Losing and Moving On

Okay, so it’s been a while since I’ve last posted. For a while, I thought I was already losing the drive to write again. I’ve been busy with other things. I could not write my thoughts down. Or perhaps, that’s because I was really thoughtless for sometime.

A lot has changed since then. Chief Justice Renato Corona has been evicted from his office, the Celtics lost the chance to enter the finals, Manny Pacquiao was defeated by Tim Bradley in a controversial decision, and we’re having a new boss, according to the news.

Many people have been asking me about my thoughts on the decision of the Impeachment Court against Chief Justice Corona, and all I could say was: the impeachment is essentially a political exercise. I’m not saying that he is guilt-free but what I could say is that the evidence failed to show his guilt beyond reasonable doubt. The only lesson I learned from it is that the constitutional separation of powers in the Philippines is BS. The judiciary is powerless against the whims and caprices of the president and a pork-hungry legislature.

My husband just told me that he learned that the highest number of crocodiles can be found in Isabela, a province in the northeastern Philippines. I said, “no, they’re in the Senate and the House of Representatives.”

But hell, everyone should now move on. Jessica’s fans should do the same and stop bashing Phillip for winning AI. Celtics fans must now support the Oklahoma City Thunder. As for Manny Pacquiao, well, I don’t know. I, and many others, including Floyd Mayweather, think he won that fight. There’s a proper forum for that though.

Speaking of moving on, I’ve also been bothered by confusing events lately that seem to lead me to a reconciliation with my former flame. My mom, who spends her whole day watching TV, suddenly befriended my ex’s mom, making me very uncomfortable seeing her around. Then one day, what I’ve been dreading happened when she asked me: “xxx’s mom said you’re his first girlfriend, is that true?”

For goodness’ sake, they are now talking about us! I knew it. Okay, I know I have lots of episodes of unhappiness, but I begged her to please don’t tell my ex’s mom for fear that my ex would find out. I dumped him with impunity, without no acceptable reason except for my plain foolishness, and I really don’t like the thought of him knowing how much I suffered. Karma? I hate to think of it that way, but it’s highly damned possible.

Last week, I also had a drinking spree with my sis (who is now single because she just separated from her husband) and her friend, who also lives in the neighborhood. Her friend exclaimed, “so you are xxxxx, I heard a lot about you.” So I asked what are the stories about me. Guess what — it’s about my relationships (there were two guys actually, but I really don’t count the other guy) with the boys in the block. As I had drank too much, I think I fed her a lot of information as to why I hit it on and broke up  with them and…gasp…how I regret not really giving my ex a chance! Talk about breaking your silence.

Then just recently, my friends from the village arranged a reunion through facebook. I haven’t really gone out with them since time immemorial, so I thought it would be nice to spend time with them. Since I am not really adept at FB, I clicked “join” thinking that I was only joining the group. I didn’t know it meant joining the event.

Then my ex was joining, and well, after a few days, his wife, too. Suddenly I didn’t know if I would still join. That would be uncomfortable too the max, not that I’m planning to become a homewrecker, but because there was a time that I really wanted to talk to my ex. We never really had a closure back then. We never really became friends before. I don’t even remember hearing him talk back then. I just wanted to chat with him about the weather, his family, and life, in general.

I’ve been thinking for days if I should go. Then the event was cancelled. The coordinator got sick. Looks like divine intervention. I guess there’s the answer to my question.

Top 10 Reasons Why Phillip Phillips Deserves to Win AI

I did not expect it but I was just too happy when I found out that Phillip Phillips is the winner of Season 11 of the American Idol. I thought that the odds were against Phillip because first, he is a white guy with guitar (WGWG), and second, the vocal ability of Jessica Sanchez is simply unmatched. I think I even heard Phillip in one early interview saying that Jessica is the best singer of the season.

Well, these two reasons seemed to have helped Phillip win. The appeal of the WGWG, it seems, has not waned at all, even after four WGWGs winning the title for the past four seasons. It only goes to show the power of the super-girl-fans. Also, Jessica’s ability has made her the frontrunner this season that Phillip’s super-girl-fans had to take the extra effort to ensure that their idol will win.  Although Phillip has never placed in the bottom three all throughout the competition, he was actually the underdog, especially in the final race.

Somehow I wanted Jessica to win, even if I’m sure I’ll only buy Phillip’s music. I was afraid that Phillip’s victory will be translated into a racial issue and allegations that the game was fixed. Well, Jessica has talent and I thought it will be refreshing to have a female idol, for a change. Phillip, after all, is already a star. And I wanted to do away with all the ugly speculations. But he won, and the barrage of accusations came right away.

Now, that’s unfair. Racial discrimination is an old issue. The United States already has its first colored president. Phillip deserves to win, and I could think of at least ten reasons why.

#10. He is beautiful. Jessica is beautiful, too, but Phillip is beautiful inside out. His looks instantly hooked millions of girl-fans and his attitude melts the heart of many others who tried to know him.

#9. He is exciting. When I decided to follow AI this season, I always find myself in anticipation of what Phillip would perform each week. His artistry in the songs that he chose to interpret made them more famous and made many fans curious and want for more.

#8. He introduced us to music we would otherwise ignore. Videos of Damien Rice’s “Volcano” in youtube suddenly had many people watching. I was, myself, curious how the original sounded and found myself patronizing Damien Rice, as well. The judges hated it, but for me, his rendition of “Disease” is brilliant, and re-introduced the Matchbox 20 song.

#7. His music talks to your soul. Phillip makes the kind of music that you’d like to listen with your earphones, alone in a room, with the lights off. You could actually feel him and understand what he speaks behind the lyrics.

#6. He is brave. He went on stage every week doing what he wanted without fear that people would not like it. Also, he endured all season with a kidney stone problem, and did not let it hinder his performances.

#5. His music is never tiresome. You can listen to it a hundred times over and still want to listen to it a hundred times more. Personally, I preferred him over the others because I’d rather hear his crisp voice than those painful high notes.

#4. He is humble. I think in the final three, he was the least expectant. In all of the interviews, he never assumed that he would win. He knows himself and he acknowledges others’ talents.

#3. His music actually sells. Right after he sang his winning song “Home,” it instantly made its way to the top single in i-tunes. Aside from “Home,” seven other songs he performed made it to the i-tunes’ top 100. No other Idol has done that.

#2. He is original. I hear a lot of people saying he’s a Dave Matthews wannabe. I think he never denied that, he seems to have been heavily influenced by the living legend. However, towards the end of the competition, Phillip showed that he’s not just a wannabe, he is actually Phillip Phillips.

#1. He is himself. He wears dull clothes and growls most of the time, but hell, he’s just being himself. This is him. This is his music. He was never unpretentious despite the others’ trying hard to please the audience. It’s either you hate him or love him. With 132 million record-breaking votes, I think the audiences who matter really love him.

Phil Phillips

Now that Colton is out, only one rocker remains in American Idol. Of all the six remaining finalists, Phil Phillips has never placed in the bottom three. Okay, theory says it’s because of the girls who vote for him every week. I don’t care who votes for him. I love PP and he should make it to the finals, with Jessica Sanchez.

Last week PP did another amazing performance. I like it so much because I’m also an Usher fan. I just have to share it here, so I won’t need to search for it in youtube again and again.

I love him, absolutely!

2,045

That’s the number of hits this blog earned as of this posting. That’s also the year that man becomes immortal according to Raymond Kurzweil.

Speaking of immortality, I just watched Wrath of the Titans. I’m a fanatic of Greek mythology so this movie break is really a treat for me. I enjoyed it (I particularly like Agenor’s character), much as I enjoyed Clash of the Titans a couple of years back. But I couldn’t fathom the idea that the two great gods, Zeus and Poseidon, died. What the heck? I guess I’ll have to wait for their revival next year with the second installment of half-blood Percy Jackson movie.

I haven’t read any of Rick Riordan’s novels but I think I’m gonna start reading it in preparation for the Sea of Monsters. After all, I need to move on from the memories of another half-blood, Harry Potter. My eldest child, who is now 10-year old, might also find reading Riordan’s books interesting, especially now that he’s also into Greek gods and goddesses.

The gods could be smiling down on us now with the epic fail of North Korea’s rocket launch. Kim Jong-un is proving himself to be a pyscho, just like his father. Barely four months after Kim Jong-il died, he pulls off an intercontinental ballistic missile test and horrified South Korea, Japan, US and the rest of the sane world for days. Only to find out that everybody was in for a comedy show. There goes the money that could have quenched the hunger of many North Koreans.

I haven’t watched The Hunger Games yet, but for all its hype, I am not really interested. I have yet to know if there’s any soundness in American Idol finalist Heejun Han’s comparison of the contest with the movie but I can only take in one intense competition at a time.

Just like last week in American Idol. Imagine American voters booting out Jessica Sanchez from the six finalists! I don’t understand it because in almost every online poll I come across, the girl is always the frontrunner. Could it be that there are more female teenyboppers voters who go for looks i.e. Colton Dixon and Phil Phillipis (but don’t get me wrong, I’m in love with PP) than voice potential? It’s crazy, as aptly described by JLo.

Last week was also crazy in the office. It was mad crazy on Tuesday, felt crazy good on Wednesday, and mad crazy again on Thursday and Friday. I’m beginning to get the impression that the office has really gone to the dogs. I felt bad until I went home Friday night when I saw Idiotsyncrasy reached 2,045 hits. Not bad at all.

AI Favorites

Because I couldn’t use facebook the other night for fear that more friends would be tagged by porn videos of Justin Bieber, I was forced to research on this season’s American Idol. To my recollection, the last time I watched AI was when Jasmine Trias (half-Hawaiian, half-Filipina) was still a hopeful. So that was ages ago.

It tickled my interest this time around because of Jessica Sanchez (half-Mexican, half-Filipina) about whom I first read in professional heckler’s blog. Well, I think since Jasmine, there had been half-Filipina wannabes who made it to the top 24 or top 12 (don’t ask me to enumerate, as I said, I did not watch it for years). But 16-year old Jessica is really something. I even watched her covers and was amazed that she really sounds like Beyonce and I think her version of “Someone Like You” is better than Adele’s. But nothing beats her rendition of the late great Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You,” which made Randy tell everyone that she’s the best talent America has right now. Here it is, I watched it a hundred times already:

I don’t think anyone else can overpower Jessica. If she loses AI, it only means there are more girl voters in America who voted for hot, hot, hot — Phil Phillips! (I don’t like Colton, he sounds like Justin Bieber.)

He is a god. My heart stops whenever I look at him. He reminds me of Edward Cullen. He also has a voice which would make you wanna leave the one you’re with and sleep with him. In one comment in youtube a bitch girl even said she wants to have sex with his voice (phone-sex?). Well, he is sexy — overall. Anyway, I hope it will be Phil and Jessica in the finals.

I also wish that Deandre Brackensick will stay on. I couldn’t get enough of him, I feel that he has more to show, even if I think he’s gay (I hope it’s not true). His falsetto is also orgasmic heavenly. It makes J.Lo close her eyes and do that thing. We had the likes of Jessica, with powerful voices, and Phil, rockers, in AI before, but Deandre’s style is fresh: voice-wise and appearance-wise.

Another breath of fresh air in AI is Heejun Han. He’s soooo cute, he’s Korean (one of my favorite peoples in the world) and he’s sooo not like the gay guy who sang “Jesus Take the Wii” in my previous post. I am very happy he made it to the top 10, although I know it’s just a matter of time before he says goodbye. I don’t think J.Lo’s fondness of him could make him win. Unless the Korean or Asian community in the US has gotten that big. He cries all the time but everytime he does that, you’d love him even more. I love this interview of him:

Mostly water! Hahaha! He’s really funny. I don’t care if he could sing better than the others or not. I love him!

Anyway, I hope I get to watch more of these four. I hope I can vote, too!