| Project: Room Rebirth |
[May. 15th, 2008|09:51 pm] |
My room has been legendary for years now. It has been renowned for its absolute filth. And I have gained notoriety for being able to live in my own muck and debris for years.
I have found perfectly preserved skeletons of mice underneath the crap in my room. Apart from that one perfect specimen, many mice have also died here, though I can't seem to find their remains. I just smell them and I stay in the room until I get used to the smell.
This place used to house over a thousand cockroaches, a whole family of mice, probably a host of other multiple insects and creatures.
There was so much dust, that if I gathered it all, I could've probably made a ball two inches in diameter. Anyone who had asthma, including myself, got attacks after spending about an hour or so within my quarters.
Every damn nook and cranny was out of order. Even the porn was everywhere.
You can't even walk into the room without stepping on a mass of dirt, a dead creature, a disc cover, a cable or left overs.
Not even the closet was spared! It was amazing how I could find my clothes.
However, all of that has changed since I initiated Project: Room Rebirth. Yes, it cost me an arm and a leg, but finally, it is COMPLETED.
( Click to see the pictures AFTER COMPLETION OF PROJECT: ROOM REBIRTH! ) |
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| I gotta kill the addiction! |
[May. 15th, 2008|12:13 pm] |
Realizing how much I spent on action figures in the past two months, I feel like the most irresponsible man alive. This is ridiculous. I gotta set fucking limits, goddamn it.
I've already bought a McFarlane Spidey, whose head looks like John Romita Jr.'s version, which cost me about P1000. I'm getting a Colossus and an HML Cable this Friday. After that, ENOUGH for the month.
Next month, I'm getting Hawkeye and Black Widow if I can find them. Then NO MORE until the month after that.
The month after that, I'm looking at maybe Magneto, and Angel and space for one more, maybe Silver Surfer if I can find it. But that's IT!
Help me, people. I seriously need help here. It's an addiction.
Oh, and Gambit if ever I find myself a few thousand pesos richer than normal.
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EMO POST! Continue only if you want to lose more respect for me, and at the rate at which that happens to me, I suggest only those who will offer me alcohol read on.
Ever since I got Comicology, I've reserved this LJ for what LJ was originally built for- emo stuff.
Right now, I'm going through some irrational and increasinly irritating emotions. The ones that lead me to drink, and in my current financial situation, that's is disturbingly difficult to achieve.
I've dealt with these flaws, or demons as some of you might put it, for years. And I thought I have developed the ability to rationalize these feelings and eventually walk away with a head screwed on straight. Evidently, I was mistaken.
This is why I'm still single, I think. I've got too many issues, too much baggage. No sane woman would want a dude like that, unless she's got the patience of a saint and probably a considerable amount of similar mental and emotional instability.
EMO POST ENDS HERE |
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| Wishlist for Birthday 2008 |
[May. 5th, 2008|03:24 pm] |
Yeah, I know my birthday's still 2 months off, but I'm doing all of those who would give me a gift a favor by telling you what I want, where to find them, and how much they'd go for.
You can thank me later.
Hasbro Marvel Legends: Fantastic Four
They can be found, as far as I know, at Toy Kingdom Megamall and Toys R' Us at Robinson's Galleria. Don't know if other TKs carry them. In my want scale, they are about at 7 out of 10.
They go for about P699.75 each figure. You can buy me just one, that'd be totally cool.
Cable and Marvel Box Set
Actually, I just want the Cable figure. The other Cable figure is too 90s and too big for me, this one's fine.
They can also be found at Toy Kingdom. I saw a couple at Megamall the other day. I think they go for P1300 or so.
Marvel Legends Spider-Woman
There are still some of these in those smaller toy stores, like the one in Shangri-La Plaza or the one in Glorietta, in front of National Bookstore before entering SM through the walkway. They should go for about P599 or so.
Marvel Legends Hawkeye
The image was ganked from an ebay page. Dunno where to find this guy, but it's likely that GH might have him loose.
Oh, also, black socks. I can't get enough of black socks. And boxer shorts, preferrably of the hearts and lips variety.
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| Children's Books Made of Wrong! |
[Apr. 29th, 2008|12:17 am] |
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| | "37 Stitches" by Drowning Pool | ] |
For as long as there were kids, there have been books to cater to their educational and emotional growth. For as long as there have been books, there have been ideas that were so fucked up, they had to be rejected by an editor or a publisher or probably the writer's step-dad who's probably gonna be funding the whole thing.
TMB has exhausted extensive man-hours and researched on possible ideas that will definitely get rejected, unless the publishing company's owner is a racist sexual deviant with an irrational hatred for happiness.
We have produced a list that pretty much highlights all of the editors' worst (or best, depending on which way they swing) childhood moments.
Click on the image for the rest of the article! |
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| Mmmmmmmmmmm... |
[Apr. 21st, 2008|11:27 am] |
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| | "We Don't Have To Look Back Now" by Puddle of Mudd | ] |
MMMMMmmmmmmmm.... |
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| A Collection of Awesome |
[Apr. 15th, 2008|03:07 pm] |
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| | "Sugar" by System of a Down | ] |
Because of the way people use the word "awesome," it has lost its true meaning. Something awesome should fill one with jaw-gaping awe. If you find yourself awestuck with amazement and wonder, that's awesome.
However, these days, we use the word "awesome" so casually that we can describe practically anything as awesome. That yellow pencil is awesome. My girlfriend's period is awesome. This left shoe is awesome. Your breath is awesome.
Those things aren't awesome. Since I'm a nice guy, I will help you all out in figuring out what exactly is awesome.
( My list of awesome behind the cut. ) |
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| Toys For Sale |
[Apr. 8th, 2008|03:56 pm] |
For Sale:
Hydra Soldider
Open Mouth Variant with Yellow Eyes. The other variant has red eyes.
Carded
Farily rare, because you have to buy them packaged with other figures in SM.
Price: P1,000.00 (negotiable)
Iron Fist
Regular version
Missing one flame thingy. It didn't fit quite well anyway.
Price: P150.00
Soon, I'm putting up Annihilus (complete BAF) for sale. |
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| The Bim, rubbing elbows with Marvel elite |
[Apr. 5th, 2008|10:32 pm] |
Earlier, I was at Druid's Keep, because Leinil Yu was there for a signing, as advertised in Comicology. And check it out, The Bim got his copy signed!
I'm so happy! I'm glad I have days when life decides not to knock me around. :)
I'll be writing about the event on Comicology and The Man Blog. The event was really fun. It was very packed, though and we breathed fanboy soup.
I also discovered a new comic shop thanks to ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) visualinsight. It's called Fourth Wall. Wonderful comic shop. It's a little out of the way, but it's well worth the trip. They can be found near Cash and Carry, around Makati. I'll be writing about that in detail with pictures on Comicology.
Please visit the site, guys. The more hits I get, the more popular I tend to be around the Internet and the better I feel about myself. |
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| War Trivia |
[Apr. 2nd, 2008|03:33 pm] |
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Hello everybody! Time for another installment of trivia. This time around, I'll be sharing some useless information about war heroes, war practices and war history. Though, war really is stupid, we have to remember our past so we don't make the same mistakes.
- The costumes for the military series of Barbie dolls were all approved by the Pentagon. The costumes were Army, Navy, and Marine Corps)
- During the US Civil War, General Ulysses S. Grant didn't want to move his army unless they had onions. Yes, onions. He believed onions prevented dysentery and other ailments. The government sent him three trainloads of onions.
General Ulysses S. Grant
- The Mongol conqueror, Timur the Lame (1336-1405), played polo with the skulls of those he killed in battle. He also left a record of his victories by erecting 30-foot tall pyramids made of severed hands and heads of his enemies.
( Click here for more trivia and the Geneva Convention rules of engagement! )
Can you see how many rules the world has broken time and time again?
"The beast behind our eyes is loose,
The day has come, the day has come,
We march to Armageddon, hungry for the war
I see the hated enemy, I see what I was taught to see
And one of us will bend the knee
We understand the law"
-March Or Die by Motorhead |
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| Wrestlemania 24! |
[Apr. 1st, 2008|09:51 am] |
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| | "Abrasive" by Puddle of Mudd | ] |
Yesterday, I was forunate enough to be able to watch the Greatest Show on Earth! And it was the most tear-jerking Wrestlemanias I've ever seen, even topping the me-wanting-to-cry moments of WM 20. Because during WM 24, I actually did cry.
SPOILER ALERT
First match was the Belfast Brawl. And it was a really good opening to the event. Stiff shots from both JBL and Finlay. And as predicted, JBL won with a devastating Clothesline from Hell.
The next match was Money in the Bank Ladder Match. Damn. This match has never disappointed me, and this year was one of the better MITB matches I've seen. Spot after spot, and they were all incredible. CM Punk won it though the guy who deserves it the most because is John Morrison for his multiple SICK spots. Jericho sucked.
Matt Hardy came in to beat the fuck out of MVP, which was an awesome sight to see.
Raw VS Smackdown! Match really sucked. Batista couldn't carry Umaga and Umaga couldn't put over Batista. It just blew. Batista won it clean by Batista Bomb.
ECW Championship Match was a fucking rip-off! I felt cheated and bamboozled! Kane won it in three fucking seconds.
Career Threatening Match stole the fucking show. HBK and Flair, who seemed to be at his best form, went toe-to-toe in a very technical, very epic battle. Chain wrestling, lots of submission maneuvers, and a plethora of knife-edge chops.
It was he greatest match of the night, definitely. And the ending was so emotional, that I could see that there were a few dozen testosterone-pumped big guys wiping their faces. Shawn Michaels wins it with a great finish.
Lumberjill Match- GARBAGE. The only divas who can actually wrestle are Micky James, Victoria, and Beth Phoenix.
Triple Threat came next. It was a great match, but it couldn't even hope to catch a sliver of greatness that is the Triple Threat of WM 20. Orton won it fairly clean. I wanted Trips or Orton to win, so I'm happy.
Mayweather/Big Show was next. It was surprisingly entertaining. Mayweather won it, as expected.
The World Heavyweight Match started out really really slow, and it just picked up after a while. It seems the streak is too goddamned sacred. Undertaker won it, and is the NEW World Heavyweight champ. |
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| Rape Tiem! |
[Mar. 28th, 2008|05:13 pm] |
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| We Gots Tickets, Bitches (Wrestlemania 24 Predictions) |
[Mar. 26th, 2008|01:14 pm] |
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| | "Save the Saved" by Fireball Ministry | ] |
Bim: With the biggest show on Earth looming just around the corner, Coco and I decided to make out a little with each other, and then post our predictions for Wrestlemania 24, which will be held at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. Why should we do it? Well, it's because we've nothing better to do and we like to force our opinions down your throats.
JackTV is having a showing at the Glorietta Cinemas, at 7PM on March 31st. The event may be an invite-only thing, but I'm sure you can catch other showings at Megamall or other SM malls. If you can't, just ask the ones getting tickets (THAT'D BE US) if the show was awesome or more awesome than normal.
Here be our predictions!
( Click to see the predictions and to bask in THE AWESOMESAUCE! )
Bim: So, there you have it, folks. This is going to be a great show, so if you're remotely a wrestling fan, you gotta catch this. And if you're Sky Cable, fuck you for taking JackTV off your lineup. I hate your fucking guts.
Any parting words, Coquito?
Coco: "Hot sauce." "Banana radio." And, uh, "camel."
Bim: You're an idiot.
Coco: You're handsome! |
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| Morning Wood? |
[Mar. 16th, 2008|08:34 pm] |
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| | "Let Me Go" by Three Doors Down | ] |
For as long as men have been around to roam the Earth, one thing has remained constant and will happen as sure as the sun will rise the next day- morning wood. Yes, the boner we get as we wake up.
How much do we know of this morning companion? What causes it? Why is it there? What can we do with it? Well, rest your weary head, my friend- both of them. The good people over at The Man Blog have studied boners (some more than others) for years now, and now they are ready to share what we know.
( The answer to the mystery behind the cut! ) |
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| Major Pimpage! |
[Mar. 9th, 2008|04:54 pm] |
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| | "Do or Die" by Papa Roach | ] |
Hey folks. Riffology will be turning an emo/personal journal more so than it has been for the past few weeks, as well a depository for The Man Blog articles.
All my geeky comic-book related ranting and reviews shall all be posted at:
Comicology
I'd really really appreciate if you guys drop by even though you care not whatsoever for comics. The more hits I get, the more money I could potentially make. FEED ME, GUYS!!!!
A comment, no matter how fucking inane, would be very much appreciated. Actually, hey, let's do this:
First person to comment on comicology.i.ph will be treated to dinner and a drink at any middle-high end restaurant of his/her choice. Good deal, huh? Get to it, minions. |
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| Bim Luck + Stupidity = Disastrous Results |
[Mar. 6th, 2008|10:52 am] |
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| | "Away From Me" by Puddle of Mudd | ] |
I'm not even going to mention the job I applied for yesterday. But trust me when I say, I did something really really dumb.
We all know what happens to hard boiled eggs when microwaved, right? They burst. Do we know why? I'm sure someone does, but the problem is, I just never really studied it and came up with theories of my own.
I always thought it was the difference in temperature between the shell and the egg, causing them to expand at different rates, which builds up pressure in between the shell and the egg itself.
Apparently, the yolk and the egg white also heat at different rates, causing them to expand at different rates, building pressure in between them.
Fun Trivia Time- Steam is a lot more dangerous than boiling water. Water, unless you add something like salt to it, will not reach a temperature higher than 100 degrees celsius. Steam, however, reaches temperatures of well over 100 degrees celsius.
Anyway, this morning, around 2AM, before I slept, I tried heating a hard boiled egg in the microwave. I removed the shells so they wouldn't pop, but I forgot to poke holes into the egg.
As soon as I bit into it, it popped right into my face, releasing steam, burning my upper lip.
Think of it like popping a balloon.
I opened up a hole for which the high pressure inside the egg to escape, and it escaped at a high enough velocity to throw egg pieces all over my face. |
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| The bet |
[Mar. 4th, 2008|11:48 pm] |
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| | "Landing in London" by 3 Doors Down | ] |
This is just to remind me and a friend of our bet. Also, we're accepting side-bets, so if you wanna make extra money, come drop us a line.
Extra Monies, yo
Here are the mechanics:
Sixteen year old girl, a college freshie, says she hasnt been courted in her life. She's from UP, and this is just her first year, so okay, let's say that's normal.
Thing is, she's cute. And knowing my own species, I'm willing to bet that by the end of this calendar year, at least one guy will try to court her.
See? A volunteer already.
Next question- what constitutes as courting?
a) If the guy asks to go out to lunch or dinner. Lunch counts because it's better to start out with something a lot less intimidating than a dinner date.
b) Guy asks for the cellphone number and texts all the damn time. All the damn time can be anything from 3 senseless messages a day to as frequent as every goddamn two seconds.
c) Gives gifts, no matter how trivial, for no reason at all.
d) Actually saying "I like you" or anything worse than that.
If she wins, I'll give her Php 1000 in cash.
If I win, I get Php 100. I know it doesn't seem fair, but that's okay, since I'll win anyway. |
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| Indisputable Facts of Life Volume 1: Your Grandmother Will Always Be Proud of You |
[Feb. 28th, 2008|10:58 pm] |
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| | "Bring Me Down" by Puddle of Mudd | ] |
Earlier today, me and my grandmother went around to the different public schools of Pasay to ask for a chance to promote the Technical Vocational school we're putting up along Edsa.
I brought my grandmother along because she's been teaching in Pasay city since 1945, at the end of World War II. She is already an icon of Pasay City public schools. Everyone knew her, it was like being with a rockstar.
My Grandma. We call her Mommy.
We dropped by the school in which she currently teaches (Yeah, she still teaches. It's been 63 years of continuous service). She brought me up to her faculty room, and she goes around to each desk and shows me off to each of her co-teachers.
I found this weird because I'm the least decorated of her relatives. I wanted to go "Mommy, you do know that everything I've ever done in my life was either a fluke, half-assed or not done at all, right?"
Her eldest is a doctor of education, her first son owns his own successful outsourcing business and is a member of Mensa, her second son got pirated by a programming firm from New Zealand to Texas.
Her eldest granddaughter won multiple medals academically and in track and field, the youngest granddaughter similarly won multiple academic medals and tons of gold in table tennis, one of her grandsons got into Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the other one is another genius in the making.
The biggest award I got was the fucking loyalty award. -_-
Oh, and this-
But even though that's true, know this, my patient readers- your grandparents will always be proud of you. No matter what you haven't accomplished in your life. They're proud of you just because you exist. So, you better live up to it. |
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| This is getting old. |
[Feb. 26th, 2008|01:56 am] |
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| | "Spin You Around" by Puddle of Mudd | ] |
The Bim Luck strikes again.
This is getting quite tiring for you all, I suppose. Imagine how it must be for me.
This is why I celebrate my small victories- they're too few and too far in between. So I apologize to everyone who saw me doing the Ric Flair strut just for acquiring a series of digits.
I'll probably share more this EPIC FAILURE once I'm a little bit more over it, but right now, I just felt like displaying the sucktitude of my life.
To those reading this, consider this your formal invitation to a few drinks over at Cable Car later, Tuesday, February 26, 2008, at around 8PM. Let's do what we like doing best- drinking and mocking Bim's life! Come over and feel better about yourself, comparing your life to mine.
I'm getting tired of not being able to catch a break.
Yeah, not even that one.
To those coming, I'll spot you one drink. See you later, guys.
-The Bim "Walks under ladders as a hobby" Barbieto |
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| Marvel Legends Two-Pack from ToyCon Feb. 2008 |
[Feb. 23rd, 2008|01:39 pm] |
As I was eagerly awaiting the release of Hasbro Marvel Legends Wave 4 with Black Bolt and Daredevil Yellow, but that's being delayed because Hasbro was unsatisfied with the Astonishing Beast sculpt. Good! I want that figure, so make it good, Hasbro. Wave 4 didn't even make an appearance at the ToyCon.
However, I'm still quite stoked at the Two-Packs of Ronin and Elektra, and Ult. Nick Fury and WWII Ult. Captain America; well, the former more than the latter.
These are prototypes, of course. VERY rarely do retail figures look as good as the prototypes, unfortunately. But here, we can see that the Elektra sculpt is leaps and bounds better than the first one. Unfortunately, my complaint is the lack of Sais. What the fuck is that sword thing? ELEKTRA = SAI!
I'm happy they brought back the double jointed knees and elbows. Seems like Hasbro has been listening to the fans.
And lookit! Cap with a Thompson M1A1! Yes, douchebags, that's Ult!Steve Rogers with a Chicago Typewriter! He's gonna pop a cap in your nazi ass!
The Ronin figure, I'm not so excited for, but this is the closest I'll get to a Clint Barton figure, since I missed out on the Hawkeye figures from Series VII
I like the rubbery/leathery texture the sculpt has on the black parts, and it gets smooth when it needs to be. We'll see about the paint job soon enough.
I'm ready for my Echo, Maya Lopez now, Hasbro. I've always thought Maya makes a better girlfriend for Matt than Natasha or Elektra ever did. Natasha's a red-head, but a former spy. Elektra's a fucking murderer.
The Elektra variant is the Skrull variant. If you've been paying attention to the Avengers lately, then you know what this is about. Bendis is brewing up a Secret Invasion, and it's got the whole fandom abuzz.
The Bim's Official Statement: Maria Hill is a Skrull.
- The Bim "Lost His Glasses" Barbieto |
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| Because I like to think my opinion matters: X-Men Endangered Species |
[Feb. 23rd, 2008|10:56 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | beast, marvel, review | ] |
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| | "To Live is to Die" by Metallica | ] |
So I just read my HC of Endangered Species, and I loved it as much as I could. Here's the thing with Endangered Species- it's a prologue to Messiah CompleX, of which I am still awaiting my HC. If it were one single issue, it's something one would consider a filler issue, and I don't mean annuals or one-shots.
The filler issues that I'm talking about aren't the ones that were meant to be fillers. They're regular issues of a certain title that doesn't progress the story whatsoever. All it does, if it does anything at all, is heighten the tension or the up the stakes a tad.
The way one who would enjoy Endangered Species is to look at it a certain way. Endangered Species is Beast's story. It's his quest to undo what Wanda Maximoff has done on M-Day. His quest to bring his species from the brink of extinction.
While Endangered Species isn't a great leap in terms of storylines, it's meant to be taken in for its moments. It's meant to be enjoyed for the emotion, the desperation of Beast. Endangered Species ups the ante of Messiah CompleX that much more.
I would not recommend this book if you think it's going to play a major part in furthering the story, or even understanding, Messiah CompleX. You don't need it. But, if you're a big Beast fan (of which I am), and you like reading Mike Carey's take on Beast (which captures the essence of Beast quite well), then you're going to love this.
Hank McCoy: "When a species passes a certain point in its decline, it can't be saved. There isn't enough genetic diversity left to re-create the template."
Jamie Madrox: "So we just lie down and die?"
Hank McCoy: "Good Lord, no. I'm not recommending that. For my part, I intend to die standing up. And singing the Marseillaise."
- The Bim "Socially Adjusted Nerd" Barbieto |
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