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1.) her name is al od ia, not al oi da. her parents wanted her her name to be different from all the aloidas, but not different enough to not be confused with aloida. 2.) she dresses up for a living. 3.) she used to look like this:  . now she looks like this: ... makeup. 4.) she used to date luis manzano.  5.) she wakes in the morning fully made-up, and spends the next fifteen minutes immediately after making cute faces at no one in particular.

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gerry alanguilan reminds us that he never actually received the title: Hey People, specially you “journalists” who are supposed to do your research, Carlo J. Caparas is NOT a National Artist, at the very least not yet, if he will ever be. The conferment of the title National Artist for Visual Arts to Mr. Caparas (along with three others), were STOPPED by the Supreme Court last year. The decision to confer the title (or not) is still PENDING. That’s how it stands now. Mr. Caparas cannot consider himself National Artist, nor should anyone refer to him as one, until that matter is resolved. so there you go. national artist? no. under investigation for dodgy production contracts? yes. Carlo J. Caparas’ P1.3-B contract stuns PCSO http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/10/05/10/carlo-j-caparas-p13-b-contract-stuns-pcso Carlo Caparas Questioned Over 1.3 Billion Budget http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/280712/carlo-caparas-questioned-over-13-billion-budget hey direk, i got a pitch for ya. it...

carlos celdran's biggest mistake was that he didn't bring a friend with a video camera. the catholic church's biggest mistake is that it unwittingly created a martyr. can we get some context here? what did the guy do? yell at some priests. what does the church want to do? deny millions of people access to contraceptives and education that, if used properly, will make their lives better in very concrete ways. which is the jailable offense again? celdran's one-man commando strike protest paid off so well i bet he's considering making it a permanent addition to his walking tour. maybe next time he can dress up as jesus and knock over a few stalls. media reports of pro-celdran support are greatly exaggerated. have you seen the facebook page? 80% of the commenters there are just happy to have any reason at all to hate on the catholic church. wouldn't it be fun if noynoy said, "i'll see your excommunication and raise you ...

" down for the count ", by poopbear.

shortly after posting yesterday's guardian article about different writers making up rules for writing, i read in kenneth yu's blog about the new yorker's reaction to said article, entitled rules about rules about writing (or, why mush will never triumph). the gist of it was: rules like these are very personal. we all have to make up our own rules for writing. oh really sherlock? i'm a human with a brain? gee thanks! well here's my rule about your rule about rules: in discussions concerning the proper way of doing things, there's always some smartass who goes, 'everything is subjective.'

mon ilagan is mayor of cainta, rizal, which is near where i live. like many local politicians, ilagan works his personal logo into as many public works projects as he can. around christmastime last year, i noticed these hanging from the streetlights along ortigas extension: it was the first time i'd really looked at the logo. and maybe it was the combination of the nighttime setting, and those wing-like leaves at the sides, but this immediately sprang to mind:

i wish it were some kind of misbegotten PR joke. but, oh sweet matrix of leadership, it's not . that's the actual official volunteer campaign logo portrayed above, by the way. hmmm, speaking of appropriate color choices... there, that's better.

have a great one y'all!

step one: run your comics monopoly to the ground. step two: don't try to revive the company with compelling new ideas. instead, make lame-ass copies of whatever other people are doing at the moment. superheroes are hot? make ATX . w.i.t.c.h. selling like hotcakes? come out with c.h.a.r.m . vibal publishes an el indio compliation? republish lapu-lapu . step three: don't let anybody know about your project. no press releases, book launches, blog posts, nothing. yes, your book must escape even google's all-seeing eye. step four: repeat step three for subsequent compilation releases.

so marge simpson is going to be playboy magazine's covergirl for november 2009 , and the media's been all over it. but what about the other candidates who didn't make it onto the cover? thankfully, holy taco gives us the lowdown : more pics here .

click to enlarge sign the online petition against carlo caparas' national artist status here .

someone please tell me in which planet this billboard image makes any kind of sense: right. "after a long day of protecting innocent serfs from oppresive colonial dictators, i like to kick back with a refreshing glass of coke zero. es no calorias!" weeeeell i guess that's still better than this one: billy you old kidder you.

you know the type. purveyors of false on-your-sleeve nationalism who make a freak show of themselves at the slightest perceived injury to "their" country's good name. they hijack conversations, spark media circuses, make a general nuisance of themselves. think desperate housewives. chip tsao. most recently, roger ebert . i tried to think of a dignified way to deal with these people without letting myself get dragged down to their level, failed, and finally decided to just drag them down to my level: paste this image in the appropriate message board, comment thread, blog, etc., wherever the Philippine Insecurity Force rears its pointy little head. you can also download the badge as a scalabe vector file here to use as you wish, commercial or otherwise.