For the first time in months (or even a year) I feel exquisitely great. Depression has its way of altering my thoughts.
Was chatting with Lee Ann a while ago about women stuff. It was so timely since I was in dire need of a good interaction with a friend. Now I call my high school friends. If ever I have the chance to go back to LB, I’d like to repeat the good old times: DVDs and popcorn.
When I feel really down (which happens more often now) I love to think of happy thoughts, which are mostly in the past. I like to think I’m holding my precious D80 once again, shooting models or landscapes, brandishing my drumsticks and performing in a gig, going out with friends, buying a CD at Odyssey (I swear I still think CDs are so pricey but I like to take the inlay).
Since I’m recalling my sweet past, might as well recall Aldo’s birthday come 2005. It was one of the best times. I gave him a “Models Wanted” tee, which fitted him so badly so I went to his living room with my face in my palm. Olga insisted that we add Mean Girls to our DVD list so we did, but what I enjoyed most is Buying the Cow. I feel so bad about losing the two memorable photos the morning after. Aldo, do you remember who’s missing? I’d still like to sprawl on the lawn and laugh out loud.
And since I’ve mentioned it, belated happy birthday, Aldo. My collection of your CDs is still in my rack, especially the one with “istupeeeed!”
Anyway, I’m on a self-therapy since I’ve no one to rely on. This depression will pass. For those who’ve known me for years. you also know how extremely sad I become and how happy I turn out the day after.
You’re the people I should stick with. I love you all! 
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I found this fan page on Facebook about bubble wraps, took a glance at the bubble wrap hanging on our bed head board and without a doubt became a fan. I love bubble wraps.
Since I was young, I’d fight for even a small piece of bubble wrap just to make sure my mom or sister doesn’t squeeze the entire plastic sheet. I love the feeling of popping each piece; it’s like my sweat has mixed with the sheet and I’ve laboriously finished doing something. That feeling.
When Dave and I bought our first television, I first grabbed the bubble wrap wrapped around the appliance and popped a few pieces. Oh the joy.
Our wedding souvenirs were wrapped in small sheets of bubble wrap. Just how many sheets did I pop? I can’t remember.
Dave would also bring home some sheets of bubble wrap because he knows how childlike I become even upon seeing them. True enough, this bubble wrap sheet hanging on our bed serves as my toy. Whenever I get tired or bored, I just pop a few pieces and I become okay again.
I hope people haven’t invented an alternative to bubble wraps. These plastic sheets do not only serve as protection for fragile objects, they also serve fun and joy as well.
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Ladies and gentlemen it’s roughly 34 degrees here in Metro Manila and I’m burning with my own rage.
This is a bad day. I woke up half naked as my body’s response to this unbearably insane weather. Dave and I got up only to find our favorite paksiw na bangus covered in amag. Plus, the munggo soup nanay cooked for us has been spoiling inside the casserole for hours.
These are good dishes, in fact these are the dishes Dave and I would most likely to eat for a week had my sister been human enough to put them in the refrigerator. She didn’t so the dishes were thrown away.
I value food so much. I have been terribly hungry during those times when I cannot make my own food. It enrages me a lot to see food being wasted. Like my sister did.
So now I’m sending her back to the province for being such an irresponsible ass.
Add a terribly bad review that spoiled a movie Dave and I have been wanting to watch for weeks. People have to know the difference between a review and a spoiler. A review contains comments on the movie’s plot, setting, characters, story, but it doesn’t contain spoilers that could make a fan go ballistic. A spoiler is a piece of shit written by know-it-alls to declare to the world that “hey, I’m cool, touch me!”
People, if you can’t post a good review, just tell the world how much you love/hate the movie. I’m pleading.
Anyway there’s still no sign of my sister. She went out this morning and God knows where she is. I texted her that if she isn’t home by 1PM, she’ll find all her things outside the gate. It’s quarter past 2 but I’m still too lazy to throw her things away.
‘Bad’ is an understatement. I don’t know how to describe this day but what I know is that there will be a scene in this house later.
This is, indeed, a perfect day to smack somebody.
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Cartoons never get old.
In no particular order, I give you a list of my best-seen animated movies.
1. Iron Giant (1999)
Surprisingly, Vin Diesel did Iron Giant’s voice.
The Iron Giant is about a boy who makes friends with a piece of alien metal. However, the government is against it. The boy becomes the alien’s friend and…
You know what I love with this movie? The lines and the way a giant alien is pictured without causing much intimidation.
Iron Giant: “Hogarth, you stay. I go. No following.”
I cried. The movie stirred my emotions. After finishing the movie I so much wanted to make an iron friend out of scrap metal. Yes, seriously.
How I wish the Iron Giant were real. The movie proves that not all friendly creatures are cuddly; sometimes they rust.
2. Monsters Vs Aliens (2009)
Who wouldn’t love these monsters?
Monsters vs Aliens was shown right in time, a few days/weeks after the horrible Know1ng was shown nationwide. This animated movie wiped off all my anger brought by Nick.
What happens when an alien squid tries to destroy our planet? We seek the help of monsters, including Ginormica. She became a monster during her wedding day. Yebah.
This movie made me respect cockroaches for about five minutes. The movie made me laugh a lot, without thinking why I was doing it. I just can’t take my eyes off B.O.B.
What’s cute is, Monsters Vs Aliens has a pinch of twisted romance between Susan/Ginormica and a douchebag. The revenge is sweet at the ending.
This movie has an excellent animation too.
3. The Simpsons Movie (2007)
We all love the Simpsons since the time our parents were still preventing us from watching its episodes. We love the Simpsons more when they appeared on a movie.
Everything is classic in this full-length animated movie. The opening caught my interest because of Bart’s chalkboard gag that says “I will not download this movie illegally”. Springfield is shown and voila, my eyes widened.
There were many gags. I can’t name them all in one blog but I have a list of my favorites:
- Spider-pig
- Green Day/Titanic
- American Idiot Funeral Version
- Bart’s Weener
- That Nome incident
- Bountiful Penis and Satan’s Curly Hair
I still hope Maggie’s first word would be real. “Sequel?”
4. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1999)
I watched this full-length movie before I completed all South Park episodes.
This movie isn’t for children. We all understand that these construction paper cutouts are cute but nasty, just the way we like it. If you’re the close-minded type of person, five minutes of this movie will make you sick.
I love South Park. I love the way Matt and Trey brutally hit icons (Saddam Hussein, Satan, Clinton, Canadians and the Baldwins) which is just for fun. Amid all these gags, can you squeeze some lesson from the movie? I can.
- Don’t star in a scheize movie because your kid can see you on the internet.
- Fart jokes are not funny… except when Terrance and Phillip do them.
- Satan is gay.
- Blame Canada when you have no one else to blame.
5. Coraline (2009)
Coraline is based on Neil Gaiman’s best-selling novel of the same title.
Unlike the other animated movies I’ve seen, this one is a bit dark and wicked. What is so special about this movie is that it is beyond my imagination. The director and the author’s creative minds were combined to make a marriage between the dark side and the otherwise colorful and playful world.
Coraline is a young girl, who’s apparently deprived of parents’ attention. She seeks love and caring through another world but she ought to turn back…
I wish I have read the book, but it’s okay; the movie can stand alone.
One more thing: the music maybe is disturbing, but it’s clever. You should listen to it during the movie for you to appreciate.
6. Rugrats in Paris (2000)
Two words: cute babies.
This movie is sweet. I can’t forget spoiled Angelica’s antics and the voices of the other babies.
This time in France. Chuckie finds a mother to take care of him and his dad. Everything else is pretty predictable, except Angelica, who’s too spoiled to handle.
I can’t forget the scene where Angelica was in the plane, listening to the remix of T-Boz’ My Getaway, and the scene where does karaoke dance with some Japanese men.
Rugrats in Paris is a movie for all ages. I recommend this if you’re in for some cute Nickelodeon shenanigans.
Them babies are so cute.
7. Mulan (1998)
Wow, an Asian heroine in a Disney movie! Surely no pun intended.
Mulan is great in many ways. She doesn’t adhere to the Chinese traditions and she is klutzy.
Disney’s version of this Chinese tale (or is this historical?) shows a graceful Fa Mulan having deep love and respect for her father. Instead of bringing honor by marriage, she disguises herself as a boy to be qualified in the army. She learns how to fight and uses her resourcefulness to beat the Huns.
Mulan is a proof that women can do more than cooking and staying in the house. I don’t know if this has something to do with feministic approaches, but it’s a beautiful message.
I love the songs in the movie, especially the one that asks “how can I make a man out of you?”
I didn’t like its sequel that much, but it’s not that bad anyway.
8. Shrek (2001)
This first installment of Shrek made me cry. Don’t ask if I’m emotionally unstable while watching because I’m not. I was touched.
What do creatures usually do when they see an ogre in the forest? They scram. Ogres are ment to be nasty and wild but Shrek here isn’t.
He was given a choice on whom to save among damsels in distress. He chooses Princess Fiona. He eventually finds out that she is too good to be true, but the story doesn’t end there.
This tale disproves the fact that all heroes and princesses are beautiful. Some of them are green and ugly.
The second and third installations are awesome too.
9. The Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Stop-motion movies are not that easy to make. I give this movie a thumbs up for that.
Plus Meryl Streep voiced Mrs. Fox.
The movie makes a lot of sense: foxes are meant to be wild, which is why Mr. Fox couldn’t resist stealing chickens and risking his life for his family. However, because of this he and his family were put into deep trouble. He then finds a way to get back on those cruel farmers and redeem his reputation as a father, uncle and wife.
He wants to be fantastic and truly, he is. He loses his tail but never loses his family.
This is a movie about marriage and family. Of foxes.
I wonder how those ciders taste like. I’d love to swim in those.
10. The Princess and the Frog (2009)
Tiana is the first-ever African-American Disney princess.
Disney did a great job in setting this movie in the jazz era, plus showcasing other Disney princesses at the beginning.
I thought it’s another fairytale consisting of a very handsome and bloody rich prince but no, The Princess and the Frog veers away from that traditional thought simply by changing the story. Here, Prince Naveen is broke and is a frog.
I love the songs. It matches the jazz era, plus the trademark of African-American singers (having a really strong voice) is well-showcased.
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Dave and I are really excited for our first baby’s arrival, which is why we’re now into planning on how her room will look like.
Little did you know that Dave used to paint. I also have painted a few murals. Dave and I both decided that her room will be orange. We don’t like pink very much.
I was browsing for the perfect crib for Danah. I couldn’t find any orange crib being sold locally so we have to take a safe trip to the mall to find one. I prefer a crib with a rocker. I want her crib to have a canopy for mosquito net, and I want it as stylish as possible. We’re still going to see more actual cribs.
We’ll decorate her room with her name, perhaps in baby blocks or glamour style. We’ve still yet to decide whether or not the room is going to be very baby-ish or modern (with vectors and monochromatic colors).
I am personally going to design a small photo studio for her photographs. A friend told me that Danah is going be one of the most photographed babies (I don’t know up to what extent) and I’m going make that possible.
We will start decorating her room once we get the basic things she needs:
1. Crib (orange in color; with mosquito net; preferably with a rocker)
2. Mobile playset (I hope there’s music that plays Pachelbel’s Canon or Bach’s Air for G String)
3. Feeding bottles
4. Clothes (a few hand-me-downs from Zeus and a few more from her godparents and us) and accessories (mittens, booties, hood, etc)
5. Bath set (tub, sponge, net, mat, baby wash, towels)
6. Cabinet (orange too)
7. Toys and pillows
8. Bottle sterilizer
9. Baby kit (wipes, digital thermometer, clipper, powder)
10. Other baby stuff (her godparents would love to give her *wink* )
Thanks to Jemima for giving me a heads up on basic baby stuff.
We’re planning to hold the baby shower in May, but we’re still going to make some necessary arrangements. Nanay and Danah are doing perfectly fine — no more pains, although she’s still positioned on my abdomen. She’s getting more active as days pass by and it’s a good indicator that she’s okay.
I am just too excited to write more about our princess. I’ll just keep you all updated.
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