My body clock is shot from sleeping during weird parts of the day to having to wake up every three hours for the meds. I got up at 3am for the latest cocktail and since then, I've been awake thinking of all the things I'd like to taste when I can swallow without pain again. Swollen lymph nodes are a bitch.

1. There's lemon chicken, salt and pepper shrimp, and yang chow fried rice from North Park.

2. Original Recipe breast and wing, plus macaroni, from KFC.

3. The lechon that Anthony Bourdain had, which I can get if I sign up for one of Marketman's buffets... in Cebu. And every thing else they have on that damn buffet, like kilawin, sisig, rice wrapped in banana leaves, biko.

4. Seafood from dampa. Most probably grilled fresh tuna, salt and pepper shrimp (again) and lapu lapu cooked in sweet and sour sauce.

5. Peking duck two way from Spring Deer. Also mantis, from same resto.

So I'm actually sick. Sick for real, and sick enough to not be able to get out of bed. I had to back out of today's shoot and tomorrow's. Ever since I started working, I've never called in sick. Good thing that the editors were so cool about it. Now I have Friday's shoot to think of.

So far, I've been living on apples, oranges, and chicken soup. Last time I had chicken soup, I was probably eight. Also I've been taking over a dozen of my mother's alternative medicine pills every three hours. I was just so out of it, I couldn't even ask what they were for. Turns out they're some sort of immunity boosters (too late) and flu controllers.

When this is all over, I'm heading over to North Park.

funny people

Aww, I can't wait.

HT Ramon.

Eggboy

Eggboy is the synthesized and electronica alter ego of Diego Mapa, prolific member of Monsterbot, Cambio, Pedicab and God knows knows who else.

Anyway, last December, at the Furball Christmas party, he was giving out a homemade CD. Eh di kami close, so I got shy and didn't ask for one. I felt it was bound to be uploaded soon anyway, and I was right. At the very sparsely updated Sibika't Kultura, I found the following links to the free download of Eggboy's Dragzbanny EP and more.

The Dragzbanny EP can be downloaded HERE. The album artwork can be found HERE.

Eggboy was also part of a number of artists and producers who remixed Bagetsafonik's Travelogue into Travel Agents: Bagetsafonik / Travelogue Detours. Other artists involved are Caliph8 and Squid9. (Note to self: when thinking of a DJ name, must end with a digit.) Click HERE to download, via QED.

The local franchise of Project Runway also commissioned Eggboy for tracks to make up the show's soundtrack. Given two weeks, and with his wife about to give birth any time, Eggboy came up with around 40 pieces. By the end of the project, he, "made almost 80 pieces including stingers, bumpers and disapproved tracks."

Finding a way to still own the tracks, Eggboy released them as 50 INTSTRMNTLS N A WK. It's available for free download (commercial use needs permission): PART 1, PART 2.

Download in progress, will listen asap.

Arnold's book signing

About Martial Law Babies, I once wrote:

While in HK, I brought my copy of Arnold Arre’s Martial Law Babies with me to read. Actually, I started on it the night before my trip, and couldn’t put it down until I was almost midway through. I forced myself to get some sleep, woke up, stuffed it into my suitcase, and got on my flight. First night in HK, trying to get all the food digested before I slept, I finished the graphic novel in one sitting. While doing so, there were times when I laughed out loud, and there were times when I wanted to cry.

Arnold is having a book signing on February 28, 3-6PM at Powerbooks Trinoma. Bring your favorite Arnold Arre graphic novel, meet the guy, get it signed!