Panayam Kay Io etc.

Okay. Here goes nothing. PANAYAM KAY IO is expected (at least I expect it) to be "launched" at the BETTER LIVING FOR XEROXOGRAPHY Press Expo at Ilyongs Project 4 Cubao, Dec 3. I am not sure whether I'll be there at 7pm, or Ill just appear at, say, 9 or 10pm. So far, I think I can make it and cram things before the event proper. (See, I used photographs as--well, see for yourself how I cheated my way to "break the deadline," while there is no actual deadline. The layout though was still a pain in the neck and the eyes and *some text missing*. You may browse, of course, and not buy it if you think I flunked and I am just ripping you off or something and you think your @35php does not deserve a copy of the mentioned komiks.) A few copies of the remaining LIHIM NG MGA LESPU shall also be sold. Xeroxed copies @30php and printed ones @35php (almost quite settled to not print another set of copies). I mentioned here that I shall post the final list, but so far, there is no final list YET. The 2007 illustrated narrative ANG ENGKWENTRO SA PALMA BRIDGE NG MGA BATANG PINALAYA(S) SA SINAPUPUNAN with a new title and new cover is also expected to be sold at @25, if it shall be photocopied, as, as of now, I am not sure whether it shall be printed as well (emphasis on "expected"). I resorted to printing, by the way, because the dark areas suffer from photocopying centers. Anyway,

If some things should further go horribly wrong, PANAYAM KAY IO wouldn't be launched then. But I am sure that it shall be finished not later than the fourth Anniversary of Kartunista-Manunulat (KarMa) Kolektib at the 10th of December 2010--the international human rights day.

The artwork "I want you so bad I've driven you mad," shall be installed at the Ishmael Bernal Gallery, UP Diliman on December 1. I received this FACT SHEET 5 poster by email and it confirmed that the Actual exhibit opening commences at 3pm and the event ends at 5pm. Details of the 3 December 3 events, including the RIGHTS v. 3 public screening [FB Event here] can be found in this previous entry here.

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Beyond this point are quick musings.

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At this point, I think I wouldn't be doing any komiks or any visual-arts related things anymore. Not that I've achieved anything in the komiks scene--as PANAYAM KAY IO shall actually be my first komiks. I consider all the others as either illustrated narrative or mere komiks pages such as KarMa works (this site needs an update). It just doesn't work. Or, maybe, I can talk with komiks artists for collaborative work and make thumbnail layouts or illustrations if needed. Or draw for myself and for my eyes alone. I might continue quasi-literary endeavors to preserve my sanity. By the way, I am Elbi-bound in a while. How I hate Elbi now. I have to have warnings before these tendencies to disclose. This carcosite is, still, for personal use after all. And I hope nobody minds since this is "my" public space. Thank you and please do come to the events mentioned. I am also thinking of not committing to such anymore. Just thinking. Well, you don't have to read this but I want to thank you for reaching. this. point.

"Kamusta 'tol?"

O anumang katumbas nito. Pakiusap, huwag itong itatanong sa akin in public. Gagawan mo ako ng malaking pabor kunsakaling iiwasan mo ang tanong na iyan. Kung sincere sa pangangamusta, magpapakamusta ako sa kung saan, basta hindi in public. Bawal magtanong sa post na ito kung bakit. (Actually, wala namang nagbabasa talaga ng mga posts ko.)

3 December 3 Events

Combo. Just like these three simultaneous studentstrikes: Italy | UK | Philippines

Still hesitating to post these, but, come what may. Huwag sanang ma-jinx:

FACTSHEET 5 Visual Arts Exhibit Opening [source]

featuring artworks based on actual human rights cases

03 December · 15:00 - 18:00

Ishmael Bernal Gallery, UP Diliman

Artists' ARREST | ST eXPOSURE | KARAPATAN-Southern Tagalog

UPFI Cine Veritas | UP Diliman University Student Council

RIGHTS v. 3 public screening [source] [previous entry]

A pioneering compilation of independently produced and human rights themed short films/public service advertisements (PSAs) initiated by Southern Tagalog Exposure and the Free Jonas Burgos Movement in 2007, RIGHTS exposes the incessant human rights hostilities in the Philippines. It is an open and continuing call for filmmakers to participate in the growing movement to defend and uphold human rights.

03 December · 19:00 Plaza Miranda / FEU / Mirriam College [?]

07 December · NCAS Auditorium, University of the Philippines - LB [?]

Artists' ARREST | ST eXPOSURE | KARAPATAN-Southern Tagalog

UPLB Zoomout Multimedia Collective | FREE JONAS BURGOS MOVEMENT

Better Living Through Xeroxography [source]

* A VERY SMALL SMALL PRESS EXPO *

BOOKS! KOMIX! ZINES! SHIRTS! OTHER STUFFS!

03 December at 19:00 - 04 December at 03:00

Ilyong's / Kalantiaw / Project 4 / Cubao

Thomasian Writers Guild! Aklat Kurimaw! Ink Elephant! Tilde Acuna! Gelo Suarez! Macoy! Papermonster! Cavite Young Writers Association! Mark Angeles! Quarterly Bathroom Companion Comics Compendium! the Youth & Beauty Brigade! Mike David! UP UGAT! UP Writers Club! Heights! High Chair! Gerilya Komix Krew! Kuliti! Komikasi!

And maybe some other peeps who might decide to drop in unannounced!

There'll be free books and zines! Text 09279439836 for more details!

Here are maps to the venue [map1][map2]

* DITO NA BUMILI NG PAMASKO * SUPPORT THE PINOY SMALL INDIE PRESS *

*Beyond this line ay mga paliwanag!*

Never mind the supposed release of PANAYAM KAY IO.

I am supposed to sell somewhat "new" editions--na either new covers lang naman or edited shameless plug pages--of Lihim ng mga Lespu, Ang Engkwentro sa Palma Bridge nung mga Batang Pinalaya(s) sa Sinapupunan at Killing Disease. Would post a final list of releases ASAP. Sure na though ang Lihim ng mga Lespu kasi lumanding dito. Yung mga natira noong Komikon 2010 na photocopied versions ay 30php. Yung bagong mga printed versions (kasi, tingin ko, badtrip ang kalidad nung photocopied) ay 35php (pasensya na sa +5php).

Muli, dito ko na siguro pasasalamatan ang mga bumuhay sa akin noong isang linggo habang nasa ELBI kung saan ang punks ng pakiramdam kasi nakikitulog at lagalag at walang tiyak na pera ako noon: Yung mga bumili ng unang bago at printed na editions ng Lihim ng mga Lespu: sina Rico, Seth, Ayel, Ta-tuh, Charmie, Magtan, Xean, TJ at Blocmates ni Aye.

Asahang bago matapos ang taon, irerelease ang PANAYAM KAY IO, pero, so far, possible pa namang mairelease siya sa third of December at parang willing ako, ata, na hindi umattend nung ibang events matapos lang ang komiks na tingin ko eh "nagsimula ng lahat."

UPLB Perspective Nostalgia

I think it has almost been a year since the release of the first and only regular issue of UPLB Perspective SY 2009-10. Student funds were not collected, paralyzing the publication but never its dissent against repressive administration policies. I'd keep this entry short--still had things to do. A lot. Sigh. Anyway. Download the pdf file here. I just had the urge to post this entry for Tisa. Salamat. Because I remain unemployed, I've been doing projects that shall be posted on this site.

RIGHTS v.3 / QBCCC Plug

This is only a preview for the entry of Tilde and Mikel Mozo. Here's the original intro lifted from the call for submission of Artists' Arrest:

"The Southern Tagalog Exposure and ARTISTS’ ARREST “Artists Response to the Call for Social Change and Transformation,” in cooperation with KARAPATAN-Southern Tagalog and the FREE JONAS BURGOS MOVEMENT is now organizing the third installment of the “RIGHTS” project - a compendium of short videos intended to increase awareness and rally support behind the respect for human rights. RIGHTS was designed as a continuing project. It has successfully produced 2 volumes containing the works of budding and established filmmakers alike."

The FACTSHEET 43 Art exhibit left One Caldi Place, UPLB. I think it is in Sagada this week, then it shall later rest in Baguio City for another week. Please visit the UPLB Zoom Out Multimedia Collective Page for further details about these activities. Along with the premiere of RIGHTS v.3 shall be the opening of another FACTSHEET in December. These films and artworks shall also be brought to UPLB soon. Abangan!

Got the image here. The fanpage here. The preview here. More info here. The Quarterly Bathroom Companion Comics Compendium, available at the November 13 Komikon. Starmall. Tickets at 80php [?].

Fifth of November Rigmarole!

disclaimer, before anything else: a spontaneous super-extra rough draft!

Remember remember the fifth of november bla bla bla, shall (re)post the comics later or some day in the near future. Guy Fawkes, V for Vendetta whatsoever, wiki elaborated about the 5th of November: "1605 – Gunpowder Plot: A conspiracy led by Robert Catesby to blow up the English Houses of Parliament is thwarted when Sir Thomas Knyvet, a justice of the peace, finds Guy Fawkes in a cellar below the House of Lords."

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First stop, general GASC adventure! Backgrounder: The General Assembly of Student Councils convene to amend the Codified Rules for Student Regent Selection (CRSRS) and eventually select the next Student Regent (SR)--the student representative in the highest policy-making body of the University of the Philippines System. There has been this post (and this post), to which this post responds, but I shall try not to dwell on those issues they already discussed.

Amendments have been proposed ad infinitum, but has then been rejected by the GASC. Only in 2005 has those amendments been "accepted," but that resulted into our deliberation until daybreak (actually, if I remember correctly, the 2005 GASC that selected Raffy Jones Sanchez in UPLB was concluded at about 7am the next day)! No argumentations and hypothetical hocus pocus: this clearly is just one of the downsides of the one-council-one-vote proposal, given that the SR shall be selected by a two-thirds vote to represent the UP students in the Board of Regents policy-making. Imagine the intimidation Malacanang regents and their cohorts might inflict upon an SR roughly voted by a simple majority. With the current CRSRS, the SR has been harassed. What more if s/he was not voted by a relatively larger fraction of the student councils.

Another forever proposed is the grade requirement for the SR post. Time and again, grades are subjective. There are even student leaders (including me!) who were suspended because of admin-manufactured cases further trumped-up by their lapdogs disguised as student leaders. And, if the SR nominee's academic record is exceptional, then why not try convince students that his/her grades can suffice for the SR post by including his/her awards or whatsoever in his/her CV and mission and vision statement? Nothing bars the SR nominee to announce that s/he is running for honors, a super genius, and the like! Let the students decide. Democratize the process by not excluding those student leaders who are not, really, delinquents--but rather opinionated and principled enough to be targets of political harassment, especially of governing powers in universities and colleges. And if you assume the SR nominee's delinquency, then grill him/her during the deliberation process. Nothing shall stop anyone from doing so! Ask the SR aspirant, "Kaklase mo ko sa English 2, bat ka bagsak?" at your own risk, especially if you really think that THAT failure shall hinder her serving the students.

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Next stop, GASC 2005! (GASC lang naman ata etong post na to eh!). I vividly remember how one of my co-councilors cried telling me that (Ate) Shine (Salgado) is really his SR choice because they (his political party, I presume) have worked with her already, and they know her work ethics and her competence for the SR post despite her failure to answer my general question about the World Trade Organization (as general as "If you exit this room and find yourself at the WTO meeting, what would you tell them?"). I alone (and Irvin Rivera during the CRSRS segment ata ano?), based on the grilling, wanted Raffy Jones Sanchez to be selected because of how he performed during the deliberations. As mentioned in a comment, the College of Arts and Sciences Student Council (CASSC) voted for the aforementioned amendments plus the removal of KASAMA sa UP (Kalipunan ng mga Sangguniang Mag-aaral sa UP, which by the way, invites ALL student councils of the UP system but they (majority of the 2005 CASSC and their superfriends) wanted it removed from the CRSRS document because of its alleged "bias" despite KASAMA sa UP's role in the SR Office as merely secretariat) amendment.

Though such political differences exist between myself and my co-councilors that are present during the Assembly, I have to commend their recognition of my disagreement with their decisions. I still remember Karl Marx Conde saying "The CAS Student Council votes for the amendment with the strong contention of Mr. Acuna." But, I shall never forget when the CASSC sponsored the "Malacanang on the spot" forum where a Cabinet member of Arroyo was invited as speaker. All these without the consent of the council members, including those who ran under their political party. I later found out that only the chair decided on the matter. O well, sorry, another issue pala iyon, but I can't help but remember. I think, though, that this tyranny of numbers of the current USC UPLB is worse than the 2005 student councils.

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Last stop, GASC 2007 [?], o was it 2008? Ugh, basta USC 2007-08 ang representatives. (Sabi na nga ba, GASC nostalgia ang post na to eh. Related pa rin naman sa 5th of November kasi British Parliament ang pasasabugin.. tama na.. obyus nang palusot.) Er.. sorry for the self-reference, but this was my GASC performance art event. In essence, what I said on the podium was about the carousel of an argument for/against the amendment barrage of parliamentary blabber from the majority and the grouplet that endlessly propose the amendment annually as if that is their pledged obligation or whatever they wanted to call that twisted pilgrimage of their heroic deeds! (agit! sorry naman. inhale-exhale. wrong grammer? k!) Anyway, I did actually revolve around the podium like an earth to a sun while stating what the USC UPLB 2007-08 thinks regarding the assembly and the amendment in consideration.

It is quite infuriating that up until now, the same amendments from the same proponents in the same event that is the GASC plague the solidarity of UP students against the 1.39 billion-peso UP education budget cut--later to find out that allegedly, the so-called "student leaders" of UPLB walked out and expressed their dissent under the pretense of a beachscapade! Do not dare be judgmental. That is an alternative form of protest! As I've said, never ever walkout from your classes to campaign against education budget cut, because grades are the end-all and be-all (hence the "we are students first before we are leaders" law and other sorts of individualistic crap)! If you have the urge to walkout for the welfare of the students, do so during a meeting de avance when you can no longer answer the other politcal party, or during a deliberation re: the mentioned UP budget cut, so you could protest while having fun in the beach like hip and cool (never grim and determined! ew!) student leaders--alternative activist leaders for the students: "iskolar ng bayan para sa bayan."

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It came to an end and all I loudmouthed, in written form, was all about the GASC. Meanwhile, where is the stand of the current USC of UPLB on other issues? Where is the promised assessment of the FIRST State of the Nation Address of the Haciendero Republic? Is the GASC the favorite activity of this USC? Next perhaps to the February Fair and Parties against Large Class Policy? O I remember this Council of Student Leaders meeting!

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All these are inquiries from an alumnus (Naks!). May the current USC take these as questions and challenges rather than mere bashing. I think I had my statements backed by somehow objective conditions, with, of course, my inevitably subjective inputs.

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[eto kung ayaw magclick ng link. statement ng usc uplb]

The Golden Post / First Carcosite Aniv

This is a celebration of (re)birth amidst reminiscent mournings over the deaths of our loved ones. It has been a year since the Shade-inspired Microeigangrau blog has been put up, later evolving into the microeigengrau carcosite. This blog has been my "dumpsite" of personal musings and socio-political inquiries--much like your own personal blogs, perhaps. The Carcosite has served its purpose well as an outlet and repository of experiences towards what I am and what I am to be. So, I think a retrospective shall be imminent. Let me begin, then.

[Ugh. I was just hyperlinking and discussing my previous posts, then I decided to stop. The darkhives are right there anyway. I shall just post a top 10, I guess. Here we go, in no particular order, besides chronological. Labo Mehn.]

01. The New Year Reflection.

02. The Iyas and literature and such.

03. The Factsheet 43 Art Exhibit.

04. The Schools of Thought.

05. The Tribute of Tributes.

06. The Lakbayan 2010.

07. The Bookseller Walanghiyang Shameless Plug!

08. The Sunday Times Walanghiyang Shameless Plugs!

09. The Meme / Bandwagoner Collection.

10. The Intro / Welcome to Microeigangrau.

more from wiki! October 31 - November 01 Happenings!

OCTOBER 31

This day is internationally known as Halloween, also known as All Hallow's Eve, Reformation Day, and Day of the Dead for the Philippines. It is the set date for the annual Egg Challenge.

Events:

1517 – Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.

1941 – After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed

1954 – Algerian War of Independence: The Algerian National Liberation Front begins a revolt against French rule.

Births:

1795 – John Keats, British poet (d. 1821)

1959 – Neal Stephenson, American author

1970 – Linn Berggren, Swedish singer (Ace of Base)

Deaths:

1926 – Harry Houdini, Hungarian-born magician (b. 1874)

1984 – Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (b. 1917)

1987 – Joseph Campbell, American author and expert on mythology (b. 1904)

NOVEMBER 01

November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 60 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events:

1512 – The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.

1941 – American photographer Ansel Adams takes a picture of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez, New Mexico that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography.

1954 – The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.

Births:

1567 – Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (d. 1626)

1889 – Hannah Höch, German Dada artist (d. 1978)

1935 – Edward Said, Palestinian-born literary critic (d. 2003)

Deaths:

1907 – Alfred Jarry, French writer (b. 1873)

1972 – Ezra Pound, American poet (b. 1885)

2010 – Ernesto Presas, Filipino martial artist (b. 1945) [eh?]

AND just as I am into writing and nostalgia and all the crap, PLDT myDSL and my wifi connection and Gehenna is pissing the hell out of me. So, that's it for now. :)