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From Friendster Joelle of Sony: alice peacock in manila!!!! Message: hey peeps!!! catch alice peacock at these dates: 8:30PM, Fri, Nov 7 -- Greenbelt 2, in front of Cena, Masas, Temple and Uva 4PM, Sat, Nov 8 -- The Podium Mall Atrium, 2/F you can even get her autograph at these places: 4:30PM, Fri, Nov 7 -- m1 Greenbelt 5PM, Fri, Nov 7 -- Tower Records Glorietta 5PM, Sat, Nov 8 -- The Podium Mall ...

...but with a whimper. Again. No, I don't mean the end of the Matrix franchise movies. I'm talking about the Phil. Web Awards. Looks like this year is even messier than the last. I've ranted about it before. I'll say it once more: give it up guys! Some of the nominees weren't even properly notified. How can you do that to your guests? They are your guests of honor. ...

?You can write this shit, George, but you sure can't say it.? -Harrison Ford commenting on George Lucas's penchant for writing clunky dialogue during the Star Wars shoot There was a huge crowd outside the theaters last night. We saw at least 4 theaters screening Matrix Revolutions and from all indications, all of them were at full capacity. No Major Spoilers section Matrix Revolutions is for most part, a sci-fi movie. And ...

Paul's comment in my previous post reminded me of one of my favorite pastime, post-college: bookbin diving. Bookbin diving is essentially, bargain hunting for books - an ukay-ukay raid for bibliophiles if you will. To do a bookbin dive, you must first have an ideal budget for the day. With that established, resolve that you will spend the next four to five hours patiently wading through obscure, ...

I made the mistake of going to the bookstore earlier tonight. Fully Booked at the Power Plant mall have books which I want need: Living to Tell the Tale by Gabriel Garcia Marquez * Marquez's latest and the first book of a planned trilogy. Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson * Stephenson's prequel of sorts to the awesome Cryptonomicon. It's also book 1 of an intended trilogy. (What's with trilogies these days?) The Singapore ...

Rod Stewart was saying some pretty nasty things about Sir Paul 'The Cute Beatle' McCartney, Sting and Elton John, griping that they don't give Maca grief for having a relationship with a younger woman like they're doing with him, and that they only give Grammys to English blokes if your name is Gordon Sumner. He then called Elton 'Sharon'. The Englishman in New York responded by saying he's ...

Well, you know / It'll be worldwide now. Yup Nov. 5 at 10 pm. A couple of friends and I will be watching it when it opens because it should be fun to watch this trilogy unravel with the rest of the world (and because we're just willing victims of marketers). Speaking of the Matrix Revolutions, Tagline's got their next Thursday Three up (yeah I know it's a ...