Be the miracle”. Really touching stuff, and it had Grace (My girlfriend. Not the movie character this time.) in tears. It was almost as though the movie was pointed in her direction… but that’s beside the point.

Let’s face it: Jim Carrey has a goldmine in this film. Just when people were about to write this man off as a has-been, he comes up with a film like this and silences all his naysayers. A take of $70 million on your opening weekend is nothing to scoff at. I mean, how was your weekend?

And there’s good reason why this film made money. The script was excellent, for one. I don’t know who wrote this, but if they ended up in the WWE, I think that everyone would stop wrestling and just crack jokes all day long… oh, I’m sorry. That’s not supposed to be a good thing. Anyways, aside from the excellent writing that manages to barely stop short of being blasphemous, the special effects were also well-placed. Sure, you won’t expect any Burly Brawls or Bullet Time shots, but what they had to show, such as Jim’s seven fingers in one hand, or the parting of the soup, were all fun to see. At the end of everything, there’s even a challenge that’s really noteworthy… Be the miracle. Be the miracle.

Delamar’s German friend, Sven, was here in the station yesterday. I must say, he’s really nice to talk to, and apparently, he wants to teach German to people who aren’t German. Very interesting career idea. I, on the other hand, haven’t much else to plan for beyond getting a Masterals in Public Relations a few years from now, and then looking at my options from that point onwards.

Grace and I then saw Matrix: Reloaded. My questions yesterday were addressed there, quite actually, as it seems to point towards a Simulacrum of reincarnations. But then, would I really want to be in a world like that? Ah, well. I'll think about it next time. Carla wasn’t able to go because she felt so out of place that there will be just the three of us there. Two’s company, three’s a crowd, so she believes. Can’t blame her, though. Maybe next time, just the two of us would go watch a movie together… right, right. :laughs:

Since I loved movies with an action fix, I will now do a triple review of The One, Equilibrium, and The Matrix: Reloaded. Bear with me, as I haven’t reviewed a film in ages. As per usual, SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

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The One:

Jet Li breaks his promise to never do CGI Kung-Fu... he should've taken Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in the first place...

This will be a short and sweet review, because the film was just as short.

Jet Li faces off against himself as Yu Law, a police officer gone bad, who has discovered that killing versions of himself in different universes will allow the other surviving members to share in the power dispersed by the slain version; After a series of murders, Yu Law is now left with Gabe Law. They are at the same level of power. Now, it’s up to the Multiverse Agency to keep this clash from being the cataclysm that it looms to be. There is no question about it: something has to be done.

The fact is, the hand-to-hand combat wasn’t much, and the gunplay was so Matrix-like you’d almost scream “Ripoff” at the bullet time effects.Worse, the best part of the movie was the first half of it, when Jet Li was tossing people aside and kicking them before they land. Nonetheless, that was the only part worth watching. Even Jet Li’s one-on-one fight with himself wasn’t that impressive, and their attempts to show a contrast in styles between the straight-line attacking Yu Law and the circular Gabe Law didn’t really materialize, as eventually, they had to break their own patterns just so they can dodge or hit well. The story wasn’t too ambitious, so it really came off well, although some white elephants really materialized, such as the Multiverse agents.

Was this movie fun to watch? Yes. Did it satisfy my craving for an action fix? Hardly. I stand by my belief that the first half of the movie had the best action. Still, the story saves it, as it didn’t trip over itself in trying to be too profound or too complex.

Marcelle’s Rating: B

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Equilibrium:

Who's Christian Bale? Who's Taye Diggs? Why is it called Equilibrium? Why is there a fascination with the letter T? Who cares? This movie is amazing!

I love this movie. There’s no question about it. The movie is about a seeming utopia where stoicism seems to be the key to peace and order. Yet this peace is actually being disturbed less by those who oppose the order, but those who enforce it, since they kill the people who oppose the order. Those who don’t take their dosage of Prozium, a medicine that suppresses emotions (Oh. A stronger version of Prozac?), will be killed on the spot, or taken for summary combustion without a trial. Anything that can elicit emotions, books, pets, paintings, or whatever else of similar nature, are grounds for the same sentence: death.

To enforce this order, Father, the head honcho, has managed to gather a small force of Clerics: extremely skilled fighters who can kill and maim people ten times their number without breaking a sweat. The best of these is Cleric Preston, whose stoicism doesn’t explain how he has two children and a deceased wife. He is rabidly devoted to the Grammaton Cleric order, until he missed his dosage once…

This then leads to his feeling emotions such as love, compassion, and this is unbecoming of a Grammaton Cleric. His partner, played by Taye Diggs, is onto him…

And then he realizes that he is the savior of the Resistance.

Now, with his desire to free the people from stoicism, he attempts to contact the underground without being discovered by the Grammaton Clerics. It won’t be an easy task, because he has to find Father, and kill him. For years, Father has not granted an audience with anyone for any reason. Preston believes that turning the Resistance over would allow him access to Father, and he was right. Except he realizes that his commanding officer is himself Father all this time. Now, he has to confront him and put an end to his tyranny.

So maybe the storyline is rather choppy. First of all, most of the “stoic” enforcers in the film showed quite a range of emotions. Apparently, the fact remains that they really had to break a lot of their own rules in order to make the movie interesting enough. Worse, that so-called twist regarding Father’s identity was nothing more than irritating. It’s so predictable it’s not funny. In spite of that, I didn’t like this movie because of the story that seems to be taking the first Matrix’ storyline down to a real-world level. I liked this movie because the action makes Matrix gunplay look like an FPJ movie.

What the Matrix has going for it in unarmed combat, Equilibrium has in gunplay over the Matrix in spades. The Gun Kata, a technique mastered by the Grammaton Clerics, was really flashy to look at. Preston may not have used his fists much in the film, but his gun expertise was unrivaled. He even used his guns as bludgeoning weapons against a circle of guards. It was sheer poetry in motion. He can even use a sword quite efficiently, which involved a Samurai X-like bit where he slashed his partner and his face falls off half a minute later.

Still, the cream of the crop for the film was the part where he and Father were shooting each other at point blank range, and yet they couldn’t hit each other because their hands were pushing the other’s gun safely aside. It was almost like a dance of death, as they really had fast hands, which meant they didn’t have CGI bullets working for them. And you should see how Preston reloads his guns. Cartridges come out of his sleeve, among other things, and so forth. He can kick a gun and catch it from behind, he can push two shotguns to turn 180 degrees and shoot the ones who were pointing the shotguns to his head, and he can do the Gun Kata in the dark. He can even do most of this stuff without getting a stain on his white gala uniform. What can’t this guy do? :laughs:

Forget the story (Not that it's bad, mind you. It's just that it's been done before.). With Equilibrium, you have an action fix that makes you wish they stopped talking. No matter how short the downtime between action scenes, you feel that the dialogue is dragging (Even if it's not, actually. I really liked the dialogue.) because the action just pumps you up like that. I like this film a lot, but its atrociously executed storyline and bad transition that made everything that didn’t involve fighting seem boring kept it from getting an A+. Hence…

Marcelle’s Rating: A-

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The Matrix: Reloaded:

Copy THIS, Matrix wannabees!

The storyline picks up from where the first Matrix left off, sans an explanation why Tank is not manning the Nebuchadnezzar anymore. The ship returns to Zion, and Morpheus has a very creative way of telling the people of Zion to party… meanwhile, we are treated to some shades of the Jedi Council through the discussions, and Neo has bad dreams about Trinity dying. One of the images popped up in the middle of his love scene with Trinity, which ruined everything for them…

Neo then confronts the Oracle, and he begins to be lectured about hard determinism, how essence precedes existence. I wasn’t too comfortable with that, existentialist that I am. This confrontation is necessary for him to know how to stop the assault on Zion by the Sentinels. As soon as the conversation is over, Neo has a rematch with Smith, who’s no longer an agent, but more of a virus who can copy himself many times over. The fight ends in a deadlock, and Neo gets out of that mess.

Neo, Morpheus, and Trinity now go to Merivingian to ask for the Keymaker, the one who knows how to get to the source of the Matrix. Naturally, they won’t give him up. But Persephone, the devious villain that she is, asks for a kiss from Neo in exchange for the Keymaker. The Twins were tough opponents, no doubt, but why were they shooting at an agent? Strange. They can fade in and out of tangibility with but a thought. How can you hurt these guys, right?

In the end, Neo realizes that he is just the sixth version of The One. In short, this is nothing more than a cycle, and his role as The One is not truly one of liberation. He is then faced with the choice of saving Trinity or the rest of Zion, and he chose to save Trinity, faster than a speeding bullet…

But it’s not over yet.

As I said, I didn’t have too many expectations about the movie. Thus, I was impressed, and I had fun trying to identify the points Neo was CGI in the Burly Brawl, and when the Smith I was looking at was a CGI/really Hugo Weaving or just a stunt double (Or triple, quadruple… ). It's also noteworthy to point out that this is where we see the age-old Philosophical battle between The One and The Many. And yes, as in reality, the battle is a deadlock. There were some moments of humor that needed a lot of help because only half the audience can get it, but I do believe I got my action fix for this movie. I wish we watched it earlier, though. I got to work pretty late because we had to sit through part of the last full showing just so we could finish the film.

In terms of hand-to-hand combat, I cannot ask for much else with this film. It’s wanting of more gunfights, though, but I guess that’s where Equilibrium gets its edge. The gunfights in Equilibrium simply toss away any precedent set by the Matrix, even the first part. As for the story, Philosophical edges like that in the Matrix are rather problematic, because not only do people not get it, but there already exists a contraindicatory point to causality, and Philosophy 101 alone would already tell you about it. I’m more of an existentialist, so causality does not really hold much water for me, though I appreciate it.

Is it better than Equilibrium? To some extent (A very small extent.), yes, its fight scenes were plentiful and interesting, although the comparison stops because the former had gunfights, while the latter was more of mano-a-mano. Moreover, its story was a lot more well thought out than that of Equilibrium, but then, it falls short of an A+ because its attempts to be deep were marred by its lack of elucidations. You can only enjoy people speaking in riddles in what’s supposed to be a fun movie only so many times. Equilibrium will not confuse you. The Matrix: Reloaded will, if you don't get the literature they've been transposing it from. I guess that’s why Hero, if I’m not mistaken, is the only one I gave an A+ to. That’s because it has a gripping story and the action is amazing. Everything was in place, whereas the overt amount of philosophizing in The Matrix: Reloaded seemed rather out of place. Plus, lots of Chinese people couldn’t hurt… :laughs again:

Marcelle’s Rating: A

There's a SLIGHTLY different promo in my LJ for my LJ friends. Just read this there... :)

Yesterday yielded a rather eventful day... I tell you, it was pretty fun, though.

The day started off on a rather surreal note, as Chico and Delle decided to talk about the Hot 10 Urban Legends. Delle, scaredy cat that she is, was reading off the answers and shivering at the same time over the creepy answers she got.

Remember that urban legend about the girl in UP riding an Ikot jeep, and the driver didn't let her down? And when he finally lets her down, he tells her to burn her clothes because when he looked at the mirror, her head wasn't there? Yep, that one. Chico had the most interesting theory: maybe the driver didn't let her down because he couldn't hear her talk, since she had no head, and all she could make were throat sounds. Heh. That took the chill out of the whole thing.

Also, beware of people who flash their headlights behind you. Apparently, they're trying to warn you that someone's in your backseat, trying to kill you. Also, beware the cult in black who meditate over your slippers. They will inexplicably draw you out, and then they will ritually sacrifice you...

While Delle was reading another urban legend, about the UP theater ghost if I'm not mistaken, I walked into the booth to hand her the Generation RX topic. She turned around without knowing I was there, then she kinda shrieked in fright on the air. Chico was laughing his head off, and Delle was turning rather pale. I then sat down to push the envelope by staring at her unblinkingly, which further freaked her out.

Chico has the Equilibrium DVD on him right now. Hope he likes the film. Anyways, some Hot 10 suggestions started coming in off the air, and one of them was the Hot 10 answers to the question, "Am I *censored adjective*?" This, to which, I immediately quip, "Said Delamar on her honeymoon." Man, I was on a roll today... :laughs:

Afterwards, I was just stuck at work making a few follow-up calls until Carla arrived. Shortly after, I was sent to U.N. Avenue on an errand, and that took me quite a long time. I got back there, and I was rather exhausted. Apparently, I couldn't get some sleep in the Production booth, while Carla was working. We had a good talk, though of course, you can't expect me to take her to a conversation about despair anytime soon...

Anyways, the more I get to know her (Her ex boyfriend was a Bosconian...), the more I realize she really isn't girlfriend material. That's pretty clear from the fact that she can be rather possessive, and yet she's still as accommodating to other guys in spite of the fact. She's also rather demanding as a girlfriend. Thank goodness I was never looking for a girlfriend when she came along, as I already have one. Otherwise, I could possibly have walked into a trap.

I actually saw a few Ateneans I knew in Radio 1. Looks like there're a few newbies there, and if Abby will go for Radio 1, I will most likely try out as well.

Around six in the evening, three hours overtime for me, we finally went out of the office, amidst all the teasing from ma'am Lea and my other co-worker, Steph, who's also Radio 1. Still, there really isn't nothing much to say about a long, uneventful ride to her boarding house. We just talked. Nothing much, really. She's nice small talk, actually, but I'm beginning to understand why Sacha easily tires of small talk. Not to put Carla down, though... I'm sure she's a person with a rather good head on her shoulders, but I guess I haven't gotten to that level of friendship with her yet.

Still, I'm glad she appreciated the effort. It's not an effort I'm all too willing to extend to her regularly, unlike in Grace's case.

Abby and her boyfriend, Bro (What can't that guy do? He sings, acts, plays the guitar, and plays quite a few sports...), will most likely watch Bruce Almighty this Saturday, as I can most likely acquire a ticket for them. Grace says it's okay if she doesn't go, but why do I have the feeling that I'd be just a sucker for punishment if I let that happen? I sure need a second ticket if I want to keep myself from being too melancholic about Abby again. I invited Mel, but I fear that the comedy mioght be a wee bit too much for her, and she'd laugh out loud. Remember: the nodule in her throat means she should avoid talking until Sunday. Maia is grounded, so she can't go either.

Heh. Then again, recalling that little movie she made (Which is due for both a prequel and a sequel.), maybe not. Surprisingly, she also likes Mariposa, although we agreed that neither of us hold that sentiment towards our respective relationships. I also told her about the John Mayeresque advice I gave a friend of mine, where I, after saying quite a bit, just say I'm never speaking up again on that topic. Starting now. And then Abby interjects from the song, "One more thing..."

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I'm watching Matrix: Reloaded today... let's hope that the movie turns out well enough for me. Anyone who wants to catch the movie at Mega Mall this 7:00 in the evening, just be there. :)

*Jumps into character*

This leads Marcelle to think that maybe the Cartesian explicitations about solipsism have some merit in them. He sometimes feel that this is all nothing but a simulacrum of events in life, as our spirit simply moves along in projections of what seems to be daily life to us. But then, if ever this solipsism were to be valid, would it really matter? Would we really have to break ourselves free from the bond of these limitations? Do note that in a Matrix-like setting, there is no question that other people do exist. Unfortunately, they are all mere projections in the simulacrum you find yourself in, immersed with them. This does not seem to take away anything from Heidegger's In-der-Welt-Sein elucidations, but perhaps only latently.

Or would Marcelle be right in believing, as Cyril once told him, that if this were truly nothing more than a simulacrum, then it's moot, because from a phenomenological point of view, this is as real as it gets, regardless of actuality? The way we live our lives phenomenologically would be just as significant or even more significant than what lies beneath, if this were right. Why look for something more when what you have is already adequate? Simply put, it's a "Live for the moment" line of thinking. Our lives are rather adequate already. We do not have to strive for anything more, as the fact remains that what we currently have is a challenge enough for us to be able to make heads and tails out of. Transcendence is not the order of the day in this viewpoint.

Or what if... the challenge for us is precisely as the Matrix? That indeed, we have to break free and emancipate our mind? Is this truly the way to go? By freeing our minds from the ties that bind us and hold us back, will we actually find something more profound, as would the conquest of despair be our answering the call to be spirit? If this is so, then we should all be more open to some soul-searching, and hope that we can figure out for ourselves where we actually stand. This can be quite a boon for those who wish for something grander in their lives than just this daily grind.

What if, as yet another monkey wrench in certainty, this simulacrum, if truly is one, is akin to the concept of life and heaven or hell? This simulacrum, perhaps, is nothing more than a dry run for us in an actuality in the future that is actually more permanent in nature. Something for keeps, if you will. Maybe that's the way it actually is. The actuality is the life beyond, and this life we currently have is nothing more than a way for us to know for ourselves where we ought to be. It's a nice thought, as we can attribute any trials and tribulations we might go through at this point as nothing more than a temporary phase for our transcendence to manifest itself and enable us to be more prepared for what lies beyond. This seems to be a gamble if it doesn't happen to be true...

Or better yet, what if we are actually in a simulacra? That is, after we are through with this simulacrum, we move onto another one? And this process goes on indefinitely, as we continue to hone ourselves in something that seems to be reality but is not, in actuality? Maybe this accounts for all the feelings of deja vu that we might have. This would also account for why there are things that seem to be natural to us, even though it really shouldn't be. It's just like reincarnation... In a certain lifetime, we are this person, and afterwhich, we end up being another one, following upon the heels of the first, a succession of simulacra for us. Likewise, this can be merely one simulacrum that is indeed temporal in nature, but nevertheless, it is a simulacrum that allows for multiple incarnations of a singular being.

Maybe we're even in a series of parallel simulacra. Think Jet Li's multiverse concept in The One. In one simulacrum, Marcelle is in La Salle. In another reality, Marcelle is the most popular wrestler in the World Wrestling Federation, and the other WWF, World Wildlife Fund, lost the case. In this series of parallel simulacra, everything is as real as it gets in the end. Reality and actuality seem to intermesh here, although the problem lies in the fact that to some, this might not even be enough. After all, a simulacrum is a simulacrum, and it may be real, but it is still not actuality. Maybe in another simulacrum, failing subjects is actually good, being afflicted by disease is applauded, or something of the sort. Always helps to think that way when one is depressed: a break-up may be the best thing to happen in one's life in another simulacrum. Marcelle has used this kind of reasoning to help him weather through a lot of rough times, and it's been of great help.

Finally, what if, to complete this rambling of Marcelle's, this is truly reality and actuality? What can we then look forward to beyond this lifetime? Another actuality of similar nature? A completely different plane? Or absolutely nothing? If this reality is indeed the status quo, then we are left to wonder why sometimes, feelings of surreality seem to dominate us? It's as though we harbor a lot of doubts about this reality we are enveloped and immersed in. Such questions that bother the mind. Such questions that truly push mankind forth to strive forward and further revel in Aletheia, as they attempt to unconceal what truly lies beneath the surface.

Forgive Marcelle's questions. It's just that it's about time some deep thought was put into his promos once more, even if just for this post right now...

Today was a day of bloopers...

Ah, well. For instance, Chico was talking about the Hot 10 Signs You Have A Weird Family, and one of the answers he read was "My brothers usually smell my grandmother's feet and armfeets while she's asleep..."

Sheer hilarity.

I recalled the time I was at a fair, and me and my friend Luis colluded that we finance one another when we ended up in the Jail Booth, and just reimburse the other afterwards. When I got caught, he was nowhere to be found, and I was screaming for Luis, my "fellow fiancee"...

Sheer hilarity.

Grace then heard me play a song on her MP3 player, and she goes: "Huh? Passenger SPEAKS?"

Sheer hilarity.

On a less happy note, it's too bad but my co-worker, ma'am Lea, is afflicted by Bell's Palsy. Half her face can't move at all... sigh. I hope she gets well soon. She can't even smile, and that's too bad.

What else was I up to this day? Well, nothing much, really. I suppose today's been rather non-happening, although I must say... Delamar's yuri stalker is way too disturbing. To think she started off going after Chico. The details imparted to me are unfortunately a bit too graphic for public consumption, so I'll stop at that. Ah, well... security in RX ought to be beefed up a bit with that kind of a threat looming...

Watched Meteor Garden today. Grace is such an F4 fan... I'm not too impressed with Shan Cai, although I'd have to admit she's cute and all... (Apparently, Grace even corrected me on the spelling... but still, that's like Hsu Chi, whose name is also spelled Shu Qi, or Xu Chi, or... you get the picture.)

Carla was searching for motels on the phone directory for sir Rogie to call up. The latter seems to have two friends, both male, who will have some use for the information... And Carla ended up being labeled an expert on the matter after all her suggestions on where to go.

I hope to be more reflective in my forthcoming posts when the schoolyear comes around again. For now, please pardon me if I'm a bit more on the narrative side. My sincerest apologies.

Last Saturday night, *jaded* and I had the funniest conversation…

Marcelle: One of my friends seems to have a callus in her throat or something.

*jaded*: Huh? A what?

Marcelle: May kalyo siya sa lalamunan…

*jaded*: Kalyo? Is that a metaphor?

Marcelle: Alam mo, ang bad mo.

*jaded*: Ah, eh kasi, pinag-uusapan namin iyon ng madalas lately.

Marcelle: Eh di ang dumi ng utak mo talaga!

*jaded*: Ha? Ano naman ang masama sa bulimia?

Marcelle: Ah! Bulimia lang pala… akala ko kasi ang iniisip mo ay…*censored*

*jaded*: Ikaw pala ang marumi ang utak, eh…

Marcelle: :sweatface: :buck: :rofl:

Apparently, I haven’t really corrupted her that much yet. :cackles: And to think I claimed that my ecchi level was a measly six… she’s thinking I should raise that bar by a notch or two… heh. Still, that was a really funny moment, I tell you. We were laughing our heads off as apparently, we were on two very different wavelengths at the time. She might tag along with us this coming Friday to watch the Matrix, by the way… hopefully, the competition for seats wouldn’t be much of a problem any longer.

The past weekend has been rather non-happening. We ate out yesterday at Lolo Mao’s, but apparently, the food is nothing to write home about. I’m not really a huge fan of their food. My copy of NBA Live 2003 refuses to work now, all the same. I was stuck playing with NBA Live 2000 due to that. Besides that, I didn’t have much else to do. I forgot to have my copy of So Close replaced, so I intend to have that done today. I finally watched Murder By Numbers, and I was sure impressed… that was a movie that really did a number on my head. Pure genius.

I can see Melina latibulized for a while from her blogging and stuff. She was the friend I was referring to who had a callus in her throat. That’s literally, and not a metaphor! :laughs: Things haven’t been going for her lately, and thanx a lot to Charlie for helping me find a way to contact her. She’s been really nice to talk to, and I am now thoroughly convinced that birds of the same feather do flock together… I have yet to find an odd man/woman out in Maia’s circle of friends, as far as personality and intellect go.

Well, back to work for this jabroni. I have to help out Chico and Delle out now… see ya later, I guess. :)

Addendum:

What mind readers those two guys are... they're playing Mariposa right now! I suddenly had a rush of euphoria! :biggrin:

Just another real promo I decided to cut today. Take it as you wish to take it, but don't read too much into it.. :laughs: Laban, laban, o bawi bawi... :chuckles heartily:

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Jim Ross: We take you backstage right now, as we see the Masked Joshi slumped down in her locker room! It appears to me that her tag team partner has left her behind!

Jerry Lawler: Now why in heaven's name would HE do that? The Masked Joshi has been one of the best in-ring personalities ever! She's even AMAZING on the mic!

JR: Bah Gawd! I hope you meant that literally, King.

King: What a dirty mind you have, JR! What else do you think did I mean?

JR: Joshi, what gives? I thought you had a tag team title match later tonight? Where is your partner?

Joshi: He... he's not here! I can't believe it! It's like he doesn't have any faith in this tag team at all! Why? Am I so weak? Am I so... I just don't understand!

JR: Folks, it looks like Leon was seen runnin' like a scalded dawg when he found out that he and The Masked Joshi were putting their Tag Titles on the line tonight against The Legion of Gloom! It's inexplicable, and the title might even change hands tonight, because of Leon's no-show. Bah Gawd! It's just not right!

King: Wait a minute? You hear that? It's Mister Vader's music playing over the P.A.! What gives?

JR: It looks like Mister Vader is entering the ring, and he's addressing the crowd!

King: What? Is he going to make a mockery out of the Masked Joshi's situation?

Mister Vader: It just occurred right now to Vader that something backstage has been going on, and it's not like Vader is here to make a mockery out of the Masked Joshi's situation.

King: Hold on. Our mics aren't wired to the arena. I don't think he heard us. Or did he?

JR: It doesn't matter, King. Just listen.

Vader: Mister Vader looks at the Masked Joshi right now, and he sees beauty in the fire. Indeed, while you may truly have your own weaknesses, what true warrior doesn't? Only in conquering such weaknesses can you possibly be truly great!

Audience: Vader! Vader!

Vader: The fact remains: you are a great individual, Joshi. Your tag team partner may hold doubts about your strength as a team right now, but Mister Vader can guarandamntee you that the Title Belt you're wearing around your waist right now is testament that your being partners counts for something. It doesn't negate the fact that the both of you still fought tooth and nail to get where you are right now, jabroni!

JR: That makes sense...

Vader: Leon, Vader understands that you feel some apprehension about tonight's title match. But it doesn't matter! The fact remains that this tag team partnership of yours should be strong enough not to just fade away because of some lingering worries that don't truly hold water. Don't turn your back on The Masked Joshi. Don't give up the Tag Team Titles without a fight. Otherwise, what worth are all the trials and tribulations that the both of you have gone through?

JR: Bah Gawd! I never thought I'd see the day that Mister Vader would go out of his way to give the rub to a fellow worker like this!

Vader: To be honest, Mister Vader never thought he'd see the day that he'd be giving the rub to a fellow worker like this...

King: Uhh, JR, are you sure he can't hear us?

JR: Never mind...

Vader: The both of you know that this title match will happen tonight, whether or not you bring yourselves to this ring. You can have some apprehensions, some fears, perhaps even some regrets. But that doesn't mean you should go back on your word. Fact of the matter is, you've gone this far. You've rolled the dice, and you can't take it away anymore! Now, you either win this match, or you lose it WITH A FIGHT! Otherwise, there's no point to all the things the both of you have gone through, and... agghhh!!!

JR: Bah Gawd! Mister Vader was blindsided by the Legion of Gloom! He's being overwhelmed by the power of numbers!

King: And to think that he has nothing to do with the Legion of Gloom! Now, he's just another casualty!

Legion of Gloom: The Tag Team Title Belts will be ours. It'll only be so much easier, seeing that the both of you will not even show up. Watch your puny little friend being crushed like a twig here, Joshi, and your coward partner, Leon! Even after we win this title, you think this is over? All your puny little friends will also fall to the Legion of Gloom!

JR: No! Dammit! This isn't right! Mister Vader is a bloody pulp right now! Somebody has to get into that ring and stop this carnage!

The Masked Joshi: ...***THE NEXT MOVE IS UP TO YOU, JABRONI!!!***

To be continued... (?)_

This post will prolly be cut short due to lack of time. But, as per usual, my LJ friends will find a less abridged version of this post in my LJ... :biggrin:

I finally cashed my check... thank goodness.

Obviously, this led me to make a few purchases, such as four booster packs of RAW Deal, a DVD of Equilibrium, a few VCD's, and my long-delayed birthday present for Grace, Harry Potter 1 to 4... I'm glad she enjoyed the present.

As for the office, well, you might say I had some fun yesterday at work, as it seems I've been mentioned quite a deal on-air by some of the DJ's, especially sir Louie D. I've been giving quite a few funny reactions to his show, such as when they were debating on whether pork or chicken sisig was better, and I added tuna and squid to the list, and when I was reacting to Radio 1's Kim when she delivered the results of that mini-survey,,, of course, I'm not much of an archivist now, so I didn't get to tape that stuff. It's fine, nonetheless. When I wasn't hanging around the booth, I was just doing some work, or was chatting to some of my co-workers. I let ma'am Lea on the little secret that she's my type, but we all know nothing's gonna happen outside of that. She's 29 or 30, and well, I'm happily committed. Just because someone meets my template, that's no reason to count some chickens before eggs are even laid.

Looks can be actually deceiving. While yes, Carla dresses quite err... nicely, she's actually leading a rather conservative lifestyle. She's not Catholic, but whatever Christian denomination she belongs to, I really haven't heard about it yet. But enough about that...

*Jaded* played an evil joke on me, as she threatened suicide. Sucker that I am, I tried to call her and was completely out of my mind, trying to figure out what to do... ack... stupid little me... :laughs: seriously, how can I not take these things like that? I was scared out of a year's growth, and it sure as Hades wasn't a pleasant experience for me, you know.

I've been trying to be a nice guy (So unlike me... heh.) lately, and one of my attempts backfired. In an attempt to help out someone I know, I ended up making a 2-minute domestic distance call, which is not covered by my line's free minutes. Ah, well. At least I was a bit of help...

Today was a bit more interesting, as I actually woke up pretty late despite being warned by Daf that advisement is today. I went there, saw nearly nobody else, then still got to sign up with what I wanted. Yes, Imo will be my groupmate, but I just wanted to ask: who's our adviser? I was in so much of a hurry, I failed to take note of who the teacher was. Abby might be out of a group, so it's good to see what we have... anyways, Imo, just contact me, okay? I'm pretty much hoping we can talk about it. And thanx for signing me up in the class...

Nonetheless, beyond that, Don and I were just chatting a while, as we didn't see nor hear from each other for quite a while already... topics ranged from movies to girlfriends. Not much, really, although I'm happy April is back with Mr. Ty already. She seems to be cheerier, and well, I'm looking forward to the prequel and sequel for Abby's hilarious movie, under Bobby Bonifacio's direction. Matrix: Reloaded, watch out! (I heard lots of complaints about The Matrix, though... give them a break, already... nothing can be perfect, you know.)

I've a dentist appointment. See you next time, if I find something to add to this...

How To Cut A Promo In Ten Minutes...

Okay, so maybe more than ten minutes, but I sure enjoyed last night's movie. While I'm pretty sure it won't score higher than a B when I review it, "How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days" was a funny comedy, and it sure had some pretty clever moments. So many people were there. Aside from Grace, Daf was there, Kaoko, Tsumenki, *jaded*, John, and even some High School friends like Ix and Reginald. Everyone enjoyed it, and I was basking in all the thanx from everyone... I suppose it made me smile that I managed to make a lot of people happy last night...

*A note to my LJ friends: there's a MARKEDLY different version of this post in there... it would help to check that instead, to fill in some blanks I deliberately left here.*

It almost makes up for the 300 bucks I lost in my room. Gee, I hope my siblings didn't steal it...

Anyways, the premiere had a lot of highlights, as there were quite a few rushers, and even Grace had to concede that Daf was prolly the best-looking Chinese girl I introduced to her... I wonder what Daf would have to say to that? I was seated with the OB people, and I was glad they enjoyed the film. Ix and company got tickets from me by pure chance. It could've happened that I never ran into them, and that would've meant they simply won't have tickets at all...

Today was also fine. Yes, Brad Turvey is a really nice guy when given the chance, but his lack of exposure to showbiz prevents him from being skin-deep with people. It seems he's a little too real as a person, and that's quite a predicament, if he's incapable of growing scales, as showbiz, REGARDLESS of whether it's in America, or Australia, or the Philippines, is, just like politics, a cutthroat profession. It seems he'll be going on another hiatus, and today was an extremely loaded episode. Evanessence had a phone interview, I was feeding answers to a contestant before he went on-air while Chico and Delle WERE on-air, I had a free spaghetti for today... And I actually got my first-ever Top 1 answer in the Hot 10. The topic was "Nicknames you give to your exes after breaking up." My answer? "Significant Udder". And then Bradley addressed the Pops Fernandez issue

I had this joke in mind, but I guess I can't say, because I'm not close enough with Bradley for him to hear it from me and take it with a grain of salt. This is especially because he'll be gone from RX for the rest of my stay there, which means we won't be talking anymore. I'd like to think that I have no reason to bash him, so I'd keep my mouth shut this time before I sing "My Stupid Mouth Again"...

Besides, the idea came from some of my RX co-workers, thanks to their insinuations...

Anyways, he was accused of having Pops as his Sugar Mommy. He countered by saying that he "Busted his behind" to get where he is. Now, I'll leave it at that, and I do believe he's telling the truth. Think what you will.

After that episode, I had some more fun sending in my guilty pleasure answer: that I like looking at Chinese girls, AND I'm working with two of them in RX. I assume you know who they are. Frannie remembered my code name, and knew it was me. My check didn't get encashed, either. Darn. My money will have to wait for tomorrow... bank actually closes at 3:00...

Later, in the Daily Survey, talk about Lengua abounded, and I was being quoted by Sir Louie and Danielle... "Marc agrees with me. Lengua is good. Lengua de Gato!" said Louie. "Marc, that doesn't count!" Said Danielle. That was funny... I wish I recorded it, though. My name's been mentioned quite a deal lately. Of course, I prefer Marcelle if I'm not yet that close to the person, though. I'm such an archivist. I even found my old diary, and it details my life circa 1997 or so...

I was talking with Carla and Ma'am Lea, and only today did they tell me that they already had boyfriends... as if that was so unbelievable. Heh. :laughs: Anyways, I had fun talking to the both of them, and Ma'am Charlie was trying to insinuate I have a thing for Ma'am Lea. I hope that's just a joke and not because she can read me a wee bit too well...

By the way, I, Carla, and Grace will hopefully watch Matrix 2 this Saturday...

P.S. How do you jabronis do that link where the person's LJ link is there instead of just a word? Like instead of simple MisterVader as a link, there's that LJ-exclusive label with MisterVader? Help on this one is duly appreciated...

I sure felt like a total idiot last night, and hence, this will come in handy...

MY STUPID MOUTH
by: John Mayer

My stupid mouth
Has got me in trouble
I said too much again
To a date over dinner yesterday
And I could see
She was offended
She said "well anyway..."
Just dying for a subject change

Oh, another social casualty
Score one more for me
How could I forget?
Mama said "think before speaking"
No filter in my head
Oh, what's a boy to do
I guess he better find one soon

We bit our lips She looked out the window
Rolling tiny balls of napkin paper
I played a quick game of chess with the
salt and pepper shaker
And I could see clearly
An indelible line was drawn
Between what was good, what just
slipped out and what went wrong

Oh, the way she feels
about me has changed
Thanks for playing, try again.
How could I forget?
Mama said "think before speaking"
No filter in my head
Oh, what's a boy to do
I guess he better find one

I'm never speaking up again It only hurts me
I'd rather be a mystery Than she desert me

Oh I'm never speaking up again
Starting now

One more thing
Why is it my fault?
So maybe I try too hard
But it's all because of this desire
I just wanna be liked, I just wanna be funny
Looks like the jokes on me
So call me captain backfire

Oh, the way she feels
about me has changed
Thanks for playing, try again.
How could I forget?
Mama said "think before speaking"
No filter in my head
Oh, what's a boy to do
I guess he better find one

I'm never speaking up again. It only hurts me
I'd rather be a mystery Than she desert me

Oh I'm never speaking up again
Starting now...

Let's just say Abby and I were talking last night, and she mentioned that Justin Quilon, a high school friend of mine, was one of her co-OJT people, and he had a mouthful to tell her about me and my history regarding her... this was followed by mislabeling Carla as a "Kissing Buddy", and this obviously produced a lot of embarassment for me... it was really a bad choice of words, without a doubt... same thing nearly happened with *jaded*... and to think I'll be seeing her tomorrow at the RX premiere...

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Chico and Delle were fun today, and they had Mr. Brad Turvey along with them, who actually spoke to me for the first time... (Yaoi undertones... ignore them.) the Hot Ten today was about the Hot Ten REAL reasons Brad went on vacation (Pops Fernandez, perhaps?). One of the answers led Chico to talk about his eyebrow piercing, which had two steel ball bearings. "One of my balls fell in the sink..." Sheer hilarity, as Brad continued to fan the flames of this gaff by talking about the narrower rod Chico has across his eyebrow now... "It's okay to have a narrow rod. You can always find a way to plug the hole with something else, anyway..."

There was a lot of talk about squids, and Chico blurted something about using alcohol to make spanking a cooler experience... that was a classic, too...

After that, well... yes, Carla again... She's really nice and all, but there's a very good reason why I SEEM to be entertaining her a wee bit too much... one that I reserve to the knowledge of only a handful of people... heh.

Anyways, I can't believe I can't find any lyrics of "Mariposa" online... I love that song so much... it's my current favorite, and I've been requesting for it quite often in the station... it's Chico and Delle's fault! Here I am again with a song that doesn't really apply to me (I'm not alone, and I'm glad with who I have... neither do I sing a love song for no one.0), yet I still love it... Delle feels so strongly about that part, where she sings along "Ayoko nang mag-isa"...

To Maia, Melina, and Harle... how're you jabronis doing? Haven't heard from you too much, and I hope all of you are feeling less down in the dumps lately... I would've wanted to help further, but you know how limited my online time has been lately...

As for the others, such as Melchoir, I hope you're doing well in the States. I've been so out of touch...

Wait! I found it! I found it! :cry of triumph:

MARIPOSA
by: Sugarfree

Alam mo bang
Kanina pa ako magdamag
Nang nakatingin sa 'yo
At 'di mo lang alam
Sa gitna ng kadilimang
'Di mapakali, ako'y nabighani

'Di mo lang alam, inaasam
Ang panahong makapiling ka
Sa una't huling pagkakataon

Dahil dito, sa Mariposa
Ay mahirap ang nag-iisa
Dito, sa Mariposa
Ako lang yata ang nag-iisa

Nagsisising
Matatapos ang gabing alam naman nating
Meron nang taning
Nagsisising
Gigising sa katotohanang
'Di ka naman talaga akin

'Di mo lang alam, inaasam
Ang panahong makapiling ka
Sa una't huling pagkakataon

Dahil dito, sa Mariposa
Ay mahirap ang nag-iisa
Dito, sa Mariposa
Ako lang yata ang nag-iisa

Ayoko nang mag-isa
Ayoko nang mag-isa
Ayoko nang mag-isa
Ayoko na...

Well, jabronis, I'll be seeing a few of you tomorrow at the RX premiere of "How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days"! I hope tickets will be available for "Bruce Almighty"... it's on the 24th.

Well, last Friday's event, the RX Cookout at Intramuros, was a HUGE success. Of course, how can you go wrong with free admission to Stonefree, Mojofly, Sugarfree, Moonstar 88, Sandwich, Parokya ni Edgar, among others? Yes, I was obviously exhausted, since I woke up as early as five in the morning just so I can go and help out Chico and Delle, who made me screen callers and think up topics for Generation RX. Indeed, it was fun. Those two are really great to hang around with, and they even had Sven with them, who's one of Delle's German friends. I was really enjoying myself there. I mean, this is almost a dream job for me, as I did say before, and well, they are great people to talk to. Nonetheless, after that, it was mostly all about the Cookout already, and we sure worked our behinds off just to get everything in order...

I don't know, but that was a really hectic day. Everyone was really busy, and there was hardly any time for chitchat. I don't know if any OBers went there, either, but I would suppose none came around. Thus, it was only Grace who showed up, among all those I invited. Anyways, we had fun, although I was put on photographer/cameraman duty, which meant I had both a digital camera AND a digital camera to take care of. With only six Barangay Tanod oficers for security, you can tell that by the time Parokya arrived, the whole place was getting a wee bit too unruly for comfort, what with mineral water bottles already beginning to fly around the place. Nonetheless, it was still fun, and I saw a few rushers there, including Popeye, whom I haven't seen for ages. Still as cute as ever.

Grace and I made a few new acquaintances during that party. Of course, there was Rain, whom I previously met. She's a very nice person who studies in UST. Very friendly and easy to talk to (She did say I look like her ex, on the first time we met.). While I already know Kim from Radio 1, she's still fine to speak to, although I don't think I got to introduce her to Grace. The other Kim was also nice, and she's also from UST, and is my co-worker, but... there are some quirks I have problems hurdling. There was Troy and Vince, the former, a Radio 1 person, the other, Troy's friend. Lastly, there was Ann, who was a Chinese-looking girl that entertained Grace when she was alone at the RX table (As I was doing my camera work.). Very nice person. Grace, on the other hand, since she wore my ID, was mistaken for a P.A., and ended up doing some pro bono work for RX... :laughs:

Saturday was the time I made up for sleep. That party ended at around 2:30 AM, and I got home around 4:30 AM, since I took Grace to her house first. Thank goodness we managed to hitch a ride with ma'am Lally, and then Grace's brother drove me on the scooter all the way to my house. I woke up at 5:00 PM already, though I did get a bite around 11:00 AM that day. Nothing much then, actually. I was just playing some PS games, and inviting people to the next RX event, How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days. So far, Kaoko, Tsumenki, John, Daf (w/ two friends), Grace (w/ her sister), and Jaded are going. I have three more tickets to give away, though. I'll know who I'll be giving them to by tomorrow, I guess.

Sunday, on the other hand, was fairly fun. Playstation, then Grace arrived at our house. We watched "The One", and afterwards, since it was Mother's Day, we went to dinner at The Podium, in the Banana Leaf... not bad, but not my kind of food, honestly. My stepdad was being weird with all his mixed signals, but... I'm standing my ground, lest I eat my words again.

Today was plain great... of course, Chico and Delle were still going around with that "Said Delamar/Chico, on her/his honeymoon joke", and Abby informed me that a high school classmate, Justin Quilon, is one of her co-workers. Chico and Delle were hilarious today, as they kept on hitting themselves with all those signs that they will be lonely for the rest of their lives... of course, it's all a state of mind, if you ask me. Somebody tried to break into the RX office, looking for Boom Gonzales and Tom Alvarez, so the glass door was shattered already when I got there. Ma'am Lea and I had a few moments of bonding, as I reported to her that her friend, ma'am Kai, actually told Grace last Friday that I was courting her (Her being ma'am Lea.)... funny stuff. Afterwards, I was just doing some bank work, ticket deliveries (Got myself a few last Friday, though. Was supposed to give to City Hall, but... not after I had a few. Heh. Saw familiar faces there, by the way.), and then hung around with Carla (She's eighteen, so I try not to call her ma'am Carla any longer.). Apparently, we're on a kissing (No lips, mind you.) and hugging basis now, but I guess she's just a naturally expressive person (Yeah, yeah. I'll keep my REAL thoughts to myself now... :laughs:)...

Do I have anything to vituperate about today? No paycheck yet, and I still can't do my "evil" piece...

Catch you jabronis next time. :)

I needed to make a separate post for something a bit better...

This is both a mini-vituperation, AND a huge jubilation for me... :laughs:

Well, looks like my boss in RX decided to reassign my working hours... from now on, instead of working from nine to six every day, I will be working from six to three. Why? Because apparently, he wanted me to help Chico and Delamar. I'm pretty happy about that. You all know I've been a rusher for years, and they're my all-time favorite dj's... with that stuff in mind, I guess you just might start expecting Top Five updates and perhaps even more interesting content now... gee, I wish the rushers could read this stuff... :laughs again: This is such a boon to me, you can tell. I guess I'm pretty happy I got this assignment, because I've always wanted to be working with the dynamic duo...

Anyways, the hours are problematic though: I have to wake up around five in the morning... whoa... that's daunting, if you ask me. Still, I'm glad I got assigned to a dream job in RX, and with the fact that I'll be receiving a salary, not even the previous entry can bring down this jabroni's spirits. No chance in Hades.

The next RX event will be the movie premiere of "How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days". It will be at SM Megamall, and I sure hope it'd turn out to be just fine.

Today was an exceedingly busy day at work. Bah Gawd, I sure had a hard time keeping up with everything they wanted me to do. Still, I managed to work it all out, and I'm pretty content about my work today. It's better for me to be occupied at work than looking like a dope there, just sitting pretty.

Heh... My aunt is trying to get me into that teen show, Click. She says tapings are on Saturdays, so I won't miss much (Except OB EB's and RAW Deal tournaments I run. Are you out of your gourd? :chuckles:). Sounds nice, but I know better than to step into that. If I don't make waves, then I wasted my time. If I do, all the dirt people have on me will surface, and half of those things I'd have a hard time disproving, even if they weren't true. Chances are, I would be forced to stay quiet about my girlfriend, and this blog will be exposed to people I don't want to find reading this... (Not that I have anyone in mind yet.) yes, it seems a bit like I'm counting my chickens before my eggs hatch, but let's face it: it's most likely one of the two scenarios I mentioned, anyway.

Ah, well. Enjoy, jabronis! I hope you people are doing perfectly fine...

When the best argument somebody can give you is that he “puts the food on your table, so shut up”, you can tell that poor roody-pooh doesn’t stand a chance of winning a debate against the current best non-varsity debater in the Ateneo Debate Society . When the “head of the freaking family” resorts to giving you the finger instead of proving to you what you did wrong, you can tell that the ruddy jabroni will not be able to sway your opinion in his favor. Most of all, when you miss doing something once, and you are told that you NEVER do it, you can tell that someone graduated with a Psychology degree without learning anything. Cripes on Friday. What a disservice to Skysenshi…

(While the Debate thing is a nice thing to be known for, it's not really much. It doesn't prove anything about being a good conversationalist, for true dialogue happens with being, allowing-to-presence, and person-making-present; rather than seeming, impostition, and speechifying. Chalk up another credit to Marcelle's Philo prof for this tidbit.)

To think Marcelle stood up for this roody-pooh on OB. Marcelle went and justified his being sent him to the psychiatric ward, jail, being force-fed his Magic cards, being forced to tear up his Magic cards, among others. Things that his siblings never had to go through… they, for instance, are allowed to play Magic, and didn’t go through a lot of flak for video games in comparison to Marcelle. Frankly speaking, he seems to have it in for Marcelle, and it's unfair. Marcelle doesn't deserve this ruddy kind of treatment from him at all.

Last night, Marcelle was lying down, reading a comic book, and his mom arrives. Naturally, everyone who heard the horn went down to open the gate. Marcelle didn't hear the horn. So good old roody-pooh steps in and asks why. Marcelle replies he didn't hear a thing. He then later gets flak for this, and the assertion is that Marcelle NEVER does anything for the freaking family. Whoah, whoah, whoah. WHAT? Marcelle NEVER does anything for the family? WHAT? You're trying to tell Marcelle that the late nights you arrived with nobody but MARCELLE to open the bloody gate for you never happened? WHAT? You're telling Marcelle he didn't treat the entire family to Aling Banang's? WHAT? Who the bloody Hades are you kidding? WHAT the bloody Hades are you smoking?

So Marcelle naturally snaps back, "Never?" and Mr. Know-It-All starts espousing that Marcelle has ALWAYS been that way, and that he just will NEVER do anything for the family. Marcelle reiterates: ONE mistake doesn't make him ALWAYS at fault. Wash this dialogue, rinse it, and repeat it. This happens at least five more times, with the roody-pooh still completely oblivious to the point. He then resorts to "Shut up!" and walks away, and that's when Marcelle pounces.

And then, the roody-pooh loses it, as he resorts to destroying the bed Marcelle was lying down on, and giving him the finger, a tactic Marcelle has outgrown years ago. Let's see... Marcelle is 19 years old. The roody-pooh is 42 years old or so. Somebody sure as Hades wasn't acting his age, and it probably wasn't the guy who was smiling while the other was hurling curse words at him, and telling him that he puts food on Marcelle's plate, so Marcelle just ought to shut up, because that makes him right, and Marcelle wrong.

Nuh-uh, jabroni. Marcelle's not taking codswallop like that just sitting down... No chance in Hades, jabroni.

If he didn't have it in for Marcelle, then why is it that he's the only person in the freaking family who gets lambasted in front of all the other siblings for whatever mistake? Everyone else seems to get that "Father-To-Son/Daughter" talk one-on-one. Why the extra effort to embarass Marcelle? Why does Marcelle have the most drastic punishments for the least of offenses? Marcelle doesn't see that happening to anyone else there...

Is that fair? Marcelle gets this much trouble for not opening a silly gate, and everyone else gets a slap in the wrist for worse offenses!

It would've been easy to take, but let's face it... Marcelle is the one who's going to lose here, because his stepdad intends to have Marcelle evicted. R-ight... that's fair. That's REALLY fair. Marcelle pays for somebody else's mistakes.

But let's put it this way. Marcelle is just going to keep quiet and keep on being the nice person one can only nitpick at. If all he can use against Marcelle is the excuse that Marcelle missed his step grandfather's cremation, then he sure is spattering absolute codswallop. If all he can use against Marcelle is the fact that he missed opening the gate, then he's not going to get far in attempting to bring THIS jabroni down. That's what gets to him, most likely. Unlike in High School, Marcelle is WAY TOO "SAINTLY" for him to pin anything on Marcelle. That's why he has to resort to that.

*Out of character.*

Sure, my so-called tragedy may seem like nothing to those who have it worse, but it's as real a tragedy to me as yours prolly are to you, so you can't take its profundity away from me. But at the very least, be still thankful for what you have. If what you have is any better than what I have, then lucky you, jabroni. I am genuinely happy for you, because I will be the bigger man in this issue and walk away from it. But still, why does being right have to mean that I pay the price for somebody else's mistakes?

And well, I know you know who I've been talking about.

Dammit.

I can't help but post similar content in my Blog and LJ now, but there will be a few notable differences...

The office has been a bit stuffy lately, what with the lack of Archie Comics or Game Boys to keep me company beginning today. Nevertheless, I'm still enjoying myself at work, what with all the company I have. There's ma'am Lea, a really nice Chinese-looking girl whom I've known since last year, as well as Carla, who's actually 18 years old, and currently the one who tickles most everyone's fanta... I mean, fancy in the office. During Mr. Barreiro's (RX President) birthday, she actually went for a dip in the pool in a two-piece. I wasn't there, but I suppose I don't care that much. She smokes, and that is rule two of the Chinese Prospects® protocols...

The Playstation has made its return in our house, and that was pretty good. It's quite a boon for me, even though my stepdad asked me to stop playing UFC and other fighting games of similar ilk. Just in time, I got myself NBA Live 2003, Monster Rancher Battle Card, and Yugi-Oh. I've played only the former two, though. I have Yugi-Oh on my GBA already, and the card fusions are daunting in the PS version, as you have to guess them yourself. Other than work and video games (Both I'm enjoying, sure as Hades.), nothing much is happening with my so-called life.

On the OB front,our latest eyeball was nothing short of a smashing success. Everyone was having fun, and the new blood I came across, Mark Poa, seems to be a genuinely nice addition to the bunch. This is a good thing, as some wounds in OB ought to start healing well now... or at least, they should. Kathy, aka Kitkat, was also there, and May 1 was a great day. Free MRT rides in the morning! Moreover, Kathy was there when Grace and I did some Dance Maniax, and I ended up doing that kick over the machine. I've been practicing at it lately... :) At least it was better than my attempts at Ez2Dancer, where we failed at the last stage, and Para Para Dancer, which not only made me look like a Shaider/Masked Rider Black wannabee, but also ended up being too difficult for me. I bowed out as early as Stage 2...

Does anyone know the Cheat Menu code for Diablo 1 in the Playstation? My memory card died on me, and I sure need to bypass the levelling up part to finish it.

I watched Equilibrium with Grace yesterday, and its fight scenes were simply splendid. Reviews I have pending: Johnny English, Shanghai Knights, X2, The Ring Series, and now, Equilibrium. Hades, that film was amazing. What else can I say about it? Throw away the semi-inane storyline- it's all about the action. A slicker, less CGI-dependent Matrix. Especially that point-blank gunfight between Cleric and Father! Grace was enthralled.

*Time to get into character... I don't see myself doing that for my LJ yet...*

Marcelle doesn't know what to say. If you don't see, his writing lately hasn't been up to snuff, and Marcelle couldn't so much as meet his own standards. Likewise, it certainly seems to be a bit of a problem to him, as he has so many topics he wishes to write about. Sure, he may use time constraints and money as an excuse, but then, we all know Marcelle's writing would be far worse off if he let himself fall out of the groove of things. Much worse, in case he stopped trying to blog altogether for the rest of the "vacation". It's just the case with cycles, he supposes. He's on a downturn, so it seems. As of now, Marcelle has nothing to vituperate (A $20 word for rant, in case you don't know.)about, save precisely the fact that he has nothing to vituperate about.

*OOC now...*

I wish I knew how to be more visible. Right now, I have some friends in need, and I don't know if my help is enough... Ah, Hades. This rambling is pointless...

RX Cookout will be at Fort Santiago Intramuros this coming Friday, 8 PM! Be there, as it's free admission, and get to see Stonefree, Sugarfree, Bent, Mojofly, Barbie's Cradle, Moonstar 88, Session Road, Sandwich, and Parokya ni Edgar! I hope to see people there. This is one RX party nobody who loves any of the above bands should pass up! :biggrin, nods heavily:

As a last note... am I evil? I'll leave you jabronis to answer that, because that topic is saved for another day... :)

So many things to blog about, so little time...

Playstation's back in our house, so I'm enjoying NBA Live 2003, Monster Rancher Battlecard, and a few other games. It's all good, though I've been very lazy with work lately. I hope I can Iron Man from this point on... I don't wanna absent myself and I have to find a way to hint to management about my salary...

I wrote down the stuff I've been up to in a notebook so I can blog about it. I left the notebook, so that'd have to wait. I saw The One, but do I really need to review an old film like that? :laughs:

The eyeball for OB was really fun. More on it next time...

I got RVD's latest foil. WOW!

Catch you jabronis next time... for a longer entry, I hope.

Nothing much for the past few days, as I took one day of work, then showed up again, in the midst of this SARS scare that isn't doing people's social lives any favors... for instance, *jaded* won't be going to the eyeball today because her parents are afraid she'd contract SARS.

The most afflicted country in the planet, China, has a population of 1 freaking billion, and their SARS cases are pushing 1,000. Your chances of getting run over by a car, or getting stabbed in the streets are far higher than your chances of getting SARS. Much more so in a climate like this one, which doesn't let the virus thrive as long as it does in countries like Hong Kong and Singapore.

Anyways, in other news, some people have been fairly distressed lately. Wish I could help, but I can only do so much... as the song goes, I'm "Uninvited", or at least, my help is unsolicited. I need not push the envelope any longer... needless to say, I'll just be around for you, anytime, okay?

My Dance Maniax has been greatly improving, but despite the Edit Mode, I still can't figure out how to edit the speed of the songs. I don't know the code for it, or I'm doing something wrong... ah, well.

Anyways, Ma'am Carla (The Chinese-looking co-worker I have, who's actually only an incoming 3rd year student in CEU, albeit she's 21 already.) and I were chatting quite a deal yesterday, and we went home together (No... I just waited for her to get a ride, that's all.). Nothing, really. She smokes, so rule number 2 states she can't be a C.P. :laughs:

Ah, well. Let's hope the OB EB turns out to be better than the FHM party...

More movies for me to want to see... X2 was amazing, and Equilibrium is drawing me to watch it... I'm hoping to see Phone Booth and The Recruit as well, along with Anger Management...

I'm pretty much bushed, after three straight events from RX... the FHM party was pathetic, considering not just the lack of eye candy, but more so the lousy program and hosting, and the exaggerated hype which certainly sets up quite a letdown for everyone in the audience. Grace and I were there, and we sure as Hades didn't like the program because of all the gaffs it had.

Anyways, wait for the X2 review... there're reasons why it fell short of an A, though...

As for the Saturday event, the RX White Heat summer party, it led me to the conclusion that I am indeed no party animal. While Grace enjoyed herself dancing around, even with ma'am Carla, one of my attractive co-workers, I couldn't bring myself to go dance there much. *jaded* and her sister was there. It was a pretty okay party, and it was sure a smashing success, without a doubt.

Ah, well. I had a long talk with Ato last night as well... so many crossroads people have to take now... and my time is fast approaching...

I can't keep myself from being too pensive, but I can keep myself from caring how unfair the world is. For all I know, it can be unfair to my advantage...

Sorry if this all seems like mindless rambling from me, but I hope that somewhere in these words, there is a shred of logic or good advice that could actually be of invaluable help...

I don't know what to say... I'm glad the people I gave my pasalubong to enjoyed the stuff they got. I suppose it's also fun that they raved about the Alfajor I let them sample...

Anyways, when I got back at work, I guess it was pretty natural for me already. I don't have any problems at all with work right now, even if I now have a new boss, as sir David got transferred. Apparently, my new boss, Lally, is a fresh graduate from St. Paul Q.C... I suppose that's fine with me, as she seems to be a bit more lenient with the Gameboy and the Archie comics. Nonetheless, my co-practicumers, Kim and Steph, are both pretty nice. They both smoke, though, but that won't get in the way because they're not Chinese :laughs:. They wanted to go play billiards with me, but I had to decline. I'd rather go online than shell my money at a game I'm no good at... :laughs again:

Just a few quick greetings...

Happy birthday to you, jabroni! I hope you enjoyed your debut, and... pictures! I want to know what I missed... and would you believe I've only been to ONE debut in my life? Yep. Most of my friends don't celebrate debuts, or worse, they don't think I'm worthy enough to be invited (Which is an insult if you're particularly close to the person... sorry. I was remembering a particular former blockmate.).

And how are you? I haven't heard from you in ages, but I know you still drop by here from time to time. I would know... you're the only Linux user I see on my control panel... :biggrin: seen The Core yet?

We're having X-Men 2 on Friday, and I might go to the FHM party on Thursday... anyone wants to go? They have this thing for charity, where you give your bra, and 5 pesos goes to charity... this is FHM, after all. So yes, lots of people there will be walking around without bras... I know a couple of people who can get away with it, though. On Saturday, a hip-hop party...

I've been going to Megamall lately. The arcades there are nice, since they have KOF 2K2, and Kip Oebanda frequents the place. Dance Maniax is cheap there, too, and it's challenging for me to try and stay alive. Unlike in Centerpoint, I can fail a stage... nonetheless, my KOF 2K2 has been improving, and I guess I can take on the fag in Centerpoint again next time. I just need to improve a bit more...

Catch you next time, jabronis!

I sure nearly ran out of money...

Purchases made in Baguio out of my own money:

- 2 jars of Alfajor
- 3 jars of Strawberry Jam
- 3 jars of Choco Flakes
- 1 jar of Ube Jam

While I was there, I managed to see some WWE... Wrestlemania, Goldberg, all that stuff... it was pretty fun, actually. Brock's shooting star press was weird-looking... his spin was really far off already.

Just like last year, a friend of mine was also in Baguio, but I never saw her. Her name is Daf. Last year, another friend of mine, Addy (Apparently, by now, a former friend...), was there in Baguio, but I didn't see her, either... well, we know where that story leads to...

Anyways, nothing much in Baguio. We were mostly riding bicycles, and stuck in front of the television. I'm not much of a fan of ukay-ukays, so I didn't go around there much. I only bought a pair of khaki pants and a new Hawaiian shirt... other than that, my hands were firmly in my pockets.

Prior to going to Baguio, Grace and I had the cartridge of Guilty Gear X replaced, and the fun thing about it is that I didn't get another cartridge as replacement. I got myself a link cable and an aluminum case.

Work was the same old drag for me, but I'm happy about it. I suppose the people I gave the stuff I bought in Baguio to were happy with what they got, though everyone was craving for the Alfajor I only gave samples of. I'm not crazy enough to turn over the entire jar to them, you know. I suppose things are fine, but I'm pretty much exhausted. We got back from Baguio at 2:00 in the morning already, and I'm still tired.

I sincerely miss blogging daily. Letting days pass before writing ALWAYS derails my train of thought, and I'm too lazy to go take notes, or make my diary handwriting more decipherable for me to dispense the pertinent details here or in my LJ...

Ah, well. Top Five... delayed until further notice, jabronis. :biggrin: Sorry.

I'm off to Baguio, and I hope to bring home some Igorots for my friends... :laughs:

I bought Guilty Gear X for the GBA. Again, it doesn't save. Gotta have it replaced...

Anyways... Johnny English was a riot. Yet another movie I have to review. Prior to that, we got a truckload of DVD's and Archie comics from my aunt... lots of things in her stock, so it seems.

I'm in a little rut right now... I hope to fix it soon.

Just a quick, quick post...

LJ's functional, but I need links in there, and I need to take out the label that says I'm posting in public, etc...

I also want to move the moods to the lower part of the post, as well as music...

Got my grades today. I pulled my Theology to a B+, pulled my History to an A, got an A in Philosophy and Jim Paredes' class, and only hacked a B+ in my PR... too bad, but a 3.8 QPI is making me smile a lot, anyway...

I'm so happy... I even got to talk to Mich today, and... more on that next time. Top Five to follow next Monday again...

I'm fairly stressed out, and I just want to vituperate all these worries away...

My temper has been running short as of late, and I know I've been a bit unfair to Grace... I guess I can't help but feel extremely frustrated, seeing how cut off I seem to have gotten from OB because of this connection I'm using. It refuses to recognize me as logged in... compound that with some stress (Though far less than schoolwork...) from RX, as well as the anguish I have over receiving tomorrow's grades. I'm extremely stressed. TWICE my Monster Rancher 2 save file has gotten corrupted, leaving me no choice but to take it from the top with the game... this proves to cause a lot of anguish to me, simply because I've made a lot of progress in the game, only to be struck by this. TWICE.

Yep. I still need some cyber-hugs... :sweatface:

My younger step-brother, Dondon, graduated from grade school yesterday. His best friend, Elgin Alonso, is the son of a certain actor named Chinggoy Alonso... not that I expect any gasps of awe from anyone over that...

I still have to be thankful for a few things, though... Bear with me on this weird topic, but... I'd like to talk a bit about hugs.

Don't get me wrong. I put a lot of stock in the value of (real) hugs. I must say that I treasure them a lot, since they're so few and far in between for me. That's prolly because I'm a fairly reserved person, who wouldn't want to make people feel uncomfortable. I don't trust my touch to be one that is free from being misinterpreted. Rather than risk giving the wrong signals, I just play it safe... but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate hugs. In fact, I appreciate them a whole lot. It's one of the few forms of contact that holds ABSOLUTELY no malice in my mind (Though I still am conscious of how others might take it.). Whilst Grace used to think that hugs are a guy's way to creatively cop a feel, it's simply not the case with me...

Which leads me to be grateful to people I can actually hug without fear of sending them the wrong notion that I'm lecherous or anything to that effect. Grace would be one of the obvious people. Lately, it's been the same with *jaded*. God knows how glad I am to finally be able to call someone my best friend and not EVER run the risk of falling for her (Not that she's unattractive... I have certain reasons beyond that.). I'm also thankful Grace trusts me enough with *jaded*, and I can swear here that I haven't ever violated that trust.

But prior to yesterday, there has been one friend whom I cared for a lot (And still do to this day, though in a purely Platonic manner now.) who has always been elusive to me... I'm half-tempted to mention her name, but I guess it's obvious who I'm talking about, anyway, and I would want to play it safe, unless if she were to tell me it's okay to mention her name. Since I made a surprising discovery about my readership, which led me to realize that someone who's welcome to read my blog (As if anyone isn't...) is doing so, but the connection might prove... uncomfortable. Nevertheless... in the long time we've known each other, I never got to hug her. That's prolly because I was too stupid and made my situation with her too... complicated.

Yesterday, I managed to talk to her, and I guess it was clear by then that I'm over the past issues with her already. And she knows it. It took a huge event for me to get out of that phase I was stuck in for ages, but it was well worth it. After some time, I told her that as far as my life is going right now, it's good, but there's just one simple hangup I have left... I never, in all the time I've known her, got to hug her.

Now, it's no longer a hangup. For that magical moment, it simply happened. And I'm glad it did. As I hugged her, an onrush of emotions flooded me. Surprisingly, one emotion was conspicuously (And thankfully) missing from that onrush- romance. Without a doubt, I was over her. But in place of that failed romance I have moved past, a friendship, a very beautiful one, stands in its place.

And I smile and marvel at it.

You know who you are. Thank you. You know how much that means to me.

In other news:

I have an LJ now... it's HERE, but there's nothing in it yet. Thanx to a friend in History class for that... :)

I still haven't gotten the hang of playing KOF 2K2 as well as I'd want to. I seem to fail my combos at crunch time, and it costs me with uber-cheap players like the fag I was talking about before. Kula isn't too hard, except when she starts that onrush of low jump attacks, interspersed with some Lay Spins. It's more like Whip who's become problematic, as it seems even Clark will have a nightmare going air-to-air with her. The Shermie, on the other hand, is fairly irritating. That spinning kick of hers can't be blocked low, and I keep on forgetting that.

Nonetheless, I think if I just master my combos with Takuma and Choi, I can more or less be ready to lay some serious smackdown already. My Capcom vs. Marvel 2 has been improving a bit, and it's a toss-up for me to stick to my Spiral-Cable-Cyclops triumvirate, or Spiral-Storm-Cable, which proves to be deadly when the opportunity presents itself. Storm can knock away an active opponent with a helper still around for her to beat up until they get KO'd. Pretty nifty trick I picked up from one of the people at Galleria, but it seems I'm not yet good enough to actually air-dash quickly enough at will.

As for work, we had an event for Selecta Cornetto at Festival Mall yesterday, featuring Parokya ni Edgar. They were hilarious. They somehow managed to sing "Bakit Ngayon Ka Lang?" and then medley it with "Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo". Pretty impressive, actually. I had my fill of ice cream, and one of the Radio 1 people at hand there took along a friend with him, who happens to be Atenean AND in Comm. She's a year after my batch, though, so she didn't really strike a chord with me. Still, I enjoyed myself in Festival Mall yesterday, as the arcade was simply great, and everything else about the event was amazing. Parokya never ceases to amuse and delight me. Chico and Delle hosted the event.

I haven't gotten my time log for my pracitcum in RX yet, though. I don't mind. I'll be working there for two months, well over 120 hours. I just need to find the time to actually go to Abby's house and get the pertinent documents...

Today, being a holiday, I managed to go on-air with the Morning Rush, and talk a bit. I'm not as rabid about being a rusher as I used to be two or three years ago. Must be because of THAT summer. Nonetheless, I'm still happy to be around the dynamic duo. I'm here right now, just typing up this stuff, then I'll be hopefully sending in some tournament results in the near future. Heck, I feel too lazy. Maybe I'll pass on it. I'm sure the commish wouldn't really mind anyway. I'm really not too enthusiastic about a lot of things nowadays, and it's not because I'm depressed or anything. I just realized, somewhere down the road, that being too passionate on things is simply not always a great thing. In fact, it often sets one up for major disappointments.

*Time to get in character*

I don't think there's any reason for me to expound why I think summer is so overrated. So fine, Marcelle doesn't have classes, so fine, Marcelle can relax, but so what? Marcelle doesn't really care much about sitting in one place, doing nothing. That's pretty clear to anyone who's known him for years, because Marcelle, since High School and to this day, has ALWAYS been very busy during the summer. This isn't really much of a vituperation, actually. It's just a way for Marcelle to come to terms with a reality he hasn't really affirmed about himself all these years. Summer just isn't his bag.

Couple this with the fact that Marcelle depends upon the Ateneo for his internet connection. Simply put, without the Ateneo, his internet life is severely castrated. Sure, he's not as huge a net addict as some people he knows, but regardless... it's something that he devotes a lot of time to.

Forget it. The weather's too hot for Marcelle to vituperate. He lacks energy for that, but he doesn't seem to lack the drive right now to jump from promotion to promotion...

*Out of character time.*

Whassup, jabroni? You seem to be pretty occupied with your summer job/OJT right now. Still, you haven't lost your touch when it comes to your sharp commentary. For all your faults, what I really like about you is the fact that he's not the least bit worried you're keeping any bad sentiments about me or anyone else to yourself. It's always good to have a person who's willing enough to keep you in check and not care how you feel about it. That's not a bad thing. That's a good thing.

New layout for you, eh? Pretty nifty, actually. Now let's see how hard it is for you to come up with a layout that WON'T impress any of us. It seems almost effortless for you to come up with these nice ones. Your dream, on the other hand, is fairly strange, all right. But I'm surprised you kicked Legolas' stand away... especially after your "affair" with him... hope you'd enjoy the summer, even with classes, and here's hoping I can get a few extra tickets for either Johnny English and X-Men 2 so I can hopefully invite you and...

...you. So what're you up to this summer? Seems like you have been fairly quiet these past few days, though I immensely enjoyed your song-tripping. Unwell is still my personal anthem, and hearing that song nearly every three hours on RX still never ceases to hit the spot... I guess I'm really happy about that, indeed. I wanted to help out with her predicament, but it seems I'm in no position to do so. I'm not even sure if she remembers me... Nevertheless, hope you're doing well, and see you when I see you.

Looks like you're pretty much as busy as Charles. Under the weather, even, so I see. If it's any consolation, I don't think it's SARS, and you're going to be fine soon enough. How goes things for you, besides that? Nice-looking new layout, by the way, and I'm amazed you made it mostly by Palm...

New URL for this jabroni. While it has yet to be touched by the trademark Voltage layout masterpiece system, the new server seems to have much promise. At least it's going to be around a lot more than fateback is, which simply means...

I can hardly know how you're doing right now. If it wasn't for the mini-EB we had last week, I'd be fairly clueless on what's going on with you, but hey... it's L5R as usual... nothing wrong with that at all, I suppose. I'm glad you seem to be doing well. Here's to more opportunities for the OB people to get to see each other. By the way, I've been running into a lot of cheesy Iron Man players in Gameworx for the two days I was there... or is that only because I'm using Cable?

Glad you have a practicum job waiting for you this May. As you can see, I'm working for two months with no visible guarantee of getting paid for it. I'm not complaining, though. RX is a great place to be. So... how's your boyfriend? Oh. Right. SSB... Haha-haha!

Hi, Madame! I still have that April Fool's gag rather fresh in my mind. It was a hoot, and I'm glad I wasn't there to find out how long I would've been fooled by it. Your brother's a pretty great guy, and I hope to see him again soon... I hope to see you even just once in a future gathering of sorts, though... actually, nearly everyone hopes so, too. :biggrin: (Why am I typing emoticon shortcut keys when Blogger doesn't support these shortcuts? :laugh: I did it again!!! :sweatface:)

More dreams? Wow... your dreams sure have been fairly strange as of late. Aside from the Sex Bomb dream, I now have a recurring dream (Same theme, prolly different situations.) involving me and some girl I'm SUPPOSED to know, but I don't. And no, she isn't Chinese. I was doing even stranger stuff in that dream than the one with Rochelle... errghhh... anyways, how's the weather there? I'm sweating bullets here right now...

If the hacker guy in The Core existed in real life, I wonder how you'd deal with him? I know for a fact you hate cyber-terrorism. And you never did tell me how you happen to know Mr. Jon Bulaong... anyways, congratulations on graduating, and hope to be your student soon, jabroni!

Is it just my computer, or does your links page still unupdated? I dunno... you have a couple of new entries, but I still don't see the new links there... but hey, thanx for the mini-EB and the ride last time out. That was a great way to just lower everyone's tension levels... :biggrin:

And... *jaded*... I see you've changed URL's. Can you tell me where you are now?

One last thing... as I promised...

Friday's top five: The Top Five Alternate Careers For Celebrities

Today, on the other hand...

The Top Five Songs You'd Play On Your Honeymoon

5. Spice Girls: "Two Become One"
4. Aaliyah (RIP): "I'm So Into You"
3. Evanessence: "Bring Me To Life"
2. Matchbox Twenty: "Bent"
1. 98 Degress: "The Hardest Thing"

Runners-up:
- (Forgot the Artist): "O, Lumapit Ka"
- Tom Jones: "It's Not Unusual"
- Mastaplann (?): "Jabongga
- Boyz II Men: "I'll Make Love To You"
- Madonna: "Like A Virgin"
- Nelly: "Ride Wit Me"

Wow. I'm done! Catch you next time, jabronis!

I'm having fun with my job. Brad Turvey is a bit snobbish, but Chico and Delle are as nice as ever...

Had fun yesterday at yet another OB Mini-EB... details to follow.

I tried to pull my old Dexter act on them again, with voice and all... it was great that I got to make them laugh again. Haven't really done that much for ages. Of course, I took it back and used my real voice afterwards...

Summer. It's so bloody overrated. I'll tell you jabronis why by Monday, I suppose.

And Top Five to follow on Monday, as well.

I'm too lazy to edit the post, but here goes...

1. The film was pretty fun. You see, I never realized they were trying to do a Pinoy musical in Bobby's movie. Abby, as Michiko, was lip-synching and dancing to the tune of "Kapag Tumibok Ang Puso", and though for a moment I almost asked myself if the pain still remained, seeing the movie completely erased that feeling... Bro played the lecherous teacher (Bro, hindi bagay! But it was fine, nonetheless.)who was tickling Michiko's fancy, and another guy played Michiko's best friend, who secretly liked her. Michiko's other friends, in hopes of making her jealous in behalf of the guy, started fawning all over him. One of them was gay, by the way. We were then treated to lots of different songs there... all of them were OPM. In the end, Michiko admits that she actually wanted her best friend to be jealous, and the reason she went around a lot with the teacher was because she needed help to improve her poem for the guy... lots of condom jokes in between...

The clincher line?

Michiko: Oo nga pala. Hindi na Michiko ang pangalan ko.

Guy: Ha? Eh di ano na?

Michiko: Michi-MO!!!

There were other films there as well, and Carlos Navarro's was interesting. Looks like someone made references to Sacha... :devilish grin:

2. Yep. All that hard work paid off, and I got the A I wanted for the orals. Mr. Bulaong was talking to me about the options I could consider if I really wanted to teach Philosophy, while April had to get some things off her chest (Confidential stuff. My apologies, but I can't say a thing about it.). Dom, on the other hand, whipped Mr. Bulaong TWICE in chess. There goes that jock stereotype... :laughs: He was also a great guy to talk to, nonetheless.

I enjoyed that time I spent there. I guess everything was really great...

3. Nuf said. My comp doesn't refresh easily, so I have no idea if the people I blog-hop to happen to have made new posts in their respective blogs. Still, I hope they're all fine.

4. I still need them. :biggrin:

5. It was a pretty fun party, lots of food. The dessert was especially great.

6. And the details are here already... :)

Additional stuff...

- Grace and I had a huge argument last Monday, because she failed one of her subjects, and she didn't want to take the matter to the administration. I was telling her to do so, especially since the other class was already using leakages to pass, and yet her class let it slide. If Abby didn't save the day (Yet again, so it seems.), I don't think we would've still been together. Nonetheless, the argument has been resolved, but I still want to strangle her prof to death when I see that prof. Rest assured that these words will reach fruition, given the right opportunity.

- I'm working in RX already, and it's pretty fun. Anyone who wants to see me over the summer, just drop by the station. It gets pretty boring there, and I don't want to risk playing my GBA there, lest I get reprimanded. We had a Monster Movie Premiere of The Core last night, and now I owe you my review on that, Shanghai Knights, and the Ring series all over again. I still want to watch a lot of other movies, including Gangs of New York, Chicago, Willard, Johnny English (RX will premiere this on the 14th.), and Sex Drive. Haha-haha!

- There's this really mean prank on OB as an April Fool's Day Joke, and it disoriented everyone. There was a high-profile "banning" of a mod, and lots of people fell for it. I, on the other hand, did not get to do my annual court-a-(Hopefully)Chinese-girl-on-April-Fool's-Day routine. Shucks. :laughs:

That's all I can say right now...