Alkorhythms

Promises, promises

alkorhythm — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:59:04 +0000

I know I haven’t updated in the longest time, and it’s weird, since I was getting myself all hyped up for my 2011 blog life (new site layout, additional blog rolls, etc). Somehow, the excitement just disappeared. I know blogging is just a hobby of mine, and it probably should be something that I can use to practice my writing or let loose my thoughts, but I feel like it’s also something that I should definitely keep a tab on. Promise that I’d update every so often, or something. It would be a great practice for discipline.

So, it’s decided. Starting now, I promise at least one blog every two weeks. Let it be written. And if I don’t, well, then, shame on me. I’ll give you guys a treat if ever I fail to update.

Yep, so this blog is pretty much just a reminder for me. Might blog some more later if I decide not to sleep. Might.

Playlist Resolutions

alkorhythm — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:24:52 +0000

So, in lieu of a New Year’s Resolution, I came up with a playlist to help remind me of things to do this 2011. That way, I can be easily reminded, without really having to look at a list.

Sleep All Day – Jason Mraz
Party All The Time – Black Eyed Peas
Happy Endings – All American Rejects
No Regrets – Robbie Williams
Things I’ll Never Say – Avril Lavigne
Make It Happen – Blue
Never Say Goodbye – Bon Jovi
Dog Days Are Over – Florence+the Machine
Sky’s The Limit – Jason Derulo
Move On – Jet
Live Like We’re Dying – Kris Allen
Whatever It Takes – Lifehouse
Last Chance – Maroon 5
Say It -Ne-Yo
Say It Right – Nelly Furtado
I’m The Best – Nicki Minaj
Say (All I Need) – One Republic
Say You’re Sorry – Sara Bareilles
Keep Going – Taio Cruz
Beautiful Day -U2
Blame It (On the Alcohol) – Jamie Foxx
Changes – 2Pac
Firework – Katy Perry (Bonus Track)

Happy New Year everyone! Keep safe from the fireworks!

Protected: Responsibilities and Priorities

alkorhythm — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 02:49:20 +0000

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Lyte Funky Ones

alkorhythm — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:48:02 +0000

I found out from a friend today that the lead singer of LFO, Rich Cronin, just passed away. This song takes me back to a time when me and my brother pop in the cassette tape in the radio and we’d sing along to the song at the back seat of the car.

Summer Girls

[Chorus]:

New Kids On The block,had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick.
And I think it’s fly when girls stop by for the summer,for the summer
I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch,
I’d take her if I had one wish,
But she’s been gone since that summer..
Since that summer

[Bridge:]
In the summer girls come and summer girls go
Some are worth while and some are so so,
Summer girls come and summer girls go
Some are worth while and some are so so,
Summertime girls got it going on
Shake and wiggle to a hip hop song
Summertime girls are the kind I like
I’ll steal your honey like I stole your bike

Also found myself in a phase of my life with Every Other Time constantly playing in my head. RIP Rich Cronin. Your songs live on, and I’ll be playing them not here at home on loop for the next two hours, at least.

Burn, Baby, Burn

alkorhythm — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:39:20 +0000

So this whole thing started with a simple tweet from a friend:

That, together with a few other exchanges (and probably a little alcoholic influence) was when the idea of a Cremation Playlist was born. So below, you will see a list of songs that are in my own cremation playlist. Though most some songs are quite inappropriate to play in an actual cremation ceremony, the song titles are appropriate. And let’s face it, it’s just hilarious to have this. So anyways, here ya are:

Beauty on the Fire- Natalie Imbruglia

Hot- Avril Lavigne

Hot Stuff- Donna Summer

I Caught Fire- The Used

On Fire- Switchfoot

Fire- Glee Cast

Fire- Jay Sean

Fire – 2NE1

Fire- Kitchie Nadal

Fire- U2

Fire Burning- Sean Kingston

Keep the Fire Burning- Sponge Cola

Hot in Here- Nelly

Burn- Tina Arena

Burn- Usher

The Burn- Matchbox Twenty

Start the Fire- No Doubt

Through the Fire- Chaka Khan

Disco Inferno- 50 Cent

Hot Mess- Cobra Starship

Smoke and Ashes- Tracy Chapman

Slow Dancing in a Burning Room- John Mayer

Dead End- Jason Mraz

Dead and Gone- T.I. Feat. Justin Timberlake

Cemeteries of London- Coldplay

Losing Ground- Vertical Horizon

Six Feet Underground- No Doubt

Funeral Song- The Rasmus

Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door- Guns&Roses

Heaven- Bryan Adams

The playlist has 30 songs, and lasts about 2 hours, long enough to fill an actual cremation ceremony (plus,minus the waiting time). Got songs you think shouldn’t be here? Or think I missed out on something that should? Lemme know by dropping a comment.

6.8.30.88.

alkorhythm — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:44:52 +0000

To my commute buddy
To my bus mate
To the one who introduced me to Bob Ong
To the lord of profanities and cynicism
To pus filled growth
To the lord of fiery pits
To the person who made a ‘mayor’ drawing I can’t ever forget
To the only person who can get his on board and never have it die:

To skipping Senior prom to drink
To Inspector Gadget

To Raymond!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BUDDY!

Wherever you are, here’s something to let you know you’re missed!

Weak

alkorhythm — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:25:14 +0000

I don’t get sick.

(“Sick” meaning: bed-ridden or feverish. I always get colds and cough)

For my entire college life, whenever I feel close to feeling sick, I’d just condition my mind to tell my body that I’m not sick. And then, suddenly, I’d feel much better. The last time I remember being sick was when I was in highschool, and even then, I don’t remember much about it.

Fever – Michael Buble (only the first part)

Never know how much I love you

Never know how much you care

When you put your arm around me

I get a fever that’s so hard to bear

.

You give me fever when you kiss me

Fever when you hold me tight

Fever in the morning

Fever all through the night

.

Sun lights up in the daytime

Moon lights up at night

I light up when you call my name

And you know I’m gonna treat you right

.

You give me fever when you kiss me

Fever when you hold me tight

Fever in the morning

Fever all through the night

.

So how is today different?

Well, today, I wasn’t woken up at an insanely early hour, so I figured something was up. Woke up at around 9am, realizing that my sister skipped school coz she was sick. So being the good brother that I am (lol!) I was the one taking care of her. Cooked her some warm soup, fed her noodles, made her drink medicine, all that jazz.

A few hours later, I suddenly get a headache. And then my nose starts running and I start sneezing. Before I know it, I’m already feeling like I wanna just lie down on the bed and rest.

I hate this feeling. Could I be sick now coz I don’t feel any motivation to be well? Who knows. I’ll probably be out of this slump by tomorrow. Or later. We’ll see.

Well, I could always check in a hospital and get one of these:

One Month After

alkorhythm — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:52:54 +0000

So, for the past couple of weeks, I’ve been thinking of what to blog. And I’ve actually wrote a couple and published them as private with the constant fear that if I published them, I’d sound like a total whiner. And even now, I’m still lost as to where to start.

It’s been one month after graduation and still unemployed. It’s not really that much of a big deal because

I have options available. My parents have given me options I can take, but I figured that I’d really want to try and get a job on my own first.
I’m not that pressured to get work, because I like being on ‘break’.
There are still other things that I am/have been doing.

Now I know that I should really get my life in order, because if I don’t, I could end up 30+ and still living with my parents. But hey, I swear to this blog that ain’t gonna happen.

So what have I been doing for the past month?

Noooo, as opposed to what many of you think (and what many other people do), I do NOT just stay on in facebook all the time. Why? Because it sucks. And I’ve got other Social Networking Sites that I stay in on longer. Here is a graph I’ve done to show you how I spend my time on internet. Of course, downloading and hitting the refresh button is constantly running all the time, so I didn’t put it in the graph.

To be honest, most of my time has been spent on writing. Yep, writing. No, not writing stories! Well, not per se, but still. I’ve been doing some online role playing. Yes, no before people start reacting, I gotta say two things. First, I’ve definitely taken geek to a whole new level. And two, not the kinky kind of role playing, you pervs!

So I’m part of a bunch now and it’s great because not only do I get to practice my writing, which I’m rarely able to do now, but I also get to meet people from across the world. In fact, I’ve been RPing so much, that I’m aware of the differences in time zones. It really is great especially since my RPs are a mix of action filled scenes, to emotional inner ramblings of the character, allowing me to maximize the writing experience.

Don’t get me wrong. It’s not like I’ve completely left the real world and decided to take a one way trip to FictionLand. I’m still doing chores, applying for work, taking interviews, going out, the usual normal world stuff. But to be honest, I’m liking what I’m doing. You could even say I could see myself doing it forever.

Writing of course, not bumming around at home.

Live by the motto:

SSDD Summer

alkorhythm — Mon, 10 May 2010 11:49:39 +0000

Before I go on and babble about my summer, I’ll post something that I was tagged to do. I normally don’t do anything of the sort, but hey, i’m too frickin bored to really resist. So here it is:

1.) Give a top 10 list of the things that make you happy:

Not in any particular order
1. Supernatural
2. Writing
3. People viewing my blog / people asking me questions on formspring
4. Plurk
5. My secret hobbies. :>
6. hugs from my sister
7. funny .gifs
8. serious talks
9. downloading new songs
10. singing in the car

2.) Give a top 5 list of trivia about yourself.

1. I hate it when my books get creases on the spine
2. I know how to speak/understand a little japanese, chinese, latin, and italian. i plan to master the last two languages.
3. I want a speaking accent. And I want to be able to switch from and among these three accents: Australian, Irish, and African.
4. I’d sooner reply to you in a SNS that via my phone or via YM.
5. I’m passive agressive
3.) Share the award with only 5 persons and ask them to do the same thing.

- Trixie, Je, Alps, Carl, Gwen, and anyone else who wants to do this!
4.) Link the blog of the person who awarded you. (Di ko gets. Awarded?)

-Megann

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So for those of you who are wondering what SSDD means, it means “Same Shit, Different Day”. I got that from Stephen King’s Dreamcatcher. And it pretty much sums up my entire summer break thus far. I’ve literally been doing nothing for the past god-knows-how-many-weeks. You know what they say, you’re only aware of the time if you’re doing something productive.

So my normal routine is as follows:

wake up- morning routine- brunch- rot in my bedroom-try to beat the heat- dinner-TV-sleep.

It sucks!

But I did have some VERY productive days of my summer last week

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? It’s summer. Of course I didn’t do anything productive! It’s like you don’t even know me, you guys. )

But i’m still looking forward to doing something interesting. I mean, i ain’t looking for a job yet so it’s an infinite summer for me.

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Today is the day that we Filipinos made a decision for our nation. The decision that the entire country will have to live with for the next six years and could impact a much longer period of time. Initially, i was supposed to write an election-related blog, regarding the candidates and their platforms, but I figured that I would do nothing but take away a person’s right to free choice if i persuaded them to vote for or against someone.

Instead, so that I will be able to make some sort of an election tribute, i shall just share a wish. A wish that to everyone who voted: that you made an informed decision, that you voted for the person who you think deserves the position, that you didn’t just join the bandwagon of some candidate that your friends were rooting for, and that you voted because you believed in the platform and the capability of the candidate. In a few days, we shall know who our new government officials will be. Philippines, let’s hope you got it right this time!

I really don’t know why I got my indelible ink on the thumb while the other people (including my parents) got theirs on the index finger. Yes the picture’s blurry. But yeah, proof that i did waste away in the heat while lining up to vote. Gah, the things I do for the country I love.

The Freshmen

alkorhythm — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:03:49 +0000

I first heard this song back when I was in grade school. Loved this song then. Later, in high school, I was reintroduced to this song by a good friend. T’was only then when I found out it was The Verve Pipe who sang this.

I love this song. It strikes such a nerve in me, reminding me of how it was when I was an incoming freshman in college. It reminds how certain things happened and how I could have stopped it from happening. But I didn’t because I was too afraid, or too young, or whatever other excuses I can give.

I miss you buddy. Wish you were here with us, you know?

—-

The Freshmen – The Verve Pipe

When I was young I knew everything
And she a punk who rarely ever took advice
Now I’m guilt stricken, sobbin’ with my head on the floor
Stop a Baby’s Breath and a shoe full of rice, no…

I can’t be held responsible
‘Cause she was touching her face
I won’t be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place

For the life of me I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we’d never compromise
For the life of me I cannot believe we’d ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen

My best friend took a week’s vacation to forget her
His girl took a week’s worth of valium and slept
And now he’s guilt stricken sobbin’ with his head on the floor
Thinks about her now and how he never really wept he says

I can’t be held responsible
‘Cause she was touching her face
I won’t be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place

For the life of me I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we’d never compromise
For the life of me I cannot believe we’d ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen

We’ve tried to wash our hands of all of this
We never talk of our lack in relationships
And how we’re guilt stricken sobbin’ with our heads on the floor
We fell through the ice when we tried not to slip, we’d say

I can’t be held responsible
‘Cause she was touching her face
And I won’t be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place

For the life of me I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we’d never compromise
For the life of me I cannot believe we’d ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen

For the life of me I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we’d never compromise
For the life of me I cannot believe we’d ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen

We were merely freshmen
We were only freshmen