Why does a good ending have to always be one where the noble character dies. Fuck. I’m miffed after watching the ending of East of Eden, previously Queen Seon Dok and Money War. Fuck. Why are we so fixated with the Greek Tragedy. FUCK. Baker King seems very interesting but I don’t want to get pulled in.
On an interesting note, while in this demonic mood, What is the best revenge random people can do against the perpetrators of the a massacre (Watching GMA news; A victim of the Maguindanao Massacre was apparently raped before she was killed. The victim was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. She was bringing his husband to Cotabato City because his husband was very sick. Animals)? Top of my head is we could have syringes containing the blood of an AIDS infected person and while they are being brought to jail.
Inflationary Fears
I believe we are living in a deflationary world while here in our country the OFW remittances, the BPO industry and the Real Estate Boom are creating inflation pressures that aren’t easily handled by exchange rate movements. This is not going to end well.
rePost :: :: Quote: [Sitting next to Craig Newmark while waiting… – (37signals)
It’s people like Craig Newark , Yunus and Norman Borlaug. People who give so much that multitudes benefit.
He was literally chasing down forum spammers one by one, sometimes taking five minutes per problem, sometimes it seemed to take half an hour to get spammers dealt with. He was totally engrossed in his work, looking up IP addresses, answering questions best he could, and doing the kind of thankless work I’d never seen anyone else do with so much enthusiasm.
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Matt Haughey explains where he learned to love customer service. [via AD]
via Quote: [Sitting next to Craig Newmark while waiting… – (37signals).
rePost :: There is no place for just shitting all over other people's work – 37signals
A lot of people are scared. All that they can do is to tear people down because big people scare them.
Instead of considering what went into the design, we point at laugh at someone’s “terrible design”, retweet and reblog then go on with our superiour existence.
“Where the heck were you when the page was blank?”
via There is no place for just shitting all over other people’s work – 37signals.
Watching Ginebra Live 2011 01 09
I haven’t been to a game since last year. The games was never close after the second half and so the crowd were a little tame. Mark “the Spark” Caguiao was player of the game I think, and the kabaranggay in me is happy for his resurgence.the only knack against the experience is that I was sandwiched between groups of San Miguel fans and that meant It felt strange cheering. Hope I can catch more games this year. Ginebra to the FINALS!!!!!!
Love And Other Drugs
There is that kind of lovestory that I don’t get to see that often. It’s the not a romantic comedy, the comedy that has romance tucked into sometimes seemingly by accident, the zero chemistry super star vehicle. We get to see these things but mostly on short episodic movies like Love Actually and Valentines Day and the like. I believe the problem has always been that moderation , balance is the harder thing to accomplish. They almost hit that note with this movie, alas I don’t know if they wanted a movie done by an ADD and depressed person. The film felt done by someone taking ritalin and/or prozac. If that was the messiness they wanted then they succeeded. I cant recommend this movie, but I’ve seen it twice to see two excellent performances and dream of what could have been if they were more focused.
Finding Hope
for june who loved this garden and joseph who always sat beside her + Notting Hill
Musings on Anime 2010
I can think of three Great? animated films this year from the west Toy Story 3, How To Train Your Dragon and Tangled. Where are the great anime movies of yore?
Torn between programming and watching RPG Metanoia again. Programming might win because I don’t have to get up and take a bath. hehe.
rePost:: Sita Sings the Blues
Whilst searching for a torrent for Sita Sings The Blues I chance upon this. Beautiful.
Dear Audience,
I hereby give Sita Sings the Blues to you. Like all culture, it belongs to you already, but I am making it explicit with a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License. Please distribute, copy, share, archive, and show Sita Sings the Blues. From the shared culture it came, and back into the shared culture it goes.
You don’t need my permission to copy, share, publish, archive, show, sell, broadcast, or remix Sita Sings the Blues. Conventional wisdom urges me to demand payment for every use of the film, but then how would people without money get to see it? How widely would the film be disseminated if it were limited by permission and fees? Control offers a false sense of security. The only real security I have is trusting you, trusting culture, and trusting freedom.
That said, my colleagues and I will enforce the Share Alike License. You are not free to copy-restrict (“copyright”) or attach Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) to Sita Sings the Blues or its derivative works.
Some of the songs in Sita Sings the Blues are not free, and may never be; copyright law requires you to obey their respective licenses. This is not by my choice; please see our restrictions page for more.
There is the question of how I’ll get money from all this. My personal experience confirms audiences are generous and want to support artists. Surely there’s a way for this to happen without centrally controlling every transaction. The old business model of coercion and extortion is failing. New models are emerging, and I’m happy to be part of that. But we’re still making this up as we go along. You are free to make money with the free content of Sita Sings the Blues, and you are free to share money with me. People have been making money in Free Software for years; it’s time for Free Culture to follow. I look forward to your innovations.
If you have questions, please ask each other. If you have ideas, please implement them – you don’t need my permission or anyone else’s (except for the copyright-restricted songs, of course). If you see abuses, please address them, but don’t get bogged down in arcane details of copyright law. The copyright system wants you to think in terms of asking permission; I want you to think in terms of freedom. We’ve set up this Wiki to get things started. Feel free to improve it!
I’ve got to get back to my life now, and make some new art. Thanks for your support! This film wouldn’t exist without you.
Love,
–Nina Paley
28 February, 2009
via Sita Sings the Blues.
Movie or Rest
Would really love to watch a movie but, I’m still a little tipsy from a fever.