Something I Could Definitely Sink My Teeth Into

Comments on the first season of TrueBlood.

1. Definitely not for the Twilight demographic. The copious nudity and sex would be enough to make Stephnie Meyer spontaneously combust.

2. Speaking of innumerable acts of carnality, HBO should release a DVD consisting of all of Jason Stackhouse's scenes - one way of making inroads into the porn industry. The episode on priapism was HILARIOUS!



3. I LOVE Sookie's best friend Tara and her sexually-ambiguous cousin Lafayette. Never knew a horror series could feature such off-beat characters. Watch Tara's confrontation with her mother in this scene...



4. Wonder who'd win in a shapeshifter-vampire fight? I'd love to have the series feature a shapeshifter that could turn into a tiger, a bear, or even an elephant. More bad-ass than this poor sap...



5. Wonder what True Blood (the drink) tastes like...Vampirism 101 by Bill Compton. Funny...



6. Humor and dread coexisting in each episode...human characters who are interesting (and sometimes even more) than the vampires...this one's good...

F*ck Twilight. Definitely

Nagma-marathon ng Season 1 ng True Blood.

Thou shalt not disturb. hehehe

Update

Last night I survived a night of nvoluntary confinement in my room. The faulty doorknob has breathed its last, and what better way to signal its demise than to lock me up indefinitely in my room? fortunately the bar examinees next-door were able to extricate me from my involuntary detention in my "selda".(as they are now joking, but still - I owe them one)

The reflection paper is done. and now I have to turn my attention to my long-neglected Kas 205 paper. Just a few more paragraphs to go. C'mon!

WTF?

This vid almost made me choke on the biscuits I was wolfing down while surfing the 'net.



In my opinion, this next vid is more sad than funny...

Pasintabi sa Mastercard

Price of jeepney fare (2 rides sa UP Campus-Katipunan): P 14.00

Total cost of photocopy for 2 "hard to find" journal articles: P 10.00

Outside researcher's fee (one day only) at the Rizal Library, ADMU: P 100.00 (Pakshet! kinarir ko na rin ang pagbabasa sa loob ng lib ng Ateneo, sayang naman ang bayad atsaka dapat samantalahin ang centralized airconditioning! wahahaha!)

Knowing that I'm a few steps away from completing my Anthro reflection paper: PRICELESS

Looking for Lieban

Medyo frantic ako ngayon. I'm looking for articles by this guy named Richard Lieban for my anthropology class next week. I'm assigned to react to our discussion on Functionalism and Structural-Functionalist theory and I'm feeling out-of-sorts because of my damn allergy. Cough syrup and antihistamines are a combination that renders me a bit stuporous but I was able to read through Malinowski and Radcliffe-Brown yesterday.

This morning I was scouring through the periodicals section of the library looking for Lieban's articles on the engkanto, and kulam (sorcery). Parang ako ang kinukulam since I wasn't able to locate the articles. Yung isa in American Anthropologist was ripped from the journal, leaving only one page. The deed apparently was done waaay back in 1985 kasi may notation sa naiwang pahina - 'missing since 1985'. The other one from the Southwestern Journal of Anthropology nawawala yung mga journals pero sa OPAC lumilitaw. Nyak!

The only recourse suggested was online resources. So I went to the Electronic Resources at the main lib only to find out that the articles could be found in an online resource which is accessible in another library - the Econ lib. So martsa naman tayo sa Econ library. Ang siste, may babayaran ka pang P100 for a card to gain access to computer lab and the printing. So bayad na ako at pagkakuha ng green card pasok ng Computer Lab ng Econ. Problema, their subscription apparently gives them access to a limited number of journals, AA and SWJA were not among those serials available.

OK, now anybody out there na gusto ng green card for Econ Computer Lab?

Now, the final option is Ateneo Library. I checked their online OPAC and they have both journals on their stacks as well as in their online resources. Sige, para makapunta na ulit sa Ateneo. May bayad nga lang for outsider access - 100 pesos.

Dance! Magic Dance! Magic Dance!

David Bowie. Labyrinth. Bow.



You remind me of the babe
What babe? The babe with the power
What power? Power of voodoo
Who do? You do
Do what? Remind me of the babe

I saw my baby, crying hard as babe could cry
What could I do?
My baby's love had gone
And left my baby blue
Nobody knew:

CHORUS

What kind of magic spell to use?
Slime and snails
Or puppy dogs' tails
Thunder or lightning
Then baby said
Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance)
Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance)
Put that baby spell on me
Jump magic, jump (jump magic, jump)
Jump magic, jump (jump magic, jump)
Put that magic jump on me
Slap that baby, make him free

I saw my baby, trying hard as babe could try
What could I do?
My baby's fun had gone
And left my baby blue
Nobody knew

CHORUS

Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance) (x4)
Jump magic, jump (jump magic, jump) (x2)

Put that baby spell on me (ooh)

You remind me of the babe
What babe? The babe with the power
What power? Power of voodoo
Who do? You do
Do what? Remind me of the babe

Dance magic, dance, ooh ooh ooh
Dance magic, dance magic, ooh ooh ooh
Dance magic

What kind of magic spell to use?
Slime and snails
Or puppy dogs' tails
Thunder or lightning
Something frightening

Dance magic, dance
Dance magic, dance
Put that baby spell on me
Jump magic, jump
Jump magic, jump
Put that magic jump on me
Slap that baby make him free
Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance)
Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance)
Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance)
Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance)
Jump magic, jump (jump magic, jump)
Jump magic, jump
Put that magic jump on me
Slap that baby


Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance)
Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance)
Dance magic, dance
Slap that slap that baby make him free
Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance)

The Search for Happiness...

sounds like movie title hehe but a query got me thinking about man's eternal quest for self-fulfillment. Maslow puts self actualization at the highest tier of man's needs and I do think that all the things that we do in life - or most of them, anyway - contribute to our self actualization.

I took up education because I wanted to become a teacher. That was my dream.

My teaching at my alma mater was one of the best experiences ever and a fitting way to start my teaching vocation.

I firmly believe that my exodus to peyups was one of the best decisions I have made. No regrets on that department.

So far, I am well on my way to self-actualization. a few obstacles and stumbles may be expected but that is what makes the journey exciting; Happiness may be our goal, but getting there is half the fun. hehe

Here's to all of you who are journeying to your own respective happiness.

And here's to you who asked: let me repeat that you deserve happiness and should work for it. And I won't forget to remind you to tell me when you're finally happy.

That's a promise.

Fast Track (Again?)

I'm currently busy with my Kas 204 book reviews. I'm doing the last one (four out of four! yipee!) so that I could get bak to my 205 paper this week. I hope to present my paper to Sir Jose at the end of July. Malapit naaaaaaaa...

Here's a clip from "Chuck" one of my new favorite series (the other being "Reaper" but that has already been cancelled, sayang) Trust me, this series has a LOT of knee-slapping, laugh-out-loud funny moments. like this, for instance...

Background: The title character, Chuck, is in a room filled with people infected by a highly deadly strain of influenza. Casey (the guy who's lying on the floor) is one of the infected and is telling Chuck to "figure something out" since Chuck has been injected with the anti-virus. Now, how do we pass on the antiviral without a syringe?

At Dumating Din Sila!

Bleach suddenly got more interesting...