tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35285758632328203362024-03-14T08:17:40.273+08:00My Stand Alone Complex: Event HorizonThe final leg of this journey.sonofaditchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013181449105764863noreply@blogger.comBlogger508125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528575863232820336.post-42457322876358343812010-02-16T16:22:00.008+08:002010-02-16T22:44:33.170+08:00Love Affairs1. with <span style="font-weight:bold;">Kate Bush</span>. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibK3Tp3g8mjuw7HNry4MYrQZ6d0n7Uc978RAeLOZCEthAxxeyz8CtdtTgf1Xoq5l1FarLOxJEkcITv-h5dCVnKPAqjOcWhzg4o6Tyewy-ZzGLbkNNNlzVXdCdNJ40OT1hQyvcshIg5RpQ/s1600-h/kate_bush_gallery_37.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibK3Tp3g8mjuw7HNry4MYrQZ6d0n7Uc978RAeLOZCEthAxxeyz8CtdtTgf1Xoq5l1FarLOxJEkcITv-h5dCVnKPAqjOcWhzg4o6Tyewy-ZzGLbkNNNlzVXdCdNJ40OT1hQyvcshIg5RpQ/s320/kate_bush_gallery_37.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438757365045774114" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Everytime I close my eyes, I see your face, your --- yaaaaaaaah! WTF?!<br /></span><br /><br />actually matagal na 'to. Listening to "The Sensual World" non-stop for days roused my slumbering poet hehe<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AJc64xncBt4&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AJc64xncBt4&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />2. <span style="font-weight:bold;">The New Yorker<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span>. Eto ang bago. Just discovered this brilliant magazine at the foreign serials section of UP Main Lib. Got interested because of a Philippine Daily Inquirer article on alcoholism which cited an article from The New Yorker. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK0ShM5Oklz1gqC_-ZWHp0qLrs-OQ-ktpj7UrV4zW2n7xJoekwitdsAamlc8kXqQ8no6TSh9eZE7K52CX0f2DVaIV2lZmaJdcZ6ZCSVRGPEG0ccKn7IX5D9GKGDQoVO54Zz-1w6qANS3U/s1600-h/women_alcohol_drinking.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK0ShM5Oklz1gqC_-ZWHp0qLrs-OQ-ktpj7UrV4zW2n7xJoekwitdsAamlc8kXqQ8no6TSh9eZE7K52CX0f2DVaIV2lZmaJdcZ6ZCSVRGPEG0ccKn7IX5D9GKGDQoVO54Zz-1w6qANS3U/s320/women_alcohol_drinking.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438756516613269458" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Two Bottles. One Girl.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/02/15/100215fa_fact_gladwell"> Malcolm Gladwell on the sociology of drinking</a> from The New Yorker website.<br /><br />Reads like Reader's Digest with high IQ -- minus the fixation on health articles and debt reduction; and emotionally draining short stories about stray cats and puppies [sniff, sniff]. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLjX__sTtOm8T03Qx_j1Yd1l08jHS9Sfagwv-2j5i9rQAYLLHIO0zM43df22nY3j_lq-J725pVqq4qx-4zGQ5wmcdW-udLBuok7LrN7nQQJZRj4dQU6PDPq3OfuYVJM00_gwGfBHnqtr4/s1600-h/Sad_Puppy_Eyes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 158px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLjX__sTtOm8T03Qx_j1Yd1l08jHS9Sfagwv-2j5i9rQAYLLHIO0zM43df22nY3j_lq-J725pVqq4qx-4zGQ5wmcdW-udLBuok7LrN7nQQJZRj4dQU6PDPq3OfuYVJM00_gwGfBHnqtr4/s200/Sad_Puppy_Eyes.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438756925165818130" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Stop Looking at me like that!</span><br /><br />Browsed through their previous issues and the first thing I found was an article on Tori Amos and Bjork! The title of the article "Army of Two" is a reference to one of Bjork's songs. Wow! Holy Shit! I think I'm in love [<span style="font-style:italic;">again?</span>]...<br /><br />Where else can you find articles on two of the greatest contemporary female musical artists of my generation? or a piece on Greek archaeology discussing the Antikythera Mechanism? or an essay on Historiography and epistemology?<br /><br />3. The <span style="font-weight:bold;">library/archive/books<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfN_nGF2MZw9lAHTasJNPynnT6szgYwV42_h0g4Kj9FaY6_S8x423b-G5IfOdqNX4kcWITAN9DqyJedSX3ifrD8ZC3dtOjgv81ovbSDk6hhgKXA39HHqzR2aZPcN7p94hq3xmPsBQoDGE/s1600-h/library.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfN_nGF2MZw9lAHTasJNPynnT6szgYwV42_h0g4Kj9FaY6_S8x423b-G5IfOdqNX4kcWITAN9DqyJedSX3ifrD8ZC3dtOjgv81ovbSDk6hhgKXA39HHqzR2aZPcN7p94hq3xmPsBQoDGE/s320/library.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438758760346732050" /></a><br /><br />Hello there, I missed you so much. We'll have lots of fun together from now on...sonofaditchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013181449105764863noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528575863232820336.post-8477983027142114722010-02-05T20:41:00.001+08:002010-02-05T20:44:03.957+08:00I'm Beginning to Seriously Consider Watching "The Last Airbender"<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VldjPfa1bkU&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VldjPfa1bkU&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />Shyamalan better redeem himself with this film...sonofaditchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013181449105764863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528575863232820336.post-75723306622400867732010-02-04T15:53:00.006+08:002010-02-04T16:00:33.879+08:00WTF? LOL FB Momentsfound these in <a href="http://www.lolfbmoments.com/">www.lolfbmoments.com.</a> The various new media for communication and social networking has spawned a whole new phenomenon -- the proliferation of amusing scenarios unfolding online. Many of them featured in the site are cautionary tales to protect ones privacy, exercise decorum in an essentially public space, while some are just manifestations of the humor and idiocy that makes the human race so entertaining.<br /><br />My top three favorites <span style="font-style:italic;">(click pics for larger view)</span>:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJNuQ1NuBRca_h8N3kKP6AZ5XuQIsD2DMpQjM_JyhTjOuC5wv_y4at2xNvwlA_rF1n51E3s9v8ahFpqsZagyv-tNbPHmvswrz7kIMCym_kdmZveYh1qAet0F9ZfvHT6-FQmxCgkhCyXKg/s1600-h/lolFBpeta.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 128px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJNuQ1NuBRca_h8N3kKP6AZ5XuQIsD2DMpQjM_JyhTjOuC5wv_y4at2xNvwlA_rF1n51E3s9v8ahFpqsZagyv-tNbPHmvswrz7kIMCym_kdmZveYh1qAet0F9ZfvHT6-FQmxCgkhCyXKg/s320/lolFBpeta.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434294049973446786" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgiBHmKgWEIvt4PlHIbecUoCg7BkGnF5XuP7iKLhQI5rHZgkLphLlvIdylqc7aqghd1rYRLhlVC3juJUX2okiytXtfgWz1nqYwqK1-vURqzJrE2YOyJyZhKVHDBhfZz7hsXO79_r5d2_k/s1600-h/lolFByour-frotto.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgiBHmKgWEIvt4PlHIbecUoCg7BkGnF5XuP7iKLhQI5rHZgkLphLlvIdylqc7aqghd1rYRLhlVC3juJUX2okiytXtfgWz1nqYwqK1-vURqzJrE2YOyJyZhKVHDBhfZz7hsXO79_r5d2_k/s320/lolFByour-frotto.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434294282887811330" /></a><br /><br /><br />and finally, the <span style="font-style:italic;">piece de resistance</span>...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1NgCGWs4hZ2lovTPt5cQ_LkWwN88zsZK5j84sO5Micu1pKc560PQzQNJ7cQGdnEQ2e9ccMyz2GfVnOs8OeitOfd3fxifUiZT1kSy5AYywdsfiM0BQOOI-_EPoz-Pg4dmUfqxhFnVygQo/s1600-h/lolFBhuge-sunglasses.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 96px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1NgCGWs4hZ2lovTPt5cQ_LkWwN88zsZK5j84sO5Micu1pKc560PQzQNJ7cQGdnEQ2e9ccMyz2GfVnOs8OeitOfd3fxifUiZT1kSy5AYywdsfiM0BQOOI-_EPoz-Pg4dmUfqxhFnVygQo/s320/lolFBhuge-sunglasses.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434294532160278562" /></a>sonofaditchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013181449105764863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528575863232820336.post-17524857485897943712010-02-02T20:16:00.005+08:002010-02-02T20:53:00.117+08:00Ex Post Facto: The Archaeology Field Trip<span style="font-style:italic;">Just this weekend I had an incredible, once-in-a-lifetime chance to get down and dirty with archaeologists at an actual dig in Quezon province. The experience was great, and the people were both brilliant and easy-going. This is an attempt to recapture those days and the moments that made the experience worthwhile...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">The evening of January 29 until the early morning of January 30, 2010<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span><br /><br />The trip was officially scheduled to start on the 30th, with the participants meeting at the JAC Bus Terminal at 5:30 AM. This arrangement posed a dilemma for me since I was unsure if I could avail myself of transportation in the early hours of the morning at UP Campus. It was a good thing that one of my classmates in World Archaeology, Fr. Ted, extended an invitation to us to spend the night at their parish church convent. <br /><br />I immediately pounced on that chance to spend a night at the convent. I have had the opportunity to spend a night in a seminary -- it was during my teaching days when the faculty of UNO-R went on a trip to Cebu; we spent one night at the seminary in San Carlos. But this was my first time in the priestly quarters in a parish church.<br /><br />I was joined in our overnight adventure by Sir Butch who was, quite coincidentally, a pastor. The other one who joined our crew was RJ (he was Mr. Call Center English in my previous post)<br /><br />To say that the night was eventful would be an understatement. I got to know my fellow classmates a bit better. We finally got to see how Fr. Ted arranges his piles of reading materials -- in an attempt to segregate his academics from his religious duties. Fr. Ted had attended the convention of religious which had more than 5000 priests in attendance. We got to meet the parish priests and the other members of the community over dinner. I got a chance to watch the television again. The political ads were driving me insane. We also watched the latest adventures of Santino and I marveled at the magic of editing -- one moment the police were being informed of a riot at the seminary, then we cut to the next scene of them arriving to pacify the unruly crowd. Now that was fast!<br /><br />Initially it was only me and the two religious guys who were in the convent. RJ was running a bit late because he had a few things to do but it was alright since he lived nearby and had a car. So after a few hours of watching the idiot box we made our way to the night spots for a bit of fun.<br /><br />It was good, clean, fun mind you people. The bar was nice; I finally got to drink Red Horse again after so many years; and the band was good. They even played one of the songs I requested which was "I Don't Wanna Wait" by Paula Cole. I figured that since the band featured drums, keyboard and bass that Paula Cole was a good choice for them. They pulled it off, though I could hear the pretty vocalist struggling a bit with the vocals but nevertheless I appreciated their effort.<br /><br />It got even more interesting when we met Fr. Ted's friends. One of them immediately took to the stage and sang a song. Her performance was quite good, though the song that she sang escapes my memory as of this moment. What happened next may be blamed on peer pressure and Red Horse.<br /><br />I got up onstage and sang "Boys Don't Cry" by The Cure.<br /><br />hahahahaha<br /><br />In fairness, I asked my table after my performance if I did well and they said that it was good. In fact, a random stranger complimented my performance while I was on my way to the CR. <span style="font-style:italic;">May handshake pa yan ha</span>.<br /><br />But the night was getting late and we had to make our way back. After saying our goodbyes, we went back to the convent. RJ had already caught up with us at the bar and I rode with him on the way back. During the ride I discovered that he was a fan of Irish music. And so we both engaged in a discussion of the merits of Celtic music and culture.<br /><br />When we arrived at the convent, we made our way to our respective rooms. I was billeted with Sir Butch but RJ, who was supposed to be alone in the next room, decided to join us after a while. The reason: He and I got into a veeeeeery lengthy discussion regarding comic books. RJ was a Deadpool and X-men afficionado and he brought along a Wolverine comic book with him. The discussion found its way into our room and the talk turned to 80s and early 90s cartoons, online gaming and movies. It was like finding a lost member of one's tribe (the tribe of "Nerd") and you could actually converse in your own secret language. <span style="font-style:italic;">Si Sir Butch kung minsan nawawala sa mga pinag-uusapan namin ni RJ</span>.<br /><br />So instead of sleeping, the three of us spent the next few hours watching <span style="font-style:italic;">Zatoichi</span> on RJ's laptop.<br /><br />It was the most fun I've ever had in one night in Manila.sonofaditchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013181449105764863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528575863232820336.post-77626232870267133682010-01-24T22:19:00.004+08:002010-01-24T22:37:46.523+08:00Pandora is basically a Local Area Network<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhjij3W2FP4Cpz69EEXu4gHCYdZrAbamk78sO0ZfxCtZYM5pqbiw6uDPwk8w-HM0wznaZGAspb0_JjOfDKhRT5JqbujOgfVO4Z1gChhhfatwbYWJ_7TY6HME7iqiyHR7nbl7i8EQBHlh8/s1600-h/avatar-movie-poster.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhjij3W2FP4Cpz69EEXu4gHCYdZrAbamk78sO0ZfxCtZYM5pqbiw6uDPwk8w-HM0wznaZGAspb0_JjOfDKhRT5JqbujOgfVO4Z1gChhhfatwbYWJ_7TY6HME7iqiyHR7nbl7i8EQBHlh8/s320/avatar-movie-poster.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430314742009836066" /></a><br /><br />Finally got a chance to watch the acclaimed film "Avatar" and here are some of my thoughts:<br /><br />1. Saw it on IMAX 3D and there's only one fitting reaction and I'm going with one of the reactions mentioned in the James Cameron interview in <span style="font-style:italic;">Attack of the Show</span> which goes like this:<br /><br />"Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude..."<br /><br />*ahem*<br /><br />I can tell you that you've never seen anything like it before.<br /><br />2. Pandora is a planet where the biosphere is essentially one big internet: creatures come with their own USB ports, the native population have their own USB/LAN cables attached to their bodies, trees are servers, and their nature deity issues orders through wifi...duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude...<br /><br />3. the visuals are awesome; the story -- well -- is familiar. People have made (unkind) comparisons to Dances with Wolves, Pocahontas, and even Fern Gully!<br /><br />4. There was this one scene where Jake Sully (or Jake Sooli) is making this big speech to rally the Na'vi. In one sentence I caught the phrase "...this is..." and I went "Sparta?" while chuckling to myself.<br /><br />5. How the hell do Na'vis f*ck? One animator decides to speculate...<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0D8IRIYBSnk&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0D8IRIYBSnk&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />6. I want my own flying dragon -- thing -- whatever that was!<br /><br />7. I didn't want to return the 3D glasses when it was all over. For the money I paid I decided to wear it until the exit, refusing to take it off with my own hands -- I actually leaned over to the usher so he could pluck the glasses off my face.sonofaditchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013181449105764863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528575863232820336.post-56129502142147335112010-01-23T21:10:00.002+08:002010-01-23T21:42:13.156+08:00Au Revoir, Conan!I used to stay up at night watching Conan O'Brien and his crazy show Late Night and I have always found its humor most entertaining compared to Jay Leno or David Letterman. Perhaps its the late night time slot that this show once occupied that allowed Conan and his bevy of writers to think up the most insane, surreal, and oftentimes mildly offensive skits to assault the senses of the late night viewer. If you were awake while Late Night with Conan O'Brien was on you're either drunk, wasted or extremely bored out of your skull and a good 'ol dose of crass, juvenile, and plain idiotic humor would do you good.<br /><br />My fond memories of the show...<br /><br />1. <span style="font-weight:bold;">In the year 2000<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span> - always done with a surprise guest, this skit continued even beyond 2000 -- a fact that they jokingly referred to in one of their segments. I always liked the seemingly homemade production featured in this skit. Looks like this was dreamed up by the writers in their basement while stoned on something...<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/87soTsQjf5Y&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/87soTsQjf5Y&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />2. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Conan O'Brien hates my Homeland<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span> -- insulting the nations of the world to figure out where the show is aired worldwide. This particular clip paved the way for Conan's foray into international politics<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/l1WcS4UZKOU&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/l1WcS4UZKOU&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />3. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Conan O'Brien and Tarja Halonen<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span> -- only Conan can boast of this achievement: who among the talk show hosts can lay claim to having influenced an actual electoral contest? and having a country's chief executive as a look-alike?<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ynY8BBtn9vg&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ynY8BBtn9vg&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />4. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Walker Texas Ranger<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span> - the man, the show, the clips, that lever.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/H4NqL5udFnI&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/H4NqL5udFnI&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />5. <span style="font-style:italic;">Pierre Bernard's Recliner of Rage<span style="font-weight:bold;"></span></span> -- for geeks only. hehehe<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oDKVU3tiBoQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oDKVU3tiBoQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />6. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Conan and Max small talk moment<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span> -- the stare down really cracks me up. It just comes out of nowhere...Max and the band often participates in really absurd skits.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/prv3DzIZOmc&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/prv3DzIZOmc&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />7. <span style="font-weight:bold;">The Masturbating Bear<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span> -- to clarify, the late night version really featured wanking but since the clip is from the tonight show well...at least we see the bear for one last time...<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fCVOOZrHWvo&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fCVOOZrHWvo&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />8. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Manatees Gone Wild<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span> -- I only found the "Horny Manatee" clip. But you can imagine the "gone wild" part hehe<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XiT3VpWTDFA&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XiT3VpWTDFA&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />9. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Triumph the Insult Comic Dog<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span> -- one of the most famous acts on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ugk37TvIR8E&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ugk37TvIR8E&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />10. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Joel Goddard<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span> -- and even the announcer joins in the fun!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CKKPxmdWs-Q&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CKKPxmdWs-Q&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I'll miss Conan O'Brien and his show. But if he decides to resurface again, he's got one viewer happy to join in the craziness all over again...sonofaditchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013181449105764863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528575863232820336.post-16662743035700589252010-01-18T20:28:00.006+08:002010-01-18T20:38:18.247+08:00Heil Landa!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgycy6MW522NSxpAYx2qWGMfpdYqL6BILSKGDeopWg-KsPRpRyldqI0tiLYNPLgWAcI4Eq11o5XWMA9Xlj9jgk7y5mNBWzNPgjiZ7G19c50x_wK5k-QCtUqVK55o8YOj3vor-_3kDTICoE/s1600-h/inglourious_basterds_Landa.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 193px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgycy6MW522NSxpAYx2qWGMfpdYqL6BILSKGDeopWg-KsPRpRyldqI0tiLYNPLgWAcI4Eq11o5XWMA9Xlj9jgk7y5mNBWzNPgjiZ7G19c50x_wK5k-QCtUqVK55o8YOj3vor-_3kDTICoE/s320/inglourious_basterds_Landa.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428055900291907426" /></a><br /><br />Congratulations to Christophe Waltz, a.k.a. Colonel Hans Landa, for winning the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Golden Globes. <br /><br />His performance in <span style="font-style:italic;">Inglourious Basterds</span> is alternately disturbing and comedic -- with just a touch of charisma and sadism. All of his scenes are noteworthy but this one's the funniest of them all...<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/721VdcLKZV8&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/721VdcLKZV8&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />An Oscar is just a breath away...sonofaditchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013181449105764863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528575863232820336.post-85121064435088771972010-01-18T17:47:00.000+08:002010-01-18T17:48:13.819+08:00WTF? Death Metal Rooster<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/A43JOxLa5MM&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/A43JOxLa5MM&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>sonofaditchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013181449105764863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528575863232820336.post-20745248632742199032010-01-15T22:36:00.004+08:002010-01-15T22:42:40.617+08:00And a New Nerd Found...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiACkhSLOVFgcJxabNMWOXXsLNcaDY_GDWwzvB4BWiTEyNkCUzjATalvTLVanZRHQ0vlU-v1Z6w859OXo0PFgimgsLRVSkV3zgiRh-qqPoZCfsj6wcNV_l9xSQWjV2duKy92w5r21_NYXg/s1600-h/nerd.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiACkhSLOVFgcJxabNMWOXXsLNcaDY_GDWwzvB4BWiTEyNkCUzjATalvTLVanZRHQ0vlU-v1Z6w859OXo0PFgimgsLRVSkV3zgiRh-qqPoZCfsj6wcNV_l9xSQWjV2duKy92w5r21_NYXg/s320/nerd.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426976693671735602" /></a><br />If a “gaydar” is said to exist…is there a possibly that there is also a “nerd-dar” – a social “device” to “detect” nerds?<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Classmate ko siya sa Archaeo class. Una akala ko sit-in kasi second meeting na siya pumasok. Grabe pa mag-english. “Call center English” ‘ata – todo pronounce ang “t” sound at may twang pa. Siyempre di ‘rin ako patatalo sa kanya so English din ako. Pero walang twang…di yan tinuro sa amin hehe.<br /></span><br /><br />He arrived a bit late for our class, and since he was absent last meeting he was asking around regarding the previous discussions. That’s when we struck up a conversation. Out of nowhere he mentioned about xenoarchaeology and the possibility of life on other planets.<br /><br />Silent alarms sounded in my head. I decided to test the waters…<br /><br />I mentioned the possibility of extraterrestrial life was speculated upon by scientists. In fact there’s this formula…<br /><br />“Oh, you mean the Roddenberry formula…” Call center English quipped.<br /><br />…that was made by Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, I managed to finish.<br /><br />CONFIRMED!<br /><br />One more…to determine if he’s the “old school” nerd or more contemporary…<br /><br />We were discussing hominids, hominins, the culture of the early humans when I turned to him and nonchalantly said…<br /><br />“Another possibility is that the Cylons are our ancestors…”<br /><br />Call center English looked at me and chuckled.<br /><br />“The Cylons,” he replied,”were the reason why humans came to earth in the first place.”<br /><br />There was no need for words to figure out where that came from. Battle Star Galactica. The Reimagined Series.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Huli ka. haha<br /></span>sonofaditchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013181449105764863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528575863232820336.post-3308392249746786662010-01-07T09:51:00.002+08:002010-01-07T09:54:35.107+08:00WTF? Day Job Orchestraprofanity + illegal drug reference + overdubbed gibberish + Star Trek: TNG + APPLE JUICE! = AMAZING!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9z46_8EkC3g&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9z46_8EkC3g&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/414TmP12WAU&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/414TmP12WAU&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>sonofaditchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013181449105764863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528575863232820336.post-987032854538016422010-01-04T09:54:00.003+08:002010-01-04T09:56:48.747+08:00See You in Manila<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNIlxriQR9hKDRGB25m8R2m_qYFIR3cxfz7BqW7DNCOYFf5VIpqZcUJfGaVZnrjANeOe_Rh70Jjo_mpWBnZwQIm3NCi3_JQa_lnru5IKCNe2-fLYmAhF25TMC0szqeW8bdir5hSL2030/s1600-h/warpdrive.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNIlxriQR9hKDRGB25m8R2m_qYFIR3cxfz7BqW7DNCOYFf5VIpqZcUJfGaVZnrjANeOe_Rh70Jjo_mpWBnZwQIm3NCi3_JQa_lnru5IKCNe2-fLYmAhF25TMC0szqeW8bdir5hSL2030/s400/warpdrive.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422697317817512690" /></a><br /><br />Warp ten na 'to...todo na 'to. hehe<br /><br />Will be back in Manila this afternoon. Looking forward to the last few months. Hope everything plays according to plan this 2010...sonofaditchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013181449105764863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528575863232820336.post-88848724942872128712009-12-27T13:32:00.003+08:002009-12-27T13:36:08.531+08:00[Ge]N[er]ational Anthem<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eMP1uFccWd8&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eMP1uFccWd8&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />My brother, nephew and myself were singing along to this Fra Lippo Lippi song while we were in the car last Christmas evening. One thing I can say about my family is that music is one tie that binds us together. I dare you to show me another 8-year old who sings Fra Lippo Lippi.<br /><br />Incidentally, this was the first song played by the band during our high school batch reunion last night. This goes to show how good music transcends generations...sonofaditchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013181449105764863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528575863232820336.post-30761715735738606772009-12-19T22:05:00.002+08:002009-12-19T22:08:12.308+08:00In BacolodJust got here this afternoon after an almost 2 hour delay with my flight. Salamat, Zest Air...<br /><br />This few days are going to be hectic with all the meetings to attend to...so it might be awhile before I can once again attend to this blog. Currently piggy-backing on someone's wifi connection. Salamat, unrestricted wifi...sonofaditchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013181449105764863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528575863232820336.post-83846786067807139792009-12-18T12:00:00.004+08:002009-12-18T12:05:03.996+08:00See You in BacolodThis will be my final "vacation period". The next homecoming's going to be permanent but that'll still be in April...<br /><br />Just want to give out my advance holiday greetings to everybody who will be visiting or straying onto my blog. Will do my best to post updates during the vacation season. Suffice to say that I'll be busy for the next few weeks. hehe<br /><br />Tomorrow I'll be making my way to the airport for my flight.<br /><br />Be safe everybody and see you all in Bacolod.sonofaditchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013181449105764863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528575863232820336.post-30533627693445826702009-12-14T19:51:00.004+08:002009-12-14T19:59:27.015+08:00The Playlist in My HeadEffect of the movies <em>Inglourious Basterds</em> and <em>Paprika</em>:<br /><br />1. "Meditation Field" by Susumu Hirasawa<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xqg3Sw3s9Wg&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xqg3Sw3s9Wg&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />2. The "Parade Song" by Susumu Hirasawa<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FAnSKN9s7eY&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FAnSKN9s7eY&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />3. "Cat People (Putting out Fire)" by David Bowie. This is <em>that</em> scene in <em>Inglourious Basterds</em>.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SafkXgQnsuI&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SafkXgQnsuI&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>sonofaditchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013181449105764863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528575863232820336.post-6511913943017126182009-12-14T19:08:00.004+08:002009-12-14T19:31:24.349+08:00Amazing [G]raceToday's adventure seemed to be a lost episode of The Amazing Race. I had contacted Grace a few days ago telling her if she would be amenable for a meeting. She was in Manila this weekend and I was happy that she obliged me. The problem was -- oh well, I'll let our [reconstructed, slightly altered for dramatic effect] text exchanges tell the tale. Here's last night's exchange:<br /><br /><em>Grace: let's meet December 14 (Monday) at 2 PM at UP Diliman. I have to buy some UP Shirts.<br /><br />Ditch: don't you have a 5:15 flight that same afternoon? and aren't you in Laguna?<br /><br />Grace: Just got here this Sunday afternoon. Will be in Tagaytay early morning to watch the sunrise and then have brunch. After that, will go straight to UP.<br /><br />Ditch: [to myself: Tagaytay? sunrise? WTF?!] Are you sure you can make it within the time frame you plotted...early morning Monday traffic is really terrible...</em><br /><br />Our text exchanges this morning (around 11 am) and early in the afternoon got freakier...<br /><br /><em>Grace: Mike, gud am! which is nearer to the airport? MOA or UP?<br /><br />Ditch: Darling, you have such an abyssmal sense of proximity here in Manila. Why don't we meet in MOA na lang?<br /><br />Grace: OK, can you buy me some shirts na lang?<br /><br />Ditch: $%@#! I'm already in the jeepney. It'll take me 40+ minutes to get to MOA. Are you on your way...?</em><br /><br />[an hour later]<br /><br /><em>Ditch: Arrived at MOA na. I'll be waiting for you at Mcdonald's beside the Hypermarket. It's the building with the turquoise colored tower thing...<br /><br />Grace: I'm on the bus but it might take a while for it to leave.<br /><br />Ditch: You really sure you'll make it in time?<br /><br />Grace: Yup! Bus ride will take about an hour then I'll take a taxi ride which will take about 15 mins. See yah!<br /><br />Ditch: OK. see you then.</em><br /><br />At this time I was reciting the Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear, replacing the word "<strong>fear</strong>" with <strong>be stressed/get angry/strangle Grace</strong>. An hour or so passes. <em>I will not be stressed, stress is the mind-killer...</em><br /><br /><em>Grace: Mike, I'm in the taxi na...<br /><br />Ditch: I'm standing outside the Hypermarket. Don't bother getting out of the taxi. I'll join you and we'll have our chat at the terminal na lang ha?<br /><br />Grace: I'm here na.<br /><br />Ditch: Where the $%&* are you?!</em><br /><br />The meeting that ensued was much more pleasant, I assure you.<br /><br /><br /><em>NOTE: again, the cited text exchanges have been fictionalized for dramatic effect. Grace might contest some of the words used in the recreation but in my view those words best summed up my thoughts. If ever Grace decides to blog about her experience, I bet it would have a slightly different take and most assuredly would contain no expletives...</em>sonofaditchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013181449105764863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528575863232820336.post-83572223992365057872009-12-13T21:29:00.005+08:002009-12-13T22:03:19.431+08:00Die Hitler! Die!Watching <em>Inglorious Basterds</em> brought back memories of watching war movies with my brother. He would always tell me to take count of the number of soldiers at the start of the film as they would eventually be whittled down during the course of the story. Needless to say, my subtraction skills were sharpened from watching war movies:<br /><br /><em>Okay, we have 10 members in the squad...<br /><br />Now, two got blown to bits by a claymore mine -- 10 minus 2,that's eight...<br /><br />One bleeds to death from being shot in the thigh, must be the femoral...one less eight makes seven...<br /><br />Standoff in a base or somewhere...five gets blown by mortar fire. Two remain standing...</em><br /><br />The beauty about <em>Inglorious Basterds</em> is that it doesn't make pretensions to draw parallels with current issues, be an allegory of the struggle over good and evil, serve as an indictment or endorsement of any war, or even wax sentimental over the "good old days" (<em>Band of Brothers</em> often did this during the course of that series). It's a swashbuckling adventure. And it delivers.<br /><br />In the sequence which shows Shosanna (aka Emmanuelle) in the projection room prior to the premiere of "Nation's Pride" (you'll get this if you watched the film), I thought the song playing was familiar - more particularly, the voice, which I was sure I have heard before. I bet Yunamayi that it was David Bowie (unfortunately she didn't call me on my bet). And sure enough, at the end credits -- David Bowie! Cat People!<br /><br />One question: what happened to the remainder of the Basterds? I counted the the two German speaking Basterds in the pub and the two who went kamikaze in the cinema as casualties; Raines and Utivich survived, so where were the other four? Unless I missed a scene...wait -- I forgot to count them again during the baseball bat scene with Bear Jew and the Nazi officer...crap.sonofaditchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013181449105764863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528575863232820336.post-60018208600788457752009-12-12T22:16:00.002+08:002009-12-12T22:18:57.589+08:00Time Team<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LnkUex1A1CE&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LnkUex1A1CE&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I was introduced to this series during our previous lecture in World Archaeology with Prof. Valientes. Never realized that digging through dirt could be so dramatic and <em>sexy</em>...sonofaditchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013181449105764863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528575863232820336.post-23878505696128570432009-12-10T20:34:00.001+08:002009-12-10T20:36:49.505+08:00Hell Hath No Fury......like a woman scorned. Most especially if said woman is descended from Vikings...<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/01tIerAhzfk&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/01tIerAhzfk&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>sonofaditchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013181449105764863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528575863232820336.post-19832794047268644262009-12-02T21:36:00.002+08:002009-12-02T21:45:44.069+08:00Almost FamousMama called up unexpectedly asking how I was doing. Turns out she saw a news report on a certain rally in UP Diliman that seemingly got out of hand.<br /><br />"I passed by that rally this afternoon!" was my response to her.<br /><br />I was making my way to the UP Press Bookstore at Balay Kalinaw in order to look at some books and I happened to come across the said rally. Mass demonstrations is nothing extraordinary here in UP but what surprised me was the very visible police presence. <br /><br />So picture this: me walking nonchalantly through the crowd of protesters, silently praying that nothing untoward happens lest I become a casualty in the melee. And it would be easy to mistake me as one of the <em>tibaks</em> -- I was wearing the UP History Department shirt with cargo pants and sandals. I was like walking bait for the police itching to trounce any wayward <em>tibak</em>.<br /><br />I was going: <em>"Diyos ko...wag lang sanang magkagulo...paraanin niyo lang ako bago kayo magpatayan...Please lang..."</em><br /><br />But my prayers were answered and I made my way through the masses without any incident. Thank goodness the crowd decided to up the ante much, much later.sonofaditchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013181449105764863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528575863232820336.post-45483617598731176082009-11-30T16:44:00.002+08:002009-11-30T16:52:15.970+08:00Coming Soon1. Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xko1Mx5w4tg&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xko1Mx5w4tg&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />2. Inglorious Bastards<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/c9A6qbbc63Y&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/c9A6qbbc63Y&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />3. The Hurt Locker - I think this one already screened, so I might've missed this...but I hope I'm wrong..<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xhQdJTlo5NI&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xhQdJTlo5NI&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>sonofaditchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013181449105764863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528575863232820336.post-7648929995787284132009-11-29T21:38:00.004+08:002009-11-29T22:02:02.102+08:00Profane Redemption<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0iJOBQ_EGMHktiElT9GhmibjVyuMJ4RfPRfn4x7qhf5Bty1X4xJ5CMT4r5KsQg8K8m91aQsamWWoVL5fAaGgae2ifkqMAu1Z6R9nll3jmqw9ycdoGz4HuNYhY5q_YCmouPbTa3LDqET8/s1600/Crucifixion.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 382px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0iJOBQ_EGMHktiElT9GhmibjVyuMJ4RfPRfn4x7qhf5Bty1X4xJ5CMT4r5KsQg8K8m91aQsamWWoVL5fAaGgae2ifkqMAu1Z6R9nll3jmqw9ycdoGz4HuNYhY5q_YCmouPbTa3LDqET8/s400/Crucifixion.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409524657547873602" /></a><br /><em>Matthias Grunewald's "Crucifixion"</em> <br /><br />Just watched <em>Wanted:Border</em> with Yunamayi and let me just say that it was an amazing experience. The film reallys fits the mold of what a true "indie cinema" experience is. The film does not pander to the audience, purposely forcing the viewers to a higher level of awareness. In short - hindi iniinsulto ng pelikulang ito ang intelihensya ng manonood.<br /><br />But the film also carries an inherent challenge -- as the audience you need to keep your eyes and ears open and soak in the visual and visceral experience. Viewing <em>Wanted:Border</em> is quite a challenge. The film employs a non-linear narrative and the images would seem to be a bit convoluted at the beginning but it all falls into place toward the end. Take note, you need to keep the small details in mind. This film might need a few more views even for those already initiated in the various conceits of indie cinema.<br /><br />The film left us both satisfied and perplexed. The <em>taltal</em> thread is the one that got us pondering the film even as we were exiting the cinema. During dinner we'd often catch ourselves lost in thought -- ganun ka-grabe ang epekto ng pelikula sa amin. To speak of more details would be a sacrilege, since one needs to take in the entire movie and come up with their individual take on the movie. Mine is right there in the blog post title as well as in the picture of Christ crucified in all his g(l)ory. <br /><br />Apart from the complexities, it was a joy to hear people speaking in Ilonggo. Rosanna Roces gives an understated, though very powerful performance. The film has offered us a strange and unsettling view of the human condition, and if in the darkness of human compulsions one can find a strange though disturbing beauty -- and a rather surreal hope for redemption -- then it wouldn't hurt to look, would it?sonofaditchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013181449105764863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528575863232820336.post-88687423908483838332009-11-29T11:41:00.002+08:002009-11-29T11:46:12.112+08:00"Aerial" by Kate Bush<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vJ795x9vWp8&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vJ795x9vWp8&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />this is not an official music video for the song but this captures the song's essence beautifully. <br /><br />Again...amazing.sonofaditchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013181449105764863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528575863232820336.post-28112172878970786592009-11-28T20:57:00.006+08:002009-11-28T21:10:31.145+08:00Aerial<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilHEZzTXqXYs0tyTF-8foZ9Eu6VXIZJ_LLPntzTrqhHVnWbHMSvMnChW3aLZbFC7I-hZ0wcxZllBerNjPL9AWnqcYwxLmZ8A-S6AAmonugK5pxm-KO5V3shCH5X_O_A0o6rqyCT1ZdZW4/s1600/KateBush_AerialB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilHEZzTXqXYs0tyTF-8foZ9Eu6VXIZJ_LLPntzTrqhHVnWbHMSvMnChW3aLZbFC7I-hZ0wcxZllBerNjPL9AWnqcYwxLmZ8A-S6AAmonugK5pxm-KO5V3shCH5X_O_A0o6rqyCT1ZdZW4/s320/KateBush_AerialB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409137978046831586" /></a><br /><br />Found my way into Astroplus at SM North and fished out Kate Bush's "Aerial" CD from the bargain stacks. How come I know majority of the artists consigned to "bargain sale limbo"? Kokonti na ba talaga ang mga katulad kong eclectic ang taste sa music? Ano ba yan...<br /><br />Listening to Kate Bush made me wish I had known her earlier. Her work defies categorization and simple description as the songs feature varied genres and musical styles. Her music is so <em>complex</em> -- within a single song I counted at least three changes in tempo and a song often would cross over into another musical style mid-track. This album deserves to be heard again and again... <br /><br />My favorite tracks are in the second disc entitled "Sky of Honey": the songs "Somewhere in Between", "Nocturn", and "Aerial" need to be listened to as a series as it features common musical themes and motifs. Birdsong features predominantly within the second disc as well as human voices and animal growls. Kate even utilizes a unique tone and cadence when singing which is reminiscent of the chanting of Muslims in prayer. <br /><br />This is one <em>weird</em>, <em>amazing</em> album.sonofaditchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013181449105764863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528575863232820336.post-37375754748456862682009-11-27T23:04:00.000+08:002009-11-27T23:05:18.305+08:00Something to Look Forward To in the New Year<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/G374vAIuSlY&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/G374vAIuSlY&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>sonofaditchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013181449105764863noreply@blogger.com0