...On Starbucks, Alec Baldwin, and Friends,

I was never a fan of Starbucks. They're coffee is expensive, everyone thinks it's "cool" to hang out there (making it filled with people from class A down to E), and add to the fact that I'm not a coffee drinker. But after yet another episode of the waiting game with Che, I think I finally appreciated actually spending on a Starbucks...

PDF book in hand (via Bookr-PSP PDF reader application), Boys Night Out plugged on my cellphone radio, my wallet serving as paperweight for my tissue, and a Dark Mocha Berry Frappucino on the table of a quiet Starbucks (mainly because it's a 24-hour shop not commuter-friendly, but is directly below a callcenter, which has employees coming in after 8PM at the earliest), sitting on a comfy chair by the corner did the trick.

Besides, it was an avenue to get to know people from work (the old people) because they always treated me to it after lunch ("always" here is all the time they invited me, which was like, 5 times), and I got to talk to a seemingly impenetrable person, though I felt he had such a short attention span.

Anyway, good things happen in Starbucks. If only I had the money to burn on overpriced beverages everyday.
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On "Offending" comments and "Mayhem"

David Letterman: So being in a big family, are you planning to have a big family yourself?
Alec Baldwin: Yeah, yeah, I'm actually planning to get a mail-order Filipina wife. Or Russian.
David Letterman: Or from me. Later.
(laughter)

Dahil sa komentong ito, "nanggalaiti" ang "butihing" mambabatas na si Bong Revilla (di ko magawang lagyan ng "Senador" sa simula.) dahil niyuyurakan umano nito ang pagkatao ng mga Pilipino, at dahil dito ay babasagin daw nya ang mukha ng aktor kun tumungtong siya sa bansa. Ilang mambabatas rin na mga babae ang humihingi ng isang paumanhin mula kei Baldwin.

Sa akin lang: yun nangyari sa Desperate Housewives, yun, nakakabastos. Nagpapakahirap ang mga nurse na dumadayo sa bansa nila tapos gaganunin lang nila. (Sa ndi nakakaalam, ang lumalabas na nais nilang iparating ay ndi maganda ang kalidad ng mga nurse na Pilipino)

Etong tila pagkilala ni Alec Baldwin na mapupulutan ng mail-order wife ang Pilipinas ay, oo, nakakabastos, pero ndi ko naman masyadong naramdaman na "nayurakan" ang pagka-Pilipino ko. Sa Q.Ave andaming nakapila. Ang ilang mga kalye ay nagliliwanag sa gabi habang ang mga babae ay nakapilang nakaupo sa labas ng lugar nila. Laganap ang putahan sa bansa. Eh ano naman ang ginagawa ng mga mamababatas para baguhin ito? Tansha ko eh magpasa ng mga batas na ndi naman nasusunod.

Puro palabas. Malapit rin sa eleksyon noong ni-raid ni Bong Revilla ang Quiapo ng mga piratang DVD. Matapos ang ilang araw, ayun nanaman ang Quiapo. At hanggang ngayon andyan pa rin ang Quiapo. At ang mga DVD.

Oo, pirata rin naman ako, at nakikinabang din sa mga produkto ng Quiapo. Di ako nagmamalinis. Naiinis lang ako kasi pinapalabas ng mga mambabatas na ito eh mei nagagawa sila upang aksyunan ang pag-ayos ng imahe ng ating bansa habang ang katotohanan ay nagpapakitang gilas lang sila.Parang yung batang inutusan mo maglinis. Ipapakita nya na nalinis na nya ang kwarto nya, p ero ang totoo, pag binuksan mo un cabinet, makikta mong sobrang kalat at ndi nakatupi ang mga damit nya, at pag tiningnan mo ang ilalim ng kama ay naroon lahat ng alikabok. Pakita lang sa tao na mei nagawa na xa, pero nakatago lang sa ndi mapanuring mata ang lahat ng dumi.

Ndi ako pumapanig kei Alec Baldwin. Ang punto ko lang, nagsabi lang siya ng isang katotohanan, bakit ganito naman mag-pupuputok ang mga mambabatas at ndi na lang nila patunayan na ndi talaga ganun ang Pilipinas? Na totoong natutupad ang mga batas na meron sila? Dapat siguro mei magdala sa mga mambabatas na ito sa Q.Ave man lang.

Nabanggit din ang mga Russian dun. Mei narinig ba kayo tungkol sa mga senador nila?

Uso ba talaga sa gobyernong ito ang pag-usig sa nagsasabi ng totoo? Kung mali ang sinabi, patunayan, at magpakita ng ebidensya kesa mang-hingi ng "sorry" at mang-banta.
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On Friends

Girls have it better. They can have fun, they can be emotional, and they know where to draw the line. Guys? We have fun, but when a guy gets emotional, the others either change topic, draw their attention on hobbies, drown in alcohol, think you're gay, or if he's really unlucky, have a giant bottle of Colt 45 fall on him.

So being a guy, and having lots of friends, I don't necessarily have to fall prey to being lonesome. But I have a feeling I am.

I have made close friends out of people. But, these people have different perspectives. And at some point, meaning, after the pour-out session, some just don't know when to shut up, some don't know which is a touchy issue that still cannot be talked about, some use what they knwo to somewhat blackmail you, and some are just plain insensitive. There are exceptions, of course.

Maybe it's because of finishing a book about friends that I suddenly yearn for a "best friend".

But at the end of the day, I'm still a guy. I'm bound not to have a "best friend" without us being labelled as Rovilson and Marc wannabes. Right now, I'm fine with my wingmen. I got my everything in Che anyway.

...just not a friend-friend.