Couple of weeks ago, Mingguan Malaysia (Utusan Malaysia's weekend edition) in its entertainment news section ran a stinging write-up accusing Edry (of KRU) of mangling Bahasa Melayu for use of supposed non-existent words and colloquials in the lyrics of Anita Sarawak's single 'Seksis' (watch/download the music video - Windows Media only). The song was subsequently banned from the being aired on RTM (Heh! Does it matter anymore with the majority tuning in to Era.FM, where the song is topping the chart, nowadays?). Edry's not one to keep quiet over the issue and has thus responded (with eloquence and tact too I'd say) with his take on the definition of the song 'Seksis'.

More often than not, I find Utusan's entertainment editorials have been barking up the wrong tree or making a mountain out of a molehill. They oughtta just stick with providing artists' gossips (i.e. who's hooking/breaking up with whom, who just came back from umrah, etc. etc.) 'cos they seem to be good at that really. If they're really intent on stopping the mangling of Bahasa Melayu, get Dewan Bahasa to stop blindly adopting English words into Bahasa Melayu's vocabulary. Fix the root cause (Dewan Bahasa), not the symptom (Edry).

I don't believe in horoscope readings but they can be curiously dead on at times. Like the following that's taken off Center.com for Geminis today:

Venturing into something completely new and different may be just what you need, dear Gemini. You have a very solid practical side to your personality, however, the need for excitement and adventure is likely to be just as strong. If you've been putting your nose to the grindstone a lot in the recent past, take some time off for some fun. Visit a friend or better yet, drive out to a place you haven't been to before and explore.

That "nose to the grindstone" bit is smack on target and I've been putting off plans for a vacation ever since due to unavoidable obligations (read: something I can't weasel my way out of). So, anyone out there tried justifying time off from work using horoscope readings before?

Late out of the gate again, but this time it's through my own procrastination. If you've been wondering why Lyna has been keeping it low these days it's because she hasn't been well - for a good reason though. 'Cos sometime in September, Lyna's gonna be a mommy and Hafiz's gonna be a daddy! Hope you're holding up well with the morning sickness and other discomforts at this stage. You still wanna live up to that Lyna Voguemomma tag, right? ;) Besides, I'm sure some of us have been missing some of your perky quirky comments that littered last year's entries (just look for those with the most number of comments)! Go wish her well, folks!

I'm making today Screencap Friday. Phuturecam will be screencapturing stuff all day long today at every 10 minute intervals. Cable crap goodness, I tell you. The kind of stuff you fork RM90 every month for.

I'm most definitely late out of the gate to do a Grey Tuesday thingy that they were doing last Tuesday (well, duh!) to protest EMI's attempt for a cease and desist on the distribution of DJ Dangermouse's work (his wicked collabo of sounds from The Beatles' The White Album with Jay-Z's acapella from The Black Album) from being distributed all around. So I'm making it up with my own Grey Thursday by having The Grey Album streamed off CybersoniqueFM (Windows Media stream). Today only. I'll be on the mic later tonight if I see people listening in, croaking my way till Froggy Friday.

Even 8TV's Chief Operating Officer Ahmad Izham Omar is running a weblog. He oughtta get Gary the IT Guy to run one too. Nothing like a geek living on the edge sipping plain water with tabasco sauce for grins.

When things are going on well, would you chance it (50/50) in favor of something better? In the past, I'd yell "Geronimo!" to just about anything and go for it, even when the odds are low or stacked up against me. It made things exciting. Nowadays, I'm inclined to think that I've become more and more reluctant to play my cards even when the chances are good, only to have my conscience beating the crap out of my head (like how the intro in one of Orbital's song goes: "it's better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven't done.") later for letting it slip by. It's not that I have anything to lose anyways. Sure, I've had my share of bruises from the leaps but it wasn't anything that crippled me. The lack of anything exciting in the past few months has really taken the wind out of me. I need my adrenaline fix and this darned dysfunctional defense mechanism of mine isn't helping.

If I seem a little scatttered there's an empty place
Where something used to beat
Definitely shattered like some stupid piece of china
How pathetic of me
Here's a lousy lullaby
I practice every day so I can keep you memorized
I'm your heartless valentine
May God forgive me
I wish you'd melted in some other sucker's lousy lullaby

Marry Me Jane - Lousy Lullaby

The mailman dropped an early Valentine greeting for me. It is none other than from the "beloved" Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri, sweet talking me to "declare my love". Suckered Seduced by the whisperings of sweet nothings into my ear, being the faithful one, I'll meticulously declare everything in earnest honesty, only to find out a few months down the road that I'm gonna get screwed. Arguments will ensue claiming that "the love" ain't enough despite my being open and not hiding anything from them. Threats of losing my home and other belongings might follow, escalating it to a point like a divorcee asking for alimony. A potential storyline right out of those low-grade love movies and cheap drama swastas, no?

Playing in the background: Amiel - Lovesong

"Every once in a great while, America is utterly captivated by an entertainer who has charm, grace, dignity, persistence in fulfilling his dreams."

Looks like American Idol may have spawned off an early unlikely unintentional star. I say, send him to Hollywood anyways!

From Kuro5hin:

You are all pretentious twats. You make up irritating jargon for the sake of it. All of your blogs talk about the same crap. Movable Type is badly designed. Movable Type's bad design makes it easier to DoS you. You are fucking stupid. You are all sheep. Your blog is fucking up Google.