Bought a KISS concert DVD and watched it in the house. Selina walked into the TV room and sat beside me. One hour later she is a certified KISS FAN and is singing the songs. I asked her why she liked them.

SELINA: “ Because they wear women’s shoes and they have nice white make-up.”

Hmmm. Then when I lowered the volume control.
SELINA: “ Can you make it louder please.”

The other day I decided to get my KISS records and record them so I can play them while working out or working …or when driving from one place to the other.

Now the uncanny thing is when she hears them playing.she can actually tell who is singing.

FLIM: “ Who’s singing on this song? “

SELINA: “ PAUL STANLEY! “

FLIM: “ Now who’s on? “

SELINA: “ GENE SIMMONS! “

Amazing! Now the problem is that she watches the DVDs of KISS like ten times a day!

SELINA: “ AHHHH I …WANNA ROCK AND ROLL ALL NYT! AND PAWTY EVERYDAY! AHHH WANAN ROCK AND ROLL AHHHH NIGHT AND PAWTY EVERYDAY!”

Couple of days ago, I saw her wagging her tongue just like GENE SIMMONS.I can imagine what CESS is going to say.

For quite some time now I have been entertaining teh thought of getting a laptop.I told cess about it.

CESS: " Why do you need a laptop for ?"

FLIM: " So I can write stuff and redord ideas where ever I am."

CESS: " You could just get a pen and a note book."

FLIM: " Already did it. But using a pen to write... I dont know. Somehow my fingers have been trained on keyboard technology. Using the pen to write is like asking me to use a type writer in this day and age where cut and paste and delete and save as... have taken over the waking world as we know it! "

This happens quite a lot. I have an idea for a story or a script but when i start writing it down the pen moves very slowly that I lose almost half of what i wanted to say and when i do write i feel like my fingers and my mind are off on some kind of relay race and most of the time my fingers beat the brain , hands down! "


Do I really need a laptop? Or am I just a victim of consumerism?MY sister said that I should just get a palm pilot with a keyboard and that's good enough. But what if i want to upgrade which is sooner than later? ITs just like the camera case. The one I originaly wanted is a snug fit and was cheaper by 900 pesos. But I always stuck to the perception that you should get a bigger case because who knows you might upgrade to a bigger cam...instead of buying another case when you do get a bigger cam.

Is a laptop truly important? Hmm with a laptop you can just flip the screen over and start writing instead of jotting a small note or reminder about a thought or idea and then rushin home to write it down. Most of the time the mood is no longer there or does not have the same kind of passionate urgency that was thugging within you when you first had it... Decisions, decisions.

CESS: " I think you 'd be better off just using the money to print another SEXMEN comic."

Now that's a thought.


I got the case for the digi cam and have been lunging the cam all over the place.

CESS: " Why do you have to bring that thing around? "

FLIM: " You never know. The whole point of buying a small cam is so we can take it for vacations and document teh event right? "

CESS: But thats for vacations. You bring it with you everyday, whats teh point? "

FLIM: " Just have the cam with me so if something happens I can shoot it."

CESS: " LIke what? "

FLIM: Thats the point...we dont know. But if it happpens I shoot! "

There are many times where if I had a cam with me I would have shot some great footages.

FLIM: " Human history is recorded ...not by state of the art 70 mm movie cameras but by small consumer friendly machines operated by the everyday man. Remember the ZARAPRUDER footage of teh KENNEDY ASSASINATION. That's teh only actual record of KENNEDY getting smashed! Without it OLIVER STONE and KEVIN COSTNER would never have that line, RIGHT AND TO THE LEFT! RIGHT AND TO THE LEFT! "

CESS: " And why didnt you get a black case for the camera. That is so loud? "

FLIM: " Yeah get a black one. Every idiot goes for black.Looks cool but when their boat capizes they cant find the case in the waters because its dark colored. With this... you cant miss it! "

We just bought a new minidv cam.The idea wasn't mine but cecile used her latent force powers to over ride mine. I hate it when it happens.But then again my mind has been very weak for the past weeks. I was in power books reading THE REVENGE OF THE SITH novelization which I thought to be infinetly better than the film. I dont know if the film was that BAD! Or the novel was that REALLY GOOD! I was reading it standing up because there were 20 people who thought it was a good idea to sit down while reading.I had the thought but I came in too late.

PHONE RINGS ( TUNE OF DANNY ELFMAN'S BATMAN THEME! )

CECILE: " I'm looking atthis video expo and saw a digicam and they're around 25 thou.Im thinking that we should get one."

FLIM: " But we already have one! "

CECILE: " Yes but its too heavy and cubersome."

FLIM: " Its a professional camera."

CECILE: " Well my point is that i want something that I can operate. I see how you have to fiddle with knobs and switches just to use it."

FLIM: " Well there's a novice mode switch in there."

CECILE: " And its too heavy for me to carry around when we go on vacation"

Initially I didnt take well to a 2nd cam. But then again if teh cam would be mini dv and would have that incredible low light enchanment mechanism, why not? A 2nd cam would always be...handy.

FLIM: " Is it minidv? "

CECILE: " Let me ask..."

Faint mumbling in teh background as I went back to the description of COUNT DOOKU's RANCOOR leather booths.

CECILE: " its video 8."

FLIM: " Yeah thats why its so cheap."

CECILE: " Is it good."

FLIM: " Not really. But if it were minidv..."

CECILE: " I'll go check..."

She calls back after a few minutes.

CECILE: " They have a mini-dv."

That's the clincher.

Three days later I bought the cam. Its very small and compact. but the controls are somewhat...i dont know how to say it.

Im used to a camera that I can control everything.Right down to the sound level and the the shutter speed. But this camera is for novices and many an instance that I would scramble for teh controls and much to my dismay be informed that i can't control that particular aspect.

But with this cam I can do shots that would make me have seconds thoughts if I were using the expensive one.

Now the next step is getting the case for the cam.