Doper Than Dope

was uploading the Soup Dragon's Lovegod (1990) on my iPod when i noticed it didn't include an album art.  googled the album cover and it led me to a very interesting blog.  i find it so dope that i HAVE to share it with you guys.

this is now officially one of my fave blogs:  Forgotten Disc Friday


thanks for keeping the music alive....

iMac, iWant

oohhh.....i want one!

bahala na the future...it will take care of itself! hahaha

imagine how beautifully-rendered your photographs will be on one of these babies.

savings what?!

I'm Back!

hi.  been off blogging for some time.

nothing much has changed.

work is still the same.

perspectives, prejudices and aspirations are a little different now though.

much has happened.  but when i try to scribble it down, i can't think of anything to write.

weird.

i feel tired.  i feel lazy.

kulang lang siguro sa vitamins.

so much to say.  not enough will to write it down and convey.

will try to update more often.

Beckon

amidst the crowd

i find myself standing alone

unsure of what step to take, 

which direction to go 

waiting for the bell's ring,

a melody to follow

for that distinct sound to beckon

and fill the hollow

To Twitt Or Not To Twitt

i finally joined the twitter bandwagon! add and follow me @ ianlagac

Heaven

                                         

                                               Donuts = Heaven

Just Chillin'

it's a little past four in the afternoon on a saturday

dark and drizzling outside, i'm listening to Chris Botti

just enjoying the quiet

i haven't felt this relaxed for quite sometime

i live for these simple pleasures in life

i like.

Not Love

Do not believe it when they say that love conquers all. We are all just humans, flawed. In the light of one's true self, only acceptance is salvation.

Family First

i just finished watching "Ang Tanging Ina Nyong Lahat." although i consider the first installment to be the funniest, i find this movie to be entertaining. for some reason i missed watching filipino movies. hay.

anyways, i just like how, in spite of the political setting, this movie did not at all dwell on politics. instead, it chose to highlight the filipino family and values. come to think of it, isn't that the right place to foster change? instilling good morals, values and ways within the family is, for me, a more efficient way to bring about change rather than relying on the government or politics per se. yun lang.

Unbelievable!

i was just washing the dishes from lunch when i saw this guy stealing someone else's laundry! can you believe that? to top it all, it's either a hanky or a pair of granny panties that he took with a stick. a classic panunungkit.

too bad i was not able to take a photo. sayang

Cannot Be

if equal affections can not be, let the more loving one be me

The Crowd

looking at the crowd i realized that there's a vast world out there, that i am just one of the many mere spectators and that the world does not revolve around me. it is humbling. really.

Recent Tunes

lately i've just been listening to these songs:

Eric Benet's Still With You
Ray LaMontagne's Let It Be Me
James Morrison's version of It's Too Late
Ne-Yo's Mad

and the Chicken Dance

Twilight

i know, i know. i'm waaay too late to post something about the hyped movie that is Twilight. i admit that i'm one of those who liked the movie. but more than the plot, i liked the cars and the Cullen's house more.

see the pics below:

photo credit: arch daily

such a beautiful architecture wouldn't you agree?

The Wheelers

this is another movie entry. i just finished watching Revolutionary Road starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. this is one draining movie. read on.







Those who were waiting for the romantic reunion of TITANIC's Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet may be surprised by what they find in REVOLUTIONARY ROAD. The movie begins with a sweet scene where... Those who were waiting for the romantic reunion of TITANIC's Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet may be surprised by what they find in REVOLUTIONARY ROAD. The movie begins with a sweet scene where Frank (DiCaprio) and April (Winslet) meet at a party, but the rest of this drama based on Richard Yates's novel is devoted to watching the destruction of their marriage and their selves in 1950s suburbia. Frank works at a job he hates in New York City, then commutes home to two children and a wife who feels none of them belong in their cookie-cutter town. Their realtor (a fine Kathy Bates) recognizes their specialness and introduces them to her mentally unstable son (BUG's Michael Shannon, in another good, unhinged performance) in an effort to establish some normalcy for the man. However, Frank and April's marriage is not as perfect as it seems to the outside world, and the audience gets to witness their downfall. With its commentary on conformity and finding identity, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD bears more than a passing resemblance in both theme and tone to the TV series MAD MEN and director Sam Mendes's previous film AMERICAN BEAUTY. The characters here may live in a polite age where men wear ties and hats and women clean the house in skirts and heels, but the dialogue often enters brutal territory. Less capable actors wouldn't have been able to capture the volatile chemistry between Frank and April, but DiCaprio and Winslet are as wonderful at uttering sweet nothings as they are at tearing each other apart with verbal barbs. Mendes, directing his wife, Winslet, for the first time, is a perfect match for the source novel's lack of sentimentality and its wry commentary on life in the 1950s that still resonates half a century later. from RottenTomatoes

like what i said, this is one emotionally-draining movie. it makes you ponder if happiness is really that elusive or even perhaps only an illusion? come to think of it, when you get the things that you thought you want, is everything supposed to end there? it's human nature to crave more but it's also true that one can't have it all. where do you draw the line? some may say contentment. others though, say that the day you stop wanting is the day you stop living. my own two cents worth? you never really know. someday it will just hit you that even though you still want to do a lot of things and achieve more, deep within you already have this tranquil and assuring feeling. a sense that although another step forward is surely welcome, all in all you can honestly say that you're already at peace with where you are standing. the only thing that you want to do now is just chill and enjoy the view.

Once

some good things come out of bad circumstances. a couple of days ago when my computer was busted, i was forced to watch some of the DVDs that i bought months ago. i've just been keeping them unopened as most of the time i'm busy with the tv shows (Californication, Fringe, The Big Bang Theory, Brothers and Sisters, Grey's Anatomy and yes, Lipstick Jungle hahaha) and movies that i download.

one movie i really liked...Once

read the synopsis here

basically, i liked it because the story is very simple but yet universal. the movie is devoid of any mainstream spectacle which makes it a breathe of fresh air from commercial films. also to be noted is how the leads, both of whom are really musicians and not actors by the way, were very effective in delivering the depth of their character's idiosyncrasies. and oh, the music is good too. i've yet to download the soundtrack but i'm guessing that the songs from this movie will be a staple in my playlist for sometime.

this movie slightly rekindled my being a frustrated musician. but i have to come to terms that some things are just not meant to be eh....as difficult as it is to accept! hahaha

Offline (my computer is busted and hirap to use my ipod)

could this be because of the mercury retrograde thingy?

update:

prior to this, my 2-month old training watch conked out on me for no apparent reason.  good thing is, it's still under warranty.  i had my housemate bring it back to the store as he is currently in manila and have it checked.  hopefully i won't be needing to pay extra or something like that.

Oh, To the M, To the G!

just when i thought that Palm has already entered the domain of the has-beens, it let out a red-hot new multi-touch smartphone powered by their own webOS. at the 2009 CES, palm released the Pre, their new flagship smartphone.

see the initial review and more pictures here.

this is one phone to watch out for. and no, i don't consider this an iphone-killer. the Palm Pre is in a totally different league.

a fitting upgrade from my pro

Unfair Treatment

i'm guilty. i sometimes have this tendency to quickly judge and draw out a negative conclusion.

i woke up somewhat pissed. i don't have an alarm clock and all i use to wake me up in the morning is my mobile phone. this morning i almost woke up late (like that is strange?! hahaha) because my alarm didn't go off except for the phone's subtle vibration. luckily, in my tossing and turning, i checked my phone and saw that i was already 30 minutes late from the time i was suppose to wake up! crappy right? nakakainis!

another incident with my phone. see, when i leave my phone idle for two hours it will automatically lock and ask for a password. i don't have a very good memory so i keep mine short (no, i mean the password!). then one night after dinner, i was keying-in my code but the phone would not unlock. wtf?! i'm only allowed 10 attempts then it will be restored to the factory setting, thereby erasing all my contacts, notes, tasks, calendar entries and emails. so as expected, after the 10th attempt, no luck. it restarted with a clean slate.

ano ba yan? i paid xx amount of hard-earned money (hahaha) for a piece of crap that instead of making my life easier is giving me a hard time.

then these happened:

during lunch, i realized that i had it on vibrate mode since yesterday afternoon. hence, the vibration instead of the alarm.

i also just realized that my code is 121212 instead of just 1212. no wonder i was unable to unlock my phone.

and no, these are not signs of aging!! pfft!

Relieving Publicly

i've always been a visual kind of person. i tend to like anything that looks nice may it be a shirt, a gadget, a diecast model, a lamp or even a doormat! needless to say i've grown a penchant for mostly modern and chic-looking stuff that i sometimes choose form over function.

so it will not come as a surprise that i also like beautiful and visually arresting architechture. like this.

the following pictures of a structure are another example:

yes ladies and gentlemen, you guessed it right. the above is a public restroom located in Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan. if we have toilets like this, i'd gladly do my deed publicly. in a public restroom, i mean.