fuckery

nothing good comes out of violence. right, ms. amy?

the infamous crackhead we all have grown to love was forced to cancel her appearance at coachella after being denied a visa to come to america. a poor unknowing fan requested a photo with ms. amy but instead received a nice pow right in the kissa. sad thing.

although she wasnt one of my priorities to watch this year, it would have been nice seeing her again. contrary to that face, her voice is mesmerizing live--recordings dont do her justice.

[coachella 07]

they should just replace her with this amy. i'm sure she can just stand there and get an applause.

[gotta thank joannanna for supplying these pictures to soothe our eyes!]

ignorant

rant of the day: some ignorant writer from USmagazine calls MIA "latina"...

[muy caliente]

oh, come on! get your facts straight before you write an article to be posted all over the web and especially if you work for a major mag like US. who cares if her baby's name is ickett, you cannot pass up important details, such as her ethinic background. and her ethnicity/culture is the reason why her baby has such a "strange name" to you. gah.. go educate yourself. she's sri lankan, you idiot. [continue]

*EDIT:
AAAND the baby's name isn't even ickett..
so annoyed right now

marshall

how ive missed you.

my long lost romance with eminem rekindled after hearing "crack a bottle" for the first time. regardless of all the crappy shit on the radio, i would sit on power106 just waiting, hoping itd come on. it was refreshing, and made me nostalgic for the "forgot about dre" and "stan" days. maybe im being a little to kind with my words (especially since we've all heard him do better), but it's just so good to have him back.

[hilarious]

but whats amazing (or potentially disastrous) is the release of not 1 but 2 albums this very lucky 2000of9. expect relapse to drop May 19th and relapse2 before the year ends. "A lot of people were expecting Relapse to drop last year," said Eminem. "I was one of them. Then Dre and I went back in the studio in September for a few days, and that turned into six months. We were on such a roll; we wound up with a ton of new music produced by Dre. Putting out Relapse 2 will let everyone get all of the best stuff." [continue]

excited.

now as for that 3rd wheel on the single.. ive had this hatred for 50cent since he first made headlines. but i gotta admit, his flow on "crack a bottle" isnt half bad. and all his music ive been avoiding have actually been pretty decent. i just hate the entrepreneur in him. curious how he is live? check it here:

[insanely random]

sigh. the lows they'll stoop to to save this festival.

rude

sorry, blogspot. but time has escaped me.

its only 12:30am and im already sleepy as hell, which is weird. but just a quickie before i hit the good ole sack:

sublime "reunion"..?!
witness it here.

this morning, mr. bossman described to a few of us "the resurrection" of the legendary band that he was so lucky to witness last saturday. its a shocking fact to get over: someone actually replacing the late and great brad nowell. but if the 2 remains of sublime actually believe in this rome guy to be the new face, than i suppose we should all give him a chance. plus, mr. bossman was so damn enthusiastic about rome i couldnt help but respect his talent already.

click above and see for yourself. supposedly the video does him no justice, but for a lot of us, im sure we dont care. new brad has got a lot of proving to do before we transfer our loyalties from old brad.

kid and play

i dont recall the last time i saw riverside at 7 in the morning. it was refreshing.
the combination of the warm sun with the freezing breeze and the just-fallen rain.. if the moment were a mixed drink, it would be my new favorite.

my sister, adm, grace, and i volunteered to help joanna in her classroom this morning because today equaled the 100th day her 1stgraders have survived being institutionalized in this great america! i guess they celebrate that nowadays?

:] it was tight.

..and fun, and extremely rewarding. as soon as we walked in (late, of course) we began our activities which consisted of:
-100 snacks
-100 smiley face stickers
-100 fruit loops as a necklace
-100 tally marks as a bracelet
-100 fun excercises on the blacktop
-100 seconds of quietness
-and 100 more things!

those darn kids are so freakin cute. maybe i'll want one of my own someday. they can call me 'ms. jo'

[thanks for the name tag, ms. molo :) ]

paid dues festival

[click]

frustrated

..with life and this generation of mindless copycats.

*i have the passion and the irritation to keep me typing of this topic till i grow sore, but not the time. more soon.

patiently waiting

hurry the fuck up, goldenvoice.

i love to eat cereal..

when im watching my cartoons

since my return from the motherland, ive spent the bulk of my time on the toilet (sadface) and watching cartoons. some pretty dope discoveries were made, courtesy of adm, which i now recommend to you:

first is chowder, the cutest little whatever the hell he is. im 2 years late as it debuted way back in 2007.


but my most recent obsession: the marvelous misadventures of flapjack.

better than spongebob. yea.. i said it. eff you.

catch them on the network of cartoons.

amerigo

its a conflicting feeling, having two homes; a division of the heart, a dispute between those coveted most, wanting both but clearly, you can't.
who can, of course.

on december 18th, 2008, at 3:00 in filipino am, my grandfather passed away.
forcing my family and i on an [emergency] trip overseas.
forcing me to abandon all my responsibilities and duties lying fragmented, unfinished and static.
forcing me to face death; my worst enemy, my scariest thought, my biggest fear (not for myself, but for my loved).
forcing me to watch the tears im pained to see most fall from the eyes of the greatest man in my life: my dad.

of course there was a tinge of excitement to see my foreign family. but traveling for the reasons named, i initially didnt want to.

departed: december 26th
arrived in manila: december 27th
arrived in manabo: december 28th
funeral: december 30th

extremely long update short, im very thankful for this experience.
my tatang is no longer suffering. and as hard as the funeral was, it brought my family, foreign and american, together, family i never even knew existed. which brings to my fingers the famous cliche: a blessing in disguise. truly.

18 days in the philippines is no easy feat. it was overwhelmingly humbling as any person would expect a 3rd world country journey to be.

"you will never be successful if you will not look back to where you have come from"

yes, i come from many things. my parents. germany. childhood fears, mistakes. victorville. riverside. college. accomplishments, failures. all to say the very least. all of which define me.
but in my blood is the dirty, guttered, depressing, yet edifying, inspirational, beautiful in all its splendor and glory, the foreign lands of the philippines. and i am proud of it.

it was my 3rd time visiting, and the only time i really remember every minute.
my memory usually has the tendency to fail me, but to assist in ensuring i remember this particular vacation was my d40, which has gone through extreme periods of hell. poor thing.

[currently making a flikr for the purpose of sharing my pains and joys with you]

arrived in america: january 13th, with this conflicted state of heart. wanting to be here and there simultaneously. but alas, we all cant have everything we want.

till we meet again, my home.