Nah, I’m not feeling emo or anything approaching melodrama. I thought of browsing through youtube intent on looking for a Paramore acoustic video after featuring Hey Monday in my previous post. I don’t know it just felt like I’m cheating on Haley by bringing up Hey Monday. Hehehe.
Anyway I saw a video of Haley singing King of Leon’s Use Somebody in an acoustic version and I thought she sounded really good. Unfortunately I think her version can’t quite capture the emotional range of the original. Which is only natural I think. It’s quite a feat to be able to sound better than the original especially more so in this case when it seems the song has been created only for the frontman of KoL. Continue reading →
With my newfound freedom, I’ve declared every Monday to be a holiday. This works very well for me. For one thing, I can’t drive on a Monday– number coding and all that. Not that I plan to go out of my bedroom of course. I am like Thoreau who retreated to the woods; in my case it’s my bedroom. I refuse to see people except on the weekends when I’d rather see Bangus at some fish pond which as given me a lot of satisfaction. I guess I’m anti-human now and pro-bangus.
Having freed myself from my former life’s bondage, one would think that I would be eagerly jumping from one bus to another excited to see the world. That’s not what’s happening however. I have instead indulged myself in all those things that I’ve only been ‘stealing’ before. Those guilty pleasures that have kept me up all night and and were the cause of my perennial grogginess in the office. Continue reading →
One of my favorite songs by Parokya ni Edgar. Well it’s not really the case for me, it’s been almost four months since I got rid of all the stress (and the money) to the chagrin of people who’ve been leeching depending on me. I’m a little bit worried about what the future may bring, but when you’re living for the moment who cares right?
I took a sensient being’s life yesterday (3 actually) to offer it on the altar of food. It seems ironic, cruel even, to see a fisherman’s big smile when he hooks a fish. The fish on the other hand wriggles and gasps at the same time, shocked at the pain and the sudden breathlessness as it’s suddenly taken out of the water by a foreign being.
It would be horrifying to be a fish I think. Although that’s always been the natural order of things. The food chain if you will. Nature has designed this predator-prey system so the strong can prey upon the weak. Natures intention however was for the strong to be able to eat the weak although it frowns on same species feasting. Continue reading →
It’s the Philippine elections once again and the carnival atmosphere is in full swing. I have not voted since Jovito Salonga ran as president more than a decade ago and looks like I still can’t get myself to re-register. The problem is that we are reading the same names over and over again. Listen to me, complaining about this and that without lifting a finger. Tsk… Typical whining bastard that I am.
Here in the province, people are greatly divided over Noynoy Aquino, or Manny Villar, or Gibo Teodoro. Personally, despite my non-voting persona, I am leaning towards Gibo. It seems to me, despite his distasteful association, he will be the one who can cause some serious dent on Philippine politics. He’s been called an ingrate by Danding Cojuangco once– which is not necessarily a bad thing. It just goes to show that the guy has backbone to not lick the ass of those who have given him money if what he thinks is right. Continue reading →
