Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Bunny-Ears Goes to Last Happy Monday of the Year:

Sensational!



No kidding, there I was wearing the bunny-ears hair band I forgot that I was wearing.

PANINDIGAN ANG PETTING…

PanchoVillanueva, “AH! It’s a cow! Anong cow sa Bikol?”

I laughed, “Baka, Ba. Yun kalabaw, Damulag.”

In English, the Cow is still a Cow and the Carabao is not a Carabao.

It’s a Water Buffalo.

PANINDIGAN ANG KABUWANGAN:

Baka-Bunny-Ears amplifies listening skills.




ADAM DAVID: Introducing & (The Volume 1 2008 collected best works of the year written by both undergrad and grad students of UP Creative Writing Program edited by Chingbee Cruz) AND his TEXTICLES. And Adam David said, “Mahusay siya!”


SIYA being:

“Boondocks” from & by John Lester P. Roque


Bunny Ears: I like the sound, like that song “Boombox” da fuck, that alliteration. Ah, the sentiment of the Young Closet Activist verging on Openly Liberal Adulthood.

I: Really? Not Maybe Ambivalent? Now why the hell am I thinking of Charles Bukowski… And halloo, it smacks of Adam David writing style.

Bunny Ears: Uuuuuy, Adam’s becoming a virus!

I: Hehe BUT this one has an obvious fuck-mouth.


OR

SIYA being:

“Kasama ko sa bus yadayada si Marieton Pacheco” by Adam David


Bunny Ears: I like the sound of this one. Aww, it’s right-after-college dating with Horny Before Sunrise vibe in Filipino.

I: It’s like talkie foreplay with a fixation on body hair.

Bunny Ears: Wait, so who’s hairy in the dagli? Marieton Pacheco?

I: It’s kind of long kasi. What’s dagli?

Bunny Ears: Kopi Teybol Dedbol Buk by Eros Atalia that came and got burned in the Burning Book Festival and Adam David TEXTICLES coming soon.

I: So alin yun mahusay?

Bunny Ears: Sabi yun siya!

I: Siya-siya, mahusay lumusot talaga ang siya. Buy & for 100 pesos only via www.wasaaak.blogspot.com. I recommend some players inside and wish they would come out to play in Happy Monday!



LAWRENCE BERNABE: said to Joel Toledo’s introduction “Hindi po ako one of the best up & coming poets.”


Bunny Ears: Oh, ha, say mo?

I: Ha? I’m busy enjoying his reading of Goethe and Celan in German. Impressive.

Bunny Ears: Ooooh, Ja! Das Gravitas! Of Du, Du Hast, Du Hast…

I: Heh, di ka lang marunong mag-German!

Bunny Ears: Kaya nga there’s a translation eh. Was it a Michael Hamburger translation or John Felstiner translation?

I: Does it really matter?

Bunny Ears: Duh, yeah, you think chicken and egg taste the same?

I: Again, does it really matter?

Porcupine in Stilettos: Ano ba!

Bunny Ears: Ay high blood si Ati! Siya-siya, Lawrence is really getting better in oral reading.

I: And what about his own Matin?

Bunny Ears: Not pronounced like mayting but Mah-ting which means Morning Light.

I: Or morning prayers.

Bunny Ears: Which one is it? Mahting? Or Mahtah?

I: TENG! To the line FOR THE LIFE OF ME

Bunny Ears: I cannot remember

I: What made us think that we were wise

Bunny Ears: And we’d never compromise

I: For the life of me! Kill the Freshman!

Bunny Ears: And what if it’s made tighter? Damn boys and girls, Lawrence is now out for play!

I: Manghuhula pala eto si Joel eh.



Rayvi SUNICO: said that his first poem has the persona of a parent looking at a toddler’s picture who is now a grown-up with a psychological disorder. “Kasi, uso yan mga yan ngayon di ba?”


I: Di naman po. Mga panahon pa po ni Fredrico Licsi Espino. May he rest in peace.

Bunny Ears: Hindi ah. Uso na yan nun panahon ni Juan Luna. May he rest in peace rin.

I: But the introduction was a set-up for his poem “What Cameras Are For”

Bunny Ears: True. Therefore the imagery imbedded by that made the whole poem easily understood and felt.

I: (Cheating but) effective. As for his “Why can’t Science be a topic/theme for a poem?” which he was discussing with Mookie Katigbak…

Bunny Ears: Hoy, hoy, tumahimik ka na and tada! “STARLIGHT.” Original title is Subterfuge of Desire.

I: Peasu! Or “Love Poem Exercise 278”. My ears can’t get anything.

Bunny Ears: Wait…Wait… There: I DO NOT KNOW WHAT I FEEL FOR YOU/ IT BURNS/ IT BURNS.//

Adam David said: U.T.I.!

I: Bwahahahaha!

Bunny Ears: Heh! He likes diacope for end lines. First poem No more /No more// then 2nd It burns/ It burns//

I: Bwahahahahaha!



PANCHO ALVAREZ: said that he got his job in the Ateneo Elementary School because his POL SCI/GOV prof caught him drawing while in class and…“Wait, lasing na ata ako.”


Bunny Ears: swear he sounds like Lope Cui.

I: miss you Lope Cui.


Pancho read excerpts from the Blue Horn (a folio of Grade 3 students of the Blue Eagle University) like “The Evil Teacher” and “The Mouse and His Bug” and---


Bunny Ears: From Grade 3 students?!

I: Yep. Man, they’re making stories in Speculative Fiction look like boring pansies.

Bunny Ears: Aww, and they’re gonna grow up someday, too and lose that imagination. *Sniffle*

Joel Toledo: Gandang iinvite mga batang yan dito!

I: Yeah! And I’ll make them drink and smoke too!

Bunny Ears: Riot! Di pa ko nakakita ng Grade 3 na lasing!



DREY TERAN: who was NOT introduced as “The Renegade Co-Host” by Joel Toledo therefore lost the bet against John Torres.


1. CNF (about the Japan Workshop)

I: like the beat and articulation

Bunny Ears: This is in essay form with very poetic language.

I: There you go, one definition of CNF: a narrative in essay form with poetic language.


2. Poem: Smiling Sky (inspired by the smiley-in-the-night-sky phenomenon)

Joel Toledo: Tawag ko dun umlaut. Hehehe.

I: Hahahaha! Pero ang machong pakinggan nun ah…

Bunny Ears: “woman, that Lunatic”

I: Kita mo, yan ang macho perspective on women: BUWANG… BUT… hehehe…

Bunny Ears: …“The sun is always he/ that tells the tale/ But never she.//”

I: Tada!

Bunny Ears: TadÜ!

I: DR. DREY GOT HER POETRY GROOVE BACK!

Bunny Ears: It’s Dr. Drey motherfuckers…Nananana…



JL PUKEZ: who resigned from his computer job and now works for “Malaya


I: Interesting name.

Bunny Ears: First poem is about “Sisyphus” that according to poet is “parang tanga” defeatist yadayada…

I: It’s a too literal translation of the myth. What’s new?

Bunny Ears: 2nd reading---What the hell is Monsieur Pepe Le Piu doing here?!

I: Nah, that’s just the fucking stink of Gudang coming from a female student behind me.

Bunny Ears: Upakan ko na?

I: Buti na lang wala si Stefania. And ‘wag na. We’re doing Merry Softie X eh!

Bunny Ears: Third reading is for and a reply to Joseph “Saging” Saguid’s question “What is Humanity?”

I: Pukez “Naked Truth” is the body.

Bunny Ears: Sounds like a Kantian cant that says we are no different from dogs.

I: Pukez is asking how you would know you’re in love with a girl.

Bunny Ears: The dogs say Dawg, when you want to fuck the bitch.

I: Parang galit tenga mo ah.

Bunny Ears: Tangnang Gudang kasi yan eh.



POCHOLO GOITIA: “manggugulo uli” with his CNF piece


I: Did you get the title?

Bunny Ears: Nope.

I: like the tone and treatment of this

Bunny Ears: Now this is CNF playing.

I: What is it about UST writers and their fuck-you-to-the-church?

Bunny Ears: Going on 400 years of Tradition.

I: Okay sa tradition ah. What is this about?

Bunny Ears: “Cosmic deja vu…” “Death March of Zealots…” thereabout

I: am loving the articulation.

Bunny Ears: Curious about how this looks on the page.

I: am crushing on this piece.

Bunny Ears: love the versatility of the reading too.

I: Magulo lang nga sa una and di pa tapos.

Bunny Ears: still, missed you Papa Pocholo.

I: suggest you Google his name and check his blog.

Bunny Ears: Sabi ni Pocholo Goitia, magaling raw tenga ko, say mo?

I: say me, say it together:

Bunny Ears: Madapa sana si Lionel Richie!



JONAR SABILANO: “Mr. Bedroom Voice himself” whose introduction about facial hair made us think---


Joel Toledo: Si Marieton Pacheco!

I: Hahahaha! Yun din iniisip ko!

Bunny Ears: Mr. Bedroom Voice’s “Pogi Rock” poem is the background song of Kung Paano Nagancho Si Marieton Pacheco Sa Daglian Texticles Ni Adam David.

I: Bwahahahaha!

Back to the Future Text Message From Adam David: Lagi ka naman natatawa sa sarili mo, e.



KHAVN DELA CRUZ: “Mr. Wasak Himself” performed on the drums with John “Indie Film Pillar” Torres on guitar and Kits “Indie Film Pillar” Kintana(?) on Mr. Miyagi’s little rattle drum in Karate Kid II.

Mr. Wasak quoted to Bunny Ears: CLANG! CANG! CLANG! CLANG! Kung ang tula ay isang kumpon ng salita…isang libong tangang tenga tumataeng tengang walang kuwenta…kung ang tula ay isang kumpon ng mga salita…pugot na puso…kung ang tula ay isang kumpon ng salita… Pebrereo ang bagong taon…kung ang tula ay isang kumpon ng salita…isang libong tangang tenga tumataeng tenga…walang kuwenta…kung ang tula ay isang kumpon ng salita…CLANG!CLANG!CLANG!CLANG!


I: Hahahahaha! Got that?

Bunny Ears: Uh, yeah, STUPID: HUMANITY: IF ONLY PAGE POETRY.

I: Bwahahahahaha!

Bunny Ears: And seriously, he doesn’t do drugs and he’s not crazy happy happy joy joy.

I: Oh Selena, John Torres kissed my right hand after, much later.

Bunny Ears: Tangna, kinilig ka naman.

I: Heh!

Bunny Ears: Khavn’s book “Ultraviolins” is out. Buy it and compare it with the Adam David critique in Invisible Philippines Free Press 1st week of December Issue!

I: The critique is available online.

Bunny Ears: God Bless the Wonders of Spiky Penis!



PEACHY PADERNA: read an old poem “Landing”

I: like the solid imagery

Bunny Ears: Children’s upper middle-class memory re-telling.

I: like the last line “In the name of possibility”

Bunny Ears: I want more Peachy!



LARRY IPIL: who lost weight, looking good, and read old poems made new by revision


Larry said: Sino bang baklang di fascinated sa doll nung bata pa, di ba?

I: Ako po.

Bunny Ears: Di ka nga bakla ‘Day!

Larry began with “My Mother’s Dolls”

I: like the sound, the rhythm, the imagery…

Then Larry said: Because I don’t know how to draw, I made sketches (with words) instead of where I grew up: Paradise Village. Ang pretentious ng name noh?!

And so Larry’s “Fat Lady”

I: Hahahaha!

Larry’s “Bad Driver, Good Lover” (For the Kolehiyalas)

I: OMG, the kolehiyala is crushing on the Manong-help!*Kagat labi*Yumyum!*

Larry’s “The Village Idiot”

I: The irony of it!

Bunny Ears: Hahahaha! Winner ang tatlo sa humor!

I: You know, guapo pala ’to si (Sir) Larry…

Bunny Ears: ‘Day, di nga ka bakla! Ano ba!



ALLAN POPA note: I went to the toilet, no offense meant.

THEN IT WAS OPEN-MIKE-SESAME

Joel Toledo says, “Wala pong exclusivity dito.”

ENTER STAGE

Rax Barroso’s “Drowning in Coffee”

I: It’s a running commentary with purple patches---

Bunny Ears: I’m kind of drowning TENG! TENG! FOR THE LIFE OF ME

I: cannot remember

Bunny Ears: What made us think that we were wise

I: And we’d never compromise

Bunny Ears: For the life of me!

I: Die Verve Pipe Vibe! Die!

Bunny Ears: Nakakahawa pala ‘to si Lawrence eh.

Rax Barroso’s “Galatea”

I: Where’s the re-making of the myth? PUKEZ literal Sisyphus is a virus.

Bunny Ears: Wait…Wait…Ah, Galatea into man-eater pala.

I: Hmmmm….Si Nelly Furtado?

ENTER RR Kagalingan’s “This poem is for the girl running to the magnetic fields”

I: Where did the poem go?

Bunny Ears: It ran. Fast.

I: Nga naman super magnetic field na yun!

ENTER CAMI LE(SYO)?’s “Scandals”

I: It’s a running commentary again.

Bunny Ears: not scandalized.

I: Maybe that was the point.

WAIT FOR KRIP YUSON

WAITING

ENTER VOLUNTEERS

DOODS “Song” from memory

I: Bible stories

Bunny Ears: With Bless Us O Lord rhythm

I: For Sesame Street

Bunny Ears: Katuwa naman ’to si Doods!

JOEL TOLEDO from Chiaroscuro

“Open Sesame”

I: agree with (Sir) Butch Dalisay with THE VOICE OF LION KING/ DARTH VADER/ CONAN THE BARBARIAN’S NEMESIS about Joel Toledo’s poetry being “MASARAP BASAHIN” out loud.

Bunny Ears: Puede po yun THERE ARE NO HAPPY ENDINGS?

“There Are No Happy Endings”

I: agree nga. The Chiaroscuro page officially transcends to the oral/aural stage. Thankee!

Bunny Ears: Parang Gandelf ang boses dito ah. And really, who knows what J.R.R. stands for in J.R.R. Tolkien?

Banzai Cat: John Ronald Reuel, huzzah!

Bunny Ears: Sabi ko nga, di nga Jericho Rosales Rizal.

I: Chiaroscoro is still available. Buy it if you’re interested in writing poetry! (Or short stories. Or CNF.)

Rayvi SUNICO’S “For A Lover Who Liked To Dance”

I: Wow, that almost made me cry.

Bunny Ears: The second one almost really made me cry.

FINALLY

(NOT KRIP YUSON)

SASHA MARTINEZ

I: like the tone. Yun na lang inabot. Kasi---

Bunny Ears: ---gusto ko naman nang magpakalasing! Para happy ending!




Sensational?

My Bunny Ears hear that in 2009

there might be this literary chismis blog

written by

Achtung Dog

(hindi ako yan ha?)

With the tag line

You know you love me

aw-aw-aw-aw

With the background Classical Yano song

You holy dog

You saintly horse

You’re making me laugh

Hi-Hi-Hi-Hi

At you!

Happy, Happy Y!

See You Monday 2009!

*Split na tayo ‘Mare, Split*

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