New Slang
The Great Asshole Triumvirate
By NIñA CAYABAN DISCUSSED: Assholes, History, and how apparently New Slang is now your most reliable source for stuff that actually happened In this day and age when the definition of the word “asshole” is that person who cuts in front of you at Starbucks–when you’ve clearly been waiting for-freakin-ever to order a grande java chip frappuccino [...]
The Anger Management Playlist:
Music for Bloody Murder This playlist was supposed to be called, “I bet you want to hit me right now because you’re so angry–I’m not angry, okay!–Tell that to the vein on your forehead!–FUUUU–! I’m not angry, okay!” But it was too long. I bet you want to hit me right now because even this [...]
“Marry Me, P-Noy”
By IRENE CAROLINA A. SARMIENTO DISCUSSED: On marriage and what might be settling (?) President Benigno Aquino III, Kuya Noy, Tito Noynoy, P-Noy, Baby, Honey, However-You-Want-It: Marry me. I’m not just doing this for you, but for the country: Pilipinas, kay ganda. That’s right, Philippines, I’m taking one for the team. Mr. President, I know [...]
“Stop bleeding on my sheets.”
Why I Don’t Want You Back By FUCKFACE McFUCKINGTON DISCUSSED: Talking like civilized adults, The rules you’d have to live by, Knowing your place Okay, I didn’t say I didn’t want you back period, I said the door is open and it’s your call to get your other foot in, but you’d have to prove [...]
Happy NO Year!
Saying “Yes!” to “No.” By REDRUM DISCUSSED: Self-preservation, Coming clean, Simplifying your life Instead of welcoming the year with to-do-lists, I’d always wind up easing into the following year with playlists. The past few years’ playlists would usually consist of Death Cab for Cutie’s “The New Year” on repeat, as cliché as it is. In [...]
Hard Party Style
What Would Andrew WK Do? By ALICE SARMIENTO DISCUSSED: Partying, Living in the Red, Not stopping…ever When I’m lost in the rain of unnecessary self-pity, I like rolling down to Andrew WK’s twitter. He’s the messiah of partying. The man fills me up with a boost of inspiration the same way that flipping through Paulo [...]
Movie Madness
or: Dreaming of a Believable Left Hook By PAUL DOBLE My Personal Top 5 Movies of All Time (in no particular order) as of November 7, 2008: 1. Dogma 2. Amelie 3. Zuma 4. Good Night, and Good Luck 5. Ringu (The Ring) Good list, I think. It’s a nice little cross section of genres [...]
An Ode to the Pillowbook*
By KARLA BERNARDO Things that are lovely to touch:Satin pillowcases. Silk pajamas. Blow-dried hair. The keys of a piano. The keys of a typewriter. Bread. Touch screen pads. Stress balls. The hair on a man’s legs. Things that are sexy but classy: Lace. A woman wearing glasses who does not reveal too much skin. Breakfast is [...]
My Manila Playlist
By OWARD BODIE “I should be floating but I’m weighted by thinking” – Animal Collective August of this year was, indisputably, my worst month. I had this persistent cold, felt constantly smothered (“like I’ve been breathing nothing but bad air”), and walked around feeling perpetually unsatisfied. My hunger was never satiated, no matter how much [...]
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