Month: December 2009
Screw you
Is the word screw came from the study on duck sex? Read this article from Discover Magazine.
Jane Austen turns aquatic
After Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Ben H. Winters take another Jane Austen classic to his wild imagination and create Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. Here’s a review of the book by Patricia Calzo Vega for GMA.tv:
“Sea Monsters introduces the existence of carnivorous aquatic creatures matter-of-factly. The lead characters have to deal with a giant jellyfish, killer tuna, and the like. All this is well and good—considering that Winters had to supply 40 percent original material—but situations featuring sea creatures literally steal the thunder from the quiet emotional scenes that endeared the original novel to fans, especially when they have no relevance to the development of the characters whatsoever.
Whether one likes Sea Monsters or not, readers must always keep in mind that it is a deliberate Austen parody and must be read with a grain of salt. After all, the author wrote a lot of comedy into her novels, and would surely appreciate the tongue-in-cheek homage that the novel pays her. “
Zombies in our midst.
Zombies mutate during Christmas. They come in different forms and sizes.
1. Inaanaks who knocks on your door begging for gifts.
2. Officemates who leave messages on your Facebook wall greeting you Merry Christmas, and hints for gifts.
3. Parents who asks for aginaldo, when in fact, it’s supposed to be the other way around.
4. Taxi drivers. Self explanatory.
5. Scheming street vendors.
6. Drunks.
7. Inattentive waiters and waitresses. Must be tired from influx of customers.
8. Hold-uppers.
9. Friends in vacation break, while you are left in the city due to some effing work.
10. GMA, and politicians in general.
See, we are all zombies. And we live in Zombieland.
Low wattage Woodstock
Ang Lee’s “Taking Woodstock” is not about Woodstock itself. It tells the story of a simple guy who desperately looks for money to save his family’s decrepit motel business–until Woodstock organizers came. Simple film about leading your life, without parental pressure. And oh, that devil-may-care attitude is partly blamed from LSD.
Advance Noche Buena
Advance Noche Buena with friends at Wild Ginger, Power Plant Mall in Rockwell Center, Makati. Feasts on rotti, pad thai, fried tawilis, lechon kawali and Singaporean chicken barbeque.
Merry Christmas everyone!