Tuesday, June 30, 2009

06/30/09 - Hi, I'm Puppy

Nope, “Puppy” isn’t her actual name, but she seems to think it is. She scrambles to your side when you say the word.

This two year old pup is actually named Brandy, after the character from the Disney tv show, Brandy and Mr. Whiskers. She used to be an energetic clump of fur until a few days ago when I had a pair of scissors and some free time. Now she’s just energetic.

..and kind of patchy. In my defense, it was my first foray at dogfurcutting. She doesn’t seem to mind the lack of fur so much, she looks happy as a four-year-old playing with bubbles.

Monday, June 29, 2009

06/29/09 - Ang Bituin at Araw mo’y Kailan pa ma’y di Magdidilim

A couple of weeks too late to be nationalistic, but this picture is just something I’ve been wanting to post for a while now.

Rizal Park is a commercialized landmark in Manila, usually congested with people that it has lost it’s old-time charm. But that one day, as I happpened to pass by the National Hero’s shrine, I stopped, stared, and felt quite proud to be Filipino.

Sunday, June 28, 2009

06/28/09 - Poor Man’s Mighty Mugg

Back to art class! Making this Southpark-ish version of Captain America felt to me like a gradeschool project. Cardboard paper, scissors, a cutter, elmer’s glue, a paintbrush, and old newspapers were the few materials scattered all over my desk and I absolutely loved it!

The pattern can be downloaded at PaperInside for free. There are other, more complicated projects from the website but I opted to start with a simple one and progress to the difficult ones later on.

Saturday, June 27, 2009

06/27/09 - Would You Like to Have a Cardiac Arrest on a Platter, Sir?

Because we missed last Tuesday’s 10th year anniversary when they sold the burgers at 1999 prices (nearly half the current prices), Bim and I purposefully headed to the nearest branch to satiate our burger craving.

This in picture, is Brothers Burger’s Double Brothers Burger. And because the promo was no longer in effect, we paid in full, 2009 prices. No matter, each bite of the meaty burger was worth every last centavo.

It’s been hours, but can still taste the meat whenever I burp.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

06/25/09 - Bye, Sweet Baby

I’m selling my Ice Silver PSP-2000 IS, 3.71 firmware, w/ 4GB memory stick, screen protector, handstrap and softcase.

Saying goodbye to my PSP feels like saying goodbye to a friend from highschool. We had tons of fun, but we now have grown apart.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Wolverine's Behind.

In my previous post, I rambled on about getting a new camera. As soon as the sale was made, I opened the package and started taking shots. And because I was with the camwhore camera-friendly Bim, I had the perfect subject on ready.

He gamely posed next to a Wolverine standee at Toy Kingdom, Megamall, and I was happy to click, click, click away.

Here is our short story of how he got the better of one of the more popular X-men superheroes, Wolverine.

Let me start by saying that our subject has the hots for Wolverine. And here he is checking out Wolvie's ass.


Wolvie doesn't look too happy. But [info]riffology is persistent and tries to steal a kiss from the angry Wolverine.


Logan starts seeing red. He doesn't want the Mr. Shoo Li-looking dude anywhere near him.


In an instant, is down on the ground. Knocked out without so much as a sweatdrop on him.


And that ends our little story of how [info]riffology got the better of Wolverine. How? He got to touch Wolvie's backside, did he not?



06/21/09 - Hot Pink Chick

My family recently had a mini-reunion to celebrate Father’s Day. One hyperactive cousin, Jamie, brought her new pet, a chick she got from a visit to the province. It now tweets to the very native name “Abayo”.

Monday, June 15, 2009

GLAM-ming up a bit too late.

It's a been about a month since AI8 wrapped up, but I just finished downloading a fantastic album compilation of the entire season; complete with live performances, studio recordings, group medleys, guest performances, and the finale show. All tracks are grouped into folders, categorized per week, the filenames are neat, the details filled in correctly and completely. It's so organized, it excited my inner OC self.

Anyway, I've been listening to the album for the past couple of days and based on the weekly live performances, I can definitely say that this season's contestants suck. Yea, they do. Okay, not all of the songs are bad, but most of them aren't worth a second listen. This bunch seems to have the least talent compared to all the past seasons' contestants.

There is, however, a handful from this pool that are just awesome. And one such contestant is the fabulous, fabulous Adam Lambert, also known to rickey.org readers as Glambert.

Runner up to boy-next-door Kris Allen, this season's openly gay glamrocker initially caught my attention with his version of the winner's current single, No Boundaries.

For those of you who chose to watch the news instead of American Idol and haven't heard the performances, here are the links to both live versions.

Adam's version:


and Kris' version:


You have two different artists singing the same song on national TV one after the other, there's bound to be comparison. Even though you know you shouldn't, you still do it. You can't help but compare them, just like parents can't help but have a favorite kid, even though they reassure the others and say they love them all equally.

Comparing Adam's version to Kris', I'd have to say that Adam rocked it harder. The song just suited him better, his style a good fit for the song. Not taking anything away from this year's champion, Kris' version isn't bad at all, in fact it's quite pleasant to the ears. It's just not very wow-worthy because Kris' voice has a certain niche, and this song definitely isn't part of it.

I know it's too late to throw a bitchfit, but if it were a month or so earlier,

I'd be rooting for the Glambert..

..and would probaby be holding up one of these.