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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)
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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. (:
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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.
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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
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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.
*** (four of these, actually) Arnold and I are now bonafide Eraserheads fans, thanks to Le Van (whose name the Eheads immortalized in their tune "Balikbayan Box"). The image on the button is a miniaturized version of the drawings Arnold did for the Eheads' "Maskara" song promo. By the way, Lev is also the webmaster of the well - maintained Eraserheads Circus Site. Anyway, these buttons are well appreciated because I've started to build a mini - collection, some of which can be seen on my bag strap. So far I have Broadway musical and indie band ones that I got in NYC a couple of years back, comic book pins (Bat Mite, X-Men, The Spirit, Lex, Mxyzptlk) courtesy of Comic Quest, and a much treasured Hogwarts pin given by Arnold baby. (:
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.
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October 13, 2001
Lookit what I found in the mail today!
*** Apparently there is now at least one Japanese food outlet in Manila that serves Ranma 1/2's Ukyo's specialty dish okonomiyaki, and that's Teriyaki Boy along Gilmore. Okonomiyaki, also popularly known as Japanese pizza, are large savory "pancakes" made with thinly sliced seafood, meat and veggies. I've tried the real thing in Tokyo five or so years ago and, well, didn't like it all that much, but then again the taste varies from restaurant to restaurant. We haven't tried the one in Teriyaki Boy (I do want Arnold to taste it) although some friends have said that it's too mayonnaise-y for comfort .
It seems that everyone has been blogging about the renegade muppet issue. All I can say is that Bert may be evil, as this Most Wanted Terrorist photo list implies, but we know our pal Dino, the creator of the original spoof site and NOT the "doctored" Bert - Bin Laden image, isn't.
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October 11, 2001
Here's a recipe site. Sci-fi.com presents the award - winning fantasy writer Michael Swanwick's Periodic Table of Science Fiction. (This week's element is Argon.) ***
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Believe it or not, I was a Chemistry student teacher once in high school, but I don't remember science classes ever being this fun:
So I only discovered Virtua Tennis this week. The game play and court settings are very realistic, and of course you get the chance to play with some of the top-ranked players in the world. I personally use France's Cedric Pioline, and Arnold works up a mean Jim Courier.
*** *projects I need to take on for the more obvious reason, and not for creative fulfillment.*sigh*
Just added Ruffy to my list of bloggers. Go and see what makes him Dazed in HK.
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October 10, 2001
Ay, I think I spoke too soon. So, as I'll be busy working on my cash cows* (as Arnold puts it), thought I'd leave you with a delicious link to use up your net hours with (via the very talented Halina's Mandala).
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The FAAE Philippine Post
Event Show will have their exhibit opening tomorrow, October 11 and
will run til the 23rd at Gallery 139: SM Megamall and Gallery 139: Glorietta.
Participating artists for the SM Megamall exhibit are: Pandy Aviado, CrisCruz,
Dopy Doplon, John Marin Flores, Caloy Gabuco, Lamarroza, Malang, Mario
Parial, Ige Ramos, Rosscapili, Jose Tence Ruiz and Soler. Participating
artists for the Glorietta exhibit are: Arnold
Arre, Manuel Baldemor, Lydia Velasco-Cruz, Kiko Escora, Carlo Magno,
Al Manrique, Joel Mendez, Mona, Ramon Orlina, Stevesantos and Ronald Ventura.
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