tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52266662011-04-21T17:23:33.296-07:00The Peripatetic Psychic Travels of Didipus RexShort attention span dinosaur from the classical Greek period speaking from his pea-sized brain.Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.comBlogger461100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-49381831910633261982008-08-21T00:04:00.001-07:002008-08-21T00:06:33.247-07:00Hah! It's been close to three years since my last post here. You can blame Multiply for that.Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1131348730734419542005-11-06T23:31:00.000-08:002005-11-07T00:13:24.966-08:00Rainclouds Over CamiguinFor the third time in half an hour, George the driver pulled the van over by the side of the coastal highway. “Dat is, uhm, White Island,” he stammered, pointing to a nondescript sandbar in the middle of the bay. “Masarap diyan mag-inuman pag gabi. Gosto nyo mag picture?”Perhaps a water-logged rainy day wasn’t the best time to visit the island of Camiguin, best known for Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1131340787854777132005-11-06T20:54:00.000-08:002005-11-07T02:35:22.126-08:00Ermita by Night, Ermita by Day By Karlo N.B. Samson For most of my life I lived in one of the few free-standing houses along that part of Pedro Gil Street within the boundaries of Ermita. It was the ancestral home, and at least four generations of Ayalas and Ayala-Samsons had lived there. I grew up here, in a district widely know to be the red-light district of Manila. On my daily trip home fromKarlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1128513374462007742005-10-05T04:55:00.000-07:002005-10-05T04:56:14.466-07:00I'm a lunatic.You are the Moon card. Entering the Moon we enterthe intuitive and psychic realms. This is thestuff dreams are made on. And like dreams theimagery we find here may inspire us or tormentus. Understanding the moon requires lookingwithin. Our own bodily rhythms are echoed inthis luminary that circles the earth everymonth and reflects the sun in its progress.Listening to those rhythms Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1128052856106044222005-09-29T21:00:00.000-07:002005-09-29T21:05:53.283-07:00I just finished reading Anansi Boys, the latest novel by Neil Gaiman. It's a first for me, to purchase a book and read it before it hits number one on the New York Times bestseller list. Never did that with the Harry Potter books. Anansi Boys is thoroughly enjoyable, a trans-atlantic romp that, for me, has a similar vibe to the movie A Fish Called Wanda. I'll leave the detailed reviews to the Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1125119767641069202005-08-26T22:02:00.000-07:002005-08-26T22:16:07.646-07:00FUNNY! If there's a sphere that needs to be translated into comics immediately, it's philippine politics.Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1123661187891871742005-08-10T01:04:00.000-07:002005-08-10T01:06:27.896-07:00DISAPPEAR!Here's an idea. For seven days out of every month, I'd like to retreat from being me. I'd take a deep breath and step out of the house and disappear for a week. Destination: Irrelevant. While on the road, I'd be writing, about the journey and the stay, taking photos of the nice people I meet along the way. When the week is done and I'm back home, I can coherently craft my notes into Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1122978848033672172005-08-02T03:31:00.000-07:002005-08-02T03:34:08.040-07:00Pretty freakin' coool!Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1122914152941220942005-08-01T09:32:00.000-07:002005-08-01T09:35:52.946-07:00Last year, Lala and I were able to catch Metropolis with live score by Rubber Inc. We feel it is imperative that you go out and catch at least one of these performances this month, lest you be described as nekulturny (yes, I know this is a Russian word, not a German one. i use it because i want to).German Silent Film Festival : Classic GermanSilent Films by Fritz LangFilm screeningsAugust 4, 11, Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1122236568707191762005-07-24T13:19:00.000-07:002005-07-24T13:25:10.180-07:00Whee! Neil Gaiman responded to my post on his journal. Check it out:Hi Neil,Congratulations on finishing your tour. I'm sure you must be aching to get back to your family and garden. Just thought you'd like to know, the trailer of Mirror Mask is now available at Apple.com. For the fans who were unable to see past the crowds during your sneak preview on your tour stops, here is the URL: http://Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1122203620941597702005-07-24T02:06:00.000-07:002005-07-24T04:13:40.973-07:00McFunny!No, that is not a painting of a clitoris. Our initial-crazy mayor Marides C. Fernando has been covering up graffitti with paintings of flowers and shoes in an attempt to rid Marikina of unsightly urban decay. Has nobody in her staff realized that this program can be read as "McFart"? A severe case of unfortunate branding if you ask me.Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1121935653073685092005-07-21T01:39:00.000-07:002005-07-21T01:47:33.080-07:00Addendum:Text message exchange between Karlo and Elias:Karlo: I'm misty-eyed. Scotty of Star Trek is dead. Nice article on CNN.com.Elias: Pero kung si Spock yung namatay, may chance na mabuhay pa uli.Karlo: Hahaha oo nga ano?Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1121921201108885912005-07-20T21:15:00.000-07:002005-07-20T21:46:41.113-07:00In the episode "Relics," off the sixth season of Star Trek: The Next Generation, USS Enterprise Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott, believed killed in action, is found alive on the USS Jenolen, retrieved from the pattern buffer of the ship's transporter. He is a man displaced in time, kept in stasis in digital limbo and shunted some seven decades into the future. Despite initially feeling old and Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1121412012882730092005-07-15T00:03:00.000-07:002005-07-15T00:20:12.886-07:00Gay Man Doesn't Like Big Titties (or, What I Learned from Rockstar Neil Gaiman)Such will be the title of my upcoming article on my Neil Gaiman experience for the bawdy raunchy mag Pump. I wonder how fans will react to my blasphemous treatment of the man? Will insist that the above photo be included to show readers that I am a fanboy myself, but a fanboy who can make fun of his hero.Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1120475482422000452005-07-04T04:09:00.000-07:002005-07-04T04:14:38.246-07:00Found this neat online service called Polaroid-o-nizer. Nice way of spicing up old photos. Works better if I can figure out what the hexadecimal code of my blog's background color is.Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1120464795233389262005-07-04T00:32:00.000-07:002005-07-04T01:13:15.256-07:00Spotted this book of erotica while browsing at Powerbooks the other night. I thought, what a serendipitously appropriate cover, considering all the events happening in the Philippines right now. What's in the book? I didn't bother to look inside, but wouldn't it be hilarious if the book were about a cunning power-hungry woman clawing her way to the top of the political food chain by performing Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1118464907282584272005-06-10T21:41:00.000-07:002005-06-10T21:41:47.286-07:00Karlo, thy name is Goldenrod.Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1118386196203427572005-06-09T23:48:00.000-07:002005-06-09T23:52:57.536-07:00Yey I've launched my new music blog on Blogspot. I call it Aural Text: It's All About the Muzaaak! and it's just a link away. This is where I will place all my music-related articles, interviews, album reviews, hip links, and other tonal goodies. Chchchcheck it out one two one two.Again: Aural Text: It's All About the Muzaaak!Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1118311008612243192005-06-09T02:56:00.000-07:002005-06-09T03:02:26.603-07:00Yanqui pala yung Ingles ko.Your Linguistic Profile:45% Yankee30% General American English20% Dixie5% Upper Midwestern0% MidwesternWhat Kind of American English Do You Speak?Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1116500162393933482005-05-19T03:51:00.000-07:002005-05-19T03:56:02.396-07:00Oh dear. My boss just called and asked me to fast track making friends with the people from SMART. Seems that our relationship with Globe is rapidly going to the crapper. Scary. On the flipside, I just got a response from PILMAP, a local travel mag publisher. They want to see some of my stuff and take a look at my resume. Heehee. Cool.Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1116498341092742362005-05-19T03:24:00.000-07:002005-05-19T03:25:41.096-07:00I'm created a new blog for my music articles. Hope to post one every week. It's called Aural Text.Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1116094161654412992005-05-14T11:01:00.000-07:002005-05-14T11:12:59.116-07:00Ten things you always wanted to know about RadioactiveSago Project but were too goddamn sissy to ask(as answered by Lourd de Veyra)1. Saxophonist Rastem Eugenio won second runner-up in the Ginoong Orani, Bataan 1999 pageant. His talent: dancing the itik-itik, with only coconut shells to cover his near-naked body. It was suspected that a gay beautician rubbed oil all over him backstage.2. This Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1116093632528169262005-05-14T10:55:00.000-07:002005-05-14T11:18:19.853-07:00I decided last night that I should be building up my content portfolio whether or not I have assignments from these magazines I contribute to. Since I am already sorta involved in the industry, I've decided to post weeklyband/artist interviews, including all the ones I've done in the past. I will also try to reconstruct whatever files that were lost with my previous hard drive, probably by Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1115796155492588172005-05-11T00:17:00.000-07:002005-05-11T00:22:35.506-07:00Just read an insightful article on globalization on wired.com. Why the World is Flat author Thomas Friedman describes his ideas, all found in his new book. His "Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention" is hilarious yet sounds true. No two countries will ever go to war with each other if they are both part of a global supply chain. I think I'll save up for this book.Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1115737015793044122005-05-10T07:51:00.000-07:002005-05-10T07:56:55.796-07:00I love working from the house. I tend to be much MUCH more productive. Finished three pages worth of text and images for PUMP. Not bad for someone who started working at 1:30PM.Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1115664226153711262005-05-09T10:48:00.000-07:002005-05-09T11:54:02.096-07:00I'm taking a break from my Gearotica writing racket for PUMP magazine. It's 2:44 and I don't feel like going to work tomorrow later. I'd rather stay home and finish my racket. Been feeling slightly ill all afternoon and evening - throat is acting up. Two difflams later my tongue is numb. I suddenly miss my camera. I tend to blog more when I have photos to post. Meanwhile, my new favorite site.***Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1115633829103084362005-05-09T02:47:00.000-07:002005-05-09T03:18:45.816-07:00The question going through my mind right now is this: How do I make money doing something that I like? What I like is writing, but the tragedy is that writing pays peanuts. For me to live a fulfilling work life it is clear that, somehow, I must leverage my love for writing and my knack for it into something more financially rewarding. My options:Karlo Samson's Top Secret Writing AgencyEditorial Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1113896463869268982005-04-19T00:37:00.000-07:002005-04-19T00:41:03.870-07:00How otherworldly is the place I work in? Sitting across me is a pregnant thirtysomething woman who seems like the typical Filipina housewife - mahinhin, soft-spoken, gentle. She sings along to Linkin Park and Slapshock MP3s one minute then Jessic Simpson the next.This might be normal for some but for me this is fucking weird!Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1113614096259017142005-04-15T18:14:00.000-07:002005-04-15T18:17:20.400-07:00Woohoo! Today we're going out of town. First, it's up to Tagaytay then a little distance down to Calaruega for my high school classmate's wedding. After the ceremony and dinner reception it's off to Anilao where we will attempt to find Toots' house in the dark. Kaye, et al, just left an hour ago and should be somewhere on the SLEX by now. Lionel and I will leave Marikina at 11AM, fetch Lala and Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1112356269680032602005-04-01T03:40:00.000-08:002005-04-01T03:51:09.680-08:00Grabe ang tamad-tamad ko talaga mag-post ng entry sa blog. Dateline April 1 2005: I no longer work for Summit media. Weird things happened while I was there. I left mainly because my job, managing editor, did not agree with my personality nor my talents. Now I find myself working back in the IT industry where, potentially, there is much more money. My salary is a smidge higher, plus, I get Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1098802651632914412004-10-26T07:43:00.000-07:002004-10-26T07:59:29.390-07:00I looked at myself in the mirror last night and, like Keanu, I went "whoa." Either my diet - oops, I mean lifestyle change - is working or I am slowly wasting away due to some degenerative disease. Perhaps it is the former. The jowls seem to be shrinking and my face might be narrower. I don't think this is just wishful thinking. Looks like low carb works for me.
In line with this being a Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1098261381990788172004-10-20T01:28:00.000-07:002004-10-20T01:38:33.256-07:00Today is deadline day for T3's December issue so things are quite hectic here at Summit central. Adding to the stress of agonizing over layouts and proofs, the office is resounding with the sound of power drilling - the folks next door are constructing some sort of secret underground lair. Our office is a box without windows or curtains or any kind of noise reduction baffles so the dulcet tones Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1098073853587560072004-10-17T22:25:00.000-07:002004-10-17T21:38:04.963-07:00This week I start my - i don't want to call it a diet - lifestyle modification. Breakfast today was two mushroom and scrambled egg sandwiches which I ate en route to work. Lunch, which I am eating right now, is boiled chicken and Kaye's tuna-mushroom mix. I can eat this forever. Just wish she gave me double helpings hahaha. Protein no carb. Protein no carb.
I also ditched the truck in favor of Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1097243100378915552004-10-08T06:35:00.000-07:002004-10-08T06:45:00.376-07:00I'm soooo farkin' tired. Monster location shoot late last night/early morning plus hardly any sleep and now I'm at work finishing the accompanying text. I'm nuts.
I'm glad the photos came out super nice.
Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1096224743525944512004-09-26T11:43:00.003-07:002004-09-26T11:56:18.996-07:00We were invited to attend a birthday party last Saturday with a "mod" theme. Lala came dressed a la Astrid Kirchherr while I came as Tomoyuki Tanaka of Fantastic Plastic Machine fame. I'll post more photos from my Mac at work. Here's one just for good measure.
Taken with my digicam on Night Shot mode with Sepia effect.
Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1095256977060812772004-09-15T06:42:00.000-07:002004-09-15T07:05:44.236-07:00Anger Management
It's very hard to get me angry. I consider myself to be a very patient, tolerant man who can deal with most unpleasant situations without getting into a rage. I get really angry, what, maybe only once every two years?
It takes a lot to make me snap but snap I did the other night when a co-worker I consider to be a friend, out of negligence and inconsideration, caused big Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1095079680943912442004-09-13T05:47:00.000-07:002004-09-13T05:49:30.213-07:00
Here's the photo they will use. Meow meow. Lovely sisters.Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1095078023524399852004-09-13T05:03:00.000-07:002004-09-13T05:25:46.280-07:00 Lala and Waya will be appearing in next month's issue of Preview magazine, talking about the upcoming restaging of Saranggola ni Pepe the Musical. Here's one of the photos the photographer took, though Preview is using something else. Just thought this was really cute. =)
Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1094832950865027032004-09-10T10:11:00.000-07:002004-09-10T09:15:50.866-07:00
Meow! This is Lala and the scale model of her set for Saranggola ni Pepe. She's my Mingmang and I miss her.Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1094741130157748042004-09-09T07:43:00.000-07:002004-09-09T07:57:22.646-07:00I have stones again. Now I have to drink buckets of water -- no more softdrinks or powdered shite. Have to watch the tofu and nuts, too, because uric acid is bad for me. Good thing my diet is getting better.
Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1094739093496524272004-09-09T07:00:00.000-07:002004-09-09T07:11:33.496-07:00Wow, it's September already, September 2004! Over a year since my last post.
Looking back at my blogging history (or lack of it), I concede that I am a lazy shit when it comes to putting down my thoughts to virtual paper. I don't think I have what it takes to update any journal regularly. I tend to keep things to myself and shy away from sharing personal thoughts. I have one confidant right Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-1058352991777058442003-07-16T03:56:00.000-07:002003-07-16T04:04:22.483-07:00Is it the middle of July already? It's been three months since my last post. For an occasional writer, I do seem to put my thoughts to paper so seldomly.
Is it because I'm too lazy? Or am I just too used to getting paid for my words? A little of both, I'm afraid.
See you in three months.
Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-922262292003-04-08T08:34:00.000-07:002003-04-08T08:34:53.496-07:00Vader gave birth today. Four kittens: two white (will probably look like Baggins) and two black tabbies. Vader doesn't seem to be interested in nursing them so I am not sure what their chances for survival are.
Hunter has two kittens left from a litter of four, with both black tabbies pushing up daisies. How many cats/kittens do I have? Let me see...9 adults, 4 Blues kittens, 2 Hunters, 4 Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-921901092003-04-07T18:57:00.000-07:002003-04-07T18:57:40.216-07:00Decided to resurface today after a three-day weekend. Some pretty cool things...
Sunday afternoon, found a copy of Neil Gaiman's Coraline and bought it for Daphne. Decided to go home via MRT then the new MEGATREN from Cubao to Katipunan. It was like a day at the fair: kids lining up with their parents waiting eagerly for the gates to open all grinning and laughing and generally having a Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-919557912003-04-03T19:14:00.000-08:002003-04-07T18:45:44.000-07:00
I finally found my smart media card reader today, but it doesn't work properly. Thought I'd be able to use my old digital camera again, but without a means to download my photos, any efforts might be in vain. Hope I can figure out how to fix the card reader.
Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226666.post-916990932003-03-31T01:46:00.000-08:002003-03-31T01:48:09.000-08:00Happy blogday to me. Karlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755105872031096643noreply@blogger.com0