Something my honey is extremely ecstatic about... A MOEBIUS FILM! (The story reminds me somewhat of Madeleine L'Engle's A
Wrinkle in Time. Hey a movie version of that would be interesting too.) Jean 'Moebius' Giraud, known
for his elegant, highly detailed visual style, is my Arnold's
idol and greatest influence. He's a repository of information on almost
all of Monsieur Giraud's undertakings, from his sci - fi and fantasy stories
(Arzach, Airtight Garage) to the films he art - directed (Tron,
The Fifth Element,
Alien, The
Abyss, Willow).
"Revered French comics artist Moebius has teamed up with American and Chinese
computer animators to develop a new CGI film, entitled Thru
the Moebius Strip: a science-fiction story about a physicist named Simon
Weir who becomes lost in a space-time portal and must be rescued by his family
on a strange planet. The film is for completion in summer 2003."
- from a Hey,
Comics post by our film - destroying friend Ramon
Saturday, August 18, 2001 09:38 a.m.
Cynthia, inside
Is it just here in Manila where rain makes cars multiply? Just a 10 - minute
downpour will guarantee a traffic jam in seconds. Arnold and I have taken to
entertaining ourselves with either the plate number - acronym game or the 6
Degrees of Kevin Bacon game during slow - moving drives around town. Scott and Therese defines Kanonization as the process in which a Kan๔,
or an American as Filipinos call them, sees himself as locals do, warts and
all. (Note: the term Kan๔ is not derogatory, it is merely a shortened
version of Amerikano or American). The book is a collection of (often
humorous) anecdotes of the author's various experiences as he is exposed to
local customs and culture. Skimming thru our copy, I took note of his observation
that Filipino English has surprisingly acquired a good amount of British English
over the past few decades (Part 4: English spoken here?). Funny that.
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We managed to attend the launch of Scott Garceau's second book, 'Kano-nization:
More Secrets from the X-Pat Files' at Powerbooks
(Arnaiz) last night. Scott is an American who writes a weekly column called
'X-Pat Files' for the Philippine
Star. I've known him all these years as 'Therese's writer - husband' from
the many, many dinners I've had at the Jamora household, their youngest sibling
Marie being my 'baby sister'.
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Hey! I just noticed that Erna's
using a quote from Arnold's book on her
site's title bar. Glad you liked Trip,
Erna
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Oh, and at the risk of sounding self - indulgent, my profile on ITNetCentral is up.(:
Friday, August 17, 2001 11:16 a.m.
Cynthia, inside.
Yesterday, my wallet got stolen, STOLEN! It didn't really contain much, but
the whole pickpocketing thing shook me up. I'm guessing it happened when
Arnold and I were on our way out of the theatre,
after watching Planet
of the Apes (which, by the way, I have issues with, but I'd rather write
about the wallet for now). At least I know that the bad, bad person who took
it didn't get much, just two useless cards -- a credit card and an atm card
that I had blocked right away, thanks to cellular
technology -- and a thousand peso bill (a
measly 20 bucks to you dollar - earners!) that really should've lasted
me 2 weeks. Of course if Arnold wasn't there to give me moral support I would
have freaked out but I knew that it could've been worse, and that I have with
me what I value most in the world.
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The best way to thank the nice folks who've signed in my guestbook is to devote
this section to links to their sites: Bernadette, Cindy, Naomi,
Paul & Liz, Lou,
Daphne, Melo,
Isi, Frances,
Karen, Karl,
Cala, Sandman,
Mik, and most recently,
Mela. Thanks! (:
Thursday, August 16, 2001 10:47 a.m.
Cynthia inside.
Yup, it's definitely the age of the computer. Just this week, Arnold &
I spotted 3 TV ads that make use of a loading bar as a mnemonic
device to demonstrate (a) absorption of nutrients by infants, in a milk
ad; (b) the speed it takes to open a parachute during a freefall, in an ad for an insurance
company; and (c) the thick consistency of a brand of ketchup, respectively. Talk about overkill.
Uhm, so what's next? The suspense is killing me...at this rate:
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Brushstroke.tv is one
of the most elegant and well - written weblog sites around. Do pay Ms. Melanie
a visit now. (:
Tuesday, August 14, 2001 05:58 p.m.
Cynthia inside.
I've always known that my boyfriend Arnold,
being an award - winning graphic novelist and critically - acclaimed artiste,
is quite popular. I realized however that he's on his way to reaching celebrity cult status when last Saturday, at The
Lost#2's launch, a young guy saw him, gasped and stammered. 'Are..are you..Arnold...Arnold
Arre?' Arnold smiled, squeezed my hand and said humbly, 'yes'. 'Oh my God!'
He then asked Arnold to sign two big blank pages of his sketchpad and proceeded
to say and show how big a fan he is.
I feel my heart swelling with pride whenever Arnold's readers would tell him
how much they love his work, and how he has inspired and influenced them. There was one who even
sent in a tape of a 'mini-play version' of Arnold's Mythology
Class series, complete with voice acting and music score. Whoa! (:
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Saturday was also visit - our
- friends - with
-babies - day for Arnold and me. Ahhh, you know you're growing old when
(1) you get invited to be a godmother now more often than you get asked to be
a bridesmaid (although I had my share of that, too, having been a bridesmaid
to two of my closest
friends,
and a secondary sponsor to another
two); (2) you're around friends
who talk about what preschool has the best program or which lamaze teacher to
go to; and (3) you don't spend your money 'like there was no tomorrow' anymore
because there IS a tomorrow. *wink*
Monday, August 13, 2001 10:46 a.m.
Cynthia inside.