Most of my free time has lately been spent watching Heroes from pilot to season ender. Yes, I was too lazy and impatient to watch it as it unfolded like normal folks. Instead, I took a cue from Luis and waited till the season ended so that I could watch it all in one fell swoop. This is also one of the three reasons I seem to have temporarily wandered off the face of the earth.
I’ve come up with a list of people from other series’ that I would like to see some of the Heroes cast face off against. They are:
Nikki/ Jessica vs. equally schizo (yes, I know this isn’t the right term) Battosai the Slasher from Rurouni Kenshin – A whole lot of MPD fun!
Hiro vs. time travelling guy in phone booth Rufus from Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventures/ Bogus Journey – Time travel to… the future! Time travel to the death!
Claire (the cheerleader) vs. the equally indestructible Black Anvil from Image Comics’ short-lived Codename: Strykeforce – Who dies first wins! No, that’s not right…
(I told Luis about this deathmatch pairing. He said, "But… that’s just violence porn!")
Peter Petrelli vs. Vertigo Comics’ Sandman’s Dream – Brood to the death!
Micah vs. real-life Martial Law psychic Ronnie Marcos – Who gets to save the most money on long distance phone calls wins! Daig pa ang budget phone card!
The second reason is because I got so sick of writing I began to read instead, spending whatever free time I had where I wasn’t watching heroes reading books that Luis lent me like Dan Savage’s Savage Love, which was educational, but not a book you’d want to eat while reading with, and McSweeny’s Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans, edited by Dave Eggers, which is page after page of "ang labo, men!" fun.
I’m currently reading Chuck Klosterman’s Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs, which makes me all nostalgic for the 90’s, therefore showing my age. Speaking of showing my age, was I the only one affected by the Corey Haim/ Corey Feldman split? I spent part of my grade school days sort of liking Corey Feldman and sort of getting flack for it because he wasn’t as cute (or normal) as Corey Haim. Those were the days my friends and I would memorize the contents of Tiger Beat from cover to cover. If Dan Savage thinks that Tiger Beat might have made him gay, well, I think that it might have made me straight. Um. Moving on.
The third reason I’ve been too lazy to write is because I finally gave in to peer pressure and opened an account on Facebook. So far, the application I enjoy most is, like the beauty queen that I am, the question and answer portion.
Here are my answers to some of my friends’ questions:
From Cirj: What would you do if you had a million dollars?
Me: I would buy a small Eastern European communist country. One with lots of castles. And cheese. Cheese is important.
From Elena: If you had one wish, what would it be?
Me: Fame, fortune, and all the steak I can eat. (I forgot to say that it should be good steak)
From Joey: If Jesus were alive now, what music would he listen to?
Me: Electronica. Because, well, God is a…
(Yes, I apologized to poor Joey. It was too good to pass up.)
I also couldn’t resist asking my own questions (hey, one headache deserves another). They are:
- Why or why not? And if so, why… or why not?
My answer (which I forgot to post): Why. Because it’s more annoying.
- If you could have one musician’s one ability, whose would you pick and what aspect of his talents?
My answer: I want Shane McGowan’s (from The Pogues) songwriting. He’s really good at mixing history, traditional music, current events/ concerns, sexdrugsrockandroll with punk. Bloody genius!
Alas, I can hear my deadlines piling up as I type this. It was fun playing make-believe-you-have-no-responsibilities but I have to return to real life sometime. I can’t wait for the long weekend so that I can do this all over again!
