Entries for March, 2005

Paused

I haven't been in a wordy mood for quite a while now.

I don't plan on changing that.

Life's been blah.

So --

blah, blah.

Sock it to me.

unbeknownst | 06:54 PM

The Acting Buzz

I am not fond of watching Filipino films. I think that generally, they all have the same storylines -- varying only in the characters and the settings. I hate that most actresses think that being able to cry on cue and shouting a torrent of words in under a minute make them valid and professional. I hate that most actors think that being macho and exuding "coolness" is what makes them actors. I especially hate how they force themselves to sing and dance when they can do neither.

Why can't our actors and actresses effectively portray characters? Why do they only accept parts that would fit their personalities? Why can't they develop into their characters instead of having the character match who they are?

Why do they feel that everything should be spoken out loud? Do they not know that a single look, at a precise time, can speak volumes? (Okay, so that may be the fault of the scriptwriter but don't actors have a say as to what they do?)

 

...

 

The problem is Filipinos stick to what sells. The masses want lame-ass stories of teenybopper love so that's what's given to them. What's sad is they aren't given variety. No one gives the masses the opportunity to appreciate other things -- other things that require some actual brain cells to work.

6 tweaked.

unbeknownst | 12:22 AM

Let's be shallow for a few seconds.

I hate having varicose veins. Not only do they hurt after standing for several hours (which I need to do in my line of work), they look ugly too. Humph.

 

...

 

I've spent the last hour reading reviews on amps. I've got sooooo much to learn. Now I'm reading articles on tube versus solid-state amps. As the words become tech-ier and tech-ier, the letters slowly fuse together to form a useless gray jumble before my eyes. But hey, at least I'm learning a few new things.

 

...

 

My head's hurting again. I think I need glasses. Yesterday after only three hours at the microscope, my head was throbbing like crazy.  Ack.

 

__________ 

 

It's sad to see how people younger than me can live in such a different reality. I guess it comes with the age. Maybe I was that way when I was in my teens. Come to think of it, when I was in high school my whole world revolved around my friends, what I did with my friends, where I'd go with my friends, and how we were as friends.

But I was never that, hmm, self-centered.

listening to Esthero's Heaven Sent (Mikah, I love this song.) 3 tweaked.

unbeknownst | 09:09 AM

Bliss

I got myself an amp! FINALLY! Yeyeyeye! At P3,500, it was a steal. A new one would set me back by P5,600. This one was only very slightly used. (It looks brand spankin' new!) Plus the guy I bought it from gave me a free adaptor. It's already in a nice little corner of my room. Yehhhhh.

And lookee here, Cowie can't contain her excitement either!

2 tweaked.

unbeknownst | 07:18 PM

Bubbles were never this sad.

Dyspepsia. That's what the doctor said I had.

It's weird, not knowing whether I want to eat or throw up, and then having to deal with a headache the whole day. My stomach's confused as to what to do with the food I eat and the air that goes with it! Ack. The medicine I'm taking now is, for lack of a better term, amusing. It makes me burp. Hah, hah. How glamorous. (Although I am a silent burper. Sheesh you should hear how some people I work with burp. They let 'em rip while eating. Just like that. Like it was the most normal thing in the world. And they're women.)

I hope my tummy gets better soon. I haven't been able to enjoy my food lately. Wah.


__________


I was almost almost hit by a car last night when I crossed Makati Avenue. I admit I shouldn't have crossed yet but because I wanted to get home so badly I did. BUT the street was packed, the cars had nowhere to go. The girl driver just moved her van while she was texting, not looking while she allowed her car to move. I was so irritated when I saw her holding her phone that I shocked myself -- nginaratan ko sya. Haha.


__________


Girls' night out tomorrow. A despedida slash welcome back home night out. I want to go. Really. But opening my closet and seeing the sorry state of the clothes inside is enough to deflate me. I'm still going though. I just noticed that I've flaked out on friends more than a couple of times just because of that. It's that bad.

2 tweaked.

unbeknownst | 02:20 AM