Okay, Maybe a Coupla Rants

I'll keep it short. Couple of things from The Philippine Daily Inquirer's front page that made my eyes roll up so much I could see the inside of my skull. Gods, some people should never be placed in front of a microphone/tape recorder, if only so save us from their delusions.

ILOCOS NORTE Governor Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. yesterday said the Marcoses were the victims of human rights abuse because the government continued to deny his father the right to a hero's burial.

"If there is a president that should be buried [at the Libingan ng mga Bayani] it is him because he was president for the longest time,"

Gee, the fault in that's because your old man declared martial law, instituted an authoritarian regime and stayed in power more than a decade longer than he should have.

"It's the same old political issue -- that if you are a Marcos, you do not have the same rights as every other Filipino citizen.

When Ferdinand Marcos was president, he and his family thought themselves above "every other Filipino citizen" and stomped on their rights. So karma's a bitch, huh?

JUSTICE Secretary Raul Gonzalez yesterday said President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's administration would not allow Romeo Jalosjos, a former congressman serving two life sentences for raping a child, to die in jail of a serious heart ailment.

Gonzalez drew a parallel between Jalosjos and former Senator Benigno “Ninoy”Aquino Jr. who was freed by the dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1980 after languishing in jail for nearly eight years to undergo a triple heart bypass in the United States.

"Even Aquino was not allowed to die," Gonzalez said, recalling Marcos' decision to grant his foremost political rival a furlough.

Ninoy was not allowed to due under FM's watch because that would've made him a martyr. I sincerely doubt that would be the case for a kiddie rapist congressman.

And if Secretary Gonzalez or President Arroyo would take the time to look into our really $#itty prisons they'd find other convicts more deserving of clemency: Minors (who shouldn't be in the city jails to begin with) and other non-kiddie raping senior citizens with worse heart ailments.

One of "Those" Days

In high school and college I had Bad Days, where almost cinematically events in that day follow Murphy's Law like the Laws of Physics. Sometimes I call them Saturday the 14th, though it can happen on Mondays, too (kudos, Garfield).

Now I have "Even Out" days, like in that Seinfeld Epsiode. Today it was more like a Even Out Weekend. My mp3 player, once busted last night, now works again. My friend whom I thought was mad at me turns out not to be (note to self: turn off paranoid thoughts).

I like Even Out Weekends. :)

(Other) Things That Make Me Scream Like a Girly Mahn

Finding long-legged spiders in the bathroom sink, like tonight.

Switched on the lights, and there it was, long and legged. Even after squirting rubbing alchohol at it (just like dem archer fishes) and finally stamping it dead w/ my shoe (never any insecticide around when ya need it), I was still hesititing to scrape up its carcass off the counter. Like it might still wriggle or something.

Bathroom sink never smelled more disinfected, though.

Album Update 6

More album updates for Clones and On Da Street. Enjoy.

Can't I read in peace anymore?