plug: qbccc dot net

quicktime plug-in lang: up na ang [QBCCC site]. apir dj, josel, mervin.

08032013: weekend update: more content, may sinubmit na akong photo

silip sa "ihip: kumperensya..."

 

"ihip: kumperensya ng mga ibon," forthcoming sa folio

ng [pedantic pedestrians], ilulunsad sa buwan ng augusto

mid-term, three-year LOL

 

three years of [strength through loyalty

loyalty through faith]. PH PREVAILS.

a six-year taxabbatical

 

youre welcome, thanks, come again, 

maynilad, manila water, in cooperation w mwss

calvino's chuang-tzu's crab

the illustration is an approximation, or perhaps a rip-off, of the most perfect crab, as created by calvino's story's Chuang-tzu with one stroke. after the cut, dennis, hani and i tried to break the crab, the artist who created the crab and the writer who created the artist who created the crab, etc etc (btw, i have a similar issue to address, but i'd rather have it addressed visually, since the issue that bothered me for a couple of weeks lies in the visual realm).

"Among Chuang-tzu's many skills, he was an expert draftsman. The king asked him to draw a crab. Chuang-tzu replied that he needed five years, a country house, and twelve servants. Five years later the drawing was still not begun. 'I need another five years,' said Chuang-tzu. The king granted them. At the end of these ten years, Chuang-tzu took up his brush and, in an instant, with a single stroke, he drew a crab, the most perfect crab ever seen." —Italo Calvino on "Quickness," from Six Memos for the Next Millennium

unsullied midyear harvest report, update, etc

unsolicited, unsullied. anyway, first, dog piss at the UP Forum issue re: territory:

 

hiatus over. in addition to the carcosite's not-so-updated [publication page], here's another round of shameless plugs of some apparitions. three publications: 1) poem "Minanikang Makina" in Querida: An Anthology, published by Anvil; 2) poem "Tungkol sa Kawalaan*" in IYAS: An Anthology (2001-2010), published by the University of St. La Salle; and 3) poems "Minanikang Makina**," "M for Movement," "May Bagyo, Walang Pasok" and prose poem "An Exercise in Understanding 'Lachrymology'" in The Literary Apprentice, published by UP Writers' Club. tis midyear, and i have not sown enough to reap whatever i deem is enough. but hey, no highs without lows. so, tis fine.

hiatus? hiatus. wail.

this is a notice of hiatus. from blogging. from social media. though i've done this fvck of a declaration a number of times. at least a month. i'll try to shut the fvck up for at least a month, and shut myself inside my head of a room and get things over w. if the gods are w me, i will pull this off at the end of 2013:

meanwhile, give me a month or two (or less? i hope) and i shall release two things: the [second pseud] and the [gastro zine]. that is all. i thank you. that's not all. there's more. btw, you are there in the image. that is where i am, too. that is where we all are, unless we are that holy bull, or coopted into that fvck. belated, ginsberg. i think that's it is all for now. sem starts. life ends. for the nth time.

scale souvenir: a parting gift

watched tarantino's django unchained, and this parting isn't like that of dr. king schultz's farewell to calvin candie that went "normally i would say 'auf wiedersehen,' but since what 'auf wiedersehen' actually means is ''till I see you again,' and since I never wish to see you again, to you, sir, I say goodbye." signing off w his fifth (but probably not the final) croc annote [JEWELER], dennis discussed how simoun failed and how paths might once again cross as another cayman lurks in Noli.

and like a proud mother i sign off with the postscript of the conceived child, as prophesied in JEWELER. i will show you a glimpse of a fraction of its limb so pardon this shameless plug that immediately follows yesterday's [shameless plug], and let me tell you that [pseudocuments volume two: files & facts & figures] is in the works, the semifinal stages of editing, and shall probably be available come june. among its contents is "from the common origin of chainsaws and crocodiles, and other life-and-death matters" with the first section "how to escape the buzzgator death roll: a gift." i leave you w a b.s. of a p.s., a sneek peak of that gift, and i hope you stay safe and away from whatever devil crocs you would rather not face because they are y/our sins.

plug + tulang walang tuldok

hindi na marahil mapepreempt at hindi na siguro kalabisang ianunsyo nang maaga na may aanihing dalawang tanim (tho, ewan ko, yung ibang "in press," nananatiling "in press," at hindi pala kami nag-iisa sa LLAB na nagkakahasel sa paglalabas ng antho): isa sa [antolohiya ng iyas] ("binhi," aking banggit sa [sinaunang blog entry]) na inaasahan kong bumibiyahe na mula bacolod patungong kamaynilaan, at isa sa [antolohiya ng querida] ("mistress," malamang, obyus) na inaasahan kong nasa palimbagan na at lalabas bago matapos itong taon. pasasalamat sa u.s.l.s at anvil; at magpopost ako ng update kapag mayroon nang anuman tulad nito: may write-up hinggil sa iyas antho sa [balay sugidanun]. salamat mam gen. isang piyesa ang ibabahagi ko bago ang finale sa sinimulang pag-intindi sa bunganga ng [buwaya]:

tulang walang tuldok
hinalaw ni tilde acuña
sa salin ni chana bloch
ng tula ni yehuda amichai

gator as guilt incarnate

in the latest annote [A HIDDEN WORSHIP] at tekstong bopis, dennis mentioned the possibility of the crocodile being "the unconverted native, the wild and disobedient," something "re-purposed by the dominant power as an emblem of terror." this is something i'll try to explore, but first, a short komix: