Showing posts with label arbeen acuna. Show all posts
Showing posts with label arbeen acuna. Show all posts

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Half a decade old: karMa kolektib, 300% tuition fee increase, this poem

karMa turned half a decade during the international human rights day last december 10. tuition and other fee increases (tofi) and this poem turn five today.

this 'poem' has not been accepted anywhere (and i somehow understand why, eheheh), but this is quite important to me as this is among my first, say, technical whatsoever poems. and those were, i think, days when i was then fond of someone i am fond of at the moment, someone, though not as literally, geographically out of reach as camila vallejo (whom i wouldn't link, as my post with her pictures alone are exaggeratedly [?] viewed on a daily, if not an hourly basis!), ulet, someone, though not as literally, geographically out of reach as camila vallejo, is equally impossible to be-- i don't know, just fuck off, or read and attack the poem, had you have the whims to do so, happy half a decade, tofi motherfucker, ktnxbye (photos taken by kathy june fiel during the 2009 freshman bloc assembly. [source])



C (ommercialization) Program v.12152006


( note: Please ignore the following symbols:
(, ), {, }, [, ], /*, */, <, >

Read the following as stated:
“!=” as “not equal to”
“||” as “or”
“&&” as “and”

Other symbols are read by their names.
e.g &=ampersand.)


/*Part I: UP Administration’s C Program*/
/*Before the meeting
Of the seven
Artificially intelligent
Board of Regents*/

#include
#include update
#include
#define strategicplan 2008

main(){
/*variable declaration*/
char[5] STFAP = “tuition
FeeAdjustment”;
char[1000] TOFI
= “tuitionAndOtherFeeIncreases”;
char[2008] UF
=“UniversityOfTheFEElippines”;
char[1908] UP
= “UniversityOfThePhilippines”;
char[3] response;
int tactic = divide (otherSectors, students);
int increase = 300%;

do( increase++;
displayNewRates();
printf(“\nReactions?”);
scanf(“%s”, &response);
if ((response = “yes”)
||(protest = true))
argue(string = “inflation rate”,
string = “tertiary education is a privilege”);
else implement();
if (TOFI != palatable) STFAP;
else TOFI++;
)while(UP != UF);
}


/*PartII: The Error on the Educ System Continues*/
/*The BOR’s betrayal
The TOFI approval
The ongoing struggle
Of the people’s scholars.*/

main(){
do( joinProtestRallies();
fightForHigherStateSubsidy();
continue;
)while((Cha-chaNiGloria() = true)
&&(BORdecision != junked)
&&(education != free)
&&(education != ((nationalistic)
&&(mass-oriented)&&(scientific)))
printf(“\nUP not for sale!”);
}


Monday, December 12, 2011

Shards [vii]: Barthelme's

(Shortened the, say, section name, from Spectacleshards to Shards, just because.)

There's always this urge to return to Southern Tagalog--but not in UPLB. Or so I think, as that particular place mocks me, yet embraces me, as if making fun of what we shared together, of how she, as a mystical place that ironically defies its being a scientific community, cast her spell to those who dared to traverse her depths, or lack thereof. The nostaliga to return to the eLBi is so sickening, as if an itch that needs to be scratched. Today, there's a session, c/o ser D, titled Name-play in Barthelme's "Bunny Image, Loss of: The Case of Bitsy S."

Had I did things I am ought to do earlier, had I been as productive as often as possible, I could have been travelling to eLBi now, but since I cant, I just ripped the plastic of Barthelme's The Dead Father to browse and flip and read the first few pages--though, still, I am, with shame, confessing that I am yet to finish Petals of Blood. Let me share a few sentences, i.e. a paragraph, from the Dead Father:

Machines are sober, uncomplaining, endlessly efficient, and work ceaselessly through all hours for the good of all, said Dead Father. They dream, when they dream of stopping. Of last things. They--

That's it. I stopped. Quite too much. Have to catch up, and make up for the excess of sleep I've slept. I've slacked off, no matter how such a move is against my will, I have none but myself to blame, though I tend to rest against my will as this body does not work that well, I might need a new one, so, I am on a countdown, I've more than five years left before I triumph over life through--



I have to extend the "mechanical experience" and stretch, at all costs, that "experience there was room for." As I also "wanted to know what machines know," i.e what things that repulse me know, i.e. machines more sophisticated than humans--through which I am communicating this message, i.e. venues provided by cyberspace; through which I mechanically reproduced scenes, in an instant, to share experiences, i.e photographs; through which I manipulate images that need, however little, enhancements and few tweaks, i.e. photoshop; through which I explore boundaries, i.e. technology.

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

An Exercise in ‘Understanding Lacrhymology’

(This is in solidarity with the international day to end impunity.)

An Exercise in ‘Understanding Lacrhymology

We have learned in the previous chapter that, in sum, lachrymology is the study of crying. It is among the modern, therapeutic ways to find and to comprehend truths for the individual, the community, the society and the im/material threads that connect, that bind, that keep them, intact, together, whether they like it or not. Now, let us focus on

applied lachrymology, the branch of lachrymology that, as the name implies, deals with its applications in the everyday life of survival, struggle and even strangling of the self. You may practice by applying the anxiety-enlightenment formulae where

you divide the product of individual anxiety and degree of anxiety raised to the third power by the product of the average collective distance of sympathizers and summation of measurable dissent of candles lit during recorded commemorations--to gauge the anxiety-sincerity ratio and probability of in/justice. Now, apply what you have learned and find

the mass needed to accelerate justice with the force available, where force equals anxiety-sincerity ratio multiplied by political will over political awareness. Or, compute that which remains unknown. Choose

at least one of the following cases: 1.) the massacre of, say, 33 journalists, or, make that about 57 individuals (please use the default impunity variable to compute individual anxiety); 2.) one of the individual cases of enforced disappearances (please see Chapter 5: Variables for Particular Anxieties, and use them to compute

the relative amputation of human rights); 3.) one of the presidents who are yet to serve their terms in prison (please include a computation of the volume of arrogance and impunity by solving the angle of smug together with the area of the mug shot); or 4.) one of the hundreds of news of injustices in the past three days. Please show and share your solutions, as there are no similar means to solve problems such as these. Also remember

to 1.) cry regularly, as dry eyes that hold tears back--or has no tears to hold back--end up blinded as unwashed blunders block perception in the same way as excessive crying blurs reality; thus 2.) moderate crying, as over-fatigued eyes may see, if at all, little slivers of light--had light been shed; so 3.) watch out for those xanthous slivers of light that may pierce your cornea and may cause temporary damage to your optic nerves; and, 4.) as you go through difficulties such as these meta-mathematical dilemmas challenging your in/sanity, these digits that you do not really have to go through to understand the tenets of lachrymology, keep in mind that

with accuracy in dosages of fluids and the appropriate concentrated solution of tears and blood and sweat and the correct amount of nicotine and caffeine and philosophy and transcendence and people and dialectics, lachrymology applied to society shall have enough therapeutical effects and aftermaths on the collective unconscious that shall inevitably manifest in the conscious level of the collective material plane.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Spectacleshards [vi]: Ngugi's

11022011. hey, today's date's a palindrome, by the way. a mirror, to, say, reflect on things and all that bullshit of soul searching during all souls' day. just saying.

Proposed full entry title's spectacleshards [v]: ngugi's, or november jumpstart, though there is nothing that has commenced or that is to be commenced as unchecked boxes in the to-do list pile up like I have more tomorrows than any of you, like I have more than 24 hours a day. Not sure whether I am biting more off than I can chew, but, planner says I have left a lot undone and I am way out of schedule. Well, probably, most people in this fast-paced, quick-changing motherfucker of a world feels the same.

"He took the children out into the field to study nature, as he put it. He picked flowers and taught the names of the various parts: the stigma, the pistil, pollen, the petals. He told them a little about fertilization. One child cried out:

'Look. A flower with petals of blood.' "

And, by the way, I'd pepper this post with such quotes from Petals of Blood by Ngugi wa Thiong'o, so, more than a mindless rant of frustration and crap, this post may somehow help you in ways I would never know. Take it as my way of thanking you for dropping by. But, think twice before reading the block quotes, as I am not too cautious with blurting out spoilers, though I doubt there will be spoilers as these are--yes, again, not copypasted, but--encoded (so, yes, please do point out anything wrong, from what fuckeries I am saying to grammatical lapses) from pages 21 to 22 of the book. Encoded, just like most of the previous spectacleshards you might find interesting: [Zizek's] [Borges's] [Pirsig's] [Calvino's] [Philippines graphic's]--


--in which this spectacleshards is a first, a loner adrift the carcosite spectacleshards, being an excerpt from a novel, friendless, while there are three excerpts from short fiction pieces and two are nonfiction, Pirsig's and Zizek's.

"It was a solitary red beanflower in a field dominated by white, blue and violet flowers. No matter how you looked at it, it gave you the impression of a flow of blood. Munira bent over it and with a trembling hand plucked it. It had probably been the light playing upon it, for now it was just a red flower."

[Here] is a link to Zizek's beautiful and insightful speech during the Occupy Wall Street protests, though I share Rolando Tolentino's [take] as regards the "occupy" movement worldwide, and, I'd also like to link the [points] raised by Teo Marasigan. By the way, I felt that facebook is too occupied, crowded, cluttered, so, I deactivated it, again, to, sort of, detoxify. But despite the burial of that cyber projection, information never fails to overflow and overwhelm the fuck out of me, flooding, fucking, raping my mind into oblivion and ignorance of the things I thought I know, destroying and creating truths, all over, like an endless un/learning process, which is nice, but, tiring--now I have, again, at least 25 tabs waiting to be read, now, or until the next time I go online. I have downloads in progress, though I have .avi's .pdf's .cbr's .mp3's etc eating cyber dust. Consumerism leaves me with no choice but to not have a choice. At all.

" 'There is no color called blood. What you mean is that it is red. You see? You must learn the names of the seven colours of the rainbow. Flowers are of different kinds, different colours. Now I want each one of you to pick a flower ... Count the number of petals and pistils and show me its pollen ... ' "

What happened in the previous month? Nothing productive worth celebrating as the september jumpstart, I think, but, somehow, the samhain countdown of october compelled me to be / to seem productive. Yet after reading this article, I felt alarmed, thinking that I'd rather go on an actual trip, one on a road that's concrete, than, well, a trip deep within one of the rooms inside my head--or my head inside this room? Which is which? After minute or two of re/thinking, I'd rather go on a recluse. I am steps away from lessening cyber foot prints anyway. And, I hope you lurkers fucking comment when you stumble upon this blog. A "hey there" would suffice. Paranoia never leaves my side, as I sometimes feel like those hits /stats mean danger. How? Why? What the fuck am I talking about? Well, if you didn't dig it, you probably don't know who I am, so, I suggest we hang out some time.

"He stood looking at the flower he had plucked and then threw the petals away. Yet another boy cried:

'I have found another. Petals of blood - I mean read ... It has no stigma or pistils ... Nothing inside.'

He went to him and the others surrounded him:"

There. Dig it? Of course you don't. Ha! Talking in riddles doesn't work all the time.

" 'No, you are wrong,' he said, taking the flower. This color is not even red ... It does not have the fullness of colour of the other one. This one is yellowish red. Now you say it has nothing inside. Look at the stem from which you got it. You see anything?'

'Yes,' cried the boys. 'There is a worm - a green worm with several hands or legs.'

'Right. This is a worm-eaten flower ... It cannot bear fruit. That's why we must always kill worms ... A flower can also become this colour if it's prevented from reaching the light.'

Last month are news of some of those who died that are never even worms deserving to be killed. Among them, shedding light to the darkness of the exploits of this established order, are two who served the people: one claimed by "natural" death, the other by bullets. It is All Souls' day, and I wonder, had there been souls, how many of them are still roaming the mortal world in search of the justice that remains unserved despite their bodies being almost, if not completely, decomposed by worms? This is quite a lengthy blog entry, right? Had neither facebook Wall for status messages nor public tweets as outlets, so, I abuse this space in the interwebz. Hang in there, I am almost done, we are almost done with these senselessness, I think.

"He was pleased with himself. But then the children started asking awkward questions. Why did things eat each other? Why can't the eaten eat back? Why did God allow this to happen? He had never bothered with those kind of questions and to silence them, he told them that it was simply a law of nature. What was a law? What was nature? Was he a man? Was he God? A law was simply a law and nature was nature. What about men and god? Children, he told them, it's time for a break."

Maybe it is. After pondering on death, I'd like to concede that god is a necessity, thus prayers are, I think, mandatory, given the sociocultural context of the Philippines--whether we like it or not. As an Apocalyptica song goes, "I don't believe in god, but I'll pray for you." It has been a long while and I haven't written about you in public again, yet. And I am not sure if I will, anytime soon. But, yes, I somehow did. Now. And a maybe few weeks ago, if that counts.

Anyway, I am hoping that Petals of Blood equals or surpasses the enjoyment I had with Wizard of the Crow. Yes, that tendency again to measure an author's work with his other works. Speaking of "works," I think, after this, I would not post an entry anytime soon (yes, I am writing as if anyone's reading) since a lot of things are long overdue, and I hope deactivating facebook and privatizing [eh?] twitter are effective strategies for focusing (and perhaps feeling safe, ha, paranoia strikes given the chance), one task at a time, though I think nothing is really helping and "discipline," whatever the fuck that means, is the key to, say, success.


And, speaking of measuring using other works of the author against his own as yardstick, I remember how a co-fellow and I talked about being anthologized in two local compendiums of contemporary writing--with one daring to not include those in the literary canon, while the other one tends to seem all-inclusive, regardless of whatever borders, creating some sort of a unity, or a pluralist, populist, gesture of togetherness despite differences. With the former grounded with theory and the latter criticizing theory, I think I am with the former, as I believe multi-perspectives, or pluralist worldviews, oftentimes justify hegemony and elitism through borderless compromises.

This is also why I am kind of cynical with the Occupy Wall Street that, I hope, wouldn't turn out to be among those fads that later cease to exist, furthering the skepticism and doubt of people with "collective action." I am not really sure with what I am saying, so I'll strike through these paragraphs, okay?

Monday, October 24, 2011

SAMHAIN 08 + FREE PRESS

this is the last symphony entry for this samhain thing. and, let this last symphony post shamelessly plug a storm advisory. yes, that's what it is. a sort of a prose poetry thing. a storm advisory (dd/mm/yyyy) at the philippines free press. the site was down a couple of days ago, but now the storm advisory is [here]. and, [here] is an article in the UP newsletter about one of the actual storms--which is not storm enough compared with the FQS, of course, but still, a good agitating jumpstart: the University of the Philippines STRIKE versus education and basic social services.


symphony [vi]

[kelangan nang hamunin ang sarili at magsimula ng countdown at magdrawing ulet. hindi. hindi x days before xmas. samhain. 08 days na lang, samhain na. haha, naalala ko ang 1024. tas day of the baphomets. tas apocalypse. hindi yan random. lahat ng bagay e magkakaugnay.]






dalwalanghiyang shameless plugs, trumpetting, hooray, good day.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

May Bagyo, Walang Pasok






May Bagyo, Walang Pasok

Signal number ano ba ang
sampunlibong estudyante?
Wala akong instrumentong
panukat nito, subalit

klarong kahit walang sikat
ng araw: ang sampunlibong
estudyanteng sumuspinde
sa klase ay hindi anggi,

hindi ambon kundi unos
ang mamamayang nag-aral
ng lipunan sa lansangan,
kung saan bumabagyo ng

protesta, kung saan hindi
kailangang sabihing walang
pasok upang lumiban sa
opisina man o 'skwela,

kung sa'n nagbabantang muli--
hindi si Ondoy kundi--ang
mga sinalanta nitong
walang masilungan, walang

makain, walang anuman
dahil sa pagkakait ng
naghahari, at kung saan
mapatutunayang muli:

Walang pasok t'wing may Sigwa.



~arbeen acuna, na iba pa kay tildeng dibuhistang lumpen, somewhere
sa metro manila ika-27 setyembre habang nangwawasak si pedring.
btw, kuhang-larawan ko yan^ noong ika-23 setyembre sa mendiola
at hunghang ang nagsabing 1k tao lang ang nagrehistro ng protesta.


Sunday, September 25, 2011

M is for Movement

a rough draft like everything else in this blog.

i. In the acronym MOOE, M is for "Maintenance." In the case of Malacanang, Valte in particular, M is for "Morons who should have focused on trying to consult google and researched first what M in MOOE means before even telling the militant students (who are aware that M in MOOE is not 'Miscellaneous') to focus on their studies." M is for

Meaning, or for Multiplicity of Meaning, or for Masquerade of Meaning, through arithmetic magic among other methods of fabricating information.

M is for the "massacre of the people" care of the machination of Malacanang to deny access to basic social services and even deny access to life by issuing execution orders, the malversation of anything that can be misappropriated in the name of maintaining order, the misdeed of manufacturing lies such as nominal---never substantial--increase in the budget for education and other social services such as

the medical care that does not really care as the generous government is so generous that it is willing to spend a peso (which cannot even purchase a chewing gum that one may, well, chew, while waiting in line for check-up) for each of the citizens, M is for murder, metaphorical, brutal, spiritual, legal, physical, transcendental, emotional, even literal murder that is the punishment for those

M's being "militants marching to Mendiola" (include different metaphorical mendiolas, as well), the masses who know the constitution more than lawmakers who only know how to manipulate the laws for their private interests. M is for martyrs, victims of killings and enforced disappearances, metonyms of mobilizations as monumental fractions of the Revolution. M is for the Movement against another M that is this Machine that shall be

dismantled at all costs and be rebuilt as another Machine and perhaps be dismantled again and be rebuilt and be dismantled a couple of times depending on the metastability of the system and its material conditions and its multi-cultural/-sectoral considerations which may include M being maroons from the University and maroons from other universities and maroons of the Philippine society living their lives like the maroon people who are marooned, ie, left, abandoned by the state that cares for nothing but

M's being Malls (yes, protect the malls, the private properties of the propertied, and kill the people struggling for a better world, the public): the manifestation of the market, the monetary, the motive for profit that reduces everything into another M being mediocrity--forget the quality of life, forget human dignity, forget everything for the sake of money while claiming that that monopoly is for the sake of the majority, for the sake of societal stability. M is for the messianic complex, the chronic disorder of the ruling elite--those megalomaniacs masquerading their decision-making as a necessary sacrifice that has to be made for the salvation of the humanity--that propagates and infects the middle class into

subscribing to the template of changing the world by earning a degree then running for office then initiating change: something which is only possible if you can pay for your education, secure a political clan and be so divine as to be immune to the operating system's filth--though there are, of course, exceptions. M is for the model or life cycle that they shove up our throats: be born, be raised by a family, be educated, be employed and work til you die without angering the dysfunctional system that nurtured you into the mechanical being that you are, into the mechasapien that maintains this Machine that attempts to confine

the aforementioned M among other aforementioned M's, being any Movement that attempts to humanize the mechanized, ie, the alienated, the estranged; that attempts to re/program compassion into hearts of cold steel; that attempts to make the desensitized sensitive again. (M is for the margin that divides an attempted sociopolitical commentary being this first part from the the next part, which shall be more of a brief offtangent personal reflection or rather a confession that shall inevitably reek of preferences that might not be of interest to any of you. This parenthetical remark is that aforementioned margin serving as another M being a monition that suggests you stop reading from this point.)


ii. As admission of being human, and neither a god nor a beast nor a machine, and as an attempt of getting things off my chest in compliance with Che Guevarra's quote that I'd rather not quote any longer, and as both the foundation of physics and the foundation of the societal order are consistently being challenged and threatened into obsolescence, I dare say

that this time, M is neither for the love of Maynard James Keenan and Milla Jovovich nor for the love of the music of Massive Attack, Meshuggah, My Dying Bride, Mars Volta among other M's but for the mission of stirring an intrigue by declaring that the problem that needs to be solved is the variable M raised to two.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

King Inang Yellow x Oil Trioctopoid Hainakus


Yes.
I know.
Lame puns, right?

by the way,

This blog is
glad you're
here.




jerking each other
off, King and the trinity
of its octopoid

discharge oil from their
grimed tentacles; forced entry
to and fro our holes.


***



[transport strike news][more poems collected by km 64 against oil price hike] Oh, another [news] that shows they don't want their love affair of sexcapades interrupted by people who are affected by their appendages powered by corporate libido for exaggerated profit that shoots high up in the air during their ejaculation, and exaggerated multiple orgasm for capital. They shall remember that such, say, upward outbursts are among the instances when what goes up, comes down like fuck.

Monday, September 5, 2011

CarcositeNewsNet: September Jumpstart


This is not really mock news. All of these happened. Or, I think it has. Being spontaneous, this is also something of a, say, machine gun post, as you would notice a lot of fillers, as if I am conversing with you. This is really nothing but an update that would probably not be of any help to your life. If you still want to read on, then, I'm game if you're game--

Ended the 31-day writing challenge of August with a fanfiction featuring a lost Spider Jerusalem wandering Metro Manila and writing about Professor Charles Xavier, King Mob / Gideon Stargrave and Lex Luthor. [read it here]


Started September printing Ang Sandatahang Banga komix. [details]


Sold the komix around elbi, then travelled the day after back home, then, to Quezon City, then, to Makati for the book launch, and some kinda underground komix transactions during the book launch, as if doing a counterculture against-the-flow thing, as komix and poetry seems like strangers to each other, coming from different worlds, in terms of recognition of literariness and mass production--though I think this notion is being crumbled one step at a time by local komix artists and writers, anyway, I did end up selling komix inside ayala museum, which feels, I don't know, it felt good. (And another memory flashed before my very eyes. Twas the Conference of Philippine Center of International PEN, and there I was leafing through a book, which was not just any other book--a photocopied book, ie, a reading for eng103 (critical writing class): Jessica Zafra's Twisted 7 [?], which we are to dissect, to criticize, and I did. It's like watching pirated DVD on some sort of a gadget that plays pirated DVDs--inside a movie house.) Para kang nagvavandal without actually-- Enough explaining. Hope you dig how I felt. Hehe. Anway, here's the [link] to the event, and here's the program, as lifted from the link:



Live music from
RADIOACTIVE SAGO PROJECT
CORPORATE LO-FI
VIGO
ANTHONY PIGGOTT & YNO+
AXEL PINPIN & THE PROPAGANDA MACHINE

Featuring:
Bienvenido Lumbera (National Artist for Literature)
Gemino H. Abad
Pete Lacaba
Teo T. Antonio
Ronaldo Carcamo
Ronan B. Capinding
Marra PL Lanot
Benilda Santos
Rebecca T. Anonuevo
Bebang W. Siy
Andrea B. Teran
Eliza Victoria
AND OTHER SURPRISE READERS

With the special participation of:
Ornussa Cadness
Mercedes Cabral
Shawn Yao
Gee Canlas
Jean Garcia
Roselle Monteverde
Brian Tenorio
Rox Puno
Nelson Canlas

Hosted by Sue Prado & Dakila Cutab

Free Admission.

UNDER THE STORM is a compilation of 150 poems from an eclectic mix of 150 Filipino poets: from the renowned and the known to the upcoming and the knowable. It surveys the landscape, explores the topography of the phenomenal, social, and lingual developments in contemporary Philippine Poetry. This is not simply a gathering of the intelligent. It is a harvesting of works by the willing and the devoted to the labor of crafting, the human turn, and the myriad possibilities of language (Edited by Khavn dela Cruz and Joel Toledo):

Abad. Abad. Abad. Abola. Abueg. Acosta. Acuña. Agustin. Aldaba. Alitaptap. Alma. Almero. Fojas-Almirante. Alonte. Alvarez. Alvarez. Ancheta. Angeles. Añonuevo. Añonuevo. Antonio. Aranal. Arguelles. Aquino. Azada. Bajarias. Balota. Baquiran. Barrios. Basmayor. Borlongan. Buenviaje. Cabato. Capili. Capinding. Carcamo. Carnice. Casaje. Casocot. Castro. Chancoco. Ching. Cimatu. Co. Cordero. Coroza. Cortez. Cui. Cutab. Dalisay. Damasing. Daoana. De Guzman. dela Cruz. De La Cruz. De La Cruz. dela Cruz. De Los Santos. De Mesa. de Paula. de Ungria. De Veyra. del Prado. Despi. Diaz. Diaz. Dimzon. Dollente. Dominguez. Dumdum. Evasco. Fagela. Fernandez. Francia. Gaba. Gamalinda. Garcia. Gervacio. Go. Gubat. Gulle. Gutierrez. Igloria. Imperial. Kilates. Kimpo. Kwan. Lacaba. Katigbak-Lacuesta. Lanot. Lao. Lao. Lazaro. Losaria. Lumbera. Manzano. Marcelo. Maranan. Maranan. Montalban. Nadera. Nicolas-Na. Novicio. Os. Oyzon. Pagliawan. Pagusara. Pandan. Parfan. Pastrana. Piocos. Pinpin. Quibilan. Reyes. Rillo. Rivas. Rodriguez-Tomlinson. Rosal. Rubino. Rueda. Sabilano. Saguid. Salud. Samar. San Diego. Santos. Serquiña. Sevilla-Simon. Sillada. Siy. Sulat. Sunico. Tablazon. Taguilaso. Teodoro. Teran. Torralba. Torre. Torres. Tuvilla. Umil. Urquico. Valencia. Valles. Vega. Victoria. Villafania. Villas. Yandug. Yuson.

Book Design by Piya Constantino | Cover Art by W Don Flores | 4th .MOV International Film, Music, & Literature Festival | September 1 to 6, 2011 | The Podium, Ayala Museum, Greenbelt 3 Park, & UP Film Center | www.movfest.org

Got my complimentary copy of the anthology, and happened to meet Paper Monster Press peeps. Complimentary copies of two new books, olde fellows and friends and new acquaintances, four destination points in a day, for someone who isn't fond of going out and who is kind of a stranger to the norms of social gatherings. That friday was something. Whether that was positive or negative, I would not know, but I know it felt good and I felt alive.

Watched Philippine Educational Theatre Association's WILLIAM the following day. [link] (For friends who may be waiting for the complimentary tickets, thanks to the HU ART DAW Shakespeare icon contest, please do wait for my message. Used the first five tickets for, haha, my family, as this is the first time I've, what's the term, "treated [?]" them. The tickets may be used til July 2012, I think. Anyway--)


The rap musical was kinda nice, even for someone like myself who has just watched (and somehow found entertainment in) fliptop last month and has no appreciation for hiphop, for reasons that aren't really reasons, maybe because of sheer preference BUT I think WILLIAM broke a lot of legs. As reviews have said, it was a new way of looking at Shakespeare. However, though it may sound like asking for too much from a rap musical intended for the general audience (andaming high school students), I kind of expected more, because the first play I've watched in PETA was Bertolt Brecht's THE THREEPENNY OPERA--something I've enjoyed a lot (and coincidentally, my "poem" for UNDER THE STORM anthology is an "erasure" of the Notes to The Threepenny Opera part of my copy of THE THREEPENNY OPERA).

In terms of content, I've waited for lines saying, or rather, implying, how fucked up the education system is, being colonial, commercialized and fascist--though yes, maybe, it had something to do with the expected audience being young but a brief "sigh" re: the colonial and/or commercialized characteristic would have been nice--or there was such and I was not paying attention. To cut short and to temporarily end (I'm quite unsure when the temporary end ends!) this mini-review, let me say that the, what was that called, "directorial concept," of both plays I've seen in PETA never failed to entertain, to inform, and to inquire. I think THREEPENNY's use of the padyak (the bicycle with a sidecar) and WILLIAM's use of the bangko (stool) worked very well, as it was executed very well. Would like to thank PETA for being accommodating. Twas nice that the compli tickets are VIP seats. Ended this day signing the conforme re: the said contest, eating somewhere, and going home with a satisfied appetite--not just because of good food, but because of the production.

Then, Sunday strikes with a storm amidst the relatively sunny (fuck yeah, twas really sunday!) day. What a way to end this blast with a cynical blast because of realizations I should have realized and I should have accepted. Things I can't talk about. Yak. Drama. Anyway, off to wherever. Something is gonna start soon. A lot still needs to be done. And to end with optimism, good thing that Monday brought good news. The Quarterly Bathroom Companion Comics Compendium was nominated for best cover [link] and for grassroot award [link], at the KOMIKON 2011 awards. Lifted this image from the link:


You may search the carcosite for the colored version of my QBCCC entry 5-minute matrescapist in reverse - 5MMiRV [You may start "reading" it here]. Collaborative komix w Alyza Taguilaso, Fragments in Which We Are-- [You may peek here] shall be in QBCCC #2, which shall be available at the next Komikon. QBCCC is edited by Josel Nicolas, DJ Legaspi and Mervin Malonzo (who made the cover for QBCCC#1).

For international solidarity with Chile, Tilde. (A lame effort to attention-whore. Yes, fangurling hasn't ended yet. Sorry if it bothers you. Thanks for dropping by.)

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

31-DAY WRITING CHALLENGE #029 - 031- FINALE - FANFIC


(May disclaimer sana pero, sa dulo na lamang ho. Dito na ho nagwawakas ang paglahok sa 31-Day Writing Challenge, at sa dulo na rin ang iba pang komentaryo. Salamat ho!)

“Kathanga(h)an!,” Komentaryo ng Kalbo (firstime fanfiction ni Tilde Acuña)

Tinipon ang mga artikulong ito mula sa “Nampota, Hasel Todits!,” ang pansamantalang kolum ni Spider Jerusalem sa pahayagang MENSAHE NG MAYNILA. Sabay-sabay nilimbag ang mga ito nang tatlong ulit tulad ng pakiusap ng may-akda. Ito ang dahilan kung bakit patung-patong ang kasong isinampa sa MENSAHE. Naglaho ang may-akda at kinalulungkot naming hindi namin nabayaran ang isa’t isa sa mga dinulot na pinsala ng mga artikulong ito kaya minabuti naming ilimbag na lamang at ibenta upang kahit papaano’y makabangon muli ang MENSAHE.
–Punong Patnugot

Panimulampotangena!

Oo, tangina ano? Pang-ilang insulto na ba ito sa akin? Ako na naman ang nagsusulat ng paunang salita sa sarili kong kuleksyon. Eto kasing editor kong si Royce, parang gago. Sabi ko, nasa ibang panahon ako na para na ring ibang daigdig dahil sobrang atrasado, kingina, tas ang sabi ba naman sa akin ng gago, magjakol na lang daw ako. Tapos yung mga alalay kong chics, ang sabi sa akin, day-off daw nila. Kahit yung publisher, ayaw gumawa ng introduksyon. Pero bilang responsableng mamamahayag, ginawa ko itong panimulang salitang ito para maipakita sa inyo ang dedikasyon ko sa paghahanap ng Katotohanan.

At ano namang inasahan n’yo sa akin? Ano? Hindi n’yo ako kilala? E mga pukingina pala kayo, eh. Hindi n’yo ako kilala, tas aasahan n’yong babatiin ko kayo ng, “Hello, you guys! I love you all and I’m so happy to welcome you to my very new collection of dreams and tourism and love for the countrymen and the nation—” Ganun ba ang tipo n’yo? Yun ang inasahan n’yo? E mga bwakanangina n’yo pala talaga, eh. Kung gusto n’yo ng ganun, bumili kayo ng kuleksyon ni Kris Aquino, kung mayroon. O pwede ring kay Jonas D. Drothers, Jonas Drothers. Ewan kung sino man ang mga iyan, basta narinig ko lang ang mga pangalan dito sa Siyudad ninyo.

Bagamat humihina ang baga ko sa Siyudad n’yo dahil masyadong malinis ang hangin (oo, tarantado, alam ko sinasabi ko, malinis pa ang hangin dito sa inyo) kumpara sa Siyudad na pinagmulan ko, kaya ko pa ring hampasin ng crowbar ang kahit sinong nagtatago ng Katotohanang hinahanap ko kahit hindi ko kasing tikas yang pinagtitilian ninyong Azkals na supot naman sa palakasan pero andaming patalastas—andaming patalastas, ha, galing ako sa mundong kahit saan ka lumingon, may hihindot sayo’ng impormasyon, sa ayaw mo at sa gusto.

Iklian ko na lang hanggat maaari ang salaysay kung bakit nangyari ang tanginang trip na nagbunga nitong pagbisita ko sa Siyudad n’yo. Nakasalubong ko kasi si King Mob. Malay ko kung anong ginagawa niya sa Siyudad noong mga panahong iyon. Pero basta, puta, badtrip ako n’un, at kinailangan ko ng tropa. Di ko alam kung nasaan ang mga tao, o kung naglalaplapan ba yung mga alalay ko o ano, pero si King Mob, bigla ko na lang nakitang tumatakbo at namamaril. Edi sinabayan ko tas akala ko, binibira rin siya ng mga bata ni Beast o ni Smiler. Kinapanayam ko siya para naman maupdate ang sarili sa mga nangyayari sa pulitika bilang responsableng mamamahayag. Hindi ko kilala ang mga sinasabi niyang kaaway na Outer Church, etc, etc. Wala rin naman akong gaanong pakialam sa mga gerang nilalahukan niya ano, at may sarili akong gera! Pero nagkaroon ako ng pakialam nang makita ko ang mukha niya.

Hindi naman ako nabakla dahil kung nabakla ako, parang titi naman akong pinagjajakulan at pinanlilibugan ang sarili. Dahil, nampucha, kamukha ko si King Mob. Nang tanungin ko kung marami pa kaming magkakamukha, tumango siya at nagbigay ng dalawa pang pangalan. Binigyan ko siya ng libreng turok, kung nadidigs mo. Bilang kapalit, tinulungan niya akong “bumalik”—o “maglakbay” dahil para sa akin, bahagi ang karanasang yun ng pagsulong papunta sa isang hinaharap—sa ibang oras at ibang panahon. Tulad ng payo niya, una kong pinuntahan ang telepatikong lumpong chic boy na propesor na magtuturo sa akin kung paano magsalita sa Wika ng inyong Siyudad. At sa isang komix convention ko siya dinatnan.

Ang Baldadong Kalbong Edukador-Kuno


May habilin si King Mob na mag-ingat daw ako kay Propesor Xavier dahil tuso daw ang gago. Kaya daw nitong basahin ang isip at magbura o magmanipula ng alaala. Ha! Ako? Pucha, ulul, pakyu! Matagal nang magulo ang utak ko at sabit-sabit ang alaala, kaya hindi ko alam kung paano niya pa ito guguluhin. Nadama ko ang bentahe sa una pa lamang naming pagkikita dahil nakakunot ang noo niya na para bang hirap na hirap at parang matatae na hindi mo maintindihan. Sabay tanong kung sino raw ako, saan galing, at baka daw “mahalata” kami.

Edi syempre, sinagot ko, at sinabing mamamahayag ako ng MENSAHE NG MAYNILA at kailangan ko siya mainterview para sa aking kolum. Sa ingles pa kami nag-uusap, kasi, potangena, ano ‘ko, linguist tulad ng bayani n’yong si Rizal? Mas malupit naman ako nang di hamak doon, ano! Marami pang tinanong si Propesor, kesyo hindi pa daw siya nag-a-out na mutant siya, kesyo delikado, kesyo baka daw malagay sa peligro ang buhay niya at ang disposisyong pinanghahawakan niya, at iba pang kahindutang kabaklaang hindi ko maintindihan. Sabi ko, ganito ko ipapakete sa kolum: cosplayer siyang magkokomentaryo sa kalagayan ng edukasyon. Tiniyak ko rin sa kanyang gaguhan lang panayam, ang lahat, at basta ang gusto ko naman talaga ay magkaroon ng pagsusuri sa krisis sa edukasyon at batayang serbisyo, etc.

Tangina n’yo, wag n’yo ko husgahan. Syempre, kailangan kong manloko at gumamit ng mga lumpen na paraan para maipahayag ang Katotohanan. Pasalamat ka sa pamamaraan ko at nababasa mo ang obra maestra ko ngayon. At mas maganda sigurong abangan kung anong gagawin mo matapos ang mga rebelasyong isisiwalat ko, kaysa naman pansinin mo pa ang mga pamamaraan ko. Eh ikaw, ano bang ginagawa mo at paano at anong gagawin mo matapos mabasa itong mga katarantaduhang naririto? Basta hakbang ito sa Katotohanan at sa unang araw ko sa Siyudad n’yo, tinuruan ako ng Propesor ng inyong Wika, at nagtiwala naman siya sa akin.

Natagalan nga lamang kaysa sa normal ang pagtuturo ng Wika dahil nahirapan daw siyang magpasikut-sikot sa mga kabuktutan ng utak ko. Pinagyaman kasi ang aking isip ng mga bawal na gamot na yari sa teknolohiya ng pinagmulan kong Siyudad. Nagtakda na lamang kami ng sunod na pag-uusap at mabuti na lang at matagal itong mga kaululang komix convention na kahawig noong mga pagtitipon ng daanlibong relihiyon sa Siyudad namin. Hindi ko alam kung mabuti o masama na monopolyado at sentralisado ang relihiyon dito sa inyo.

Dahil sa napansin, nagdamit ako bilang Hesu-Kristo sa anime convention at kapag tinatanong kung sinong kinocosplay, sinasabi ko na lang na yung main character sa Jesus manga—ang pinaka-rare na manga sa sanlibutan na ako lang ang mayroon, kaya naging ‘astig’ ako sa mata ng mga cosplayer. Gagamit na lang ako ng pormula para ibuod kahit papaano ang napagusapan namin, na karamihan, sabi ko, off the record naman, pero dahil ako ito, na hindi niya kilala at maaring hindi mo kilala, nakakuha ako ng maseselang mga impormasyon:

Nang tanungin kung saan siya nagtuturo at anong, parang, press release niya, sinabi niyang sa Pamantasan at itinalaga na raw siya sa iba’t ibang matataas na posisyon dahil na rin sa kanyang kapangyarihan sa pagmamaniobra ng mga isipan ng iba. Kita ninyo, mga ungas? Wala kaming pinag-iba at magkamukha kami! At, dagdag pa niya, ginagawa niya raw ang mga ito para rin sa ikabubuti ng Pamantasan at para makapagpanukala na rin ng mga patakarang magtatanggol sa mga maglaladlad na mga mutant na nahihiya lang mag-out dahil sa malaking posibilidad ng diskriminasyon. Parepareho lang daw ang nadarama ng mga mutant na hiya, kahit pa sa Siyudad na ito, kung saan hayok sa landing o exposure sa masmidya ang mga tao.

Nang tanungin kung anong tingin niya sa edukasyon, nagmalaki siya ng mga nagawa. May sarili daw siyang “institute for learning” kung saan pinangangalagaan niya diumano ang mga espesyal na kabataan—yung mga mutant nga. At kung anu-anong shit na ang sinabi niyang hindi ko naman tinatanong hanggang ipinasok ko sa usapan ang pondo. Ang pondo raw ay nagmumula sa iba’t ibang mga NGO at LGU at pribadong korporasyon. Balak din daw niyang magtayo ng ganoong institute dito, at mabuti na lang daw na may public-private partnership program ang pamahalaang ito. Parang mauutot ako.

Nang tanungin kung hindi ba magiging mahal ang babayaran ng mga potensyal na estudyante, ngumisi lang siya—na pucha, parang si Smiler—at sinabing yun nga raw ang dahilan kung bakit humihingi siya ng tulong sa nasabing mga organisasyon. Babayaran na lang daw ito ng mga iskolar “in kind.” Napansin niyang magtatanong pa ako kaya sinagot na niyang sa pamamagitan daw ng pagseserbisyo sa mga sangay o anumang may kaugnayan sa mga nasabing organisasyon, mababayaran daw ng mga mutant ang matrikula. Dito na nagpantig ang tainga ko.

Naitago ko naman ang pagdidilim ng paningin, kaya nakagawa pa ako ng hakbang bago siya parusahan. Nagyaya akong ililibre ko siya bilang pasasalamat. Dudukot ako kunwari ng pitaka, pero ang aking sandata ang binunot ko: ang bowel disruptor. Para itong baril at batay sa pangalan, magkakaroon ka ng ideya kung anong kapangyarihan ang taglay nito. Tulad mong tangina mo ka, hindi niya alam kung anong kakayanan ng baril kong ito kaya hinamon ko siyang basahin ang iniisip ko. Wala siyang nasabi at nanatili ang mukha niyang ganoon hanggang iwanan ko ang bituka niyang nagbubulwak ng burak. Naging mabait ako at ang setting na “moderate to heavy diarrhea” lamang ang ipinataw kong parusa sa kanya.

Bagamat iligal, paborito kong armas ang bowel disruptor dahil bukod sa hindi naman ito nakamamatay, wala itong naiiwang kahit anong bakas. Oo, gago, hindi ‘to nakamamatay, pero kung mahina ang katawan tulad neto ni Propesor, maaring mawalan ng malay ang biktima—na sa pagkakataong ito ay parang na-comatose na hindi ko alam kung dahil sa pagtatae o kahihiyan dulot ng pandidiri sa sarili. Daig pa niya ang tumae lamang sa salawal dahil nakaupo at nanatili siyang nakaupo sa naninilaw niyang wheelchair nang mangyari ang sakuna.

Ang Salamangkerong Anarkistang Kalbo



Tutal, nasimulan nang edukasyon ang paksa, at mukhang may kinalaman dito ang asal at pakikitungo at kultura at maraming bagay sa Siyudad na ito, minabuti ko na ring sumama sa mga nagrarally para sa dekalidad na edukasyon. At katulad na katulad ni Smiler sa pinanggalingan ko itong presidenteng pinupulaan sa mga sigaw at sa mga plakard. Ngiti lang nang ngiti ang putangina na nadinig kong puta raw talaga ang ina. Kung gaano yun katotoo, e, hindi ko pa malaman at iba naman ang Katotohanang hanap ko sa mundong ito, at tulad ng nabanggit, o masyado akong sabog para maalala kung nabanggit, gusto ko lang namang mag-enjoy at magliwaliw at makilala ang mga kamukha ko. Nakakasurpresang may kamukha rin pala ang mga tarantadong burukrata sa Siyudad ko sa Siyudad na ito. At ang sunod kong kinapanayam nang hindi sadya ay hindi lang may kamukha. Isang photocopy ng kaibigan. Siya mismo. Si King Mob.

Nilapitan ko siya at tinanong kung bakit galit na naman siya sa gobyerno at kung underground ba siya. Tinitigan lang niya ako at sinabing baka daw ikamatay niya ang mga paratang ko, at kinuwestyon niya rin ang pagkatao ko, tulad ng Propesor. Sabi ko na lang, e punyeta naman kasing demokrasya ito, hindi pa kumikilos ang lahat ng tao, pucha. Ang sagwa pero, may kakatwang lubag ang loob namin sa isa’t isa. Baka dahil pareho kaming mukhang durugistang lutang na prinsipyado at may sinasabi pa rin namang may silbi. At, siyangapala, putangina nitong mundo ninyo, ang hirap na nga huminga dahil sa kakulangan ng carbon dioxide, hindi pa umuubra ang antipara kong kamera. Kaya wala na akong magagawa at gumuhit na lang ako sa kung anumang tawag dito. Papel. Tama? Kala n’yo, bobo ako? Mga gago.

Sa pagguhit ko ng tila mga self-protrait, parang mga accessories lang ang pinagkaiba ko sa mga ito. At tattoo na rin siguro. Walang tattoo si “Gideon,” kaya mas malaki ang titi ko sa kanya. Pero malakas din ang apog nito dahil tangina, anarkista ang gago. Bossing pala siya ng isa sa mga kolektib ng anarkistang organisasyong tinatawag na “Imbisibol.” Mas marami pa akong nadiskubre sa kanya at marami siyang alam na kung anu-anong shit na conspiracy theories. Mukhang nagsasaliksik parati. Pero sa katunayan, hindi ko alam kung mas nakatatanda o mas nakababata itong King Mob na kinakausap ko. May iba sa kanya.

Tulad ng gawi, sinabi kong mamamahayag ako at may kolum ako sa MENSAHE NG MAYNILA at baka pwedeng magtakda kami ng mas pormal na interbyu, at ang magiging output ay isa sa tatlong bahagi ng isang limited edition, once in a life time serye kong “Nampota, Hasel Todits!” Dahil sa bentaheng baka mahanap niya ang sunod na rekrut kung magkakaroon siya ng publicity, pumayag si kalbo. Sa tono nga lang ng pananalita, parang mas may yagbols yung unang King Mob na nakausap ko. Ang gulo naman ng Panahon at Espasyo, putanginang iyan!

Kinabukasan, nagkita kami sa kapihan sa Pamantasan tulad ng tinakda namin kahapon. At halos katulad nung mga tinanong ko kay Propesor ang binalangkas kong mga tanong, pero siyempre, dahil hindi naman ako tuod na robot tulad ng ibang nakita kong mamamahayag ditong nakarekord na ata ang lahat at scripted ang tanong at may maitanong lang, maaring magbago ang mga tanong, dipende sa palitan namin ng kuru-kuro. Tsaka karamihan pa rin ng diyarista dito, pucha, parang mga gago. Obhetibo, walang kinikilingan, mga ulul! Mga pakyu! Kaya nananatili sa anak nampotang lusak ang mga Siyudad dahil sa hindi paninindigan para lang manatiling ligtas. Kung si Smiler o ang Smiler ng Siyudad n’yo ang pag-uusapan, wala dapat obhetibo obhetibo. Patawan ng karampatang trato ang mga tarantadong pulitiko.

Kaya ayos naman itong si Gideon dahil halos nagkakasundo kami sa puntong iyan—ang pagpanig ng isang manunulat, o ng kahit sino, para maipakita man lamang na nag-iisip siya at hindi nag-uulat lamang ng kung anong nangyari. Edi sana, nilagyan na lang ng, kumbaga sa Siyudad ninyo, CCTV, para obhetibo at walang kampihan, pero, bwakanangina, wala ring pag-unlad kung ganoon. Kung gusto mo maging obhetibo, tangina mo, tumigil ka na sa pagbabasa, at baka mag-init ang ulo ko, sabihan pa kita ulit ng tangina mo, duwag!

Una kong tinanong ang hinggil sa pag-aaklas, kung ano bang magagawa nito, at kung bakit niya ito ginagawa. Dito na ako bahagyang napailing sa kanya, nang sabihing sa ganoon niya nakikita ang pagbabagong lipunan, sa reporma, sa pagkilos lamang sa lansangan. Sapat na raw yung ganoon. Kahangalan. Nampota pala neto, sabi ko sa loob ko, dahil, pucha, rally, anong mararating nun? Rally lang? Tumingala siya sa langit kung saan sinasabing naninirahan ang mga panginoong iniimbento ng mga putanginang mga debotong nito. Maya-maya’y umamin siyang tumiwalag na siya sa Imbisibols, at tumutulong na lang siya paminsan.

Sunod kong tinanong, kahit wala sa listahan, ay ang dahilan ng pagbaliktad niya. Itinama niya agad ang tanong ko at sinabing hindi siya nagtaksil. E gago ka pala, ba’t ka umalis at hindi na lang tumulong sa internal na pag-aayos ng organisasyon ninyo? Anlabo nampota. Akala ko ba, naghahanap kang rekrut? Hinawakan ako nito sa kwelyo at agad ko namang sinunggaban ang aking upuang ipanghahambalos, pero kapwa kaming parang tangang natigilan. Una siyang bumitiw, at hinagis ko ang upuan sa salamin. Dumampot siya ng isa sa mga bubog, at ihinarap sa akin hanggang maaninag ko ang mukha ko.

Tarantado, alam kong magkamukha tayo, bulyaw ko sa kanya. Tuluyan niyang binasag ang bubog at ikinwento ang nangyari sa isang misyon nila sa Roswell—kung anong misyong ito, hindi na niya pinalawig, basta ang mahalaga, may inumit daw siyang mahiwagang bubog na nagpakita sa kanya kung gaano karahas ang karahasan. Ay, gago ka pala, karahasan nga, putangina, wag mo ko daanin sa talinghaga mo, ano ka, makata? At sumagot ang gago. Nobelista raw siya noon. Nabanas na ako at iniba ko ang pinaguusapan.

Bilang huling katanungan, dahil gusto ko na siyang gulpihin para lang isuka niya sa dugo ang Katotohanan kung bakit siya tumiwalag, nagpigil na lang ako at tinanong kung anong plano ng kanyang grupo at kung paano nila tinitignan ang lipunan, at ang panitikan at pamamahayag sa kani-kaniyang partikularidad nito. Hinabaan ko na ang tanong, dahil ang gusto ko na lang ay pakinggan ang carbon copy na tumulong sa aking maglakbay sa Siyudad ninyong ito. Ang King Mob sa ibang panahon at espasyo. Mas malala ang sinagot nito. Magrarally daw sila tuwing walang klase, at hanggat maaari, laging papasok sa klase para maperpekto ang attendance. Sa gayong paraan daw, sa pag-aaral, sa minsanang pagrarally, sa pagsusulat tulad ni Rizal, mapabubuti nila ang kalagayan ng Siyudad. Idolo niya raw si Propesor Charles. At isa pang idolo niya kaya siya nananatiling kalbo ay si Lex Luthor na tumutulong magpuno sa kulang na badyet ng Pamantasan. Mission accomplished ako, tarantado! Dahil may ideya na ako kung sino ang huling pupuntahan, nagprisinta na akong magbayad ng inorder naming kape. At, tama, nalasap niya ang bangis ng bowel disruptor. Nakakadismaya, at sana akala ko lang na siya si King Mob. Hindi, pangungumbinsi ko sa sarili, nagkocosplay lang rin siguro ito bilang King Mob.

Dahil nabadtrip ako, ang ipinataw kong parusa sa kanya ay “complete rectal prolapse.” Iwinaglit ko sa isipang militante itong si Gideon. Swerte lang pala at pagpapala ng panginoong HesuKristo na natyempuhan ko siya sa bihira niyang pagkilos at pakikisangkot. Mabuti rin palang nagbigay-pugay ako kay Kristo nung isang araw sa pamamagitan ng pagko-cosplay, at sinwerte akong makapanayam ang cosplayer na King Mob. Teka, swerte nga ba? Torture sa aking iwaglit ang mga napagusapan namin ni Gideon. Nakakaputangina.

Ang Burukratang Negosyanteng Kalbo


Hindi ko na mawari kung tinarantado ba ako ng unang nakilalang King Mob sa Siyudad kong pinagmulan. May ganito palang Siyudad na parang hinindot na pekpek at sinalpakan ng mga tamod ng iba’t ibang hayop at putik at libag at pawis ng iba’t ibang mikorobyong nagdudulot ng masangsang na amoy na mas matapang at mapangwasak pa kay Cthulhu ang amoy na gumuguhit sa ilong hanggang sa isipan hanggang sa utak hanggang sa spinal column hanggang sa lahat ng ugat patungo sa kaluluwa. Nanunuot ang masidhing lansa na gusto ko nang agad na ilabas pero hindi mailabas dahil pilit na pumapasok ulit. Tanginang gobyerno, tanginang mga tao, sino ba ang hindi tangina sa Siyudad na ito? Wala rin palang pinag-iba sa Siyudad na pinanggalingan ko. Dibale, isang pekpek na lang, at ipapasa ko na sa publisher ang huling kolum na ito, at jajakulin ko na ang portal para labasan at ilabas ako sa Siyudad—Ang Siyudad.

Hindi mahirap hanapin si Luthor. Punung-puno kasi ng pangalan niyang pangalan rin ng mga korporasyon niya ang lahat ng produktong binebenta sa Pamantasan, at maging sa mga binebenta sa suking tindahan o mga bangketang ukinamshet sa pamimirata. Ukinamshet sa nakakatawa at nakakatuwang paraan dahil nilalapastangan talaga ang mga produkto ni Lex at binebenta sa mas murang halaga. Kaya kahit papaano, natitira nila sa puwet ang negosyanteng dati palang naging Presidente ng siraulong mundong ito. Tulad ng ibang mga dating Presidente, napanatili niya ang kuneksyon at kapit sa kapangyarihan. Hayup, matindi sigurong pagpuputa at pamumuta o pambubugaw ang ginawa nitong kinginang ito.

Hindi siya mahirap hanapin, pero mahirap maka-appointment. Matapos matunton ang opisina niya, dalawang araw ang lumipas bago kami nagkaharap. At matindi ang pinagdaanan ko sa ngalan ng paghahalungkat sa Katotohanan, at hindi naman ako nagsisis. Dahil hindi naman ako kasintanga ng mga nabalitaan kong pulis na humawak sa isang hostage krisis kamakailan, naghanda ako ng sapat na armas. Pang-finale at nireserba ko para kay Luthor ang secret weapon. Nasaid ang mga mga punglong dala ko, at dumating na sa puntong kinukuha ko ang mga armas ng mga napapatumbang putangina. Nang wala na talagang madekwatan, nariyan naman ang mga bangko, at pwede namang magsilbing crowbar ang anumang kahugis o kahawig nito.

Tulad ng maraming pa-astig na nakakapakyu na mga putanginang nasobrahan ata sa pagtitikol at ikinosplay ang Godfather kahit hindi naman ito anime, humarap ang nakaupong si Luthor na parang mafia boss—malumanay pero maangas kumilos, may kumpyansa sa sarili, at parang titi kung umasta. Itinuwid nito ang braso bilang mwestra ng pagiging maginoo. Nakikipag-kamay si gago. Dahil katulad niya rin akong gago, hindi ko pinansin ang alok niyang shakehands. Nagpakilala na lang ako bilang kolumnista ng MENSAHE NG MAYNILA, at nagpahayag ng interes sa sobrang busilak niyang damdaming singputi ng tamod na nais tumulong diumano sa Pamantasan na walang bahid ng layuning mambuntis at manghindot.

Ngiti ang putangina. Akala siguro niya, tiniis ko ang lahat ng sakit ng katawan, nabasag ang mukha ko, at nagkaroon ng bitak ang mga tadyang ko, para lamang makipagsalsalan sa kanya. Ulul! Dahil inutil ang gago, agad naman itong nagbahagi matapos tiyaking mamamahayag nga ako at maililimbag ko ang artikulo. Marami ring off the record, at babanggitin ko na para hindi makaabala mamaya sa paglalahad ko ng katigangan ng manyak na ito na wala yatang balak tumigil sa panggagahasa sa Siyudad at sa pagchupa sa sinumang tutulong sa kanyang maabot ang pangarap niyang maabot ang sukdulan ng libog at yaman.

Sa pagitan ng mga palitan, may mga pagkarinyo at pambubrutal na naganap. Minsan, bigla niyang tatanggalin ang kandado ng kahadeyero at mayamaya’y magbibilang na siya ng pera. Tapos, biglang bubuksan niya ang isang aklatan na hindi pala aklat ang mga nakasilid, kundi mga dekalidad at matataas na kalibre ng armas na halos katumbas na ng mga armas sa Siyudad na pinagmulan ko. Tapos, magbubuklat siya ng magazine ng mga chics at tatanungin kung anong mga putahe na ang natikman ko at kung ano gusto kong tikman. Mga ganoong tipo ng mga pagpapatagal sa panayam, sa kabila ng matinding pagnanais kong bumatsi na.

Pero hindi ako lumayas at hindi tumakas dahil bilang responsableng mamamahayag, dapat ko munang gawin ang aking tungkuling hanapin at ipahayag ang Katotohanan, at dahil edukasyon na rin ang paksa, doon ko na rin itinuon ang panayam. Nang tanungin sa mga polisiya niya noon sa edukasyon, at kung napatupad ba ito, hambog itong sumagot na nakabuti raw ang pagtaas ng matrikula na ngayon lamang napatupad sa Pamantasan, at sana raw ay dati pang naipatupad para agad nang napunuan ang kakulangan sa badyet na binibigay ng gobyerno.

Sinabi kong dapat singilin ang pamahalaan dahil nasa kanila naman ang buwis, at tulad ng karamihan ng mga negosyanteng ang interes lamang ay kumita, sinabi niyang hindi naman na raw iyon kailangan. At isa pa, panyero niya daw ang Smiler, o ang Presidente ng lahat ng mga Siyudad dito. Tumayo siya at kumuha ng replika ng daigdig at hinawakan ito na para bang siya ang manghuhulang may hawak sa kapalaran ng mundo. Ngumiti na naman siya ng ngit ng isang titing malapit nang makakantot at pinaliwanag na nasa krisis ang mundo at ang mga katulad niya lamang ang makapagliligtas dito. Ginagawa na raw niya ang mga kinakailangang sakripisyo. At mabuti na lamang daw ay pinahintulutan ito ng pamahalaan: ang tinatawag na private-public partnership kung saan ang isang tulad niyang mabuti ang kalooban ay maaring mag-ambag para sa ikabubuti ng lahat. Mas mabuti na raw ito kaysa mag-aklas. Ang hindi ko maintindihan, ay ang ibinulong niya sa sariling gagamitin naman daw ang kikitain mula sa Pamantasan at iba pang negosyo upang patayin si Superman. Sino ang putanginang si Superman?

Akala ko, ako ang durugista dito at ako ang sabog at ako ang may sayad, pero mukhang nakahanap ako ng katapat at mas matindi pa ata ang saltik sa akin. Kinilabutan ang isang tulad kong nakakita na ng lahat ng mas nakakasuklam at mas nakakahilakbot pang mga bagay o pangyayari at ilan lamang dito ang mga nagsasalitang kanser na may kakayanang magdahilan, ang pamamayagpag ng sopdrinks na may ebola, at mga taong dating taong naging elektronikong usok na nagtatalik. Hindi ko kinaya ang putanginang pursigidong bitiw niya ng mga salita na nagsasaad na inilaan niya ang buhay sa pagtugis kay Superman. Edukado at mayaman ang hindot na si Luthor, pero matindi talaga ang lamat sa utak. Sakto siyang kinatawan ng Siyudad na ito.

Nangatal ang putangina kong mga kamay na hindi nakisama sa partikular na pagkakataong iyon. Ilang ulit kong napihit ang pihitan ng bowel disruptor hanggang sumabog ito at ang nabasa ko na lang—sa, kumbaga, LCD display sa Siyudad at panahon ninyo—ay “Fatal Intestinal Maelstrom.” Hindi ko alam kung si Luthor ba ang salarin sa nadamang hilakbot o ang kapeng may pampabangong halamang damong cannabis at asukal na may pulburang pinaghalong shabu, cocaine, LSD at iba pang mga patok na drogang produkto ng Siyudad ninyong mas malakas ang tama sa akin kaysa sa mga droga ng Siyudad na pinagmulan. Kahit gusto kong upakan ang putanginang Smiler ninyong punyetarantado, hindi ko na tinangka dahil bukod sa hindi ko siya kamukha at hindi siya kalbo, tingin ko, kayong mga hindot kayo ang dapat magpabagsak sa kanya. Mga tangina n’yong lahat, anong gusto n’yo, umupo at maghintay na lang na gawin ko ang mga diskarteng kayo dapat ang gumagawa? Mga ulul. Pwe. D’yan na kayo! Pakyu!

(Disclaimer na nasa wakas: Hindi ko alam kung matatawag itong fanfiction dahil hindi naman ako gaanong naging fan ng tatlong kalbong kinapanayam ni Spider Jerusalem. Hindi ko rin tiyak kung may "mali" sa pagkaka-characterize ko sa pagkatao ng mga ginamit na karakter sa ehersisyong ito. Bukas naman ho ako sa puna, kaya, atak lang ho kung may problema.

Salamat sa writing challenge na ito at kahit papaano e nakapagsulat ulit ako. Itatala ko ulit sa pangwakas na entry na ito ang mga naisulat:

#001 Titi sa Noo Challenge (Tula - Malayang Taludturan)
#002 Tinigang (Tula - Malayang Taludturan)
#003 Hikbi ng Isang Icarus (Salin ng tula ni Baudelaire)
#004 Ang Hinamak na Buwan (Salin ng tula ni Baudelaire)
#005 Lethe (Salin ng tula ni Baudelaire)
#006 Maryang EDSA (Tula - Ekprasis)
#007 Maryang ELBI (Tula - Dalit)
#008 Maryang RATM (Salin ng kanta ng Rage Against The Machine)
#009 Pag-iimbestiga sa Mabuting Pilipino (Salin ng tula ni Brecht)
#010 Habang Dumarami ang Tula (Salin ng tula ni Bukowski)
#011 Maging Maunawain (Salin ng tula ni Bukowski)
#012 Mga Balyena sa Klase ng Arte (Salin ng tula ni Bukowski)
#013 Tipid Tip (Tula - Tanaga)
#014 DSL Tip (Tula - Tanaga)
#015 UPCAT Tip (Tula - Tanaga)
#016 Badtrip [i] (Tula - Tanaga)
#017 Badtrip [ii] (Tula - Tanaga)
#018 Badtrip [iii] (Tula - Tanaga)
#019 Paglilibing (Salin ng tula ni Goethe)
#020 Pagbulas (Salin ng tula ni Goethe)
#021 Pakiusap (Salin ng tula ni Goethe)
#022 Pag-iisa (Salin ng tula ni Goethe)
#023 Ang Suwail (Salin ng kwento ni Calvino)
#024 Isang Kalipumpon Ng Mga Niknik (Salin ng tula ni Hesse)
#025 Palihim Tayong Nagnanais (Salin ng tula ni Hesse)
#026 Sa Gabi Nang Maglayag Sa Laot (Salin ng tula ni Hesse)
#027 Mga Yugto (Salin ng tula ni Hesse)
#028 Para sa Ating Mga Poncio Pilato (Tula - Malayang Taludturan)
(FanFic - Spider Jerusalem (Transmetropolitan) & Professor X (X-Men))
(FanFic - Spider Jerusalem (Transmetropolitan) & King Mob (The Invisibles))
(FanFic - Spider Jerusalem (Transmetropolitan) & Lex Luthor (Superman))

Salamat ho sa lahat ng sumubaybay, lalo sa nagpasimuno!)

Sunday, August 28, 2011

31-DAY WRITING CHALLENGE EXTRA - SALIN - BRECHT

Dahil hindi ako makapagsulat dahil sa gurl to gurl fangurling doon sa may dakong Santiago ng Chile, nagsalin na lamang ako at hindi ho ito bahagi ng 31-day writing challenge--at isang bagsak ho ulit ang next na entry ko para doon. #029 - 031. Finale baga. Wala lang ho ito. Kailangan magfeeling produktibo, eh. Iyan ang napili kong isalin dahil sobrang gusto ko humithit ng Dead Can Dance at isa sa mga paborito kong nilalang si Bertolt Brecht. Hayun lang po. Matsala sa pagbisita.

Kung Bakit Mapalad ang May Pagkukulang salin ni Tilde Acuña

Kilala n'yo si Solomong mapagkuru-kuro
Alam n'yo ang kanyang sinapit,
Payak sa kanya ang masalimuot.
Isinumpa niya ang sandaling sa kanya'y nagsilang
At nakita niyang walang katuturan ang lahat.
Kung bakit dakila at marunong si Solomon.
Bagamat hindi sumubaybay ang sansinukob,
Natunghayan pa rin sa malao't madali ang nangyari.
Dinala siya ng dunong sa kanyang kinahantungan.
Kung bakit mapalad ang may pagkukulang.

Sunod n'yong nakilala si Caesar na matapang
Alam n'yo kung napaano siya.
Itinuring nilang bathala noong buhay pa,
Ngunit kanila rin namang pinaslang.
At bago itarak sa kanya ang punyal
Nakatutulilig ang kanyang daing: ikaw rin ba, anak!
Bagamat hindi sumubaybay ang sansinukob,
Natunghayan pa rin sa malao't madali ang nangyari.
Dinala siya ng tapang sa kanyang kinahantungan.
Kung bakit mapalad ang may pagkukulang.

Narinig n'yo ang tungkol kay Socrates na matapat
Ang ginoong hindi nagsinungaling kailanman.
Wala silang utang na loob, tulad ng inakala n'yo
Sa halip, mga pinuno'y umareglo ng paglilitis
At pinilit siyang uminom ng lason.
Kung bakit matapat ang maharlikang anak ng madla.
Bagamat hindi sumubaybay ang sansinukob,
Natunghayan pa rin sa malao't madali ang nangyari.
Dinala siya ng katapatan sa kanyang kinahantungan.
Kung bakit mapalad ang may pagkukulang.

Dito makikita n'yo ang mga taong kagalang-galang
Naninindigan sa angking batas ng Panginoon.
Sa ngayon, hindi pa niya binibigyang-pansin.
Kayong ligtas at tahimik sa inyong mga silid
Sumaklolo, pahupain ang paghihikahos naming mapait.
Kung bakit dalisay tayong nag-umpisa.
Bagamat hindi sumubaybay ang sansinukob,
Natunghayan pa rin sa malao't madali ang nangyari.
Takot sa diyos ang nagdala sa atin doon sa kahahantungan.
Kung bakit mapalad ang may pagkukulang.
How Fortunate the Man with None by Bertolt Brecht

You saw sagacious Solomon
You know what came of him,
To him complexities seemed plain.
He cursed the hour that gave birth to him
And saw that everything was vain.
How great and wise was Solomon.
The world however did not wait
But soon observed what followed on.
It's wisdom that had brought him to this state.
How fortunate the man with none.

You saw courageous Caesar next
You know what he became.
They deified him in his life
Then had him murdered just the same.
And as they raised the fatal knife
How loud he cried: you too my son!
The world however did not wait
But soon observed what followed on.
It's courage that had brought him to that state.
How fortunate the man with none.

You heard of honest Socrates
The man who never lied:
They weren't so grateful as you'd think
Instead the rulers fixed to have him tried
And handed him the poisoned drink.
How honest was the people's noble son.
The world however did not wait
But soon observed what followed on.
It's honesty that brought him to that state.
How fortunate the man with none.

Here you can see respectable folk
Keeping to God's own laws.
So far he hasn't taken heed.
You who sit safe and warm indoors
Help to relieve our bitter need.
How virtuously we had begun.
The world however did not wait
But soon observed what followed on.
It's fear of god that brought us to that state.
How fortunate the man with none.

Saturday, August 27, 2011

31-DAY WRITING CHALLENGE # 028 - TULA

Para Sa Ating Mga Poncio Pilato

"Bakit pa pepreno? Simple lang: Bobo
Si Chris Lao. Sinumang ilulusong
Ang kotse sa baha at inakalang
Hindi ito lulutang ay mangmang,
Walang pinag-aralan, katawatawa."

LOL.

"Bakit iintindihin ang sining? Bastos
Si Mideo Cruz. Nakakaoffend ang uten sa
Mukha ni Kristo, pero hindi ang
Banal na mga titing pilit sumisiksik
At nanghihimasok sa ari ng iba."

GBU.

"Bakit hindi magagalit kay Soriano? Gago
Ang sinumang bumaboy sa sariling wika lalo
Kung Buwan ng Wika! Putangina, mahiya ka
Sa Inang Bayan! Mag-Filipino ka, at nang
Mabawasan ang lansa mo, Conyong taksil!"

STFU.

Hindi, hindi ko sisisihin ang mga nagbitiw
Ng mga kahawig na kataga dahil lahat tayo'y
Minumulto ng krisis: Imbis na libro, basura
Sa tv at iba pang midya ang hinahain sa atin.
Imbis na Kristong tumuligsa sa mga Pariseo,

K.

Kimi ang Hesus na ikinukwento sa pulpito.
Imbis na pagmamahal sa sambayanan, makitid
Na pagtingin sa wikang pambansa ang pangaral ng
Pamantasan (Alalahaning makabayan ang mga
Alemang Nazi). Ganito ang aking mungkahi:

TNX.

Bakit hindi ituring na salik ang pag-aaral ng
Mga nabanggit na kristong maaring hindi kristo
Sa mga "dekalidad" diumanong pamantasan? Bakit
Tila sinuka sila ng bayan? Mas mainam itanong:
Bakit tila hindi nila nakasalamuha ang mamamayan?

BYE.

Matapos magmuni, huhugasan ko ang aking kamay,
At bahala na kayo kung muli ninyo silang ipapako
Sa Krus ng kalbaryo ng birtwal na daigdig kung saan
Ang may impormasyon at ang nakakapagpalaganap nito
Ang nagiging pansamantalang panginoon at diablo.

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