view from hamster heaven

Hello, Billy.

Our marriage didn't work out. How about yours?

posted by Churchill9 @ 07:51 0 comments

Be disturbed.

From CSI's 100th episode:

Mia Dickerson, the new DNA technician, to Sara Sidle: "Do you know the story of a man who turned himself into a woman, because he was obsessed with a lesbian who used to be a man?"

Oookay.

How about a Japanese Anime called Midori no Hibi?

It's about a college guy who's desperate to have a girlfriend, and one day wakes up to find that his right hand has turned into a girl named Midori.

Not only that.

Midori is in love with her owner.

posted by Churchill9 @ 06:52 0 comments

Headlines.

Just found out in the news that Hilary Swank was fined in New Zealand for bringing in an orange and an apple.
Wonder if they'll fine me for bringing in watermelon seeds.

Angelina Jolie has adopted a second child. He's Russian.
And he's lucky.
Damn.
Soon enough she's gonna have a whole cast of models for United Colors of Benetton.
She can be their agent.

And the winner of America's Next Top Model Cycle 3 is...Eva!
C'mon, it says so on the ANTM site.
So sue me.

posted by Churchill9 @ 10:06 0 comments

The pink corner.

Nong Toom vs Nong Toom

"He fought like a man so he can become a women," so it says on the cover of the DVD. (Well, you gotta hand it to us poor ones who can't afford the originals.)
Despite the poor English subtitles that kept appearing when you didn't need them, the movie was well-directed, with minimal or no CG, and a humbling one. It was the biography of Nong Toom, Thailand's first transvestite Muay Thai champion.

I fell in love with her the first time I saw her on CNN. She (a he then, with face powder, lipstick, and hair band) had just won a fight and her opponent was slumped over the ropes looking like he had just been run over by a truck. Nong Toom then walked over to him and kissed him on the cheek "to say sorry." Most people thought then that his playing gay was just a marketing stunt, but for Toom, it was real. He (or rather she) believed that she was a woman trapped in the body of a man.

Unfortunately the real Nong Toom no longer fights and has had an operation. (For more info, visit the official website.)

posted by Churchill9 @ 09:59 0 comments

And the winner is.

Ok, ok.
To those of you who voted for "nun" in the poll "I'll pass for a ___________," may God have mercy on your souls.
Thank you for voting at the Churchtower.

posted by Churchill9 @ 09:33 0 comments

Time to have your revenge.

I've added a new poll section in this here blog. Just check out the box below the links on the right side of this here page.

He. He.

posted by Churchill9 @ 10:51 1 comments

I hear the surf calling my name.

I think I'll buy a black one.

The trip to Sagada's out for now. Holy Weekend's coming up.
Oh joy.

posted by Churchill9 @ 14:52 0 comments

Wanted: Another Beach Vacation

Wait till you see my screensaver.

I bought a beautiful white Roxy two-piece bikini last weekend. A little pricey but it's worth it.
Time to bury my three-year-old indigo two-piece Adidas swimsuit anyway. (Or maybe not since I'm planning for a trip to Sagada, where I'll be climbing rocks and exploring caves and slipping on bat guano.)

No, I'm not posting any photo of me in that white number.

And next time you see me, just call me Hammerhead.

posted by Churchill9 @ 09:03 1 comments

A reading according to Handel, Picasso, and Sappho.

Three years ago, I came across this book by accident. It was buried among the shelves at National Book Store. The cover caught my attention, and I bought it even if it cost me an arm and half of my leg.

Blessedly, the author turned out to be a very good one, and she's now one of my favorites.

After reading Art & Lies three years ago, I developed a sickness called splittingus headach-us. It lasted for a week. It's common among adults and adolescents who think they don't require much nourishment and sleep. Caused by travel, excessive thinking, excessive heat, excessive noise, staying upside-down for a long period of time (characterized by too much blood rushing to the brain cavity by voluntary stupidity or helpless physical torture by external forces), physical damage to the external head area, and / or physical internal damage to the head area. Symptoms may include one or more of the following: blurring of vision, spinning vision, nausea, emotional and / or physical instability, or simply an irritating internal pounding effect in the head area. Treatment may be sleep, medicinal intake, food and drink intake, or surgery. If left untreated may cause mental instability and in some cases, death.

I'm reading the book again, hoping to get inspired, as I'm currently searching for the meaning of life.

Here's to more sickness.

posted by Churchill9 @ 16:23 0 comments

A story of sunburn.

The following happened from February 25 to 27, 2005.

Day 1
12:02 am - Yellow Creature packs her bags.
7:30 am - Starbucks picks up a grumpy Yellow Creature.
8:00 am - Starbucks and Yellow Creature pick up Peanut.
9:16 am - The Fearsome Threesome stop for coffee and groceries at Petron South Super Highway.
9:25 am - Yellow Creature realizes that she has forgotten to bring sunblock.
1 Coppertone SPF 25 = approx. Php 350.00
100ml Sunsilk shampoo = Php 62.00
1 bag of Onion Rings = Php 56.00
"Marami akong mane!" = Priceless
10:30 am - Traffic finally clears up at Sta. Rosa Exit.
10:25 am - The first "Welcome to Vistamar" signage is seen.
11:00 am - The trio reach Star Tollway at 90 kph.
11:16 am - Another "Welcome to Vistamar" signage is seen.
11:25 am - Another "Welcome to Vistamar" signage is seen.
11:36 am - A bigger "Welcome to Vistamar" signage is seen.
11:45 am - Another "Welcome to Vistamar" signage is seen.
12:00 nn - After about 50 "Welcome to Vistamar" signages, the trio arrive in Vistamar, Anilao, Mabini, Batangas.
12:15 pm - The trio are assigned to Room 256. They realize that the ground floor rooms with the beachfront view is better.
12:30 pm - The trio move to Room 128.
1:00 pm - Expensive lunch at Vistamar.
2:00 pm - The trio head for the beach. They realize that the sea floor is littered with seaweeds.
4:00 pm - The trio decide to take their dinner someplace else. They head for another resort called Dive Solana.
5:00 pm - After a kilometer of paved mountain road and another kilometer of very dirt road, the trio arrive at Dive Solana resort and find out that the resort is fully booked and can not accommodate them for dinner.
6:15 pm - Dinner at Vistamar.
7:00 pm - Bumming at the beach. Yellow Creature works on her sketchpad, Starbucks reads a psychology book, Peanut dozes off while reading How to Buy Stocks.
9:00 pm - Lights off.

Day 2
7:00 am - The trio prepare for the boat ride to Sepoc Island.
9:00 am - The boat "Bicol Express" shoves off from Vistamar.
9:35 am - Soaked to the skin, the trio reach Sepoc Island.
10:00 am - Starbucks and Peanut go snorkeling while Yellow Creature tries to learn to swim, getting scrapes on her knees in the process.
12:15 pm - Lunch. Yellow Creature steals white sand to bring home to her boss.
2:30 pm - The trio head back to the water.
3:00 pm - The boatman pulls the trio out of the water by warning of strong waves on the journey back to Vistamar.
3:30 pm - The Bicol Express put-puts off Sepoc Island.
3:47 pm - Soaked to the bones, the trio reach Vistamar.
5:00 pm - Freshly showered, the trio watch the sun set on the beach.
6:16 pm - Expensive dinner.
10:00 pm - Exhausted, the trio hit the sack.

Day 3
5:00 am - Starbucks wakes up to see the sunrise. She sees that it's still dark out.
5:45 am - The trio go out of their room to catch the sunrise.
6:05 am - The trio realize that they won't exactly see the sunrise because the mountain is obscuring the view.
6:30 am - Yellow Creature goes back to pseudo-sleep, while Peanut and Starbucks go kayaking.
8:00 am - Expensive breakfast.
8:15 am - The waiter tells Yellow Creature that the kitchen's out of bacon. Yellow Creature asks for ham.
8:30 am - The waiter tells Yellow Creature that the kitchen's out of ham. Starbucks tells him to replace it with whatever meat is available.
8:35 am - The food arrives. Yellow Creature settles for corned beef.
9:30 am - The trio watch the Brady Bunch Movie on HBO.
10:30 am - The trio settle their accounts.
11:15 am - The trio have finally settled their accounts.
11:30 am - The trio leave Vistamar and start looking for Banay-Banay Restaurant.
1:00 pm - The trio reach Laguna without seeing Banay-Banay Restaurant.
2:00 pm - Lunch at the new Shell Station in South Super Highway.
3:00 pm - Starbucks and Yellow Creature drop Peanut off at her house.
4:00 pm - Yellow Creature arrives home. Her name is now Black Creature.

posted by Churchill9 @ 07:52 0 comments

But officer I saw the sign / Thought I've been through this in 1919

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posted by Churchill9 @ 07:29 0 comments