From Lilledeshan Bose <lillitot@yahool.com> to M*** P*** <mp****@gmail.com> date Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 10:13 AM subject ReMIX: my poim A Death in the MP Braintrust, Co. A thief bites his upper lip Trying to melt in the shadows while delivering a night stand decorated with 72 red roses into the funeral parlor where I […]
March 3, 2009
A good friend from high school is deposed president Erap Estrada’s spokesperson. (Don’t ask me about hows or whys.) If you’re not Filipino you may not know that he was an actor-turned-mayor-turned-president who was impeached on corruption charges. He also inspired a revolution by the poor, then was imprisoned by the current president’s administration. For […]
October 18, 2008
How apt, that while I am preparing for a lengthy trip back to the Philippines, Amir calls me with news that he produced an abridged version of the film we made four years ago, “my break ups into a million pieces.†(He directed/edited/produced, I wrote/produced/was in it.) Parts of it — stuff I said and […]
July 1, 2008
Dennis and Carlo are so funny. This is like a Flip version of ‘Flight of the Conchords.’ But funnier cause it’s Dennis and Carlo. Dennis was my roommate for a year or something. He makes good salmon steak.
June 8, 2008
1. “You sound like a broken record.” – “You sound like you’re stuck in repeat mode.” 2. “He’s like a walking encyclopedia.” – “He’s like a walking Wikipedia.” 3. “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” – “Dont judge a book by its thumbnail.” 4. “A picture is worth a thousand words.” – “A pixel […]
June 6, 2008
shirts from kyle, originally uploaded by lille. My friend Kyle is a GENIUS. He makes slogan shirts for Barack Obama on Barackandroll.com. I overestimated how big I was and got a large Barack to the Future shirt, which is too big for me, but awesome nonetheless.
June 3, 2008
I found a Shady blog by accident today. I knew he was writing one but I didn’t think to ask if it was up yet. While there, I found the cover of his latest book, drawn in blood. “The Roberts” is about two serial killers who were never caught, and instead grow old together in […]
May 17, 2008
Years ago, when I was an editor at a beauty magazine in the Philippines, my life consisted of going to events, yoga class and getting goodie bags from makeup companies. The women I met at that publishing house (who edited titles like Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, etc) were strong, brilliant, waaay smart, all talented and beautiful. […]
May 17, 2008
Speaking of friends’ sites, I really love Dwellephant’s blog. It’s like peeking over his shoulder and looking at his diary, which the voyeur in me quite likes.
May 12, 2008
Drink. Pee. Repeat. Get the T-shirt, originally uploaded by cigelske. Tim Cigelske sits three feet away from me. He also is the purveyor of recycled shirts at Teecycle.org, where he finds cool recycled tees and sells them on his site for $7. Of that, a dollar goes to the River Revitalization Foundation. Shipping is an […]
April 5, 2009
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