Saturday, March 31, 2007

ar-kan-suh and other sleepless ramblings

as predicted. the two weeks that passed saw me living through a whirlwind.
haggard, but i've been through worse. Da Pwamis was somekinda worse. Da Haus stint was even mucho worse. but there were days, three consecutive days, when i'd go from one shoot's packup straight to the next shoot's calltime. sans sleep, sans shower and bath, sans sense or sensibility. praying--literally--for dear lord to rev me back up to life, if only for the sake of the rest of the day's shoot.

na-trauma ako at some point. pwamis. parang ayoko na munang mag-shoot for a while.

there were haggard days, but there were light ones. i wish i had a pen and paper at hand for every interesting moment that would pass. ambilis ng mga araw. bawat araw may kalakip na bunch o' memories, na pag hindi mo sinulat, matatabunan na naman ng bunch o' memories na kalakip ng susunod na araw. saya. kung pwede lang mag-blog na lang araw-araw para lang may documentation.

april na halos. birthday ko na. birthday na rin ni frog princess. hehe.
katapusan ng buwan. it's another one of those. sana maraming-marami pang araw na ganito forever. hehe.

tatlong projects. yung isa, on-hold, in principal photography limbo. yung isa, currently grinding. yung isa, trilogy na natapos na ang first 1/3 at magsisimula pa lang ang isa. sayang maglagare, feeling mo busy ka. kaso minsan nakakahiya din mag-absent pag may nagkakasabay. as much as possible hindi ko na gagawin yon.

dalawang projects. yung isa, aksyun-akyunan na cebu ang location. yung isa, war-film. parehong na-postpone. shucks. sayang. gusto ko pa namang yumaman this summer. haha.

isang project. yung paborito kong direktor (of the landslide movie fame) ang gagawa. excited ako. somekinda.

well, on second thought, parang di na mashadow.
kahit nga yung fact na magbi-birthday na naman kaming sabay ni FG, di na rin exciting for me.

ohmigawsh, am outgrowing my gay fixations. halleluiah.

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actually, crush ko pa rin si direk. kasi brilliant ang mga pinagsusulat nya sa blog nya. may isang entry dun na may kaugnayan sa salitang "arkansas". haha. according to direk's blog, ang tamang pagbigkas ng salitang "arkansas" (ar-kan-suh) ang isa sa mga indicators kung
"catch" nga ba ang jowa mo o hindi.

tinry ko to.
sumablay e.
actually, hindi nga nya alam kung saan yung arkansas.

natawa talaga ko. kasi predictable. pero hindi ibig sabihin non na minus pogi points yun. kasi naman, hindi naman sa pagiging sexist ano, pero ilang tipikal na straight na lalake lang ba sa pilipinas ang makakaalam ng tamang pronunciation ng "arkansas"? kung mapo-pronounce mo yun ng tama, either Amboy ka, geek ka, o bading ka.

haha. kumusta naman ang logic nun.

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ack. sobrang init. strangely, hindi ako preoccupied sa summer. usually naha-high ako during this time of the year. nanakaw na yun sa kin, dahil sa trabaho at ilan pang factors. panalo ang pagka-high ko nung isang taon. kasi para kong presong bagong laya. rarin to start anew but rarin to go to the beach, above all else. dreamin of sun, sand, and sparkling waters. ngayon napurnada na naman ang cebu fantasy ko. okay lang. gotta give some to get some. lahat ng bagay may panahon. will be reunited with the sea again, soon or someday. marami pa namang summers ang darating sa buhay ko.

a moment. minsan overrated, lalo na pag nilagay mo sa konteksto ng pagiging "maigsi" ng buhay. life is short so relish every moment, blah blah. may dint of truth naman, pero on the downside, may tendency kang malunod sa present. sa bawat moment na parang isang pitik lang sa lifetime mo. when next month, next year, o kahit ten years from now, magiging malayo na ang concerns mo sa mga concerns mo ngayon. life being short is one way to look at it, but if you're going to live for a few more decades, a moment is just a droplet in time. a passing ghost. lilipas, mawawala. iiyak ka ngayon, sasaya ka ngayon, the present will become the past in a span of a moment, pero patuloy pa rin ang buhay mo. kaya wala din. not wise to give too much premium to the present--or how you feel at present--kasi lilipas din sya.

wala, naisip ko lang. umi-insomniac na naman kasi ako.

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na-miss ko nang mag-blog. hay!

Saturday, March 17, 2007

sori, kausap ko lang sarili ko

my next fourteen days ought to be somethin.
tomorrow, shooting in the boondocks of montalban for s@pi. hellooo mark h3rras. packup estimated at around 3 am.

and from there, dire-diretsong lagare na ito. all the way to the end of march. hay. sana on adik mode ako althroughout.

23rd, 25th, 27th, day off ko (hehe, parang long-katu). friday, sunday, tuesday. hrggh. malamang itutulog ko na lang, o igagawa ko ng homework para sa 24th, 26th at 28th. kebs na muna sa social life. mas masarap nga namang makipagniig sa buhawi.

ye-hey! love it!

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9:56 pm. kelangan nang matulog. ubos nang yosi ko. inuubo na nga adik pa rin. di tumatalab ang mga disapproving tsk-tsks ng mga nakapaligid sa kin. ehe. wala e. di ko nga rin maintindihan.

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currently reading "the lovely bones". regalo ni kaibigang michiko sa kin nung pasko. matagal na tong librong to at marami na kong narinig na raves. in fairness, justified naman ang mga raves. tungkol sya sa isang teenaged girl na ni-rape at pinatay, at ang buong kwento, mga nangyari sa naiwan nyang pamilya at kaibigan in the aftermath of her death, is told from her point-of-view. ganda. naturingang fictional pero life-insightful.

gagawin na syang pelikula. can't wait to see it.

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yey. makakapag-beach ako sa holy week. kasi na-postpone ang out-of-town project to may. san kaya ko pupulutin?

subic! dito ang puso ko e. hehe.

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april, gagawa ng bagong pelikula si Direk. yey. script girl nya ko! miss ko na ang direktorang to!

each time naririnig ko ang salitang "landslide", sya ang naaalala ko. hihi.

Friday, March 16, 2007

hate it, love it

dazed. confused. lost in time.
it's always like this. but today the sadness, the melancholy, over the non-normal neuro's bothersome thoughts has taken away a lot of the happiness i usually get from days like these.
walking along a shaded road, the breeze blowin on a brillo summer day, and yet the storm clouds in me wouldn't clear.

i hate it.
the silence. the waiting. the uncertainty. the second-guessing.
it's harder if you're a non-normal neuro. if you overanalyze and overread into things.

i hate it, too.
when the non-normal neuro rears its ugly head. for the flimsiest of reasons. anywhere, anytime. subconsciously, it's an effort to find reassurance.

if you love me, you will calm me down. if you love me, you will make the first move to reach out and say sorry, even if it's not your fault.

irrational, my saner self says. that's why each time the non-normal neuro b**ch takes over for a moment, just long enough to spew off acid, the saner self has to make amends, clean the mess, compensate for the irrational behavior.

i hate it.

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diamond-in-the-rough motto #1:
"say no to wastage"

diamond-in-the rough motto #2:
"ang basurang itinapon mo, babalik din sa yo"

diamond-in-the-rough motto #3:
"tardiness is next to ugliness"

diamond-in-the-rough motto #4:
"a hug is the perfect stress-buster"

diamond-in-the-rough motto #5:
"don't leave home without a hanky"

diamond-in-the-rough motto #6:
"gary l1sing is the funniest guy on earth"

haha. love it!

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

gutom

argh! i hate when that happens.
you write a loong entry and then the computer f**ks up on you. sheesh.

anyway, parang ayoko nang ulitin sarili ko. basta gusto ko lang sabihin na may shoot ako bukas. at yung direktor, first time nya. kasabayan kong nagluluto ng mga konsepto noon para sa mga de-kahong proyekto ng you-kn0w-what film production outfit. hay, those were the days. mga bagets kaming nangangarap na masayang mabuhay sa loob ng mainstream. and now he's found creative solace, somehow, the indie way. like a lot of other friends and peers who have already made the "leap".

proud ako, kahit papano. at least buhay pa rin sa kin ang pag-asa. na malay ko, kung next year or the year after next, next in line na rin pala ako. haha. sarap mangarap. it keeps the blood pumpin.

isa pa ring gumagawa ng pelikula nya ngayon si ad0lf, yung co-writer ko from the kilig show. tingnan mo nga naman, wala pa yatang isang taon yung "panganay" nyang "d0ns0l" nasundan na agad. kakaelib talaga tong si adolf0. pag passionate ka, magiging prolific ka. pag magaling ka, lilitaw at lilitaw sya. all of a sudden naramdaman ko na naman yung pinaghalong inspiration at frustration. it's getting really easy for me to deal with it: push it away and redirect my thoughts to other things.

sa ngayon, gusto ko lang maging masaya. period.
kung saan man yon, at sa anumang paraan na makabubuti para sa nakararami, o hindi makakagambala sa iba.

pero alam mo, lalabas at lalabas pa rin ang gutom.
each time i see a really good movie. each time na matutuon ang tingin ko sa mga lumang notes at readings from film classes. mga "basurang" di ko pa rin tinatapon. still hoping na isang araw magkakaoras akong balikan sila.

tulad ng pag-asa kong isang araw ay bigla na lang akong ngitian ng lahat ng mga musa, o kahit hindi na lahat ng mga musa, kahit isa lang sa kanila, at biglang may lumagpak na isang magandang storya sa kandungan ko. isang storyang kailangan lang ng sinapupunan para mabigyan ng buhay, maipagbuntis, maipanganak. at syempre, sana, sinapupunan ko na lang. sinapupunang isip at kaluluwa.

chos.

bilog na naman siguro ang buwan. o patay sya.

wala. yun lang ang gusto kong sabihin. na masaya naman ako kahit hindi pa natutupad ang lahat ng pinapangarap ko. kelangang mamili lagi e. ganyan ang buhay. masyadong malaking sakripisyo kung pipiliin kong magpakagutom at maglaan ng panahon. ewan. marami akong excuses. pero ok lang, alam ko naman ang mga kakulangan ko sa pag-eeffort. siguro hindi ko sya masyadong gusto kaya hindi ako handang isakripisyo ang ilang bagay sa buhay ko para sa kanya.

pero hindi e. gusto ko talaga sya. siguro nga hindi pa lang panahon. lahat naman ng bagay may takdang panahon.

yeah. and i can keep on sayin that to myself for the rest of my life.

basta. ang mahalaga, happiness. at faith. na alam ng diyos kung ano ang mas mabuting direksyon para sa buhay mo.

hay. marami akong nami-miss ngayon.

Friday, March 09, 2007

the diamond in the rough

one batch of paperwork down, two more bulks to go. one of which might be dismissed for much, much later.
yesterday was an ocular. today would be a meeting. tomorrow, a shoot. awryt. bring it on, mga baklush. bound for busier days in the next several weeks but i only have one cause of rue. and that, i'm leaving all up to god.

i love my job.
i love my life.
i love everybody.

it's amusing when you notice little things about someone that you've never really noticed before. like how he would always throw his garbage where it rightfully belongs, or how he doesn't want anything--water, food, even paper napkins--to get wasted, or how, despite his seemingly endless patience, tardiness pisses him off. little discoveries, day by day. some of them you admire, some of them make you feel iffy. but you find yourself mentally noting everything. and marveling, at how the light seems to endlessly shift around this person, each time he shows you something about himself that's new to you.

love it!

Wednesday, March 07, 2007

dontcha

Things to Do in the Next Twenty Four Hours:
1. Make revised master shooting schedule for the J@de movie on EXCEL
2. Make oneliner and encode master shooting schedule for the action movie on FINAL DRAFT
3. (low priority) Rewrite edit logs for the angel movie

Top two are big bulks of paperwork. Deadlines asap.

Haggardness.

Underestimated my multi-tasking abilities again. But there's no other choice but to deliver. On time, with optimum efficiency. Good luck to me. Times like these make me wish na sana adik na lang ako.

Kung maraming dapat gawin di ba dapat di na nagsusulat sa blog? Oo na. Sandali lang.

Let me get me-self together first, blow out smoke for a moment, utter a crisp little cuss word under my breath and then maybe I'll get goin again. And then maybe I'll be friggin happy, that at least I'm gettin what I'm wishin for. A (happily) haggard, busy work life.

Kaya sige, pakaadik tayo! Sige, itambak nyo lang! Lalaklak na lang ako ng pinaghalong extra joss at kape sa pitsel! Kebs na kung magpalpitate, at least hindi aantukin. At least magagawa ang mga dapat gawin.

Pero gusto ko munang chumika ng mga walang katuturan. Wala lang. Kasi walang magandang survey na sasagutan sa Fwendster e. So wag ka nang magbasa kung ayaw mong mabagot.

Two days ago nakatrabaho ko si J3nnilyn M3rcado. Nakakatawa. Kasi katrabaho ko din ngayon sa ibang proyekto yung ex nya, si M@rk H3rras. Nakakatawa kasi ironic yung sitwatsyon para sa kin. For a moment na-tempt akong ipakita sa girlaloo yung behind-the-scenes pics ng ex nya sa digicam ko. Hehe. Buti na lang merong little voice inside my head na nagpumigil sa taklesa tendencies ko.

Two days ago may bago akong na-meet na assistant director. Matagal ko nang naririnig ang pangalan nya. Gusto kong kunin yung number nya at ibigay ang number ko para pag nangangailangan sya ng script continuity, kunin nya ko. Kaso hindi ko alam ang standing ko sa kanya buong gabi (Sabi ng isang direktor ko kung gusto ko daw mag-AD na talaga wag na daw akong tumanggap ng script con offers, pero sino ba naman ako para talikuran ang trabaho. Kung andyan, di andyan. Hangga't budding pa lang sa bagong job designation. After all gusto ko naman ang trabahong pagko-continuity). Laking tuwa ko nang, at the end of the shoot day (alas-4 na ng umaga yon. hehe), sya na mismo ang kumuha ng number ko. Dontcha just love new people, new faces. They open new doors for you. Sana nga kaldakarin ako ng taong to sa kung saan-saang bagong teritoryo.

Kahapon kahit hindi dapat pinag-day off ko ang sarili ko. Haha. Parang long-katu. Masaya naman, kahit nagpagala-gala lang ako sa Greenhills, trying to block out thoughts of the undone paperwork waiting at home for me. Shet. Eto na nga bang sinasabi ko. Pero hindi lang naman sa trabaho umiikot ang buhay ko. Marami pang ibang bagay na kelangang pagtuunan ng pansin. At kung duduguin man ako sa possible consequences ng "day off" ko kahapon, worth it naman sya.

Matagal na rin akong di nakakapunta sa Greenhills. Dontcha just love (relatively) new places.

ARghhhhhh. Time. Lagi na lang kulang sa time.

Time is money.
Time is love.

Ang problema, pano mo hahatiin ang time between money and love, nang hindi nagsa-suffer ang isa. Actually, hindi naman sya "problema". Kung adik ka. O robot ka. O magaling kang mag-budget ng oras mo. At dahil hindi ako adik o robot (at medyo sablay din ako sa pagba-budget ng oras ko), mag-eextra joss-with-coffee energy drink na lang ako (ayan zelle pinopromote ko ang kliyente mo, ha). :-P

Pressure. I hate being pressured. But we gotta do what we gotta friggin do.