Author: Roel Concepcion

Just know that I spelled Jabbawockeez right on the first try having never spelled that word out ever in my life. I commend myself for having the wherewithal to trust my gut and listen to the parts of my soul that handles such things like emotion and ego and hip-hop circa 1993.

To let out deep seated frustrations, shame, and guilt by expressing a person’s truest, most profound hate and feelings through the comments sections of subreddits in hopes of ruining a stranger’s day, night, or week, depending on the length of the comments thread.

For example, “After a long drawn out day at the office and faced with another night of dealing with high energy children on their first week of summer, Roel began Reddit Rage Writing to release the negative energy from his mind and body.”

Nobody talks about The Internet enough. I will.

Jon Jon Briones – one of my all-time favorite actors. Not sure how he didn’t receive any accolades for his role in Versace, but he should be celebrated. So thank you for all your creative contributions, Jon Jon.

Isa Briones – congratulations on everything. You deserve it all and you deserve more roles.

“In the hours just before Martial Law was officially announced on the evening of September 23, 1972, the Camp Crame Gymnasium became the site where the first hundred or so political prisoners – those caught from a list of about 400 journalists, educators, politicians, and others on a list of “National List of Target Personalities” who were labeled “subversives” because they had openly criticized Ferdinand Marcos – were brought before they were moved to other facilities such as Fort Magsaysay in Laur, Nueva Ecija or the various detention centers in Fort Bonifacio.”

— Wikipedia

I will forever remember — for those who lived through it and died because of it — what the Marcos regime did to the Philippines.