I'm turning into a geek!

I'm at a point where im trading alcohol for comic books, friday nights for coffee and tv and saturday malling for more coffee and tv. About 2 weeks ago, i was out till 4am and all i had was a bottle of red horse. This is a sign of aging!

Yet on thursday night, i found myself out for dinner and pouring raspberry vodka with friends while rain was pouring and my street was flooded. So there goes absolution from alcohol. Now im home, by the rooftop,camping out with my good old friend, marlboro and a bag of chips while blogging on my phone. Nice! i'm such a loser! i think my highschool buds has officially ditched me for missing to organize night outs anymore. Oh man! work is really gettin in the way of my social life.

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Jeepneys and trains

I've forgotten how it felt like to ride public transportation.i rode jeepneys to and from school the whole way from high school to college and occasionally in shorter distances when I started working.

I decided to take a jeepney ride today instead of my usual cab ride going to the train station. Im heading to cubao to visit my high school friend who just gave birth. As the jeepney threaded the thoroughfare,little memories of my long commute from QC to Recto,munoz to cubao came flashing back, little misdemeanors, fun conversations and strange looks from fellow passengers was tucked in the narrow aisles of the jeepney and the jeepneys I rode throughout the years.

It was in the jeepney that I established my loathing for crappy speakers and ultra bad mixes.it was there that I knew I love rock music cuz I can't stand pop radio. All these little things that was once drowned by dark clouds belching from metro manila vehicles, insufferable traffic and annoying horns came to surface, even when the smoke still is and never will be clear. A ride to guadalupe was all it took to dust off time gone by.

I never realized how excrutiatingly disgusting the gust of wind blowing into my face was as the vehicle runs full speed was,I used to enjoy it, now I cant even breathe. So from taking jeepneys to school, I switched to riding the train to work. Every now and then, I take the train to cut my road time and inhaling pollution stricken air. For a while, it made commuting an ease but not without complains. From being on the verge of falling off my seat I share with 8 or 10 folks to making out with fiberglass in a sea of people and hitting it off with strangers in the train, nothing can ever be deemed comfortable enough and so I need to keep moving on, moving closer so a cab ride will be advisable albeit not entirely practical.

Life is a ride, a never ending highway leading to several destinations we'd like to go to one time or another. Traffic is inevitable, we may get there too late, not make it at all or take a detour where at a given time, presents a better opportunity to drive by smoothly. The intersections of our life's journeys are pathways we have to brave,when the light goes green, we accelerate in the direction we're heading. If it turns red, we stop and give way to people crossing and wait till its green and go again.

My short ride have been torturous but it was a ride that easily turned into a rite of passage. When you feel like your life has stopped, hopping into the past will show us how we've stepped up, and if we dont like where we landed, we can go back and start a new chapter.

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Chronicling the Stanatics

While it may be easy to see why men would want her, I at first found it a bit odd that Stana Katic’s fanbase who ship her shamelessly are women. Thinking aloud, I think I may have cracked the case. Sure, I noticed her as the sexy badass cop in Castle,whom with the unusual name lead me into googling her. And true fangirls know what happened next.

I believe I became a bonafide Stanatic when I saw the Paley interview with Chuck the Movie Guy where she was asked about how great it is to play a strong female lead. Her reply floored me, the woman is a wise crack with some spice! To those unfamiliar with it, she said ‘i cant imagine a woman being otherwise’ and that’s all it took to earn her another dedicated fan. That’s my story and i’m sure other fans has their turning points.

By then, it became clear that there is more to this woman than her heaps of adoring female followers can readily give out in a hit. Not to put her in the proverbial pedestal, but Stana could most probably be the model of a perfect woman.

we’ve been saying that for a long time yet we’ve not established the deep seeted reasons why she is so. At 5’9”, a svelte physique and a face that can have any man or woman’s jaw drop, she’s created to physical perfection. and if we must get into detail, she’s got an amazing bone structure,expressive big green beautiful eyes and a luscious pair of lips.

needless to say, she is extremely gorgeous. she’s smoking hot but definitely not bitchy. stana has a level of absolute desirability that’s almost geisha-like yet maintains a respectable stance. women in general have an innate desire to be desired and to be respected enough not to be taken advantage of.

Stana’s manner of speaking indicates a calm, gentle, sweet and caring lady which she balances with her knowledge and skill in martial arts and hobbies like archery and falconry. she can be ultra feminine that lends anyone near her to be willing to give her care and attention but is independent and tough enough by all means to take care of herself. after all,nobody would want to mess with a girl who can draw a smiley face around someone’s neck with a stilleto. yes, she’s bad ass in so many ways and that’s about as sexy as sexy can be. what woman wouldn’t want to be like that?

her lips may be one perfect attribute, it becomes even more so when she opens it to speak, as it exhibits that behind the gorgeous face, on top of her well toned shoulders is a good head. as any fan would have stumbled upon, Stana graduated at the top 10 of a class of 700. While internet info leaves a bit of doubt, it is no doubt that she is in fact a brainiac as evident in interviews and interviewer raves. ladies, we have here,beauty and brains with long legs. again, what woman does not aspire to be significantly intelligent and saucy.

Stana is passionate about her craft and displays a great deal of energy in doing great in whatever she does. she has a constant need to challenge herself and explore different things to expand her abilities. women, though proven in many ways and means are not the weaker of the sexes have to keep moving on to prove the world wrong.

judging from her proficiency with languages and the way she eloquently pronounces every word or name she utters shows huge respect for cultures. she is well rounded and open minded. this aspect of her personality does her well in her display of professionalism. her ways may be intimidating yet she manages to be naturally adorable. there seems to be no one who can resist her charm layered with respect and adulation.

Stana exudes sexiness like we never thought possible. she even possesses a great sense of humor that sends people in stitches and leaves a vibrant smile on people’s faces, spite of quirkiness and occassional dorkiness, she is taken seriously coz that’s just how awesome she is.

she has a good heart and a perfect balance of wit, charm, talent, integrity and toughness easily putting her as a female hero among the female of the species.She is what any man would want to bring home to mama. everything about her, as Jordan Shaw says, is tailormade for a woman’s psychoses.

Stana inadvertantly started a feminist movement. she is by all means a very credible female hero that women everywhere would want to be like.

this is my account on the connection I formed with the personality that is Stana Katic. let me know your thoughts Stanatics.

Saturday piss

this is what happens when I get pissed on a saturday afternoon. I cross the street for free wifi and order for my fave beer paired with button mushrooms. Its just too bad, right now, I just plugged on my earphones coz the music they're playing is as bad as the start of my day

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Comfort food

this is how diane and I spent friday night while missing our high school chums whom we've not seen in a long time. We ordered for mc chicken sandwich with tons of fries to munch on while dissing the happenings at work.

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Tagaytay on a clear day

It's been a while since I lastw visited Tagaytay, and it has been sooo long since I laid eyes on the glory of Taal on a clear day.

The Cliffhouse is a discovery a few years back when I was still trying to work out a PR company. We were trying to land a project with the then newly opened Firelake Grill. We did not land any but the place has the perfect focal view of the taal volcano, and it's all that matters.

The gang and I had pizza at Buon Giorno just across firelake, we didnt get a table outside where we can enjoy the view, bummer. I can't get past how my nephews gulp their shakes like as if somebody's gonna take it from them. I bet im the last person they want to dine out with, I  get critical about how they use their utensils and the way they sprinkle condiments on their food. Its just me making sure they don't get criticized elsewhere for those things.

Yes it may be a clear day to be out and about but joshua seems to wanna be somewhere else, somewhere with monitors, keyboards and rowdy kids. They dont appreciate the pleasures that we like, it's devastating.

Anyhoo, I enjoyed being out of town for the weekend. I needed to see trees and breathe fresher air.

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Online residency

That's how I regard my existence in the realm of fanhood and hanging out in online communities. Being in the fan world is not just about admiring a person for his or her body of work, there's also the insufferable need to find like people who feel the same about it, thus joining forums, attending online meetings, fan chats and being eager about fan meet ups. We need someone to share our mirth and pain, if there's any. This is why online communities are made, and chances are, lifelong friendships are tucked in it. After all, it aint called a community for nothing.

I go through my everyday with new bits of information on Alanis Morissette and Stana Katic from people halfway across the world. I get to see photos and a sneak peak to the life they live that is beyond records and episodes can tell. I am privileged to know first hand the goings on, the backstories that the rest of the world will only know about if they look close enough.

All these may be meaningless to anyone outside the fan world. But like other people like me, fandom is a huge window of opportunity to learn and discover other worlds. It hones interests in whatever activities, history, craftsmanship among other things the people you follow are into, therefore broadening your information range.

My love for alanis' work for example is an early influence to taking up guitar playing, her lyrics taught me to open up and write as I feel. The process of music creation and the functions of everyone involved in coming up with an album is not very common knowledge, most of the people I know thinks producers are just people financing a project, well it's not. Thru alanis, I also discovered sensible artists and musicians that i'll never hear or hear about on mainstream radio. At one point, I even studied the map to know how far canada is from los angeles and that new york is a long road trip ottawa.

Stana Katic on the other hand lead to my exposure to slavic countries, being that she is of serbo croatian heritage. And because she digs egyptology, archaelogy and astrophysics, i've also looked into it. I would probably not know about falconry if not for her.

Following the work of a musician gives insight into the profession. Following an actor shows insight into the work, preparations, hours at work, make up and pre prod routines.

My laptop becomes a vortex to a world where strangers share a common ground, an almost perfect world where everyone agrees with each other.my online communities keep me sane, however crazy that may seem.

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