Ika nga, wala lang. ^_^ This is me just wanting to be trendy for once.

Music

Currently Listening To:  Strange, I still like mood music even up to now, but its encompassed even those old music from the 70's. Right now, I can't get over Craig Armstrong's "Let's Go Out Tonight", and Vonda Shepard's remake of the Todd Rungdren classic "Can We Still Be Friends".

What I said a year ago:  Ever since I heard "Playground Love", a song from the Virgin Suicides soundtrack, I've been attracted to mood music, or music that's supposed to make you fall asleep. Right now I'm in love with Coldplay's Parachutes album, especially the song "Sparks". I also like Bush's "Letting The Cables Sleep". That is one haunting song.

I'm trying to gradually learn how to appreciate some "metal" music. I mean it when I said gradually, since even up to now I'm still listening to the more popular "metal" bands like A Perfect Circle and Nine Inch Nails. I love "Orestes" and "3 Libras" by A Perfect Circle though.

Favorite Songs:  When it comes to favorite songs, I always chose them the account that they are songs that makes me stop whatever it is I'm doing; songs that make me stop and listen. Few songs compell me to do that. I'll start with my alternative picks. I'm sorry if I can never type this up right, but I really like Gerald De Palmas' song "J'Reve Encore" from his album Marcher dans le Sable. I also like "3 Libras" and "Orestes" by A Perfect Circle. I can never get tired of this.

There's also Bjork's song, "Play Dead". I had this song on repeat for 2 days in a row. Oh, and "Remember to Breathe" by Dashboard Confessional. The lead singer's voice grates my ears, though.

There's also Thai pop music, but I'll keep quiet about that...

U2. Especially "With or Without You". I can never get over that song.

Favorite Albums: Any Cafe Del Mar album, Il Postino Soundtrack,  Beauty and the Beast: Of Love and Hope, 6-2-12, Briohny's first album, Weiss Kreuz Dramatic Image album, Jars of Clay: Jars of Clay,  Dizzy Up The Girl: Goo Goo Dolls, and U2's Joshua Tree.

Literature

Favorite Novels:  Written On The Body by Jeanette Winterson, A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, The Passion by Jeanette Winterson

Favorite Poems: Rain by Danton Remoto, Dreamweavers by Marjorie Evasco, Bad Music by Lawrence Raab, Sonnet 23 by Shakespeare, That Man Watching by Rainer Maria Rilke, University Hospital, Boston by Mary Oliver, The Swing by Vincent Coscuella, Song by Christina Rossetti, Psyche by J. Neil Garcia

Favorite Poets: Danton Remoto, Mary Oliver, William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, Rainer Maria Rilke, Rumi, Cirilo Bautista

Favorite Books: Ladlad I and II: Anthology of Philippine Gay Literature , Skin, Voices, Faces by Danton Remoto, Black Silk Pajamas by Danton Remoto, Forbidden Fruit (anthology of erotic writing by Filipino women writers), Nancy Drew mysteries, The Sorrows of Water by J. Neil Garcia, Birdsongs by Rumi (basically anything by Rumi), Art Objects by Jeanette Winterson

Favorite Personality in Literature: Villanelle from Winterson's The Passion, Rembrandt and Aristotle from Joseph Heller's Picture This, Sally J. Freedman from Judy Blume's Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself, Tony from Judy Blume's Then Again Maybe I Won't.

Movies and TV

Favorite T.V. Show:  Mutant X, Fear Factor, Sex and The City, Six Feet Under, C.S.I. (Crime Scene Investigation), Stargate SG-1, Alias

Favorite T.V. Personality:  Jesse (Mutant X), Miranda Hobbes (Sex and The City), Dr. Daniel Jackson (Stargate SG-1), Irina Derevko (Alias), Mr. Sark (Alias)

Favorite Movie(s):  Amelie, Billy Elliot, While You Were Sleeping, Terminator 2 (Don't say anything!), Cruel Intentions, Cinema Paradiso, Il Postino

Favorite Movie Character: Billy Elliot, Amelie Poulant

Favorite Anime Series: Boys Be, this anime is simply beautiful. Gundam Wing, its simple yet inspiring, if you have the ability not to judge and actually look beyond the good-looking characters. Rurouni Kenshin, great art and plot, except for the final arc. Good 'ol Macross.

Miscellaneous:

Likes:  poetry, literature, creative writing, encountering an awe-inspiring phrase, verse or sound, coke, popping bubblewraps, getting what I want

Dislikes: cockroaches, any huge flying insect, warm weather, anything uncomfortable, waiting, loud honking of cars (especially during traffic), hypocrites, impolite people, pop-ups, arrogant people, crying, snotty-faced babies, loose glasses frames

Favorite Color:  To look at, blue, in any shade. To wear, navy blue to black. I often feel like I look like a bruise. ^_^