cocktails, cab tales, cock tales.

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01.
i emailed my article proposal to the editor who is facilitating the writing workshop. i was hoping that she would critique it, or ask questions that could help me focus on a good direction on how i will be writing it (not to mention help me untie a few knotty ideas on how i will expound on my subject).

the reply i got was flattering, but also of little help to me: "Excellent--well thought-out and solid. I suppose all that is left now is execution. I suspect that you'll work out the knots as you find them--what tone will you use, how much information you'll include, etc.--because you already have a solid foundation to start from."

don't get me wrong. i'm really pleased that she liked the proposal and did not point out any vague or weak ideas in what i submitted (not that there weren't; i'd like to think that they were almost negligible) but:

one, i was hoping i could get more definite pointers from her that could help me in my approach to writing but i didn't;

two, it gave me even more pressure to deliver a good article.

dammit. i'm this close to panicking.

02.
the taxi driver was trying to explain a possible conspiracy surrounding the makati stand off. he was explaining about some "plans" that were found ("there were plans A, B and C...") and how some politicians' signatures were found in some "documents".

anyways, i was only half-listening. the buildings around rockwell had been decorated for christmas: trails of lights outline the buildings, highlighting their shapes and dimensions.

it seemed more lights are used this year, with the lines of lights segmenting the upper quarter of some buildings. i prefer the more minimal look from the previous years.

03.
getting calls from porn sites still gives a good amount of novelty.

one customer said that they "have been in the honest business of fulfilling fantasies for the last twelve years." which is something you have to admire about porn sites; they don't claim to be anything other than what they are.