Patrick Swayze

My high school friends and I had a Patrick Swayze fix back then. I had a VHS copy of Ghost and someone else had Dirty Dancing. We'd watch the movies at Inkay's house, which was just a "biking distance" from mine. This clip below? Our favorite!

Last night I watched the second part of E!'s 101 Most Awesome Moments in Entertainment. Right when I turned the TV on, it flashed 70, then THE scene from Ghost. It showed a short interview of him. Gah, it seems I'm really getting old. My favorite people are leaving one by one... RIP Patrick Swayze.

And I need to update this site more often so it won't look like an obit.

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Update: Oh wow he's at #56, too!
56. Johnny says, "Nobody puts Baby in a corner" in "Dirty Dancing"

Michael Jackson

I was in a jeepney on my way to work this morning when Michael Jackson came to mind. I was wondering if he wrote his own songs and thought I'd look it up in Wikipedia once I got to the office. That's because most pop stars don't write their own songs that I was intrigued.

Well, I reached the office alright and completely forgot about it like most other thoughts you conjure up while commuting. But just before I turned on my PC, my coworker/seatmate suddenly made the big announcement. MJ passed away just hours ago. I was shocked. I could not believe it. Unfortunately, it was true. It was out on the news this morning. That was the time I remembered what I planned to do, so I read about him like I never did before.

He did write most of his hit songs including my favorites "Will you be there", which appeared in the Free Willy soundtrack, and "Heal the World." I kind of feel stupid right now...why I didn't know these facts before. He's a true artist, and one of the greatest we've ever had. That moment in the jeepney... he must have flown all over the world and touched every one of his fans, even those who forgot him in time, which, I'm sad to say, included me. Yes, I can totally imagine that.

I would never forget how much I liked him when I was a kid. My uncle once caught me trying to copy his dance moves. That was a bit embarrassing. Most of his songs are lyrically and musically brilliant and socially significant that I never really understood why the media... Anyway, once, I saw this movie about MJ as a child. It was a difficult life he led. RIP

Tributes:

There's a really nice tribute to Michael Jackson, the boy who never grew up, written by Roger Ebert. Check it out.

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Life-Size Gundam almost finished

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the the Mobile Suit Gundam animated television series, a full-scale Gundam statue will be on display at Shiokaze Park in Tokyo’s Odaiba between July 11 to August 31.

The following photos were taken by punynari.





More Gundam photos at punynari's blog.