Alas, today I finished my long overdue marathon of the TV series Alias.

It started back in Manila when my roomies brought home the DVD. Alias stars Jennifer Garner as double agent Sydney Bristow who finds herself in the middle of an incredible prophecy. I've been watching the series back in Zamboanga City although not religiously because I couldn't keep up with the TV schedule. The wonderful thing about DVDs is you decide for yourself when you want to sit down, relax and watch them, rather than speed home on Mondays right after work or school, which is usually impossible. Plus, no commercial breaks, which are such a pain in the ass.

My former housemates and I love watching TV series and sit-coms until the wee hours of the morning. Somebody will bring home some DVD and almost everyone will just jump in and catch the fever. It wouldn't be long after everyone in the apartment would start going home earlier than usual to watch some DVD after work. Besides Alias, there's of course 24 (which ultimately became my favorite TV series of all time), CSI (New York, Miami and Las Vegas), House, Prison Break and many others, including some Korean TV series. I've never watched an episode of Prison Break though, but one of these days I might as I keep hearing it's good. Korean TV series, well, not exactly my cup of tea because they are all just so freaking melodramatic I can't stand it, but I did like this Korean comedy "My Sassy Girl," which is reportedly going to make its American debut in 2008 to be starred by 24's Elisha Cuthbert as the aggresive and sassy girl. (Did you see Alisha in The Girl Next Door? What did you think?? )

It's sad to know that I've finished watching the entire series and there's no more. The world is a safer place with Sydney around. Well, good thing Jack Bauer's got us covered. (Spoken like a true fan boy.)

Watched the movie Lions for Lambs today. Nice, except for the small insignificant detail that it stars Tom bloody Cruise. I liked the conclusion. At the end of the day, while decisions are being made and all the powerplay and media whoring is going on, the glaring reality is that soldiers in the meantime are dying out there, and these are people who have gone to war believing they are doing something to change the world. In the movie we see how five main characters (a senator, a journalist, a professor and two students-turned-soldiers) take their stand about the war on terror, all of them with personal stakes on the subject.

Try to watch it and just imagine someone else's face superimposed on Tom.


I bought a small tub of Selecta ice cream at the grocery store, and I couldn't help but snicker when I opened it. I just had to grab my camera.



My ice cream's looking pree-tee perky today, huh?


Now there's something you wouldn't say about ice cream every day.