Mood:  rushed
The entry below was written down the other night on paper.

Good evening! Or if I past this in my blog after my business law class, good morning! It's 1945 hrs as I write. Now playing on my Windows Media Player is the live version of "Cooling" by Tori Amos.

I'm supposed to do a lotta crap over the next thirty-six hours. I need to make the second chapter of my "I Am Cydney Calagayan" novel that introduces the major character of Peter Abercrombie. It's 1948 hrs.

I have decided to switch over from my Tori Amos playlist to what I call Playlist Essex. Currently playing is "Liquid" by Jars of Clay. I need to examine the songs Anna put in my iPod.

It's 1954 hrs. Currently playing is a favourite hit song of mine, "King of Wishful Thinking" by Go West. You know, from the "Pretty Woman" soundrack? Has it been fifteen years? I have played this song two hundred & thrity-three times on Windows Media Player.

Anyway, I gots plenty of stuff to do, like the assignment from my PC accounting course, although I don't know if it will be covered in class or not. {Update: it's covered but perhaps I better hopp 2 it.] Now playing is another favorite of mine, "Things Can Only Get Better" by Howard Jones. Mom & Dad have been watching on NBC The Eagles' fare-thee-well concert. We now have absolutely no DirecTV programming, including the crappy channels like RFD-TV or Trinity Broadcasting Network. And TBN on Channel 55 has awful reception as always.

Currently playing is "Saturn" by Skillet, the third-to-last-song on Playlist Essex. I have before me a clipout of an article from The Bakersfield Californian. It's about blogs. I don't know if I will share this with the guys at the creative writers' club on Monday night. I should be also doing archiving of my sound bites; I have my simple mp3 player and my Zip drive connected and operatin'. "Send It Up" by Vertical Horizon plays. It's 8:07 PM.

Originally, like an hour ago, I was gonna make my first drawing of Melanie Dawn Simon. She was a student I really liked in high school. The impulse came to me when I heard "Marianne" on my Tori Amos playlist. (Currently playing is "Super Good Feeling" by Bleach.) So far, I've made plenty of drawings of female sportscasters or newscasters, mainly of CBS Sports reporter Bonnie Bernstein. A lot of those drawings are up on my website. It's 2013 hrs. Now playing is "Higher Love" by Steve Winwood.

You know, maybe I should make public the kind of playlists I listen to. After all, I now know the kind of music (some artist named Jem) that golfer Natalie Gulbis likes. Let me get my floppy disk. It's 2016 hrs.

I missed the weekly chat session conducted by the Bonniephiles. I think they might've been discussing sports like the NFL. And I'm also missing "The American Country Countdown with Bob Kingsley" on KUZZ-FM. But from loggin' on the countdown's website, I now know that Tracy Lawrence's "Used to the Pain" debuted. It's 2020 hrs.

It's 2049 hrs. I have stopped archiving so that I can resume playing Playlist Essex, staring with Club Nouveau's "Lean on Me." I was going to type down my playlists on a Notepad file on my floppy. Of course, it would take more than two minutes. And my aging PC could crash or something like that. Remember the motion picture "Life or Something Like It" starring Angelina Jolie and Tony Shalhoub? Now playing is a song from ten years ago by Skee-Lo called "I Wish."

Umm, if I remember from my last two blog entries, I have invented my own English dialect, or really, I only modified what I call "chat room English" or "email English." Another knuance that yall shall notice is that I also present in my compositions all the strange nuances of English. U'no, homonyms, numerals, homophones, and all that. It feels weird writin' this stuff rather then typin' it. (Now playin' is "Head Over Heels," one of four Tears For Fears songs I have on Windows Media Player. It's 2059 hrs.) Did u notice that? In my last sentence? I used "then" rather then "than." I think there are some of yall out in cyberspace who make that mistake, u'no, like "lay" & "lie" or "trail" or "trial". "Than" is used in comparative purposes. Ex: "Bonnie Bernstein is hotter than Jill Arrington or Suzy Kolber" or "Matchbox 20 ain't no better than Vertical Horizon or the Goo Goo Dolls."

And speakin' of "ain't." Ever since "Ain't Misbehavin'," a song enjoyed by our grandparents or great-grandparents has that "word" been a bit of a troublemaker when it comes to English or proper manners & stuffe like that. Now I have noticed that "ain't" is typically prevalent in conversation and in pop song lyrics. It's 2108 hrs.

The song" Bombs Over Baghdad" by OutKast gives way to "Everything She Wants" by Wham! Anna, my thirteen-year-old sister, is presumably before her computer doin' that Instant Messaging thingy. Right now, my time is becoming less then superfluous or whatever. I have not had supper, I wish to play a video game, and I don't think my PC can keep up w/ me, you know. So lemme write sum koncluding thoughts (The song "I've Been Thinking about You" by Londonbeat concludes.) Someday, I will get thirty people to noitce my website and sign my guestbook or reply to my blog entries. Will Melanie Simon, my hi school friend Jaime V, or even Bonnie Bernstein and her legion of fans be among 'em? It's too soon to say. I do long for "Independence Day," and I ain't talkin' 'bout that Will Smith movie. Eventually, I will also explain the picture of my dead guinea pig. It's 2120 hrs. Lemme check the disk space in my Zip drive.

UPD8D ?

I am presently listening to "In Your Dreams (Exit Calypsan)" by Falling Up. So far, Falling Up has been my favorite Christian rock band to listen to this year. & as of now, I am very much impressed w/ this song. This is from they're CD "Dawn Escapes." I'm actually contempL8n' weather I should buy another album from them such as this 1. I loved Kutless last year as my favourite Christian rock band; I went to their free concert that year @ the Kern County Fair. But so far, I don't have a real interest in getting another album, such as the one that contains there #1 hit "Strong Tower," which I ain't that crazy about. Now it's 1320 hrs. It's also 93? here in Bakersfield. And as I listen to YRock on the Internet radio, Sanctus Real's "The Fight Song" will give weigh 2 "Nobody" by Cadet.

Part One
Good morning/afternoon, y'all! Currently I'm listening to "Temptation" by Shei Atkins over the Internet radio from YHot. This is the first day of classes in the fall semester at Bakersfield College. My baby sister Anna is away on a cruise with my Mom, so activity in the den has been quiet. Instead of the PC playing alternative music & the TV set to Channel 58 while Anna does that Instant Messaging thingy, I put the TV on Channel 49 while I edit and transcribe sound bites. Mom & Anna return on Wednesday, & by that time, I'll try to get Anna to help me format my iPod. Now playing is "'Bout a Thang" by Tonex. I wonder if I can download the songs YHot plays? Maybe I should check the website 2 find out. I'm also interested in downloading songs from iTunes.

Currently playing is "Alright" by Promise d'Apostle featuring Juande. I've been meaning to sit down and type this. But if you have followed me to the Bonnie Bernstein fan site on Yahoo!, you would observe the unusual way that I type. Well, as soon as I have breakfast or lunch at McDonald's (probably lunch as I would get there after 10:30 AM) I'll return to the computer and tell ya why.


To be continued,

The Glorious S.O.B.

Blondie's Anniversary Party
If you hadn't noticed already, the comic strip Blondie is celebrating it's anniversary. And this means that, as I look at today's strip, only the old-time favourites, such as Beetle Bailey, Hagar the Horrible, Garfield, For Better or For Worse, etc. are invited. None of the fresher, hipper comics have been invited. No Luann. No Baby Blues. No Frazz. No Baldo. Not even Get Fuzzy. & notice that nobody from Jump Start, the Boondocks, or Curtis were invited. This is not meant to offend African-Americans, but do you think that because there are almost no black characters seen in "Blondie," that their invitations had a little message at the bottom saying, "No coloreds please"? I mean, think about how seriously behind-the-times "Blondie" is! I mean, sure they mention the Dixie Chicks, display the Internet, and 9/11 patriotism, but would it kill them to feature a black guy on the strip once in awhile? You know, like, have a pimp appear on the strip or something like that. (Naw, just kidding!) What, is ink still expensive for cartoonists to shade in characters? %$*& you, Blondie, you racist pigs!

Plumb
Topic: Music
I'm now listening to an audio sample of "I Can't Do This" by Christian rock band Plumb. The song is currently #2 on the Weekend 22 Countdown. The band also has compelled me to ask, "Did somebody say Evanescence?" Granted, Plumb has been around longer then the Grammy-winning "not-so-Christian" rock band, & a few of their earlier songs sound reminiscent of Evanescence. But I ain't sure if they have that band on their minds when they made their upcoming CD, "Chaotic Resolve." Maybe I should so a lil research 2 figure that out. But just 2 let you know whether that is the issue, log on 2 their website. I think it's plumbinfo.com. Tiffany Arbuckle, the frontwoman for the band, looks very much like Amy Lee, the frontwoman for Evanescence, in the latter band's "Going Under" video. Incidentally, I had the opportunity to see Plumb perform at our church a few years ago. They rocked the house & I had a blast. Plus, the concert was free.

Krystal Meyers
Topic: Music
I'm currently listening to full-length samples of two songs by Christian rock signer Krystal Meyers: "The Way to Begin," which hit #1 on the Weekend 22 Countdown, & her possible follow-up, "Anticonformity." Everytime I hear "The Way to Begin" on KDUV-FM, I always ask myself, "Did somebody say Avril Lavigne?" And I listened to the words to "Anticonformity" a few times, I could tell that Meyers is pretty much going by the whole Avril template. (Yes, it's also ironic that the song's called "Anticonformity.") But I can't criticise too much on Christian rock's cookie-cutter answer to Avril. Besides, ain't a lotta them Christian rock artists cookie-cutters of some pop/rock artist?

Seven & the Sun/Blessid Union of Souls
Topic: Music
Do yall remember a band called Seven & the Sun? They had a Top 40 hit back in the summer of '02 called "Walk with Me." What about Blessid Union of Souls?

Suzy Kolber & Trenni Kusnierek
Topic: Sportscasters

A Black Version of "The Bachelor/ette"?
Topic: Reality TV
I was just wondering if there would b an African-American version of "The Bachelor" or "The Bachelorette." You know, where a black man or woman gets to decide out of twenty-five suitors or ladies-in-waiting and stuff. Just a thought.

The Fourth Poste
Good evening, yall! I am currently watching some Portuguese-language music video on Channel 49, KNXT-TV, which is a Catholic station. The video sucks. I think there's a significant Portuguese population in the Visalia/Fresno area. The performer is Chico Avila. That's all.

Topic: Personal
Greetings to all who have visited my blog! Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Keith Pangilinan. As you can tell from the last name, I am Filipino-American, and thus have had to put up with non-Filipinos screwing up such a name. Funny thing, though. I have not learned my native tongue, which is Tagalog. I was born in Westwood, NJ, where plenty of my relatives are, then when I was little my folks moved to a suburb of Detroit, and then we spent the rest of our lives here in Bakersfield, CA. My Dad, Florencio, is a doctor and my Mom, Nenette, is a nurse. I am the oldest of four children (b. 8/8/78). I have two sisters & a brother: Jasmyn (3/3/80), Alain (9/16/84), and Anna (2/2/92). (Incidentally, you can view Anna's own website at this address here: http://members.lycos.co.uk/barcoccumusb/) I attended Bakersfield High School from 1992 to 1996. Then I went to Chapman University in Orange County (1996), Bakersfield College (1997-2000), and Cal State Northridge (2000-2001). During those years I majored in business administration and I had trouble keeping my grades up. Currently I have returned to Bakersfield College where now I'm trying to earn an Associate's in Accounting, and I have also been admitted to Cal State Bakersfield (a short twelve-minute bike ride from my house), where I'm trying to earn a teaching certificate. My favourite activities are bicycling, shooting hoops, working on my website, writing, and drawing. I like watching baseball, football, basketball, & hockey. Basketball is my favourite sport, which I can attribute to my ethnic upbringing; Filipinos happen to be fond of basketball, maybe of only the NBA kind. I actually took on a significant interest in the NHL because of the video game "EA Sports NHL 2003," and thus recognize many of the European hockey players such as Mats Sundin, Zdeno Chara, Marian Gaborik, Olaf Kolzig, etc. And through football and coll. basketball, specifically through CBS Sports, I then became a fan and admirer of perhaps the prettiest and savviest sports reporter I've ever seen, Bonnie Bernstein. I love listening to music. I still remember hearing Phil Collins' "That's All" and Madonna's first hit, "Holiday," back when I was about three to five. Around March 1987, I discovered "Rick Dees & the Weekly Top 40," when I heard "Stop" by Luther Vandross at #15, I think, and I was interested to see which songs were better, or just ranked higher. I had to know what was #1. I learned in an hour and a half that the #1 song was "At This Moment" by Billy Vera & the Beaters. With a small collection of audiocassettes, I chose to record broadcasts of Rick Dees from then on. Through that, I can remember that hits from the late eighties were "Will You Still Love Me" by Chicago, "Lean on Me" by Club Nouveau, "Open Your Heart" by Madonna, "Pump Up the Volume," by M.A.R.R.S., etc. I then came across "American Top 40," which was originally hosted by Casey Kasem, but I heard Shadoe Stevens at that time. Then Casey was hosting the show again. My parents didn't like the fact that I taped Rick Dees all the time, saying it was an addiction. Well, better than drugs I guess. I think I was just fascinated by hearing which songs were ranked in the Top 40. And through this, I took greater interest in music, although playing music wasn't my strongest interest. As I'm currently listening to "Things Can Only Get Better" by Howard Jones for the ninety-ninth time, I think about the Windows Media Player playlist this song is in, and I understand that this playlist, Playlist Essex, has plenty of '80s songs. I love '80s songs 'cause it was the music I listened to from my boyhood. Granted, I only like specific '80s songs. KLLY-FM, an adult top 40 station, plays the same darn '80s songs like "(Don't You) Forget about Me" by Simple Minds and "Love Shack" by The B-52's; that's why I don't listen to that station on a regular basis. (Plus they play too much Sugar Ray and Sheryl Crow.) Well, I think I might have said enough on this post. I'll make more reflections on what I've heard on the radio later on.