#s: 100th Post, 150 Poets, 15th Anniv, 100 Days

If you care to check this out again later, say, before the day ends, so that's 2359, there are supposed to be updates. *JULY26UPDATE: UNDERTHESTORM contents*

It has been a hundred posts ago since I started this this whatever this is I am doing, screaming things across the cyberspace that may or may not matter to strangers or non-strangers. Skeptic ones who care enough to count the entries herein may notice that the number of posts does not amount to a hundred. That is so because I have imported posts from an old blog and 'unpublished' them or saved them as drafts, thus the count, at least in my dashboard, says 100. So, let me, well, celebrate and contribute to the interwebz noise pollution via this post. This shall be a lengthy entry, but it seems like I will have to update this later. *update!* This post shall now be about four things: i.) The Under the Storm Antho; ii.) The Sakbayan anniv; iii) The 100 days of komix meme--do not proceed if you want to wait for the rest of the month before reading the rest of KarMa Kolektib-related trivia; and iv.) Something I am looking forward to.

i.

The Under the Storm Anthology of Contemporary Philippine poetry already listed 150 poets a while ago. However, the post seems unavailable at the moment, so, you may view the initial first, second and third sets here. I will be updating this post as soon as I see the list. I was quite overwhelmed upon reading it hours ago since there are, indeed, a lot of contemporaries, iyas co-fellows, elbi friends, other poet friends and, well, literary figures that already, say, made their respective marks in the local and even international literary scenes. *update!* I've read in the comments section of .MOV's page that the anthology will be in a book format. But, still, no news about where the list has gone. I wonder what came up. *07082011 update* Here is the list! Thank Cthulhu and the Great Olde Ones for this post.

1 Anne Carly Abad

2 Diego Jose Abad

3 Gemino Abad

4 Anina Abola

5 Jose Marte Abueg

6 Ericson Acosta

7 Arbeen Acuña

8 Jim Pascual Agustin

9 Arnold O. Aldaba

10 Kislap Alitaptap

11 Jovsky Almero

12 Tofi Alonte

13 Donato Mejia Alvarez

14 Panch Alvarez

15 Angelo B. Ancheta

16 Mark Angeles

17 Rebecca Anonuevo

18 Roberto Anonuevo

19 Teo Antonio

20 Lystra Aranal

21 Mesandel Virtusio Arguelles

22 Cesar Ruiz Aquino

23 A.M. Azada

24 Amado Bajarias

25 Desiree L. Balota

26 Romulo P. Baquiran, Jr.

27 Joi Barrios

28 Ariel Dim. Borlongan

29 Dave Buenviaje

30 Regine Cabato

31 Jose Wendell P. Capili

32 Ronan B. Capinding

33 Ronaldo Carcamo

34 F. Jordan Carnice

35 Lito Casaje

36 Ian Rosales Casocot

37 Marella Castro

38 Jose Jason L. Chancoco

39 Ayrie Ching

40 Frank Cimatu

41 Mikael de Lara Co

42 Kristian Sendon Cordero

43 Michael M. Coroza

44 Keith Cortez

45 Moises Anthony Cruz

46 Dakila Cutab

47 Lope Cui, Jr.

48 Jose Y. Dalisay, Jr.

49 Carlomar Daoana

50 Ramon Damasing

51 Mes De Guzman

52 Ainne Frances dela Cruz

53 Christa I. De La Cruz

54 Khavn De La Cruz

55 Noelle Leslie dela Cruz

56 Nikki De Los Santos

57 Karl R. De Mesa

58 Iñigo de Paula

59 Ricardo De Ungria

60 Lourd Ernest H. De Veyra

61 Noel del Prado

62 A Despi

63 Glenn Diaz

64 Lav Diaz

65 Alain Russ Dimzon

66 Jan Brandon Dollente

67 Jacob Walse-Dominguez

68 Simeon Dumdum, Jr.

69 Marjorie Evasco

70 Israfel Fagela

71 Bendix M. Fernandez

72 Boni Fojas-Almirante

73 Luis H. Francia

74 Marc Escalona Gaba

75 Eric Gamalinda

76 J. Neil Garcia

77 German Gervacio

78 Lolito Go

79 Eva B. Gubat

80 Ramil Digal Gulle

81 Asterio Enrico Gutierrez

82 Luisa A. Igloria

83 Neal Imperial

84 Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta

85 Marne Kilates

86 Philip Yerro Kimpo, Jr.

87 Jeanilyn Kwan

88 Jose F. Lacaba

89 Marra PL. Lanot

90 Christine V. Lao

91 Gian Lao

92 Sandra Laureano

93 Elaine Lazaro

94 John Francis C. Losaria

95 Bienvenido Lumbera

96 Carlo Angelo V. Marcelo

97 Edgar B. Maranan

98 Luchie Maranan

99 Pia Montalban

100 V.E. Carmelo D. Nadera Jr.

101 Joanna Nicolas-Na

102 Homer B. Novicio

103 Emil Os

104 Voltaire Q. Oyzon

105 Doms Pagliawan

106 Agustin Pagusara

107 R. Torres Pandan

108 Ned Parfan

109 Allan Justo Pastrana

110 Carlos Piocos

111 Axel Pinpin

112 Zosimo Quibilan, Jr.

113 Jun Cruz Reyes

114 Fidel Rillo

115 Virgilio A. Rivas

116 Deedle Rodriguez-Tomlinson

117 Patrick Rosal

118 Darylle Rubino

119 Roger B Rueda

120 Jose Leonardo A. Sabilano

121 Joseph de Luna Saguid

122 Joel Pablo Salud

123 Edgar Calabia Samar

124 Rafael San Diego

125 Benilda Santos

126 Oscar Tantoco Serquina, Jr.

127 Tanya Sevilla-Simon

128 Danny Castillones Sillada

129 Beverly W. Siy

130 Bert Sulat, Jr.

131 Ramon C. Sunico

132 Christian Tablazon

133 Alyza Taguilaso

134 John Iremil E. Teodoro

135 Andrea B. Teran

136 Enrico C. Torralba

137 Ricky Torre

138 Denver Ejem Torres

139 Charles Bonoan Tuvilla

140 Roberto Ofanda Umil

141 RM Urquico

142 Czeriza Shennille Valencia

143 Eric Tinsay Valles

144 Joel Vega

145 Eliza Victoria

146 Santiago Villafania

147 Melissa Villa-Real Basmayor

148 Michael Carlo C. Villas

149 Alfred A. Yuson

150 Arlene J Yandug

ii.

Today, we also celebrate the 15th anniversary of Samahan ng Kabataan para sa Bayan--the widest party-alliance of student organizations, the one with the most membership in the University of the Philippines system. Read the statement of a former chairperson here, but you will need to have a facebook account. *update?* no update.

iii.

The 100 days of komiks awareness campaign also begins today [details here]. For this month, participants are to post anything--from status messages, links, images, to whatsoever--about their own titles. I would want to post KarMa Kolektib history in the next 30 days. I'll post my list here, for the same reason that I posted the 30day shit music shit challenge shit--for something that is more irrelevant to your life than most posts in this site are, ie, for reminding my self. Anyway, I'll update this from time to time and copypaste whatever is in here to that social networking site, for the sake of tagging and, well, networking. Let this be a personal journey into the komix ...plane. Eh?

001: Kartunista-Manunulat Kolektib (KarMa Kolektib) is the first komix group in UPLB as far as I can remember since there was none of such sort back when I was, well, younger.

002: KarMa Kolektib was founded on December 10, 2006--the same date of the 58th Universal Declaration of Human Rights Day.

003: KarMa Kolektib traces its roots to UPLB Ibarang, a socio-cultural organization of students delving into all art forms--from the visual arts, the literary arts, music, dance, and theater arts.

004: Though KarMa Kolektib limited its scope to the visual and the literary, it has been active as a performance art group lately--mashing up poetry, music, visual arts and sometimes theatrical hysteria, in a performance.

005: KarMa Kolektib staged shadowplays inside and outside the academe, in closed spaces and streets, anywhere as long as there's an OHP projector.

006: The first komix KarMa Kolektib released were those wall komix that comment on socio-political issues. Or as they call them "Komiks Sa Pader" (KSP). KSPs are posted on bulletin boards within the UPLB campus. And, are supposed to be uploaded in virtual Walls.

007: The first wall komix title was "Obobngata," a portmanteau of the names of the supposed characters, Oblette, Oblese, Mariang Banga and Rosetta. It plagued the bulletin boards on 2006.

008: The first zine-type released has a Tom Wolfe-ish title. "Obobngata: Ang mga Batang Pinalaya(s) sa Sinapupunan I: Oblette: Ang Engkwentro sa Palma Bridge." Or, roughly, "The Aborted Kids and their Fun," which is inconsistent with this post.

009: Most outputs of KarMa Kolektib in recent had something to do with my academic requirements. I remember, btw, submitting "the Aborted Kids and their Fun" zine in a class that only requires a short story. How careerist, though such deviance may also cause me trouble. Fortunately, it did not.

010: Even my creative output (the thesis equivalent in our course) was initially driven by komix--by "Obobngata" in particular. Would talk more about this next time.

011: "Little Judith and the Dolls of Gloomshade" was the first komix, wall komix, in english released by KarMa Kolektib. Mandy of the cartoon "Grim and Evil" inspired the birth of Judith--name is a reference to a song of A Perfect Circle about MJK's mom.

012: The first issue KarMa Kolektib vehemently commented on was the Large Lecture Class Policy that was proposed in 2007, or was that 2006? In a nutshell, the policy increases the class size from 30 to about 250 as a crosscutting measure despite the 300% tuition increase.

013: "Microeigengrau" was the wall komix, I think, that came next after "Judith." The characters Orestes and Eliphas the goat are commenting about military surveillance and all that shit that happens within the campus premises.

014: After "the Aborted Kids," KarMa Kolektib released the illustrated narrative "Lihim ng mga Lespu." It is about the LAKBAYAN (the long march of the basic sectors from Southern Tagalog to Mendiola) experience of a photographer friend of an activist.

015: KarMa Kolektib contributed to "Agunyas," a literary folio of UPLB Writers' Club. (This was during the vandalized NPC mural, I think.)

016: KarMa Kolektib participated in two Opus Elbi art exhibits spearheaded by UP Painters' Club--including the one that celebrates UPLB's centennial.

017: KarMa Kolektib has been consistently participating in Factsheet art exhibits that comment on the human rights situation of the country. These exhibits are spearheaded by Artists' Arrest.

018: KarMa Kolektib conducts workshops on komix and other related matters. The first was the campus-based workshop, "Mga Kwentong Out-of-the-Box na deKahon." KarMA, in partnership with different organizations, has been active in regional workshops as well.

019: KarMa Kolektib has also contributed to Kilometre64 Poetry Collective's projects.

020: KarMa Kolektib released a 2011 calendar x portable gallery last year. The calendar featuring members' artworks is a resolute stance against the Large Lecture Class Policy.

021: The Karmalendaryo 2011 was launched with "Panayam Kay Io," the zine that concluded the unconcluded 2006 "Obobngata." Vicarious in "Obobngata" was renamed as Io in the new version. "Panayam Kay Io" investigates the reason behind the motion of statues as seen by elbi constituents.

022: KarMA Kolektib is exploring the fliptop ...thing lately (Hey, correct me if I am wrong, resident members!) and sticker bombing the UPLB campus with a new ...trip called "Verso Libre."

023: KarMa Kolektib has also been doing live art (eh? hehe) in the corridors and the streets and the building within UPLB, painting murals, spreading awareness about campus and local issues and all that shit. The public exhibition is called Eksena sa Madla.

024: KarMa Kolektib has participated in Comics Conventions.

025: There are, I believe, KarMa Komiks in Crazy Carabao, Demarces / Santa Fe, Los Banos Laguna. I am not quite sure whether there are copies of Lihim ng mga Lespu at Sputnik, in Cubao. You may approach any group member for er.. orders.

026: A group of students awarded and recognized KarMa Kolektib and ..er a member of the group as an ARThrob. Awkward, but fine. :L

027: (shameless plug of upcoming project / title here)

028: (shameless plug of upcoming project / title here)

029: (shameless plug of upcoming project / title here)

030: Lastly, my undergrad creative output (as mentioned, the thesis equivalent in our degree course), "February Fair ng Dis Pater (Isang Proyekto sa Pagtitimpla ng Proscript)" is a metafiction inspired by the Arkham Asylum script of Grant Morrison for Dave McKean. I am considering revising and I might need help with the art part. If you are interested, you may ask me and I'll send the .pdf / manuscript via email. Overall feel of the post-apoc UPLB setting is biomechanical, btw. (I hope this fits as statmessage. If not, then a note will do.)

Please do drop a note or an email if you find inaccurate information. Thank you. *update* no update. Sad. Shall update this every now and then.

iv.

*this IS a spontaneous unedited motherfucking update, giving me an adrenaline rush*As I have said, I have just been phoned and I have just been employed and I shall be able to keep what is left of my soul. I thank the cosmos for this fuck of an opportunity. There are, however, opportunity costs, motherfuckers. I might have to say 'motherfucker' less, motherfuckers. Or, at least keep the 'motherfuckers' away from my other self. Moral burdens and credibility dilemmas suck. Wouldn't elaborate further. I hope nothing more complicated than this comes up. Though I know and I feel the vibes of an impending motherfucker that clears the way and wants to rape me with all its glory, despite my not being a mother. *sigh* motherfuckers. I feel high. Seriously. I want to start working. I am looking forward, manic monday. Let's see how we hit each other hard with crowbars of criticism. Oh, consider this post fiction, by the way. And, read up on who I am. I am a liar. Doubt everything you read in every humble abode I nest across the interwebs. *Must. Start. Working. On. Something. I. Want. To. Cram. Oh. The. Passion. For. Things. Without. Monetary. Value.*

Rephrase: Seriously, I think I really kept whatever is left of my soul prior to employment. Thus, thankful to the cosmos. Less compromises means less yet enough er.. resources, but more growth. Spiritual growth. Elemental maturity. Whatever those meant. And, no, I am not romanticizing or building up a facade of a me as someone passionate enough to starve as, say, an artist or something else. I fucked off a job, after taking the salary and the effort I expect to exert into consideration. And. To put it bluntly, I hate that place until now. Felt abused and harassed and ugh. Stop. Stopped. Back to what I shall be doing. Drive the spirits of mainstream gods away. Conquer the night. I have to stop this blabber. And. Focus. Now.