Gimme, Gimme More

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Connie Talbot

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The Couch Princess

I love this dog. She lives on couches, and people's laps. Quite spoiled by now.

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Fiesta

The community where I am from celebrates the Feast of Joseph the Worker every first day of May. Fiesta. But honestly I haven't heard of Joseph the Worker before we moved here. I was more aware of Joseph the Dreamer. Google tells me, though, that there really is a "the worker" in contrast to what I thought that people from here just invented "the worker" since the fiesta falls on May 1st, which is also when we celebrate the Labor Day. So labor=work. But whatever. I hate fiestas, or such celebrations. Or perhaps it's what they do during fiestas which I don't like. It's supposed to be a saint's feast. A religious practice. But what most people do is get drunk, and compete with each homeowner on who owns the loudest speakers.

Good thing it started raining late afternoon. The streets sort of cleared after that.

But real hard rain started pouring THIS afternoon. It was kinda gloomy after lunch. My favorite kind of weather. That's why I decided to take this pic.

Notice the print on the yellow flag, lower right of the pic. San Miguel Beer sponsored the banderitas. That's why people were motivated to get drunk. And yeah that's the sky on the background. Really dark. Love it.

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Kikay

Mother went to the mall last Tuesday to pay the Meralco bill and she said she ended up at the Animal House Pet Clinic looking for things to buy for Princess. She was kinda disappointed because all they had was a ball for a toy. She was thinking of buying something more fun to look at or something that emits a sound when pressed. They don't even have a dog hair brush so she just bought one at the department store. The two smaller balls in the pic are not earrings. They're bells.

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NKOTB

The very first concert I saw was New Kids On The Block's at the football field of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in 1992. I wasn't a big fan, but a fan nonetheless. I remember (unsuccessfully) trying very hard to reach Joey McIntyre's high notes and trying to look disheveled like Donnie Wahlberg. I also remember wondering why Jonathan Knight and Danny Wood don't have solo pieces, or if they did, why didn't it become as popular as the other three's.

I liked them. But it was something I could not tell my friends. It was the time when everyone was in the band scene. Eraserheads and the other sensible bands of the music industry aside from The Dawn seem to be from that period. Everyone was trying to learn how to play the guitar. My father bought me one, actually, to the delight of my brother. I never wanted to play the guitar until much recently that I even enrolled myself in a classical guitar course.

I also liked Eraserheads but my fondness came much much later when they weren't that "hot" anymore. I don't know but it seems that I don't like to be part of the norm. Just like how I digged NKOTB even if I knew my friends would have laughed at me if they found out.

New Kids On The Block is having a reunion tour, by the way. And that is why I am now reunited with the fandom. They're all grown up. The youngest of the group (Joey) is now 35. Not too old. I'm sure they can still do their old stuff. Would Manila be in their destination list? Hope so.

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I was only able to watch the latter part of Good Times. Darn. I hope some good soul would post it on YouTube. And speaking of YouTube, what's this AT&T thing about the internet reaching full capacity by 2010? I was sad (really sad) when I read the article. They say that the current system won't be able to cope with the increasing amount of videos being uploaded. Blaming YouTube? Uhh, many people guess it's just their way of saying they should charge more. Or perhaps it's a strategy to "regulate" internet use. Too much freedom of expression?

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Atonement 28 Days Later

I was quite happy yesterday and decided to give myself a time. Uhh, and I mean time. Literally. Allowed myself to sit back and have time to watch a movie, courtesy of movie6.net. Ehmm, that's the only thing I can reward myself with.

Anyway, I tried to get lost in Atonement again. It's one of the few movies I can watch over and over. I guess Briony wouldn't feel as much guilt if Cee and Robie hadn't died.

I also watched 28 Days Later. What would you feel if you woke up one morning to find that you're the only one alive? I guess I'd freak out, call an infected to bite me, or kill myself.

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