Month: November 2008

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Scream like you’re a teenage girl with a penchant for the broody guy in the corner

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So we watched Twilight last night. Me, Bripman, Vins, and Paolo trooped to Gateway to watch the much hyped ubertalked about movie that we’ve been seeing everywhere the past couple of months. I have to say it was a bit funny to think i was watching this movie with three guys when its main selling point is the dreaminess of the flick’s star, Robert Pattinson. And have i mentioned yet that Bripman had already watched this movie the night before?

Can i just say, this is not a guy’s idea of a good movie. It’s basically two hours of closeups of the lead star’s face. Which i guess is wonderfully amazing for all his fans (so almost every teenage girl who’s watched tv and read magazines the past few months) but not so fun for the guys in the audience. I have to admit, I’ve had a minor crush on him since he appeared in the fourth Harry Potter movie (who am i kidding, I hate the movies, love the books, but he made THAT movie bearable.) and this is definitely the role of a lifetime for him. And even if i cringed at the shrieks that accompanied his every appearance onscreen, I have to admit I was grinning too.

And if you put it down on paper, who wouldn’t be enthralled with the idea of Edward Cullen? Let’s see. Has the wisdom of ages. Impossibly strong. Lightning fast. Chivalrous. Spouts lines like “You are my life now” with total honesty behind every word. Surprisingly light (when he wants to be). And yeah, gorgeous. With eyes that change color and lips stained crimson red and shines like diamonds in the sun. Yeah, that guy has nothing to offer.

I get it.

Loved the Bella character too. Not the kind of girl you’d expect to be THE girl in the movie. Quiet and doesn’t really give a crap about fitting in, she shines in another’s eyes. Loved the fact that sometimes, the vampire in the movie is the one trying to get her, the human to go through the whole high school experience.

You see i grew up on Buffy, with Angel the brooder extraordinaire always being the one leading her AWAY from the “real world”. Now that was angst and brood. This was a welcome change from Buffy and Angel’s “You and me against the world” schtick. Not that i didn’t love the series, I did. But I didn’t really like that part, even if it was part of the tension.

But i digress.

I did like the movie. Even if it did remind me of things i shouldn’t be thinking about. Thus i was shaking my head quite a lot trying to shake that off. But it was fun. Not too serious as it was always injected with little moments that would make a girl go “Awww”. And I’d watch it again.

But i want to watch Bolt too. 🙂

Jodythinks

Temper temper

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I’ll be the first to admit it. When I’m in a bad mood, there’s no saying what’s gonna come out of my mouth. I tend to NOT have a censor when I’m angry. So I make time to stay away from the people I’m pissed off at, just so I won’t say something i’ll regret later.

This is when i write.

I write down all the things i want to say. I know i’ll never let the person concerned read it, but the mere action of putting the words to paper is therapeutic. Needless to say, the works i’ve put down aren’t full of sunshine and rainbows.

And anyone who knows me knows I write a LOT of notes. To myself and to others.

Maybe i need a sounding board for all these things i want to say, but im afraid whoever that sounding board is gonna be, she/he will suffer under a LOT of abuse. And will probably not stay friends with me for long. Coz even i’m offended of the things that i say under the influence of anger. Stupid stupid things that I don’t really mean and wish i could take back coz they resound in my head, torturing the good friend personality that i tend to hold on to.

Saturday was no different. For some reason I got so annoyed over the littlest thing. So I got up, went to a quiet place to think and breathe. After a while even i realized how stupid i was being.

But if i said the things i wanted to say, i probably would’ve ruined a friendship.

And thanks to the person who made me laugh. It was the perfect distraction.

Jodythinks

How was your Halloween?

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Mine was tiring but especially fun. You see this year, the IMS costume contest ballooned into a company wide (well at least this branch of the company) competition, with different departments all participating. I was part of the organizing committee and may I say, that is a fun group of people to work with. And even if it was a lot of work (and red tape gah) it turned out quite well. I loved several costumes (mine was hardly a costume, it was my debut dress and Anna lent me a lei) in particular:

Guitar Chic came as her Alter ego:pink

Karlo came as John Lennon (what can i say im a beatles fan): lennon

And of course there was (Yarrr) Jack Sparrow:sparrow

Breakfast at Tiffany’s done beautifully: holly

Jack (Bripman!) and Ennis (RCB) from Brokeback Mountain were also present:
broke

A Hogwarts student came by: gryffindor

And the Joker slipped in: joker

There were a lot more interesting costumes but I’m too lazy to find decent pictures. 🙂

Went to an afterparty at Music21 where we ate, sang, even danced the night away(well at least they did). And after being hostaged and dragged to Guilly’s (the nearest place to Music 21 we could think of) i dragged my tired tuchus home at 1am.

So that’s why i slept the whole way home to Bataan, and only got up coz i heard the call of breakfast. I stuffed my face, then to stave off boredom (my sister was asleep, the kids were playing Wii and I didn’t have a controller for myself, my other cousins hadn’t arrived yet) i went to help with the making of the bouquets for the cemetery. One thing i learned, I have no talent for making bouquets. None at all. Even if it was simple sticking stems into floral foam, i managed to make three of the most sorry-looking flower arrangements I’ve seen. Needless to say, when my cousins found out I was helping, they laughed their butts off and proceeded to rank the three ugliest arrangements and deemed it mine. (Sad to say, they were right)

Going home to Bataan only means one thing: FOOD TRIP. And that’s what we did.

So I’m back in Manila now, heavier but happier.

Back to work!