Jessica Zafra's Blog, page 309

Awaaard! Translate this into Baklese

Do you want the Zombadings bag with the matching Awaaard! filmfest button? You can have one if you're proficient in Baklese or gay lingo. Some people still call it swardspeak, though gay men have long ceased to be called "sward". They have returned the term to gardening, where its original meaning is "an expanse of [...]

Winter has come.

The long years of waiting are at an end. The fifth book in A Song Of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin has arrived. Jon Snow, Tyrion Lannister, Arya Stark, Daenerys Targaryen, absent from the previous volume, return. You can order your hardcover copy of A Dance With Dragons from National Bookstore Online. May [...]

Auntie Janey's Old Fashioned Agony Column # 21: The Horrible Boss

Dear Auntie Janey, I've been working in a multinational company for three years. I love my work and the company in spite of its many flaws. What I can't handle is my direct boss. He is such a dick. Lurtz, boss of the Uruk-hai in Isengard Late last year I saw how biased and narrow-minded [...]

Zombadings: 2 snaps in a Z formation!

Zombadings 1: Patayin sa Shokot si Remington is the closing film at Cinemalaya 2011. It will screen at 11.45pm on Saturday 23 July at the CCP, right after Quark Henares's long-awaited Rakenrol. Zombadings 1 opens in theatres soon, when the barrage of Hollywood extravaganzas finally fizzles out (they own all the playdates). Zombadings 1: Patayin [...]

Jessica Rules TV Ep. 6: Penmanship, Russian lit and standing in line at the movies

Plus Woody Allen summarizes Russian literature in Love and Death. And this bit from Woody Allen's Annie Hall happens to me in real life.

Going on a reading retreat in August

Laura Miller wrote about reading retreats. You pack some books, go someplace where there are few distractions, and read undisturbed. There's the Castello di Galeazza in Bologna, Photo by Renato Ribichini in Panoramio. but Italy would be a massive distraction. There's the Retreat Svaboda in Gorna, but Bulgaria would be the distraction. Wait! I know [...]

The Mystery of the Mesmeric Muggers

The Cabinet of Dr Caligari Holy hypnotists, Batman, are we in the middle of a crime wave? We know there are criminals afoot in our clammy city—pickpockets, bag-slashers, muggers, carjackers, the "small-time" (although they are said to belong to crime syndicates) criminals as opposed to the large-scale operators who need to get elected into office [...]

The Naked Tuna

"You don't need to be naked when you eat tuna." – Metro Manila Development Authority Chair Francis Tolentino We'll need a rimshot. - You don't?? - He lied to me!! - My cats do it all the time. - No no no, tuna is a metaphor. - But he's a nudist fundamentalist. - It's laundry [...]

My pocket cinematheque

Paperblanks hardcover notebook, 6.5 x 9 cm Russian film posters Comments for this post Will only be accepted In haiku form.

The Weekly LitWit Challenge 6.4: Cheese and Sensibility

Thanks to everyone who participated in LitWit Challenge 6.3: Letters to your ex, part 2. A few amateur observations: 1. Some of you are still bitter and angry. Usually if you wish them dead it means you are not over them. 2. If you wrote really long letters to them it could mean you are [...]