Monthly archive May, 2004

Pure tabacco is urggghht-pffft

I don’t really know how to say this without sounding like I exaggerate, but I’m going to die if I don’t smoke in the next three days. I swear it. I’ve tried so hard to quit. And so far I’ve been successful. But what drives me crazy is that Julien is smoking the roll-it-yerself cigarettes...

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Don’t write when uninspired

The man lugged his piano, settled down by the sidewalk, and started to play a jazzed-up rendition of Pulp Fiction’s soundtrack. His notes came out like a Spanish guitar. Lightbulbs flashed in his face, he was videotaped by a fat old woman who had no business wearing her short-shorts, and people crowded around him, requesting...

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How do you afford your rock-and-roll lifestyle?

Ladies and gentlemen, I am attempting the impossible. I am cooking a very important dish called ‘Bouef Bourguignon’! It is a dish cooked in red wine for 3 hours. Usually, you use half a bottle of wine for this recipe. I will now go finish the rest of the bottle. I had a very nice...

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Movie Elections

If the Philippine elections were turned into a movie it would be titled Eleksyon 2004: God Help Us.

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Great job. Really. Pffff.

What are the American troops doing there, aside from unearthing invisible weapons of mass destruction? So, you’ve come to make Iraq a better place, eh? If this is your idea of ‘better’, you should check the dictionary. This is just too fucked up. I don’t see what differentiates them from the evil they supposedly conquered....

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A little tour of the South

What I like about living in the south of France is that there are so many sights to visit. Julien and I try to visit something each the weekend. Fortunately for us, unlike the Tabac stores or the grocery shops, these places are open to public during Sundays. AVIGNON Avignon’s pretty much known for the...

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