Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same

since im in the mood to quote stuff, might start this one with a quote too:

“Melody is like sex. But then once you get to know the person… that’s the lyrics. Their story, who they are underneath.” - Sophie Fisher

just found out about this band The Fray. Thanks to my sister. im not really very familiar with today's bands (both local and foreign ones). i guess i stopped updating myself with what's new in music ever since MTV was no longer as cool as it used to be back in high school (i was so addicted to MTV that i can guess the music video just by watching the first few seconds, and that's why i know a lot of songs back then. and also, i could name the song by hearing the first few seconds of the song...ok, that sounded a bit redundant). going back to MTV not being as cool as it started, when was that? i dont know, when MYX started? maybe earlier than that. maybe im just growing old. i think im already old enough to enjoy MTV classic (if that show is still around...started watching MTV when Kasem, Nadia Hutagalung, Sonia Couling were the VJs...i still remember Jamie Aditya). anyway, im digressing. back to The Fray, the band's got nice songs, and nice lyrics. i liked How to Save a Life, All at Once, Fall Away and Heaven Forbid.

lately, when i listen to music, im not that mindful of the lyrics. well, its always the...well, the melody (thank you Music and Lyrics for giving me the word) that catches my attention. back then, i always consider both the lyrics and the melody. that is why i never liked pop music back in high school, and ive always preferred alternative rock and rock music. the latter's lyrics are usually much more meaningful. ever since ive started to become open-minded with the music i listen to, where i almost listen to any music genre, i became more focused on the way it sounds and less attentive to its lyrical content. anyway, point is, The Fray got me thinking again. Im not saying the band has the best lyrics, but they are good (and i still think Rage Against the Machine is one of the best bands with amazing lyrics).

Happiness is spelled with an "I" instead of a "Y"

You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can't do something themselves, they wanna tell you that you can't do it. You want something? Go get it. Period. - Christopher Gardner

And it was at that time that I thought about Thomas Jefferson writing that Declaration of Independence. Him saying that we have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And I thought about how he knew to put the 'pursuit' in there, like no one can actually have happiness. We can only pursue it. - C. Gardner

Maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue. And maybe we can actually never have it no matter what. - C. Gardner

three good quotes from the movie The Pursuit of Happyness. Just saw it hours ago. It was a good movie. Well, what can you expect, its a Will Smith movie. Maybe that's the problem, if not for Will Smith, the movie might not even be that good. The story isnt that extraordinary to begin with (the journey of a person who starts as someone struggling in life who eventually gets that success story). anyway, what made the movie good, with or without Will Smith, are the lines in the movie (that's why i quoted some of them). its one of those movies where you pick up something valuable or at least be reminded of some things worth noting in living our lives, or something that could help you get back on the right track or something like that.

OMG! 17+3+2 +1 = 23!

Just watched The Number 23 a while ago. This is the 3rd movie ive watched in a week! anyway, the movie wasnt that bad, actually, i think it was good. its one of those movies where after watching it, would make me think. think of what? just think of the movie and what it is about. the story just catches my attention and makes me reflect on it, and wonder (hmmmm...interesting, the number 23...why not 42?).

ive always liked Jim Carrey. as a kid, i found the roles he played to be very hilarious. and its really nice to see him in this role. im not saying he was perfect for the role but he was able to pull it off, there was somehow credibility in it.

when innocent blood is spilt

I watched the Ghost Rider last week...twice. The Ghost Rider is one my favorite comic book characters. Why? Flaming skull, kick-ass attitude, cool bike (that can run on vertical surfaces), cool weapons (shotgun (that shoots hellfire) and bike chain) and cool superpower (the penance stare!). Another thing i liked about the character is that he is a spirit of vengeance (a cool line from the movie that reflects his character as the spirit of vengeance using his superpower, the penance stare: "Your soul has been tainted by the blood of the innocent. Look into my eyes and feel their pain!").

The only problem i had with the movie is that they chose Nicolas Cage for the role of Johnny Blaze. Well, he wasnt that bad but he wasnt that good either. I really dont think he's really Ghost Rider material. But he was playing Johnny Blaze anyway, so i think that's a bit ok. Of all the human versions of Ghost Rider, i liked Daniel Ketch the most. So, i just hope if the Ghost Rider sequel has Dan Ketch in it, they better choose someone much better and more appropriate than Nicolas Cage.

Another thing, the Rider didn't have much fight sequences. it wasnt action packed. well, the Ghost Rider character really isn't like Spiderman or the Hulk who can engage in action filled fight scenes but the way he finished his villains (who appeared to be better actors than the protagonists in the movie), the Ghost Rider just appeared to be doing his superhero job effortlessly.

Anyway, the Ghost Rider character in the movie appeared to me as a combination of The Undertaker and Stone Cold Steve Austin of WWE. Or the American Badass Undertaker.

Muzik en Lyrikz

i watched Music and Lyrics with Diane last week. the movie was nice, reminded me of The Wedding Singer. I wasn't expecting Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore in a movie together, but as i watched the movie, Hugh Grant was perfect for his role. i dont know, he seems to be a convincing 80s Has Been. As for Drew Barrymore, its hard not to like her. But, like some people are saying, maybe she should start doing movies other than romantic comedies. Another good thing about the movie is the new actress/movie hottie Haley Bennett.

And here's a video of the catchy song from the movie, Pop Goes My Heart

beauty v brawn

ok, manny pacquiao is running for congress. and he's running against darlene antonino-custodio. brawn v beauty and brains? ok, im not sure if she has brains (because i dont personally know her nor am i very knowledgeable of her intellectual abilities), most likely she does because she came from a good university. its safe enough to infer that right? i come from good schools but do i have the intellectual level to be branded as someone who has brains? that's a different question of course, which im not capable of answering because i cant really objectively judge myself. going back to the two contenders, custodio and pacquiao. so who would you vote? is this a no-brainer question? between the two, you shouldnt even think twice of voting for custodio. she's obviously much more capable right? but then again, in this country, would you be surprised if manny wins? of course, you cant blame mr. pacquiao. who should be blamed then? of course, the ones who convinced him to run! they should pay for this...insult. come on, convincing mr. pacquiao to occupy a legislative position? an executive position is little bit more acceptable (but of course, i still dont agree with it, but between legislative and executive, mr. pacquiao would be better off in the executive field).

11 minutes and 24 seconds of great merriment

Since i was a kid, i really liked "Weird Al" Yankovic. I really find his songs amusing (some people find it corny and stupid). The very first time i heard Weird Al was during the early 90s when i listened to his "Off the Deep End" album (released in 1992, not sure if it was also available the same year in the Philippine market). I also remember that his movie "UHF" (1989) was shown on TV (cant recall which channel), also back in the early 90s. and i was really frustrated because i wasnt able to see it! i only saw the commercial that its going to be shown (most likely on the weekend) and i said to myself im going to watch it. but well, i forgot, so i never saw the movie and right now, ive been looking for it. its really hard to find some early 90s and 80s movies. also, its really hard to find "Weird Al" albums in local record stores. the only album i was able to buy was his "Running with Scissors" album (1999) and from that album comes this song that's really funny to listen to, but reading its lyrics is good enough to know why it gives me that 11 minutes and 24 seconds of great merriment.

Albuquerque lyrics

Way back when I was just a little bitty boy living in a box under the stairs in the corner of the basement of the house half a block down the street from Jerry's Bait shop
You know the place
well anyway, back then life was going swell and everything was just peachy

Except, of course, for the undeniable fact that every single morning
My mother would make me a big ol' bowl of sauerkraut for breakfast

Awww - Big bowl of sauerkraut
Every single mornin'
It was driving me crazy

I said to my mom
I said "Hey, mom, what's with all the sauerkraut?"
And my dear, sweet mother
She just looked at me like a cow looks at an oncoming train
And she leaned right down next to me
And she said "IT'S GOOD FOR YOU"
And then she tied me to the wall and stuck a funnel in my mouth
And force fed me nothing but sauerkraut until I was twenty six and a half years old

That's when I swore that someday
Someday I would get outta that basement and travel to a magical, far away place
Where the sun is always shining and the air smells like warm root beer
And the towels are oh so fluffy
Where the shriners and the lepers play their ukuleles all day long
And anyone on the street will gladly shave your back for a nickel

Wacka wacka doodoo yeah

Well, let me tell you, people, it wasn't long at all before my dream came true
Because the very next day, a local radio station had this contest
To see who could correctly guess the number of molecules in Leonard Nimoy's butt
I was off by three, but I still won the grand prize
That's right, a first class one-way ticket to

Albuquerque x2

Oh yeah
You know, I'd never been on a real airplane before
And I gotta tell ya, it was really great
Except that I had to sit between two large Albanian women with excruciatingly severe body odor
And the little kid in back of me kept throwin' up the whole time
The flight attendants ran out of Dr. Pepper and salted peanuts
And the in-flight movie was Bio-Dome with Pauly Shore
And, oh yeah, three of the airplane engines burned out
And we went into a tailspin and crashed into a hillside
And the plane exploded in a giant fireball and everybody died
Except for me
You know why?

'Cause I had my tray table up
And my seat back in the full upright position
Had my tray table up
And my seat back in the full upright position (x2)

So I crawled from the twisted, burnin' wreckage
I crawled on my hands and knees for three full days
Draggin' along my big leather suitcase and my garment bag
And my tenor saxophone and my twelve-pound bowling ball
And my lucky, lucky autographed glow-in-the-dark snorkel
But finally I arived at the world famous Albuquerque Holiday Inn
Where the towels are oh so fluffy
And you can eat your soup right out of the ashtrays if you wanna
It's OK, they're clean

Well, I checked into my room and I turned down the A/C
And I turned on the SpectraVision
And I'm just about to eat that little chocolate mint on my pillow
That I love so very, very much when suddenly, there's a knock on the door

Well now, who could that be?
I say "Who is it?"
No answer
"Who is it?"
There's no answer
"WHO IS IT?"
They're not sayin' anything

So, finally I go over and I open the door and just as I suspected
It's some big fat hermaphrodite with a Flock-Of-Seagulls haircut and only one nostril
Oh man, I hate it when I'm right
So anyway, he bursts into my room and he grabs my lucky snorkel
And I'm like "Hey, you can't have that"
"That snorkel's been just like a snorkel to me"
And he's like "Tough"
And I'm like "Give it"
And he's like "Make me"
And I'm like "'Kay"
So I grabbed his leg and he grabbed my esophagus
And I bit off his ear and he chewed off my eyebrows
And I took out his appendix and he gave me a colonic irrigation
Yes indeed, you better believe it
And somehow in the middle of it all, the phone got knocked off the hook
And twenty seconds later, I heard a familiar voice
And you know what it said?
I'll tell you what it said

It said
"If you'd like to make a call, please hang up and try again"
"If you need help, hang up and then dial your operator"
"If you'd like to make a call, please hang up and try again"
"If you need help, hang up and then dial your operator"

In Albuquerque
Albuquerque

Well, to cut a long story short, he got away with my snorkel
But I made a a solemn vow right then and there that I would not rest
I would not sleep for an instant until the one-nostrilled man was brought to justice
But first, I decided to buy some donuts

So I got in my car and I drove over to the donut shop
And I walked on up to the guy behind the counter
And he says "Yeah, what do ya want?"
I said "You got any glazed donuts?"
He said "Nah, we're outta glazed donuts"
I said "You got any jelly donuts?"
He said "Nah, we're outta jelly donuts"
I said "You got any Bavarian cream-filled donuts?"
He said "Nah, we're outta Bavarian cream-filled donuts"
I said "You got any cinnamon rolls?"
He said "Nah, we're outta cinnamon rolls"
I said "You got any apple fritters?"
He said "Nah, we're outta apple fritters"
I said "You got any bear claws?"
He said "Wait a minute, I'll go check"
"NAH, we're outta bear claws"
I said "Well, in that case - in that case, what do you have?"
He says "All I got right now is this box of one dozen starving, crazed weasels"
I said "OK, I'll take that"

So he hands me the box and I open up the lid and the weasels jump out
And they immediately latch onto my face and start bitin' me all over
(rabid gnawing sounds)
Oh man, they were just going nuts
They were tearin' me apart
You know, I think it was just about that time that a little ditty started goin' through my head"
I believe it went a little something like this . . .

Dohhh
Get 'em off me
Get 'em off me
Ohhhh
No, get 'em off, get 'em off
Oh, oh God, oh God
Oh, get 'em off me
Oh, oh God
Ah, (more screaming)

I ran out into the street with these flesh-eating weasels all over my face
Wavin' my arms all around and just runnin', runnin', runnin'
Like a constipated weiner dog
And as luck would have it, that's exactly when I ran into the girl of my dreams
Her name was Zelda
She was a caligraphy enthusiast with a slight overbite and hair the color of strained peaches
I'll never forget the first thing she said to me.
She said "Hey, you've got weasels on your face"

That's when I knew it was true love
We were inseperable after that
Aw, we ate together, we bathed together
We even shared the same piece of mint-flavored dental floss
The world was our burrito
So we got married and we bought us a house
And had two beautiful children - Nathaniel and Superfly
Oh, we were so very very very happy, aw yeah

But then one fateful night, Zelda said to me
She said "Sweetie pumpkin? Do you wanna join the Columbia Record Club?"
I said "Woah, hold on now, baby"
"I'm just not ready for that kinda commitment"
So we broke up and I never saw her again
But that's just the way things go

In Albuquerque
Albuquerque

Anyway, things really started lookin' up for me
Because about a week later, I finally achieved my lifelong dream
That's right, I got me a part-time job at The Sizzler
I even made employee of the month after I put that grease fire out with my face
Aw yeah, everybody was pretty jealous of me after that
I was gettin' a lot of attitude

OK, like one time, I was out in the parking lot
Tryin' to remove my excess earwax with a golf pencil
When I see this guy Marty tryin' to carry a big ol' sofa up the stairs all by himself
So I, I say to him, I say "Hey, you want me to help you with that?"
And Marty, he just rolls his eyes and goes
"No, I want you to cut off my arms and legs with a chainsaw"

So I did

And then he gets all indignant on me
He's like "Hey man, I was just being sarcastic"
Well, that's just great
How was I supposed to know that?
I'm not a mind reader for cryin' out loud
Besides, now he's got a really cute nickname - Torso-Boy
So what's he complaining about?

Say, that reminds me of another amusing anecdote
This guy comes up to me on the street and he tells me he hasn't had a bite in three days
Well, I knew what he meant
But just to be funny, I took a big bite out of his jugular vein
And he's yellin' and screamin' and bleeding all over
And I'm like "Hey, come on, don'tcha get it?"
But he just keeps rolling around on the sidewalk, bleeding, and screaming
(screaming sounds)
You know, just completely missing the irony of the whole situation
Man, some people just can't take a joke, you know?

Anyway, um, um, where was I?
Kinda lost my train of thought

Uh, well, uh, OK
Anyway I, I know it's kinda a roundabout way of saying it
But I guess the whole point I'm tryin' to make here is

I HATE SAUERKRAUT!

That's all I'm really tryin' to say
And, by the way, if one day you happen to wake up
And find yourself in an existential quandry
Full of loathing and self-doubt
And wracked with the pain and isolation of your pitiful meaningless existence
At least you can take a small bit of comfort in knowing that
Somewhere out there in this crazy old mixed-up universe of ours
There's still a little place called

Albuquerque (x10)

I said "A" (A)
"L" (L)
"B" (B)
"U" (U)
"querque" (querque)

tristanism

general rule: never study at night

why? you are never sure whether you're going to wake up the following morning. since there is no certainty of living another day, why waste the night studying? if you knew you're going to die during your sleep, would you spend the remaining hours of your life studying? of course not! that's why i always study in the morning or in the earlier parts of the day. of course there is no certainty that you would live the entire day, but at least you're conscious right? besides, if you died during your sleep, everything you studied would just be a waste of time and energy. that is also another reason why i dont plan too far ahead. you're never sure if you're going to be alive the following week. or if i make decisions, i always take into consideration that idea that this might be the last time or what if this would be the last time, would i regret it? or something like that. so, having an illness that considerably shortens your life span isnt all bad. actually its not bad for me. when i learned about it, i thought it was my one way ticket out of here. problem is, i dont know when i can use that ticket. anyway, at the moment, i take things one day at a time.

damn hair

hey! my right eye wants to see what my left eye is enjoying!

i have that long and messy hair again. not really that long, but long enough to cover my eyes or one of my eyes, depending where the wind is blowing. i dont know why i refuse to have my hair cut. not that i dont want short hair or a clean cut look, but i prefer to have my hair long, and i dont know why. so im willing to have that "bad hair day" look everyday. that is why i always wear a cap. if i have a cap on, most likely, its meant to hide the long, unruly hair.

also, i really dont enjoy the trips to the barbershop. the barbers always want to engage in "small talk", which i really dont like (i dont like the idea of making conversation for the sake of conversation). i understand that the "small talk" is meant to beat their boredom but i really dont like to engage in "small talks", so in order to avoid it, i limit my visits to the barbershop.

i dont know why im willing to endure this unruly hair which is hard to manage especially on windy days. is it just because i dont like to engage in "small talk"? of course not, but it is a deterrent, i mean, it does discourage me from having my hair cut. besides, "small talk" usually revolves around personal stuff, and im very protective of my privacy. i dont know, maybe sheer stubborness? maybe i should have a little more sense of vanity. nah, i think the cap solves the problem. it may be a quick fix solution but a solution nonetheless.

2 offspring videos

here's 2 of my favorite videos of a kick-ass punk rock band The Offspring. i really liked 2 of their albums back in the 90s, "Ixnay on the Hombre" and "Americana". I also like their logo.

for valentines?

Want You Bad

WANT YOU BAD LYRICS

If you could only read my mind
You would know that things between us
Ain’t right
I know your arms are open wide
But you’re a little on the straight side
I can’t lie

Your one vice
Is you’re too nice
Come around now can’t you see

I want you
All tattooed
I want you bad

Complete me
Mistreat me
Want you to be bad

If you could only read my mind
You would know that I’ve been waiting
So long
For someone almost like you
But with attitude, I’m waiting so come on

Get out of clothes time
Grow out those highlights
Come around now can’t you see

I want you
In a vinyl suit
I want you bad

Complicated
X-rated
I want you bad

Don’t get me wrong
I know you’re only being good
But that’s what’s wrong
I guess I just misunderstood

I want you
All tattooed
I want you bad

Complicated
X- rated
I want you bad

I mean it
I need it
I want you bad

nice song...

Kids Aren't Alright

THE KIDS ARENT ALRIGHT LYRICS

when we were young our futures were so bright
the old neighborhood was so alive life
and every kid of the whole damn street
tryin to make it big and not be beat
now the neighborhood is cracked and torn
The kids are growin up with locks on the doors
How Can 1 little street swallow so many alive?
Chorus:
Chance is wrong
nothing's free
longin for..what used to be
stairways hot
hung to sea
fragile lives
shattered dreams
GO!
Jannie had a chance, well she really did
instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids
mike stays at home cuz he's got no job
just plays guitar for a lot of time
she commited suicide
frandine ODed and died
What the hell is goin on?
Cruelest dreams reality