Sporadic Procrastination

The Blue and Orange Project™: no. 6

2008-11-26T21:30:00.004+08:00

i got the urge to do some sketching earlier this afternoon so i decided to kind of revive the whole blue and orange project. except now it's just the orange project (i.e. ME) for the meantime because the gf is busy.

this week, i present to you.. ASTROBOY!

the upcoming movie about our favorite robot boy has got me excited and judging from the teaser trailer, it looks awesome! see for yourself.

that is all.

halloween '08

2008-10-31T21:37:00.000+08:00

more pics HERE.

ciao, bella.

2008-10-16T15:42:00.004+08:00

for someone uninhibited by life's many tragedies,

for someone who embraced its many nuances,

for someone who brought joy to a lot of people,

for someone who was a FRIEND.

you will be greatly missed. ~~

heaven will be a much happier place with you there. make the angels piss in their robes laughing, okay?

my first crack at digital painting.

2008-10-03T20:04:00.006+08:00

rorschach, from "watchmen". photoshop CS 2, roughly 30 minutes.

christmas is a-coming. bah-humbug.

2008-10-02T18:30:00.005+08:00

christmas is less than two months away, and it took a cold shower early this morning to remind me of it. i've come to associate the switch from warm to cool climate with the yuletide season though i know it's not always the case. go figure.

when i was a kid, christmas was always fun. mom and dad were still here in the country, and our house was always the venue for big family reunions. titos and titas, cousins and grandparents, each one would bring food that we would eat come lunchtime. we had games, and of course the customary exchange gifts and aginaldos. over the years this tradition faded away. maybe some of the relatives got tired of it, or maybe they just had too much stuff going on. i don't know which.

i miss being a kid sometimes.

yes, the kid on the right is me. sometimes we had lechon, other times we roasted chicken.

empty spaces

2008-09-27T22:27:00.001+08:00

it's starting to bug me how i haven't been able to write anything the past few weeks. it's not for lack of trying, or stuff to write about. it's like whenever i attempt to do so, my mind goes completely blank and nothing comes out. like designing, writing is one of my outlets and in my opinion the more honest and the more personal one. i've been banking on it since i felt the onset of design drought, but now it's gone too and the alarm bells are ringing louder than ever.

i guess i can't avoid it anymore, i have to ask it out loud, ask myself.

what. is. wrong. with. me?

of course laying it out in the open doesn't change the fact that much like before, i still have no answers.

my vote goes to mike villar!

2008-09-19T19:45:00.002+08:00

ok so i haven't been posting entries lately but something really important has compelled me to do so.. the philippine blog awards!

out of all the nominees, only one name stood out: mike villar. now i don't know him personally, but i have been an avid reader of his blog since god knows when. reason: the guy is so goddamn funny without being tacky or idiotic. the way he weaves tales of his everyday life leaves me guffawing out loud every time. he's articulate, witty, smart and.. what's that? i don't have to elaborate? i can just post a short entry saying i vote for him and be done with it?

fuck.

i vote for mike. that is all.

of course somebody has to pay for this event so..

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eraserheads reunion concert...

2008-08-31T02:55:00.006+08:00

...was awesome. i wanna blog more about it but i don't have pictures (a sad, sad part of the whole story) so yeah. i just wanted to make this entry because if i don't, then it wouldn't feel "real", like it never happened. yeah i know, pathetic right? fuck you.

full (hopefully) entry in the coming days. now i go to soak in my memories of the concert. yowza.

one of those stupid memes again.

2008-08-29T21:21:00.000+08:00

i got tagged a couple weeks ago but i din't have time to answer so yeah. i actually have a lot of stuff i'd rather blog about but for some strange reason i can't seem to start writing them so i guess this'll hafta do for now.

here goes.

1. Four places I go over and over
• beyond advertising, where i work

• home, where i live (duh)
• ka's place

• ministop (pathetic, really)

2. Four people who e-mail me regularly
• multiply

• facebook

• twitter

• my dad, i guess

3. Four of my favorite places to eat?
• KFC

• ministop (again, pathetic)

• Mcdo

• nowhere particular really. i eat everything, so..

4. Four places you’d rather be?
• the beach

• the beach

5. Four TV shows I could watch over and over
• friends

• how i met your mother

• fifth wheel

• wwe

6. Four people I think (and hope) will respond
i think most of them already did this so.. no one really.

a seemingly worthless forwarded text message turned nugget of wisdom: #2

2008-08-08T21:54:00.000+08:00

"sometimes laughing isn't something you do for fun.

it's a relief when you have nowhere to run."

a seemingly worthless forwarded text message turned nugget of wisdom: #1

2008-08-05T15:50:00.004+08:00

"if plan 'A' doesn't work out, don't worry.

you still have 25 letters left."

you look like a monkey! you look like a fucking monkey!

2008-07-30T14:29:00.013+08:00

entries for the The Blue and Orange Project™ are temporarily suspended. i haven't had time to do something due to work and i don't wanna rush something just so i can post. besides, ka hasn't done anything yet so i wanna let her catch up and shit.

and speaking of work..

miss g, our boss, met with us yesterday to announce something important. representatives from the client are going to drop by the office to conduct a surprise inspection of the premises either today, tomorrow or friday. what they don't know however, is that we have moles working on the inside. said mole got wind of the said inspection and tipped us off. now my boss, having worked for many years in this industry during her younger years, knew the importance of making good impressions so she immediately ordered us to clean up. desks, pantry, bathroom, dark corners, everything.

not bad but wait, i'm not done yet.

wanting to further impress said clients, the big boss told us that starting today till friday, everyone is required to dress like corporate monkeys. button-down polos, slacks, leather shoes, the works. we even had to cut our hair. i was mortified. now i realize that to most people, dressing up is no big deal but c'mon. we're an ad agency. we are artists. artist don't dress up in slacks and whathaveyou's, right? our creative output doesn't have anything to do with how we dress. i can come to work in a ski mask and socks and still produce something, so what the hell? besides, it all just seems so.. fake. nevertheless, i knew we had to comply. only one problem though.

i had. no. corporate. clothes.

the last time i remember having slacks and black shoes was years ago. during high-fucking-school. it's just not me. i remember a phase back in college when i used to dress up in dark denims, suede loafers and polo shirts. god that was awful. since then i swore off the idea of proper attire in favor of the grungy, rockstar look. i had long-sleeved shirts, so all i needed were the pants and shoes. and money. but lo and behold! by some miracle of god, the boss started handing out envelopes to each one of us, like manna from heaven. the contents weren't much, but it'd hafta do. after the meeting, i headed off to landmark and SM with some officemates to look for a quick fix to my problem and luckily i found some stuff that ~~din't make me want to puke~~ were okay, with the help of ka.

here i am in my full monkey outfit. i din't wear my new shirt yet.

i feel awful.

wanna know how I got these scars?

2008-07-25T14:41:00.001+08:00

i saw the dark knight with karen last wednesday and as expected, it totally blew me away.

as everyone who already got to see the movie said, heath ledger was absolutely amazing. i've always seen the joker to be a, pardon the pun, a clown. granted, i've never really read a lot of batman comics to know any better but jeezus, he was really terrifying onscreen. you just know something really fucked up is going to happen when you see him. his role in the corruption of harvey dent was subtle yet effective. you knew it, but it was pushed so far in the background that when it finally came to a head you will almost pee your pants.

what's surprising is that for the most part, i never even thought of it as batman's movie (which kinda fits the twist in the end to a T). he was kinda relegated to a supporting role which was kind of strange but pleasant. the only thing that irritated me the most was his bat-voice. it was too forced in my opinion. everytime he spoke in costume, i had a hand to my throat. it was that painful. one other thing was the fight sequences. i mean, i know his armor is bulkier, but i would have liked to have seen a little more agility. he's a master of an assortment of martial arts for chrissakes. he kinda looked like a sluggish steven seagal to me. people can argue that he strikes at precise pressure points hence the limited but powerful movements but whuteva.

a great movie about the human psyche and it's inherent flaws, the dark knight is definitely one of my favorite comic-to-movie adaptations of all time.

procrastinator rating: 8.5 out of 10 stars

The Blue and Orange Project™: no. 5

2008-07-23T16:32:00.003+08:00

nobody said i couldn't go crazy with my submissions, right?

photomanip on photoshop, images from google.

The Blue and Orange Project™: no. 4

2008-07-15T23:37:00.000+08:00

for this week's edition, i thought of doing a sketch. it's been a while since i last did one, and i was inspired after i saw this on one of my contact's page on dev art.

pencil sketch, scanned. colored in photoshop. i wanted to put po in a background, but the lines and colors drowned out the pencils so yeah. bare as hell.

itching to write but too lazy to do so, part deux

2008-07-14T21:31:00.005+08:00

so yeah, you guessed it. it's stupid pictures time again!

only in the philippines can people come up with wordplays that have absolutely nothing to do with the product they're selling.

what does a chinese na amoy lumpia even look like? scary. i wouldn't come near this place. ever.

um... what? oh. you mean this outlet CONTINUES THE LEGENDARY TRADITION! yeah. you communicate that quite well. and wait, aren't you in makati? why the hell does it say baguio city bran--- ah. you mean this branch COMES FROM THE BAGUIO OUTLET. splendid job old chap. very coherent.

OVERDRIVEn, but all in all it's a FINE, FINE TIME.

2008-07-13T12:32:00.015+08:00

(nevermind the title. i just had to say something relevant to the topic.)

i'm sure most of you have already heard about this rumor that's been spreading like wildfire on the net. for the uninitiated, it goes something like this.. ~~a band~~ THE superband that was a product of the 90's boom in alternative music who parted ways after a still-unclear fallout is planning a one-night only, orgasmicawesometastic reunion concert come august 30 barring any major hitches. ring any bells? no? fuck you.

i guess it's safe to say that i am a big fan. hell, this band started my love affair with pinoy alternative music so yeah, i am DEFINITELY going to be there with thousands of fans if and when they make the official announcement.

also, because i am such a lazy bum, you can check out more of the happy details here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here. got it? good.

now go out and offer those animal and child sacrifices to your gods so this shit can push through hotdammit!

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EDIT, 10:40pm: just got word that this is indeed TRUE. motherfuckin-a. who woulda thunk? read the affirmation here. tickets! where can i get tickets?!?!?!

EDIT, july 14 10:30am: another, more detailed article here.

The Blue and Orange Project™: no. 3

2008-07-08T23:38:00.000+08:00

great, another photo-finish. i gotta stop working like this, really.

this one i made while trying to visualize the crazy feeling karen sometimes makes me feel. it's like.. well.. akin to that of a bobblehead. everything seems to be really hectic, alive and head-dismembering crazy.

but i love her anyways. :D

as usual, this was done on photoshop.

not a good way to start the week.

2008-07-07T10:01:00.007+08:00

as most of you know, i live in malabon. for those that are geographically challenged, malabon is located up north, near valenzuela and bulacan. malabon is frequented by floods, home of the original pancit malabon, and we have a lot of patis factories (so yeah, y'all can stop with the malabon jokes now.) everyday i travel from our place to makati, where i work. it usually takes me roughly an hour and a half from home to the office, which makes commuting a bitch.

anyhoo, i woke up around 6:15 this morning, intending to ride the the direct-to-ayala FX at a nearby terminal 10 minutes away. i needed to be early because i have a 5pm deadline and i wanted to get a good headstart. i ate breakfast, talked a bit with my grandparents, and proceeded to take a shower (and by "shower" i meant "balde at tabo".) now one of the things i don't understand about myself is how i manage to waste so much time doing abso-fucking-lutely nothing. when i got to my room, i glanced at my now-malfuntioning alarm clock and was aghast with what i saw: it was almost 7:45! how could that be?! the last trip FX left around 8! i hurriedly dressed up, brushed my teeth and zoomed out the door. please let me make it. pleasepleaseplease. beads of sweat started to appear on my neck and scalp, taunting me, making me more agitated by the second. i recognized the signs. i was having one of my sweat sessions again. i never got why my body always seems to pump out sweat a lot more than the average person. and it was still morning! i whipped out my trusty hanky which i grabbed right before i left and wiped my brow. a weird, violent sensation rippled through my skin. i felt sick as i realized that i accidentally got my sister's, which was part silk. and boys and girls, we all know how silk doesn't absorb liquids that much. my sweat spread across my face and i felt my back start to get damp too as we neared the terminal. when i got there, i let out an audible groan: they were gone. the FXs. my ride. my ticket to easy commuting. fuck. one alternative left.

the LRT. *cue ominous music*

the LRT, much like the MRT, is hella CROWDED, moreso during early mondays. i dreaded the thought as the jeepney continued its slow pace. my sweat was coming in torrents now, my shirt completely soaked. why the fuck do you have to stop in front of EVERYONE on the street, dude?! i thought. just GO goddammit! the driver stared ahead with a blank look, oblivious to my anger. i wanted to strangle him. the girl seated next to me (who was a nursing student i presume) kept looking at me as i shifted uncomfortably in my seat. i knew because i could feel her eyes on me. i could imagine her going "oh my god, this dude sweats a lot! these are the symptoms for what ailment again? *checks textbook*" finally, we reached the end of the route. i got down as quickly as i could, and started walking towards the LRT station which was a good 5 minutes away.

by the time i reached the LRT platform i was literally wet, my relatively good mood from earlier was completely gone. the train came and i got in and was lucky enough to grab a seat, but the sheer volume of people made it virtually impossible to be comfortable. for that same reason the aircon seemed absent too. the idea of going back home and calling in sick seemed very tempting. the train reached gil puyat and i got down with the rest of the herd, agitation now in full throttle. i hurried to the spot where i usually hailed cabs. nothing in sight. fuck it, i thought. looks like i'll have to take an FX to ayala. where is it.... oh look, a line. i wonder what these people are doing lin--- wait. that's. the. line. for. the. FX. great. i took my place at the end of the line and waited. and waited. then waited some more. where is that fucking FX?!?! the sweat started pouring down my back again. fuck. a good 15 minutes later it came, like a fucking camel in a desert of despair. i got in and felt a little of my anger subside. it was cold! not arctic cold, but cold nonetheless! halle-fucking-lujah! i settled contentedly on my seat as the FX rolled out towards ayala. my elation was short-lived however, when i realized something: the FX won't pass by directly in front of our office.

i had one 10 minute walk left. FUCK.

i hate commuting.

The Blue and Orange Project™: no. 2

2008-07-01T22:41:00.003+08:00

i almost wasn't able to post anything today because of work but booyah, a picture! i was determined to keep my word about this project and i wasn't going to let my job get in the way of the greater good.
(actually, i REALLY din't have anything. i was resigned to the fact that i would be unable to show anything until i remembered that i had this photo lying somewhere. :p)
i took this shot one lazy day at the office. taken using my canon ixus camera. additional editing in photoshop done for the vignette and some more for additional blurs. i also desaturated the image a bit.

diablo III is now officially ON muthafuckas!

2008-06-30T14:01:00.002+08:00

just got wind of this awesome news and i totally peed my fucking pants. after the long wait, DIABLO III is finally upon us!

i checked out the official site and man. awe-fucking-some. that's all i can say. the graphics are a gazillion times better than the dII. i also saw some video samples of the new characters and their skills and daaaaaaaamn do they look sweet! i have no news yet when blizzard is planning on releasing this baby but i sure do hope it'll be soon. i'm sure this'll give me countless wet dreams for many nights to come.

in the meantime, screencaps!

the new barbarian....

...in action!

could this be the paladin?

one of the big-ass bosses

one of the new characters, the witch doctor!

check out this short video clip of the gameplay...

....also, cinematic trailer!

man, this is going to kick MAJOR ass. i can't WAIT to get my grubby little paws on a copy of this game.

The Blue and Orange Project™

2008-06-25T17:01:00.003+08:00

monday night, me and ka went out for coffee at a nearby cafe. it's one of the things we do that i look forward to because during our incaffeinated (wtf) state, we get to talk about all the important shit in our lives. (overpriced coffee becomes priceless in those cases.) anyways, the topic of the larry-has-been-creatively-stagnant-the-past-few-months reared its ugly head once more. usually after talking about it, i get all depressed. i dunno why, but that night i felt angry. angry at myself. for letting me slip into a rut so steep that i dunno how to get out. i resolved to do something about it as i took karen home. but how?

the answer presented itself to me the day after. i told ka that i wanted to do something about it, and we came up with a solution: a blog of our works. every tuesday, we would post stuff that we did over the weekend; her photos and my designs. we would have a theme of course (her idea) for each week. it's still in the planning stages so after we iron out some more details, we'll get the show on the road. i'm kinda excited about this whole thing. i mean, this would be a great chance for me to "recapture" my old self so to speak. i'm just hoping the juice is still there. otherwise no amount of wringing will bring it back. so yeah.

below is my supposed first entry for our blog. (tentatively titled "The Blue and Orange Project™) i was trying to visualize what i've been feeling the past few months. feel free to give me suggestions, good or bad.

black, white and green.

2008-06-16T15:16:00.000+08:00

so yeah, i finally got to see two movies i have been waiting for for months. kung fu panda and the incredible hulk. :D

pandamonium!

i love pandas. i dunno why. i have loads of panda stuff, from stickers to stuffed toys to keychains. fuck, lookit the name of m y multiply site for chrissakes. karen told me once that i AM a panda. (of course she said that because she knows i am as lazy as one but wuteva.) i love jack black and i know why. he's funny, he's not pretentious, and he makes those froo-bi-doo-doo-bi-dee sound effects that are awesome. mix those two together in a movie and you'll have a larry that's pee-in-his-pants-antsy. in a good way.

i got to see the movie on the first showing day and i only have one word for it. awe-fucking-some. the graphics/animation? smooth as awesome. the story? it's just a little short of awesome. character development? ah-sum. you catch my drift?

jack, po and me cause we tight like that.

the movie had a lot of funny scenes. the characters had personalities, and they interacted well. the sequence where the main villain tai lung escapes from prison is a must-see. i literally had my mouth hanging open. i think what got me amazed the most were the lines e.g. the exchange between oogway and po by the peach blossom tree: "the past is history, the future is a mystery, but today is a gift. that's why they call it the present." i mean, who came up with that? gene-e-ass.

this is one movie made of pure awesome.

procrastinator rating: 9 out of 10 stars

hulk SMASH!

from the first time i heard about this movie , i had been pretty skeptical as well as excited. i mean, marvel already did it once and it kinda... sucked. big time. i was still a bit apprehensive as i entered the theater last friday to see it. turns out i needn't have worried.

"i... hate..... VEGGIES!"

first off, let me reiterate what i said on that past entry: edward norton as banner is awesome. he pulled off the tormented scientist part pretty well. the supporting characters, on the other hand, were quite bland and boring. the cameos made smile more. lou ferrigno! (nostalgic) and robert downey!(still riding that ironman wave). also, i don't care if you are pumped up on super-soldier junk: no man will last as long as blonsky did against the hulk. that was just stupid. and what is up with that creepy scientist stern? it was only after i saw him smile at the end that i realized i had just witnessed the big-screen origin of one of the jade giant's greatest foes: the leader!

i wouldn't say this one is flawless, but it's good enough to warrant a watch or two. one thing is for sure, this is definitely better than that first one.

procrastinator rating: 7 out of 10 stars

everybody, and i mean EVERYBODY was kung fu fighting.

2008-06-04T21:07:00.001+08:00

these officemates, whatta funnee.

i went to work earlier with my po toy from mcdonald's which karen gave me last night after dragging me to the moviehouse to watch "sex and the city". (i guess she wanted to make it up to me or something for making me sit through 2-and-a-half hours of old wimmen whining and bitching about "finding love in new york", whatever that means. also, i'm kidding. i actually enjoyed the movie. it was witty and funny. the only thing i din't like was the pacing. and sarah jessica parker's ugly mug.)

(ok, i should really stop doing them long parenthetical phrases.)

anyhoo, i got to the office and like a proud daddy, i showed off my kung fu panda to the officemates. they went "ayyy ang cuuuute!" (for ze wimmen) and "asteg" (for guys). next thing i know, somebody was already taking orders for macdo happy meals.. for FREE! i mean, it's true that we get free dinner for every project that gets approved but this was ridiculous! an hour after, our office was filled with almost a dozen toy pandas.

like MINE. i felt like puking.

the day was not a total loss however, as i mustered enough gall and chutzpah to order 2 happy meals (plus i tricked an officemate into giving me his), giving me a total of 3 TOYS! yay!

june 6 = PANDAMONIUM. i can't wait! :D

itching to write but too lazy to do so.

2008-05-30T20:40:00.010+08:00

so yeah. stupid pictures time.

a snack akin to yan-yan that an officemate bought from singapore. or hongkong. i dunno.

an instant coffee mix that an officemate got somewhere.

a cheap toy an officemate saw somewhere.

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an officemate wanted to add me over at friendster a few weeks ago. too lazy to do anything more proactive, i told him to just do a search for my name. imagine my surprise when the search returned results for not only one, but two larry caycos.

nice quote, pops.