ho-hum...

i'm in a kind of ho-hum existence since this morning. it's not exactly a bad thing since this should only last by the time i finish this post. well then, what made me say this so? i've done nothing but lounge around since i woke up around eight this morning.

i just sat around or laid on my bed reading. i started reading the book "introduction to cultural theory and popular culture" by john storey, since it's already due on tuesday. when i tired reading of the various definitions offered by academicians on what is pop culture, i switched to reading the quotes on my phone and copied down some worth reading again. i listened to music when i remembered it was remote control weekend on nu. then there was a brief brown out so i had nothing to listen to. so i opened one window, and though it was quite sunny outside, there was a cool breeze. i tried juggling the ball but only managed to let it bounce on one thigh. after a short while, electricity came back then i flipiped open the book on pasta sauces and after it, the book on pasta. i made to make some notes during the first book and ended up with how to make fresh pasta and a recipe for cream sauce with black olives. i found two others, but by the time i finished writing down what the recipe said (practically the whole page of that recipe!), i got tired writing so i just put off copying the other two for another time. i've eaten nothing but loaf bread with tuna spread since last night, and when i ran out of the tuna spread, just the bread. in fact, i've watched two movies last night after i got home from training and dinner with sikad: take the lead and step up, two fairly recent movies on dances involving partners. it is fairly evident that antonio banderas is reaching his prime, with wrinkles showing up in his face. there is a difference with the way he looks in that movie, and say, femme fatale. i just love the tango he danced with one of his high-end student to show his detention students what ballroom dancing could achieve. i believe one of the guys there has some filipino blood. he definintely looks filipino, with a filipino name to go with it. this guy named dante basco, actually had a major role in the film, teaming up with his schoolmates, who went on to perform in the tango finals, to come up with a love triangle told through the same intense and expressive dance. i should learn the tango. then there was step up, with a guy named channing tatum playing the lead. i believe, this is the same guy who plays the love interest of amanda bynes in she's the man. now what kind of name was that. at first, i thought it was a girl's name. it's really cute. i'm now wondering about the nationality of this person. although he played his part quite well in she's the man, there's something lacking in his portrayal of tyler, not-quite-white-trash/not-quite-the-good-white-kid. it's not shown how he does in school, and he hangs out with a black guy, with a younger brother who likes to tag along which is one of the causes of his death. and together, the trio engage in some petty, some major mischief in the neighborhood. which is how tyler ends up becoming rehearsal buddy to upcoming next-big-thing-in-dance (ballet, to be exact) nora. i love the beats and the orchestration provided by the character played by r&b artist mario on the dance showcase of nora, whose performance was interspersed with hip-hop moves from that big, clumsy-looking tyler.

so that was last night and this morning. yesterday, there were only 6 of us girl during training. i didn't know what happened to the others, even to some of the guys. only one member of the most recent batch, anghang, showed up during training, and he's the one who's not around much. JL and mikai showed up after training, tired from last night's lagare shoot (imagine 7 short films to be shot?), as did gia and tetil - who fell asleep and weren't able to go to the sunken garden. as for me, i kinda liked training that day even though we were so few, since i got to play more, although, i wasn't able to give much thought to the things that i've been doing. i even fell down twice, scraping my right knee and elbow in the process. thankfully, there were no bruises, just reddening. we played four-aside football with manong bayan (i'm not sure of his name) and kuya carl, who was later on replaced by teej. i wasn't able to score any goals, but i was able to bring the ball into play lots of times. it's times like these that i could come out and do stuff like those, although i wasn't able to put into action various moves that i thought i should practice, like faking and the like. it would really be beneficial if girls played along with girls during training, than playing mixed matches. afterwards, sikad decided to eat at lkb. but since it was closed, we proceeded to rodic's. kuya pat had planned to treat us to ice cream, but since the one available at sc was expensive for his budget, he said he would just treat us at philcoa. i'm not sure if he continued with his plan, since many of us went home already, including me.

so there's two days. what i need to do now is start working on the introduction and methods and principles of our lab report on quality assessment for fs139. i volunteered to compile it, and somehow, i took responsibility for those two parts, too. i'm still waiting for the text of jez saying she's already sent her part through email. anyhow, i should be busy already, and stop lounging around. exams are coming in. these two weeks will see me preparing for two of them, all during the end of the week.

so there's me. i'm out.