Landwaster Books, October 2001
Rat: A Love Story is one of those books you can read full through in one sitting but lingers in your mind long after you've put it down. Written and illustrated by New York - based comic book artist Rich Watson, it is a fantasy story about a rat who grows tired of his routinary life and ends up falling in love with a (human) woman, risking everything just to be with her. There's a very unexpected turn of events halfway through... which is why I have to stop talking about it now or else I'll end up ruining it for you. (; All I can say is that this very touching, magical yet down to earth story is worth the trip to your friendly neighborhood book shop. Oh wow, Arnold got an e-mail from Moebius*! Isn't it wonderful how the internet can bridge the gap between fans and their idols? *If you've been reading this weblog long enough, you'll remember that revered French fantasy artist Jean "Moebius" Giraud is my talented honey's biggest influence. (see old post) (Um, we have yet to decipher the note because it's in French)
12:58 AM
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October 17, 2001
*** Philweavers is the brainchild of kickass designers Drew Europeo and my friend Jose Illenberger. ***
I finally got around to updating my main site -- new stuff are in the Hand - Drawn and Creative Graveyard sections. Take a peek when you can. (:
1:03 AM
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October 16, 2001
Oh, the nice folks at Philweavers did a little feature on me. I urge you to check out the tons of talent the group has to offer, proving that the new breed of Filipino web designers are of equal caliber as their international counterparts.
Little Avid & Co.'s happy scribble doodle collective Rocketsheep has been updated, yay!
*** Oh! Tokyo II! (duh) They've kept the original program's format, and the only difference is that there's a new host, a pleasant young Filipina (possibly an exchange student) who's very fluent in both Japanese and English. Now what's wrong with this picture, you ask? We miss Eleanor! *Oh! Tokyo is a Japan information show aired on the WINS cable channel. Filipino reporters are sent to museums, expositions, and special events to interview Japanese people and then translate everything into Tagalog (the local dialect). Eleanor, the original host (shown above), has endeared herself to the audience because of her awkward - sounding Japanese and unintentionally funny commentary.
Something from Dino: apparently someone took the time to make a list of a lot of the links related to the controversy.
2:18 PM
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October 15, 2001
What comes after Oh! Tokyo*? 
• read this old post At some point in their lives, most creative people have to decide
whether to apply their talents to a moneymaking career or pour them purely
into artistic endeavors and pay their bills with a day job. Jonathan chose
the latter. p. 15 And thousands of people all over the world, Arnold and myself included of course, are glad he did.
• Lia (of the always - interesting Cheesedip) watches it too
11:39 PM
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Seeing the theatre musical Rent again yesterday sent me rummaging for my Rent book to re - read creative genius Jonathan Larson's inspiring life story.
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Anyway the latest production of Rent : Manila is a lot better than the production two years ago. I've seen the musical a total of four times already, twice in Manila and twice at the Nederlander (ok I'm a fanatic), but it was Arnold's first time and I'm glad he saw this particular production (great acting and singing, near - perfect casting), after I hyped up the play for him all these months.
11:52 AM
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