October is just around the bend. Literally. And my mind is blanking off ten minutes every hour. I mean, I cannot seem to be there, just be, and I feel like floating for a good long while. Mostly it's because I've been obsessing about Brian Kinney, but come to think of it, I'm also consciously not thinking about October coming right up at me, barging in and making itself known.
I'm going to turn 29. Twenty-fucking-nine. Just one year shy of the big three oh. Shit.
Don't get me wrong, on one hand, I'm excited about October. What with the bazaar coming up, and the big celebration of my 29 years in this world, my friends and I are going to Singapore. And October is the best month. Not quite Christmas yet, so you can do early Christmas shopping without the huge throng of people, and the weather is perfect, not too cold, and not warm. Just right.
I just hate the fact that after the 12th, I'm older than most people I see on tv, I hear on the radio and I see in movies. Gah. Why do I keep having this problem about getting older? Why do I keep feeling uncertain, unfulfilled and discontented whenever my birthday comes rolling around? I promised myself this year would be different. That I would accept my 29th, willingly and gladly.
I seem to have lost my sense of identity if I thought I can let this go without a single rant.
Go figure.
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Being Brian Kinney
Disclaimer:
I've read the an article about Brian Kinney. And it's exactly what I feel about Brian. I've posted some excerpts (okay, almost the entire article...) here, but I want to give credit where it's due. These were all written by another person. But I can feel these words speaking for me too, and so I am posting it here.
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"Brian is MALE. He is at once primal, virile and predatory. His libido is a potent, often threatening force...Brian doesn't measure his masculinity by the ability to subordinate others. It's not that he isn't capable of tenderness; we've seen him demonstrate sensitivity with Michael, Lindsay, Gus and Justin. He is not generally, however, a tender and compassionate guy. That's why it is so thrilling when the writing allows us to see the side of Brian that he generally represses; when his aggressive spirit backs off ever so slightly to reveal a shimmer of his soul. "
"Brian is in COMMAND. He not only creates his own sexual space -- he occupies every square inch of it. Like early Brando or James Dean, he is electrically charged even in repose. Sensuality is not about a striptease. For me, a fully dressed Brian is more sexually alluring than any half-naked hunk flexing his pecs on the Babylon dance floor, because Brian's particular sensuality is about ATTITUDE, and the subtle and scary grace of suppressed aggressiveness. Brian is aware of his body and comfortable in his own skin even when he finds himself in an uncomfortable spot. Brian walks into a room and commands attention with the simple lift of an eyebrow. He OWNS the place. When he leaves, he takes all of the oxygen with him. "
Brian is SEX. It isn't just about his lips or his eyes, despite the feelings of eroticism they evoke. It's not just about the way he moves, or speaks, or how he makes you weak in the knees when he cocks his head a certain way. It's about being a heartbeat away from the sheer intensity of his next action or reaction, whether it's right or wrong.
Brian is FANTASY...Eroticizing promiscuous behaviour is dangerous business because of our modern sensibilties . . . but those notions are also hardwired into our brains. It is also what this kind of fantasy is about. We don't necessarily want it to be in our real lives, but it IS a part of our primitive sex drive. As a heterosexual female, I look to my ancestors in the early cradle tribal societies who mated mostly with ruthless alpha-level males. Nice guys didn't cut it. Nice guys didn't pass on their genes as frequently because they didn't 'fit' into the ongoing battle for survival in a very brutal and dangerous world. The way I see it, it doesn't matter if you're gay or straight; I recognize and appreciate that these instincts were (and still are) a part of basic human nature. Through Brian, I can vicariously AND SAFELY experience 'The Call of the Wild.'
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*Whoever owns the website, whoever wrote this article....I give her all the credit. I have wanted to write my own version of what I think Brian is, but I think she already said it all. AND VERY WELL SAID.
**I wanted to write something like this yesterday, but obviously I just raved on and on and prattled, and gushed about Gale Harold as Brian Kinney. oh well, here it is. How to describe the undeniable attraction of Brian Kinney.
I've read the an article about Brian Kinney. And it's exactly what I feel about Brian. I've posted some excerpts (okay, almost the entire article...) here, but I want to give credit where it's due. These were all written by another person. But I can feel these words speaking for me too, and so I am posting it here.
-------
"Brian is MALE. He is at once primal, virile and predatory. His libido is a potent, often threatening force...Brian doesn't measure his masculinity by the ability to subordinate others. It's not that he isn't capable of tenderness; we've seen him demonstrate sensitivity with Michael, Lindsay, Gus and Justin. He is not generally, however, a tender and compassionate guy. That's why it is so thrilling when the writing allows us to see the side of Brian that he generally represses; when his aggressive spirit backs off ever so slightly to reveal a shimmer of his soul. "
"Brian is in COMMAND. He not only creates his own sexual space -- he occupies every square inch of it. Like early Brando or James Dean, he is electrically charged even in repose. Sensuality is not about a striptease. For me, a fully dressed Brian is more sexually alluring than any half-naked hunk flexing his pecs on the Babylon dance floor, because Brian's particular sensuality is about ATTITUDE, and the subtle and scary grace of suppressed aggressiveness. Brian is aware of his body and comfortable in his own skin even when he finds himself in an uncomfortable spot. Brian walks into a room and commands attention with the simple lift of an eyebrow. He OWNS the place. When he leaves, he takes all of the oxygen with him. "
Brian is SEX. It isn't just about his lips or his eyes, despite the feelings of eroticism they evoke. It's not just about the way he moves, or speaks, or how he makes you weak in the knees when he cocks his head a certain way. It's about being a heartbeat away from the sheer intensity of his next action or reaction, whether it's right or wrong.
Brian is FANTASY...Eroticizing promiscuous behaviour is dangerous business because of our modern sensibilties . . . but those notions are also hardwired into our brains. It is also what this kind of fantasy is about. We don't necessarily want it to be in our real lives, but it IS a part of our primitive sex drive. As a heterosexual female, I look to my ancestors in the early cradle tribal societies who mated mostly with ruthless alpha-level males. Nice guys didn't cut it. Nice guys didn't pass on their genes as frequently because they didn't 'fit' into the ongoing battle for survival in a very brutal and dangerous world. The way I see it, it doesn't matter if you're gay or straight; I recognize and appreciate that these instincts were (and still are) a part of basic human nature. Through Brian, I can vicariously AND SAFELY experience 'The Call of the Wild.'
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*Whoever owns the website, whoever wrote this article....I give her all the credit. I have wanted to write my own version of what I think Brian is, but I think she already said it all. AND VERY WELL SAID.
**I wanted to write something like this yesterday, but obviously I just raved on and on and prattled, and gushed about Gale Harold as Brian Kinney. oh well, here it is. How to describe the undeniable attraction of Brian Kinney.
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Being Brian
I am too old for this shit.
I used to always have huge crushes on celebrities, constantly dreaming about them. The really embarrassing ones I had fallen semi-in love with were Mel Gibson, Kevin Costner, Keanu Reeves (since Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, thank you very much), Johnny Depp (since 21 Jumpstreet), Matt Biondi, Matt Damon, Eminem, and Daniel Radcliffe. I had posters, watched everything they were in, and cut all pictures.
I know, I know. It's so juvenile. So grade school.
I am still obsessed though.
Right. I'm turning 29 in the next two to three weeks and I'm still obsessing about some celebrity. And this is no joke.
I'm absolutely, completely in love with Brian Kinney of Queer as Folk and Gale Harold (the actor who plays Brian Kinney) is HOT. So hot, I'm insanely jealous of Randy Harrison who plays Justin (Brian's boyfriend in QAF) who gets to kiss and have sex with Gale every time, but damn him, always leaving Brian in the lurch whenever life gets too monotonous.
And I've had crushes on beautiful people. And gorgeous guys. But Brian Kinney is not just gorgeous and beautiful. Beautiful is too mild and sweet a word. He's really Hot, to quote Paris Hilton. Hot is when a guy looks like he will throw you on the bed and have his wicked way with you until you passed out. Hot is when he looks at you and you spontaneously burst into flames. Hot is when he's covered in sweat, eyes heavy lidded and all he had to do is look at you and you'll do anything he asks, as if hypnotized. That is hot.
I'm losing it. I'm making a blog entry about Gale Harold. I don't care what people say. He's almost perfect. It doesn't even matter if I fantasized about him being an ordinary guy i'll meet in Makati Greenbelt one day, wearing a shirt and low-slung jeans, it just doesn't matter. Shucks.
And this obsession has to stop. I eat, breathe and drink Brian Kinney. I sleep, dream and wake up to Brian Kinney. I've been floating, like a ghost of my former self, for the last two weeks, just doing some things automatically without really putting my heart into it. Not sleeping early, forgetting to chat with my sister, and not doing my reports a week ahead of time.
Gah. Life really sucks sometimes. This is not the time to 'float'. So many things to do.
(Especially considering I'm too old for this kind of shit. I utterly sound like a 15year old daydreaming about an older man! In reality, he's just 6 years older.)
(The Pic I Love --- I can imagine us sitting across from each other and I won't even find a second to spare my surroundings a glance. Just look at those dreamy eyes, aquiline nose, pouty lower lips, eyebrows arched just right, and some loose strands of hair falling over forehead.)
I used to always have huge crushes on celebrities, constantly dreaming about them. The really embarrassing ones I had fallen semi-in love with were Mel Gibson, Kevin Costner, Keanu Reeves (since Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, thank you very much), Johnny Depp (since 21 Jumpstreet), Matt Biondi, Matt Damon, Eminem, and Daniel Radcliffe. I had posters, watched everything they were in, and cut all pictures.
I know, I know. It's so juvenile. So grade school.
I am still obsessed though.
Right. I'm turning 29 in the next two to three weeks and I'm still obsessing about some celebrity. And this is no joke.
I'm absolutely, completely in love with Brian Kinney of Queer as Folk and Gale Harold (the actor who plays Brian Kinney) is HOT. So hot, I'm insanely jealous of Randy Harrison who plays Justin (Brian's boyfriend in QAF) who gets to kiss and have sex with Gale every time, but damn him, always leaving Brian in the lurch whenever life gets too monotonous.
And I've had crushes on beautiful people. And gorgeous guys. But Brian Kinney is not just gorgeous and beautiful. Beautiful is too mild and sweet a word. He's really Hot, to quote Paris Hilton. Hot is when a guy looks like he will throw you on the bed and have his wicked way with you until you passed out. Hot is when he looks at you and you spontaneously burst into flames. Hot is when he's covered in sweat, eyes heavy lidded and all he had to do is look at you and you'll do anything he asks, as if hypnotized. That is hot.
I'm losing it. I'm making a blog entry about Gale Harold. I don't care what people say. He's almost perfect. It doesn't even matter if I fantasized about him being an ordinary guy i'll meet in Makati Greenbelt one day, wearing a shirt and low-slung jeans, it just doesn't matter. Shucks.
And this obsession has to stop. I eat, breathe and drink Brian Kinney. I sleep, dream and wake up to Brian Kinney. I've been floating, like a ghost of my former self, for the last two weeks, just doing some things automatically without really putting my heart into it. Not sleeping early, forgetting to chat with my sister, and not doing my reports a week ahead of time.
Gah. Life really sucks sometimes. This is not the time to 'float'. So many things to do.
(Especially considering I'm too old for this kind of shit. I utterly sound like a 15year old daydreaming about an older man! In reality, he's just 6 years older.)
(The Pic I Love --- I can imagine us sitting across from each other and I won't even find a second to spare my surroundings a glance. Just look at those dreamy eyes, aquiline nose, pouty lower lips, eyebrows arched just right, and some loose strands of hair falling over forehead.)
Sunday, September 11, 2005
Queer as Folk
Just like with everything I do, I sometimes latched on to some fascination and until I squeezed it dry, I cannot let go. I finally bought two seasons of Queer as Folk last Sunday at Quiapo. I got hold of the last two seasons, fortunately, (so I didn't have to pull all my hair after watching not knowing the ending) but it also gives me a bereft feeling because I wanted to see how the show developed in the first three seasons.
Anyway, before I go rave and rant about Queer as Folk, I'll tell my story (as this is my personal blog, so I can write anything I want on it). This unreasonable, unexplainable fascination with gay relationships (and before you go accusing me of repressed homosexual tendencies, well, I'm only fascinated with male-male relationships, so I'm the wrong gender completely) started with Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy. The first time I saw fanfiction pairings with the two boys, I predictably said, 'ewww'. Now, given that I am a homebound jobless 29 year old single woman, I am forever addicted to any story that tells of a relationship between two beautiful, hot boys especially Harry and Draco.
I'm getting off track. So okay, I love Harry and Draco. I think they're God's gift to lonely, getting-old single women with no sexual life to speak of. And on many H/D fangroups that I am a member of, they keep mentioning Queer as Folk. I researched of course, and found out that this was a British television series about gay relationships, and that has been adapted in the US. And I am also terribly late to be addicted to the series, but what the heck, at least now I can look forward to watching everything marathon-style.
And I just have to have the DVDs.
I found a season in Metrowalk two months ago. I didn't buy it then. My parents are with me. But I hauled my butt off to Quiapo yesterday, dragged Liza with me, to buy Queer as Folk. And I started watching at 4pm and slept at 5am the next morning. Watching 25 episodes all in all, of poignant, brutally honest, in-your-face television. If this is the American version, I can imagine that the British one is more honest.
So I cheered for Brian Kinney, for Justin, and their love. Well, because they reminded me of Harry and Draco. And I was thrilled when during the minutes between 330 am to 4 am Brian (the bad boy of gaydom) proposed to Justin. Whee! And my whole world crashed, when in the end, they cannot be together. I was bombed.
Why can't they put fairy dust in the end, just to satisfy audience like me who are still hoping against hope that there are love stories that against all odds, can survive at the end? Even Sex and the City managed to put Carrie and Big together, why, WHY can't Brian and Justin end up together?
I jumped up from bed after two hours sleep (because no matter what, I always opened my eyes at 7 in the morning) ate my breakfast and hurriedly turned on the computer just in case there's some notes or hopeful message in the end about Justin and Brian.
Nothing.
It has ended. Their love wasn't enough to overcome the reality that their worlds are apart and that retaining their individuality means much, so much more than their love. Gah! Lesson to all, something that we Filipinos would rather not watch, someone giving up the love of their lives, because well, it would otherwise mean losing yourself.
Anyway, before I go rave and rant about Queer as Folk, I'll tell my story (as this is my personal blog, so I can write anything I want on it). This unreasonable, unexplainable fascination with gay relationships (and before you go accusing me of repressed homosexual tendencies, well, I'm only fascinated with male-male relationships, so I'm the wrong gender completely) started with Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy. The first time I saw fanfiction pairings with the two boys, I predictably said, 'ewww'. Now, given that I am a homebound jobless 29 year old single woman, I am forever addicted to any story that tells of a relationship between two beautiful, hot boys especially Harry and Draco.
I'm getting off track. So okay, I love Harry and Draco. I think they're God's gift to lonely, getting-old single women with no sexual life to speak of. And on many H/D fangroups that I am a member of, they keep mentioning Queer as Folk. I researched of course, and found out that this was a British television series about gay relationships, and that has been adapted in the US. And I am also terribly late to be addicted to the series, but what the heck, at least now I can look forward to watching everything marathon-style.
And I just have to have the DVDs.
I found a season in Metrowalk two months ago. I didn't buy it then. My parents are with me. But I hauled my butt off to Quiapo yesterday, dragged Liza with me, to buy Queer as Folk. And I started watching at 4pm and slept at 5am the next morning. Watching 25 episodes all in all, of poignant, brutally honest, in-your-face television. If this is the American version, I can imagine that the British one is more honest.
So I cheered for Brian Kinney, for Justin, and their love. Well, because they reminded me of Harry and Draco. And I was thrilled when during the minutes between 330 am to 4 am Brian (the bad boy of gaydom) proposed to Justin. Whee! And my whole world crashed, when in the end, they cannot be together. I was bombed.
Why can't they put fairy dust in the end, just to satisfy audience like me who are still hoping against hope that there are love stories that against all odds, can survive at the end? Even Sex and the City managed to put Carrie and Big together, why, WHY can't Brian and Justin end up together?
I jumped up from bed after two hours sleep (because no matter what, I always opened my eyes at 7 in the morning) ate my breakfast and hurriedly turned on the computer just in case there's some notes or hopeful message in the end about Justin and Brian.
Nothing.
It has ended. Their love wasn't enough to overcome the reality that their worlds are apart and that retaining their individuality means much, so much more than their love. Gah! Lesson to all, something that we Filipinos would rather not watch, someone giving up the love of their lives, because well, it would otherwise mean losing yourself.
Okay...I'm done here. I am dreadfully affected by series that I watched on TV that sometimes it borders on unhealthy. I am sad. But I am also hopeful that there's a chance Justin will come back to Brian. Chalk it up to Filipino sentimentality, I suppose. Gay couples around the world will probably not agree with me, given the reason behind the separation but who knows? Stranger things have happened.
And now I need to read a really fluffy, romantic, happy-ending Harry/Draco story to help me fall asleep without a deep sadness sitting on my chest.
*And I just have to show you Brian and Justin. Sigh. So sad.*Sunday, September 4, 2005
Panacea
panacea \pan-uh-SEE-uh\ noun
: a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all
It was a decidedly lazy Sunday, no strutting around in Megamall and no driving around buying things. Just a nice, lazy Sunday. The kind that I don't like. At times like these, I can't do anything. Can't study for my impending exams on Tuesday. Can't think about things to do for the bazaar, and can't think of anything but the apparent lack of significant changes and events in my life, just when it's on the verge of celebrating it's 29th year.
I saw my Roomie in Friendster, (because Friendster sends updates and Tina uploaded some pics of her baby, so I checked it out) and she wrote in one pic as caption, 'my little piece of heaven' under the pic with her baby and her boyfriend. And I heard my heart screamed at me, 'I want a little piece of heaven too!' with my mind screaming back, 'oh forget it, you're not going to get it.'
I'm a pathetic human being, with my body organs conversing and shouting obscenities at each other, feeling hopeful and hopeless at the same time. And this word stuck with me. Not at all romantic-sounding, panacea. I can say I'm hoping for an answer to my prayers (that sounded romantic, but utterly cliche, so I don't like it), but at times like these, when there's a definite pang of loneliness, I just need a panacea. My own panacea. Someone to cure this loneliness.
And he'll be my little piece of heaven.
: a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all
It was a decidedly lazy Sunday, no strutting around in Megamall and no driving around buying things. Just a nice, lazy Sunday. The kind that I don't like. At times like these, I can't do anything. Can't study for my impending exams on Tuesday. Can't think about things to do for the bazaar, and can't think of anything but the apparent lack of significant changes and events in my life, just when it's on the verge of celebrating it's 29th year.
I saw my Roomie in Friendster, (because Friendster sends updates and Tina uploaded some pics of her baby, so I checked it out) and she wrote in one pic as caption, 'my little piece of heaven' under the pic with her baby and her boyfriend. And I heard my heart screamed at me, 'I want a little piece of heaven too!' with my mind screaming back, 'oh forget it, you're not going to get it.'
I'm a pathetic human being, with my body organs conversing and shouting obscenities at each other, feeling hopeful and hopeless at the same time. And this word stuck with me. Not at all romantic-sounding, panacea. I can say I'm hoping for an answer to my prayers (that sounded romantic, but utterly cliche, so I don't like it), but at times like these, when there's a definite pang of loneliness, I just need a panacea. My own panacea. Someone to cure this loneliness.
And he'll be my little piece of heaven.
Saturday, September 3, 2005
Favorites
I like playing Top Ten, and I like making lists. Just in case you don't know, or if you've been reading my blog for quite sometime, too dense to notice. So I'll play Friendster Favorites. Or my own version.
My list of Inconsequential Lists
Favorite Places in Manila:
1. My Room
2. Mad Max (wherever he is)
3. UP Diliman
4. Cafe Breton, Greenbelt
5. Cafe Breton, Malate
6. Roxas Blvd. (love to drive by, esp. when there's a beautiful Mla Bay sunset)
7. Divisoria (168, Tabora St., etc.)
8. Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Malabon
9. Ayala Center, Makati (Glorietta)
10. Hobbes, Greenbelt 3
Favorite Long Lost Food (some lost forever, some I just miss so!)
1. Kalibo Longanisa (which I bought from an agent's niece)
2. New York Cheesecake at Jed and Julian's, Adriatico, Malate
3. Makati Supermart's Spaghetti (large)
4. Hungry Hippo's greasy cheeseburger with egg
5. SR Thai's chili chicken with rice
6. Rodic's Tosilog, UP Shopping Center, UP Diliman
7. Molave Residence Hall's putok (w/ butter) and Mountain Dew, UP Diliman
8. BeachHouse's barbecue, UP Diliman
9. German SweetHam sandwich, CASAA, UP Diliman
10. Bohol beach's Lechon Cebu
Favorite Desserts
1. Rocky Road Ice Cream
2. Chocolate thunder Down Under
3. Reese's Cups
4. Double Dutch Ice Cream
5. House of Sylvanna's sylvannas
6. Sans rival
7. Sneakers bars, Nestle Crunch, Toblerone white (all on equal footing)
8. Ginataang mais (i just had one today! whee!)
9. Biko (the old fashioned malagkit one, with latik)
10. Mocha Cake (boring, I know, but that's the kind of cake i like)
Favorite Things to Watch on TV
1. Discovery's Globe Trekker (formerly Lonely Planet) with Ian Wright
2. National Geographic's Megastructures / Frontlines of Construction (I'm a nerd I know, I'm just fascinated with things I don't really understand, like Engineering.)
3. Medical Detectives (like the one in Discovery and all CSI shows)
4. CNN (esp when there's a big event, like Iraq invasion, UK's terrorist attacks, etc.)
5. BBC (i just like to tune in, listen to all those British accents)
6. Talk Shows like Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, Oprah (before), even Parkinson
7. Documentary specials in National Geographic, just because we don't have Discovery here (wah! I want to murder those people in Sky for not offering Discovery in Camanava)
8. Battle of the Geeks (on Jack tv, my sister's favorite, but I watch it regularly now)
9. Make over shows
10. Comedy sitcoms i.e. Will and Grace, Friends, Monk, Frasier, Everybody Loves Raymond, Arrested Development, etc.
Favorite Sites on the Internet
1. Harry&Draco livejournal community
2. Merriam-Webster Online
3. Amazon.com
4. IMDB
5. lonelyplanet.com
6. Schnoogle.com
7. skyhawke archive
8. Yahoo Shopping
9. Yahoo Properties
10. Quotes Database
Favorite Movie Characters
1. Harry Burns - Billy Crystal, When Harry Met Sally
2. Prime Minister - Hugh Grant, Love Actually
3. Luke Skywalker - Mark Hamill, Star Wars
4. Indiana Jones - Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones
5. Jason Borne - Matt Damon, The Borne Identity
6. Lestat de Lioncourt - Tom Cruise, Interview with the Vampire
7. Roux - Johnny Depp, Chocolat
8. Wong Fei Hung - Jet Li, Once Upon a Time in China
9. King Buliwyf - Vladimir Kulich, 13th Warrior
10. Jack Ryan - Harrison Ford, Clear and Present Danger
10. Legolas - Orlando Bloom, The Lord of the Rings
10. Jack Sparrow - Johnny Depp, The Pirates of the Caribbean
(and I just have to cheat...oh well, Orlando and Johnny are worth it.)
Favorite TV Characters
1. David Brent - Ricky Gervais, The Office (original version UK- super funny!!!)
2. Chandler Bing - Matthew Perry, Friends
3. Dr Niles Crane - David Hyde Pierce, Frasier
4. Warrick Brown - Gary Dourdan, CSI (crush!)
5. Will Truman - Eric McCormack, Will and Grace
6. Dr. Frasier Crane - Kelsey Grammer, Cheers
7. Adrian Monk - Tony Shalhoub, Monk
8. Tom Hanson - Johnny Depp, 21 Jumpstreet (even then, he looks just as yummy!)
9. Charles - Scott Baio, Charles in Charge (i used to stay up late, just to watch)
10. Raymond Barone - Ray Romano, Everybody Loves Raymond
Favorite Things to Do on a Lazy Sunday
1. Make inconsequential lists.
2. Daydream
3. Watch TV
4. Read Draco sh-gging Harry
5. Texts
6. Surf the Internet
7. Eat Sneakers
8. Take afternoon naps
9. slow driving
10. walk around the house like a zombie
Additional...my sis added this in her entry. I didn't want to try to limit my favorite book characters into ten...but anyway, here's my attempt.
Favorite Book Characters
1. Draco Malfoy - Harry Potter series, esp spin-off fanfiction, JK Rowling
2. Harry Potter - Harry Potter series, JK Rowling
3. Holden Caulfield - Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
4. Jing Mei - The Joyluck Club, Amy Tan
5. Santiago - The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
6. Lestat de Lioncourt - The Vampire Lestat, The Vampire Chronicles, Anne Rice
7. Tristan Thorn - StarDust, Neil Gaiman
8. Michael Corleone - The Godfather, Mario Puzo
9. Robert Langdon - The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
10. Bridget Jones - Bridget Jones' Diary, Helen Fielding
...still more lists to come.
My list of Inconsequential Lists
Favorite Places in Manila:
1. My Room
2. Mad Max (wherever he is)
3. UP Diliman
4. Cafe Breton, Greenbelt
5. Cafe Breton, Malate
6. Roxas Blvd. (love to drive by, esp. when there's a beautiful Mla Bay sunset)
7. Divisoria (168, Tabora St., etc.)
8. Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Malabon
9. Ayala Center, Makati (Glorietta)
10. Hobbes, Greenbelt 3
Favorite Long Lost Food (some lost forever, some I just miss so!)
1. Kalibo Longanisa (which I bought from an agent's niece)
2. New York Cheesecake at Jed and Julian's, Adriatico, Malate
3. Makati Supermart's Spaghetti (large)
4. Hungry Hippo's greasy cheeseburger with egg
5. SR Thai's chili chicken with rice
6. Rodic's Tosilog, UP Shopping Center, UP Diliman
7. Molave Residence Hall's putok (w/ butter) and Mountain Dew, UP Diliman
8. BeachHouse's barbecue, UP Diliman
9. German SweetHam sandwich, CASAA, UP Diliman
10. Bohol beach's Lechon Cebu
Favorite Desserts
1. Rocky Road Ice Cream
2. Chocolate thunder Down Under
3. Reese's Cups
4. Double Dutch Ice Cream
5. House of Sylvanna's sylvannas
6. Sans rival
7. Sneakers bars, Nestle Crunch, Toblerone white (all on equal footing)
8. Ginataang mais (i just had one today! whee!)
9. Biko (the old fashioned malagkit one, with latik)
10. Mocha Cake (boring, I know, but that's the kind of cake i like)
Favorite Things to Watch on TV
1. Discovery's Globe Trekker (formerly Lonely Planet) with Ian Wright
2. National Geographic's Megastructures / Frontlines of Construction (I'm a nerd I know, I'm just fascinated with things I don't really understand, like Engineering.)
3. Medical Detectives (like the one in Discovery and all CSI shows)
4. CNN (esp when there's a big event, like Iraq invasion, UK's terrorist attacks, etc.)
5. BBC (i just like to tune in, listen to all those British accents)
6. Talk Shows like Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, Oprah (before), even Parkinson
7. Documentary specials in National Geographic, just because we don't have Discovery here (wah! I want to murder those people in Sky for not offering Discovery in Camanava)
8. Battle of the Geeks (on Jack tv, my sister's favorite, but I watch it regularly now)
9. Make over shows
10. Comedy sitcoms i.e. Will and Grace, Friends, Monk, Frasier, Everybody Loves Raymond, Arrested Development, etc.
Favorite Sites on the Internet
1. Harry&Draco livejournal community
2. Merriam-Webster Online
3. Amazon.com
4. IMDB
5. lonelyplanet.com
6. Schnoogle.com
7. skyhawke archive
8. Yahoo Shopping
9. Yahoo Properties
10. Quotes Database
Favorite Movie Characters
1. Harry Burns - Billy Crystal, When Harry Met Sally
2. Prime Minister - Hugh Grant, Love Actually
3. Luke Skywalker - Mark Hamill, Star Wars
4. Indiana Jones - Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones
5. Jason Borne - Matt Damon, The Borne Identity
6. Lestat de Lioncourt - Tom Cruise, Interview with the Vampire
7. Roux - Johnny Depp, Chocolat
8. Wong Fei Hung - Jet Li, Once Upon a Time in China
9. King Buliwyf - Vladimir Kulich, 13th Warrior
10. Jack Ryan - Harrison Ford, Clear and Present Danger
10. Legolas - Orlando Bloom, The Lord of the Rings
10. Jack Sparrow - Johnny Depp, The Pirates of the Caribbean
(and I just have to cheat...oh well, Orlando and Johnny are worth it.)
Favorite TV Characters
1. David Brent - Ricky Gervais, The Office (original version UK- super funny!!!)
2. Chandler Bing - Matthew Perry, Friends
3. Dr Niles Crane - David Hyde Pierce, Frasier
4. Warrick Brown - Gary Dourdan, CSI (crush!)
5. Will Truman - Eric McCormack, Will and Grace
6. Dr. Frasier Crane - Kelsey Grammer, Cheers
7. Adrian Monk - Tony Shalhoub, Monk
8. Tom Hanson - Johnny Depp, 21 Jumpstreet (even then, he looks just as yummy!)
9. Charles - Scott Baio, Charles in Charge (i used to stay up late, just to watch)
10. Raymond Barone - Ray Romano, Everybody Loves Raymond
Favorite Things to Do on a Lazy Sunday
1. Make inconsequential lists.
2. Daydream
3. Watch TV
4. Read Draco sh-gging Harry
5. Texts
6. Surf the Internet
7. Eat Sneakers
8. Take afternoon naps
9. slow driving
10. walk around the house like a zombie
Additional...my sis added this in her entry. I didn't want to try to limit my favorite book characters into ten...but anyway, here's my attempt.
Favorite Book Characters
1. Draco Malfoy - Harry Potter series, esp spin-off fanfiction, JK Rowling
2. Harry Potter - Harry Potter series, JK Rowling
3. Holden Caulfield - Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
4. Jing Mei - The Joyluck Club, Amy Tan
5. Santiago - The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
6. Lestat de Lioncourt - The Vampire Lestat, The Vampire Chronicles, Anne Rice
7. Tristan Thorn - StarDust, Neil Gaiman
8. Michael Corleone - The Godfather, Mario Puzo
9. Robert Langdon - The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
10. Bridget Jones - Bridget Jones' Diary, Helen Fielding
...still more lists to come.
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