whenever the military is used to enforce peace on civilians its kinda like petting a puppy with a spiked gauntlet. look to the countryside tonight and if you try hard enough you might hear the sound of dissidents dying. pray that the night passes quickly

from www.inq7.net:

...NOW, THEREFORE, I Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Republic of the Philippines and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested upon me by Section 18, Article 7 of the Philippine Constitution which states that: “ The President…whenever it becomes necessary,…may call out (the) armed forces to prevent or suppress…rebellion…, “ and in my capacity as their Commander-in-Chief, do hereby command the Armed Forces of the Philippines, to maintain law and order throughout the Philippines, prevent or suppress all forms of lawless violence as well any act of insurrection or rebellion and to enforce obedience to all the laws and to all decrees, orders and regulations promulgated by me personally or upon my direction; and as provided in Section 17, Article 12 of the Constitution do hereby declare a State of National Emergency.

kilala n'yo ba si Subas Herrero?

eto ang aking Champoy tribute song. suportahan po natin ang musikang pilipino. magingat sa pulis. mabuhay ang lahing hapon! U buy now!

alay_sa_nagkamalay_noong_panahon_ng_champoy.mp3 (2 mb)

tinapos ko ren sa wakas! dahil gusto ko sana manalo ng gantimpalang salapi mula sa pa-kontes ng foolybook. sana ay basahin at punahin dahil kailingan ko ng mga koment at kritiko, hndi kaibigan

The Lockpick Apprentice

para sa isang babaeng may bigote

untitled.mp3

Little girl you are lovely sleeping
I'll never make you understand
Never knew what hearts would find
Never love you enough but
We try

Little girl you are always stealing
Into my thoughts, time and again
Can't imagine you'd be gone someday
Never love you enough but
We pray

And never will forget the way
You keep us whole
And never will forget the way
You are our soul

And we will run through endless mornings
And we will live in better days

An Evolutionary Theory of Clown Phobia

I present here a tentative theory explaining the phobia of clowns. Clown phobia is surprisingly less rare than one might imagine (there is at least one case in every Genpsyc class that I have). I posit that the irrational fear of clowns might be an adaptation that can be traced to our ancestral past, much like preference for large breasts and the taste of fat. It is probable that early hominids encoutered bands of wild clowns (homo ridiculus) on the African savannah. The prehistoric humans were likely terrified by the wild clowns' savagery (e.g. they bonked each other on the head with hyena bones). Human groups that mated with the wild clown species probably died out because of stupidity, so that natural selection would favor the humans who were aversive to clowns. This clown aversion quickly proliferated among successful human groups and thus we probably all carry genes that determine clown phobia, although phenotypic expression will of course be mediated by other factors (such as exposure to modern day clown species)

Believe me, I know these things


Primitive african clown (Late Pleistocene) and Modern clown

the majesty of small things
shot using my skanky outer space macro gun from outer space
(click to enlarge)

Ayt ya all, thiz iz the shiznit on da Game

lets muck around with some game theory now. lets try to address a problem troubling niggers and beotches the world around: to play or not to play

seen in a certain way romance really is a game, one about math really. playin is essentially what is termed a prisoner's dilemma


Figure 1


figure 1 is called a pay-off matrix. the numbers try to quantify how much benefit the person gets out of the interaction. a 2 would mean a "win" situation, a 1 is "could be better" and a 0 means "loser"

non-playahs by definition look for commitment and offer commitment. therefore if X chooses not to be a playah the best outcome for him would be if he met Y and Y was also a non-playah. this is the lower-right box in the matrix. thus it would be a "win-win" situation. they are in the hizzie

playaz on the other hand would not be better off if they met a fellow playah. nobody likes to be played, even playaz. so if X chose to be a playah and she encountered Y who also happened to be a playah, they might have fun but eventually leave each other unsatisfied because of mutual playin, as can be seen in the upper left box. there fore the situation for both is "could be better"

if a playah meets a non-playah, the playah is the big winner hands down, and the non-playah is the sucker. you can see this in the upper-right and lower-left boxes where the playah "wins" and the non-playah gets whippt fo' shizzle

so if this is the human condition with respect to how people get some, whats a nizzle to do? according to the nash equilibrium (john nash, the beautiful mind dude), people will go with the alternative where, on average they get the most benefit. looking at our matrix, being a playah you have an expected value of 1.5 for each game, while non-playaz get only an average of 1. therefore the equilibrium point would be the upper-left box where both try to play each other. its an equilibrium because if either one changes strategy they become losers, so they would tend to stick to being playaz.

and so if the world really is about being selfish and looking out for your own good, everyone would probably be playaz because, it seems, that is the shiznit

is there a better solution? well actually game theory offers us other options. one strategy involves being nice while the other involves dice, but i'll be elabiratizzilating da mo' fizzy sumthingz later

meanwhile, go gizoogle sumthin

sweet verse


never read hamlet and i dont plan to but this part is good:

Yet here, Laertes! Aboard, aboard for shame!
The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail,
And you are stay'd for.
There ... my blessing with thee!
And these few precepts in thy memory
Look thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue,
Nor any unproportion'd thought his act.
Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.
Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel;
But do not dull thy palm with entertainment
Of each new-hatch'd, unfledg’d comrade. Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel but, being in,
Bear't that th' opposed may beware of thee.
Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgement.
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy;
For the apparel oft proclaims the man;
And they in France of the best rank and station
Are of a most select and generous chief in that.
Neither a borrower, nor a lender be;
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Farewell; my blessing season this in thee!


never read yeats either but this one is cute:

the second coming

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?


and of course there are native masters:

sa silong ni kaka may taong nakadapa
kaya pala nakadapa naninilip ng palaka
palakang may buhok ngipin ay nakalubog
kulay niya ay itim hindi naman sunog

new order

last entry for 2005 (mixed media)


if you don't understand most things at all, you could be an imbecile
if you don't understand most things but you have talent, you could be an artist
if you understand most things and you have talent, you could be a scientist
if you understand EVERYTHING, you could be schizophrenic

magkapera scam #23

ganito, ganito
para yumaman tayo:
bibili tayo ng bus
tapos tatanggalin natin lahat ng upuan
(maliban ang sa drayber)
mag lalagay tayo ng maraming "safety handrail"
tapos ipapasada naten
mas marami tayong maisasakay dahil lahat nakatayo
pwede natin babaan ang minimum na pasahe naten
tapos tuwing katapusan ng buwan
maglalagay tayo ng banda sa luob
at maniningil tayo ng "entrance fee"
at magbebenta ng "red horse"
habang rumoronda sa metro manila
parang mayrics na may gulong
yan ang "bling bus"
kung mayroon gustong maging "shareholder"
mag deposito lamang sa BPI akawnt na ito: 8335 0488 74
kung may tanong ay isulat sa "comments"

early one morning in the middle of the night
two dead boys got up to fight
back to back they faced each other
drew their knives and stabbed each other
a deaf policeman heard the noise
and went and killed the two dead boys
-anonymous

there are some amazing people who actually contradict themselves in the things they say, often without knowing it. such people will probably not win many debates. they will insist that the world is round and it is also flat at the same time. using some arcane system of logic, that might actually be true, but that doesn't make it any easier to swallow. hypotheses are tested by taking sides, not by taking all sides. the only thing certain at that point would be confusion. therefore, let us make changes so things stay the same forever, for the time being (sic)

Metr0n0mic0n: Chronicles of the last human city , a photo essay

kafka, camus, orwell. their novels are not easy to love. so it is also true with the great beast called City, both mother and whore. no images of smiling children or joyous vistas to be had; the intention here is to depress, and in so doing inspire a frantic search for hope. the healer is dead. go cure yourselves.

from a bbc documentary, from bits and pieces that i know of physics, from science fiction novels, and some loose ends from philosophy:

one of the implications of the general theory of relativity is that time and space are just two sides of the same coin (not sure if the analogy is correct). this means that you can treat them as two very similar things. the way space stretches is a bit like how time stretches as well.


Figure A

in figure A, objects in space all exist together at a certain point in time. you, standing on the street exist at the same time as the house exists and the tree exists and the earth exists and the galaxy exists. you might be in different places but you all exist together. you can move towards the tree or towards the house or suddenly teleport to another planet but still all the other things will still be there in space. if the general theory of relativity is correct, the same should apply to time.


Figure B

if time has the same property as space, that means all past instances and all future instances exist together. the person you were yesterday exists as real as the person you will be tomorrow as real as the person you are this very moment. you can therefore think of the future as a place you are headed for, like you are headed for a tree; just because you havent gotten there yet it doesnt mean that it doesnt exist yet, meaning (if i understood the bbc docu right) the future already exists! and by corollary, the past STILL exists, just as the tree still exists even if you move away from it in space.

this has many interesting implications:

a) time travel and clairvoyance are both possible in a universe that follows the general relativity model

and

b) the universe is deterministic; the future is already OUT THERE. meaning you can't really change it, its already been set since time and space evolved from chaos

if somehow that depresses you, there is some relief offered by the OTHER big theory in physics, quantum theory. in the quantum universe, when you get to the very very small small tiny tiny particles of things, it seems that things are so very NOT deterministic. they actually random, chaotic. there is no predicting where this piece will be in the next millionth of a second. it could suddenly be somewhere else. everything suddenly becomes probabilistic instead of being set in stone. the happy thing about that is that there might be some way quantum randomness affects human beings so that in the end our choices are entirely free, random, nothing pre-determined

the strange thing is that physicists seem to find that BOTH theories are true, so far. how can that be? i dont know, but scientists and philosophers are trying to reconcile the two together. could it be that they could find a way to marry the idea of FATE and FREE WILL? too bad none of my friends chose to be scientists or philosophers. things like these are great with beer and peanuts


D demonstrating the concurrency of his two past selves

Travelling Bonfires - Mayrics, Oct 14 2005

salamat kay miz jaja campos, ang babaeng maraming hawak (na banda), para sa pagkakataon na putukan ang maraming tao sa mukha (ng flash). galeng ng pinekpekan, este kinepyasan, o baka...

now here's something for april fools that i wish i had the guts to do. because its so funny. maybe one of you can do it and tell me about it after.


Galing ng Novaliches ang bus at papunta na ito ng Baclaran. Ordinary kaya ang kapal ng usok ay pwede mong kusutin. Mainit at ang mga tao ay lukot at kupas parang lumang pera. Alas-tres imedya ng huminto ang bus sa tapat ng Heritage sa kanto ng Edsa extension at Roxas boulevard, bago mag flyover. Nagsakay ito ng pasahero. Umakyat ang isang lalaki na naka polo barong. Mukha siyang malinis at amoy mumurahing pabango. Humarurot muli ang bus kaya kumapit ang lalaki at nagsimulang sumuray-suray papasok. Sa isa niyang kamay ay mag tangan siyang makapal na libro. Baka diksyunaryo, ang isip ng iba. Ngunit hindi nag-hahanap ng upuan ang mga mata ng lalaki, bagkus ay pagkarating nito sa gitna ng bus ay tumayo ng tuwid at nagsimula: "Magandang hapon mga kapatid na Manlalakbay, at magandang hapon sa kapatid na Tsuper at Kundoktor. Gambalain ko lang po ng isang sandali ang inyong pagbiyahe dahil ako po ay isang Alagad ng Katotohanan at nais ko lamang po ipaabot ang Magandang Balita na dapat marinig ng buong Sangkalibutan. Opo, dala ko po ang Magandang Balita at nawa ay alayan man lamang ninyo ako ng kahit isang tainga kung hindi man dalawa at isang sandali lamang po kung hindi man lima para maibahagi ko ang isang Mahalagang Katotohanan. Dahil ang Magandang Balita o Good News sa Ingles o gud nws kung itext ay ito: Wala pong Diyos. Tama. Iyan po ang Magandang Balita. Wala pong Diyos. At dahil walang Diyos ay wala rin pong Demonyo at Impyerno. Kapwa tao lang po natin ang nag Di-diyosdisyosan at kapwa tao lang ren po natin ang nang Dedemonyo ng kapwa nila. Kaya mula ngayong araw na ito, nasa kamay na ninyo ang Kapalaran ninyo at kayo lang rin ang dapat sisihin sa kung ano mang Kabulastugan o Katangahan na mangyayari sa buhay ninyo. Wala pong himala. Ayaan ninyo pong alayan ko kayo ng isang dasal: O Mundo na hindi nilikha at walang patutunguhan, kaawaan po ninyo ang mga Anak ninyong mga ito na Walang Saysay ang buhay. Halellujah Amen. Salamat po uli mga kapatid na Manlalakbay at salamat muli sa ginoong Tsuper at Kundoktor. Magandang hapon at maaliwalas na paglalakbay" Nag abot ang lalaki ng mga sobre. Bibigyan mo kaya siya ng pera?

okay so maybe some of you didn't think it was so funny. blasphemy is a tricky thing. if i die within the week that means He/She doesn't have a sense of humor (at least my life won't be a waste if i prove there really is a God) if i'm still alive that probably means He/She is going to do something Much worse

isang bagay lang ang maaaring magdulot ng martial law: pandemic. kung mamamatay ka na aantayin mo pa ba ang kongreso? i find it strange how some people cannot stand long silences. a photographer's work is never done; it develops. it is better to learn kindness than politeness. kakayanin ko pa kaya mabuhay kung paralisado ang buong katawan ko? hindi ako isang hawking. astig talaga si isting: ders da black hole sun in the sun too-daaaay. ala-singko na, naka lab ka pa?

our_song.mp3 (right-click save target as)

my most upbeat not-so-happy song so far

hahaha! eto na ang pinaka skwater kong kanta! lumabas nalang bigla sa ulo ko parang hatsing. (save target as dito)

labsong

eto ang plano
ganito, ganito
sisikat tayo
hit na hit,
parang anghit
kailangan lang magpagupit
at maalalang mag-ahit
wag mag drugs, wag iinom
magensayo, alagaan ang instrumento
mag cologne, mag polo
dahil alam ko na ang sekreto
panalo ang manok na to
kung gusto mong sumikat
labsong ang gawin mo

iisa lang ang hanap ng pilipino
yung may tampuhan sa umpisa
pero lampungan sa dulo
pakipot na romansa
malanding mga nota
pwedeng maangas, malupit
basta may chorus na swit
parang anghit
ito ang patok
ang nakout na sapok
kung gusto mo sumikat
labsong ang gawin mo

ito ang dating daan
ito ang katotohanan
wag mong pahirapan ang iyong mga fans
sa mahihirap na chords
at lyrics na may sense
dapat senti, dapat madrama
kung gagawa ng video, dapat may kama!

ano ba itong tinatawag nating wikang filipino kundi tagalog na dinamtan ng bandila ng komisyon ni quezon. makatarungan bang hirangin ang isang dayalekto sa ibabaw ng iba? ang mga taga cebu ay nagsisikap magaral ng tagalog, pero ang mga taga maynila ba ay nagaaral ng bisaya? sangayon ako na dapat bilingual ang linggwahe, pero bakit hindi nalang Ingles at Katutubong Wika (Hilagaynon, Bisaya, Chabacano, etc. kung san ka mang rehiyon lumaki). ang wikang filipino ay isang imbensyon ng mga tagalog na gustong koopalin ang mga taga-Timog. pagyamanin ang lahat ng wika sa pilipinas at hindi lang tagalog. ang maynila ay hindi buong pilipinas (na madalas kalimutan ng mga taga-maynila).

plato's cave

Kaya mo bang hulaan ang pamagat ng drawing na ito? (Kung sirit ka na, tingnan ang "comments" para sa sagot)