Wednesday, September 21, 2005

re-bugged

back on writing.

hopefully this one gets the proper mileage it deserves. somehow, the bug continues to crawl, though at snail-pace, hoping to reach the checkered flag in anyway. cracking the safe with a safety pin or a toothpick for that matter. it'll budge. i know it will. just keeping my fingers crossed. that's all. and yes, a well-needed help from a friend. hehe.

backtrack. two years ago. bumming at UPM-OSA, unfinished short stories and a pile of literary junk. living on taxpayer skank. unproductive. floating on dvd high. the cocaine for the film addict. treks to Q. satiation. back to rehab. the detox, a failure. indulged on vast quantities. a recurrence that eventually, was flushed down the toilet bowl. need food for the brain. episodes of stupor. sedentary.

however, one day, a flicker. a light bulb near death. resuscitated by a needleprick of cinematic garbage. the next day, texted Rommel. an idea was born. initially, it was minor argument about an old Manila street name. eventually, it grew. an itch-in-the-skull that wouldn't go. started the research. made outlines. conceptualizations and all that crap. exchange of emails, but went nowhere. soon, it merely sputtered off. lost. forgotten. completely.

last week, it went on George Romero mode. back from the dead. crept from its grave to haunt. started to put the pen. filled half-a-page, then it stalled. but the idea glued to the paragraphs like epoxy. texted Rommel again. yesterday, we chatted. brainstormed. we arrived somewhere. hopefully. research on reboot. praying we won't procrastinate again...

we'll start writing as soon as i get back home. well, we'll try.

Pahabol:
Congrats to Dodo. Buti ka pa nakatapos na ng isang storyline... Hopefully get the nod from publishers, dude :-)

latest musing of Etchie at 22:56 1 comments

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

t-minus...

the past few days saw little rest on my part. probably because i've been loafing for so long that "rest" somehow morphed to something exhausting. maybe. my head's a cornucopia of muddled trash. of stagnation, emptiness and a pool of quandaries. sas coined me as someone who's unsure of everything. someone who is overly cautious. someone whose decisions don't achieve anything except another weight of confusion. however...

...lately, something changed. one's thing's certain: we're going home. hehe. a mandatory (well, it's more self-imposed) rest. away from the annoying claws of the great white hope and my annoying superior. in anyway, i'll be getting a respite. four short weeks. soon, the countdown started: t-minus 1 1/2 months. 45 days and counting. 45 days to iron things out.

anyway, started pasalubong shopping a week ago. on the prowl for bargain items and boutiques for their annual sale days. need to fill up five large U-Haul boxes. i don't exactly know the logic behind the "pasalubong" thing, but it's entirely Filipino. and i know this might sound as some patriotic bullshit, but hey, i'm proud to be one.

likewise, this may be a little premature to say, but i already started packing my bags...

latest musing of Etchie at 12:44 11 comments