Sunday, November 29, 2009
Oh, well...
Gee, those didn't came out as I wanted to [my two new postings below] . My bad. Guess I REALLY do need that cup of coffee. Anyway, just take it from the title of the posts and read it as you wish, the point is after all, getting you to watch the trailers...
DC and Marvel: Head-To-Head Slam 02/2010 part 2
As follow-up to one of the best full-length movie from Marvel HULK VS. (Wolverine/Thor) coming up is the trailer for the story based on the Planet Hulk series [which I just recently finished reading] and considering how bad-ass the comics version is I do have very high expectations for the animated version. Looking at this trailer tells me I'd be very happy...
Click on the link and enjoy:
credits: IGN.com - keep on rockin'!
DC and Marvel: Head-To-Head Slam 02/2010 part 1
I just love the smell of newly-made instant coffee [wish it were freshly-brewed but...] in the morning while browsing along and seeing the latest trailers for upcoming treats, it turns out I didn't need the coffee at all to rev me up today. Two trailers from comics behemoths DC and Marvel are now going their rounds online. Both are for their latest animated full-length features slated to be released straight-to-DVDs on February 2010.
The first trailer I saw was for my favorite super-team Justice League. Superman, Batman and the rrrravishing Wonder Woman and company battle their doppelgangers from an alternate universe and what made them different [or more exciting IMO] is they're [the counterparts] more like Jack Bauer! Click on the link below to see and enjoy:
continued on DC and Marvel: Head-To-Head Slam 02/2010 part 2
NO SLEEP - NO RESERVATIONS
It is 3:15 in the morning and instead of waking up the neighbors with my buzzing snores I am hammering on a computer keyboard. Insomnia struck again. I always have trouble sleeping at night (sleeping is not such a struggle during the day though) but once every two months I just can't sleep at all for 24 hours or more. Every time this happens, I follow the 20-minute rule courtesy of Reader's Digest: if after 20 minutes after getting into bed you're still awake get up and do something. Read a book, watch TV, knit a sweater, play solitaire... the idea is to tire your mind.
This time I decided to browse Fora.Tv. I recently discovered this site and to say it has brought an instant changed my daily activity is an understatement. Nothing gets a rise out of me like sitting and just listening to smart people talk. And Fora.Tv is ALL talk - great speakers and lecturers from every field of study or industry. So, I was just browsing along hoping to find a boring topic [which at that point I realized, if it is boring it isn't in this site] and a seemingly boring speaker. I clicked on food [I was hungry - of course - but I don't keep food in the house so why I picked this subject I can't explain]. And boom: a clip of Anthony Bourdain speaking for a bit more of an hour at the Commonwealth Club [which I gather is in the Bay Area, SF, Ca].
Before I go on, let me tell you about how much I admire this guy. Just after watching one episode of No Reservations on cable years ago I was hooked, line and sinker. Oh, the disappointment I felt after I found out he came here to the Philippine early last year and shot a segment of his show in Farmer's Market in Cubao and I didn't found out about it, still bothers me to this day. At that time of the shooting [based on my careful investigation after the fact] I was just, literally, a stone's throw away lazily wasting time just after finishing my shift at a call center. Okay, I understand they had to consider security that's why they didn't announce it. I mean, yeah, had I known he was nearby I'd run and try to meet the cool dude. I would've brought down whatever security guard the production has around that shoot with a martial art move I learned not at my Aikido classes I took years back but from Sean Connery in the movie Rising Sun. Nothing would've have prevented me from joining Tony and his guest as they eat their meal. Looking back, I guess it probably was best rabid fans like me were blissfully ignorant of his presence.
So going back to my struggle to sleep, I made a big mistake of choosing Tony's clip as it totally obliterated any iota of sleepiness still swirling around my fat noggin. Laughter is NOT the best medicine when it comes to insomnia. But how can anyone avoid mirth, when Tony talked about his travels, the foods ate along the way, what his opinion is of Rachel Ray, so on...
After watching this clip I got back to my bed and all I can think of is what if - what IF Tony et al decides to come back to the PI and by chance, they pass along my dusty town and by infinitesimally small chance, I see him and even more improbable, convince him and his crew to stop by my house for a meal - WHAT in the name of the unknown shall I cook for them??? Of course I cannot think anything better than Nilagang Baka or beef stew. Which would present a problem of logistics considering beef is 1) very expensive - I can't afford to buy even a quarter of a kilo 2) the quality of what is available in nearby market is downright suspect and 3) I don't have a stove - I buy cooked food. So most likely, I'd drag the whole crew to my Tita Norma's house and do the cooking there. I'd just have to settle with the low-class beef we have here [I'd just tell Tony and crew it's carabao beef - very old, more-than-20-years-pulling-a-plow carabao beef].
That imaginary meal done, Tony and crew say their salamat po and happily move on. And 3 months later I'd watch myself be a total fucking fool on television. Which leaves me feeling even much worse, now absolutely devoid of any possibility of drowsiness up until after I eat my lunch later. What a fucking life.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
SSHKRAK - BOOOM!
I love lightning. Let me say that one more time, for I tend to repeat stuff I really like - I LOVE LIGHTNING! I remember growing up where I am currently staying, when there was just only a few houses located in the ricefields at the back of our home. I can look out my room's window and watch in awe, almost nightly at nature's light and fireworks show. None of man's creation can equal this spectacle. While most kids my age cower in fear of every flash followed by the boom of thunder, I can only bite my tongue to stop myself from jumping and shouting HOOYAH!
It seems that the very static in the air during a lightning storm is stoking my senses, building the excitement up until the sudden event when that gigantic spark from heaven crashes down on what or who I can only wonder. My earliest memory of using math in real life is to compute the distance where the lightning strike hit from where I was [...count each second from each thunder until the flash, then divided it by 3 to get the distance in kilometers]. My first attempt at writing a short story involved lightning-induced superpowers. The first comic book I asked my mom to buy for me was Thor. As a pre-pubescent boy I constantly practiced with our cats or my dad's fighting cocks to 'hone my lightning reflexes.'
Lately, it's been raining a lot where I am now located. My only frustration is that the panoramic view of rice fields where an occasional cow or carabao would lazily lounge around is now replaced by galvanized-steel roofs of new houses. But once in while, when that tingling feeling returns I would step out, look up and hope to see a lightning strike. Nature so far has not disappointed me.
If you'd like to know where the next lightning storms will be or what's the weather will be like wherever you are in the world, scroll down my blog and use the weather widget.
Photo: http://www.weatherpicturesweatherphotos.net
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Will Be Available Just in Time for the 2010 Election Fever!
Filipino's favorite sport is just around the corner folks. In less than a year's time, we will be choosing the next line of hoods and hoodlums that will live on the fruits of our hard-earned labor. In preparation for the campaign sorties, here is a suggested vehicle for aspiring politicos that they may purchase [the amount they could - and they would, believe me - easily reimburse from the government coffers once in public office] for worry-free travel through the territory of an opposing candidate.
Presenting the DILLON AERO'S TACTICAL VEHICLE. It has standard features like run-flat tires, level A-9 steel-plate armor, roll cage, iPod dock, cupholders and of course, M134D Gatling Gun for hosing down another candidate's supporters blocking your way.
Photo from SCIENCE OF ARMORED CARS (http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/inside/3968/Overview#tab-Photos/2)
The World At Your Fingertips
When I was in college, my favorite pastime is to go looking for hole-in-the-wall shops lining the streets of Recto and Avenida in Manila. Entering one of these rarely visited shops [which I doubt are still open today] one gets transported back in time. What I usually was looking for were 2nd-hand copies of National Geographic magazines. They costs around 25 to 80 pesos each, depending on the condition or how old the issue is. I just can't get enough of the stunning photos featured by this wonderful mag. Today, their site is just a click away. And the photos featured still takes my breath away.
I would like to share my passion for the world as seen in the pages of National Geographic with the widget located here. Enjoy.
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