I want mine short.

In my entire channel-surfing life, I have only seen one shampoo commercial whose model sported short hair. Why, oh why, are advertisers so obsessed with Sadako-like manes?

I visited Dove's Campaign for Real Beauty site, and checked out that pixie chick with the fabulously short locks. Babe or boy? I, whose locks haven't gone beyond two inches below the nape since TWELVE years ago, naturally clicked on Babe. Results of the poll? An overwhelming 13,000++ vs. 1000+, in favor(?) of Boy.

Which got me to thinking, That's weird, everyone says I'm a babe. Hehe. No poll will ever make me grow out my pixie cut. Fine, I may not have much of a choice when styling it (either gel or mousse, that's pretty much my styling dilemma), but my daughter's father swears I look great with short hair and that if I wanted to grow it out, let it be over his dead body. Not that his opinion matters that much, though. Alright, it does.

I honestly find long, straight hair a la-Encantadia boring, and un-hot-oiled, unrebonded, unconditioned hair horrific. And there's no middle ground to it. Either it's smooth and silky or it's a bad hair day.

I asked Number Cruncher if silky smooth hair does have that effect on guys as we see it in those you've-seen-one-you've-seen-them-all ads. He answered, Of course! Such locks can really call a guy's attention. (Duh.) To which I followed up, What if the girl turns around and you see that she's butt-ugly? Well, at least she had one foot out the door already.

Oh. Good point.

love those subtitles

From Dan's site, once again...or should we poke fun at scientology master Tom?




Elephants must be direct descendants of the alien beings that supposedly inhabited the earth long before man did. 

Whoops... 

somebody give me a gold star

Big whoop. Got my sidebar fixed. Thanks for the tip, Lee.

html my ass

I did my best...really. There should be at least fifteen new links on the sidebar, I don't know what happened.

I'll work on it again. Merienda beckons.

ay caramba...

Nakanang....

Something went wrong with my blogger settings, and when I tried fixing it, I lost the links to my favorite bloggers. I've been trying to reconstruct my sidebar using that html thingie all morning (yeah, all twenty minutes of it)...crap, still no links.

Promise I'll fix it.

lo-carb, lo-cash, hahahaha

Talk about a crash. Atkins Nutritionals filed for Chapter 11 just recently. For those not in the know, and I'm assuming you are stick-thin glamour models who can wolf down pasta and potatoes and fried rice without gaining an ounce of fat (that's you, Bambi, I hate you, you vegan beanpole), the Atkins diet purveyed carborhydrates as evil, and steak and bacon as manna from heaven.

Stupid as it may sound, the diet worked for a lot of people. I followed a low-carb diet once. Very little rice, no potatoes, no pasta...I thought I was going to die. I'd have taho for breakfast, one cup of rice plus a protein-packed ulam for lunch, lots and lots of water throughout the day. Dinner was a nightmare. Yaya would make nilagang baka and sinigang and all those great lutong-bahay dishes, and I'd only have the meat and veggies, and sneak in two spoonfuls of rice once in a while.

Anyways, back to Atkins. The diet was supposedly revolutionary...it actually hurt the the wheat industry, and bakeries started losing money. American per-capita consumption of beef, however, shot up. Imagine low-carb beer.

Well, now that the company's bankarote, pasta lovers, rejoice! I'll be at A Veneto later for my puttanesca.

twisted blog

She's back, folks! Twistedness herself, blogging!!!

Friendster kaya?

silent labor my ass

From today's yahoo entertainment and the Tomkat hullabaloo (ick):

In other reports, when it comes time for the actress to give birth in several months, it has been suggested that Holmes will attempt a silent labor in keeping with Scientology tradition.

The practice encourages mothers to be to forgo painkillers and to refrain from screaming or even talking as they bring their children into the world. Scientologists believe that the silence reduces trauma during birth and prevents irrational fears later in life.

Refrain from screaming?????? WHO'S SCREAMING NOW?!?!?!?!?!?!?! WHO'S GOT IRRATIONAL FEARS NOW?!?!?!?!?!?!?

eksena sa bus

Blame my tendency to really pull those purse strings tight. I figured I'd be able to save approximately 80% if I took the bus home from the hospital, where I waited 4 hours for a five-minute gynecological procedure. Incidentally, those five minutes cost me approximately 900 bucks per. The four hourse I spent waiting, however, weren't so bad. TMC Pasig's swanky new grounds and comfy waiting areas actually alleviated my fever. Or maybe it's the placebo effect of paying 70 bucks for a cup of tea from the Starbucks at the lobby. (Drink the tea, it's good for you because it just cost you 70 bucks.)

Back to the bus. It was almost 8 when I was able to board one, having waited twenty minutes or so. As with all packed buses at rush hour, I had to stand along the aisle. Barely a minute after I boarded, the really courteous manong driver slammed on the brakes. Stupid me. I wasn't holding on to anything because I was fishing for change for my pamasahe.

So I literally pirouetted three rows down from where I was standing...I heard some gasps but the loudest came from my own mouth, and it was a very resounding "Aaaayyyy!!!". After what seemed like an eternity of pirouettes, my fabulous MNG-clad ass landed on some poor ale's lap...Sorry po, sorry po! was all I could mutter.

I don't know how much of a klutz I must've looked, but I was offered a seat after that.

the apple and the tree

In bed one night...

Little Preschooler: Mommy, where do babies come from?
Mommy: Oh, er, ah...babies are gifts from God.
LP: Really? I was a gift from God?
M: Yes, mommy and daddy wanted to have a baby, so they prayed to God, and then He put you in my tummy. (I was probably calling out to God but I sure as hell wasn't praying.)
LP turns around and faces the statue of Sto. Nino.
LP: Dear God, can you please put a baby in mommy's tummy so I can have a baby brother or a baby sister? Thank you.