Help…anyone? I’ve been looking for a dvd copy of Georges Bataille’s Story of the Eye, but still unsuccessful. It’s been frustrating, no copies can be found in Metrowalk and Alabang.

My next stop: Quiapo. Should try my luck there.

I first got hold of this novel back in highschool after finding out that Bjork’s video for Venus as a Boy was inspired by this erotic, almost pornographic surreal book. Now, in-between breaks, I'm re-reading this. The zipped pdf version of Bataille’s Story of the Eye can be downloaded here.

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Class 101.

Today we had an interesting exchange of ideas on two noteworthy books in art history namely Alice Guillermo’s Protest/Revolutionary Art in the Philippines and Reynaldo Ileto’s Pasyon and Revolution. I chose to critique the latter.


Ileto’s book presents the correlation between the pasyon, folk religious traditions and the revolution, putting emphasis on the agency of the masses. The book’s springboard is the Lapiang Malaya (along with its sophisticated beliefs and structure), which according to Ileto, is one of the many examples of the continuity of the unfinished business of the Katipunan’s struggle toward independence. As manifested in its theme and approach, Pasyon and Revolution puts forward an “alternative” mode of history narrated in a synchronic way using the pasyon text, an epic that appears to be alien content, but upon closer scrutiny, reveals the vitality of the Filipino masses. Here Ileto utilizes varied theories from authors and historians coming from different schools of thought, which consequently made it difficult for me to determine one single framework. Except for its diffused framework, I still find this well-researched book commendable. I, in particular, admire Ileto’s impeccable writing skills and literariness.

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Crass 101.

We took a break at the Katag and Y shared something that fumed us about a certain it (a classmate of ours) who made this uncalled-for remark on some of my classmates’ intellectual competence. Let me quote it: “This class is not “brilliant,” especially ____, ____ and ____.” Bullshit. How in the hell did you come up with such sweeping statement at this early stage of the semester? Who are you in the first place? Fuck off.

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Beware: Truth hurts. Do not click here if you’re squeamish. It could devastate you.

This article on uncyclopedia really captures the essence of the Philippines as a nation, and I salute whoever wrote this lengthy kagaguhan. A parody that slaps you on the face.

Other uncylopedia factoids that caused me dyspepsia:
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Manila
Cueshe
Hale

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Yikes! Matt Damon. Josh Hartnett. Val Kilmer. Jonathan Thomas. I myself don't believe in the results of my MyHeritage analysis, but love it! Hehehe. This fancy, face recognition website would make you appear the handsomest guy or beautifulest girl in the world. Give it a shot and boost your self-esteem. Dreaming is not a sin.

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A story-slash-game of love fused with surrealism and humor. This is (so far) the best French film I’ve ever seen.
Below is Julien’s “Better Than” monologue as he is fleeing from the police. This one is my most favorite scene in the film.


"Sophie was back in the game!
Pure, raw, explosive pleasure!
Better than drugs
Better than smack
Better than a dope coke crack fix shit shoot sniff ganja marijuana blotter acid ecstasy
Better than sex, head, 69, orgies, masturbation, tantrism, Kama Sutra or Thai doggy-style!
Better than Banana Milkshakes!
Better than George Lucas's trilogy, the muppets and 2001!
Better than Emma Peel, Marilyn, Lara Croft and Cindy Crawford's beauty mark!
Better than the B-side to Abbey Road, Jimmy Hendrix and the first man on the moon...Space Mountain, Santa Claus, Bill Gates' fortune, The Dalai Lama, Lazarus raised from the dead!
Schwarzenegger's testerone shots, Pam Anderson Lips, Woodstock, Raves!
Better than de Sade, Rimbaud, Morrison and Castaneda!
Better than freedom
Better than life."

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It's file sharing (a.k.a. internet piracy) time! Simply click on the links to download.

I-Doser:
This application helps me stay awake at work even if I barely slept during the day. I-Doser scientifically syncs the brainwaves to achieve a specific mood or experience, emulating the effect a prescription drug or alcohol. It could make you high, promise. Thanks to Jigs.

Powerful Sleep:
Is it possible to sleep for 4-5 hours and feel more rested, more alert, and more energized than you did when you slept for 8 or 9 hours ? Yes it is, according to this ebook.

Photoshop Tutorials:
For people who want to learn the wonders of photoshop, this is the perfect website for you! Here you can find different instructions and tutorials about enhancing photographs, creating special effects, photo retouching, textures and backgrounds and many more.

Make them sleep - Flash Game

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“Angel, Ang Burger ng Bayan!” Pamatay na advertising slogan. Ito na ba ang magpapabagsak sa imperyo ng Jollibee at Mcdo? Maaari, bakit hindi? Sa nagbabagong marketplace at panahon kung kailan mas lumiliit ang halaga ng piso dahil sa pagtaas ng mga bayarin at bilihin, pinipili ng konsyumer ang mas mura, mas sulit at kasing-sarap ng nakasanayang burger. Ito, marahil, ang panghatak ng unti-unting nagiging popular na Angel’s Burger – tila anghel na hulog ng langit, tagapag-ligtas ng mga taong kumakalam ang sikmura, walang pahinga, bukas bente kwatro oras.

Una kong natikman ang sarap ng Angel’s Burger nang magbukas ito ng branch sa gilid ng St. Francis Square. Dati’y dina-daandaanan lang namin ang pobreng stall, pero parang lagi kami nitong inaakit at inaanyaya tuwing umaga. ‘Pag tinatahak nga namin ang daan pauwi, napaglilibangan naming bilangin ang dami ng plastik ng Angel’s Burger na itinatapon sa sidewalk ng mga parokyano nito. Aba, aba, iba na ito. Ano kayang meron ang Angel’s Burger at tinatangkilik ito?

Unang teorya: Ka-mukha o ka-sex appeal ni Angel Locsin ang tindera ng Angel’s Burger kaya dinudumog ito ng mga tao.

Ikalawang teorya: Jologs kasi ang mga taong dumaraan at nagtatrabaho sa Ortigas.

Ikatlong teorya: Isa itong himala. May basbas ng Diyos o kung sinumang sugo mula sa langit ang nasabing stall.

Ikaapat na teyorya: May kakaibang pormula ang burger patties ng Angel’s Burger, parang gayuma, kaya ito binabalik-balikan ng mga tao.

Ikalimang teorya: Wala lang. May mga penomenon sa mundo na hindi kayang ipaliwanag.

Pero seryoso, simple lang naman kung bakit andaming nahuhumaling sa ibinebentang burger nito. At maaari natin itong sumahin sa iisang dahilan: presyo. ‘Yan ang panghatak ng Angel’s Burger. Mantakin mo, buy one take one sa halagang P21.50. Lamang tiyan na presyong kaibigan. Patok din ang Angel’s Burger dahil sa pang-masa nitong packaging at imaheng pino-project nito sa mga konsyumer. Hindi intimidating, kumbaga. Kung usapin lang ng marketing strategy, epektibong epektibo ang timpla – tamang lokasyon, swak na slogan at abot-kayang produkto. Sa totoo lang, may dahilan na para matakot ng mga higanteng fastfood chains tulad ng Jollibee at Mcdo (na nagbebenta lang naman ng napakamahal na “value” meal) sa patuloy na paglipana ng mga mumunting food stall gaya ng Angel’s Burger. Matinding ka-kumpitensiya ang mga pobreng booth tulad nito. Positibo naman para sa mga mamimili ang kumpetisyong ito, dahil unti-unti nitong winawasak nito ang monopolyo at kontrol ng iilang kumpanya sa pagpepresyo ng produkto. Haha.


Oo nga pala, dahil isang kulinari rebyu (kuno) ito, mapunta naman tayo sa “lasa” ng mga produktong inilalako ng Angel’s Burger. Pasado naman sa aking mababang istandard ang lasa ng hamburger at cheeseburger nila. Kahit ang mga opismeyts kong sosyalera, nakakapagtakang aprub dito at walang karekla-reklamo.

Kumpara kasi sa Minute Burger o Burger Mcdo, ‘di hamak na mas makapal ang burger patties ng Angel’s Burger. Hindi ko lang tiyak kung karne ng baka o baboy ang nagpakapal dito o sandamukal na extender lang (puwede sigurong patatas o kamote), pero wala akong pakialam, masarap at nakakabusog naman. Malambot din ang burger bun (pinasosyal na tawag sa “monay”), na lalo pang pinasarap ng katakam-takam na Angel’s mayonnaise at banana catsup. Isunod mo na rin ang pag-inom ng Angel's Mineral Water para solve ka na.

Ang balita ko, andami na palang branches ng Angel’s Burger sa Kamaynilaan. Parang epidemya na itong kumakalat. Sa katunayan, na-sight ko na ito at ng ilan kong opismeyts sa Alabang, Makati, Tondo at iba pang singit-singit ng lungsod. Huwaw, patuloy ang expansion.

Kaya ‘wag na tayong magtaka, kung balang araw, isa ng higanteng korporasyon ang Angel’s Burger, samantalalang nalugi na ang Jollibee at Mcdo, mayroon na ring Angel’s Burger Foundation at opisyal na endorser na nila si Angel Locsin at Angel Aquino.

Higit sa lahat, idineklara na ang Angel’s Burger bilang “Pambansang Burger ng Pilipinas.”

Amen!

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Last Thursday was the first day of classes and I was reunited with my masteral buddies, Yayo, Joy, Maysa, and the rest of the gang. After our meeting with Dr. Yu-Rivera, I insisted that we eat at Latasia Fusion, the colored purple vegetarian restaurant a few meters away from Asian Center, near the UP-Katipunan gate outpost. I ordered vegie (of course) kare-kare and tocino. It was only around 5:45 in the afternoon when we parted ways, too early before work. I didn’t want to return to my apartment for a possible nap so I decided to waste time at Megamall. I went to Odyssey and surprisingly stumbled upon a huge collection of CDs at cut-down prices. The Greatest Hits CDs of R.E.M. and Moby, being sold for P249 each, caught my attention, but didn't buy them. I instead splurge on a new charger with rechargeable batteries for my digital camera. Ayus!

This will be an interesting semester.

I can sense it.
Something important is about to happen.
It's coming up.

Haha.

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My younger sister, Hazel, asked me to promote this new educational puppet show on ABS-CBN titled “Sirit” where she works as a production staff. I’ve already watched two episodes of the TV program and I personally recommend this to preschool kids and young at heart (like you, yes, you! who grew up watching Batibot) as well. The show utilizes impressive animation, graphics and interesting storytelling.

Sirit airs every Saturday from 07:50 to 8:15 in the morning. Garcellano Advertising, the puppet show creator, said the program aims to enhance the cognitive, social, emotional and physical development of children from ages 3 to 6 years old, and promote the receptive, (reading via picture cues, listening) and expressive (talking, writing) language of early learners. The show is interactive and a combination of puppetry, live action and simple animation.

Sirit chronicles the adventures of boy and girl puppets, Bi and Bo, as they seek answers, uncover new worlds, unlock mysteries, and discover themselves and their abilities. They are accompanied by a female adult called Ate on their adventure.

For more information on Sirit Puppet Show, click here!

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Dagundong ng banda ang gumising sa ‘yo kaninang umaga.
Tulad ng nakagawian, tuwing sasapit ang Hunyo 12, may mahabang parada na naman ng mga guro, estudyante at empleyado ng munisipyo na nakasuot ng baro’t saya na umikot sa bayan.
Saglit kang sumilip sa labas, nakiusyoso.
Walang nagbago.
May magaganap daw na programa sa plaza, sabi ng nanay mong titser na kasama sa mga obligadong dumalo.
Nang buksan mo ang telebisyon, si Gloria na kontodo ayos ala-Maria Clara ang tumambad sa panorama mo.
Hindi ka pa nag-aagahan.
Nawalan ka na ng gana.
Ngayon ginugunita ang araw ng kalayaan.
Kalokohan.
Napanood mo sa balita ang mga eksena kanina.
Matingkad ang kontradiksyon.
Sa Luneta, pinangunahan ni Gloria ang ika-109 anibersaryo ng Araw ng Kalayaan.
Ang tema: “Sama-sama sa Pagpupunyagi at Pagdiriwang.”
Tampok daw ang “ebolusyon ng kulturang Pilipino at ang ating kaunlarang pang-ekonomiya.”
(Samantala, sa Mendiola, nagkabalyahan ang mga anti-riot police at raliyista.
Apat na tao ang sugatan.)
“Mabuhay ang government employees!” sabi ng Pangulo.
(“Gloria Tuta ng Kano!” sigaw ng mga itinataboy na aktibista.)
Ngayon ginugunita ang araw ng kalayaan.
Kaya naman pala.
Marami ang pinapaslang.
Marami ang nakakulong sa bitag ng kahirapan.
Bawal magpahayag.
Bawal magsalita.
Bawal bumatikos.
No permit, no rally.
Ito ang tinatawag nating kalayaan.
Magdiwang tayo.

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Just reposting this one, an excerpt from the 2001's animated film "Waking Life." Talking in the video about existentialism and life's mysteries is Philosophy Prof. Robert Solomon. Other clips on topics such as language, free will, physics, human evolution, death and many others can be viewed at Youtube. Love it!



"The reason why I refuse to take existentialism as just another French fashion or historical curiosity is that I think it has something very important to offer us for the new century. I'm afraid we're losing the real virtues of living life passionately, sense of taking responsibility for who you are, the ability to make something of yourself and feeling good about life.

Existentialism is often discussed as if it's a philosophy of despair. But I think the truth is just the opposite. Sartre once interviewed said he never really felt a day of despair in his life. But one thing that comes out from reading these guys is not a sense of anguish about life so much as a real kind of exuberance of feeling on top of it. It's like your life is yours to create. I've read the postmodernists with some interest, even admiration. But when I read them, I always have this awful nagging feeling that something absolutely essential is getting left out.

The more that you talk about a person as a social construction or as a confluence of forces or as fragmented or marginalized, what you do is you open up a whole new world of excuses. And when Sartre talks about responsibility, he's not talking about something abstract. He's not talking about the kind of self or soul that theologians would argue about. It's something very concrete. It's you and me talking. Making decisions. Doing things and taking the consequences. It might be true that there are six billion people in the world and counting.

Nevertheless, what you do makes a difference. It makes a difference, first of all, in material terms. Makes a difference to other people and it sets an example. In short, I think the message here is that we should never simply write ourselves off and see ourselves as the victim of various forces.

It's always our decision who we are."

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Went to UP yesterday to enroll, making me P2,581.50 poorer. I enlisted only one subject (Art Stud 202 - Perspectives in Art Studies in the Philippines) for this semester. Dr. Helen Yu-Rivera, art critic and author, will be my professor.

If not only for my damn work schedule, I would really want to add three more units in my load, but I’m not a superhuman nor a Zombie. Classes offered by the department start at 9am, while my job ends at 6am. Shit.

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I'm currently addicted to watching these two “trash” talk shows on 2^nd Avenue Channel: Maury and The Jerry Springer Show.

Not-your-usual-talk-shows, both offer hardcore entertainment with topics such as sex, drugs and violence (rock and roll, in short), extra-marital affairs, racism, rebellious teens and many others, capitalizing on live human drama and confrontation.

Maury’s “Paternity Tests,” of all the segments, is my ultimate favorite. In this formulaic series, a girl brings her boyfriend/husband onto the show after the male has denied fathering the child. After the hilarious trash talking and drama, the show is concluded when Maury announces that “The results are in!” and reads the paternity result, uttering “You (are/are not) the father!” I can't help but laugh everytime I see the guests' exaggerated reactions.

Some critics say the stories in these shows are only fabricated and the guests are hired actors, but I don't care. Watching other people's troubles and miseries could be entertaining. Well, sometimes.

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Staying awake during the crack of dawn is now a breeze. My bodyclock has already adjusted, thank God. I slept at around 3pm yesterday and woke up at 1:00am today. That’s 10 hours of uniterrupted sleep, the longest I’ve had since the implementation of the new work schedule. Talking about rationalizing the irrational, I have come to realize that working on graveyard shifts is really not a bad thing. Nyahaha. Why?

Reason # 1: My complexion has become fairer.

Reason # 2: I no longer have to endure the perpetual heavy traffic along EDSA during rush hours when I go home.

Reason # 3: Me and my officemates can go outside the building (meaning: tumambay) anytime we want to without worrying about the agonizing heat of the sun.

Reason # 4: More savings! Since shopping malls are already closed, there are lesser temptations to splurge on expensive, unnecessary things.

Reason # 5: I’m gaining weight, thanks to Jollibee, McDo, KFC, Greenwich and other fastfood restaurants that serve high-calorie value meals.

Reason # 6: I get to drink hot and nutritious taho every morning. Soya beans are very rich in nutritive components. That’s what you call healthy eating.

Reason # 7: Time, psychologically, ticks out faster. An entire week feels like one day.

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Excited about this one.

The French Film Festival 2007 opens on Thursday next week, June 7, at Cinema 3 Shangri La Cineplex with the screening of film, OSS 117 (the French James Bond) at 8pm. The film festival runs until June 17.

Don't need to spend a buck, it's FREE admission.

Woohoo!



List of Films:

Arthur and the Invisibles (2006) by Luc Besson
Fair Play (2006) by Lionel Bailliu
Gamblers (2005) by Frederic Balekdjian
March of the Penguins (2005) by Luc Jacuet
Not There to be Loved (2005) by Stephane Brize
OSS 117 (2006) by Michel Hazanavicius
Sequins (2004) by Eleanore Faucher
The Ax (2005) by Costa-Gavras
The Little Lieutenant (2005) by Xavier Beauvois
Perfume: Story of a Murderer (2006) by Tom Tykwer

Schedule:

June 8 (F)

1:00 PM Perfume
3:30 PM Arthur
6:00 PM The Ax
8:30 PM Gamblers

June 9 (Sa)

1:00 PM Arthur
3:30 PM Lieutenant
6:00 PM Penguins
8:30 PM Sequins

June 10 (Su)

1:00 PM Penguins
3:30 PM Not Here
6:00 PM Perfume
8:30 PM The Ax

June 11 (M)

1:00 PM Sequins
3:30 PM Not Here
6:00 PM The Ax
8:30 PM Penguins

June 12 (Tu)

Tribute to Philippine Cinema

June 13 (W)

1:00 PM The Ax
3:30 PM Gamblers
6:00 PM Sequins
8:30 PM Arthur

June 14 (Th)

1:00 PM Penguins
3:30 PM The Ax
6:00 PM Fair Play (Discussion with Lionel Bailliu will
be followed)

June 15 (F)

1:00 PM Not Here
3:30 PM Sequins
6:00 PM Arthur
8:30 PM Perfume

June 16 (Sa)

1:00 PM The Ax
3:30 PM Perfume
6:00 PM Fair Play
8:30 PM Gamblers

June 17 (Su)

1:00 PM Arthur
3:30 PM Lieutenant
6:00 PM Not Here
8:30 PM Penguins

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