halloween in Georgetown

Marriam in her sassy witch costume
dudes in makeups
me & my handcuffs with Marriam
charmed

click

i thought it's going to be a corny movie, but i was wrong. the idea of a remote control taking over your life didn't make much of an appeal to me but I'm glad I still rented it (don't know why, oh, coz my dad said so). anyway, i so love the soundtrack of this flick. I mean, do u remember "Linger" by the Cranberries? omigosh, I was 15 and in junior high when that song came out. that song is almost ten years old...can u believe that? i love that band! My favorite song of theirs is "Dreams." That song always takes me back to my freshman year.
The other thing I like about this movie is (drum roll)...David Hasselhoff! He hasn't change at all since Baywatch with the curly dirty blonde hair and the tan! God knows how much I loved Baywatch (the original cast, ok). I've never seen David in a comedy. I've never seen him act so funny. He was hilarious.
But most of all, I love the moral of the story -- You have to live every minute and every second of your life; good or bad. Coz when it's over, it's over. Can't push a button and relive it. There wouldn't be a memory of something that you've missed, and you wish you have that memory. I guess it's all about priority, which comes first? - work or family; homework or bar hopping, making more money or saving a relationship? You just coudn't do so much of one thing that you missed half of your life in it. I guess, if we just pay attention to what matters the most in our lives, we wouldn't be feeling the need to skip shared moments with them.

so '80's

there are a lot of songs that just suddenly pops out in my head for no reason at all. like this morning, Chris Norman's "No Arms can Ever Hold You" was suddenly playing in my head. sometimes, i think im still stuck in the '80's. Give me back my leggings, my mom's Aqua spray net and leave me alone with my Little Tikes while singing along with the Bangles on the radio. oh, i miss my childhood. i guess im just unconsciously turning back the time, coz i know i'll be turning twenty five in two months. yea, when i was 15 i thought i'd be married at this age. scary part is, sometimes i still think and act like a 15 year old. what's the point of growing up if you're still in school? i'm only quoting what Austin Winkler said on an interview, "What's the point of growing up when you're in a band?"

tunes

ok, Mackie and I have decided that Hinder's vocalist, Austin, really has a very sexual voice. whenever I hear Lips of An Angel on the radio, i just gasp, kasi nga ung boses nya, sobrang hot. parang the voice kinda stirs up something inside of you ;) basta, kinda hard to explain.

anyway, i've been listening to Snow Patrol's Chasing Cars for the past 24 hours. it's such a great song, parang there's something lulling or astral about it. this is a type of song that you wish you have someone to cuddle with while listening to it... haha...pero seryoso, maganda sha.

i don't like grocery shopping on a weekend. I take a deep breath and I see these people pushing shopping carts from every direction while I stragetically try to squeeze myself in towards the fruit section without elbowing someone in the stomach. When i get to the fruit section, i kinda linger there for five minutes just to decide which apple I should be getting: fuji, washington, grannysmith or the cheapest tiny ones? I bagged four fujis (they're crunchy and smell really good). While my dad was busy eyeing the fish selections, I went ahead to get my pepperidge farm oatnut bread, and parked our cart in front of the poultry section. Ten minutes have passed and when i got back, the cart was gone. It was not in the exact location where I left it. I try not to panic (we almost got everything we needed!!!) I walked in the direction where my cart would possibly be heading to. I took the north route, and ten steps away I saw the cart in front of the kimchi section. How the cart got there, I have no clue. Someone must have thought it was their cart, but oh, there's a cup of panera bakery coffee in it, not theirs.
I think I spend a lot of time in the cereal section as well. I try to be healthy when it comes to cereals. But sometimes the healthiest cereals are the most crappy tasting ones (for me at least). In front of me is a wall full of colorful cereal boxes and I'm staring at them knowing I only have five bucks to spare for a box of crunchy shredded wheat or cheerios or a kashi. But it never hurts to walk out with a box of cocoa crisps either.
Sometimes, I'm not bothered at all waiting in long lines at the cash register. It gives me time to catch up with the Hollywood buzz. I just pick up the latest edition of People or Us Weekly and by the time i finish looking at the pictures it's time for me to pay up.
Grocery shopping, I think, is the most fun chore to do, but not on a weekend.

a thing or two from chris carrabba

This damp air is fighting my defroster.
My sighs they ring victorious & fog this tinted glass.
It's clouded & so is my head.
The hint of these new tears are sharp.
I try to choke them back, but it's useless. I am useless against them.
They are beating me with ease.
On the way home this car hears my confessions.
I think tonight I'll take the long way.

the lake house

i watched this movie because i wanted to find out how they actually met face to face considering they live two years apart. meaning, they don't live in the same year, but somehow they've managed to correspond to each other by some twisted magic. there was a sad tone during the first half of the movie. the soundtrack really made me want to weep. i've always liked keanu reeves being in teary movies, like "sweet november" (i cried a bucket in that movie). i've always liked sandra too. i first saw her in "while you were sleeping." since then, i started to watch every movie that she was in. ( although i didn't see "the net").
of course the "lake house" had a happy ending, but that was one of the saddest movies i've ever seen.

so long sweet summer, i stumbled upon you and carefully basked in your rays...

cinder & mackster

pulchritude

A very inspiring movie. (I also stumbled upon new words I know I'm never going to use.)
I think the highlight of this movie was when Akeelah read this quotation written by Marianne Williamson:
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
We ask ourselves, "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?"
Actually, who are you not to be?
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same."

How to Save a Life - The Fray

the first time i heard this song, i had to sit still and turned up the radio to hear the lyrics. i knew at that moment this is goin to be a hit.


Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
And you begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong,
I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

Let him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along
And pray to God he hears you
And pray to God he hears you

As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same
And you'll begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong,
I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

he's just interesting, ok...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNlZOshDIqo

wentworth

i am hooked on Prison Break. I wasn't able to watch the first season on tv so, i decided to rent the dvd. every episode has an edge to it, leaving you wanting more. every ending makes me really look forward to the next episode. it's really convenient to watch it on dvd because there's no waiting involved. plus, with Wentworth Miller in it, i can definitely watch it all day.

Step Up

I just saw Step Up today. The storyline wasn't so hot but the choreography and oh, Channing Tatum were.
Seriously, why does he have to be so hot?!?

Nora: 2:30 tomorrow, bring tights.
Tyler: Tights? wait...what?

the Plain White T's

Move On

I'm feeling sick of feeling sorry for myself
cuz I know I don't belong
and I won't place the blame on anybody else
cuz i know i don't belong
don't have to take it
and i won't give in to this
you make me feel like i'm evil
but the record shows i'm not
i don't belong
as i sit back i see it's you who feels
the need to put me down so you belong

don't have to take it
and i won't give in to this
I'll just move on
gonna make my move today
it's gonna be ok
gonna make my move today
it's gonna be ok
don't have to take it
and i won't give in to this
i won't sit back and watch it drown
don't have to take it
and i won't give in to this
i'll just move on.

hanging out

"Castaway" band practice. in front of tito bong & tita marlyn's house. I heart Tam!

outside temp. Happy Birthday Dale!!!
weeee!!!

warped tour '06 - Fresno, CA 7/8/06

Jake with Pink Spiders

sk8r boi
valiant thorr
powerpop
punks

warped tour '06 - Fresno, CA

Pink Spiders on Hurley stage
Cooling off in the Myspace tent . guess what the temp was??? 103 deg!!!
i'm with the band. My American Heart after their performance.
Jake in the Myspace tent. is that Adair playing? not sure.

warped tour '06 - Fresno, CA

Paramore on the main stage
City Drive
Cartel
My American Heart

warped tour '06 - Fresno, CA

dale
warpies - jake, dale, paolo, tam & arlen
paolo
jake & andre (m.a.h. merch. guy)
jake and cindy