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December 26, 2006

Vanity of Vanities

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I took this face geneology test several times with several different pictures and 95% of the time, I wind up with the same celebrities. The most common names to pop up seem to be Kana, Lee Hyori, Song Hye Kyo, Ami Suzuki, Ueto Aya and Zhang Zi Yi. What I have in common with them is one hell of a damned puzzle even to me. I think the system's gone bonkers...duh! (Sure would've been nice if I DID look a bit like them :-( )
 

December 22, 2006

Honey and Clover

I'm a blue funk these days...must be the result of indulging in too much shoujo every night. I've just finished watching Peach Girl (which was a total nerve-wrecker) and tried to soothen my poor hyperacticve nerves with a bit of Honey and Clover, it appearing to be all pastely and slow-paced. That was a major misconception.

Someone told me I love to wallow in misery. He said I liked feeling "lonely" for some reason. Maybe his right, maybe he isn't. The thing is, I've known for a long time that I'm so different. I've yet to come across another romantic idealist like myself, the kind who, like me, believes that others will fail me first before I will fail them. I expect the misery, that's why I look forward to it. In any case, I'm kinda "lost" these days. I mean, I always knew there was this deep void inside me that could only be pacified by anime but lately, the void is slowly engulfing whatever light I have burning within. I cannot explain this sound that I hear over and over again, like the wheels of a bicycle---monotonous and empty.

I'm searching...searching for answers that I know could not be found. I have been searching for a long time and with every step of the way, I hear that same sound---churning in my brain, echoing in my heart. I do not know what or who could fill this void. I've tried so many times, looked into so many souls but my hands and yes, my heart still remain empty.

As I watched Takemoto riding his bike in Honey and Clover, I too heard the same echoes as he. It was the sound of loneliness. It was having a map but not having a destination. I know I'm moving forward but where exactly am I moving towards to?

Maybe that's why I should keep riding...keep moving forward without ever looking back. I believe it's the only way I would realize how important the things I left behind are to me.

Earlier today, a friend told me that I should not give in to my emotions easily. He said I should "savor the moment" while it is still alive and could be touched. But then, when I do that, all I could taste is the bittersweet flavor of loneliness...

I want to find my answers soon...but I have been searching for twenty seven long years. I must find it...someday...surely...

December 02, 2006

Houkiboshi

A bit of a 411 for the unitiated: the creator of that mainstream anime Naruto which everyone goes bonkers over is the very same genius who created Bleach. Naturally, while most ignorant Filipinos only know from Naruto (and here I am talking to those without any anime sense in them who watch Tagalog-dubbed versions of the series), Bleach is actually the better series in my undaunted, unwavering, and never-to-be-challenged opinion. Of course, Bleach took a bit of a downturn after the tremendous climax of Season 1. The Bound Arc is just a major feeler, or so I think, to make Aizen and his company of loonies (and here I am so referring to the crackpot Ichimaru) regroup or something. Nonetheless, I am writing this completely nonsensical update not for any reason but juts to express annoyance over the hype over Naruto which is vastly overrated. I'm not an anti-Naruto, mind you. If I were, how in the world would I explain my never-ending obsession over YuYu. But Naruto is well...just too "ugly" (I'm referring to the character, not the series) though I am not too shallow enough to judge an anime merely by its animation. There's just not too much plot in Naruto either. As with Bleach, well the Second Season is a bit of a disappointment but the First Season was enough to get one hooked. Besides, Ichigo is a damn sight better than Naruto, mwahaha! Oh well enough of this don't bite my head off this is a BLOG and I'm entitled to BLOG my views no matter how nasty (grins evilly). I'm off to watch Ouran High School Host Club, betcha you never heard of that one (bleh!). Ja!