OKAY!
Now I have lots of free gmail invites to give out again. So you know the drill, just leave your email address and your free gmail invites are on their way.
First come, first served. Oh, and if you do have a gmail account already, let those who don't have one yet get one. You guys are sure to get gmail invites to give out also.
25 August 2004
24 August 2004
ANOTHER FREE GMAIL INVITE
Oookay.
Here we go again. I have one gmail invite to give away. Let's see. I'll give it to the 10th unique poster to this comment.
That means no repeat post. Oh and be sure to post your email address so I can send the invite to you.
Here we go again. I have one gmail invite to give away. Let's see. I'll give it to the 10th unique poster to this comment.
That means no repeat post. Oh and be sure to post your email address so I can send the invite to you.
19 August 2004
LOVE IS AN INSOMNIAC
I work nights. I go around the city from bar to bar. I meet lots of people. Different kinds. Straight, gay, bi, crooked, innocent, etc.
As I do my rounds, I get to see how love is different from person to person. Let me enumerate:
1. Miss A is pretty, smart and devastated. She works as a GRO in a bar and has a boyfriend she truly loves. She has changed her lifestyle dramatically for him. But pride is the enemy. The boyfriend loves her also but can't accept her for what she is. He can't accept her past and her present.
She is willing to change more but somehow it isn't enough for him. Despite all this, she can't let go.
2. Mr B has a girlfriend in a KTV bar. Recently she quit and changed jobs.
Now she is an escort girl.
Despite this, he loves her so and can't let go. It doesn't matter to him since what is important is that they love each other. She has no choice since she is supporting her family.
They constantly communicate and meet each other. Exchanging "I love yous", planning their future, discussing life.
Except of course when she has to work.
3. Miss C is confused. She doesn't know what to do. She has an admirer who she feels is Mr. Right but is in another country. She has an ex although he never was a boyfriend. And she has an admirer who she hears is a bit skewed psychologically.
She doesn't know who among the three. She feels a connection with one. She is often ignored by the other. And the other one might be a train wreck waiting to happen.
4. Mr D took long to acknowledge that there is love between him and this woman. Seven years ago, they met. They became good friends.
He already had feelings for her but didn't show it.
On the fourth year, she had a boyfriend. He still didn't tell her about how he felt about her.
The boyfriend and the girl got married the next year. And the year after that, they had a child.
At this point, somehow they met and suddenly, they found out that they have loved each other since they met but never got to acknowledge it.
Now they are having an affair.
5. Miss E is a GRO. Every night she goes out with clients. She is not particular. Everything is negotiable as long as the price is right. One thing though, she can't go out of the KTV. Business should be ummm... conducted within the premises. Never outside.
Her boyfriend for two years is madly in love with her and picks her up in the KTV where she works every night.
He doesn't have an inkling about her extra-curricular activities with her clients. He believes that she doesn't fool around with her clients and that he is the only man in her life.
6. Mr. F is engaged. He is to be married by the end of the year. To a very pretty and intelligent woman.
She doesn't know that he is gay.
He has been going out with the manager of a nearby bar for almost a year.
She loves him very much.She has been very vocal on how lucky she is be loved by him.
7. Miss G is a a young and very pretty girl. She also leads a very simple life. She is very friendly and easy to get along with. She is also very innocent. She was raised in the province and only recently moved to the city.
She was recruited by a pimp. Now she works as a high paid prostitute.
Her boyfriend only shows up when he needs money.
All her earnings goes to her family and boyfriend. She maintains that she will be discovered and be in showbiz like her former co-worker who is now part of an all girl group and earning a lot of money.
Her family has a house in the province, her brother has a motorcycle and her boyfriend has the latest cellphone and the coolest clothes. She has the cheapest phone and barely enough money left to buy pre-paid load for her phone.
She's been talking about upping her job since she has to pay for the tuition of the sister of her boyfriend.
As I do my rounds, I get to see how love is different from person to person. Let me enumerate:
1. Miss A is pretty, smart and devastated. She works as a GRO in a bar and has a boyfriend she truly loves. She has changed her lifestyle dramatically for him. But pride is the enemy. The boyfriend loves her also but can't accept her for what she is. He can't accept her past and her present.
She is willing to change more but somehow it isn't enough for him. Despite all this, she can't let go.
2. Mr B has a girlfriend in a KTV bar. Recently she quit and changed jobs.
Now she is an escort girl.
Despite this, he loves her so and can't let go. It doesn't matter to him since what is important is that they love each other. She has no choice since she is supporting her family.
They constantly communicate and meet each other. Exchanging "I love yous", planning their future, discussing life.
Except of course when she has to work.
3. Miss C is confused. She doesn't know what to do. She has an admirer who she feels is Mr. Right but is in another country. She has an ex although he never was a boyfriend. And she has an admirer who she hears is a bit skewed psychologically.
She doesn't know who among the three. She feels a connection with one. She is often ignored by the other. And the other one might be a train wreck waiting to happen.
4. Mr D took long to acknowledge that there is love between him and this woman. Seven years ago, they met. They became good friends.
He already had feelings for her but didn't show it.
On the fourth year, she had a boyfriend. He still didn't tell her about how he felt about her.
The boyfriend and the girl got married the next year. And the year after that, they had a child.
At this point, somehow they met and suddenly, they found out that they have loved each other since they met but never got to acknowledge it.
Now they are having an affair.
5. Miss E is a GRO. Every night she goes out with clients. She is not particular. Everything is negotiable as long as the price is right. One thing though, she can't go out of the KTV. Business should be ummm... conducted within the premises. Never outside.
Her boyfriend for two years is madly in love with her and picks her up in the KTV where she works every night.
He doesn't have an inkling about her extra-curricular activities with her clients. He believes that she doesn't fool around with her clients and that he is the only man in her life.
6. Mr. F is engaged. He is to be married by the end of the year. To a very pretty and intelligent woman.
She doesn't know that he is gay.
He has been going out with the manager of a nearby bar for almost a year.
She loves him very much.She has been very vocal on how lucky she is be loved by him.
7. Miss G is a a young and very pretty girl. She also leads a very simple life. She is very friendly and easy to get along with. She is also very innocent. She was raised in the province and only recently moved to the city.
She was recruited by a pimp. Now she works as a high paid prostitute.
Her boyfriend only shows up when he needs money.
All her earnings goes to her family and boyfriend. She maintains that she will be discovered and be in showbiz like her former co-worker who is now part of an all girl group and earning a lot of money.
Her family has a house in the province, her brother has a motorcycle and her boyfriend has the latest cellphone and the coolest clothes. She has the cheapest phone and barely enough money left to buy pre-paid load for her phone.
She's been talking about upping her job since she has to pay for the tuition of the sister of her boyfriend.
15 August 2004
G.I. Joe is a fake
"Veterans group says military hero lied about his record; claims evil villains escaped his clutches during war against Cobra... G.I. Joe Veterans for Truth, accuse Joe of lying about his war record and letting villains escape throughout the 1985-86 war against Cobra, Destro and the forces of evil..."
LINK:
LINK:
13 August 2004
SEXY NAMES
"...Men with 'front vowels' in their names -- sounds formed at the front of the mouth like the 'a' in Matt -- were considered sexier than men with 'back vowel' sounds like the 'au' in Paul..."
From now on, I will introduce myself to women as Jabart.
From now on, I will introduce myself to women as Jabart.
LIGHTS PLEASE. Ummmm, LIGHTS?
Nuts!
I decided to sit down and write at least a sensible post. I got it all organized in my head. I was distracted for a second by the pot of coffee beside my desk ( Hmmmmmm.... Coffeeeeee) and poof! It's all gone back to the dark recesses of my mind.
Dark recesses? Well, it's located near the middle ear.
Anywho...
I made a vow to watch The Shining again. The one by Kubrick which King didn't like. I didn't like the one that King produced. Midway thru when Danny first saw the twins. It gave me goosebumps but I pulled through it
But when they showed up in the Gold Room. Man, it's time to turn it off and start cueing my Red Hot Chili Peppers.
It was around 3am and I was all alone in the computer room for crying out loud!
So where was I? Oh yeah, The Shining. Well, this one is a real classic. The way Kubrick did it without any of those real cheap scares and still haunts you even after the fifth time you watch it makes you miss the guy.
Well, I apologize for a mumbled jumbled post again. I mean you two regular readers out there would understand?
Won't you?
What?
Oh, ok. Here's one last scare:
Boo
ADDITIONAL
OMG!
This one is truly a haunted post! While I was reviewing it. My printer just turned on and off when I scrolled to the first picture. Thinking it was coincidence, it did it again when I got to the second one.
Well, when I scrolled back to the top, the dang printer did it again.
It stopped now, but ummm... can anyone dial 911 for me. I don't think I have the nerve to leave now. I might end up grafted to the seat like that woman in the post below...
Red Hot Chili Peppers won't do it. Maybe Air Supply?
I decided to sit down and write at least a sensible post. I got it all organized in my head. I was distracted for a second by the pot of coffee beside my desk ( Hmmmmmm.... Coffeeeeee) and poof! It's all gone back to the dark recesses of my mind.
Dark recesses? Well, it's located near the middle ear.
Anywho...
I made a vow to watch The Shining again. The one by Kubrick which King didn't like. I didn't like the one that King produced. Midway thru when Danny first saw the twins. It gave me goosebumps but I pulled through it
But when they showed up in the Gold Room. Man, it's time to turn it off and start cueing my Red Hot Chili Peppers.
It was around 3am and I was all alone in the computer room for crying out loud!
So where was I? Oh yeah, The Shining. Well, this one is a real classic. The way Kubrick did it without any of those real cheap scares and still haunts you even after the fifth time you watch it makes you miss the guy.
Well, I apologize for a mumbled jumbled post again. I mean you two regular readers out there would understand?
Won't you?
What?
Oh, ok. Here's one last scare:
Boo
ADDITIONAL
OMG!
This one is truly a haunted post! While I was reviewing it. My printer just turned on and off when I scrolled to the first picture. Thinking it was coincidence, it did it again when I got to the second one.
Well, when I scrolled back to the top, the dang printer did it again.
It stopped now, but ummm... can anyone dial 911 for me. I don't think I have the nerve to leave now. I might end up grafted to the seat like that woman in the post below...
Red Hot Chili Peppers won't do it. Maybe Air Supply?
12 August 2004
480-Pound Woman Dies After Six Years On Couch
"A preliminary autopsy on the the four-foot, ten-inch woman lists the cause of death as 'morbid obesity.... After years of staying put, her skin had literally become one with the sofa and had to be surgically removed...She died at Martin Memorial Hospital South, still attached to the couch..." LINK
You think that's bad? The Philippines is full of politicians who are permanently grafted (hmmm...a pun?) in their positions. It'd take an act of God for them to relinquish it.
(via Leaning Towards The Dark Side)
You think that's bad? The Philippines is full of politicians who are permanently grafted (hmmm...a pun?) in their positions. It'd take an act of God for them to relinquish it.
(via Leaning Towards The Dark Side)
This one's for Budjette
This is the Toyata Ad from 2000
This is the Audi Ad from 2002
Well it seems that there isn't any original ideas anymore. Just minor tweaks from existing ones.
Check this French site out for gaboodles of similar looking ads like the one above.
LINK
(via The J-Walk Blog)
11 August 2004
Ummm... Cat's can be real dangerous on planes
"BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A cat running loose on a Belgian commercial flight attacked a pilot and forced the crew to turn back to the airport..."
Picture this: A cat weilding an M60 machine gun pointing at the crew telling them to go to Disneyland.
He has a big mouse problem to deal with.
Or is it a she?
LINK:
Picture this: A cat weilding an M60 machine gun pointing at the crew telling them to go to Disneyland.
He has a big mouse problem to deal with.
Or is it a she?
LINK:
Game virus' bites mobile phones
"A mobile phone 'virus' inside a pirated copy of a game called Mosquitos is roaming file-sharing and software download sites, say security experts...The Mosquito Trojan is malicious because it fires off text messages without the user's consent while the unlicensed game is being played."
Oooh... This is going to be a real pain once hackers pick up on this. I wonder if it'll affect my Nokia 3310?
LINK
Oooh... This is going to be a real pain once hackers pick up on this. I wonder if it'll affect my Nokia 3310?
LINK
10 August 2004
09 August 2004
Top Ten Signs You've Seen the `Star Wars' Movies Too Many Times
10. Your poodles are named 'C,' '3,' 'P' and 'O'
9. You won't sleep with your wife unless she says, 'Help me, Obi Wan, you're my only hope'
8. You spent $10,000 trying to Rogaine yourself into Chewbacca
7. You're continually stunned when the President makes major decisions without consulting Mark Hamill
6. Your favorite pickup line: 'Would you like to handle my light saber?'
5. You keep referring to your lawn mower as 'that crazy droid'
4. You spend most of your days trying to use 'the Force' to open a can of pears
3. You once saw an eggplant that looked kind of like Darth Vader and almost had a heart attack
2. Your sex life is strictly 'Han Solo,' if you know what I mean
1. You like Yoda so much, you voted for Ross Perot"
LINK
9. You won't sleep with your wife unless she says, 'Help me, Obi Wan, you're my only hope'
8. You spent $10,000 trying to Rogaine yourself into Chewbacca
7. You're continually stunned when the President makes major decisions without consulting Mark Hamill
6. Your favorite pickup line: 'Would you like to handle my light saber?'
5. You keep referring to your lawn mower as 'that crazy droid'
4. You spend most of your days trying to use 'the Force' to open a can of pears
3. You once saw an eggplant that looked kind of like Darth Vader and almost had a heart attack
2. Your sex life is strictly 'Han Solo,' if you know what I mean
1. You like Yoda so much, you voted for Ross Perot"
LINK
PURPOSE
What's the purpose of all these ups and downs that life throws at us?
Is there a grand scheme of things where when we die, we get it. We see the big picture?
A friend of mine brought up causality (In fairness she hasn't seen the Matrix sequels, I think...). But causality is too limited. Too quaint an explanation for this turbulence we go through.
I myself go for the Chaos Theory. Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg subscribed to it (well, except for the cherry in his throat). Even Dr. Ian Malcolm with his drop of water explanation to Dr. Sattler believed in it. Everything is chaos.
Life is chaos.
Death is peace.
Cause and effect. Or is that balance?
Is there a grand scheme of things where when we die, we get it. We see the big picture?
A friend of mine brought up causality (In fairness she hasn't seen the Matrix sequels, I think...). But causality is too limited. Too quaint an explanation for this turbulence we go through.
I myself go for the Chaos Theory. Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg subscribed to it (well, except for the cherry in his throat). Even Dr. Ian Malcolm with his drop of water explanation to Dr. Sattler believed in it. Everything is chaos.
Life is chaos.
Death is peace.
Cause and effect. Or is that balance?
03 August 2004
Catholic Church assails attempts to promote family planning
"...the bishops would meet with members of Congress to convince them to defeat bills promoting family planning while urging the public not to vote for legislators who are promoting the bill...."
I have this conspiracy theory that priests all over are dwinndling. To boost up their ranks, they have to increase the population in catholic friendly countries. With the laws of statistics, some might end up as priests.
Also notice that now that gay people are open about themselves and are not afraid to come out of the closet, there are less priests entering the fold?
That was bad of me. Real sorry. Real sorry.
Come to think of it, let's not even touch stories about sexual harrasment then...
LINK
I have this conspiracy theory that priests all over are dwinndling. To boost up their ranks, they have to increase the population in catholic friendly countries. With the laws of statistics, some might end up as priests.
Also notice that now that gay people are open about themselves and are not afraid to come out of the closet, there are less priests entering the fold?
That was bad of me. Real sorry. Real sorry.
Come to think of it, let's not even touch stories about sexual harrasment then...
LINK
request
This one just had me laughing out loud ten seconds into the film. I suggest you take a look and judge it yourself.
This one just made my day.
LINK
(via J-Walk Blog)
This one just made my day.
LINK
(via J-Walk Blog)
02 August 2004
Testing Meme Propagation In Blogspace: Add Your Blog!
This posting is a community experiment started by Minding the Planet to see how a meme represented by a blog posting spreads across blogspace, physical space and time. It will help to show how ideas travel across blogs in space and time and how blogs are connected. It may also help to show which blogs are most influential in the propagation of memes. The original posting for this experiment is located at: Minding the Planet (Permalink: http://novaspivack.typepad.com/nova_spivacks_weblog/2004/08/a_sonar_ping_of.html) results and commentary will appear there in the future.
Please join the test by adding your blog (see instructions, below) and inviting your friends to participate — the more the better. The data from this test will be public and open; others may use it to visualize and study the connectedness of blogspace and the propagation of memes across blogs.
The GUID for this experiment is: as098398298250swg9e98929872525389t9987898tq98wteqtgaq62010920352598gawst (this GUID enables anyone to easily search Google for all results of this experiment). Anyone is free to analyze the data of this experiment. Please publicize your analysis of the data, and/or any comments by adding comments onto the original post at Minding the Planet; Note: it would be interesting to see a geographic map or a temporal animation, as well as a social network map of the propagation of this meme.
INSTRUCTIONS
To add your blog to this experiment, copy this entire posting to your blog, and fill out the info below, substituting your own information in your posting, where appropriate.
(Note: Replace the answers below with your own answers)
1. I found this experiment at URL: http://www.johnsjottings.com/
2. I found it via "Newsreader Software" or "Browsing or Searching the Web" or "An E-Mail Message": Browsing or Searching the Web
3. I posted this experiment at URL: http://www.organizedconfusion.com.ph / http://jobert.blogspot.com
4. I posted this on date (day, month, year): 02 August 2004 (01 August 2004 in the US)
5. I posted this at time (24 hour time): 12:13:00 (21:13:00 in the US (PT))
6. My posting location is (city, state, country): Paranaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines
OPTIONAL SURVEY FIELDS (Replace the answers below with your own answers):
1. My blog is hosted by: Blogger
2. My age is: 36
3. My gender is: Male
4. My occupation is: Account Executive
5. I use the following RSS/Atom reader software: NewsDesk
6. I use the following software to post to my blog: Blogger
7. I have been blogging since (day, month, year): 09 April 2003
8. My web browser is: Firefox
9. My operating system is: Windows XP
Please join the test by adding your blog (see instructions, below) and inviting your friends to participate — the more the better. The data from this test will be public and open; others may use it to visualize and study the connectedness of blogspace and the propagation of memes across blogs.
The GUID for this experiment is: as098398298250swg9e98929872525389t9987898tq98wteqtgaq62010920352598gawst (this GUID enables anyone to easily search Google for all results of this experiment). Anyone is free to analyze the data of this experiment. Please publicize your analysis of the data, and/or any comments by adding comments onto the original post at Minding the Planet; Note: it would be interesting to see a geographic map or a temporal animation, as well as a social network map of the propagation of this meme.
INSTRUCTIONS
To add your blog to this experiment, copy this entire posting to your blog, and fill out the info below, substituting your own information in your posting, where appropriate.
(Note: Replace the answers below with your own answers)
1. I found this experiment at URL: http://www.johnsjottings.com/
2. I found it via "Newsreader Software" or "Browsing or Searching the Web" or "An E-Mail Message": Browsing or Searching the Web
3. I posted this experiment at URL: http://www.organizedconfusion.com.ph / http://jobert.blogspot.com
4. I posted this on date (day, month, year): 02 August 2004 (01 August 2004 in the US)
5. I posted this at time (24 hour time): 12:13:00 (21:13:00 in the US (PT))
6. My posting location is (city, state, country): Paranaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines
OPTIONAL SURVEY FIELDS (Replace the answers below with your own answers):
1. My blog is hosted by: Blogger
2. My age is: 36
3. My gender is: Male
4. My occupation is: Account Executive
5. I use the following RSS/Atom reader software: NewsDesk
6. I use the following software to post to my blog: Blogger
7. I have been blogging since (day, month, year): 09 April 2003
8. My web browser is: Firefox
9. My operating system is: Windows XP
ARE WE ON?
I just finished watching Red Dragon.
It's better than Hannibal. Although I do have this big crush on Julliane Moore, I would say she distracted me from enjoying the movie since my mind is fixated on Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling. I'd bleat like a sheep for her. Oooh mama. Baa, baa, baa.
So, what's on my mind, aside from air and mush? Nothing much.
Well ok. It's sunday and I should be asleep. But when one works nights like me, it is very difficult to just switch bio clocks on a dime. Ooops, a centavo. Wait, wait, wait. When was the last time did I see a ten or maybe even a five centavo coin? I hear it'll cost twenty five centavos to make one...
I'm babbling.
And this post is longer than it should be. But do I care? Noooooo. I'm on crazy, loony, out of control mode. Oh okay, I just finished a box of Godiva chocolate truffles. So I'm hyped up like a five year old hopped up on four chocolated bars, three mountain dews, two spoonful of sugars and a partridge in a pear tree...
Ack! Ack! Ack! Now I'm out of cigarrettes! That's a downer. So now I'm hyped up, hopped up and depressed. That's a feeling you wouldn't want to be in. To describe it, imagine you're in a rollercoaster.
You with me?
When it reaches the highest peak, you know that feeling you have that split second right before the drop? Now extend that feeling for the whole night.
Well that's the ummm, for lack of a better word, the feeling.
Bummer.
Now I remember, that box of chocolates? Tess was going to give it as a gift for someone.
Double bummer.
It's better than Hannibal. Although I do have this big crush on Julliane Moore, I would say she distracted me from enjoying the movie since my mind is fixated on Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling. I'd bleat like a sheep for her. Oooh mama. Baa, baa, baa.
So, what's on my mind, aside from air and mush? Nothing much.
Well ok. It's sunday and I should be asleep. But when one works nights like me, it is very difficult to just switch bio clocks on a dime. Ooops, a centavo. Wait, wait, wait. When was the last time did I see a ten or maybe even a five centavo coin? I hear it'll cost twenty five centavos to make one...
I'm babbling.
And this post is longer than it should be. But do I care? Noooooo. I'm on crazy, loony, out of control mode. Oh okay, I just finished a box of Godiva chocolate truffles. So I'm hyped up like a five year old hopped up on four chocolated bars, three mountain dews, two spoonful of sugars and a partridge in a pear tree...
Ack! Ack! Ack! Now I'm out of cigarrettes! That's a downer. So now I'm hyped up, hopped up and depressed. That's a feeling you wouldn't want to be in. To describe it, imagine you're in a rollercoaster.
You with me?
When it reaches the highest peak, you know that feeling you have that split second right before the drop? Now extend that feeling for the whole night.
Well that's the ummm, for lack of a better word, the feeling.
Bummer.
Now I remember, that box of chocolates? Tess was going to give it as a gift for someone.
Double bummer.
01 August 2004
Vatican attacks radical feminism
"...The document, approved by the Pope, says feminism has 'inspired ideologies' that view men and women as enemies, and question family and marriage....It says feminism's view of equality has inspired ideologies which "call into question the family, in its natural two-parent structure of mother and father, and to make homosexuality and heterosexuality virtually equivalent..."
If I understand this right, feminism breaks families and promotes homosexuality. I bet this would be a great sermon here in the Philippines. Where the President is a woman and the majority of devout catholics are women.
I wonder what The Ca t, The Sassy, and The Jet will think about this?
Women! You heard the Pope! Go back to the kitchen! Prepare Dinner! Make coffee! Clean the car!
Unless you want your husband to become a philandering homosexual.
Here's the LINK.
ADDITIONAL
Here's another LINK that puts all this into perspective (well, to me it does). This one's via the The J-Walk Blog.
If I understand this right, feminism breaks families and promotes homosexuality. I bet this would be a great sermon here in the Philippines. Where the President is a woman and the majority of devout catholics are women.
I wonder what The Ca t, The Sassy, and The Jet will think about this?
Women! You heard the Pope! Go back to the kitchen! Prepare Dinner! Make coffee! Clean the car!
Unless you want your husband to become a philandering homosexual.
Here's the LINK.
ADDITIONAL
Here's another LINK that puts all this into perspective (well, to me it does). This one's via the The J-Walk Blog.
HUMAN
There are times when I question the things I do. Oh, let's be frank, I question the things I do every single day.
These past weeks I seem to be in "link" mode again. I didn't feel like posting some of my experiences then.
Oh well, I think right now, I'm in the middle. Obviously, consistency does not this blog define.
Am I babbling? That would be Budjette's blog.
These past weeks I seem to be in "link" mode again. I didn't feel like posting some of my experiences then.
Oh well, I think right now, I'm in the middle. Obviously, consistency does not this blog define.
Am I babbling? That would be Budjette's blog.
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