Jobstreet’s latest email blast featured an ad for editor-in-chief of 10 Magazine.

Buy and Sell, the corporate entity behind this porn mag men’s lifestyle magazine, is “looking for is a regular joe who enjoys all the good things in life, vicariously or in actual fact.”

So all you hot-blooded straight male writers, if you want to consider a career in the porn magazine adult male literary entertainment industry, you might want to give it a shot. After all, all the ladies love a man who works for a magazine that objectifies them.

Oh, by the way, if you get the job, you, Mr. Regular Joe, Mr. Manly Manly, are to report to the Operations Officer for Men’s and Gay Entertainment Magazines (italics mine). Yeah, so have fun with that.

Haven’t weighed myself in over a week now. Don’t know if I’m gaining or losing. I feel I’m losing, especially since I’m moving around a lot more, but I certainly didn’t help today’s effort with my food intake. Had one chickendog for breakfast, which wasn’t bad, and then about 250g of tuna sashimi for lunch (with incredibly brain-blowing wasabi! Man, my nose cleared up like *snap* THAT!).

Then, I lost it. About three spoonfuls of homemade leche flan (cream custard) from Annalyn, an officemate; one pinipig crunch ice cream lolly; half a pint of Magnolia chocolate ice cream; one KitKat White bar; and two thirds a pack of Granny Goose Tortillas.

Darn it. I was doing so well.

I am sooooooooo not eating dinner. Hu hu hu!

For this week’s Thursday Thirteen (Fridays in Manila), I write down my 13 favorite sitcom characters.

1 Rose Nylund. Played by Betty White on the Golden Girls, Rose was a sweet but airheaded blonde from Minnesota. “Then the sheriff came, and I told him about how I kill men, and he didn’t believe me! He said, ‘Let’s see, sleep with me!’, so I did. Then the sheriff died!”

2 Phoebe Buffay. Played by Lisa Kudrow on Friends, Phoebe was a kooky lady who lived on the street before becoming friends with the rest of the gang. Phoebe: “Someday I’ll tell you about the time I stabbed a cop.” Monica: “What?!” Phoebe: “What! He stabbed me first!”

3 Chandler Bing. Matthew Perry played this character on Friends and has since gone on to become typecast in the role of the sarcastic best friend. “Everytime I see fishnet stockings, I’m reminded of… my father in fishnet stockings.”

4 Winnie the Witch. Played by Corinne Bohrer, Winnie was the lead character on Free Spirit, a forgotten sitcom - didn’t last a season - that is also memorable for a prepubescent Alysson Hannigan. “Not necessarily!”

5 Balki Bartokomous. Bronson Pinchot played this lovable character from Mipos on the hit 80s sitcom Perfect Strangers. “Now we so happy, we do the dance of joy!”

6 Murphy Brown. Candice Bergen played the title role in this runaway hit. “Oh my God, I have milk coming out of my breasts. This is like having bacon come out of your elbow.”

7 Karen Walker. Grace Adler’s rich secretary on Will and Grace was played by former talk show host Megan Mullally. Jack: “We need a good designer.” Karen: “Do you know any?” Jack (referring to Grace): “Why isn’t she speaking?” Karen: Because she’s hypnotized by her own dress.”

8 Dr. Niles Crane. David Hyde-Pierce was spectacular in his role as Dr. Frasier Crane’s brother on the hit sitcom Frasier. Niles (referring to Bebe, Frasier’s agent: “Oh, dear, don’t turn around. It’s that dreadful woman who works for you.” Frasier: “Who?” Niles: “Um… Lady Macbeth without the sincerity.”

9 Raymond Barone. Ray Romano played the title character on Everybody Loves Raymond. I relate sooo much. Debra Barone: “It’s not about winning and losing. ” Ray Barone: “You know who says that? The loser.”

10 Niles the Butler. Daniel Davis was delightful as the sarcastic butler in The Nanny. Oi vey, he was one of my favorites! C.C.:  “I couldn’t put a foot out of bed this morning.” Niles: “Did someone put a rock on your coffin again?”

11 Lucy Ricardo. All hail the irrepressible, incomparable Lucille Ball! I LOVE LUCY! Lucy (talking to Ethyl about Ricky) “He’s put his foot down so many times, I feel like I’m married to a cuban centipede.”

12 Fez. Wilmer Valderrama’s turn as the ever-horny, ever-sweet Fez (short, by the way, for Foreign Exchange Student, a little 70s spin right there) is hilarious. That 70s Show was a great show.

13 Grandpa Vladimir Dracula. Howard Morton was terribly funny as the cantankerous Grandpa Munster on The Munsters Today. Marilyn: 1988? It can’t be! Grandpa: Yes it can, and it is! But it’s no problem, I can have it fixed in a jiffy. Lily: Jiffy? You can not fix what happened, we have just taken a twenty-two year nap!

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It’s half past 12 in the morning. I can’t believe I’m still awake. The perils of taking work home with you, I suppose.

Anyway, I glanced at Technorati’s hottest search terms and found the name ‘Tammy Nyp’ at #2. I had no idea who this woman was, so I Googled her only to find she is the latest female student to have a sex tape leak onto the Internet.

The Philippines had its fair share of ’scandals,’ starting with ‘the original’ La Salle scandal (that was retitled AMA Scandal, Benilde Scandal, and a host of other school scandals). Weeks later, every Filipino porno flick was retitled with the word ’scandal’ and distributed in pirated format or through the Internet.

Later on, when alleged sex tapes of Filipino celebrities surfaced, including supposed videos of Ethel Booba and Paolo Bediones among them, it became the rage amongst Filipino pornographers to find celebrity lookalikes and film them in sex scenes, later on released as celebrity sex scandals.

Meanwhile, the two parties involved in every sex tape have to live with a certain amount of embarrassment, especially the lady. It’s a shame, really; each girl is someone’s daughter, someone’s wife or girlfriend, someone’s loved one. It’s a terrible thing to be exposed like that. I can’t say it puzzles me why anyone would do that to someone else who, in the eyes of another person, is a prized person. But that’s the world we live in, I guess.
Whether it is a Paris Hilton sex tape, a Tammy Nyp sex tape, a Colin Farrell sex tape, an Aubrey Miles sex tape, or a Tommy and Pamela sex tape, what is glaringly obvious is that there is obviously a growing clamor for pornographic material. With the advent of the You online generation, where materials like these can be distributed freely through email, pornographic video content websites, even mobile phones, the lesson to be learned here is clear: If you don’t want your sex tape to ever get out, don’t make a sex tape.

Looking for links to any of the sex tapes mentioned in this blog post? Don’t expect them here.

I lost around five pounds at the 2007 Victory Christian Fellowship prayer and fasting effort. That’s one-tenth of the total number of pounds I would like to shed off in 2007. At least three of my friends are on start-of-year weight loss programs, so I figure I might as well join them.

I call this my Slim4Him Project (motivated by my desire to lose weight so my body will truly be God’s temple, not God’s Megamall or God’s Mall of Asia). I’ll try to have once-a-week updates.

I’ve failed on every single diet I’ve been on, save for a crash diet in 1996 that saw me drop 30 lbs in three weeks. I’ve obviously gained that weight back and then some. I don’t intend to fail this time - failure is not an option when God has my back.

Here it goes!

Look, I’m sorry, y’all, if the latest blog entries have been about Golden Globe winner Jennifer Hudson (wow!) but Cathy and I are fans, okay? We’re just spreadin’ the JHud love.

Here’s the transcript of her Golden Globe acceptance speech (her “Thank yous”, if you will).

“Oh my God, whoo, thank you so much. Wow, I have always dreamed, but never, ever this big, ever. This goes far beyond anything that I could have ever imagined. I just want to say thank you to the Hollywood Foreign Press for such an amazing honor, whoo baby give me one second… I’m trying not to cry… but you do not know how much this does for my confidence, because of this.. oh my God, am I turning into Effie up here okay? Because of this it makes me feel like I’m a part of a community, and it makes me feel like an actress and you do not understand how much that feels good to say.”

“Oh my God, I cannot believe this when I look around this room…I would like to thank my director Bill Condon, you have been an angel… without I could not have created Effie without you. I have to thank God for just this experience and for my family and my friends and for my boyfriend that’s here with me tonight. I would also like to thank Larry Mark, David Geffen, my team, Ava DuVernay, Bill Abrams, whoo I cannot believe this moment right now, everybody, my family at home, to Paramount, Dreamworks, thank you once again to Hollywood Foreign Press and everybody in this room. Thank you for making me feel so welcome, thank you. One more thing, I just want to dedicate this award to a lady who never really got a fair chance, this award is for Florence Ballard, you will never be forgotten.”

Looking for the transcript to Jennifer Hudson’s Oscar acceptance speech? Click here.

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Earlier tonight (this afternoon in Manila), singer/actress Jennifer Hudson won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy/Musical for her role as Effie White in Dreamworks’ Dreamgirls.

Hudson, who was more popularly known as an American Idol Season 3 finalist prior to her dream casting as Effie, now ups her collection of accolades for her portrayal of Effie to 18!

Hudson has won Best Supporting Actress nods from the Satellite Awards; New York Film Critics Circle; New York Film Critics Circle Online (tied with Catherine O’Hara); the Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards; the Washington, DC Film Critics Association; the African-American Film Critics Association; the Las Vegas Film Critics Association; the St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Awards; the Broadcast Film Critics Awards; and the Ohio Film Critics Awards.

She has also been acknowledged as Female Star of Tomorrow by Sho West, Best Female Breakthrough Performance from the National Board of Review (tied with Babel’s Rinko Kikuchi); the Breakthrough Performer award from the New York Film Critics Circle Online; the Breakthrough of the Year from the Hollywood Life Awards; the Breakthrough Performance Award from the Palm Springs International Film Festival; the Pauline Kael Breakout Award from the Florida Film Critics Circle; the Breakout Performance Award from the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle; and the Breakout Artist award from the Austin Film Critics Association.

She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards and the National Society of Film Critics awards, but did not win.

She still has standing nominations at the Screen Actors Guild Awards , the NAACP Image Awards, and the BAFTA.

Go, JHud! Take home that Oscar!

Spoiler video: This is the pivotal scene in Dreamgirls when Effie White is booted out of the Dreams. This Jennifer Hudson video undoubtedly won her the Golden Globe and nine other acting awards. This video of And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going with Jennifer Hudson, Beyonce, Anika Noni Rose, Jamie Foxx, Keith Robinson, and half-Filipina Sharon Leal, is truly intense, and I wouldn’t recommend you watch it without going through the entire movie, but it’s really spectacular. Before enjoying this video of And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going, you get the ‘fight scene’ video of It’s All Over.

This video of And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going was apparently shot bootleg (so it’ll probably be pulled off YouTube soon). The audience breaks into spontaneous applause at least three times during Jennifer Hudson’s spotlight song. (Pay close attention to the side comments of the audience, like some anonymous black girl who muttered a sassy “Mmm hmm” the minute Sharon Leal steps onto the stage and Effie White eyes her in disbelief - hilarious!).

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There’s actually a better quality video here, but it cuts out the climax! Hell no!

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As Chris Rock’s momma puts it, Oh Laaaaaaawwwwwd!

I don’t care what you people say. The 80s rocked our socks. Here’s a video of 1987 #1 hit Lost in Emotion by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam. The hair! The costumes! Gasp! The earrings!

They would return years later with Let the Beat Hit ‘Em, off their last album together, Straight Outta Hell’s Kitchen, but the best track was Let the Music Play, criminally ignored at radio. Try to get a copy on my recommendation - dated or not, it’s fantastic.

Remember how I narrated the ordeal of how to replace stolen Philippine license plates?

Well, apparently, the Philippine government just looooooves to bite me in the butt.

I learned today - Saturday, when I can’t do anything about it - that my 2007 car registration, facilitated by the wonderful people at Toyota Balintawak, no sarcasm there, was temporarily halted because there was a car alert on my car.

Apparently, some cop saw my car, with its improvised license plates - which say “LTO Registered” - on the road. Standard procedure, which I welcome, is to pull me over to investigate. I then show the cop my papers and go merrily along my way. This cop opted not to pull me over, choosing instead to report my car with its improvised plates to the LTO.

Apparently, their records over there at the LTO don’t update over the computer system, such that the LETAS - or whatever department handles this car alert system - doesn’t know I already filed my lost plate alert and facilitated my duplicate license plate request.

The end result: I have to go to the LTO and show them the papers - that I myself got from the LTO! - so they can lift the car alert and allow Toyota Balintawak to facilitate my car registration.

Hay, another half-morning, guaranteed lost from my workday. This January alone, I will have lost two whole days of work because I have to facilitate all these government requirements that should ideally take only a day if everything were systematic.

Update: So I finally got the alert lifted.. after two and a half hours at the LTO. Grrrrr.

For this week’s Thursday Thirteen (Fridays in Manila), I list 13 actors, in alphabetical order, who have publicly declared their faith in Jesus Christ. (Whether their actions match their faith is another matter, but we aren’t called forth to judge, and let those without sin cast the first stone.)

1. Daniel & Natasha Bedingfield. The singing siblings - he of If I’m Not the One, she of Unwritten - haven’t quite come out with explicitly Christian songs in their albums, but then again, a ton of singers who are Christian haven’t either.

2. Lacey Chabert. The actress from Party of Five recently went sexy with a series of magazine spreads, but whatever.

3. Anna Chlumsky. Actress most well-known for My Girl with Macaulay Culkin.

4. Alice Cooper. Believe it or not.

5. Miley Cyrus. More popularly known as Hannah Montana, she and her dad share a close Christian bond.

6. Ryan Gosling. Actor most well-known for his work in The Notebook opposite Rachel McAdams.

7. Taylor Hicks. Surprise! The 2006 American Idol is in our ranks.

8. Jennifer Hudson. No surprise at all. JHud has been praising Jesus publicly ever since she landed the role of Effie White - and well before that.

9. Olivia Newton-John. Who would’ve guessed the popular Australian-born singer and actress believed in Jesus, especially after her relatively open-ended Gaia album?

10. Chuck Norris. The actor who played Walker Texas Ranger believes in a higher law.

11. Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond. Turns out they’re Mormon. Thanks, D.

12. Mr T. I pity the foo’ who don’t believe Mr. T believes in forgiveness and the healing power of Christ.

13. Elijah Wood. The Lord of the Rings star is open about his faith.

Sources: here and here.

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