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2003

Apr 25, 03: I Was a Guest on GET REAL with CES DRILON
TV guesting on a talk show of all things!

Apr 18, 03: Jailed In Antipolo
Our maid's son get's jailed on Maundy Thursday on a petty juvenile charge.

Apr 15, 03: The Poisoned Sunday
One Sunday in Pasig, a foul smell of chemicals in the air, and our eyes go red.

Apr 4, 03: Ticketless In Purgatory (poetry)

Apr 4, 03: To Sleep, To Dream
In slumber there is no pain. In slumber there is no change.

Mar 20, 03: The Lost Laptop
A friend leaves a laptop in the trunk of a taxicab.

Feb 25, 03: Searching For A Church
Fed up with my parish, I go in search for a place where I can pray.

2002

Apr 31, 02 : Butterfly Facts
Dust from their wings makes you blind. True or false?

Jan 12, 02: Cog In The Machine: A Play Outline
There is a man in a cubicle. And he cannot see the chains...

2001

dec 24, 01: Spritzing The Shit
A truly unique sight: a child, a water spritzer, and doggy poop.

dec 12, 01: I Belong to the City
Remembering my first encounters with this grotesque but beautiful city.

nov 21, 01: Unfinished #49 (poetry)

Oct 2, 01: Ericsson Phones Aint User-Friendly
But I got mine free, so why the hell am I complaining?

Sep 27,01 : Short books are Books?
Have you seen the pamphlets people pass off as books these days? Ugh. Sucky.

Sep 01,01: Toxic Dump At Dawn
The 5 things I hate about moving my bowels in the wee hours of the morning

Aug 30,01: Happiness doesn't mean Un-creativity
Some thoughts on squeezing those juices even when blocked for words or ideas....

Jul 02,01 : A Reflection on Marriage and "The Story Of Us"
After watching the movie, I write a few lines about life and wedded bliss.

Jun 27,01: A.W.O.L., Amuck, Adrift
After several months of procrastinating, I've decided to update. Here's what's been up with me lately.

Jun 27,01 : Urban Haikus for the daily commuter
3 short haiku poems about city scenes

2000

Nov 10, 00: WeirdFacts
Strange snippets of personal information.

Oct 27, 00: Two Strange Street Sights
A karitela. A man convulsing.

Oct 17,00: The Saga Of Butch's Tooth
When he finally went, the dentist was trying to pull the damn tooth but the pain was too much. Butch asked for more anesthesia. They gave him five (5) shots and still, the thing was too painful to come out of his mouth...

Oct 12,00: My Name Is...
Running a search on Google.com, I stumbled upon a site that gave surface-level descriptions of my personality based on my first names. Interesting stuff.

Aug 31, 00: Saint-Thief
A long-forgotten memory: I once fooled my grade school classmates into giving their toys to me, saying I would be donating it to the needy. What a lie.

aug 25, 00: All Life Is Encoding
We spend our time encoding, and yet we have been encoded into being by whoever thought DNA into existence...

aug 24, 00: Office Congestion & Pollution
No-- congestion and pollution aren't just problems in the city streets. Recently, I've had to deal with it in my office workspace. And it sucks, dammit!

aug 23, 00: The Boracay Beachfront Postcard
Taken last April 2000. A downloadable 404 kb .exe file. (Pics by me, digital stitching by Butch Maddul)

aug 23, 00: The Issue of Respect
At the recent Channel [V] Philippines industry launch, the national anthem was disrespected by the [V] crew themselves, and a whole bunch of supposedly top bands show why Pinoy pop is stagnating. Stuff like this gets me mad.

aug 18, 00: The Acid42 Theory of Big Mac Sauce
My hypothesis is this: No matter where you bite into a McDonald's Big Mac (TM), the most sauce is always on the other end.

aug 18, 00: Weird and Cool Letters to the AcidPit
Through the years, I've gotten some really interesting emails around. Read some of the stuff like this one: "you r 1 strange and deluded individual......... i think you may need to visit a therapist, like A.S.A.P Like NOW would be a grand time!!"

july 26, 00: Office Panorama Postcard
What my office looks like at 8:30 AM (downloadable .exe file: 504kb, guaranteed no viruses!) photography & digital stitching by Butch Maddul.

july 26, 00: Acid Pain [aka O God, I Am Sick!]
Diary of a sick man down with tonsilitis, gastric trouble, house hunting, then tonsilitis again, and how antibiotics save him some of the time.

jun 10, 00: Proof of Marriage
Do you doubt I actually went through with it? Here is evidence to prove my irreversible decision.

may 12, 00: FOUR A.M.
Pre-dawn images, when the world comes alive...though most lie asleep.

1999

nov 2, 99: The AcidPit Review
Some local site Orientation.ph reviews my little website. Koolness!

oct 7, 99: Foundtext
Disjointed words found on scraps of paper in my room.

oct 6, 99: Blair Witch Comfort
A movie is always more fun with friends unless you have a bottle of Southern Comfort with you, that is...

sep 28, 99: How to Fry an Egg on your Brain (poetry)

sep 15, 99: Tipsy Me, Lovely Me
The world is a better place with Vodka.

sep 4, 99: Longing (poetry)

Aug 22, 99: Young Urban Pest: The Rebel Freelancer Joins the Rat Race (aka Stumbling Upon the Unwritten Rules): A column I wrote that never saw the light of day.

july 23, 99: Aches and Arches (fiction)
A conversation about the sorry state of my feet.

july 19, 99: Perks of a Music Critic

july 18, 99: Cruel Chinese Movie

july 18, 99: I, Pinhead (art)

july 14, 99: I Owe, I Owe, So Off To Work I Go....

july 9, 99: My Pocket Picked Clean
How I was finally victimized by a pickpocket in Makati.

june 28, 99: Dark Skies (photos)

june 25, 99: Roxas Boulevard At Dawn (photos)

june 18, 99: The Night Of CLONE
A gig review and tips for the fledgeling live Electronic musician

june 9, 99: The Real (Analog) AcidPit (photos)

june 9, 99: Wings of Deliverance (art + entry)

june 8, 99: When It Rains...
Making decisions in an unstable topography

june 6, 99: Pressure (a fiction)

june 5, 99: Gifts Aren't Forever, It Seems
According to some people in my family, you can ask back a gift that you gave. Especially if it's not being used. Weird!

may 27, 99: V Is For VISA, V Is For Vexation
I need to go to the USA for a concert. I line up for a visa. The line is 3000-people long.

may 8, 99: Everything About Success I Learned In A Rock Band

may 7, 99: 10 Reasons Why I'm Marrying the Snake Girl

april 26, 99: Visions of Mabini (prose)

april 20, 99: CUBAO: Where The Adventure Never Ends (travelog)

april 16, 99: Engagement Is More Than A Ring
Some thoughts on the state prior to marriage.

april 15, 99: Tragedy Abounds (or...bad things happen to good people)
Email messages between my friends regarding this strange phenomena.

april 10, 99: Talkin' Bout Dem Blues
Saturday night, I walk into a bar for a business meeting. Two beers later, I'm depressed as hell.

mar 22-25, 99: On the Demise of Anima
A poem and the story of our band's last gig.

mar 20, 99: Hunting The Enemy
One of my major flaws: I always seek -- and find-- the antagonist in any situation.

feb 1, 99: I Once Loved Zsa Zsa Padilla
Reflections on the muse who taught me musical passion.

jan 22, 99: The Airport Story
A dramatic, painful farewell at the Manila airport.

1998

may 15, 98: Life Tectonics (poem)

1996

Jun 22, 96: Insomnia
Can't sleep so I draw. And ask myself: how does one come up with a story?

Mar 19, 96: Characters from my Subconscious
Sketches of strange characters for unwritten projects.

1995

Aug 24, 95: Jaywalking Here With Me
The tale of how I once was caught jaywalking along EDSA.

1976

Apr 29, 1976: Blast From My Past: 2 drawings from my youth.

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