Jessica Zafra's Blog, page 300

The Annual Avarice Register is early

Button assemblage by James Reyes. Labor-intensive, one pair only, mine all mine nyahahaaa. On the subject of presents: -ber na! Any second now you're going to hear an Xmas carol. Why don't you make Xmas shopping easier for your friends by telling them exactly what you want (and where it's available, if you have that [...]

We choose a winner by palakpakan (Updated with running tally)

We received only two entries to the Weekly LitWit Challenge 6.8: How to Dance With Dragons, but both are good enough conceptually to make choosing one winner a difficult task. Turmukoy's story covers the Danaerys-Khal Drogo marriage in the form of a letter to the sex columnist/s Xerex, and Manila Bean's story is set at [...]

We choose a winner by palakpakan

We received only two entries to the Weekly LitWit Challenge 6.8: How to Dance With Dragons, but both are good enough conceptually to make choosing one winner a difficult task. Turmukoy's story covers the Danaerys-Khal Drogo marriage in the form of a letter to the sex columnist/s Xerex, and Manila Bean's story is set at [...]

Kong hei Chloe

Chloe is Boboy and James's Pomeranian. If you say "Kong hei fat choi" she does this.

How to start the week

Under-the-table view of my friends and I at lunch. We were having lunch at Chateau in Greenbelt when there was a disturbance in The Force. "Aha!" I said, "Several rugby players are at Bubba Gump. I should say Hi. Who wants to come with me?" Silence fell over the table. "Hindi ako handa," said The [...]

The Weekly LitWit Challenge 6.8: How to Dance With Dragons EXTENDED

As everyone has gone into vacation mode including ourselves, we are accepting entries to LitWit Challenge 6.8 until 12 noon on Wednesday, 31 August 2011. Meanwhile enjoy turmukoy's excellent Danaerys story in the form of a letter to Auntie Janey Xerex. (Rated NC-17, read in Comments). * * * * * From the HBO series: [...]

Small, tough, precise: History as netsuke

My column in the Star today. Photos from the author's website, www.edmunddewaal.com. Netsuke are Japanese ornaments no bigger than a matchbox, finely detailed, light but tough, carved in wood and ivory. Their subjects are wide-ranging and unexpected. Animals, of course: a brindled wolf, a ruffled dragon leaning on a rock, a stag scratching its ear [...]

Gaydars are unreliable

You don't need a gaydar for this one, I vouch for Raymond's gayness. Please watch his movie. Zombadings opens Wednesday. 4. In Zombadings 1: Patayin Sa Shokot Si Remington, someone is zapping all the gay men in town with a raygun. But how does the raygun know whom to zap? How can you tell a [...]

Auntie Janey's Old-Fashioned Agony Column # 25: The Rant of a Youngest Child

Dear Auntie Janey, I'm worried about my 22-year-old younger sister who's been a registered nurse for almost 2 years. My parents and I have been asking her if she's planning to apply for work or at least volunteer as a nurse soon. We have relatives working in hospitals and are eager enough to help her [...]

As if you needed another reason to love Ryan Gosling (while despairing at the human race)

via Vulture Here he is in real life, breaking up a street fight (more like an intense argument) in St Mark's Place in New York. Apparently the men are fighting over a painting. People are standing around watching them, including the girl taking the video. Ryan is wearing a striped tank top and rolled-up pants, [...]