It's been a while since my last post, been busy with my classes, watching as many indie movies as possible in Pasadena, and reviving my MySpace account. Still disappointed that my plans to go to New York City this month didn't push through. I feel like I want to break out of my apathy and just shout out loud "FUCK!" for a long time at the heavens. Even my trip to San Francisco during the Labor Day weekend was somewhat disappointing, I was able to go to Fisherman's Wharf (where I ate clam chowder served on a sourdough bread bowl) and pass the Golden Gate and Oakland Bay bridges, and that was about it. Never rode the cable cars, never visited Alcatraz (where my sister met filmmaker Peter Jackson when she went there early this year), never made a pilgrimage to Haight-Ashbury (center of Flower Power/Summer of Love '67), never bought or read a book in City Lights Bookstore (a monument to the Beat Generation), never took the 49-Mile Scenic Drive or went through the twists and turns of Lombard Street (the crookedest street in the world). So now I plan on not just going to NYC and again to San Francisco, I'm also thinking of going back to the Philippines sometime in January (spring semester starts on February so there's time).

BTW, this is also the first post I'm making from my new room in my new house in Valencia (part of the city of Santa Clarita) since the previous one was done in the college library, still using the same CPU as the old PC but with a new wall-mounted plasma monitor which actually once belonged to my sister's boyfriend.

Oh and speaking of MySpace, I noticed that some of my fellow Bonakidz who have MySpace haven't logged in for almost a year or two. While I (and the rest of the Bonakidz) still use Friendster regularly, I think MySpace is a little bit better and more popular now than the former.

Also, with Google's recent $1.65 billion purchase of YouTube, it's nice to hear that Google Video and YouTube will still remain separate independent entities rather than turn to GoogTube. Their union could make an impact on the future of the Internet, particularly the path Web 2.0 is heading. Let's just hope YouTube doesn't turn into Napster and pander to the big media companies in light of the copyright infringement issues to the point where they now charge their service. And to think YouTube has been only in existence for only a year now, and they sure have come a long way from Lazy Sunday. Someday I'm gonna invest myself on that sweet Google stock.