12-13: A Year in Compulsive List Making
Cinema Sueño
By MARLA CABANBAN DISCUSSED: unenlightened narcissism, fixations with memories, projecting I always wished my life played out like a movie. I can do without the drama, but there are many times that I wished music would start swelling when something spectacular happens. I speculate that it is a need spawned out of a narcissism that [...]
Seven Reasons For Road Rage
By RIA REDULLA DISCUSSED: Hailing Jeepneys from flyovers, Douchecars with Douchelights, A VW named Roger On the year I turned 21, I finally achieved every kid’s lifelong dream: a driver’s license. My older sisters all got their licenses during their college years, which put me way behind. I lived in Manila for college and didn’t [...]
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 [...]
The Things You Said Back When
By IRENE SARMIENTO Table 1.11 Description: In case you don’t remember, these are the things you said back when you two were just getting to know each other, back when things were great, and right before they started coming apart at the seams. Then, when things got better, despite all the things you had said [...]
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 [...]
In 2010 I Had My First __________
By FEANNE DISCUSSED: The Business Of Art; Why I Love But Can’t Live In Tokyo; Learning About My Body; Magick & Faith. This is a list of things that fill in the blank: In 2010 I Had My First __________. 1. Solo Art Exhibit This is the single biggest thing that’s ever happened to me, [...]
The Lottery List: I Have A Lot of Money, So Now What?
By DUFFIE OSENTAL “Money, if it does not bring you happiness, will at least help you be miserable in comfort.” – Helen Gurley Brown I took a trip to Subic over last weekend. While the place is normally known for being a controversial former US Naval base, it recently re-entered the national consciousness when it [...]
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 [...]
Things I Wish Had Gone Differently in 2010
By ANDREW SEELY (In no particular order) 1. Katy Perry had covered up her boom-booms just a little bit more. Because the 2 to 5 year olds really need to know the difference between hot and cold. With all this talk about inner beauty these days, hotornot.com just got relevant again. 2. If only Willow [...]
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