- Sailormoon is as much a part of who I am as my porn collection is or my surname. My moral compass is based on one question and one question only: What Would Usagi Do?
- Also, because of Sailormoon, I learned how to read and write in Hiragana and Katakana. This started from when I was 11 all the way through High School. It was a slow and informal process, picking up what one character means and letting it stick. It actually felt like a scavenger hunt. I'd come across one character in a Japanese grocery, and then months after, I'd see a new one in a Sailormoon sticker. This was all before I got hooked into the Internet so I can't look everything up all at once, but I think it was more fun learning that way.
- I love stand up comedy.
- I am still waiting for the DVD release of Endo.
- Walking cleanses me. Sunday nights are the best times for very long walks. I'd have a soundtrack playing, a book in one hand just in case I feel like sitting down, and a basic route in my head which I modify along the way. Unplanned walks are good, too. The most recent one was from Katipunan to Cubao, along Aurora. By the time I got on the bus along EDSA, my feet were sore and my legs were aching but my mind and body felt blissfully clean and empty.
- There is a clock mounted on my bedroom wall frozen at 5:54:45.
- Sinigang na Baboy remains uncontested at the top of my Favorite Foods list.
- I have more books than I do clothes. The shirts I wear are mostly my brother's (my younger brother's), and the two pairs of jeans I alternate weekly are my father's. Clothes have never been a priority for me. Books first, then food, then clothes.
- My room used to be my grandmother's. There is an altar with old statuettes of saints which bear witness to ANYTHING I do here. Plus, I have been tasked to change the sampaguita wreathes on each statuette every morning.
- My aunts still call me by my childhood nickname, Pong.
- I used to collect two DC titles: Justice League and Legionnaires. Justice League America, from after Breakdowns (issue 61, I think), on through Zero Hour, until the Satellite group disbanded (issue 113, I think). Also, Justice League Europe until they became Justice League International. I collected no more than ten issues of Legionnaires however, but my love for them wasn't any less true. It was during my comic-collecting years that I really began appreciating the English language, as well as the mighty fine art of drawing.
- When I was 10, I used to watch The Sword In The Stone on Betamax everyday after getting home from school.
- Mountain Dew is my favorite poison.
- I love Neverwinter Nights. I can play it a hundred times over and never get tired.
- Ever since I read the short story Saturday Night from the first Ladlad book about ten years ago, I have taken on the name Podi Alejandro as a pseudonym and as an online moniker.
- I have an inexplicable aversion towards the number 6. Whenever I encounter lists or do things in sequence and it would threaten to end at the 6th or 16th or 26th, and so forth, I stop at either the 5th or the 7th item. I will breathe easier when I turn 27 in June.
- I was heavily obsessed on a guy named Randy during my senior year in High School. It was such a major part of my life that it needed close to three years to run its course.
- I seriously think TJ Trinidad is my soulmate. Seriously.
- When I turned 8, I was given P100 for my birthday. The high I felt was enough to push me into going to the toy store by myself and pick up three board games that caught my fancy. When I was paying for them, the cashier told me my money wasn't enough. I remember feeling more confused than embarrassed, but not for long. The lady behind me -- a kind-looking, middle-aged Caucasian woman -- told the cashier she'd pay for my board games instead. By then I'd realized what I'd done, and I flushed red in embarrassment. I managed a squeaky "Thank you," before dashing on home.
- I am top.
- I am bottom.
- I don't watch TV. Not too much, at least. When I do, it's only cooking shows or whatever's on Nickelodeon. Everything else I want to watch, I leech off the Internet.
- I'm still just a child, really.
- I don't believe the world will end on December 21, 2012, nor do I believe in anything heralding the end of days. It has simply, completely lost its power when I realized All Men Must Die. Valar Morghulis.
- I press Ctrl + S too much.
Saturday, February 07, 2009
Twenty Five Random Things
After much nudging and tagging, I finally got this done. There's nothing like a good, long meme to get one's idle fingers a-typing. All tagging will be done on Facebook! And so, without further delay, my list of five and twenty:
