Ha. I was neutral on the issue until that high school friend made that comment. Because it meant in crystal that Kate Daly's article proved a point. She may have been harsh at a certain level and I was a bit iffy on her statement that we should all be busy finding a cure. LIKE YEAH, WE CAN ALL DO THAT. WE ARE ALL MEDICAL EXPERTS. So this bra color trend thing is apparently what the lay can do. Her point may have been better if she cited another alternative like joining an organization or donating to medical research or whatever. But finding a cure? Haha. Yeah, she can prolly do that. But while I disagree with her in some respects, I think what was believable in her article was the way the trend actually carried out the cause. Just look at my friend's status message. WITH OR WITHOUT A CAUSE. I repeat, EVERYONE'S HAVING FUN. WITH OR WITHOUT A CAUSE.
Here's an excerpt of Kate Daly's article:
At this point, there can't be a person in the world who isn't aware of breast cancer. What we need is not a context-free reminder of its existence, but a cure, as well as some scientific clarity about how best to prevent the disease. Does anyone think the Facebook meme contributes an iota to that?
I doubt it. Even the writer of the initial promotional e-mail (or writers; there are several versions) didn't. It ends: "It will be fun to see how long it takes before the men will wonder why all the girls have a color on their status!" That's what this is mostly about: not cancer, but flirting.
The backlash against the campaign has already started. As of 1 a.m., the Facebook group "I Really Dont [sic] Care What Color Your Bra Is" had more than 1,000 fans (compared with 48 fans for "Bra Color As My Status"). Another group, "Not Posting the Color of Your Bra," was advising readers to make donations of time or money to cancer societies or at least to refresh their statuses with medical facts. Personally, I liked the approach of science writer Maggie Koerth, who updated thus: "Post what your arteries look like and support a cure for heart disease! (What? It still kills more women than breast cancer.) I'm guessing that mine are slowly filling with sediment thanks to a genetic tendency toward high cholesterol!"
So after all this, why did I end up describing my lingerie on Facebook anyway? I guess for the same reason anyone posts anything on Facebook: I wanted a little attention.
Y'know, for sick people.
For the complete one, check out: http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thehumanc
- Mood:
NAKAKALOKA - Music:Empire State of Mind by Jay-Z Feat. ALicia Keys
In a blanket definition, rebellion is simply a form of disobedience from an established authority. Ha. We're talking about the government aren't we? I think it's better to say "established system." In this case we are talking about the society at large where a consensus on how we function as one is upheld by the principles of our constitution. The characterization of course, does not end in its definition. If rebellion is a form of disobedience, a fleshing out of the idea of disobedience is necessary for us to realise its forms and what goes within the perimeters of rebellion. If we are talking about these "forms", we are led to the question, is the form of disobedience contingent on who actually disobeys? This is where I am reminded of semantically constructed world views. We have a lexical item for those who rebel against the government: civil disobedience. Obviously, government officials are not within the characterization of the word, "civil"---or is it? or should it be?
I think this is where I may have to agree with Henry David Thoreau's idea of civil disobedience (motivated by the atrocities of slavery). Never mind that our conscience as a people is suppressed as long as we stick to the law. Never mind that 57 people died and the Ampatuans aren't that likely to submit themselves to the law. This is where Thoreau actually said that a democracy isn't exactly going to fix the whole hoopla since our principles are contingent on the majority. Point being: the majority's decision vs. an individual's isn't always right. Anyway let's go back to the story, we're deviating. The declaration of Martial Law in Maguindanao allows acquiescence upon the cancellation of the Writ of of H.C.. Justice therefore takes over as it infringes the right to protect oneself from the judicial system. Promising, if you ask me. How do you subject an army with an army?
At the end of the day, we question the apparent mutual exclusivity of rebellion--simply because we see here local government going against a democracy. We may have a weak democracy but we could at least try to uphold it by realizing that even goverments can rebel against itself.
- Mood:
distressed - Music:Under My Skin by Stellar Project
- Mood:
blah - Music:Whatever You Like by Anya Marina
Mum's sick and she's a bad patient or maybe dad and i are bad doctors or maybe all of us are. The point is, she's not getting better. Then the puppy dies and there's a school fiasco. This is more than I can handle. Never mind the Demerol sheets. I want Smith and Wesson.
- Mood: suicidal
- Music:Speechless - Michael Jackson
Anyway. Fashion Week is soooo close I can almost feel the fabric. (Oh diba keri mo ko mag-segway?) I got in, sure. Pero I am depressed lang na somehow I kinda did not deliver well. Like am so sorry naman, tinahak ko ang Ortigas Avenue Extension where all the baha and hoopla are. Sorry na lang kung mukhang binagyo, diba? But noooo. In my profession, sumabog pa ang bulkan, kaya mo parin dapat patumbahin si Kate Moss. So there. Depression source number two.
Number three. Ni hindi ko anlang kayang tingnan more so kainin itong isang pack ng macapuno sweets that me and my mum bought from this guy peddling them inside McDo. I mean, I was embarassed for him. Keri na sana if he were the likes of those men na nakasando't umaakyat sa mga bus and doon naglalako diba? But nooo again. I have seen these people dressed in decent clothes as they shyly sell whatever stuff they had. Kilala mo sila? Madaling mag-deduce with all these clues. Ito yung mga taong most likely nasa middle class na unti-unting dumadaosdos sa bangin ng kahirapan. Naks, ang lalim diba? Pero I guess it's the reason why they're shy to begin with. Hindi sila sanay maglako. Baguhan sa ganoong sitwasyon. What made it more heartbreaking was the fact that pa-simple siyang nagtitinda in McDonald's, nagbibigay ng mga maliliit na papel where there were computer printed words saying:
Dear Sir/Ma'am:
Ako po si ***** *****, isang out of school youth na tumutulong sa magulang sa pagtitinda ng mga sweets na gawa ng nanay at tatay ko. Gusto ko rin bumalik sa pag-aaral. Dahil sa hangaring ito, ako po'y nagtitinda... chever chever... basta let's get to the point, okay? Kasi hindi ko rin naman matandaan yung sinulat niya kasi kinukuha niya rin after. I guess dahil mahal din magpaparint noh. Pero yun. Naluha lang ako sa honesty niya. Kasi ako, I work as a fashion model also with the want to pay for my education pero siya, sa ganoong paraan. So yeah, wala rin naman akong masyadong dalang pera that time so isang pack lang nabili ko na fifteen pesos. Pamasahe pa lang niya 'yun.
Putangina. Yun lang. Nakakainis na hindi ako makatulong ng maayos kahit gustung-gusto ko.
The experience was similar to the day where I went out right after the onslaught of Typhoon Ondoy. Habang binabaybay ko ang Ortigas, I saw muddy imprints of hands on the walls, apparently belonging to those who traversed meters-high floods. Nakakakilabot. Ilan kaya sa mga kamay na iyon ang nakaraos at ilan ang sinawimpalad?
Putangina ulit. 'Yun lang.
- Mood:
crushed - Music:Ligaya by The Eraserheads
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It's hard to imagine that the man is contained in a box, unmoving. Lifeless. For the time he was alive, it was the last thing I could think of. His name was synonymous to movement. Not only because he moved a lot but because he moved like nobody else. The binary opposition of life and death for a time was the same binarity shared by Michael and death. He is life personified. The personification of life is seen in the way we articulate it with our body and mind. In Filipino the body and the mind is encapsulated in the word diwa. It is a sense of self, a sense of being present in a certain sphere at a given time. What makes him personify life at its best was the way he established himself as a living being. When he moved, we were in awe.
People are sick of him by now, I know. Some just can't get over it. People like me. Lol. I even refuse to get hold of his released songs since I feel that by the time I have listened to it all, the more it dawns to me that there's nothing else coming. No new albums, new singles, new number ones, videos, Grammys, etc. It is like a summation of his life. His productivity ends where his life does too. Duh. So yeah. I know he has about a hundred other unreleased songs but I want them to remain unreleased.
Just so I continue being curious.
Just so there's potential to know something new.
Today at 7:00 pm he is to be laid to rest. I feel like Ballsy Aquino refusing to see cuby hole of her mother's resting place. It seals everything. It's the point of letting go. What makes it hard to swallow is the fact that at the end of the day, the people we deem to have been one of the greats to have ever walked the planet could be left alone in such a small space. Of course he or she is not there.
A heap of hair and bones that used to dance. and sing. and love.
My only consolation is that it is a mere container--the form where the True self, for a time, stayed. It cannot go on any longer. But the Self continues to exist.
Very Christian.
Very hopeful.
- Location:Forest Lawn, Glendale, California (heck, i wish)
- Mood: crushed
- Music:Love Remains the Same by Gavin Rossdale
Jackson death a homicide, criminal charge possible
Reuters - 1 hour, 44 minutes ago- celebs:
- Michael Jackson
This undated handout photograph provided in July 2009 by the legal firm Stradley, Chernoff & Alford LLP (SC&A LLP) shows Conrad Murray, doctor of the late US pop star Michael Jackson. The coroner's announcement will fuel speculation that authorities are likely to charge Jackson's personal physician Conrad Murray in connection with the death.(AFP/SC&A LLP-HO)Reuters LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Michael Jackson's death has been ruled a homicide from an overdose of the anesthetic propofol and other drugs, and police will refer the case to prosecutors for possible criminal charges, officials said on Friday.
The coroner's ruling fueled speculation that his doctor may face a criminal charge of manslaughter or worse.
The Los Angeles County Coroner said in a statement that propofol and the sedative lorazepam were the primary drugs responsible for Jackson's June 25 death at the age of 50.
Other drugs found in the singer's body were midazolam, diazepam, lidocaine and ephedrine.
Separately, the Los Angeles Police Department said its investigation was continuing but that police were referring the case to prosecutors for possible criminal charges.
Jackson, whose "Thriller" CD remains the best-selling album of all time, died suddenly after suffering cardiac arrest in a rented Los Angeles mansion only weeks before he was to begin a series of comeback concerts.
Houston-based doctor Conrad Murray was hired to care for the singer while he prepared for the concerts, and he was at Jackson's bedside the day he died. Murray has admitted to police that he administered propofol, which is generally used in surgery, to help Jackson sleep.
In court documents, police have said Murray is the subject of a manslaughter investigation but officials have also looked into care provided to Jackson by other doctors who may have prescribed other drugs to him.
A spokesman for Murray's lawyer said the attorney had no immediate comment.
POTENT DRUGS COCKTAIL
The list of drugs in Jackson's system reads like a cocktail of sedatives, painkillers and one stimulant. Midazolam is a sedative similar to propofol, used to make patients drowsy but not unconscious during procedures such as colonoscopies.
Diazepam, the generic version of Valium, is used to calm anxiety, while lidocaine is a painkiller and ephedrine is a stimulant.
The coroner said the complete toxicology report remained sealed at the request of the Los Angeles police and the Los Angeles County District Attorney.
Forensics expert Dr. Lawrence Kobilinsky, who chairs the Department of Science at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and is not involved in the case, said that absent the full report, it was difficult to determine whether charges would be filed against Dr. Murray and what those charges would be.
He said prosecutors would be looking at the amount of propofol and other drugs in Jackson's system, whether errors were made in administering drugs in combination, and whether Murray gave proper dosages or a lethal dosage.
"If he administered a lethal dose of propofol, they could charge him with negligent homicide," Kobilinsky said.
But for now, police have only said in affidavits obtained to search Murray's office that he is the subject of an investigation for the lesser charge of manslaughter.
A spokesman for Jackson's family issued a statement on Friday saying the family commended the actions of the coroner and other law enforcement groups and "looks forward to the day that justice can be served."
(Additional reporting by Maggie Fox; Editing by David Storey)
LOVE AND MISS YOU, MIKE. :) HAPPY BIRTHDAY. <3
X♥O♥X♥O
- Mood:
contemplative - Music:Shout by Michael Jackson
Who would've thought that the arts, humble as it is, seemingly pure and even immune from her viral-like activities could be touched, as if "devirginized." It is disturbing how far she's going. I would have to agree with Prof. Randy David that she is, one by one, destroying the institutions of our society. Even the arts is not to be spared.
Just as we thought that the "dagdag-bawas" is an act of government electoral fraud, here she is extending its definition to the arts. I quote Prof. Dalisay in his blog entry, "The Corruption if Culture":We decry the shamelessness of lobbying the Palace, or of even bringing names to the attention of the President outside of the prescribed process. That the process itself may be and has been politicized--but that's a debate among artistic peers, not politicians or bureaucrats more attuned to pork than poetry.
- Mood:
crazy - Music:Bette Davis Eyes - Leighton Meester
'Yun lang.
- Mood:
in looooove - Music:Scream - Michael Jackson ft. Janet Jackson
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