The irony has hit me that while my life has slowed down to a routine of cable TV, three square meals a day and bumhood, the rest of the world has seemed to speed up to cram the last week of the year with world shattering events in a bid to make 2007 truly unforgettable. Elections in African countries cause death and unrest, an assination occurs in Pakistan, a French PM takes his model girlfriend to Luxor for the holidays and the British Queen surpasses her grandmother's reign.
I'm trying to figure out how to lose ten pounds. Kidding. Make it fifteen.
My being shallow and flippant isn't going to help world affairs - or will it? A lighter me would mean a happier healthier me which would in turn mean me being unnaturally high and nice to family and neighbors, which could lead to them being nicer to other people they bump into at work and school which could lead to someone...oh forget it. I'm sticking to the small picture for the mean time.
This whole temporary bumhood gig isn't that bad - my financial and social vulnerability has made me re-assess things. Mostly to do with my place in the grand scheme of things - mostly during the next six months. The general plan is to lie low, be productive, earn some moolah, learn some new things and hopefully gain momentum for the second half of the year. Lets hope that general outline works. Or its back to the drawing board and finding inspiration in Coyote and the Roadrunner.
Here's to an interesting year ahead. Cheers.
Monday, December 31, 2007
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Merry After Christmas.
It being Christmas I really should be cheerful and bubbly....and singing songs that are joyful and triumphant. After being exposed to the world of our local MariMar and Christmas eve testimonials, I'm actually inclined towards complaining about the Pinoy's penchant for being melodramatic but I feel I may get virtually lynched on the net.
Disclaimer: I realize now that cringing at those church testimonials was insensitive and that those people who stood up to talk were really having hard times and that working abroad and being away from family was their equivalent of a really bad shift bid...so I'm not laughing at it or ranting about it. I say, good for them getting their feelings out there in front of the congregation and I hope they have a better bid in the coming months.
On a totally different thread, anyone who has been stuck on an awfully long plane trip with very small airbus seats knows how bad it can be - you're so uncomfortable you can't fall asleep but you're so tired all you want to do is abduct someone from first class and take their seat. Thank heavens for the film I found. It was a Zoe Cassavetes film entitled Broken English. It isn't the mainstream kind of blockbuster - which is a shame only because not that many people will get to watch and appreciate the genius and honesty of it. In a nutshell, it challenges our misconceptions about freedom, independence, the pressure to be married or in a relationship by a certain age and about the lead actor striving to just figure out how to love herself more - regardless of the idiots that come in and out of her life (who sort of break her down).
Its not a cute romantic comedy. Which is what makes it so different and authentic. If you liked Before Sunset then you'll get this. Its slower and less chirpy but so in a league of its own.
Just watch it. You'll figure out why its so great.
Disclaimer: I realize now that cringing at those church testimonials was insensitive and that those people who stood up to talk were really having hard times and that working abroad and being away from family was their equivalent of a really bad shift bid...so I'm not laughing at it or ranting about it. I say, good for them getting their feelings out there in front of the congregation and I hope they have a better bid in the coming months.
On a totally different thread, anyone who has been stuck on an awfully long plane trip with very small airbus seats knows how bad it can be - you're so uncomfortable you can't fall asleep but you're so tired all you want to do is abduct someone from first class and take their seat. Thank heavens for the film I found. It was a Zoe Cassavetes film entitled Broken English. It isn't the mainstream kind of blockbuster - which is a shame only because not that many people will get to watch and appreciate the genius and honesty of it. In a nutshell, it challenges our misconceptions about freedom, independence, the pressure to be married or in a relationship by a certain age and about the lead actor striving to just figure out how to love herself more - regardless of the idiots that come in and out of her life (who sort of break her down).
Its not a cute romantic comedy. Which is what makes it so different and authentic. If you liked Before Sunset then you'll get this. Its slower and less chirpy but so in a league of its own.
Just watch it. You'll figure out why its so great.
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