Yes, I just now recovered from a nice little hangover caused by an open bar raid at my friend’s wedding last night. Ah, my downfall: the open bar. Luckily for me, my wife, volunteered to be the designated driver for the night (isn’t she sweet). But I guess could’ve also contributed to my liberated sense of drinking spree. That’s okay. I held it all down though, if you know what I mean. Needless to say, it was a fun evening and a deserved break from all the school work these last 6 months (my how time flies). I almost wasn’t even gonna go to the wedding. But I knew if I bailed, I would most likely have to stop referring to my friend as a “friend”. That, and she’d probably kill me after we’d RSVP’d and assured her many, many times that we would go. Anyway, congrats Brenda and Aman! And welcome to the club! Hehe.

Of course, because I attended the wedding I’m now facing the consequences in terms of school work. Which is why I’m typing this entry at 2AM Monday morning, various other homework pending. That’s my way of saying, “This is gonna be a short blog entry”. Hey, at least I’m being honest. I really dropped the time management ball this time.

Anyway, my wife and I just viewed the anime feature film Tokyo Godfathers last week and we thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s a tale of three homeless people: Gin – a grumpy middle-aged hobo, Hana – a transvestite, and Miyuki – a runaway teenage girl, who stumble upon an abandoned baby while searching in some trash. They then embark on what turns out to be an adventurous journey to find the child’s parents. The story is apparently somewhat based on an earlier western film, 3 Godfathers. Anyway, this is one of those kinda feel-good movies, which surprisingly didn’t come out cheesy at all. It’s also a fresh change from director Satoshi Kon’s usual abstract storytelling (see Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, and Paprika). And animation is done by Madhouse Studios, so it’s gotta be good. Go check it out!

And since I’m such in “need of a vacation” mode right now, music pick for this week is Bonnie Bailey’s “Ever After (Eric’s Beach Mix)”. Before you view the Youtube video, gotta first picture yourself on some vast expanse of white sand beach, chillin’ under some palm trees, Corona in hand, staring off into that infinite ocean, setting sun right in your eyes, and just wishing that every day of your life was just like this…mmmmm…then, hit play.

Damn that’s a nice song. This is practically the anthem for the beach resort islands of Cebu and Boracay, Philippines. Hell, the whole country probably knows this song. It’s no surprise. This is just one of those tunes that you really would have to be in an island surrounded by beaches to fully appreciate.

Chill. Like how I do.