2019年6月24日月曜日

Random Thoughts

Hi, I'm Anton. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to perform in front of you. If you're recording this, then I'm sorry to disappoint you: I'm going to give you a bad set. But, I'd love it if you laugh from time to time...

So, what's up? Good. Good.

Now, let me tell you something about me. You know, I'm telling you this like I'm writing my Facebook profile... “ABOUT ME!” Then, you'll see words like: “simple, deep, complex person” or “a music lover” pero, pinapakinggan ko Salbakuta. “Istupid lab!” But, you know, I'm telling information in front of [counts audience] around 5 people, so this is kinda like a public Facebook profile.

Something about me that I will write on my Facebook profile, eventually, “a misanthropic person.” You know what misanthropy is? It's basically just plain hatred on humanity. Plaaaaain and fucking simple. I have a lot of reasons to hate people. Really, I do. First of all, you're all here. Ha! Ha! Ha!That's one reason to hate. Instead of being inside your house, with your wife and kids, spending quality time... You're inside a comedy bar to laugh at YOUR stupidity. You guys are stupid and I hate all of you!

[If negative reaction] Okay, okay. I don't really hate you all. I'm just fishing for a reaction. It just so happens that, well, you guys are fucking assholes.

[If positive reaction/continued from 3rd paragraph] Well, I really hate men who post their “well-sculpted” bodies on their internet profiles. You know, they're these dumb, below-70 IQ guys posing in front of the bathroom mirror, either pulling their shirt up to show their abdomen or a full-frontal show, points their camera at the mirror, or a 45-degree angle, shoots themselves, and uploads the picture. God fucking damn. It's an abomination. Every time I see one picture like that, I say: “Puta naman, p're. Hindi ko kailangan makita yung abs mo!” Then, I'll cringe on the hashtags: “#igers”, “#brofit”, “#gymjunkie”, “#bodylove”, o kaya, eto, putangina nung nakita ko itong hashtag na ito... “#'mirin'” Putang ina. “'mirin'”, amputa. Short for “admiring”. Inutil kang pekpek ka. Paki-type po nang tama yung salita. There's a reason why your iPhone or Android phone keyboard layout is QWERTY. And there's a reason why smartphones are called smartphones: it should not make you LOOK smart, it's suppose to MAKE you smarter than the machine. Okay? Good.

Instagram has become a circus. Everywhere there are different kinds of freaks. If you're posting on Instagram then you are either one of these freaks: the food critic, the sunset photographer, the “gym bro” I mentioned earlier, the feline lover, the fashion gurus and their fashion police, the cramming undergrad, the coffee shop couple, the pseudo-philosopher... you know, the one who posts quotes or one-liners from a book or author they might not have read and gets 10000000 likes, and, of course, we have the narcissist. Worst, if you're all of them at once! Post your Outfit of the Day with you holding a protein bar inside a gym with a stupid one-liner caption taken from a book by Coelho about cats while waiting for your significant other at 5:45PM and worrying about tomorrow's exams. Don't forget the hashtags! #ImANarcisistFucker #IwantYourAttention #PleaseNoticeMe #ImAnInternetLoser

The second reason why I hate humanity: you guys are fucking freaks. And, yes, I intentionally separated myself from... YOU GUYS because, well, I'm an evolved being. [After taking lots of weed and dabbled in the mystic arts and occultism, I have concluded that I am not your kind.] You know the reason why you're here? The reason why you're here is to laugh at YOUR mishaps, I'm here to fucking [make a popping sound] help you. You can add me on Instagram, by the way.

Technology has made us degrade. It's actually sad to say this as an evolved being.

During the Industrial Revolution, technology was just technology: tools to aid people in otherwise difficult jobs. Today, technology makes people zombies. I ride the train or bus and see majority of people looking down. During the '90s, if you do that in any public transportation, that means either you're asleep or you're praying for a safe trip. Today, it's either you're praying or looking at your Samsung Galaxy S5 or iPhone or your iPad mini. Both of which are fucking bad, by the way. I take a walk in SM and see people walking slowly, looking down at their phones like, you guessed it, a zombie. I also see people walking aimlessly while taking a call. Usually, this scene is seen in Makati or Ortigas. People! Reality check! Cellphone snatchers are everywhere. If you value your possessions, don't use your phone in public! Seryoso, kapag nakakakita ako ng magandang phone, siguro yung S5, na-te-tempt akong nakawin yun eh. Ang dali lang, eh: lakad ka lang sa likod niya tapos, SNATCH! Run like a nigga. Buti na lang at mga zombie kayo. Ang bagal ninyong maglakad. It's like watching “Thriller” again but in real life. I wish I had a handgun or pistol then I'll shoot their fucking heads. It's for a good cause, you'll thank me later.

One thing I really hate about these cellphone fucks is when I'm inside a public transportation. Lalo na sa dyip! Putanginang shit! Ang tahimik ng mga tao sa dyip biglang may tatawag sa isang pasahero sa cellphone niya. At, SIYA LANG YUNG MAINGAY DOON.

HELLO? HELLO? JUNJUN? JUNJUN! PAKIDALA NGA YUNG PAPELES SA CITY HALL. KAILANGAN NILA NG PRUP OP OTENTISITI OP BERT. HELLO? HELLO? Binaba na.”

Sa LRT o MRT, iba naman. Mas may dating.

Hello? Sir, hindi ko pa po naibibigay ang recommendation letter kay chairman. Idadaan ko pa po sa HR yun. Salamat po.”

Kita ninyo yung ipinagkaiba ng dalawa?

One time, I was walking along Aurora Boulevard and I nearly got shanked by some squatters, or, as an evloved being, I call them plebeians. I thought to myself, “why did it have to be me?” Sudden realizations happened that night. One: I was wearing my turtleneck shirt and bad-ass black faux leather jacket. Two: I was walking along Sta. Mesa, Manila. One of the most notorious places around the Metro. And three: they thought I was a zombie.

Bus evangelists, man! What kind of shit is that? Papasok sila sa bus, prim and proper, maglalakad sa center aisle, tapos... “Aaaaaah... magandang gabi po sa inyong lahat, ako po ay narito para po ibahagi sa inyo ang kasabihan ng ating tagapag-ligtas, The One and Only Savior, Jesus Christ.” I think to myself, “Jesus fucking Christ! I don't need this shit!” Then, they will do that for 15 minutes, say from Ayala to Ortigas without gridlock. Bababa sila sa Ortigas, sasakay sa isa pang bus, before you know it, nasa bahay na siya... sa Fairview o Bulacan. Aba, tangina nito, ah! Nakalibreng sakay in the name of God. Salamat, Hesus, at ibinigay ninyo ang mga taong hampas-lupa.

These evangelists, man. I can't stand them. Sila yung tipong dapat sunugin sa impiyerno. You'll see one of these evangelists riding the bus then, suddenly, there's a hell-hole underneath him slowly swallowing him up. Most especially when he asks for donations... “In money or in kind”. Oh, sige. I'll donate my kindness. You know, I think that's the reason why I'm apathetic... I give too much kindness in the name of God. Wala akong pera, eh. Moral of the story: don't give your kindness to the Church; it will make you emotionless.

Evangelists in hell. That's a sight to see. Making them see their enemy up close and personal.

Narito po ako para ibahagi sa inyo, Satanas, ang salita ng Diyos... ayon sa Roma kabanata 14 bersikulo 100, basa kapatid na---...”

[In dark, low voice] “Hindi ko kailangan niyang kagaguhan na iyan!” [Breathes fire]

No, Satan, no!”

Then, eternal suffering.

You know, I have lost hope in our media. Yes, I do.

Did you ever notice this: our cultural capital is slowly declining. SLOWLY. You know, we have actors without talent, musicians without melody... politicians without dignity. All the right reasons to believe that every thing in this country is fabricated by... alas! The media! I'm a Journalism major, by the way, I know what the fuck I'm talking about. You know, even our news is fucking pointless!

I took the LRT the other day and some people from a tabloid company gave free copies of their product. When I read at the headline, putangina, totoo ito, ang nakalagay: “Kris Aquino, pati aso pinatulan!” True story, I have the copy in my bag. Kasing lala nito yung nakita kong headline noon: “Girl raped by 6 in front of BF.” It seems like tabloid writers are fucking Literature majors. Sobrang imaginative talaga ng mga isinusulat nila. I read one of the erotica stories in the tabloid and I cringed at the choice of words. Hindi siya nakaka-tigas ng titi. Hindi talaga. “Ipinasok ni Martin ang kanyang malaking ari sa namamaga at pulang-pula na kepyas ni Marie.” And, if you'd notice, it's always the women whose highly objectified. Let's dissect the sentence construction of that one: “Ipinasok ni Martin ang kanyang malaking ari” that's the first statement. No big deal. “Malaking ari”. Alam nating lahat na lumalaki ang ari kapag libog.

Sa namamaga at pulang-pula na kepyas ni Marie.” Hmmmm... Well, I guess that made me hard saying it.

Namamaga at pulang-pula na kepyas ni Marie.” You could say that again and imagine it. Imagine it.

A throbbing red pussy lips and horny clitoris being drilled by a big cock. [Makes clapping sound] Noticed how many adjectives and adverbs I used for the pussy? Two? Three? Against the one adjective I used for the cock. No wonder women can get multiple orgasms. They can say more adjectives and adverbs than men. “Oh my God! My tight, underage, throbbing, red, horny, pulsating, gaping, squirting, and hot pussy is gonna come!” And that's only round one.

I was raised in a liberal Catholic family. You know, we're so liberal, we have the King James Version of the Bible and The Holy Quaran standing side-by-side in our library. I can't help but think that we're going to start the second Inquisition.

People ask me about my religion and I say, “oh, no. I have none.” Then they will follow-up: “Are you an atheist?” or, if a Muslim asks me, “Are you an asshole?” I'll respond in the negative. Christians will have this mentality that it's either you're Christian or an atheist. Muslims will have this mentality that it's either you're a Christian or an asshole. Both of which makes them furious. You know, don't mess with both Christians or Muslims if you're not affiliated with them. The holy war is only for them and them only. I learned this the hard way.

I studied a year and a half in the University of Santo Tomas [chant “Go USTe!”] and I was the only agnostic in my block. There was a Muslim, a Born Again, and Protestant there but all the religious persecution was aimed at me and the Muslim. Imagine 51 students, plus professor, against two. We're at the losing end here. “Mr. Maza, please lead the prayer.” I would go, “uh, sir, I don't know how to pray.” The professor will then say, “Eh, bakit itong Muslim natin marunong magdasal ng Catholic prayer?” At that point my mind was blank. “See. If a non-Christian can pray our prayers, it only means she's a hypocrite. Oy, Muslim! Oy! Halika nga rito, hija!” I can only tell the horrors of their way. Suffice to say, I suffered both the wrath of the Catholic people and our only Muslim classmate: they blamed me for being an atheist and an asshole for not leading the prayer.

Muslims inside a Catholic school. It's like the KGB infiltrating the Pentagon. “I'll snatch your Papal Bulls for Allah!” Formulating conspiracy theories using Bulls and Pontifical documents. Muslims are ninjas, you know. That's why they wear a burqa. You won't notice them, too, if they're not wearing their burqa. It's like they know how to infiltrate their enemy's HQ. That's the problem with Christians: they don't have any other clothing to conceal their identities.

Speaking of conspiracy theories, have you heard of the Pontifical Secret? The Pontifical Secret is a series of documents sealed by the Vatican and shut off from the world. It contains, mostly, sexual abuse by clergymen. You can see how the Church reacts to sex: “Let's seal away these documents and read them from time to time.” Like a fucking erotica novel written by the Vatican secretary: “Let it be known, on the first day of November, the year of the Lord two thousand and fourteen, that Archbishop Giancarlo Luis Senosta, of Napoli, has inserted his long, eight-inch phallus inside the tight rectum of Romano della Totti, a five-year-old altar boy and leper.” Must be hard writing those words especially if you haven't had sex in the name of God. “Ooooh. Eight-inch phallus... oooh! Lord, I'm hard for you, Lord! Ooooh! These are words I've never written in years! Oooooh!” You'll see jizzms on the words “Lord”, “tight rectum”, and “five-year-old altar boy”. You know, that's the last reason why I hate people.

You guys are fucking hypocrites.

But, is there hope for humanity? Is there? I keep on asking myself this. Should I give a little hope for humanity? I should, right?

People who are here watching me rant about why I hate people, you guys are the only hope this world can have. I may not give any hope for my fellow men and the least I can do is to point out what's wrong. But, that's it. I'm detached from any emotions regarding other people. I hate you all but that doesn't mean I won't help you. It's up to you to make this world a better place. Get out of here and help other people. Give alms to those who need, no matter how small you give them. Give food. Let them in your shelter. Show them that they're loved. Because, in the end, we are a race that will never survive a nuclear holocaust. A race that will never survive a meteor attack. A race that will never survive earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons, floods, drowning in the swimming pool, and car accidents. Love all the people. That's my adivce for you. Love all the people.

Thank you for inviting me here, have a wonderful evening. Goodnight!

[Gunshots]