"Hello, Mr. Spock"

Some of the things I've been getting a kick out of recently

• the similarities between programming and linguistics lexicon
• cryptic crosswords as penalty
• Dr. Uhura's profession and, well, Spock
• conversations about faith, the Bible, Christianity which are as easy as they're complex (if you think this part is corny, you can quietly exit the page, no judgment)

:)

cupboard inventory

Love is a grilled cheese sandwich, layered with different kinds of cheeses and butter. It's an exotic Mexican burger (with a name you already forgot) given a Pinoy twist (with pandesal) stuffed with chorizo and beans, an ingredient bought and cooked the first time. There I guess, love makes you dare. 

But also, love is planning the week's meal, a somewhat elaborate go/grow/glow breakfast, that surprise dinner you may/ may not botch up. Love is scrambled eggs, fritata, canned tuna, caramel popcorn. Love is never getting tired of  rinsing rice, at least thrice, and sticking to that 1:2 rice & water ratio.

Welcoming richer descriptions

Love is vivid. I never wanted the pale version. Love is full strength. I never wanted the diluted version. I never shied away from love’s hugeness but I had no idea that love could be as reliable as the sun. The daily rising of love. 

-- Jeanette Winterson, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

 via Book Mania 

I always thought it was an either/or proposition -- the hot and passionate type vs. the cool, comforting/ comfortable one. Surprise, surprise: love is more multi-dimensional than I had given it credit for, and for this, I'm grateful.

"An Ocean and a Rock," Lisa Hannigan

Last week, Turtle was telling me about her newfound respect for singer Lisa Hannigan, who we both previously knew from her work in a few of Damien Rice's songs, i.e. "Volcano." Upon Turtle's recommendation, gave Lisa's solo album Sea Sew a listen. Hannigan's work is fantastic, quite a far cry from the kind of intensity present in Rice's songs, but beautiful too -- their intensity tempered with a certain whimsicality. 

Here's my favorite track (so far):   

Thoughts of you, warm my bones

I'm on the way, I'm on the phone,

Lets get lost, me and you,

an ocean and a rock is nothing to me.

Travel Treat: Cheesy like that ensaymada

So, two months ago, I found Ilo-ilo and an Ilonggo found me.

The Sun Never Says

Even

After

All this time

The sun never says to the earth,

“You owe

Me.”

Look

What happens

With a love like that,

It lights the

Whole

Sky.

- Hafiz