Eddie V. Claims Hurricane Katrinia Caused By Legalization of Homosexual Marriage

Saw then (at mukhang hihirit pa ng isa) presidential hopeful, Eddie V. on TV early this morning. The topic - well i forgot the topic. Same, same; chapter ---, verse ---, nothing important. Anyway. Eddie V. claims that Hurricane Katrina was "God's" way of punishing human kind (with the exception of Chuck Norris and Dubia) for allowing our confused (read: homosexual) brothers and sisters to marry each other.

Our benevolent and enlightened leader even said that like God, he also loves the sinners. And it's their sin that he condemns. (cue: chants of "We're not worthy, we're not worthy")

Yep, dear brothers and sisters of the True And Only Viable Faith, being true to your sexual preference is a crime. Clearly, we gotta repress to impress the Big Guy upstairs.

While we're at it...
Oops, wag mag-panic. "Can be" lang naman daw. At kung sakali man, andyan naman si brother.

P.S. For more edifying lectures on how to possibly enter heaven, tune in to Channel seven every Saturday, around 5 am. Remember, behave.

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Ukol sa Kritisismo, K. Marx

Ito ang aking pangalawang tangka, patnubayan nawa ni caca.

The weapon of criticism cannot, of course, replace criticism of the weapon, material force must be overthrown by material force; but theory also becomes a material force as soon as it has gripped the masses. Theory is capable of gripping the masses as soon as it demonstrates ad hominem, and it demonstrates ad hominem as soon as it becomes radical. To be radical is to grasp the root of the matter. But, for man, the root is man himself.

Totoong hindi kayang paltan ng sandata ng kritisismo ang kritisismo ng sandata, materyal na pwersa ang gagapi sa materyal na pwersa; ngunit ang teorya ay nagiging materyal na pwersa rin sa puntong pinanghawakan ito ng masa. Ang teorya ay may kakanyahang himukin ang masa kung ito'y may katangiang ad hominem, at ito'y magiging ad hominem lamang kung ito'y radikal. Ang pagiging radikal ay paggamay sa ugat ng tinutukoy. Ngunit, para sa tao, ang ugat sya mismo.

~ sipi mula Criticism Of the Hegelian Philosophy Of Right ni Karl Marx, 1844

imahe mula sa http://www.imagecows.com/uploads/cfac-swissminigun-a-super-tiny-gun-171007.jpg

Banksy Strikes America!

See more.

taken from http://www.woostercollective.com/Bart1.jpg

To Sleep Less And Dream More

Lymphatic cancer wasn't able to cull Marquez from writing this beautiful, albeit, sad "farewell letter." Yet another reason to lose (willfully, of course,) sleep. Don't die on us just yet, Gabo. You still have to live to tell the tales.

Here's the letter:

If for a moment God were to forget that I am a rag doll and granted me a piece of life, I probably wouldn't say everything that I think; rather, I would think about everything that I say.

I would value things, not for their worth but for what they mean. I would sleep less, dream more, understanding that for each minute we close our eyes, we lose sixty seconds of light.

I would walk when others hold back, I would wake when others sleep, I would listen when others talk.

And how I would enjoy a good chocolate ice cream!

If God were to give me a piece of life, I would dress simply, throw myself face first into the sun, baring not only my body but also my soul.

My God, if I had a heart, I would write my hate on ice, and wait for the sun to show. Over the stars I would paint with a Van Gogh dream a Benedetti poem, and a Serrat song would be the serenade I'd offer to the moon.

I would water roses with my tears, to feel the pain of their thorns and the red kiss of their petals... My God, if I had a piece of life... I wouldn't let a single day pass without telling the people I love that I love them.

I would convince each woman and each man that they are my favorites, and I would live in love with love.

I would show men how very wrong they are to think that they cease to be in love when they grow old, not knowing that they grow old when they cease to be in love!

To a child I shall give wings, but I shall let him learn to fly on his own. I would teach the old that death does not come with old age, but with forgetting.

So much have I learned from you, oh men ... I have learned that everyone wants to live at the top of the mountain, without knowing that real happiness is in how it is scaled.

I have learned that when a newborn child first squeezes his father's finger in his tiny fist, he has him trapped forever.

I have learned that a man has the right to look down on another only when he has to help the other get to his feet.

From you I have learned so many things, but in truth they won't be of much use, for when I keep them within this suitcase, unhappily shall I be dying.

~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez
December 2000

image taken from http://static.flickr.com/136/327288273_5e0d6bf854.jpg

Dancing with the Green Fairy

There are bars in Baguio that offer a shot at the green fairy (not of lore), although i haven't tried one myself (honest).
(Am wondering the feel after downing a shot.)

Image taken from http://www.sourcecreative.co.uk/chris/raid71/images/drunck_fairy.jpg

Where's Kuya Kim when you need him?!

[click image to marvel at (possibly for the last time) a slice of Kanlaon's beauty]

An enviro-wacko friend (who's not aware of this blog) asked me to help popularize the Mt. Kanlaon issue. [i suggested she approach Kuya Kim for a spot in Matanglawin (read as pronounced on television), she replied, "leche!" Milk?]

Apparently, while our eyes and ears were tuned in to the GSIS-Meralco-lagay-Supreme-Court fiasco, the Lopezes were backhanding Kanlaon. As of late, 1000 trees were felled.

Am not much of an enviromentalist (just mental), but my friend's description of Kanlaon's Majesty as comparable to "dyesebel's world" got me flash writing. Please take some minute off your time and read the update here.


If you have any suggestions please do comment on her post. [Just don't mention this blog.]

image taken from: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/75/157114236_1423bc0ff4.jpg

The 80's (or when jacko wasn't a pedo (yet) post)

[click image to enlarge]

The era when care bears cared.

***

And here's the spirit of '78

image taken from http://www.jons-bar.co.uk/images/80s.jpg

What Have We Learned So Far?: Singing and Killing Go Hand in Hand

Think Full Metal Jacket.

Who's the leader of the club
That's made for you and me
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E
Hey! there, Hi! there, Ho! there
You're as welcome as can be
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E

Mickey Mouse!

Mickey Mouse!

Forever let us hold our banner
High! High! High! High!

Come along and sing a song
And join the jamboree!
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E

Mickey Mouse club
We'll have fun
We'll be new faces
High! High! High! High!

We'll do things and
We'll go places
All around the world
We'll go marching

Who's the leader of the club
That's made for you and me
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E
Hey! there, Hi! there, Ho! there
You're as welcome as can be
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E

Mickey Mouse!

Mickey Mouse!

Forever let us hold our banner
High! High! High! High!

Come along and sing a song
And join the jamboree!
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E


Consequently, the circle eklachu-chu also reminds me of a girl whose name i could hardly pronounce.

Unang Tangka sa Pagsasalin*

"No human had ever seen an adult giant squid alive, and though they had eyes as big as apples to scope the dark of the ocean, theirs was a solitude so profound they might never encounter another of their tribe"

salin

Wala pang taong nakakita ng buhay na higanteng pusit, na bagama't ga-mansanas ang laki ng mata na ginagamit sa pagsipat sa madilim na karagatan, ang sa kanila'y malalim na pagkalumbay sa pangambang hindi na makakita ng ka-uri nila.

ang sipi'y mula sa nobelang Inheritance of Loss ni Kiran Desai

imahe mula sa http://squid.us/wp-content/uploads/calamari_fight.jpg

* para kay caca, na may utang sakin na salin ng tula. ingat ka dyan, kapatid

Ms. Hilton thinks this blog is Hot!

(Not that am after her endorsement.)

Who's the man?
Let me hear you type Eman!
this post is made possible by the letters E, G, and O

Here, feed yours...

Kung sakali mang atakihin tayo ng mga zombies*

Ang ating hanggang-hanggan...

*para sa pinakamamahal kong D, na kahit pagod ay nagniningning pa rin para sakin.

kinuha ang imahe mula kay...

080808

These are the official Olympics mascots. Aren't they the cutest? (spell merchandiseseseses?)

Now here's the other side of the wall.

Can't imagine how they managed to produce such lovable characters with all the human rights violation happening within and without the country.


Oh.
Right


sidedish: Jingjing has a twin who didn't make the cut. Apparently, the twin's image contradict with the essence of the Beijing 2008 Olympics. See why.

Anung di bagay, sakto nga eh.

image taken from
http://en.beijing2008.cn/spirit/beijing2008/graphic/n214068254.shtml http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1216/539035669_41f410340f.jpg
http://akalol.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/china-protest_bw.jpg
http://images.google.com.ph/imgres?imgurl=http://bp2.blogger.com/_-HUiwp7Jqnc/R7yTat2mRKI/AAAAAAAAIHo/n36msaLmRkQ/s400/torture_christian_elder_china_1141339424.jpg&imgrefurl=http://myamarnews.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html&h=300&w=400&sz=18&hl=tl&start=48&um=1&tbnid=M863rERKgwFCKM:&tbnh=93&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsummary%2Bexecutions%2Bin%2Bchina%26start%3D40%26ndsp%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Dtl%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN
http://media.economist.com/images/20080112/0208AS2.jpg
http://www.centurychina.com/plaboard/uploads/shot.jpg

Singing in the rain

ultraviolence style!

Love it.

Image taken from http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/06/a-clockwork-orange-meets-singing-in-the-rain/

Resolve

Cut. Once committed to fight, Cut. Everything else is secondary. Cut. That is your duty, your purpose, your hunger. There is no rule more important, no commitment that overrides this one. Cut.
~ Richard on T. Goodkind's Soul of the Fire

(Am turning into a SOT geek. Help!)

'Indi na Indie*

Hindi na rin siguro tamang (o accurate, baga) i-label na independent cinema ang karamihan sa lumahok sa Cinemalaya. Masasabing indie ang dahil hindi tali sa pinansyal na tulong/kontribusyun. Bagkus, may kalayaan lumikha/bumuo ng mapapait na diskurso para sa status quo. Sa kaso pa lang ng funding mula sa mga institusyon ng Estado nawalan na ng integridad ang label na indie.

Isa pa, sa alaala ko, may sinulat si Prof. Lumbera hinggil sa indie cinema at alternative cinema. Sa salaysay ay pinag-iba nya ang dalawa. Habang ang una ay may pangunahing katangian di tali sa pinansya ang produksyun, ang pangalawa ay mas depenido ang katuturan - ang mag-alay ng mga mapagpalayang ideya gamit ang pelikula. Marahil ito dapat (/sana) ang tunguhin ng Cinemalaya - ang magpalaya ng kaisipan, hindi pa talaga ang magbenta ng tiket.

Palagay ko hindi rin siguro maiiwasang ma-coopt ng Estado ang ganitong porma ng subersyon. Bagama't mahina ang kawing ng Estado sa mga Ideolohikal na Aparatong ng Estado, may kawing pa rin. At nakita nga nila ang efektibidad ng ganitong Aparato. Mula sa kooptasyun ay mukhang lumabnaw na nga ang dati'y malapot-lapot na diskursong hinahain ng mga pelikulang indie. Dinagdagan na ng tubig, nabawasan na ang substansya. Bagama't lokal ang mga kwento, nananatili at nakukupot sila sa personal na lebel (tulad ng sa boses). mangilan-ngilan na nga lang makikitaan ng pagtatangkang tumawid sa diskursong panlipunan, madalas palpak pa.

Kaya siguro kelangan tuloy-tuloy ang pagkontra sa mga tangka ng Kapangyarihang agawin ang mangilan-ngilang lunsarang pook ng subersyun at kontra-gahum.

* komento ko sa post ni R. Tolentino na Indie cinema bilang kultural na kapital. Nahabaan ako kaya nilagay ko na rin dito. Isang post din yun, akala mo.

R. Tolentino, ukol sa Hollywoodization ng Indie Cinema

Wala na ang lingering camera movements ng poverty films at surrealist look na ang artist at manunulat ang pangunahing tauhan. Na-Hollywood-ized na ang indie films, o nagmistulang indie films sa U.S. na nag-aantay ma-pickup ng major studio. Na kaya na lamang indie films ang mga ito ay dahil hindi pa nga naipapalabas—bagamat kahit ngayon pa lang ay nangangarap na—sa komersyal na sinehan.
~ Roland Tolentino sa Indie cinema bilang kultural na kapital

I know there's a rule of three, but could we make an exception here?

The fourth "Mummy" installment should read: The Mummies, return them. Scrupulous collectors (and locales, as well) have been raiding Sagada's hanging coffins since I don't know when. Tourist guides also have their share of bastardization as well. A cave I went to had some coffins brought down, obviously to entice tourists to the site. (yep, never mind the stray dogs who are instinctively attracted to meat, however old, let's cash in on tourism and ruin our heritage)

These are the times am tempted to abandon dialectical materialism and wish that curses do work. (Can't think of an appropriate curse, though)

image taken from http://farm1.static.flickr.com/32/46021473_ee0c2d711f.jpg?v=0

Beg Bikes!

Am thinking of saving up for a motorcycle. Not a scooter, but a really big, bad, bike. And then I'll ask D to go cross-region with me, a-la Motorcycle Diaries.

I wonder what model could handle Sagada's road.

Next agenda, where to buy a leather jacket?

image taken from http://www.coloribus.com/paedia/prints/2008/07/21/203322/show/

Pimp My Ride

You've probably had the sad experience of seeing (or more accurately, hearing) a scooter playing (?!) music full blast. I've always wondered what is cheaper, a pair of headphones, or a loudspeaker system. Then again, am not much for the flair.

image taken from http://www.notcot.org/post/12453/

BAWAL ANG MGA MAHIHIRAP DITO!

And "Edukasyon para sa lahat hindi lang sa mayayaman" greeted UP hopefuls today as they took UPCAT. (The former statement probably referring to UP's tuition and other fee increase.)

Claimed by Pambansang Grupo ng mga Mural na Artevista (ironically acronymed PGMA), the graffiti hinted of the situation of UP, and education at large. UP's admin said that if found out, members of PGMA could face suspension. (Why not suspend PGMA, instead?). Read more here.

They should have done it banksy-style.

image taken from: http://www.carrotrope.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/banksy-again.jpeg

He Plays The Part

Now he also looks the part.

They should do a version of Raul Gonzales. Maybe he could be Riddler.

image taken from http://www.boingboing.net/2008/07/29/drew-friedman-george.html

Of Bus Rides And Other Things

Saw the movie Speed (on the bus I took on my way to work today).

***

Imagine the same scenario happening here in the Philippines. With the kind of traffic we have, everyone on the bus would have died.

***

Then again, sophistication isn't one of our strong points. The bomber would have probably detonated the bomb immediately.

***

I used to hate bus/jeep seat hoggers. And then I read Marquez' Love in the Time of Cholera.

The work tells of men taking pride in their big balls (which is actually scrotal hernia at work). The bigger the rapture, the better, as size is connected to masculinity.

The condition leads them to spread their legs wide enough to accommodate the "masculine honor" that they have. Of course it's painful. But hey, no pain, no gain, right?

***

Am now aware of the cross they bear. May the good Creator reward their benevolence. Am still not a fan of masculine honor, though.

***

I just don't know about women who sit (inside jeeps) like they're on horseback, taking up more space than required. (Must be demure thing to do.)

iamge taken from http://www.geekologie.com/2007/06/19/wear-your-seat.jpg

Thinking Differently

Behold! The iThink!Here are the supposed features:

• Size:
1.5 x 1.5 x .5 inches

• Symbiosis™ Neural Interface:
Direct brain-computer link means your mind and computer are one!

• Intel Fusion™ Quantum Processing:
Uses the power of the atom to instantly compute at the speed of thought.

• Holographic Data Storage:
The iThink’s tiny internal holochip has a staggering individual capacity of over 666 Yottabytes (1000^8), for seemingly infinite augmented memory

• Intra-neural Communication:
Mentally allow or block any kind of signal you want to send or recieve instantly over the wireless iThink global network

• Perceptual Immersion:
Images, sound, & other data are projected virtually into your sensory fields by directly connecting into your brain’s activity

• Integrated GPS and Google Earth:
Receive directions and location information anywhere on the planet, and the ability to be located in case of an emergency

This is some scary shit. I wouldn't want one on me for all the bytes in the world. (Most of our officials could use one, though. )

side note: I remember the urban legend about credit cards embedded into the owner's wrist. Cashless shopping at its finest, they say. Kris Aquino supposedly got one.

Cashless shopping? I'm almost-always cashless, so i guess i've been into that thing a long time ago.

images taken from http://monkeybuddha.blogspot.com/2008/07/introducing-ithink.html