18.2.09

Firsts

*Shoplifted from Ewik, whose entry just resurfaced out of the blue. :D

1.1st time you tried smoking?
21 years old. I think.

2. 1st alcoholic drink you had?
San Mig Light, 1st year college, Kwago Bar.

3. 1st time you came home late?
1st year high school probably.

4. First award you received?
First honor, Day Care.

5. 1st hero?
Noriyuki Pat Morita. Hahaha.

6. 1st time you were sent to guidance office?
One time, this was in first year high school, this crazy secretary picked me out of a random group of people, scolded me for something I didn't do, told me to write my name on the calendar so she would remember me, and I wrote a fake name.

8. 1st crush?
Grade 2. It lasted 'til 1st year high school hahahaha.

9. 1st person who gave you flowers?
Hmm. I don't remember.

10. 1st friend?
I think I had an imaginary friend before.

11. 1st real kiss?
September 2005.

12. First album record you bought?
With my father's money na lang and it was Donna Cruz hahahahaha.

13. 1st song you sang in front of many people?
Remember Me This Way, Grade 3 Christmas party. I think.

14. 1st musical instrument you learned to play?
Piano. I just memorized the chords chart. When it was broken, I never got to play again so now I don't know how to play it anymore.

15. 1st concert you watched?
Parokya ni Edgar. I think. Chito wore a dark blue dress.

16. 1st celebrity you saw in person?
Sheryl Cruz. Hahahahahaha.

17. 1st tv show you really liked?
Some cartoon probably. I don't remember. Or Macgyver. Hmm.

18. 1st book you bought?
1001 Amazing Facts.

19. 1st sport?
Dance. Or table tennis.

20. 1st sleepover?
High school na siguro. I don't remember.

21. 1st terrible fight?
January 2009.

22. 1st inaanak?
Erm, I don't remember. I'm sorry!

23. 1st debut attended?
A family friend's.

24. 1st girlfriend/boyfriend?
September 2005.

25. 1st wedding you attended?
A family friend's I think.

26. 1st person who greeted you on your last birthday?
Hernan.

27. 1st friend in friendster?
Camille. Sabay pa ata kami gumawa ng account hehe.

28. 1st cellphone?
Nokia 3310.

29. 1st cellphone ringtone?
Sesame Street theme.

30. 1st collection?
Books.

31. 1st tym u saw a ghost?
Apparently when I was a baby and I kept crying all night.

32. 1st rollercoaster ride?
Wala pa.

33. 1st ambition?
Ninja.

34. 1st love?
2005 was good to me, man. What can I tell you?

35. 1st time u fell in love?
I'd like to think it was real, nung 3rd year high school. I told him about it after graduation. Nothing really happened. Thank God for that. But we remained friends.

In true Facebook fashion:

Hanna is sick.

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I understand that referring to yourself in the third person is unusual but there really are no details to my being sick and I can't make this entry any longer because my head hurts. So. I'm sick.

16.2.09

Eulogy

Did you really leave me again?
After all the seasons I spent waiting,
watching out the window,
listening at the door,
waiting for the news of your return?
For the news that you realized that someone important was waiting for you.
A whole lifetime I've been waiting.
I can't believe you're not coming back.
I can't believe I'm supposed to stop waiting.
I can't believe you left me again.

11.2.09

H

Rules: It's harder than it looks! Copy to your own note, erase my answers, enter yours, and tag 10 people. Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real. Nothing made up! If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers. You cannot use any word twice and you can't use your name for the boy/girl name question.

Hahahahahahahahaahahahaha

1. What is your name: Hanna
2. A four Letter Word: Hurt
3. A boy's Name: Han Solo
4. A girl's Name: Helena
5. An occupation: Hairdresser
6. A color: Hot pink hehehe
7. Something you wear: Headband
8. A food: Happy Peanuts
9. Something found in the bathroom: Hapee Toothpaste hahaaha
10. A place: Hardin
11. A reason for being late: Headache
12. Something you shout: Huy!
13. A movie title: Hot Rod
14. Something you drink: Hot chocolate
15. A musical group: Hotdog (hahahaha para sunod-sunod na may "hot")
16. An animal: Hippopotamus
17. A street name: Harris
18. A type of car: Honda
19. A song title: Hells Bells
20. A verb: Hex

10.2.09

25 random thingamajigs from Facebook

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you (or because you tagged me).

(To do this, go to “NOTES” under tabs on your "PROFILE" page (you may have to add the tab by clicking on the + sign), click on "Compose New Message" and paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 25 random things, tag 25 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.)


1. I have to write things down to fully comprehend them.

2. I have an extremely high tolerance for pain.

3. My right foot should always have the last step.

4. I am geographically-challenged.

5. My childhood ambition was to become a ninja.

6. An online quiz said that I was a penguin in my past life.

7. I once put alcohol in my sister's milk. Fortunately for her, my tita intercepted the bottle before she could gulp it down. I was four years old.

8. I dream in technicolor.

9. I like dressing up as a boy.

10. Just once, I'd like to slap or punch someone in the face. Someone who really really truly deserves it.

11. For a while, I got addicted to Zork that even my dreams were text-based.

12. I am always having full conversations with myself in my head.

13. I can't whistle or snap my fingers.

14. Almost every year for nine years, I was sent to the hospital for different reasons.

15. I miss The Brini Maxwell Show.

16. I will take piano lessons.

17. I don't understand white crayons. Why are they here? What do they want from us?

18. I love harmonies.

19. As I write this, Mars Volta's Televators begins to play.

20. I have all three seasons of The Adventures of Pete and Pete.

21. My arms are longer than necessary.

22. One of my favorite movie moments was in Fight Club, towards the end, when Kim Deal begins to hum the intro to Where Is My Mind? and the buildings start to collapse and then we see Ed Norton take Helena Bonham Carter's hand and then the song starts and then the credits roll in.

23. My message tone is Foux Du Fafa by Flight of the Conchords.

24. I am learning Japanese.

25. One morning, I woke up, and I wanted an Egg McMuffin.

6.2.09

October Road


Bored.

1. Put your iPod on shuffle
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS
4. Tag friends who might enjoy doing this as well as the person you got this from.

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
Like I Do by Minipop

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Broken Promises For Broken Hearts by She Wants Revenge

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Good Hair by Outkast

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Hello It's Me by Todd Rundgren

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Krafty by New Order

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Celia Inside by The Cardigans

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Sur Le Fil by Yann Tiersen

WHAT IS 2+2?
God Only Knows by Giant Drag

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Reminiscing by Little River Band

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Your Love Is King by Sade

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Master Of Puppets by Metallica

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Always You by Sophie Zelmani

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Footloose & Fancy Free by Camera Obscura

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Frou-Frou Foxes In Midsummer Fires by Cocteau Twins

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Penny Lane by The Beatles

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Sorry Or Please by Kings Of Convenience

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Come On, Come Out by A Fine Frenzy

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Separate Ways by Journey

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Rage by The Jerks

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Black & White by Sarah Mclachlan

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Geek Love by Nerina Pallot

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Time Of No Reply by Nick Drake

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
The Look Of Love by Dionne Warwick

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
Shine A Light by The Rolling Stones

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
Panalangin by Apo Hiking Society

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
Good Bait by Nina Simone

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
The Wizard by Bat For Lashes

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Peer Pressure by Jon Brion

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
October Road by James Taylor

5.2.09

If all the stars were pretty babies

Which bands/artists do you own the most albums by? The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Cocteau Twins, Duke Ellington.

What was the last song you listened to? U & I by Cynthia Alexander.

What's in your CD player right now? David Bowie, Jeff Buckley, Cocteau Twins, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Soundtrack, Cynthia Alexander.

What was the last show you attended? Musikang Bayan in Vocas. I think.

What was the greatest show you've ever been to? So far, it's between Chickoy Pura and Joey Ayala in Ayuyang.

What's the most musically involved you have ever been? I was technical director and music supervisor for a high school theater play that I'm proud of. I've organized music events. I've been a freelance vocalist for quite a while now. I'm in a band with my sister and a bunch of geeky college boys we call our friends. On Wednesday nights in Ayuyang, Manong Arliss always calls Inky and me up to the stage to take over a set while he's on break. I wrote for BURN magazine. I am now the editor and moderator of an online music directory.

What is your favorite band shirt? Green KISS shirt.

Which musicians would you like to hang out with for a day? Outerhope, Zooey Deschanel, Alison Sudol.

Name four or MORE flawless albums.
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Cynthia Alexander - Rippingyarns
Muse - Absolution
Kings Of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street
Feist - Let It Die
Outerhope - Strangely Paired
Sarah Mclachlan - Surfacing

Name five of your favorite songs of all time.
Tiny Dancer by Elton John
Because by The Beatles
Everybody Here Wants You by Jeff Buckley
Mad World by Michael Andrews & Gary Jules
Vienna by Billy Joel

What is your favorite movie soundtrack? It's probably between Le Fabuleux Destin D'Amelie Poulain and Almost Famous.

What was your last musical phase? Classical.

What's your guilty pleasure that you hate to admit to liking? I'm not ashamed to say that I love 80s cheesy love songs and 90s pop.

Songs

From: Is It Safe?

1. Favorite Beatles song: Because.

2. Favorite Rolling Stones song: Wild Horses.

3. Favorite Doors song: Touch Me.

4. Favorite Bob Dylan song: Like A Rolling Stone.

5. Favorite Pixies song : Where Is My Mind?

6. Favorite TV Theme song: Hey Sandy by Polaris from The Adventures of Pete & Pete.

7. Favorite Prince song: Kiss.

8. Favorite Madonna song: Beautiful Stranger.

9. Favorite Michael Jackson song: I Want You Back (Jackson 5).

10. Favorite Jeff Buckley song: Everybody Here Wants You.

11. Favorite AC/DC song: You Shook Me All Night Long.

12. Favorite Black Sabbath song: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.

13. Favorite Eraserheads song: Huwag Kang Matakot.

14. Favorite Disney song: Kiss The Girl from The Little Mermaid.

15. Favorite David Bowie song: Ziggy Stardust.

16. Favorite Clash song: London Calling.

17. Favorite Cure song: Lovecats.

18. Favorite song that most of your friends haven't heard: About Today - The National.

19. Favorite Smiths song: Asleep.

20. Favorite hip-hop song: B.O.B. - Outkast.

21. Favorite Queen song: Somebody To Love.

22. Favorite Police song: Walking On The Moon.

23. Favorite Ramones song: Baby I Love You.

24. Favorite Beach Boys song: Feel Flows.

25. Favorite Fleetwood Mac song: Landslide.

26. Favorite song from your favorite movie: Mr. Blue Sky by Electric Light Orchestra from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

27. Favorite Bjork song: Unravel.

28. Favorite Rage Against The Machine song: Snakecharmer.

29. Favorite Nirvana song: Lithium.

30. Favorite song from an 80's one hit wonder: 99 Luftballons - Nina Hagen.

31. Favorite Christmas song: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - James Taylor.

32. Favorite Joni Mitchell song: A Case Of You.

33. Favorite Neil Young song: Comes A Time.

34. Favorite Led Zeppelin song: That's The Way.

35. Favorite No Doubt song: Sunday Morning.

36. Favorite Weird Al song: Amish Paradise.

37. Favorite song from a girl/boyband: All I Have To Give - Backstreet Boys.

38. Favorite John Lennon song: Oh My Love.

39. Favorite Pink Floyd song: Wish You Were Here.

40. Favorite cover song: Feeling Good by Nina Simone, sung by Muse.

41. Favorite White Stripes song: Blue Orchid.

42. Favorite song to dance to: Dito Tayo Sa Dilim - Pedicab.

43. Favorite U2 song: MLK.

44. Favorite song from an actor turned musician: Change Is Hard by Zooey Deschanel from She & Him.

45. Favorite Joy Division song: Love Will Tear Us Apart.

46. Favorite New Order song: Krafty.

47.Favorite Guns N' Roses song: Patience.

48. Favorite The Who song: Sparks.

49. Favorite Johnny Cash song: Sixteen Tons.

50. Favorite Smashing Pumpkins song: Daydream.

51. Favorite Paul McCartney song: Maybe I'm Amazed.

52. Favorite Red Hot Chili Peppers song: Road Trippin'

53. Favorite Simon & Garfunkel song: America.

54. Favorite Tori Amos song: Silent All These Years.

55. Favorite song, period: Tiny Dancer.