better things by massive attack and tracy thorn of everything but the girl

Dont drag me down

Just because youre down

And just cause youre blue

Dont make me too

Although youve found

Beauty more than me

Dont talk to me

About being free

Thats freedom without love

And magic without love

Magic without love

Hear me say - better things would surely come my way

Hear me say - better things wouldl surely come my way

You say the magics gone

Well Im not a magician

You say the sparks gone

Well get an electrician

And save your line about needing to be free

Ah, thats bullshit babe

You just wont let it be

Author: Monie Maunay
email: buddygallagher@gmail.com

Prelude to Drama Queens

oh how we do get involved in our own personal motion pictures. if we had our way we would all be writing our own "The world according to ..." -- and share all that we are to anyone who would care to watch, to listen, to read.i believe that a good reason why we always seek any and all forms of attachment is because we want to watch ourselves projected on those we are attached to.

Unless one has weak or defective mind, pretty much everything that happens to us has been allowed by us.when youve piled up the years you start to ask - would I have done it differently? - but then that is the crux of hindsight, there are just some things that cant be undone, no matter what. so lets thank our lucky stars for the things we are able to change. 

for days now my finger has been itching to write something down, anything. but inspiration eludes me. so my usual 90+ score in hubpages has dwindled down to 86 or 84 i forget. i have been struggling with a certain sort of restlessness that I just couldnt put my finger on. plus theres the problem of my computer keyboard that has stopped typing the letter double-u, the apostrophe and double quote, the left and down keys. and dont ask me to explain where i get my double-u!

ive been tinkering with the subject of drama queens or rather the drama queens in each of us. i wanted to try the idea out on my circle of friends first. the challenge is in depicting the drama queens in their full glory without giving their identities away. just considering it gives leaves me partially blind with headaches.i could write an entire novel on our walks on the wild side, our slight in-fightings, our cloak-and-dagger affairs, the sordid details, the glorious triumphs, the side-channels and back-channels of communication.but i couldnt because id give too much away.

so ill just talk about our collective source of fun and scorn. our favorite people! like for instance the new best dressed candidate who will give the original best dressed a run for her money, or maybe our duty free characters who seem to be growing in number (heaven help us) hahaha. or even our favorite sisterhood of evil mutants! (hahaha what a wicked name for a group!). i bet ive lost ellen on the best dressed bit! dont get me wrong, i dont hate them, for how can you hate the source of your fun and who do you poke your fun at if theyre not there right? 

so best dressed femme-femme (bdff) is now a rising star, she can give carmen and phee-n-bee a decent race as she shimmied and sashayed her wares to all of adams children. i bet shes a big hit owing to the very low priced-goods she is peddling. however, it is quite noticable that she only wants to cater to a very particular group of clientele. I wonder if she is aware though of the secrets of this group, who like the swine flu is spreading a virus called duty free (an affliction paris will never catch). i wont be surprised if bdff joins-up with the sisterhood. all the signs are there as they all appear to be trudging at the bottom steps of the very steep ladder of high-class society ill-equipped and even worse, ill-dressed. they probably missed the fact that you cannot climb the ladder without an invite and there is just no one there to extend them the courtesy.

so you see my dearies, their lives are all inter-twined in a rather cheap thread. so with my upturned nose im applauding in the sidelines, admiring the sheer talent and persistence these mere mortals have displayed. 

all these cryptic stories are making me sleepy. at the moment as i write this bitchy piece, i am feasting my sights on a photo i snagged online of someone i would very much like to stare at for hours on end, which of course I cannot do in the real world lest i look deranged (not a pretty sight that).

i am only mildly satisfied that i have led my friends on a merry chase, i anticipate the clarificatory queries in the morrow. - (in the morrow - how old english is that?). i am greatly satisfied though that i was able to piece together in the written word, an almost coherent train of thought. thank the lord for small mercies... love you all! tata!

What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life?

"What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" is a song with lyrics written by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman and original music written by Michel Legrand for the 1969 film The Happy Ending and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song... Someone told me this is the best song for a marriage proposal hehehe... ellen! sing with me!!!

What are you doing the rest of your life?

North and south and east and west of your life?

I have only one request of your life

That you spend it all with me.

All the seasons and the times of your days.

All the nickels and the dimes of your days.

Let the reasons and the rhymes of your days.

All begin and end with me.

I want to see your face,

In every kind of light,

In fields of gold and

Forests of the night;

And when you stand before

The candles on a cake.

Oh let me be the one to hear

The silent wish you make.

Those tomorrows waiting deep in your eyes

In the world of love you keep in your eyes,

Ill awaken whats asleep in your eyes,

It may take a kiss or two..

Through all of my life..

Summer, winter, spring and fall of my life,

All I ever will recall of my life

Is all of my life with you.

Author: Monie Maunay
email: buddygallagher@gmail.com

off the top of my coconut...

for the longest time me and my girls (for we are all girls regardless of gender and sexual preference hahaha) have been thinking of compiling all the filipino gay words we have been using or we might have heard. i say just write it down already and just keep adding to it if some words have been missed, so here goes:

- AKETCH/AKESH: ako "Samanhan mo naman aketch/akesh later-vu?"
- ANIK ANIK: anu-ano "Bibili ako ng kung anik-anik sa mall..."
- ANDA, ANDALU, ANDALUCIA: money honey "Naku di ko keri today ala ako anda/andalu andalucia..."
- ANDITECH: nandito "Anditech na ang mga lola..."
- ANETCH: ano "Anetch ba problema mo?"
- BAMBI ARAMBULO: mabaho "Bambi arambulo ng fudam na ito..."
- BANGE/BANGERS/BANGENGE: lasing "Bangenge na mga hitad, e tig-iisang bote lang ininom!"
- BET/BETCHA BY GOLLY WOW: type "Bet mo ba sha, e di iyo na!"
- BECKY: bakla "Feeling ko becky yang julalaks na yan..."
- BONGGACIOUS: bonga "Bonggacious and birthday ng lola mo..."
- BOKOT/BOKOTCHINA: takot "Yoko manuood ng T2 bokot/bokotchina ako..."
- BAGOTA, COLOMBIA: inip na "Haay bagota, colombia na talaga ko..."
- BORLOG: tulog "kelangan ko na bumorlog, baka pumanget aketch"
- CABSUNG: cab "Nasa cabsung na ko..."
- CAREER/KINA-CAREER: dinidibdib or siniseryoso "Carrer-in ba talaga ang pag f-facebook?"
- CHAKA/CHUCKY DREYFUSS: pangit "Chaka naman nyan..."
- CHIKA: tsismis or biro lang or it could really be a lot of things "Chika lang ha..."
- CHUVA, CHORVA: is actually a filler, like what's the word? "Yung chorva ni chuva..."
- CHUK CHAK CHENES: a longer filler "Wala ako paki sa mga chuk chak chenes ng babaeng yan..."
- CHENERVAM: yet another filler... "Narinig mo na ba ung chenervam ke chenes?..."
- CHIZMAX: chismis "Chaka ng chizmax na yan ha..."
- CLOSETA/CLOSETINA: nagpapanggap na lalaki "Closetina yan im sure..."
- CRAYOLA: umiyak "Kuma-crayola ang lola mo..."
- KERI: now this varies, it can be kaya as in "Keri ko yan..." or its ok as in "Keri lang yan", it even goes with the tenses as in kineri, kine-keri, kekerihin...
- DA HU?: sino "Da hu itech becking itetch na may maitim na buto daw..."
- DATUNG: pera din "Ala na ko datung" or "Ala na ko kadatungan!"
- DITECH: dito "Ditech na kayo kumaen..."
- DUTY FREE: maliit (cuz it sounds like jutay) "Balita ko duty free daw yung anetch ni chorva"
- DAKOTA/DAKOTA FANNING: malaki (sounds like dako) "Balita ko dakota fanning daw yung anetch ni chorva!"
- DEAD MA: don't care, don't give a hoot's ass, don't mind. "Pag-dating nya deadma lang tayo ha, parang walang nangyari..."
- DEDO: yari "Naku dedo tayo pag nalaman nya..."
- ETCHOS: kasinungalingan "Puro etchos lang alam nyan..."
- EKLAVER: filler din "Ala na ko eklaver friend..."
- FEMFEM: female genitalia and I dare not use that in a sentence here
- FLOPTSINA: flop "Flotsina ang
- FUNDA/FOUNDATION DAY: foundation as in the make-up, here's one for chammieler..."Mother di ka
naman galit sa funda nyan...?"
- FUDRA: father "Ano sabi ng fudra mo nung nalamang becky ka?"
- GL: ganda lang "Magkano binayad mo sa kanya? " GL..."
- GETLAK: kunin "Di ko ma-getlak ang gamit ko sa locker nya..."
- GETS/GETLAK ulit: naintindihan "Gets mo ba sinabi ko...?"
- HANASHI: kwento "Daming hanashi ng babaeng yan..."
- HITAD: babae, sometimes in a hateful tone "Aba ang hitad na to, at may gana pang magalit!"
- HONDA: on the dot "Hohonda ko today ha, may lakad aketch"
- ITECH: ito "Ano itech?"
- JAJA: gaga "Jaja ka pale eh..."
- JAGUAR: guard "Baka mahuli ka ng jaguar jan"
- JUN POLISTICO: Pulis "May jun polistico! takbo!!!"
- JACKIE LOU BLANCO: impromptu exercise "Napa-jackie lou blanco ko ng di oras..."
- JULALAKS: lalake "Daming julalaks ditech..."
- JUNAKIS: anak "Alagaan mo na lang mga junakis mo kesa gumimik ka..."
- MAHOGANY: mabaho "Oh its so mahogany here..."
- MALAY-BALAY, BUKIDNON: malay ko, an answer to a question: "Sino daw?", "Malay-balay, bukidnon"
- MALAYSIA AT PAKISTAN: malay ko at pakialam ko. "San sha?", "malaysia at pakistan!"
- MAKYOHO: mabaho "Makyoho pala dito..."
- MASHOMBELS: matanda "Yoko jan, mashombels na yan..."
- MUDRA: mother "Ganda naman ng mudra mo..."
- OKRAY/OKRAYIN/OKRAYAN: pintas or gay wars! "Okrayin natin ang hitad na yan!"
- OTOKO: lalake "Gwapo mga otoko jan..."
- PAMHIN/PAMINTANG DUROG: nagpapanggap na lalaki din "Pamintang durog daw sha..."
- SMELLANY MARQUEZ: mabaho "Smellany marquez? is that you?"
- SHUCAB: cab "Nasa shucab na ko..."
- SILAM: nagpapanggap ding lalaki "Silam sha!"
- TIVOLI/TUNGGRIL/TIVOLI THUNDERDOME: tibo "Meron nang bar na pang-tunggril lang..."
- TOM JONES: gutom "Tom Jones na watashi..."
- THUNDERKATS: matanda "Thunderkats na jowa nya noh?"
- WATASHI: ako in japanese "Walang kasalanan watashi..."
- WARLA: baliw "Nakaka-warla naman ang mga pangyayari..."
- WALKATHON: maglakad "Walkaton ang labanan kanina sa mall..."

additional:
HIPON: chakang sexy or macho, hipon kasi tapon ulo
LAYOGENIC: gwapo/maganda sa malayo
TALIKOGENIC: gwapo/maganda pag nakatalikod
HERORA QUENSLER: hair/buhok
CARMEN RONDA: guard din kasi rumo-ronda
RAMPA/RAMPAGE: gala or maglakad-lakad
SHO-E/JEBS: bowel movement ahahahahaha
JT SHORT FOR JUTANG: hiram pera
KROLLYBASH: volleyball, dont ask me why
YOKA: yosi kadiri, to smoke
SUBA: yosi din
KUMEMBOT: pumunta
TUMAMBLING: nagulat
48 YEARS: matagal
ERMENGARD: guard din. "ay mahirap itakas ang fudams kase may ermengard!"
BOOKING: date, meet-up which could be "something fishy"/friendly. hehehe.
KK: the "act" of getting it on! (i bet y'know what I mean!)
PAGODA/ PAGODA TRAGEDY: dead tired!
HAGGARDO VERSOZA: f*cking tired!
SAPSAP - grupo ng chakang julakis
CHOP SUEY - magbabarkadang may halong cute at chaka
TUBOL - julakis na pinagkaitan ng tadhana; pandak na majubis

if you recognize half of these, then you're gay or you're on your way hehehe

Author: Monie Maunay
email: buddygallagher@gmail.com

The Wonderful World of Weasels

I was browsing through my new favorite site the Urban Dictionary when I came across a word that pretty much describes the type of people we all love to hate, here let me share it with you:

1. weasel 

shifty, schemeing person that will do whatever they need to to escape whatever they fear in the moment

2. Weasel 

A cunning, sneaky person. On internet forums they are often a liar, fake or poser. Will try to extract information from you to share with others and / or use it against you. Uses shiftiness to evade an obligation, commitment or duty. They will make promises then renege on them. 'Weasel' is very often followed by 'out' as in 'weasel out'.

"Watch her try to weasel out of that one."

I always pride myself in being a good judge of character, even when I was younger, I just have the knack for calling a spade a spade. I don't know where I got it, I just know that I have it so live with that! In this little spot of ours under the sun, I'd like to think my opinions matter somewhat in some quarters. I think one of my talents is drawing people out, encouraging them that showing their true colors is the only way to live. 

So I guess my monumental dislike for the captioned word above is my biggest contribution to the aim of keeping it real. The adjectives scheming, cunning, shifty always inspire anger in me. I've witnessed some major weasels in my life and always they've succeeded in leaving a bad taste in my mouth. We all play our lives out like a movie where we play the leading role. In this movie, the whole world revolves around us. But in the outside we try to blend in, we live in a community after all so we have to conform. 

The weasels on the other hand tend to blur the lines that separate fantasy from reality. Their own little movie tends to overflow to the outside world. These weasels have deluded themselves to the belief that the world owes them a favor and that everyone else should do their bidding. They spend half their waking lives making sure that they are felt in the most obnoxious of ways. They will impose themselves no end. They will make a big show of how important they are or how important they feel should be. When things don't go their way, they bawl like babies. They freak out and call attention to their poor selves. 

They somehow feel that they should get more than what an equal is getting. When you entrust them with something, you can be sure they will cheat and they will never to the real work. Try to ride in good people's coattails and claim the successes of others as their own with so much smugness you'd puke. A favorite hobby of weasels is highlighting other people's failures and shortcomings to make them look and feel better. Another is passing the buck and protesting innocence in any and all of the mess they've created. 

I could go on and on but I'm pretty sure you get my drift. I want to grab these people by the shoulders and shake them out of their stupor and say "Wake up and smell the shit you've shat!" hahaha ... Two quick fixes for these types: hardwork and humility in huge doses! 

Author: Monie Maunay
email: buddygallagher@gmail.com

 

Preferred Poison

Brain constipation is my affliction at the moment i suppose. im sure i got it from talking too much about filipino entertainment gossip. i swear i've developed case of intermittent headache attacks from not producing anything substantial in my brain a total lack of cerebral activity or mental gymnastics. So i sought to shake the disease that threatens to render me virtually brain dead. It started last week when I purchased a DVD box set of the West Wing -- all seven seasons. In the same time, I also bought three books, two romance novels and a Second World War novel by Daniel Silva. The romance novels would act more as the drug delivery device, or a soft lining to cushion the seven seasons of the West Wing and Daniel Silva. So I fed all of these to my brain last week and I really don't know if I feel any better. Well im thoroughly satisfied with the West Wing, because its quite similar to documentaries, which I love. Its all talk and the subtitles are all correct. I am at season 5, where the MS of the US President (played by Martin Sheen) has become more pronounced and is hindering his work. Jimmy Smits also made his appearance in this season, as a straight shooting Democratic congressman who dreams of becoming the next president. I don't know what it is about fictionalized US politics that really catches my interest, it just does. 

Daniel Silva's novel was well written with a bit of a barren ending. Its about secrecy and espionage at the thick of the allied and axis deadlock. The lives of an MI5 special agent, a Nazi spy and a handful of their handlers was depicted in the backdrop of Operation Overlord, the big war plan premised on deception and lies, that misled the Germans to guarding a different part of their territory when the Allied forces landed in Normandy and signaling the beginning of the end for Adolf Hitler and his Nazi rule. 

I'm still medicating with the last three seasons of the West Wing but I finished all my books. So a few days ago I finally succumed to "Twilight". Well i finally bought the novel to heed all of my friend Cris' yaking of how good it is and how its the next Harry Potter, plus the motion picture will come out in November and I wanna be able to see if the movie was faithful to the written word. I've read it, liked it and I might just go for the three more sequels. Vampires are my monsters of choice, very old world, crisp and formal, mild-mannered, educated... I read all of the vampire books of Anne Rice, all designed to make you seek your own Marcus or Lestat or Armand and be reborn into their world...

Author: Monie Maunay
email: buddygallagher@gmail.com

...i would rather starve than eat your bread...

words from a pearl jam song: "the waiting drove me mad, you're finally here and i'm a mess... i take your entrance back, can't let you roam inside my head..." 

lately, i've been living in a universe of missed signals, session time-outs and delayed gratification. it may not sound pretty but its really not that bad. fact is, im really quite happy coasting, drifting, cruising. life is as it should be, no major mishaps of whatever sort. yep, the wheels are running still, and the running has been great so far. 

howdy all!!! its my first blush on face book and so im excited... well that's that. I would've wanted to blog my fingers to death but duty calls, the job is ever demanding and very dynamic, my dogs are distracting in a nice way (please check them out). so all in all im in a happy cloud.

Author: Monie Maunay
email: buddygallagher@gmail.com