Michigan vs. Sharee Miller

Came across Fatal Error (HBO) and I forgot that I intended to go to bed after the kids left for school. The best part came at the end of the movie just before the credits–it was based on a true story. According to some sites, the film was supposed to have been retitled Fatal Desire ... (more)

“Twenty”: well-conceptualized?

A few days ago, I saw singer Regine Velasquez on TV airing some “gripes” against those who criticized her Twenty concert. She said she wouldn’t feel so bad IF the critics had bothered watching the concert before lambasting it, or something to that effect. I was curious. When I caught the televised concert while waiting ... (more)

Tears for Fears, Mad World and Alex Parks

Back when I was in the College of Law, Tears for Fears hit the international music scene. Music videos, the medium that would catapult Madonna to stardom, was a new phenomenon and it was through them that I was introduced to the music of two ex-mental patients (or so I heard; Wikipedia refers to it ... (more)

Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’

In most of the interviews I have done in the past, one recurring question was “What is a sassy lawyer day like?” The question is probably borne out of the curiosity to find out if I do much else aside from blogging considering how much output I could churn out in a day. Well, I’ll tell you a secret. I can speedread. My mother insisted I take speedreading lessons the summer before I entered the College of Law. That’s how I can write so many things in a day. More often the not, the output is directly proportional with the input.

In short, while the computer stays on most of the day, I am able to do a lot of other things. I have to, really. Until about two months ago, we had no househelp for almost two years. Had I been spending each weekday doing nothing but sit in front of the computer, we would have starved, we would have been wearing filthy clothes, etc. etc. Why am I writing about this? The title says Alfred Hitchcock… yeah, yeah… I’ll get to Hitchcock. I just want you to picture how things were when I stumbled onto Hitchcock’s 1963 film “The Birds”. So bear with me.

If your spouse wanted a sex change…

They had been married for 25 years when Roy Applewood announced his intention to undergo a sex change operation. He shocks his wife Irma, his church and his community. He is ridiculed by his co-workers and shunned by his pastor. His wife is revolted and tells him to leave the family home. But after witnessing ... (more)

The idiot box

The Philippine Daily Inquirer published an essay by a sophomore Communications student attacking teleseryes and local variety shows as copycats and nakakabobo. There was a fleeting referrence to news programs where the entertainment segment seems to be getting more and more air time. Welcome to the bangag (stoned) world of the Philippine broadcast media where ... (more)