Lining the Walls
This is a temporary interruption of the Jim Arroyo blog. Please standby...
Now that I have your attention, I was just wondering... what's lining your walls? I came up with this question after last night's party at RJ. Dropping by their condo unit, I saw again RJ's rather extensive collection (selection?) of rubber shoes.
This in turn reminded me that all of us-- whether just hitting 30 or mucking around at 29 or 28-- have these little vices that we've gone into now that we have the time and the money (what little we have).
For example, I'll be the first to admit that I have too many books. Not only books that I've read, mind, but also of books that I haven't read. Probably 500++ or so in my cabinet and bookshelves. Hopefully, these will grant me immortality as I cannot die yet without reading every single one.
But I'm also thinking of Ryan's large comic book collection: one time while he was still here I remember him telling me that he went on a buying spree of comic books-- at dirt cheap prices-- despite the fact that these were titles he weren't keen on (stuff like Image, etc.) . I presume he's expanded this collection while in the US. (Makes me wonder how much it cost him to ship all his comic books there.)
Likewise, Jay Tan has DVDs lining his wall. Pirated DVD, yes, but these are the clear qualities types-- no people suddenly standing in front of your screen, no laughs or screams in the background, no "for Oscar viewing purposes only" flashing suddenly on the screen or the movie turning black and white. Of course, a number of his movies are currently veering into those with lesbian love scenes but we won't get into that right now.
Joel Ilao-- ah, his walls (and cabinets) are a kid's dream. There are model cars, action figures from movies like Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, Sleepy Hallow. There are also a number of model toy robots like Mazinger Z, Aphrodite and Voltes V. I hear he has fend off his kid cousins and nephews from his collection whenever they visit.
I suppose in terms of porn, TC is still the man to go? I'm not sure how extensive his collection is though if ever you're curious who's the latest babe in the Fortune Tobacco calendars is, just check out his room.
I'm not sure about the rest: I could surmise that Miko Pogi has an extensive collection of girls but I don't know if that counts. Likewise, I know Rhoch is into model making but since I haven't seen his collection, I don't know how many model he has. (Toy models. Get your mind out of the gutter, pervert. Including you, Rhoch!) Sonny? Does his house count? I don't know again.
Anyway, that's all. This is your rebel blogger signal banzai cat signing off.
Now back to your Jim Arroyo blog...
Now that I have your attention, I was just wondering... what's lining your walls? I came up with this question after last night's party at RJ. Dropping by their condo unit, I saw again RJ's rather extensive collection (selection?) of rubber shoes.
This in turn reminded me that all of us-- whether just hitting 30 or mucking around at 29 or 28-- have these little vices that we've gone into now that we have the time and the money (what little we have).
For example, I'll be the first to admit that I have too many books. Not only books that I've read, mind, but also of books that I haven't read. Probably 500++ or so in my cabinet and bookshelves. Hopefully, these will grant me immortality as I cannot die yet without reading every single one.
But I'm also thinking of Ryan's large comic book collection: one time while he was still here I remember him telling me that he went on a buying spree of comic books-- at dirt cheap prices-- despite the fact that these were titles he weren't keen on (stuff like Image, etc.) . I presume he's expanded this collection while in the US. (Makes me wonder how much it cost him to ship all his comic books there.)
Likewise, Jay Tan has DVDs lining his wall. Pirated DVD, yes, but these are the clear qualities types-- no people suddenly standing in front of your screen, no laughs or screams in the background, no "for Oscar viewing purposes only" flashing suddenly on the screen or the movie turning black and white. Of course, a number of his movies are currently veering into those with lesbian love scenes but we won't get into that right now.
Joel Ilao-- ah, his walls (and cabinets) are a kid's dream. There are model cars, action figures from movies like Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, Sleepy Hallow. There are also a number of model toy robots like Mazinger Z, Aphrodite and Voltes V. I hear he has fend off his kid cousins and nephews from his collection whenever they visit.
I suppose in terms of porn, TC is still the man to go? I'm not sure how extensive his collection is though if ever you're curious who's the latest babe in the Fortune Tobacco calendars is, just check out his room.
I'm not sure about the rest: I could surmise that Miko Pogi has an extensive collection of girls but I don't know if that counts. Likewise, I know Rhoch is into model making but since I haven't seen his collection, I don't know how many model he has. (Toy models. Get your mind out of the gutter, pervert. Including you, Rhoch!) Sonny? Does his house count? I don't know again.
Anyway, that's all. This is your rebel blogger signal banzai cat signing off.
Now back to your Jim Arroyo blog...
posted by banzai cat at 4:19 PM
6 Comments:
Law books. Lots of them. When I re-reviewed for the bar last year, I was reading some of them for the very first time. Explains a lot, doesn't it?
My comics collection would probably stand out as the most voluminous, but they're tucked away in a little brown cabinet in a corner of the room.
One thing I'm proud of, though, is my collection of soundtrack CDs, which as of 2004 amounted to 54, and that's not even including the ones that mysteriously disappeared after being lent out. It's not so much the volume as the fact that no one I know (except Paul Daza) is really into this stuff. I have stuff by John Williams (duh), James Horner (Titanic), Jerry Goldsmith (Star Trek), Hanz Zimmer (Gladiator), and the Disney duo (Menken and Ashman), among others.
hehe my brother also has a tv & movie soundtrack collection from which i rip and turn to mp3s.
carlo just made off with my 1.6 GB mp3 collection with his 120 GB portable hard drive.
the tv theme song to buck rogers is my favorite.
"far beyond this world i've known, far beyond my time..."
knight rider is a trip
when shipping, cost isn't computed by weight. it's by cbm. (cubic meters)
i think collecting rubber shoes became popular because of nike and its line of jordans. some of those shoes go for $500-$700/pair in the post-retail market.
hey jay, while i'd like a dvd collection, what is its value when the format goes the way of betamax and laserdisc? stick with comics.
Ryan,
To answer your question, this is a point in time when it has become accessible and affordable to get very, very good copies of films. I'm sure that these will go the way of the dinosaurs as well, but it's better to have these films now and in a quality that won't deteriorate like the VHS format. When something comes out cheaper and better, then I'll just have to build my collection from scratch again, right? The joy is in the journey my friend!
As for comics, I'll come back when Judd Winick's career ends and Brad Meltzer is writing every single book out on the market.
Jim- Eh. Sorry, I forgot I once saw your collection of soundtrack CDs. 54 is a big number too. Hmmm, I remember you also have a selection of movie posters (courtesy of Paul).
Ryan- So how much all in all did you pay for shipping? And how long did it take?
Jay- 'The joy is in the journey' is quite apt but it's still a bitch. ;-)
Hey, hey, hey! My walls are NOT lined with porn! "Reading material," I believe, is the more appropriate term. :D As Ryan very well pointed out, I have a two-track mind. Thus, my extensive collection of "reading material" naturally reflects the main interests held in my "two-track" mind: Business and Women.
I subscribed to Business 2.0 magazine for well over 3 years and scrounged every branch of Book Sale to find the issues from their first year of publication. I also have many early to mid-90's issues of Fortune, Forbes, World Executive's Digest (now defunct) as well as several individual issues of Harvard Business Review, Red Herring, Fast Company and various other I.T. related magazines. PLUS, let's not forget my ever increasing stack of books, most of which are business or programming related. But I have several other books about my many other interests - science (I'm always reading stuff on how the brain works - I recommend The Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono), strategy (Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz), biographies (Larry Ellison, Apple Computer, IBM, Warren Buffet, George Soros, Scott McNealy and Sun Microsystems, J.D. Rockefeller and other business titans) and humor (Dave Barry, Dave Barry and more Dave Barry! Every chapter's a chuckle-fest!) among many others.
As for the other track, I'm still happily subscribed to U.S. Maxim (their articles make for a very entertaining read). My Mom (yeah, you read it right) gave me a subscription to Playboy for a year (that's expired, but no great loss. Seriously - they're fast losing ground to the likes of Maxim, FHM and my personal favorite - PERFECT 10 :D I'm trying to get my Dad to get me a subscription!). I have several issues of Phil. FHM including their maiden issue (that's going to be a collector's item, I'm sure ;D), among a few British/Australian "good stuff."
With regard to my famed Fortune Tobacco calendars, I'm afraid we've seen the last of them as of 2004. They've discontinued the racier types of calendars for more, uh, appropriate ones. The only thing I got this year was a calendar of Tanya Garcia in her all-white undies (t-shirt and briefs). Go figure.
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