On proper decorum when getting a tattoo

eee13At some point, you will have to admit that getting a tatoo hurts. You might grit your teeth or scream, and that’s fine.

One of the bad ass things about tattoos is that you have to suffer to get them, so, when you’re on that chair, it’s your time to shine.

At no point, however, are you allowed to make a face that makes you look like you a. are in labor or b. getting head.

Protip: If the pain ever gets that bad, you either got an overly ambitious design, or are not made to take that much pain. Either way, Bukowski, maybe you shouldn’t have tried at all.

A traumatic annual activity from the late ’80s

Once a year, the school dentist and a representative from some toothpaste company, probably Colgate (as are they all, all Colgate,) made the rounds of the classrooms on their zero tooth decay campaign.

They gave lectures on proper brushing (i.e. do it) and handed out free toothbrushes and little tubes of single-use toothpaste that ended up in the bottom of bags and hardened into little tubular rocks.

That was all par for the course in eliminating tooth decay, and was a welcome respite from the rigors of, say,  learning the major exports of Philippine provinces (copra and abaca, generally.)

What was scarring about the whole thing was the part where kids were made to let bitter-tasting pink tablets melt in their mouths. The tablets would supposedly mark plaque buildup and, incidentally, rape your taste buds.

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Hey, Internet!

Who the fuck is Pablo Banila, and why does he have a a crush on me (that’s why he viewed my homepage, apparently,) and what has he done to the Internet that I know and love?

Seriously, dude, what the fuck?

A Rather Annoying Word

Tuvutt: What comes out when you try to type in that german smiley before you realize you’re using predictive text.

Cut The Bullshit, Eraserheads

“Invitations cannot be purchased and are not transferable. Controls will be in place at all entry points to the event to ensure that only persons with invitations are allowed to enter…”

–Louis C. Camilleri, CEO, Philip Morris,

on the E-heads reunion concert

Come on, Eraserheads. This is bullshit and you know it.

I mean, fine, who doesn’t need money, right? We’re in the middle of an  economic crisis, and a couple of million pesos does sound pretty sweet right now. But it’s one thing to write the jingle for a Burger Machine ad or to ham it up on camera to sell Chippy, and it’s another thing altogether to finally agree to come together and play again but only for people who are above 18, smoke Marlboros, and signed up for Marlboro’s Red List.

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Inside Indolent Indio: An Update

Internet connection has been intermittent (read: crap) since the typhoon hit, but do not think that we have been sitting idly on our asses all day. Know with a certainty that we have been.

Meanwhile, in stately Wayne Manor,

* We won 1st Runner-Up at the Blog Awards Challenge, which makes us First Loser, and gives us the right to rock this Netscape-era badge:

a winner is you

* Indolent Indio also welcomes a new addition to the team. It is expected that she will adhere to the Indolent work ethic by missing deadlines, posting irregularly, and writing while under the influence.

PreMadonna suspects that she was Dian Masalanta in a previous life, but all traces of her past have been obliterated in a haze of religious book-burning, and the forced conversion of her people.

She now spends her days in relative quiet, deserting the bothersome burden of birthing –except in the creative sense, for which her lady bits are most grateful. She joins the Indolent Indio graciously and hides her secrets behind her smile. (“end quote”)

Dummies For Dyslexics

When I was young, I used to think that Philistines and Philippines were the same banana (or ethnolinguistic group.)

It made me happy thinking that the Lord, our God, took personal interest in us not only during the first EDSA, but in smiting our ancestors for worshipping Dagon and Baal and all those other cool cats who have fallen by the wayside and are now lucky to be video game villains if remembered at all.

They must have been pretty bad ass to have merited so much Divine wrath. I mean, the Philistines were like the bumbay bogeymen elders used to frighten us when we were being disobedient, and when they were being racists. Except, of course, the Philistines really did conquer Israel more than once.

Fun June Fact: It is almost over.

Indolent Welcomes International Month of June

piyestaliciousAh, how time flies when, well, when it does. Around the world, people are getting ready for the month-long International Month of June.

Named for Juno, the Roman goddess of marriage, June is a centuries-old Catholic tradition started by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. Accordingly, both the Summer and Winter Solstices are celebrated on this month, being essentially the same thing.

Understandably, some cultures like the Jews, Muslims and Hindus will only participate half-heartedly since they have their own calendar systems, but it’s the spirit of the thing, really.

From today until the thirtieth, let us keep the June spirit alive by making each day a day in June.

Fun June Fact: Today is Madaraka Day in Kenya, commemorating the day that Kenya achieved self-rule, and, eventually, independence. Whether that was a good idea or not is not the point.