Filipino Chewy Balls with Sweet Sugar Sauce, Demmet.
Thursday, May 11, 2006
My producers are ignoring me. It seems that everything’s been transcribed, researched, organized and delivered, so I’m left here pretending to add a few extra paragraphs to some research article so that the computer won’t be taken away from me. There’s still an hour to go before Manong en Manang Merienda pass by the office with their goodies, an hour to go before I can space out in the garden on my favorite broken Monobloc chair, karioka in hand.
Time’s begging to be slaughtered. Thus…
You turn on your iPod. Shuffle. Play. The songs that come up answer the following questions in order. (You can’t change the questions and you can’t skip songs. Be honest.)1. How does the world see you?
Be Here Now - Oasis
“Kickin’ up a storm from the day that I was born. Sing your song for me, one from Let It Be. Open up your eyes; get a grip of yourself inside.”
2. Will I have a happy life?
Live Forever - Oasis
“Maybe I just want to fly, want to live but don’t want to die. Maybe I just want to breathe. Maybe I just don’t believe.”
3. What do my friends think of me?
There She Goes Again - The Velvet Underground
“There she goes again, she’s out on the streets again. She’s down on her knees, my friend. But you know she’ll never ask you please again.”
4. Do people secretly lust after me?
Little House of Savages - The Walkmen
“Somebody’s waiting for me at home. Somebody’s waiting for me at home. I should have known. I should have known. And somebody’s got a car outside. Somebody’s got a car outside. Let’s take a ride. Let’s take a ride.”
5. How can I make myself happy?
Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want - The Smiths
“Haven’t had a dream in a long time. See, the life I’ve had can make a good man bad. So for once in my life, let me get what I want. Lord knows it would be the first time. Lord knows it would be the first time.”
6. What should I do with my life?
Country House - Blur
“He’s got morning glory and life’s a different story. Everything’s going Jackanory. Touched with his own mortality. He’s reading Balzac, knocking back Prozac. It’s a helping hand that makes you feel wonderfully bland. Oh, it’s a century’s remedy. For the faint at heart, a new start (try the simple life).
7. Will I ever have children?
Epic Problem - Fugazi
“I’ve got this epic problem. This epic problem’s not a problem for me. And inside, I know I’m broken, but I’m working as far as you can see. And outside it’s all production. It’s all illusion, set scenery.”
8. What is some good advice for me?
(Probably) All in the Mind - Oasis
“In the end, we’ll leave it all behind, because the life I think I’m trying to find is probably all in the mind.”
9. How will I be remembered?
World in My Eyes - Depeche Mode
“Now let your mind do the walking, and let my body do the talking.”
10. What’s my signature dance song?
Tired - LCD Soundsystem
Uh, it’s mostly unintelligible screaming, so um, yeah, there.
11. What’s my current theme song?
Pushing Up Daisies - The Colourfield
“You’ll never know how close you came from walking down the hills of pain. You’ll never know how close you came. You’ve only got yourself to blame. You’re pushing up the daisies.”
12. What do others think my current theme song is?
Burn, Don’t Freeze - Sleater-Kinney
“Always thought that hell was the only place hot enough to melt our hearts into a locked embrace. There’s something so safe about a lack of air. The only way to make sure that you’ll always be there. (I force my eyes open. Now who has changed? I feel different, so different today.)”
13. What shall they play at my funeral?
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (Wooooaaaaah. Freaky.)
“Maybe there is a God above, but all I’ve ever learned from love was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you. And it’s not a cry that you hear at night. It’s not somebody who’s seen the light. It’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah.”
14. What type of men do I like?
One-Armed Scissor - At the Drive-In
“Dissect a trillion sighs away. Will you get this letter? Jagged pulp sliced in my veins. I write to remember.”
15. How’s my love life?
This is a Fire Door Never Leave Open - The Weakerthans
“And I love this place, the enormous sky, and the faces, hands that I’m haunted by, so why can’t I forgive these buildings, these frameworks labeled Home?”
Where's my karioka? I want my karioka!
posted by marguerite @ 4:27 PM
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