WTF?

One word: OUCH! hahahahahahahaha!

Bad Historian!

Ayan kasi...pinag-interesang ibenta ang mga makasaysayang dokumento. Nabuking, nahuli, ngayon kalaboso ka! Wala kang galang sa kasaysayan...Magdusa Ka! Bwahahahahahaha!

Historian found guilty of stealing Katipunan documents article from the Philippine Daily Inquirer website

My Neighbor Totoro

I had the opportunity to purchase Hayao Miyazaki's classic anime movie "My Neighbor Totoro" and I couldn't have made a better decision in my life -- apart from taking graduate studies and taking up education as a course in college, hehe...

What could've been a simple story of a family moving into a new home and adjusting to a new life in an idyllic, rural setting gets a boost with stunning visuals, a sensitive treatment of the characters, and the addition of forest spirits that look like a cat-bear-rabbit hybrid.

The movie was quite an experience for me. The moment Mei saw those pointed ears emerging from the grass, I was completely lost in Miyazaki's vision. Miyazaki-san made me feel like I'm seven years old again -- looking at the world with eyes of innocence and wonder. Maybe Totoro, the dust bunnies, and even Neko-bus were Miyazaki's metaphor for childrens' lost wonder -- their innocence that enables them to look beyond the mundane and see the dustbunnies lurking in the dark corners of an abandoned home, spy the pointy ears of a woodland sprite as it tries to sneak past you like a tiptoeing ghost, and wonder if the great gust of wind that blows with such force could be something more...

Here's a clip from that amazing movie. This scene got me chuckling like crazy...the Neko(Cat) bus' entry was literally a jawdropper for me...



I soooo loved the expression on Totoro's face as he was standing beside Satsuki.

Remember Lordi?

Of course you don't. hehe I just heard of news that the new winner of Eurovision 2008is a Russian singer who, in his performance during the finals night, featured a violinist playing a Stradivarius and an Olympic ice-skater performing his stunts on stage. Talk about production value -- and high camp value of course...

Never been too familiar with Eurovision, myself. I know that it's an annual singing contest which features contestants coming from several European countries. I think ABBA performed once, and Celine Dion, and that Israeli woman whose one song was featured in Voyage...but I digress...

The only time that I got interested in this contest was the entry of an unlikely contender from Finland in 2006. Usually Eurovision features songs that could be considered the epitome of cheesiness. Consider the titles: "Save your Kisses for Me", "Diggi-Lo, Diggi-Ley", "Love Shine A Light", "Take Me To Your Heaven", etc. And that's just the songs that have Engish titles or feature English lyrics...

Now, back to 2006. Finland presents: LORDI!



Hahahahahahaha the vid looks like a clip from a bad 80s horror movie. Cheesy acting, not-too-good directing, simplistic camera angles...and the song -- WTF? Everything about this song seemed to be so bad but the thing that got me hooked on this band is their novelty...they're like that one dark spot on an immaculate pure white canvas. You'll never fail to notice them...with their horns and freakish prosthetics, I'll bet that'll catch everybody's attention.

And true enough, Lordi won Eurovision 2006...here's their performance during the finals -- enough with the flag-waving already! hahahaha



Hmmmm...now where do I begin with this? Members of the Undead Scourge embark on a rock career? What's with the axe-microphone? Is the makeup -- permanent?

I could just imagine the propsman who made the fold-out wings going "I made that sh*t!". That, and the pyrotechnics are I believe a fitting climax to a performance that I could only describe (charitably) as out-of-this-world.

After 2006, it was back to usual pop tunes for Eurovision. In this contest, Lordi was more the exception that the rule.

Yahooooo!

Thank you, Lord!

Thank you, Sir Teodoro!

Thank you, Father Arcilla!

wahahahahahahahahaha!

yahoooooooo!