Liquour Ban Chronicles

It's been almost a year since I last saw the sea and I am nearing the point where the restlessness from not being near the water is suffocating. Siargao is out of the picture due to financial constraints. Zambales or La Union will suffice but I'm still waiting for my friend Lourdes to clear up her schedule so we can finally go on our long-planned surfing+photography trip.

To compensate: I bought a copy of The Beach by Alex Garland.

However, after the first chapter, I realised it wasn't a good idea. Imagine placing a plate full of Leonidas truffles right in front of a chocolate addict whose mouth is covered with duct-tape, his hands and feet bound by chains. He can see the chocolates. He can smell them. But he can't eat them. The same with reading a book about backpacking and going to the beach for me right now. Just drove me crazy.

Still restless, I called up my friend Cristina for a few margaritas at Chili's last night. So there we were, about to order our favored drink when the waitress reminded us that it's still election day, hence, the liquor ban is still in effect. Great. We ordered bottomless Diet Coke. After three mugs each of diet cokes, I decided we can go over to my place and open the bottle of Stoli I have saved for emergencies. This definitely qualifies as one.

We got home, opened the vodka, turned the TV on and commenced a vodka laced marathon of romantic movies starting with Richard and Sharon's Minsan Minahal Kita in Cinema One. Kilig. And then I remembered that this was the first movie I watched with Lorenzo after I slept with him. This was the guy who basically just disappeared after a few weeks of... never mind. Anyway, the bastard inspired me to make a short film on cooking, breaking up, poison, necrophilia and suicide. But still, kilig. I mean the Richard+Sharon movie not the one I made. Haha.

Winner after-being-told-by-your-lover-that-he's-leaving-you line: You made me believe... (dramatic pause for more effect)... that we have a chance (with matching one teardrop coming from the left eye).

Next movie: Saving Face in HBO. A light lesbian love story about a not yet out doctor, her very much out dancer girlfriend, and her very much pregnant middle-aged mother by a very much younger 20+ year old boyfriend. If this was a Tagalog movie, there would many emote-fest scenes with the characters spewing out lines like: Wala kang karapatan pigilan ako mag-out! Isa kang disgrasyada, mother!

But this was a movie made by a Chinese-American with Chinese-American characters so the only winner line I remember was: Today he loves me, tomorrow who knows? Blah.

Midway through the movie, I got a text from JQ inviting me over to his place for, uhm, medication. I texted him earlier that night that I wanted to drink but nobody's serving liquor even 7-11. Told Cristina we might go schlep our drunk asses off to Ortigas. Texted JQ back that I will bring what's left of the vodka but please text me your unit number because I forgot.

On to the marathon- Laws of Attraction. I have watched this movie a million times. I just love Parker Posey. Yeah, the iloveyou-ihateyou-i'mabetterlawyertahnyou thing going on between Pierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore was kilig. The movie not that cheesy enough for me to single out a winner line. I guess only old Tagalog dramas have those.

Last movie before I finally gave in to a Strawberry Stoli induced dreamless sleep was the Hugh Jackman+Ashley Judd flick, Someone Like You. I have also watched this movie a gazillion times and I'm still only 80 percent convinced of the Old Cow, New Cow theory. Collapsed by the midde of the movie but not before a quick bedtime prayer asking for Hugh Jackman as my roommate. With Wolverine in the house, I won't need to buy knives. Or panties. Hehe ang labo.

Woke up around noon today and the first text I read was JQ saying he fell asleep before he could text me back. Hay naku. Now, off to the mall to catch Lust, Caution. Need something twisted after those romantic movies.

Ban the Brazilian Wax - Save Pubic Lice from Extinction!

In the interest of science, I have shamelessly grabbed this article first posted on my friend YJ's blog.

Let's all help those Dutch scientists in saving another species from extinction! To quote: "When the bamboo forests that the Giant Panda lives in were cut down, the bear became threatened with extinction. Pubic lice can't live without pubic hair."

I'm sorry, I couldn't resist.

Rica's Next Hair

Got the photo from The Sartorialist. Now, if only I can go to the office with hair like this... I mean, a bankress can have red hair, right?

Ako'y Batang Malate

This is a project of Rfilipinas, a photography group I joined. For more details, visit Wam's site here