Adjectives Rejected in Favor of "Kafkaesque"

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Adjectives Rejected in Favor of "Kafkaesque"
by Ryan Nyburg

• Kafkaish


• Kafkaey


• Kafkatle


• Kafkatronic


• Kafkalicious

Might be the reason why I feel the need for a drink

The Piscean handbook tells me I should be an alcoholic. But I am not, somehow regretfully. C'mon, I usually misspell alcohol with an 'h' after 'c'; just imagine the struggle I have just writing this post. I'm not even sure if I spelled 'misspell' right.

I have this two-bottle limit, all my friends know it. Never been stupid/dead drunk. Yes, it is uncool, and judging from the news article, very un-Filipino. I've never even puked out of drunkeness, though I've been puked on, once lovingly and another just because. Honestly, I'd rather see you people go "Cuppkeyk" all over the place, much more fun during and after the party.

From  Inquirer.net

Filipinos top tipplers in Southeast Asia--surveyAgence France-Presse
Last updated 03:06pm (Mla time) 11/05/2007

MANILA, Philippines -- Alcohol consumption in the Philippines is on the rise and affluent Filipinos out-drink their Southeast Asian counterparts, according to a new survey released Monday.

Market research firm Synovate polled wealthy respondents in 11 countries in the Asia-Pacific on their consumption of brandy, cognac, whisky, wine, champagne, and beer.

"We discovered that overall consumption levels of alcohol among affluent Filipinos have risen steadily in the country by four percent since last year," it said.

"Rising alcohol consumption levels would both indicate that more affluent Filipinos have higher levels of disposable income and more social time on their hands to indulge themselves over drinks," Synovate's Carole Sarthou said.

The firm said a higher percentage of affluent Filipinos consumed alcohol (37 percent) than in other countries such as Thailand (34 percent), Singapore (32 percent), Malaysia (28 percent) and Indonesia (eight percent). Locally brewed beer was the first choice of 30 percent of wealthy Filipinos.

MOLESKINE UPDATE!!!!

Effective today (30 October 2007) we will now be selling two formats of Moleskine Notebooks: the Large Ruled Notebook and the Large Sketchbook, each still available at Php 750 You can view the details on this wonderfulleriffic medium HERE.

For those who are still looking for the Plain Notebook, I'm still trying to get my hands on them. For the meantime, why not go for the Large Sketchbook? Click here to find out what Rommel, a satisfied customer and artist extraordinaire, has to say about the sketchbook. And also here.

The Moleskine Notebooks are perfect as Christmas gifts for writers and artists (professional or closet), super OC and anal retentive people, diarists and doodlers, and those people you want to give something to but can't think of anything to give him or her (save for towels that are always necessities in any occassion) either because you are a lousy gift giver or just to lazy to think of something. In any case, the gift of a Moleskine Notebook is always special one. In fact, I'm giving one to my Lolo for Christmas.

For orders, contact me through 09062322338. We could meet after work hours, preferably in MRT stations. (I'll be in Laguna for the long weekend by the way). And, if you're also interested, I can arrange for a discount with Jasmine when you also purchase an EWF earring, SO CLICK HERE AND HERE , o wise and fashionable Multiply shopper! :p

[Heroes Season 2 Post] Monica Dawson: As Seen on TV!!!!

I got this idea from Iza's post HERE. Just imagine what Monica Dawson can do if she sees these on TV:

• Power Rangers
• Barney
• Trannie pron
• Michael V.
• Animal Planet's "The Most Extreme"
• Jojo A.
• Drawn Together
• the transformation sequence in "Pimp My Ride"
• herself in Girls Gone Wild: New Orleans
• Britney's MTV live performance (c/o MIcah's pay-per-view powers)

Sabi nga ni Dylan, "Everything you need..."

For a tropical country, we suck (and Okrayable Friendster Profiles)

It's just been announced that Senate employees can leave by 1pm today because of "inclement weather."

For the meantime, especially lately that I haven't been posting anything substantial, let us amuse ourselves with Okrayable Friendster Profiles: http://www.tabulas.com/~gdwn/content/15285.html.

I have to figure out a way to get home after this post; and considering the ankle-deep obstacle course I went through this morning just to hear the announcement that work would be suspended, i really have to fish-hook myself silly for forgetting to bring an extra pair of socks (which i occassionally do on wet workdays, really).

We suck at everything, including being in a tropical country (keyword: uh, rain).

Bonnie 9-22 July 2007

He's dead.

Fortieth entry (or Bonnie Ain't No Biznitch, He's the Shiznit)

• Note: I'm not going to count the Chris Benoit entry in the entry count.

Now for the story. Last Monday, I was told that the Senator was giving away a few puppies. The light bulb of opportunism lit up and by the end of the day I got this bundle of cuteness.

He was around 2-3 months when I got him. Although still puhretty kee-yute, his German Shepherd-Rottweiler lineage is already showing, and I'm already bracing myself for a monster canine that will lap me up in less than six months.

Puppy has no place in my boarding house. Well, there can be, but I don't want my puppy living uncomfortably. So I asked Jasmine to "park" the puppy in her yard until Tita Nene picks it up to bring him to good ol' LB to be cared and loved with the other former puppies Ghia (German Shepherd), Rocky (a brown Doberman), Keanu (a Daschund-mongrel, in love with Ghia), and Kimmy (Pug)

We took a tryke from KNL to Anonas. I never imagined this would happen: he had biyahilo. He puked and drooled all over the tryke floor. If it wasn't a rainy afternoon, the sight would be disgusting and embarrassing. At least it wasn't exactly barf--it was just drool and other clear fluids. But when we disembarked he tossed out the icky yet colorful stuff barf should be.

After making the puppy more comfortable I phoned Jasmine (she wasn’t home yet) and told her what happened on our way here. That’s when she came up with the name. “Naku, dapat siguro uminom muna siya ng Bonamine.”

I’m already a bit dyahe with the Ferrers for doing me this favour (thankyouthankyouthankyouican’treallythankyouenough), but Bonnie proved to be what puppies should be: cute and endearing. He is affectionate and only makes an annoying fuss of a whine when you leave him (he mellows down after a few minutes). And Jasmine, after nearly six years, does not strike me as an animal lover beyond Nadare (her turtle), but she received Bonnie with open arms (or feet; she told me that one time Bonnie just sat on her feet and made lambing—“I am cute! Resistance is futile!”). I am actually wearing a Cheshire smile just typing the previous sentence. Bonnie may end up in LB or not, but either way I feel this new responsibility is a second birthday.

And so it goes.

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