syzygy

"Looking for the butanding." Because Babelfish is my friend.

Went to Donsol, Sorsogon, with mi familia and German family family-friends last Jan 2, arriving yesterday morning, with the hopes of attending my Math2 class, only for the prof not to show up. Wondahful.

Anyhoo. No luck finding the butanding. That's the whale shark, by the way. We spent an afternoon on a boat whizzing around the bay looking to snorkel with zee friendly fishies, to no avail.

We ended up at a beach snorkelooking at coral. Or rather, my boat companions did, my first dip into the water, goggle-less, snorkel-less, and floatation device-less, making me realize that: 1. the water's too cold,  2. the water's too dark (recent rains having caused murkiness), and 3. the water's too deep. If you know me, you know I don't freak out easily. I didn't really freak out, but I did chicken out. I swam for about 15 seconds, never straying away from the boat, then got back in. I didn't need to look at coral anyway.

Later we caught up with another boat whose tourists had just seen the butanding. Supposedly my companions could see its shadow nearby, but I didn't have my glasses on then. Sucks.

It was a pretty okay over-vacation. The place we stayed in was nice, but kinda isolated. Few people were there (then again, wasn't really butanding season), the signal was weak, and the only source of entertainment seemed to be a karaoke machine, which we didn't get around to using.

We were left with having to talk, or play cards, which we didn't do much of, which was sad. But we taught one German dude how to play tong its, pusoy dos, speed, bullshit... It would have been better with less lost in translation. I can hardly start a conversation with someone in Filipino, much less in English, with German dudes no less.

Aside from the butanding exploits, we also went to the Irosin hot springs, which was great (although there were just about two pools there) and went shopping in Albay.

Shopping in Albay made me realize how cheesy some of what are on the racks in department stores these days. I'd like to see a shirt that says "POWTAH" or "PAKSHET." Or with tarot pics, or alibata, or something original.  I'd make them, if I knew how. If I had the time and the patience. There's only so much you can take with brand logos and "FCUK," and those stiched-on polo collars and sleeves.

I bought a gray long-sleeved shirt though (coz it was cheaper there). And still looking for that elusive pink long-sleeved shirt. I found Tony's "Beer is the answer" shirt there, of all places. And basic, solid-colored shirts which our PE shirts seemd to be made of.

I was going to say something else but I forgot. It's 2. I'm going to sleep. 

syzygy

Threads come loose, slithering in the air and diving into my flesh, stitching into my skin. The blue denim cushions swell and grow into arms that hold me down in soft suffocation. Couch and man are one.

The plastic remote control begin to fizz and bubble, melting under my fingers. Nerves and wires entwine. Channels change with the slightest synaptic twitch.

Cables twist themselves off of the component, shooting across the room and wriggling into my ears. The sound blasts and echoes in the hollow canal, the bass rattling my skull.

And the sofa slowly lumbers closer and closer to the screen. It leans me forward toward the sizzling static, and my head is lost in the bliss.

Mostly what has been happening to me for the past two weeks. Apply it to the pc and it's the same thing. Hope ya liked it!

syzygy

Following fellow blogger's SHAMEless plugging--

WATCH BIG TIME, AN INDIE FILM OPENING (it opened already) IN THEATERS TOOOODAAAAY!!!

I honestly don't know what it's about. I think it's about a wannabe actor/filmmaker trying to make it big in Pinoyllywood. Something like that. You might have seen the posters already. You can't miss it. They're BIG.

There would've been BIG TIME POSTERS in Ateneo. I was there with my castmates around last Friday, if I remember correctly, at the OSA or whatever. We had to go through so much shite, that it wasn't funny. I think their org boards are as big as my face (which isn't). So we quit and left. The OSA took one POSTER though, which is nice.

In any case, watch it. Some people like it more than Maximo. You might like it too.

See, because movie-seeing is becoming too expensive for the masses, moviemakers are setting their sights on the middle class, so they'll have to form their films around their tastes. There's a greater chance that you'll like this, than you would if you watched Ako Legal Wife and Mulawin. Madam Auring destroys EVERYTHING!!!

And you thought I wasn't learning anything. I just did a 10-page essay on communication theory y'all. And in only nine hours! Ha! Take that!