The Starbucks Sessions

A SAD DAY...

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 07:52:15 GMT

Hollywood legend (a personal fave of mine) Charlton Heston dies on April 5, 2008 (Saturday) at age 84 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080406/ap_on_en_mo/obit_heston

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT...

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:00:02 GMT

(1) Phoebe Cates is married to Kevin Kline
(2) Minnie Driver sings (and has had more than one album out)

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Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:06:37 GMT

The Top 10 Things I Hate About Complete Strangers

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On the Avatar's Return...

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:45:50 GMT

The Avatar returned on September 21 with The Awakening, followed by The Headband, The Painted Lady, Sokka's Master and The Beach. (Poorly expressed THANKS to butterballer for giving me the heads up that the eppies were available on veoh.com! - There just isn't any way for me to thank you properly on this blog!... ***damned eppies aren't showing here in the Philippines yet! *more_colorful_curses*)

I just finished watching Episodes 3, 4 and 5 of this current season called, Book III: Fire. A few hours ago, I also just finished reading more fanfics from FanFiction.Net.

My head is spinning with AllThingsAvatar. *curses_some_more*

I mean, WOW. I'm, like, TWENTY-FRIKKIN'-NINE YEARS OLD and I'm totally 'shipping this Nicktoon. Wow.

(1) Whatever anyone says about the eppies, it's been a fantastic ride so far, especially since the characters are being developed more. My only worry is, in the mad dash to The Day of Black Sun, some critical developments in character may have been left to chance (read: Let's just cut corners in the narrative and just put info in here and there, and/or let's just plug in some storytelling/flashbacks to fill in the gaps in previous narratives). Tsk.

(2) I ESPECIALLY don't get how all that froufrou between Zuko and Mai happened. Wow. I mean, it's completely beside the point that I'm a Zutarian (GAG, I know, but that's how "we're" called), but this MaiKo thing just came out of NOWHERE! The storytelling just came off as some poorly worded, poorly told, poorly constructed, juvenile fanfic (no offense to fanfic writers but, come on, you have to admit, if you 'ship, you better do your 'shipping justice by not just writing about it, but writing about it WELL)... And. Just. When. I. Thought. MaiKo. Were. Gonna. Break. Up... THEY FRIKKIN' GET BACK TOGETHER BEFORE THE (SAME) DAMN EPPIE WAS OVER. *screams*

*** THERE IS, APPARENTLY, A 'CANONICAL' INTERLUDE COMIC EXPLAINING ALL THIS (THERE GO 'OUR' HOPES...) ***

(3) *sobs*

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On to other matters...

(4) Kimi Raikkonen (once the darling of my heart, as well, wehehehe! WISH!) has finally won a World Championship (with Ferrari). Still, I can't help but wish that it was Lewis Hamilton who had won (he SOOOO deserved it - damn McLaren for failing him in the last, penultimate, deciding race of this season!), or Fernando Alonso at the very least - he's looked so demoralized and sad this season, what with upstart Hamilton washing him out...

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On more serious things...

(5) I just came back from a weekend with the husband. We were in Bacolod for the 'worms Pepsi Masskara Festival gig the day of the Glorietta 2 blast. We were both so grateful that we were not even close to Makati at the time, and that WE WERE TOGETHER. In fact, I joined him for his next three gigs the day after even though I was so tired and sleepy... we flew in back from Bacolod, went to Robinsons MetroEast, then Taal Vista Lodge, then some mall in Laguna; we ended that day about 4 in the morning of the next.

I just felt that if anything were to happen, I would much rather that we be together through it. I couldn't survive losing him like that. You can insure someone's body, but how do you insure his/her loved ones' hearts???

I wish I didn't worry so much, especially about him and especially when he's away, as he most often is. BUT HOW CAN YOU NOT BE AFRAID WHEN YOU HAVE SO MUCH TO LOSE?

* * * * *

Maybe that's why I'm so fascinated with Avatar. As so many people are by superheroes.

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Maybe I just REALLY, REALLY LIKE Zuko. *LoL*

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(6) Work was as *blah* as ever. I don't know why I'm letting my life run away from me like this. I really feel that I'm just a shell of my former self. Wala, eh. I have to be practical. There can't be one too many people taking the plunge into the deep blue beyond; I just can't NOT walk around in this hollow but protective 'shell'.

It was nice, though, to have C3 with my old/new officemate, Gary. He said he was so impressed by the husband's work, especially with NTS, as it was a well written and well executed project, and that in fact, he was a little starstruck when I introduced the husband to him. (*little_lol*) It kinda made me feel, even if for just a little while, that it's all good because I was doing the world some kind of service because HE was doing the world some kind of service.

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Avatar screenshots to follow soon (I hope!).

On Comet20070914

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:08:05 GMT

I was a star. A comet.
A firebolt streaking across the heavens.

I look down.
I know...

... that the glittering seas are full of her tears.
... that she would always be alone.
... that she would always whisper my name in vain,
search for my hand in the dark.

I would always be alone.
The universe awaits me.
She would always be lonely.
Infinity stretches before her.

Silver rings tether her.
I look back,
but don't linger.

I am a star. A comet.
And I blaze a trail where she cannot follow.

On the Fires of Madness and the Ides of March...

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:00:41 GMT

I have a terrible temper.
It consumes me. Whole.
And save for a pathetic few
Turns to ashes
Any and all relationships I've ever had
Personal or otherwise.

I hate this terrible need for control
Over this universe created by chaos.
Where the one thing I can wield and bend at will
Is my anger
My scorn
My disdain
My wrath
My sarcasm
My biting tongue.

But my fiery Arian soul
Rages out of my control.

And I cry.
And regret.
And look to go
Where my fury has not laid all to waste.

On Getting Myers-Briggs-ed...

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:47:47 GMT

Career Inventory Test Results

Extroversion	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	80%
Emotional Stability	\|\|\|	10%
Orderliness	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	86%
Altruism	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	63%
Inquisitiveness	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	56%

You are a Persuader, possible professions include - entertainer, recruiter, artist, newscaster, writer/journalist, recreation director, librarian, facilitator, politician, psychologist, housing director, career counselor, sales trainer, travel agent, program designer, corporate/team trainer, child welfare worker, social worker (elderly services), interpreter/translator, occupational therapist, executive

Take Free Career Test
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*****

My current job is one of those on this list and I'm hating it and am doing my darnedest to be rid of it; the job I WANT is on this SAME list. Go figure.

On Halo-Halo...

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 05:11:14 GMT

It is approximately 8 days and an hour 'til my wedding.

I don't exactly know how I'm supposed to feel about that.

I've been on a crazy rollercoaster ride since I FINALLY finished checking submissions and posting grades and was FINALLY able to start working on this wedding.

In about a week, I will be Mrs. Singson. Wow. How's that for a life-changing experience?

Oh, but there's more in this summer cocktail of changes:

* I've quit my job - as I'd been threatening to do for years
* I'm leaving home - relocating to Makati w/ my soon-to-be-chubby-hubby
* I'm trading my career for housewife-y duties, some part-time work, and some gradschool

*****

GAH! Anyone who wants to have a say on how I should BE through all these, you're welcome to post your cents' worth! Hahaha!

On Words and Love...

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:40:59 GMT

* SNAGGED FROM sweetfix, WHO SNAGGED IT FROM iyakitty_yak...

The Quiet World
Jeffrey Mcdaniel

in an effort to get people to look
into each other's eyes more,
the government has decided to allot
each person exactly one hundred
and sixty-seven words, per day.

when the phone rings, i put it
to my ear, without saying hello.
in the restaurant, i point
at chicken noodle soup. i am
adjusting well to the new way.

late at night, i call my long-
distance lover and proudly say:
"i only used fifty-nine today.
i saved the rest for you."

when she doesn't respond, i know
she's used up all her words,
so i slowly whisper i love you,
thirty-two and a third times.
after that, we just sit on the line
and listen to each other breathe.

On the Week-END (as the Brits would say)...

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:21:32 GMT

TIRED.

NO. EXHAUSTED.

BEYOND REPAIR OR RESTORE.

*****

RESTART OR REBOOT.

OR DEFRAG.

*****

BUT HAPPY.

AND CONTENT.

AT PEACE, EVEN.

*****

The clock ticks.

Ends another day.

The resolution to this tragedy...

Travesty...

Comedy of errors...

Comes ever closer.

*****

I can SEE it
SMELL it
FEEL it
TASTE it

in the glaring flourescent above my head
in the blast from the whirring fan to my left
in the tips of my fingers dancing a frenzy over the keyboard
in the sting of the mosquitoes at my legs

I can HEAR it...

Tick

Tock

Tick

Tock

Tick...

*****

And I am happy.

Content.

At peace.

*****

Good night, world!

I welcome the drugging

Healing

Mindless abandon

Of your dark embrace.

*****

La noire est mon ciel.

On My Mind...

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:47:50 GMT

TATTOOED ON MY MIND
By D'Sound

Baby you'll soon forget about all,
or maybe you'll miss it like I do.

One thing's for sure I'm on a doubt,
spend too much time thinkin' of you

chorus
And I can't get you out of my dreams
Now I know that you're the dangerous kind

And your smile is tattooed on my mind
And I can't get you out of my dreams

Don't wanna write,
I don't wanna call,
I would not know what to say

It should be you
That's how I want it to be
Tell me you feel the same way

chorus
And I can't get you out of my dreams
Now know that you're a danger first kind

And your smile is tattooed on my mind
And I can't get you out of my dreams...oh!

Oh, Yesterday, I was feelin' safe, oh
All I do today is tryin' to be BRAVE

and no melody can seem to suit my mind...
and now I curse you for being so sweet and so kind

chorus
And I can't get you out of my dreams
Now I know that you're a dangerous kind

And your face is tattooed on my mind
And I can't get you out of my dreams..

Yes I know you're tattooed
On my mind you're tattooed

*****

AH...

CAN'T WAIT FOR F1 2007 TO BEGIN IN MARCH...

CAN'T WAIT FOR F4-RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER IN JUNE...

*****

I - JUST - CAN'T - WAIT!

On Getting Tagged...

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 16:43:52 GMT

As I cleaned out my Yahoo!Inbox (which had THOUSANDS of messages) today, I came across a Tagged invite from one of my students. I signed on, and was excited to personalize my page with all sorts of nice layouts and content.

In less than an hour, some freaky Middle Eastern types already started hounding me online. *hurl* They were young, about my age, and even looked good but I just didn't appreciate the way they were coming on to me EVEN THOUGH MY WHOLE TAGGED PAGE WAS COVERED WITH PICTURES AND DETAILS OF ME AND MY CHINO! My default pic was even of my engagement ring, worn around my right hand, which was held by Chino. I just ignored them. Hope they found someone else to bug.

As I continued browsing the site, I discovered pictures of more disturbing types. Men. Women. Pa-sexy posing. *hurls_some_more* I mean, I don't want to be a prude here, pero wholesome ako, so sorry.

Binenta ko pa naman 'yung Tagged idea sa Friendster contacts ko. *sigh*

When I texted Chino about it, he validated my fears by saying that he'd gotten lots of invites to Tagged before but he refrained from signing on (until I 'tagged' him today) because of the weirdos and the spam.

I think I better warn my students and my friends...

On Love...

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:21:14 GMT

MyChino sent this to me in 2004 and I forgot all about it. Until I cleaned out my Yahoo!Inbox today.

I don't love you as if you were the salt-rose, topaz
or arrow of carnations that propagate fire:
I love you as certain dark things are loved,
secretly, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that doesn't bloom and carries
hidden within itself the light of those flowers,
and thanks to your love, darkly in my body
lives the dense fragrance that rises from the earth.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where,
I love you simply, without problems or pride:
I love you in this way because I don't know any other way of loving
but this, in which there is no I or you,
so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand,
so intimate that when I fall asleep it is your eyes that close

sonnet 17
pablo neruda

It is such a comfort during those times that he seems so far away...

On Beauty...

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:22:19 GMT

AA Old Girl Ana Theresa Licaros, Batch 2000 (I think) is part of this year's crop of Bb. Pilipinas hopefuls.

Fly high!... este, All Hail!...

(3rd from left)

The gown sucks, though.

*****

Support T.L.!

http://www.mabuhaybeauties.com/gl7/displayimage.php?pos=-274
http://www.missosology.org/philippines/

*****

ERRATUM:

She's from Batch 2001 ^_^

On Carrying the World...

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:55:50 GMT

I am SO THROUGH with that! Y'all can have it!

I'm happy with just myself and my S.O., thanks.

Yeaaaa!!! No more HAVE TOs, here I come!!!

"Daffodil Lament"

HOLDING ON, THAT'S WHAT I DO SINCE I MET YOU.
AND IT WON'T BE LONG. Would you notice if I left you?
And it's fine for some 'cause you're not the one,
You're not the one there...
There... there... there... there... there...

ALL NIGHT LONG, LAID ON MY PILLOW,
THESE THINGS ARE WRONG.
I CAN'T SLEEP HERE!

So lovely, so lovely, so lovely.

I HAVE DECIDED TO LEAVE YOU FOREVER.
I HAVE DECIDED TO START THINGS FROM HERE.
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING WON'T CHANGE,
WHAT I'M FEELING and the daffodils look lovely today,
And the daffodils look lovely today,
Look lovely today.

Ooh, in your eyes I can see the disguise.
Ooh, in your eyes I can see the dismay.
Has anyone seen lightning?
Has anyone looked lovely?
And the daffodils look lovely today,
And the daffodils look lovely today,
Look lovely today...

Look lovely, [X 9]

Na, na. Na, na na na...

TO MY BABY...

"Dreaming My Dreams"

ALL THE THINGS YOU SAID TO ME TODAY,
CHANGE(D) MY PERSPECTIVE IN EVERY WAY.
THESE THINGS COUNT TO MEAN SO MUCH TO ME,
Into my faith, you and your baby.

It's out there. It's out there.
It's out there. If you want me I'll be here.
[X2]

I'LL BE DREAMING MY DREAMS WITH YOU.
I'LL BE DREAMING MY DREAMS WITH YOU.
AND THERE'S NO OTHER PLACE,
THAT I'D LAY DOWN MY FACE.
I'LL BE DREAMING MY DREAMS WITH YOU.

It's out there. It's out there.
It's out there. If you want me I'll be here...
[X2]

I'll be dreaming my dreams with you.
I'll be dreaming my dreams with you.
And there's no other place,
That I'd lay down my face.
I'll be dreaming my dreams with you.

Dreaming my dreams with you.
I'll be dreaming my dreams with you.
And there's no other place,
That I'd lay down my face.
I'll be dreaming my dreams with you.

*****

JE T'ADORE!!! *bises*

On What Happened...

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:43:00 GMT

To all those who care enough about me to respond to my last entry, THANKS.

As that old 60's song goes...

ificouldsavetimeinabottle
thefirstthingthati'dliketodo
istosaveeveryday'tileternitypassesaway
justtospendthemwithyou...

*****

TIME IN A BOTTLE (Jim Croce)

If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that I'd like to do
Is to save every day
Till eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you

If I could make days last forever
If words could make wishes come true
I'd save every day like a treasure and then,
Again, I would spend them with you

But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do
Once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go
Through time with

If I had a box just for wishes
And dreams that had never come true
The box would be empty
Except for the memory
Of how they were answered by you

But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do
Once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go
Through time with

*****

I actually discovered this song many years ago when I was in Grade 6, leafing through my Mom's old scrapbook of sorts. It was her college barkada - the POF's (aka Prisoners of Food) scrapbook.

On Life...

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 08:05:27 GMT

IT

JUST

DOESN'T

STOP.

No matter how hard I try. It just steamrolls all over me.

This sucks.

URGENT MSG TO MEN: What women really want...

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:34:50 GMT

Something I picked up (and re-worded) from NIKSHA's site...

WHEN I FLIP MY HAIR
- I WANT YOU TO RUN YOUR FINGERS THROUGH IT

WHEN I RUN AWAY FROM YOU
- I WANT YOU TO CHASE ME

WHEN I POUT MY LIPS
- I WANT YOU TO KISS ME

WHEN I KICK & PUNCH
- I NEED YOU TO HOLD ME TIGHT

WHEN I CALL YOU A LOSER
- JUST KNOW THAT YOU'RE MY LOSER

WHEN I IGNORE YOU
- I WANT YOUR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION

WHEN I PULL AWAY
- I NEED YOU TO GRAB ME BY THE WAIST
AND NEVER LET GO

WHEN I SCREAM AT YOU
- JUST TELL ME YOU LOVE ME
AND MEAN IT

WHEN YOU SEE ME WALKING
- SNEAK UP BEHIND ME,
GRAB ME BY THE WAIST,
AND PLANT A QUICK KISS ON MY LITTLE BUTTON NOSE

IF I DON'T CALL YOU
- I'M WANTING YOU TO CALL ME

WHEN I'M SCARED
- HOLD ME
AND TELL ME THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE OK
BECAUSE YOU ARE WITH ME

WHEN I LOOK LIKE SOMETHING'S THE MATTER
- GIVE ME A WINK
AND TELL ME NOT TO WORRY

WHEN I HOLD YOUR HANDS
- LOCK YOUR FINGERS WITH MINE
AND SQUEEZE THEM TIGHT

WHEN I CRY
- SAY, "EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE OK"

AND THEN,
KISS ME AGAIN

AND WHEN YOU SEE ME AT MY WORST
- PLEASE TELL ME
THAT I'M STILL THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL
YOU'VE EVER SEEN.

On Beautiful Soul...

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 13:22:53 GMT

I just LOOOOOOVVVEEEE this song...
Maybe someday someone will sing it to me, too! *wink*

BEAUTIFUL SOUL
by Jesse McCartney

[Chorus]

I don't want another pretty face
I don't want just anyone to hold
I don't want my love to go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul
You're the one I want to chase
You're the one I want to hold
I won't let another minute go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul

[Verse #1]
I know that you are something special
To you I'd be always faithful
I want to be what you always needed
Then I hope you'll see the heart in me

[Chorus]
Your beautiful soul, yeah

[Verse #2]
You might need time to think it over
But I'm just fine moving forward
I'll ease your mind
If you give me the chance
I will never make you cry, c'mon let's try

[Chorus]

[Break]
Am I crazy for wanting you
Baby do you think you could want me, too
I won't waste your time
Do you see things the way I do
I just want to know that you feel it, too
There is nothing left to hide

[Chorus 2x]

Your beautiful soul, yeah...

*****

Spent the whole day compiling my Avatar Season 1 and 2 vids on YouTube so I'm all set now for viewing it straight through to the end! ^_^

*****

After three days of doing this and listening to BEAUTIFUL SOUL and Ryan Cabrera's ON THE WAY DOWN...

Sick and tired of this world
There's no more air
Tripping over myself, going nowhere
Waiting, suffocating, no direction
I took a dive and

[CHORUS]
On the way down
I saw you, and you saved me from myself
And I won't forget the way you loved me
And on the way down
I almost fell right through
But I held on to you

Been wondering why it's only me
Have you always been inside waiting to breathe
It's alright, sunlight on my face
I wake up and yet, I'm alive 'cuz

[CHORUS]

I want to fade, I'm going under
But now, the weight of the world
Feels like nothing, nothing
(down, down, down)
You're all I wanted
(down, down, down)
You're all I needed
(down, down, down)
You're all I wanted
You're all I needed

And I won't forget the way you loved me
All that I wanted, all that I needed and now

(CHORUS)

...[WHICH ALWAYS REMINDS ME OF THAT GORGEOUS RYAN REYNOLDS in Van Wilder 'coz of the closing scene with Tara Reid, hahahaha!!!]

...I'm just so 'high' and giddy and over the moon!...

(Nothing beats fantasy if you don't wanna think about going back to the unpleasantness of work!)

On Obsession...

Sat, 16 Dec 2006 15:05:49 GMT

God.

I've just spent this entire day watching Avatar episodes on YouTube. Thank God for technology. I've just finished watching Season 2.

*sigh*

I am SO happy.

I am also so happy to not do anything except enjoy myself today, catching up on the Avatar saga.

Of course, crushing on Zuko kept me pretty interested all day long *wicked_laughter*

*****

What is it about Zuko's character that intrigues so many people? I mean, all this probably sounds pretty off coming from a 28-year-old, and him being a teenage cartoon character and all, but he is actually the most complex character in the series. Everyone else is pretty straightforward.

Katara is your nice but tough girl; Sokka your masochistic but sweet guy; Iroh your quirky but loving uncle; Toph your privileged but streetwise blind girl; Zhao and Azula and cohorts being your cold-blooded, ambitious villains... Even Aang, the lead character, in spite of his often being flaky still has to be represented as the very clear hero of the story, always coming through at the end. But Zuko, you can never really tell if he will do the right thing or the wrong thing.

Throughout the series, you see him struggling with himself, between the two halves of his self so clearly represented by the two, very physical halves of his face; the good and the bad. In fact, he is the one character in the series, apart from when the Avatar goes into his Avatar State, that has gone through so many physical transformations that parallel his very complicated life.

Look #1 - Regular Fire Prince

Look #2 - Post-Agni Kai with Dad

Look #3 - The Blue Spirit

Look #4 - Alone

Look #5 - Reunited with his uncle

Look #6 - At the crossroads of his destiny

You never quite know what he will do. He is ruthless but kind, even wise at the last minute. And yet, just when you think he has listened to the Wise Red Dragon of his uncle, learning to balance yin and yang and to even harness lightning, he once again is consumed by his need to recover his honor and allows himself to be duped by the seductive promises of the Deceptive Blue Dragon of his sister.

*****

Aang and Zuko mirror each other perfectly. They both are struggling with who they truly are, not knowing whether to love or hate themselves for it. You have a hero who is a coward, and a villain who is honorable.

It is the vacillation of these two characters between the different directions of the crossroads of their destinies that actually drives the story forward. Every time you think that the story will finally reach some kind of resolution, one or both of them makes a crucial decision that pushes the happy ending just that much farther away.

Case in point is the end of Season 2. I really just couldn't get what happened to Zuko there. He'd progressed so much after his sickness that he really seemed to have metamorphosed into a new man, rejecting his former temperamental and prideful self, in favor of a zen kind of guy who was ready to face his past and start over with or without the Avatar.

So many things seemed to conspire to bring him into the Light - being befriended by Aang, memories of his mother, his uncle's continuing care and guidance, a girl who understood his scar because of her own, his first kiss, Katara trying to remove his scar...

And then, he sides with his sister - against even his beloved uncle - at that crucial point when the Avatar needed him most.

I - JUST - DON'T - GET IT!

Possibility #1
Bad boys don't become good so stop hoping.

Possibility #2
Zuko seeming to go back to the Dark Side is key to the eventual defeat of the Fire Nation because he'll be 'on the inside' once again - and this time, he can work with lightning just like the prodigy, Azula.

Possibility #3
The writers just needed him to flake out again at the last minute so that they'd have an excuse to continue into Season 3.

Whatever the reason, it's getting pretty tiresome to watch him yo-yo from side to side. He's just got to choose a side already. It's not realistic anymore. Either he's good, or he's bad. Mostly, at least.

Or, this could just be me bemoaning the wait-'til-Season 3-in-March (I think) and that they didn't let Zuko keep his 'in-between', short-cropped hair. Now, he looks like that (other) madman in the series, Jet. *some_cursing*

*****

Going back to the point of all this, why is Zuko so intriguing? I guess it's because he reminds me of myself, and of everyone else around me that I've both loved and hated. Because regular people are both good AND bad. And because most of us both love AND hate ourselves for it, too.

Or...

Maybe I really, really, REALLY am just a sucker for guys who FIGHT for what they want and believe in [no matter what the cost, who never give up... Who seem nasty but who are actually principled and honorable, very nice and sensitive to others, and just looking for someone to love and understand them...]

Or maybe I really, really, REALLY just want Zuko and Katara to get together in a Romeo-and-Juliet kind of way here so that I can keep imagining dramatic, do-or-die romantic episodes for myself! *sick_laughter*

Wanna put something in My Christmas Stocking?... ^_^

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:44:44 GMT

Xmas Stocking

leave a gift for i_java_junkie

get your stocking

On Avatar... Again

Sat, 09 Dec 2006 13:07:27 GMT

After a really terrible two days, I was finally able to pass my revised FAPE draft - a side project of mine, if you will. I - AM - SO - EXHAUSTED.

Bad trip pa, last night, actually, kaninang mga three in the morning, andito pa 'ko sa computer at nagta-type ng lintek na side project na 'yon, I saw the tail-end of an Avatar eppie that I haven't caught yet. I think it's one of the last few eppies of Season 1.

Hassle! Sobra! When I finally catch an eppie that I haven't seen yet (so, 'new' s'ya to me, in a manner of speaking), ending pa ang aabutan ko! Sobrang panukso!

Tapos, dahil 'til about an hour ago tinatapos ko pa rin 'tong side project na 'to, I missed the 4pm showtime of Avatar.

Gusto ko na talaga umiyak. Ba't ba ayaw pa nila ipalabas 'yung reruns ng Season 2, at 'di ba nila pwede ganda-gandahan 'yung showtimes nang mapanood ko naman. *sniffles*

Huhuhu... Sa'n ba 'ko makaka-score ng Season 1 and Season 2 DVDs??? Nag-half price na ang Amazon pero mga P2,500 pa rin lalabas. Huhuhu...

Ang hirap pa humanap ng decent images online. Tingnan n'yo nga 'to... *sigh* Magkakatuluyan kaya sila Zuko at Katara?

AVATAR BANNER FEATURING AANG, KATARA, SOKKA, MOMO, AND ZUKO

ZUKO SURPRISES KATARA (AKALA KO NAMAN KUNG ANO. 'YUN PALA... - see next image)

HE TRIES TRADING HER MOTHER'S NECKLACE (WHICH HE PICKED UP AFTER KATARA LOST IT DURING A BATTLE ON A FIRE NATION PRISON OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN)

Eto pa nga, gusto ko rin maka-score ng Complete Voltes V Collection, nang malaman ko kung ano na nangyari. Bad trip lang pero si Mark at Jamie 'ata nagkatuluyan do'n.

VOLTES V TEAM

VOLTES TEAM VOLTING IN

Yak! Kadiri! Romantic wus at heart ba?

Sorry, ha, e, you know naman, you have to live vicariously lots of times, even through cartoon characters. They do have way more interesting lives than we do. Hwekhwekhwekhwek.

To the NICE GUYS, especially MY Nice Guy...

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 12:00:06 GMT

Thanks to Cariza Almazan for the original post... ^_^

To every guy that regrets hurting or losing her.

To every guy who knows which girl he wants.

To every guy that's said, "You're beautiful." (pwede ring, "panget mo ü")

To every guy that was never too busy to drive
across town to see her.

To every guy that gives flowers and a card when
she is sick.

To every guy who has given her flowers just
because.

To every guy that said he would die for her.

To every guy that really would.

To every guy that did what she wanted to do

To every guy that cried in front of her.

To every guy that she cried in front of.

To every guy that holds hands with her.

To every guy that kisses her with meaning.

To every guy that hugs her when she's sad.

To every guy that hugs her for no reason at all.

To every guy who would give their jacket up for
her.

To every guy that calls to make sure she got home
safe.

To every guy that would sit and wait for her for
hours just to be able to see her for ten minutes.

To every guy that would give his seat up.

To every guy that just wants to cuddle.

To every guy that reassured her that she was
beautiful no matter what.

To every guy who told his secrets to her.

To every guy that tried to show how much he
cared through every word and every breath.

To every guy that thought maybe this could be the
one.

To every guy that believed in her dreams.

To every guy that would have done anything so
she could achieve them.

To every guy that never laughed at her when she
told him her dreams.

To every guy that walked her to her car.

To every guy that wasn't just trying to get laid.

To every guy that actually listened.

To every guy that gave his heart only to have it
shoved back in his face.

To every guy who prays that she is happy even if
you are not with her

Not many girls appreciate nice guys anymore. And
because of this, there are not many left out there...

If you are a nice guy repost this with "Nice guys
finish last."

If you are a girl that thinks every guy should try to
accomplish even a few of these repost this
with: "To the nice guys”

On Wishing During the Witching...

Sat, 02 Dec 2006 19:46:30 GMT

It's three in the morning, it's silent as a graveyard, the 'quitos are having a party 'round one of my ankles, yet here I type, minutes past the end of the witching hour, daydreaming... ah, well, dreaming. It's not yet quite day.

Just watched a JAG rerun on StarWorld, and after watching Mac help Harm get custody of Mattie (those of you not into the series won't know what I'm talking about), I realized that I had yet to find out what happened to the Navy Commander and the Marine Lt. Colonel.

And...

*drumroll*

THEY FRIKKIN' GOT TOGETHER!!! *dreamy_sigh* What a way to end the series (with David James Elliot's contract up anyway). PUHR - FECT!!! Damn, but those two look good together. I mean, a man in uniform (a man like DJE, no less) is hot, but to see the fireworks between Harm and Mac... uh-hmmmm! YUM - MY!!!

Moving on...

I've watched King Arthur for like the second or third time on StarMovies, and Ioan Gruffudd still has the same effect on me... YUM - MY!!! Give me HIS Lancelot over any other sickeningly romanticized part-of-a-love-triangle version any day, any hour, any minute, any second, any... Oh, you get it! Though I still can't reconcile myself with the fact that he's also Reed Richards in Fantastic Four. I'm not quite ready for his 'distinguished grey at the temples' look there just yet.

One other prize discovery I had the past week was Hugh Dancy in 'Sleeping Dictionary', which also starred Jessica Alba. Incidentally, Hugh Dancy's another of my 'knights-in-not-so-shining-armor' as Galahad in the same King Arthur. (Thank God for Ioan Gruffudd and Hugh Dancy. I wouldn't have been able to countenance looking at Clive Owen and wondering where King Arthur was there. Tsk. Even my brothers, who couldn't possibly be looking for a handsome Arthur, bemoaned his lack of - well, LACK OF. Period.)

*long_drawn_out_SIGH* Don't you just wish there were more of these men? --- brave, honorable, loyal, endearingly 'possessive' (just the teeniest-tiniest bit, just enough to make you feel like the elven princess that you'd like to think you are - at least sometimes), ready to slay dragons, carry you off into the sunset, in armor or uniform, take your pick... In this day and age of the liberated woman and metrosexual man, the irony of the lack of real fulfillment in either is sometimes unbearable. The blurring of the lines between the sexes is depressing. How can the Yin exist without the Yang? How can one stop the laughter at the sight of the princess whisking off the prince on her white horse?

...

Oops, okay. Too much 'Camelot' in the noggin'. So much for my ooh-ing and aah-ing over these 'unreal' objects of affection. On to the REAL object of my affection.

Okay.

Here goes.

THE itchyworms WON ALBUM OF THE YEAR AT THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED NU107 ROCK AWARDS!!! LOVE AND CONGRATULATIONS TO MY 'ERSTWHILE' SWEETHEART!!! *mwah* *mwah* Though he was in the thousandth level of tired that night - which excuses his rather lackluster 'hug-of-triumph' with me, he still managed to smile and 'swagger' (in his own 'funny-Chino' way) his way to a celebratory midnight 'snack' (okay, it was a meal, a really early breakfast, if you will) with the 'worms.

Me and Chino in the band's hotel room before the Big Event. ^_^ (picture c/o Kel's Jen)

With Jazz being nominated for and winning Drummer of the Year (on his birthday, no less!), and Kelvin being nominated for Bassist of the Year... Again, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 'worms!

Chino and the rest of the triumphant 'worms with friends at the World Trade Center post awards ceremony

After the infinite times that I lost track of Chino's whereabouts (wehehehe!), well done and well deserved! *hugs_to_all*

On Bliss...

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:41:38 GMT

James Franco1
Isn't that smile just ADORABLE??? *swoons*

James Franco2
Now how about those glasses? *fallsoffseat*

Jason Isaacs
Such intensity! These Brits are just fab! *drinkswater*

Matthew Macfadyen1
Yes, you may look at me... *faintsyetagain*

Matthew Macfadyen2
Another 'Spooks' still. You can spy on me anytime!!! *squeals*

Matthew Macfadyen3
I - can - just - DIE - NOW. *faintsathirdtime*

Matthew Macfadyen4
And he even does Shakespeare!!! (Henry IV)