tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-190916622011-04-21T17:11:31.051-07:00Here is an attempt at rediscovering the lost summers of my childhood: woods whispering secrets, susurrations of streams, pissing contests, slingshots: just about my only refuge from these endless unsettling promptings. Yet, for whatever this is worth, I am bringing this as my humble piece of kindling to the big village fire.M.N.Yanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17350156778161635078noreply@blogger.comBlogger291100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19091662.post-67085049816492346962007-03-05T06:53:00.000-08:002007-03-05T06:57:19.751-08:00

Everyone's welcome to my new bloghome - HYSTERIALISM [A chronicle of the occasional recourses to false excitements that border on the soft side of magic realism.]

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Ticking my eyebrows off-balance was a line in the play which I had the privilege of watching at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) courtesy of The Lover who works there as a Customer Relations Officer. It’s title, ”Ars Poetica”.The line went something like “writers who have nothing to write about anymore become courtroom judges”.If the line was an allusion to a columnist of a daily, I

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I chanced upon Krip Yuson’s column today on one of the leading dailies, The Philippine Star.Of all topics apropos to a multi-awarded literary figure who should be well in his nurturing and generative years, he had to pick on a migrant Filipina’s winning at the recently concluded international poetry contest held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.What struck me was the tone with which he shared the news –

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• You must make decisions concerning the social activities of your group.When the baboon leader decides to move, the whole group moves. When he rests, the group rests. When he feeds, the group feeds. Direct control of this kind is, of course, lost to the leader of a human super-tribe, but he can nevertheless play a vital role in encouraging the more abstract directions his group takes. He may

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• You must suppress squabbles that break out between your subordinates.If a baboon leader sees an unruly squabble taking place he is likely to interfere and suppress it, even though it does not in any way constitute a direct threat tom himself. It gives him another opportunity of displaying his dominance and at the same time helps to maintain order inside the group. Interference of this kind from

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• If a challenge involves brain rather than brawn you must be able to outwit your subordinate.The baboon boss must be cunning, quick and intelligent as well as strong and aggressive. This is obviously even more important for a human leader. In cases where there is a system of inherited leadership, the stupid individual is quickly deposed or becomes the mere figurehead and pawn of true

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• In moments of physical challenge you (or your delegates) must be able forcibly to overpower your subordinates.If a threat display fails, then a physical attack must follow. If you are a baboon boss this is a dangerous step to take, for two reasons. Firstly, in a physical fight even the winner may be damaged, and injury is more serious for a dominant animal than for a subordinate. It makes him

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• In moments of active rivalry you must threaten your subordinates aggressively.At the slightest sign of any challenge from a subordinate baboon, the group leader immediately responds with an impressive display of threatening behavior. There is a whole range of threat displays available, varying from those motivated by a lot of aggression tinged wit a little fear to those motivated by a lot of

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Whether it actually means “there are great ones there” or “therein dwells a devil cane”, Malacañang is now truly inspiring fear more than ever; yet, from the viewpoint of an O.P., okay, Ordinary Pinoy, for all intents and purposes, the palace has become the laboratory for the greatest baboon this country has ever produced.Baboons, guinea pigs, rats, chimps - they all possess traits that bear

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Act I: Dimples- Can you do droopy eyes on bed?- My mobile almost slipped off my hand.- I was in the shower, sorry. Can I meet you at the Mini Stop later?-Out of the five prospects I had on my list the other night, Ronan stood out. I couldn’t tell why. There was no particular effect about him, not a stupendous self-affirmation, not an amazing wordplay. Something just drove me to him.I made an

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1. I read minds.2. I mind what you read.3. I am a 5 ft.-7 in. leap of faith for all your religious baggages.4. I am a proud owner of an unstoppable 7 inch boner, unofficially the Energizer of the whole bi/gay fucking universe.5. I am currently serving an avalanche of bedromping-backlogs, Priority Preferences for service year 2000 flood my in-tray as of press time.6. I am an abominable 145 pounds

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After the casinos we found ourselves on the dusty road to the outskirts. Louie settled behind the wheel, and Qorky his intelligent tabby housemate purred smugly in the middle.In between cracking and spitting out salty watermelon seeds, we entertained ourselves with poetic intellections.Cruising to the lushshadows cast, it's noontime here.Hear my fresh green hush.Our conversations covered almost

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07.06.06 13:34let me celebrate youwalking beside youwatching you move beside methat still grace of hand and thighseeing your face change with words you do not saywatching your solemn eyes as they turn to meor, turn inward, full of knowingslow or quick, looking at your lips part and smile or turn graveyour narrow waist, your proud buttocks in their gracelike a sailing swan, an animalfree, your own

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First, it is not so much about sex and sexuality as it is an in-your-face depiction of love, loyalty and loss. Second, weed out media hype, mostly those that have been dished out by common-kissing praise releasers, then focus on grit and honesty.What you see I tell you is an artistic vision that begs forbearance for a serious appraisal, one that should not easily succumb to clique-sentimentality

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Date of Birth : UnknownHometown: New Orleans, LA Occupation: Creative director Marital Status: Single Creative world, this is Wes Davis. I know, I know, creatives this cool are hard to come by. And I would trade anything in the world just to be on his team.

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Still lost in a maze on what stuff make up your reclusive, self-serving, ambitious and misunderstood M.N. Yano?Following is the interview (he swears never to accomodate any of such in the next millenium) with Creative Day dot com while he was still giddily hacking out advertising copies. Creative Day by the way is a site where creatives go to know.Creative Day [CD]: What inspires you? (nature,

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Wide-eyed and tired, he came brooding with a backpack."My uncle expects these stuff very early tomorrow. Can I spend the night?""Your room feels enchantingly surreal worlds away from where I come from...My room has never been the same since he left me... What is it about love that beautiful people like us couldn't get enough of?""I tried everything... All was in vain...Dude, could you be...Ahh,

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Pao, a new buddy from AZ, did this for my blog daw. Hmm...papyrus font and Siquijor? I'm not sure. But my one worry for now is how to make this thing appear on top of my blog. Anybody, please help?

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First, it is not so much about sex and sexuality as it is an in-your-face depiction of love, loyalty and loss.Second, weed out media hype, mostly those that have been dished out by common-kissing praise releasers, then focus on grit and honesty.What you see I tell you is an artistic vision that begs forbearance for a serious appraisal, one that should not easily succumb to clique-sentimentality

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This test is partially based on research by Dr. Max Lûscher during the early 1900's. He has devoted his life to the study of how color affects behavior and has been hired by some of the world's largest companies as a consultant.The test itself is based upon fundamentals in color psychology. With years of research by color psychologists the characteristics of certain colors has been identified to

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I am clapping my hands now because one, I am happy and I know it...What gives?Ateneo University Press just released Philippine Studies Vols. 2 & 3 2005 and my story Quilt of Dreams is in this internationally refereed literary publication.A nifty bundle of short stories, creative nonfiction (Quilt of Dreams is in this section), and poetry for anybody out there wanting to sample contemporary

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Last month I said something about Filipino art as a joke which explains why we are not and never will be taken seriously by the world.Mayamaya partly disagreed with that. She said "I guess I am always just one to engage in a good argument although what you say is partly true. Just partly. Why, I do know of people who are so into and are really good at their craft. And there lies the difference

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I don't know what, but I think education is one of the factors, if not the only, to be blamed if the rating of a country's global competitiveness is low; and, I don't know why, but somehow I also think that UP, as the country's premier academic institution, must be the first to feel alarmed about the sad fate of our country's performance in the global arena.An article, "Losing Our Competitive

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Okay now, let's talk about ukay, wagwagan, hand-me-downs, relief clothes, or, used clothings which are commonly known as relief goods for thirdworld countries like ours.Well it's the humanitarian adult's version of donate-a-toy we practiced in the elementary years. Only that this time it's on a grander scale. Ill-inspired adults, enterprising and unscrupulous ones, now all have figured into this

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IT IS ALWAYS EASY to tell if she is, to borrow her own word, screwed, because she is a legion when she is just that. Every word coming from her mouth, as she puts it, would snowball into a tiny version of herself that if you catch her during one of those chatty episodes, you would end up teetering on the floor like crazy for fear of stepping on, or worse, crushing one of those dainty little

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This obsession with the great impenetrable realm of the unknown has time and again brought me to places inconceivable to any sane mortal (read: high-profile megalomaniacally metropolitan set). Think of dark alleys, abandoned parks, breakwaters, rubbles, and other such nooks where even a derringdo of an angel would dare not... do you get the picture now? Gleaning over the interfaces I have made

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[Published on The Philippine Star, July 3, 2005, My Favorite Book, Lifestyle Section]And then there was that hunger other than the one which at regular intervals bored holes through the linings of our stomachs. It was the kind that has kept us together from the very first night we literally bumped into each other at a bar in Malate. Two years since, despite meager incomes combined and despite

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[Published on Beyond, NORSU/CVPC-G's 27th Foundation Day Commemorative Artmag, 2000]I know the magnitudeof the sorrowsof some unwanted stuffsilent in their forsaken cornerspraying for the godsto save them fromthe rusts of desuetude."You cast us offinto the pit of oblivion as youtrade ploughsharesfor tractorsor, shut our mouths upwith modems and softwares."Meanwhile I will singdirges while your

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1. WanderlustLying in a tentacross a murmuring streamI stole a moonbeam.2.Road to MajayjayCruising to the lushshadows cast, it's noontime herehear my fresh, green hush.3. A Night in MajayjayCold air, pale gray lightsilent leaves whisper sad talesghosts of velvet night.

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