The first snow is falling as I write this, warm in the room with a bottle of Pepsi (no Coke) and Beck’s Sea Change album on (track 4 on repeat). Snow looks lovely when it’s falling; reminds me of Makati Day when everyone throws pieces of paper from the office buildings along Ayala Avenue. It...
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Girly Post
Yesterday J, L and I (meaning J, K and L…hehehe) watched Lord of the Rings 3 in English. It took me a few hours to get back to reality. It was amazing this film! Kala: Legolas! *swoon* Julien: (continues using the computer) Kala: He’s so calm in battle. And he’s not dirty like Aragorn. He’s...
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Oh! The pressure!!! The pressure!! My preeeecioussss
The pressure of writing and sending Christmas cards to people is upon me! Woe is me! I can’t make small chitchat and end the note with “…and by the way, Happy holidays”. So fake, so fake. I have too many addresses and not enough cards and stamps. Do people expect me to walk in the...
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O.K. with my decay
After careful musing, I realised that I must really be a horrible person, because if someone in front of me slipped on a banana peel, I would laugh to my heart’s content instead of helping him up.
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How to trap an elephant in a cage
And so I put a bandage over it, tugging carefully at the ends, making sure that I didn’t make too tight a knot. Sitting by the window, the neighbor’s Christmas lights were off, and the building looked like a monster in the dark, the fog thick and immense, the fog eating me. “Why bother taking...
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Here
“I happen to be dressed for success but success, it never comes and I’m the only one who laughs at your jokes when they are so bad and your jokes are always bad but they’re not as bad as this” Here by Pavement
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Là pour ça
This morning I opened my eyes and the leaves fell off the trees, and the blue was pushed by gray, rain fell from the gray roof over my head and I felt very, very sad. The cat scratched at the window, wanting to come in. Meanwhile, I put my hand over my eyes. So for...
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