Bloody Monday

Photo courtesy of Babble.com.

Please allow me to say a few words about it.

We live in a future time. Historians, scientists, and sociologists have said time and time again that we have reached the height of our civilization: universal harmony and understanding, a millennia worth of information at the touch of a button, technology that make life a lot easier. It is easy to think that we have left innumerable mistakes of times past to arrive at where we now.

So it’s very difficult to understand why there are still some people in the world with the brains of cold-blooded mass murderers, tyrants and warlords of history. It is easy, however, to understand the shock that the whole world felt about what happened on that fateful Monday in a remote location in Maguindanao. Nobody expected that any human nowadays would still be capable of shameless, soulless, heartless slaughter of innocents.

Journalists butchered. Women raped, tortured and killed. Humanity desecrated. One can only think that this only happened during the Dark Ages when kings fought for power or when despots struggled to keep their control by purging their enemies, making examples of their victims to the public to never cross them again.

We may be many miles away from where it all happened, but we cannot deny the fact that we will forever be affected by it. From now on, we must make sure that this never happens in the future.

We should never allow such monsters to govern us again. We have the capability to make this so; next year we will display this power.

We will never forget.

NOW UPDATING... once a year *nervous chuckle*

I'll explain why I posted this picture of Joey Mead later. Thanks to Rogue Magazine, by the way.

I did promise to update a bit more regularly, but apparently, my life is taking a lot of my time away from this blog. That is aside from the fact that I've gotten sick and tired of posting the same old crap every time: bashing GMA or ABS' new noontime or evening soap opera. I thought that we hippies who want a frickin' revolution *peace sign* against the tyranny of brainless and shameless TV programs would emerge victorious, but even us freedom fighters get tired of the same crap as well. Pepe and Ninoy, I am not worthy.

During those rare times that I visit my blog, I come across those of you (3 or 4 of you... heheh) that believe in the cause. It is you guys who make me want to update again and march on. I also hope that you guys do the same so that we can save our children from the evils of dumb TV.

The past year, we've seen more of the same dumbing children's fantasy from GMA, and surprisingly, a back-to-basics mode from ABS-CBN.

GMA gave us (and our aching intelligence) a new superstar in the persona of Marian Rivera, whom I know you guys are familiar with as the former afternoon soap opera princess. Apparently, GMA discovered a gold mine in MR; however, again, it's more of the same from the acid-induced writers of GMA: soap opera versions of Marimar (a mexican telenovela remake), Dyesebel, Ang Babaeng Hinugot Sa Aking Tadyang, and a dumber version of Darna.

What surprised me though is that ABS-CBN bravely attempts to go back to the formula they becale famous for: original story soaps free of fantasy in the form of Tayong Dalawa. The effort is there, guys, but... naaah.

I will review most of them later on (I promise!) right after I clear a few things in my life. In the meantime, I sincerely thank the 4 or 5 people who read the blog. I remeber what was said in the bible that when 2 or 3 are gathered in my name I am in... ehh. Whatever.

Oh and I posted Joey Mead's picture because she's hot.