9 sites to stir you up

or so many people thought… i found this amusing piece while i was browsing over at Triond. i must admit that it was the title that caught my attention at first.

then as i read on, i began to appreciate what the author was pointing out. feast your eyes and your imagination on the items listed below.

1. Dicksonweb.com

2. Choosespain.com

3. Viagrafix.com

4. Teacherstalk.com

5. Wintersexpress.com

6. NYCanal.com

7. Whorepresents.com

8. Expertsexchange.com

8. Therapistfinder.com

i am sure a lot of you will jump (or have jumped) to the same conclusion as many readers and surfers have. for a more satisfying explanation, click on this link.

movie update: The Hobbit, Superhero Movie

i am largely relieved that guillermo del toro (Pan’s Labyrinth) was chosen and has agreed to direct The Hobbit films (2 parts). this basically means that for the next 4 years, del toro will be staying in new zealand to meg the film, which will still be under the nominal control of peter jackson (LOTR, Heavenly Creatures) as the executive producer of this project.

judging from the eerily fascinating Pan’s Labyrinth, i guess del toro is a perfect fit for this task.

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last saturday i surprised myself by actually watching The Superhero Movie (leslie nelsen, pamelo anderson). as all dumbed-down spoof movies go, it was rather more or less than i had expected: lots of lame jokes, toilet humor, endless cracks about body parts and functions, flatulence, and pokes fun of several popular superheroes (spiderman, batman, x-men, phantom, etc.).

still, after a busy week (and an insane schedule), it was a welcome respite. i giggled during some parts of it, rolled my eyes in some portions, and unexpectedly snorted a couple of times.

don’t leave too soon after the last scene is played though. some of the drollest gags are played as the ending credits roll.

the bumbling blogger

i was trying to upload a new theme for my other site (the Signpost) through FileZilla when i realized that i’ve made a couple of stupid mistakes: (1) i’ve forgotten to unzip the whole thing; (2) i’ve uploaded it on the wrong subdirectory.

so being the techno-savvy blogging genius that i am, i got fired up with the idea that i would delete the said folder first, then upload it again. sounds simple and straightforward, right?

well think again. me being the trigger-happy DELETER of files that i am (there is something vaguely satisfying about sending a pixelized collection of data into oblivion), i blithely blocked several docs — not realizing that i’ve included several other files as well – and hit the "delete" button without a second thought. a few seconds later, the predictable outcome occurred. my site crashed!

i went through 10 minutes of freaking out: gaping stupidly at the screen = 1 min, groaning and cursing myself = 4 min, attempting to salvage my mistakes = 3 min, screaming for help (thru text message) @ 4 am to zarine = 2 min. i was all set to fire an SOS email to tech support, when mercifully zarine texted back (she was still awake — yayy!). after a few minutes’ tweaking, she finally got everything fixed.

whew! what an idiot. my debt to zarine (thanks again) is piling up and it looks like this won’t be the last of it. oh man.

expanding my horizon

i’m stretching my horizon as far it can go. despite my unpredictable schedule and crazy work hours, i am joining the bandwagon by getting my own domain — the signpost, for those who might want to check it out. 

that’s right. thanks to zarine, i finally found myself compelled to put my money where my mouth is. i’ve always blathered about getting my own domain and — rather characteristically — done nothing about it (how typical). so now that zarine has actually taken the plunge, what else could i do but make my own move?

no, it doesn’t necessarily mean that i’m leaving i.Ph. as far as possible, i would like to maintain my presence here, because this is where i began to regard blogging as a serious sport, and not just some whine-box where i could gripe and settle scores all day long.

here, i encountered like-minded individuals (read: opinionated, loquacious, irrepressible… ummm help, i’m running out of adjectives here) who write and opine for various reasons. and here i began to entertain the thought that maybe i could make something out of my spontaneous tendency to write about things. tita z. (CED par excellence) used to describe me as “verbose,” which is a nice way of saying that i talk a lot, and i guess that sort of translates to the way i write — too wordy, superfluous, redundant (see what i mean?). translation: i use more words than necessary to describe a simple event or idea. 

i guess that’s always been my problem. maybe having another blog will help me get cured of that. 

hello tita z. & co.! i heard you got moved to a different location again. don’t worry too much about your new quarters. before you know it, you’ll be relocating again hehehe.

you know it’s summer when…

• your electric bill goes through the roof (mine certainly has) — with your electric fan, ACU, refrigerator working overtime to help you maintain your cool during these sultry days, what can you expect?

• your officemates are prattling about their out-of-town trips and gimiks (trips to the beach, resorts, bagiou, tagaytay, etc.) and you sigh with envy. 

• you yearn to binge on ice cream, halo-halo, leche con hielo, fruit shakes, iced drinks, etc., every once too often.

• you get the sudden urge to dig out your beach outfit, parade in front of the mirror, check out your profile, and fantasize how great you’d look if only you were… erm maybe a few pounds lighter or if you had the curves/muscles in all the right places

• you get irritated for the simple reason that the person behind/in front of/beside you is blocking the air from reaching your side of the room

• you begin to wonder if your ACU is working fine (because it’s been on for hours and you still feel like you’re slowly baking in a furnace)

• the malls, beaches and pools are filling up like crazy

• you experience the requisite cold because of the sudden surge in temperature (i’m having one right now and it’s making me grumpier than ever)

• you get to see more skin as people pare down to the bare essentials (lots of folks wearing skimpy shorts, sleeveless tops, off-shoulder attire, etc.)

• everyone around you is complaining of the heat (can’t beat this one)