scaling walls and crushing ice

crap stolen from JP's vlog. gawd knows where he gots it.

10 years ago: holy banana! this was 1995, undergrad, the AI years. most of it was a blur; too many things were happening. transition period from the AI friends to the years of debauchery with my gatula buddies. then again, things that i remember happening in 1994 most likely happened in 1995. does it really matter? could this be the year that A did his whole "run to the woods" routine? i remember having to hold his very sweaty hand for most of that year. muntik yata akong napasma. but he's still a sweetie and we're great great friends. oh yes we are.

5 years ago: Can EDSA 2 really be 5 years ago? shee-ite. what a mess that was. lots of fun seeing the same people (V, B, R and P) over and over again for three nights in a row. the biggest street party i've ever attended. got drunk among heaps of trash on the ortigas flyover going to rosario. saw and talked to P the super-cute classmate who drove me home every day one summer (1995? 1996?) right near the portable toilets. i nearly swooned and R said i did a shoddy job pretending i wasn't clappy-happy to see him. but my favorite part really was when most people had gone home and P (who i think wanted a bowl of goto) and i just sat there on the steps of the shrine waiting for morning and maybe some good news to arrive. it didn't take long. first it was dark and there was this tiny rabble with candles and stuff. then the light slowly changed until we could see in front of us again and then it was time to go home.

1 year ago: oh dear. this one has to be about the time i dated a peter jackson lookalike. yup, very hirsute. you could shave his back and there'd be stubble 5 hours later. but he did have lovely manners. let's call him the falcon and wish his girlfriend all the luck in the world. she'll need it.

Yesterday: Fell asleep in my office trying to read the oscar wilde Dorian Gray ebook on my palm while my dad used my laptop to check his team's latest scores on nba.com. Not as productive as i hoped. had merienda with P, B, G, J at CK. the sans rival gave me a migraine and so went home and watch crappy TV till midnight.

Today: had lunch with R at likha diwa. on his laptop, he showed me his family tree and some pics of our 2001 pinatubo and galera trips with J and R. had been checking my mail in my office with j lurking somewhere in the background when R called to ask how i was and that we could hang out while i had lunch. but not at default CK as he and the other R had just been there. needless to say (and embarassingly i say anyway), i went all giggly the second he ended the call. sheesh. quelle embarassing! but still. if you saw him, you'd have a crush on him too. cute kasi eh. am very tempted to post his pic here but i think i will allow myself a tiny shred of self-respect. for now. nyahaha!

Tomorrow: Dinner at Tajma with A, B and R. tsk. medyo pathetic yata. we all have a crush on him. even the other R does. he's super super cute and a genius and plays piano and says Charing! in the most hilarious long island, ny accent. ok i'll stop gushing now.

5 snacks I enjoy: cheesecake, sans rival, glazed donuts, pita with hummus, samosas!

5 bands/artists that I know the lyrics of MOST of their songs: dave matthews, the sundays, liz phair, jobim (english translations), easy and the forces of evil. this last one, i'm not very proud to actually mention here. note that such claims are rarely ever true.

5 things I would do with $100,000,000: put it all in the bank and live off the interest. use the interest to spent my days idling away on some island or other. will travel and buy all the books i want. probably blow some of it on nice little gadgets. will spend the rest of my days writing and consoling myself with shopping and travel in the times when the writing doesn't work out very well.

5 locations I’d like to run away to: the hypothetical island that R wants to buy somewhere in palawan, that cemetery in paris where victor hugo and jim morrison are buried, the lovely little cemetery on a hill in sagada (esp during easter sunrise and todos los santos), that cemetery in before sunrise where drowned people are buried, that deserted strip of beach in mindoro that E, L, S and I visited in 2000.

5 bad habits I have: i waste a lot of time. i flirt unconsciously with the wrong men. i drink too much when i meet new people. i yank at my bra even in public. i constantly check for the inevitable oil slick that forms on my T-zone.

5 things I like doing: reading, fiddling with my palm, going online to read junk, kissing my dog, eating out with friends.

5 things I would never wear: thongs. high-cut panties. bangs. pointy shoes with stiletto heels. those icky gladiator sandals that lace up to your shins. ewww.

5 TV shows I like: CSI. hey arnold. that wacko travel gameshow on national geographic. hmm, am at a loss here. ok let's add nigella and queer eye.

5 Movies I like: before sunrise, before sunset, next stop wonderland, in the mood for love, amelie. the first three i feel compelled to watch over and over again. they just kill me.

5 famous people I’d like to meet: Michael Ondaatje, Dave Matthews, AS Byatt, TC Boyle, Jesus. really really.

5 biggest joys at the moment: my laptop. my palm. my lovely pregnant dog kitty. Bizu. R (hee hee). actually just going out with people i like makes me feel pretty OK.

5 favorite toys: my laptop. my palm. my lovely pregnant dog kitty. R and E. not together though. i wonder what E's doing now... probably still in boracay.