i like it here

*hinting* Can someone make a surprise like this for me on my birthday? ;-D

to all the people who care about my happiness, please click on link below to have a might good idea of what birthday gift/s you can give me. :

Supplies!

somewhere else on the site is the story of this girl's special, spontaneous birthday gift. apparently, the waiter has been hearing the girl and his friends talking about abovementioned gift and debating whether that was what they really saw at the restaurant that night. nice waiter with help of girl's friends made the gift reality.

(since the link is obviously not working: they saw bo and a friend at the resto! and he came over and greeted her, they took pictures, etc.)

you still have some days to also work on getting him to peck me on the right side of my neck *shivers Quite Pleasantly at the thought*

thank you =D *winks eyes innocently* i have really great friends =)

I've refrained from commenting on my "career" life as of late.

But I've survived my first month at job y so far. Not with flying colors but I'm still trying =)

I work with young people and I don't feel old. I don't have to put on make-up every single day. I don't have to deal with people who feel (and know) that they are important. My phone actually stops ringing.

I liking it so far. This just might be the start of my "new" life. Not only will the job use a skill that I Like to use, it also seems to be letting me be a person, not just an (o sige, very competent nga) employee.

I've been saying, I'm through with the "career-oriented" part of my life. I got old being like that quite quickly. I'm still going to bust my balls off to please my current bosses (who seem easier to please because they seem like they actually care about you), but I'm just so relieved that doing that won't wash out all my color like job x did.

sigh. life right now is a little predictable but i'm loving it for now. I can plan my life around the predictable parts. Wonderful =)

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TODAY'S FUNNIES (again, from trawling message boards):

Set-up: discussion of "Vehicle" on Idol...

Some guy: Amen, brother. That was awesome. Bo puts the "r" in "rock" and the "c" in (excuse me) "cock".

I totally get what he means because it really was a Wow and very male number. But, ha ha ha ha ha!!! why can't i come up with descriptions like that.

Here's another one:

"LOL, i know what you mean. Bo has to stop singing such sexy songs because my mom gets hot flashes (?) when he sings about being tied to whipping posts, being somebody's vehicle and freeing his bird..."

I fell of my chair, i tell you! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Mga hayup na hirit yan!

hoooooleeeeeeeeee crap.

my tv is still smoking. and here i thought he'd be toast for sure, what with a 70s Dance theme! but oh boy, he nailed it to the wall and several other places.

excuse the term but tonight the man was sex on a stick. i think i got pregnant just looking at the tv...

did you catch those sidelong stares? now i know what they mean when they say those born under the scorpio sign ooze with It. fuc*ing a...

what do you do with a man who snarls "i want you. i need you. got to have your child" and has perfect blue pools for eyes? and the voice, meyng...lalakweng lalakwe. that rick, husky, husky voice just gets under your skin even when you don't want to.

i shall quote cargoyle (aka Bargoyle A...long story) and say: "Got to have your child pala ha! The man does not know what he's asking for! Lalamunin ko siya ng buhay!"

*schmelting*

ouch. that was sooo hottt.

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on a side note, i just love fangirling out with friends. whatever that is...dragonlance, dave, bo, lord of the rings, alan rickman, etc... i'm glad i have friends who love and accept me for the complete and utter dork that i am =)

ladies (and a few gellamun), you know who you are =) you're all different definitions of astig =)

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posting my few pictures of The Party of the Year soon. paki-abangan na lang po.

note to self:

never watch Ghost when you have your monthly visitor.

buckets and buckets and buckets.

(albeit temporarily)

...i dub thee blog "i heart bo", to represent current interests in the united republic of bo baby.

MORE FUNNIES...

From a message board:

Poster A: "bo has that southern good boy, loves-his-god-and-his-mama, you-want-to-take-care-of-me-while-ravaging-me thing going for him"

Poster B: "you're sooo right. bo seems like the type you want to make eggs for in the morning. whilst constantine, you just wanna say 'there's leftover tacobell in the fridge'"

Poster C: "amen! bo looks like a ravager. Cons looks like a rapist"

(quite mean, but just so funny!)

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i think i need to see a doctor.

bo in the bottom three almost gave me cardiac arrest. i say almost because, well, he doesn't sing popular songs (and i guess that's why i like him). but ultimately, it's a pop contest.

if the show was instead entitled "Americana Idol", he'd take it in a landslide. most of the songs he chooses to sing evokes images of old hippies or road tripping dirt bikes.

but it's titled differently, so carrie's gonna take it. but i would love it if bo can sing "all along the watchtower" or some john fogerty before he goes.

but that was a good show. how can it not? it showed a clip of bo baby and his big baby blues waking up in the morning...in bed, without a shirt under immaculate white sheets! can you imagine waking up every morning beside THAT and a growly "good morning, you"??? *sigh* i think i just saw myself making him breakfast... okay, now i'm having a heart attack.

FUNNIES...(don't you just love fan message boards)
some hilarious stuff from fans:

*carrie is who america wants in their next american idol
bo is who america wants in their next rock star
constantine is who america wants in their next porn star

*In a thread called “Help! Am too old for this bo crush!” that went on and on with women saying “I’m 42, mother of 3 and I need a 12-step program”, “Where can I get bo-branded adult diapers”, and “I’m 33 and I haven’t felt this kind of thing since Kirk Cameron was famous”. I finally get “Heck, I'm a 41 year old MAN and I have a crush on Bo” and this:

"when Bo started out Tuesday night, I think I was stopping my dog from eating my cat or something, where I JUST MISSED his first few camera shots and my boyfriend yells to me "WOW, honey did you see that? Did you see that look he just gave the camera? Constantine has nothing on him!"

I told you he could inspire straight man love.

Officially, I've lost only 5 pounds since I went gym-ing. I should be screaming my head off at the treadmill but I'm not.

A couple of years ago (maybe 3 years ago), I could lose that blubber in a snap when I wanted to. All I did was just eat more fruits and fiber, say no to soda, rice and red meat. Credit also goes to my family because we've always loved exploring healthier food options. So all that new-age eating wasn't really very hard for me, if and when I wanted to.

Now, no matter what I do, I'm still flabby. For the first time in my life, though, I'm not really minding it. I guess I've come to a point where I'm excited to become the person I'm supposed to become, whoever (and whatever that will be). Sure, I'd still like to be able to fit into my old beloved "thinner" clothes (ack! I miss wearing my pink satin capris!) I lurved to wear circa 2000-2003. But, you know, I'm curious (and dang excited) to see what my body and the rest of the world wants to happen =)

I feel more powerful and more womanly than I have in ages. Heck, I feel primitive, and raw, like the original cavewoman. I like this. I like not ascribing to labels of what's sexy and what's not, what's "creative" and what's not, what's "cool" (still hating that word after all these years...don't snort, jon) and what's "dang-that-woman-is-hot". I love being an outsider =)

I used to write in my high school journals that there is no better way to be than to participate but distance yourself at the same time. That way, you observe, study, analyze and breathe everything in as part of the Big Picture. Most of the time, it's freaking overwhelming. I guess, early on, I set myself up for feeling things immensely (but very quietly and internally, often exploding in other *surprise* areas). It's a kind of draining that I continue to search for and want to happen again, and again, and again. And again. I want to die being completely drained of whatever-that-is. Sneaking in to watch Like Water for Chocolate (despite Not Being Allowed To) when I was 11/12 years old may have something to do with that, too =D

It's ironic and amusing that I want to be drained (not of feeling, but all that repressed, um, "fire", i guess) but doesn't mind NOT being drained of the physical excess (re: fat, taba, lipids). I’m secretly looking forward to what I’ll be like when I’m 30. Probable crow eyes, thudbutt and all =D I just know that everything in my head and heart will be fucking radiant. All that older, wiser, calmer, more in-tune with nature schtick. Yes, I believe that. Old tree-hugging soul, methinks =)

Join me here in space. It is gorgeous. And it's not really cold, either. It's hazy most of the time but just truly lovely =) This, I think, is the perpetual high.

I cannot and will not be able to stay away from all that delicious cheese so I guess I will just go on waddling contedtedly.

Background Music: Creedence Clearwater Revival: Greatest Hits

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finally got a score of 100 at videokeee, with help from friends he he!

wooh, that was fun =)

Music in my head: Ghostbusters (sung by Chester, Djong, Paolo, Sarah and Zane)

ganked from a magazine:



As Bo grew older, his love of music only grew stronger. Bo learned to talk and sing simultaneously. Relatives would bribe him with a quarter to sing "Long-haired Country Boy." And Bo and his mom loved to sing "How Great Thou Art" and "Life's Railway to Heaven." When Bo was two years old, he got his first guitar, and even though to most kids it would have probably only been a plastic toy, it was obvious that to Bo it was much more. Evie tells us of an adventure young Bo had with his guitar and a plastic riding horse with wheels. It seems Bo decided to take his riding horse flying down a hill. Bo had one hand on the reins and the other hand wrapped around his beloved plastic guitar. Suddenly, one of the wheels hit a rock and threw Bo headlong down the hill. During his free-fall Bo was careful to hold his little guitar up over his head. When Bo finally stood up, he was covered in scratches from head to toe. But Bo didn't shed a single tear, he just smiled and said, "Look, Mommie, my horsey is broke, but my guitar is okay."

aww...oh come here, you cutie.

(sorry, pek and therese, but this one's got me =) )

When a girl like Sarah tags you, what’s one to do, eh? Follow the tagging and add some more questions bwaha!

You’re stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be?
I’m probably the only person who hasn’t read Fahrenheit 451 yet. But if were to be a book, I’m gonna be 1984 (Orwell) perhaps. It’s a little dark, depressed (and depressing) and (sorry, am snobbish) intelligent. What I like most about it is that despite all the militaristic oppression, death and “but why, God, why?”-ness of it all, the book ultimately has an underlying optimism. Really struck me that even at the absolute worst, hope is found in freedom of the spirit (whether the body is dead or alive).

Music: ‘I’d like to be where my spirit can run freeeeeee. Got to find my corner in the skyyyyyyyy” (Bo Bice version of that Pippin song)(Yay! Nasingit ko pa rin siya sa blog ko =D)

Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?
Oh yeah. Raistlin Majere is mah boy bitch. Oh and the Dog Woman from Sexing the Cherry. She dead sexy.

The last book you’ve bought is:
Do graphic novels/novellas count? I bought 3 (most recent):
1. Goodbye Chunky Rice (Craig Thompson) – Been hearing about this indie fave and finally found a copy of the earlier acclaimed work by Craig Thompson. Talks about growing up, the threat of losing deep relationship/friendship because of distance (aha!), loyalty and hope. Main characters are played by a turtle and a mouse. Have to admit I caught on to Thompson pretty late, having bought his newest, Blankets (which I love to death), just last year. Craig Thompson makes the warmest illustrated novels without losing his indie cred.
2. Lone Wolf and Cub (Kazuo Koike) – can’t wait to finish this 28-volume (am I right, boyo?) series. The ultimate in graphic novel RARRR-ness. It helps that I want to hug the toddler character, Daigoro, too =)
3. Transmetropolitan: Tales from the City (Warren Ellis) – angry journalist turning renegade crusader? Now you understand the addiction. Can I just say, I love Spider Jerusalem. I will buy any book with Spider’s mug, name or even piss on it. And i’m going to have his babies, even though he will most likely want to eat them with chili.

* Bought the last two for Jon’s birthday (but I read them first before sending them over hee)

As for pictureless books, those would be (bought at the same time. I’m very bad with money):
1. A Year in Provence (Peter Mayle) – talks about the incredible province with such vividness that I can actually feel the sun on me while reading the book. I like his thoughts, insights and adventures. I especially liked it that he mostly wrote about the little curious things and quaint people he encountered. He doesn’t seem like a grandiose look-at-me traveler. I like that =)
2. Seductress: Women Who Ravished the World with their Lost Art of Love (Betsy Prioleau) – no, not a sex book. Try eagerly feminist. One particular day, I was desperate. Desperate to find a book (as in I had to have and find one that exact same day) on Mae West and I came across this. Talks about caveman libidos, goddess worship and, of course, female sexuality as divine and primeval. Talked about actual sirens in history who were different versions of the goddess archetype (the ugly powerful, the intellectual, the adventuress, etc.). Quite interesting, but Prioleau tends to be…well…too eager.

The last book you’ve read:
Reread Goodbye Chunky Rice.

What are you currently reading?
Seductress (see above)

What will you be reading next?
I’ll be rereading the Dave Matthews Band biography (or is it bandraphy? Ahuhuhu!) (Thank you, Leslie, for giving that to me) and then, finally, In the Name of the Rose (because Ron Perlman played Salvatore).

Next 5 books on your To Buy list:
1. Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
2. Guerrilla Marketing (Jay Levinson)
3. Abarat: Book Two (Clive Barker)
4. On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
5. The Filipino translation of Neruda (think it was published by Ateneo Press)
6. Any contemporary novel in Filipino (except for the pocket romance novels. Gusto ko lang makabasa ulit ng makatang Pilipino. I really love the musicality of our language.)

Five books you would take to a deserted island:
Oooh…I love this question! Bakit five lang nye.
1. Dragonlance: Legends Trilogy (Margaret Weiss/Tracy Hickman)
2. 1984 (George Orwell)
3. Blankets (Craig Thompson)
4. The House at Pooh Corner (A.A. Milne)
5. Bible stories
6. Dapat six: Ten Love Poems (Pablo Neruda) and my best of Robert Frost (weird combo ito!)
7. Dapat seven, pala: Sexing the Cherry (Jeannette Winterson)
8. Ay hinde, eight: Written on the Body (Jeannette Winterson)
9. no really, nine: one of those for dummies books (As in Surviving in the Wilds for Dummies)

Who will you pass this quiz to?
Now if only someone makes something like this for music, movies and CLOTHES! =D Will tag Jon because I want to know if he’s using his time being a good boy (kidding!). Also Nini and Djong.

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PJP II

Good night, good guy =)

Thank you.