Ay Tariray

  You know how you sometimes open Netflix, or any other streaming service of your choice, and just stare at the landing page for 20 minutes straight not exactly knowing what to watch? Its even weirder when the “recommended for you” list pops up and the movies and shows it recommends are so up your alley and are definitely shows you really actually want to watch. And then you don’t. Instead, you reload Archer and watch it again, right from the beginning, for the 5 th time in the past month. And I don’t even care that the show hasn’t aged all that well (I mean, what has?).   I still love it. Science attributes it to a combination of procrastination, sensory overload and a big fat heaping of nostalgia.   I can certainly agree with that.   Aside from the nostalgia comfort blanket that repeat watches offers, you also end up absorbing more details and features on repeat watches which, if anyone knows me and my particular aesthetics; is my absolute visual jam. ...

A few months ago - I met some new people by attending this fun social workshop where people proposed their script ideas for fun. I, of course, arrived late - and, of course, was also feverishly sick. Anyway - everyone's ideas were fun and outlandish.  The vast majority of pitches were sci-fi or fantasy based and involved gratuitous amounts of imagined CGI.  Needless to say - the budgets for these movies would have been extreme.  I actually didn't really come to the workshop with any ideas.  I mean, I know nothing about pitching a script or story, so I went along just to rub elbows and bask in the glow of other people's talent. To my horror, I was still asked to take the stage and there I stood, red faced and wobbling slightly from fever as I pitched an old idea to a relatively unimpressed crowd.  One girl even vocalised that my idea, and those of others as well (so in this case I wasn't singled out, and I certainly wasn't offended), were pretty crap....

Ok man, what is happening. Its April!   I am trying the blogger app. Its a bit weird and I have no idea if the pictures are showing properly.    Are they?   I have no idea, I'm back on a browser now so hopefully this post will look a little more coherent than what I can see on my phone.   Yes - April - goddamnit where is all the time going?   Also - let's not panic...   So I am becoming exceedingly lazy of late.  My weekends are full of events that while I may look like I am turning into a social butterfly, remember that appearances are deceiving and really, I am turning into a social slug.  I get there, I end up just lying about, and leaving a mess.   I also went diving - and I really would have loved to share my photos of the lovely underwater world I encountered in Manly but my camera failed me.  But, I did go paddle boarding too - I was slow, I was wobbly and I forgot my sun-cream and I fe...

So – 2016 is happening huh? Holy shit do you know what that means?! We are going to have a third Captain America movie.   And a third Star Trek movie. And we just had the latest instalment of Star Wars as a glorious X-mas gift. And what a gift... What a time to be alive. But we've also lost a bevy of awesome people - seriously, was there a statute of limitations that we didn't know about with regards to the coolest music and film icons ever? Nonetheless, I can only feel grateful even as I’m slightly panicking that I have somehow gotten through 16 years of the new millennium and still have no idea what the hell I’m doing.   And there’s so much to do!! So much to see!! So many places to go! I want to continue travelling of course and have recently capped my travels of 2015 with a three week stay back home in the Philippines – the beautiful, beautiful homeland. Except for the times when it isn’t. But you know what – I missed my family, I missed the weird ...