Saturday, December 04, 2004
Weird:
The other day, I went to the mall to sell my bass guitar. I'm not sure why. I just felt like it. As I was walking into the music store, I literally ran into one of my old supervisors. We talked for a little bit, and he convinced me not to sell my bass. I looked at my guitar case and saw that the hinges were damaged. It wouldn't close properly anymore. I also ended up injuring my old boss when I bumped into him, but instead I thought to myself, "This thing cost me $80!" Anyway, he led me to some sort of travel agency type place. I somehow signed up for a "mission trip" (to Japan, I think) but it felt more like going on a tourist vacation than anything. I found out that he was also going. Strange, considering that I don't think he's a believer. I saw Lanie there, too, and she was going. (I thought she had a heart for Africa...?) Anyway, my old boss offered to give me a ride back. When we were at the parking lot, we saw that his van was blocked off. So I ended up walking home (barefoot, I might add.) Once I got home, Pastor Ali and Ate Yvonne were there. I don't see them as much anymore since they started a church over at Huntington Beach. Pastor Ali was up on a ladder putting up Christmas lights. They told me they were going on the trip to Japan, too. At that point, I started to get emotional for some reason. I kept thinking that I shouldn't be going even though I felt that I wanted to. Oh yeah, right about then, I started to realize that my house looked like the old one in the Philippines instead of the one in Mission Viejo. Then I woke up. ^_^
Smallville - Scare:
Heheh. Speaking of dreams/nightmares, the most recent episode of Smallville had its moments with an enhanced repeat of the President Lex foreshadowing scene from a while ago. A lot of it was cheesy scary stuff, but I liked some of the background music they used for creepy ambience. There was a certain person in Chloe's panic sequence that looked like she was straight out of Juon/The Grudge. With her pale skin and extra-large, dark irises, I thought she was going to let out a meow when she opened her mouth.
Anyway, I've been looking into horror stuff and analyzing what makes them scary. Maybe I'll try to film something scary. No, not like Anong Sabi Mo? - Blair Witch. Personally, I don't find scenes that startle you or that have lots of gore and violence scary. I usually find those funny instead since they're so over the top most of the time. I tend to prefer scenes that are more creepy than anything and tend to linger in your mind long after the scene has ended. It could be because of the music, of the lighting, of the camera angle, or just the setting in general. That's probably why I thought the first Resident Evil (the game) was scarier than most movies out there.
Worship Team Workshop / Christmas Party:
We just had the Worship Team Workshop and then Christmas party tonight at Kuya Mitch's house. We watched a really helpful DVD called Worship Team Workshop. I think my favorite part of that video is when Paul Baloche et. al. demonstrated how not to play as a band. Each member started playing their individual instrument as if they were the only member of the band. Imagine each one playing a solo all at the same time. No consideration for the others' playing space. Man, that sounded awful. We kept saying, "Wow! That sounds like us!" Haha.
Good food at the Christmas party portion of the night. I ended up receiving two movie passes from the gift exchange. Cool. People started leaving at that point. Some of the older people stayed to chat. I hung out and played guitar and sang some songs with Justine. Including Blessed Be Your Name for about three or four times in a row. ^_^
Anyway, pictures:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rommel4321/album?.dir=5fb5
The other day, I went to the mall to sell my bass guitar. I'm not sure why. I just felt like it. As I was walking into the music store, I literally ran into one of my old supervisors. We talked for a little bit, and he convinced me not to sell my bass. I looked at my guitar case and saw that the hinges were damaged. It wouldn't close properly anymore. I also ended up injuring my old boss when I bumped into him, but instead I thought to myself, "This thing cost me $80!" Anyway, he led me to some sort of travel agency type place. I somehow signed up for a "mission trip" (to Japan, I think) but it felt more like going on a tourist vacation than anything. I found out that he was also going. Strange, considering that I don't think he's a believer. I saw Lanie there, too, and she was going. (I thought she had a heart for Africa...?) Anyway, my old boss offered to give me a ride back. When we were at the parking lot, we saw that his van was blocked off. So I ended up walking home (barefoot, I might add.) Once I got home, Pastor Ali and Ate Yvonne were there. I don't see them as much anymore since they started a church over at Huntington Beach. Pastor Ali was up on a ladder putting up Christmas lights. They told me they were going on the trip to Japan, too. At that point, I started to get emotional for some reason. I kept thinking that I shouldn't be going even though I felt that I wanted to. Oh yeah, right about then, I started to realize that my house looked like the old one in the Philippines instead of the one in Mission Viejo. Then I woke up. ^_^
Smallville - Scare:
Heheh. Speaking of dreams/nightmares, the most recent episode of Smallville had its moments with an enhanced repeat of the President Lex foreshadowing scene from a while ago. A lot of it was cheesy scary stuff, but I liked some of the background music they used for creepy ambience. There was a certain person in Chloe's panic sequence that looked like she was straight out of Juon/The Grudge. With her pale skin and extra-large, dark irises, I thought she was going to let out a meow when she opened her mouth.
Anyway, I've been looking into horror stuff and analyzing what makes them scary. Maybe I'll try to film something scary. No, not like Anong Sabi Mo? - Blair Witch. Personally, I don't find scenes that startle you or that have lots of gore and violence scary. I usually find those funny instead since they're so over the top most of the time. I tend to prefer scenes that are more creepy than anything and tend to linger in your mind long after the scene has ended. It could be because of the music, of the lighting, of the camera angle, or just the setting in general. That's probably why I thought the first Resident Evil (the game) was scarier than most movies out there.
Worship Team Workshop / Christmas Party:
We just had the Worship Team Workshop and then Christmas party tonight at Kuya Mitch's house. We watched a really helpful DVD called Worship Team Workshop. I think my favorite part of that video is when Paul Baloche et. al. demonstrated how not to play as a band. Each member started playing their individual instrument as if they were the only member of the band. Imagine each one playing a solo all at the same time. No consideration for the others' playing space. Man, that sounded awful. We kept saying, "Wow! That sounds like us!" Haha.
Good food at the Christmas party portion of the night. I ended up receiving two movie passes from the gift exchange. Cool. People started leaving at that point. Some of the older people stayed to chat. I hung out and played guitar and sang some songs with Justine. Including Blessed Be Your Name for about three or four times in a row. ^_^
Anyway, pictures:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rommel4321/album?.dir=5fb5
