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I'm not a graceful person. I'm not a Sunday morning or a Friday sunset. I am a Tuesday 2AM, I am gunshots muffled by a few city blocks, I am a broken window during February. My bones crack on a nightly basis. I fall from elegance with a dull thud, and I apologize for my awkward sadness. I sometimes believe that I don't belong around people, that I belong to all the leap days that didn't happen. The way light and darkness mix under my skin has become a storm. You don't see the lightning, but you hear the echoes.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

an earthbound spirit embracing the light

It started with monday flu. I was sick but i had fun online, a great time with Sophie. too. She didn't like playing nurse :( ... she said she wanted to be a chef :) Arrrggghhh such comforting words for someone with a killer body ache, and a really stubborn headache, roller coaster temperature, and thank God no tonsilitis this time. This day, i begun transferring some of my stuff from Friendster. I also informed some of my friends who were online to stay in touch via Facebook. No need for answers. No questions asked.

Tuesday my voice started to break-up. I was in the office. I was confrontational. If i let this pass, I dunno how else I can respect myself. I wanted her to know, I wanted him to know. You just don't do this to anyone. And not to me. I did not wrong anybody And even if I did. I don't deserve this. So jusz the both of them know.

Same night I was out. :) ... I wanted to cry. I dunno what happened. ... that turned out to be a really good night, we laughed and laughed ... God sent someone to snatch me away from that miserable feeling, which i know was tentative but it did really hurt so bad. I got prayers and good wishes from true friends, too. Many thanks.

I lost my voice for the next two days. Flu so loving me ... it was back for the next two days. So there, I was back in the arms of my little miss reluctant nurse Sophie. We spent the two days with Ghost Whisperer re-runs, pizza and junk food.

So by Friday, I was so well-rested. I like it when my voice sounds a little edgy, i think its sexy. I tried to keep myself busy but I went home early. And posted something inspirational at blender. i particularly like the last line, "am dropping it." It read "conviction" this time. I'll go through it again in case of relapse. The usual me, I begun planning my next couple of days and months with urgency. I feel like losing a little direction on the novel am doing ... so ama wanna try Keel's meantime. A little bit structured, yes, am not fond of "structures" but it wont hurt. Keel's a visionary writer, i find his works unconventional. Ill try with the easy ones first :) ... clincher part is on the latter part. Am building up my courage for those parts. It gets juicier by the pages :). Keel's definitely going to keep me loaded those days.

Those days. I have seen the Sixth Sense 3 to 4 times in my current lifetime :). It felt so real for a ghost story when you have Bruce Willis in a non-daredevil role. :) "Seeing things you wanted to see. And not see the ones you dont wanna see." The door won't open not because its locked. There was a desk blocking it. That desk that wasn't there before. And not because today you were being ignored. But because in some people's lives you simply stop existing. I felt 100 lbs lighter. I was like a balloon, and the air lifting me up, up and away. I always say acceptance is key. It's hard to start without it. In fact, you can't start without it. It's not pessimism. I know I am not like that. It's the truth. The truth sucks, I fuck up with truths some times, but it's the truth. It's such a big word. :)

Those days. No coming around, virtual and real terms. Not to get an attention. But the reality is, I have never existed. All but figments of my imagination. It was crystal clear. And even if it was all over my face, I miscalculated it, I misinterpreted. There was nothing but a desk blocking a door. Good as dead. I wander like a spirit who passed centuries ago. Wild grasses on my tombstone. My epitaph torn and worn. Passersby and strangers. I was a nobody. Skeletal remains not good enough for archeology. I rot down there just like the millions who were gone first. Such useless cadavers deserve no memory.

Seven days of too much movies equals finding Citizen Cope's. Easy listening. I so love so love so love so love Santana! Sounds good. Ghostown was cute. It's final ~~ ama certified Greg Kinnear groupie ;)



Saturday i packed my little fairy and rubber duckies ... I promise to bring them back until I get that scrollwork shelf, whitewashed and rustic, from Papemelroti. Coming Wednesday, before Bok's and Pareng Allan's wedding anni swimming party, me and maweng Jen, placing order, and some red pesto, that gigantic kiss burger, fresh tomato soup, and hot choc'late and coffee at Chocolate Kiss, Korbens :). 31st of March, it's half-day, payday, a long holiday, March is when the last leaf falls, and when the old pavement cracks.

The seventh day was continuation of my Friendster migration to FB. So then I found and learned about my blogspot's new profile pic. The original Strawberry Shortcake poster :) .... It was soooooo deliciously beautiful!

So this day of the Lord went with lots of sleep, horror movies, coke zero, ascorbic acid (thanks to Jen for my Fern C supply), cleaning up of blinds and table top blings, a little coordination work for the GMA Trade Party, PEP talk with 13-year old about spirituality, my take on getting emotional with God, and why i prefer a very private relationship with Him. So I told her, mom's elemental. Sometimes a fairy, most of the time ama witch. I am always a vagabond. I prefer freedom to make choices, I leave destiny to God. I am never cut to be coming religious but deep down I know I am very spiritual. My God perfectly knows that. So then, the two of us, mother and daughter, preparing for a picnic for Earth Hours.

Dinner by 7:30 pm. My room's airconditioning was turned-on at 16 degrees centigrade hehe. My full bath by 8:00 pm. I posted a brief reminder for all my friends in FB to observe 60 minutes of duskiness so all FBs must be turned-off. I got a little resistance from a few of them. The lights off but the FBs on ... how's that for saving energy and Mommy Earth.

8:30 pm ... pitch black in my house. i got my scented candles and my little fairies, a board game, my yellow sarong, my lilac fan, a little help from my just-airconditioned room. a sweet picture of me and Sophie playing Monopoly.








Lennis finally asking me out. I said, "I dont go out on weekends." He said we can work out a schedule on a weekday. I said, "lets go bring collegiate. He replied with a smiley. I said, "ama big, bad drinker." He "LOLed". I said again, "I am a self-confessed hermit. I dont think anyone can get me out of my cave." "If I need to drag you, I will," he said.

I am a difficult witch. And that's legendary. So I'd say, "kudos for mustering the courage, man!"

I opened my YM this morning, and found offline messages from Dianni. She gave me a link ... according to her, this could be the answer, she called them "trolls" who been hounding me in Friendster. She said she hated me going away ... closing down a site she knows that was very dear to me. She also me texted me Friday. What else can I say but thanks. Am breakin' the bread, honey.

Twelve days. Those days. Since my last cigarette. Bob Marley resting steady lazy inside my vanity closet.

Delicious life, really.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

the reason why i lost my voice :)

who can make me walk
and resist the cab
be patient waiting for my ride
not smoke even with two pitchers of pale pilsen
in front of us
date without any means of communication
talk openly about anything under the sun
hitting it for the first time at Treats
there was only one downside:
I made a promise not to ever talk again to the
town's old gossipmonger.

Monday, March 22, 2010

beautiful Monday

Monday flu.
Registered 8:30 am. Twice before lunch. :) Meeting my expectations (again).
YMs with Phia ... love begets nothing I said LOL
...and Francis on IPs :)
I was invi so too bad i miszed Wes and failed to greet him a happy birthday :(
Davone's online ... so what!
Busy texting Faye while waiting for her ...
miszin Mykee's call ... I was sleeping with a slight headache
Prozac and alcohol when mixed= a dose of happy pill :)) ( a little something i learned from the Sopranos)
Spanish Johnny ... i like his first posting at Blender. Yeah, It must not be.
And on FB chat room, me and jen, me and glenn :) ... men, most men, when they find a window, they grab it and slice it open ... he scares me, and jen's a little pushy again ... pwede ba hindi college, pwede ba lalong hindi high school, pwede ibang tao, ibang panahon, yung hindi ko kilala, hindi ko pa nakikita, somebody that intrigues me because he is a stranger to me. and me interesting to him because i am a stranger to him.
... me and kuya boggs ... such cutie babies he's got there. talk about expiration and immaculate concepcion when you're not even Catholic. har har
... and me and MJ ... on online dating ... what can I say but laugh it off ... ow cmon am too physical of a person to become a fan of virtual sex ... it works for her ... so i take my hats off ;)
... and that word again. i heard it a few times in different occasions but connected with the same situation. i pretended not to be bothered when she said that but honestly i was affected by that. so was I? lemme see, let's do turfing ... let's define terminologies ...

"unwelcome, uncontrollable, and persistent idea, thought, image, or emotion... typical ones are well defined but there are legitimate worries (paying bills, studying for exams, keeping a job, interpersonal relationships). they can be occasionally be carried to a certain degree of passion, these concerns can change with circumstances and, in most cases be controlled, with planning, effort, and action. it can be a medical condition relating to problems that most people would consider far removed from normal, daily events and concerns."

me ... i control my own dreams. if i don't like some parts of it, i go back and change those parts. that's pretty weird but i can do that i swear. :) i casted spells on purpose. i held captive memories, affection, pains and losses of friends, strangers, and lovers. nah, am not a fallen angel. am jusz an angry piXie. if that makes me black. then that makes me witch. ;) so thank your gods for this one wonderful Monday, i have a flu, i had enough sleep last night, i am not in a foul mood today. i said my morning prayers. this is your lucky day.

snap it ...

I got a lot of raves from my recent postings in FB. Some really positive, wonderful things about my life ... let's try this here, who knows it can work for Friendster, too ...

my "cheesecake" farm ;)
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deliciouz!
Location: 16th Street
Updated March 9
Created January 28

things i ♥
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charmed!
Location: my house, my garden, my room, my desk, my life
Created March 20

Sophia Clarisse
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... i once lived a selfish, hedonistic life ... until God gave me my crowning glory ...(how can a soul, so fragile, so little Be so powerful ... and keeps an ol' gYpsy witch grounded arrrgghhh)
Location: mommy's ♥
Updated March 20
Created December 26, 2009

I AM SUCH A TEASE ... SO LICK THE CANDY FAST ... AM TAKIN' IT BACK EVEN BEFORE YOU UNWRAP IT ...beautiful Monday.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

that was Missy Higgins ...

*lotsa lotsa time with Sophie. i picked her up last Friday from her swimming party. she had fun. i was happy doing things for her. we are now busy planning her vacation. she will be with her dad soon so i'm doing all the list of things she needs to bring with her, buy her sunblock and that ever reliable Johnson Baby Body Warming Oil (the one with Eucalyptus which i normally put on her back, and chest, tummy and neck everytime she goes swimming so she wont catch a cold).

*i started reading Chocolat again. While on the plane (with little excitement, of course, i've seen the film already, and it was a great, the cast, the story ... and of course ... Johnny Depp ... yeah tat Johnny, you know.)

*Season 1 The Sopranos ... this is something kinda hard to explain to a 13-year old. :) ... how can it look so normal, and be so evil? how? (good that she's not interested a bit to watch it) ... that damned priest was friggin' hot, ei.

*friendster migration to facebook the whole Sunday morning. slow but sure. am wearin' optimism i'd be fine with facebook. i'll learn my way.

*last night, i succesfully hid my facebook friends away from posers and stalkers. at least they won't get viewed from my site. from now on, i don't have accountability. i did the same in friendster some 3 years ago when i went private. i got bookmarked. i owe my friends and family some peace this time.

*crystal clear. i expected all these after Davao. i mean, there really is no better way to prepare, but the knowing alone is such a relief. Confirmation. Friends. The lurkings. It doesn't really matter who owns that account. I have a life to live.

*22nd of January. that was the last of me. i lost face many times. i thought i got it back when i left. but they didn't stop. they won't stop. they keep rippin' me off. if it makes them happy then not seeing me again won't hurt.

... am better read than seen. I'd keep on writing. you keep on reading. my mystery makes you curious. curiousity skins ... even the largest, meanest cat in
the universe.

so tell me, you, yes you ... why not on a weekend? what's with weekdays. work station? Onsemi's US-based. So somebody's must be within Asia-Pacific. regular working hours, Mondays thru Fridays. Davao was back-breaking (again). sorry about that. i tried to catch up with my writings this week. so tomorrow when you open this, you've got tons of reading to do. this one's bookmarked, too. and still there are just two names in google ... just two names, always two names. you invaded this world, too. so tell me, where else can i hide?




By IrMa
Date: 2009 Sep 06
color me happy

mid-afternoon dreams
are closest to reality
as they say.
it may be a myth
yet the scariest part of my sleep.
but if it's the only time
i can see you
hear your voice
watch you move
find that smile
you happy with her
i'd be fine
wakin up
with Charlie Brown's face
buried on my chest.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

baby, you love my Lollipop shoes.

A Witch’s Destiny

Cats are secretive by nature. Cats have split personalities. Cats run scared at a breath of wind. Cats can see the spirit world, and walk the line between light and dark.

Red good luck sachets over the door and saucers of bread and salt on the step, she spoke of fairies, and little gods, and animal totems, and candlelit rituals, and drawing down the moon, and signing to the wind, and Tarot cards, and cat babies.
There’s the Ear if Maize, for good luck. Two rabbit, who made wine from the maguey cactus’ Eagle Snake, for power. Seven Macaw, for success; One monkey, the trickster; the Smoking Mirror, that shows you things that regular people don’t always see; Lady Green Skirt, who looks after mothers and children; One Jaguar, for courage and to protect you from bad things, and Lady Moon Rabbit, that’s my sign , for love.

... the red circle of Lady Blue Moon, the seductress, the Eater of Hearts

... a kind of thrill … the kind you get when something bad happens … and its your fault ... but no one knows

Asafetida --- that’s rank --- and patchouli because its supposed to be spiritual, and dragon’s blood, that gets everywhere and leaves these red stains.
A dose of cactus root, died and powdered and infused in hot water, helps to achieve the required state of mind. This is pulque, the divine intoxicant of the Aztecs, reinvented a little of my own purpose. Then comes the sign of the smoking mirror, scrawled on the dusty floor at my feet.

… a motley collection of tales, ricks and glamours, medicine bags to keep out the spirits, songs to quiet the winter wind to keep it from blowing the away. But why would the wind blow you away? … It just does. What song do you sing? She snag it to me. It’ an old song --- a love song --- I think, wistful, just a little sad.

I’d expected fireworks … magic wands and broomstick rides … all the spells and candles and crystals and cards. And little by little the tarot cards were put aside, and the herbs went unused, the special days were unmarked, and the waxing moons came and went, and the signs inked into our palms for luck faded and were washed away.

Magic of charms and cantrips, of slat by the door and a red silk sachet to placate the little gods, had turned sour on us that summer, somehow like a spider that turns from good luck to bad at the stroke of midnight, spinning its web to catch our dreams. And for every little spell or charm, for every card dealt and every rune cast and every sign scratched against a doorway to divert the path of malchance, the wind just blew a little harder, tugging at our clothes, sniffing us like a hungry dog, moving us here and moving us there.

For good or for ill. It’s your choice.

... a piXie’s, too

The 3 faeries: Pic Blue, Pic Red and Colegram. Pic blue looks after the sky, the stars, the rain, the sun and the birds of the air. Pic Red looks after the earth and everything that grows there: plants and tress and animals. And Colegram, who is the youngest, is supposed to look after the human heart. But Colegram can never get it right; whenever he tries to give anyone their heart’s desire, someone always get hurt. One time he tries to help a poor old man by turning autumn leaves to gold, but the old man is so excited at seeing the money that he tries to get too much into his knapsack, and is crushed to death beneath the weight. I don’t remember how the story ends; just that I felt sorry for Colegram, who tries so hard and always gets it so wrong. May be I’m like that, too. May be I just can’t do hearts.

A gYpsy’s leaving...

Ehecatl, the Changing Wind.

But don’t think I’m blind to what’s going on. If I look, I can see behind the scenes --- the subtle gilding of the place; the cluster of bells in the window; the charm that I mistook for a Christmas ornament dangling above the threshold; the signs, the symbols, the figures in the Advent house, the everyday magic I had thought of abandoned springing to life in every corner ---

And outside I can hear a tinkle of chimes, as the wind begins to stir again.
We came on the wind of the carnival. A wind of change, of promises. The merry wind, the magical wind, making March hares of everyone, tumbling blossoms and coat-tails and hats; rushing towards summer in a frenzy of exuberance. Anouk was a child of that wind. A summer child; her totem, the rabbit – eager, bright-eyed, and mischievous.

But the wind was still blowing in my ears, and the sound of the trees around us made it immense, like an ocean, like a monsoon, sweeping the sky with dead-leaf confetti and the scent of the river, that winter, that wind.

... imaginations can be infectious that I find myself almost carried away, seeing things that cannot be there.

... and Hot choc’late

But there’s always time for hot chocolate, made with milk and grated nutmeg, vanilla, chilli, brown sugar, cardamom and 70 percent couverture chocolate --- the only chocolate worth buying, she syas --- and it tastes rich and just slightly bitter on the back of the tongue, like caramel as it begins to turn. The chilli gives it a touch of heat – never too much, just a taste, and the spices give it that churchy smell that reminds me of Lasquenet somehow, and the night s above the chocolate shop.

A breeze, vanilla-scented, nutmeg milk, dark roast of cocoa beans over a slow fire. Scent of woodsmoke in a cup; a dash of cream, sprinkle of sugar. Bitter orange, your favorite, 70 percent darkest chocolate over thick-cut oranges from Seville.

Try me. Taste me. Test me.

Milk in the pan, couverture, sugar, nutmeg, chilli. A coconut macaroon on the side.I sipped mine; it tasted of autumn and sweet smoke, of bonfires and temples and mourning and grief. I should have put some vanilla in, I told myself. Vanilla, like ice cream – like childhood.

... like makin’ lov

Slowly, he kissed my fingertips, putting them one by one in his mouth. He grinned. “You taste of chocolate.”
Hot chocolate, to my special recipe. Chilli and nutmeg, with Armagnac and a dash of black pepper. Come on arguments. Bring the brat.

... 3 reds hairs had caught between my fingers … whatever it costs. He may not want to, but he’ll come --- even if I have to call the Hurakan to drag him here.

... catch the scent … and in they come, looking a little dazed, perhaps at the many scents and colours and all their favorites in their little glass boxes --- bitter orange cracknel; mendicants du roi; hot chili squares; peach brandy truffle; white chocolate angel; lavender brittle --- all whispering inaudibly –-Try me. Taste me. Test me.

... that One chance

Outside the wind chimes sounded, once, and without thinking I forked the sign against bad luck. Old habits die hard, of course. I haven’t made the sign in years. But I couldn’t help feeling uncomfortable, and even such a small thing might reawaken the changing wind. And when Thierry had gone … and I was alone. I though I heard voices on the wind, the voices of the Kindly Ones, and the distant sound of laughter.

And anyway its too late. We cant stop now. We’ve come too far to turn and run. Just one more working should do it. I think. One more call to the Changing Wind. Perhaps we got something wrong last time: a color, a candle, a mark in the sand.

This time we’re going to put it right ... once and for all.

Friday, March 5, 2010

...smile.

... that lily allen song ... with a li'l wine and a moan ... when i see you cry ...
la la la la la la la




tat was a heartbreaker ... nasaktan talaga ako dun huh, akala mo ba ...

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... cooler than the flipside of my pillow
You ...
make me smile like the sun
fall out of bed
sing like bird
dizzy in my head
spin like a record
craZy on a Sunday night

Baby, you ...
make me dance like a fool
forget how to breathe
shine like gold
buzz like a bee
jusz the thought of you can drive me wild
Oh, baby you ..

Even when I'm gone,
somehow you come along just like
a flower pokin' through the sidewalk crack
and just like that ...




... it hits me when it hits me. moments like this. me wantin' to get laZy. dump myself in bed. throw my weight on you. snuggle under the sheets. and a li'l pillow fight just before that. then rest my head on your chest. and for the first time in almost 4 years ... sleep.

(am not sure if i'd ever gonna get it again. am jusz miszin' the feeling. in case i do get it back ... i promise to sing him this song even when am always out of tune.)

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