The Lockdown Journals Entry # 4

Listen

I feel like an air of uncertainty is hovering over everything right now as the entire nation braces for the president’s decision on whether the quarantine will be lifted or “modified”. Work stuff for me comes sporadically. I don’t have to work at a specific time everyday, so I definitely have a lot of idle time. To keep myself from going stir crazy, I turn to music, books, and Netflix. I realized that I have the time to listen to entire albums these days, something that I feel like I haven’t done in a while. I mean, I’d just listen to singles off of albums but that’s about it.

Comebacks

Late last February, I saw an announcement from THE only organization I was part of in college: Teatro Tomasino. The announcement is calling for student and alumni members of Teatro Tomasino to audition for the season ender production. Over the years since I graduated, I’ve always received invitations on Facebook everytime there’s a production. After all, the organization always welcomes any kind of help from its alumni members. I never joined any production after graduating, dreading the idea of juggling work, personal shit, and the responsibilities of being part of a production. But for everytime I ignore the messages, the regrets pile up. It’s like when you’re trying to lose weight and you eat something you know you’re not supposed to eat and you can literally feel the fats and carbs or whatever gather in your stomach, hips, and thighs. 

Love Playlist

I think most girls fantasize about their perfect wedding  at some point in their lives. They’d daydream about the venue, the flowers, and (gasp!) the dress. But in my case, I’ve always been a little obsessed with the wedding playlist.

Okay, I lied.Not a little but super obsessed. When I was in college, I made a playlist in my iPod simply titled “Wedding :)”. Then, I put all the songs that I want to be played at my wedding in order. From when I’m marching down the aisle (’cause I won’t settle with just the Wedding March), after the wedding going to the reception, at the reception while the guests are eating, the father-daughter dance, first dance as husband and wife, and the bouquet throwing. Oh, as well as songs for the after-party when it’s time for the guests to dance.

Creeptozoology : A List of My Favorite Scary Movies

I’ve always loved Halloween. I like how everything turns different when it’s almost Halloween. The TV shows would do Halloween specials where they show scary stuff, cable movie channels would show scary movies back to back, and not to mention the awesome costume parties.

There’s just this infectious air of anticipation all around. It’s almost like Christmas too. 🙂 But another reason why I’m drawn to this occasion might be because of my interest in creepy, scary and dark stuff. Horror and I go way back, by the way. I have Goosebumps, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer to thank for that. I guess it was a given for me to like Halloween this much, being a lover of the creepy and the macabre.