At present, I am nursing three injuries.

I had taken two hits directly to the head in the past ten days. Today, I pulled something in my right arm while I tried to swing my body from one horizontal bar to the other, doing this at a wonky angle.

Ouch.

On top of all that, I actually fell off the escalator of a local mall while I was making my way up to the second floor. However, I managed to regain my balance about four steps below the one on which I was originally standing.

It happened during the afternoon rush hour and, like, a bazillion people saw me. Goodness knows there were ooohhhs and aaahhhs all around, not to mention comments that they thought I was a goner for sure.

People are sadistic that way.

The lady from whom I always purchased my dial-up internet cards at said mall commented: “Wow, I thought you’re gonna go straight down. How’d you do that?”

Double ouch.

Erm, I think it had something to do with adrenaline, lady.

That, plus having monofilament wires at the ready. Natch.

Belated Happy Halloween, minna-san!

I hope everyone had fun trick-or-treating, in one way or the other.

As for me, I got my manicurist to paint my fingernails and toenails the very gothy color of pitch black. My euphoria was only slightly dampened by her disclosure that a good number of girls also had their nails done the same way.

Well, never mind that. I have always believed that imitation is the highest form of flattery.

This long weekend, I spent most of my time watching Hellsing (repeatedly, especially Order 6 with the Walter fight scene) and war movies, as well as tweaking the WordPress blog and other PHP scripts installed at my domain.

You can only guess the sheer quantity of coffee yours truly has consumed, of course.

Before I release you all from my uber-geekiness, allow me to share a silly note: Calamansi, according to certain acquaintances of the tourist trade persuasion, is also called the Philippine lime.

Hmmm. Lime.