#SOCKS

I know I haven't been writing here lately. There is more than one reason.

One, I'm busy and barely has time for anything else.

Two, tides have changed and I feel that watching awful movies is a waste of time.

On time and the busyness: I have been going to the office now since December, and I take on more responsibilities than before. Hence, there is not much time to write. Sometimes I even have to say no to writing assignments for PEP.ph.

On dang-awful movies: that Coco-Julia movies. That Kathryn-Daniel movie. I am sure that they would be awful, and so I don't want to see them. Somehow sitting in an office for six+ hours everyday (I only go after lunch) makes me want to go straight home, instead of wasting time watching a film that would certainly turn my brain to mush.

I still see movies over the weekend, but only the movies I want to see. No more forcing.

I also do reviews, but when I write them, they come up on PEP instead.

I also started catching up on TV series, so less movie-time. I am now watching Breaking Bad and American Horror Story.

One more thing: I am redesigning this website to incorporate more topics, like politics, technology, humor, and other interesting stuff. But first I have to finish Codecademy's Javascript track, and I'm currently stuck.

(Or maybe I would go on and design this using CSS and HTML. We'll see.)

Anyway... #SOCKS

I missed every local movie in this year's CinemaOne and Cinemanila international film festivals, although I covered them for PEP.ph.*

My priorities have changed.

I am a completist. Given time, I would have watched the 13 entries in CinemaOne, and the other entries in Cinemanila, just like how I saw all the Cinemalaya 2012 entries by spending whole days in CCP.

But I chose to spend time elsewhere.

I returned to training at the gym last October. I go to Maic's in Marikina, and I have my own trainer, who is available in the afternoons.

I go to the gym because it makes me happy to see progress. Plus I live alone (and work alone most of the time) so the gym is the only place where I connect with other beings.

In short, my priority now is this:

WORK > GYM > FAMILY > MOVIES > EVERYTHING ELSE.

Anyway, this blog was created to review local mainstream movies, and I guess I haven't left anything out yet.

The next MMFF is also just around the corner, and I won't miss any of those films. They would run for two to three weeks, so there's plenty of time to see all of them.

My reviews of MMFF movies will be posted here as soon as I see them.

* I covered CinemaOne's awards night, and Cinemanila's press briefings, opening ceremony, and awards night.

ADMIN POST: I keep a list of all the movies I see, so I can rank them at the end of the year. And with almost all commercial establishments going full-on Christmas mode, I have prepared my list early.

So far, I've seen 178 movies this year. See the summary here: 2012 movies

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