Lost in Punch-Drunk Adaptation of a Spotless Love

Lost in Punch-Drunk Adaptation of a Spotless Love http://jokoanwar.multiply.com/ But I'm not dead or a poet. So go ahead if you want to explore my crap. I hope you don't get the heebie-jeebies. Please also visit my movie blog. <a href="http://deadtimethemovie.blogspot.com"><img src="http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/4766/front2kz9.jpg" height="150" width="400"></a> Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:12:53 -0000 Thu, 5 Jul 2007 08:37:30 -0000 Lost in Punch-Drunk Adaptation of a Spotless Love http://images.jokoanwar.multiply.com/logo http://jokoanwar.multiply.com 100 100 My iPod is Possessed, Part 1 <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/RoysHAoKCsQAAAO5apo1"> </a>My iPod is possessed. One day, I was shopping for cheap clothes in one of those stores that sell merchandises which have been rejected buy regular stores because they were damaged (pairs of sandals that are both lefts or  t-shirts with only one sleeve). When I got back to my car bringing a mountain of clothes, I opened the back door and just dumped all the stuffs in there. I was trying to close the door when something seemed to be preventing the door from closing down. I thought it was the clothing, so I opened the door    w i d e    then SLAM! It still didn't close. I checked it out. It was my iPod. <a style="font-family: arial,helvetica;" href="../photos/hi-res/upload/RoysHAoKCsQAAAO5apo1"></a> Since then, my iPod has been giving me premonition. Every morning, I play my iPod in shuffle mode. The first song that my iPod chooses will describe how my day's gonna be. Yesterday, it played "Just" by Radiohead. Since it's one of the classics in my list, I thought it was gonna be a great day. After being broke for months, I finally got a paycheck... http://jokoanwar.multiply.com/journal/item/41/My_iPod_is_Possessed_Part_1_ Thu, 5 Jul 2007 08:37:30 -0000 Quickie Express (Teaser - Marley Version) Another teaser from Quickie Express, a new film by Dimas Djayadiningrat. That's Aming, by the way. http://jokoanwar.multiply.com/video/item/5/Quickie_Express_Teaser_-_Marley_Version Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:16:17 -0000 Quickie Express - Teaser (Mudakir Version) Teaser of the new comedy by Dimas Djayadiningrat. Out in November 2007. Watch for other teasers and trailers to http://jokoanwar.multiply.com/video/item/4/Quickie_Express_-_Teaser_Mudakir_Version Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:23:37 -0000 A Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/RnDzsgoKCsQAAGHnYdM1"><img style="width: 338px; height: 375px;" class="alignmiddle" src="http://images.jokoanwar.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RnDzsgoKCsQAAGHnYdM1/Joko%20Anwar464.jpeg?et=RSHQWLSEypJrhD2tqShwdg" border="0"></a> Indonesia's most promising filmmaker, Edwin, is currently working on his his feature debut, "A Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly". I was so pleased to be able to observe the shooting last Sunday. This is truly guerrilla filmmaking at its best. Edwin shoots whenever he raises some money then stops until he raises some more. The say the story provocative is an understatement. The script is mind-blowing. Let's hope Edwin can finish this movie soon. It could be an antidote to the crass commercialism that's acutely plaguing Indonesian film scene. http://jokoanwar.multiply.com/journal/item/40/A_Blind_Pig_Who_Wants_to_Fly Thu, 14 Jun 2007 08:18:04 -0000 Rip-offs... or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Strawberry <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/RnDZFQoKCsQAAGxLnI41"></a>It was a long weekend two weeks ago. Like all Jakartans who are desperate for a holiday, me and my friends went to Bandung, the capital of West Java. And like all desperate holidays, it was ill-fated. With the new freeway, it should've only taken two hours to get there. But since everybody was going there, it was long enough for me to see two horror films on DVD while driving. (I've developed an ability to have my left eye watch the DVD monitor on my dashboard while my right eye watching the road, seriously). And when I had to stop because of the traffic jam, I read the "Financial Revolution" tips on my cellphone again and again. I began subscribing the service since the advertisement on TV says it will give you guides on "how to become financially secured in two years or less". It sends you one text message every morning and they charge you 1,000 Rupiah (US 13 cents) per sms. Since I always wonder how am I going to get or to save money to live the next month, I think 1,000 Rupiahs... http://jokoanwar.multiply.com/journal/item/39/Rip-offs..._or_How_I_learned_to_Stop_Worrying_and_Love_the_Strawberry Thu, 14 Jun 2007 06:09:39 -0000 Things that Come Back to Bite You in the Ass There's always a price to pay when you're being a smart-ass. A few months ago when I was shopping for cheap underwears, I received an SMS which sounded something like "So, shall I do it?" I figured that somebody must have sent it by mistake. I could have replied and told the sender that he or she might have typed the wrong number. Or, I could have simply ignored it. But noooo... I must do something witty so I replied, "Please do." I immediately making up stories in my mind. The sender was a woman and she was asking her husband's permission to put on her sexiest lingerie that night. Or a boy asking his mother's permission to appear in porn. What I didn't remember was that two hours ago a friend of mine borrowed my cell phone to talk to someone in the catering business about the possibility to order 1,000 boxes of food for an event.The next day, I was five millions Rupiah poorer. *** Last year, in a bid to curve terrorism and cellphone-related frauds, the Indonesian government made a regul... http://jokoanwar.multiply.com/journal/item/38/Things_that_Come_Back_to_Bite_You_in_the_Ass Wed, 30 May 2007 13:29:14 -0000 Our Beloved Guardian of Moral Values: The Board of Censorship <img style="width: 457px; height: 340px;" class="alignmiddle" src="http://www.drooker.com/graphics/images/Censorship.jpg" border="0"> We live in a world which is heading toward moral decay. It used to be very peaceful and civilized. We knew no war (the story of Holy War was a well-planned hoax to be used later as an excuse Kingdom of Heaven), no barbarian, no murder between brothers (Abel and Cain were actually puppy dogs). Now we have prostitutes, women wearing short skirts, hoodlums, and riots. Blame movies for the declining values of human kind. The invention of movies is our biggest sin. Thank God we live in Indonesia where the last noble, intelligent people gather in an institution called the Board of Censorship (LSF). They make sure we won't see people making love on screen, and protect us from the ugliness of western culture. Read about the board <a style="font-family: arial,helvetica;" href="http://www.lsf.go.id/">here</a>. You can also read their brilliant guidelines in censoring film there which include one point which prohibit filmmakers from portraying bad things about government officials. They are our leaders. They must be saints. Many rooms in heaven have been for them. I ... http://jokoanwar.multiply.com/journal/item/37/Our_Beloved_Guardian_of_Moral_Values_The_Board_of_Censorship_ Sun, 1 Oct 2006 19:51:58 -0000 Nadine, My Heroine My country is the best country in the world. The people are the best human beings in the world, the smartest. Crime rates are so low we love to to take a walk on the street, even at midnight, in dark alleys. Nobody would try to rob you, let alone kill you. Plus, we got the best, most honest police officials in the world. We've never heard of corruption. Our government officials are the best managers and the best workers. We never experience natural disaster. We never experience national disaster such as bloody ethnic clash because a small group of people decide to play a little game of politics. We are all devout Muslims. We don't have sex. Sex is bad. We don't kiss. Kiss is bad. We ban bikinis because bikini is the source human degradation. In short, living in my country means living the most peaceful life you can possibly have on Earth. That's why you got to understand why suddenly our nation is shaken when one woman decides to be a contestant of Miss Universe. It's a beauty page... http://jokoanwar.multiply.com/journal/item/31/Nadine_My_Heroine Sat, 22 Jul 2006 08:31:39 -0000 The Geek Who Became A Prophet <img style="width: 248px; height: 191px;" src="http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h243/punchdrunkfighter/tomiprophet.jpg"> I never dreamed that I would live to see a peaceful time in the city. It was six days ago. No murder. No robbery. No religious group out to kill a Miss Universe contestant. No airport officials extorting money from female workers who just returned from some Arab country. No ethnic clash. No crippled being exploited for a reality show. Everybody joined their family. They stayed at home exchanging jokes, recollecting only good times. They said 'I love you' every minute. Some families took a walk in the only park in town, and on the sidewalks. They were holding hands. They hugged. They kissed. Nobody got arrested for kissing, even lovers. Like I said, it was a peaceful time. It all began two years ago, during an exclusive new year's eve party for the city's art people. Among the guests, there was a 30 year-old uber geek who was dragged to the gathering by his older sister. She said he needed to go out more. The geek, Tomi, ended up drinking too much wine and smoked too much pot and ... http://jokoanwar.multiply.com/journal/item/30/The_Geek_Who_Became_A_Prophet Sat, 15 Jul 2006 02:38:44 -0000 Wassup Rockers (2005) Director/Writer: Larry Clark. Starring: Jonathan Velasquez, Francisco Pedrasa, Milton Velasquez, Yunior Usualdo Panameno, Eddie Velasquez, Luis Rojas-Salgado, Carlos Velasco. After Ken Park, I thought Larry Clark wouldn't be able to surprise me anymore. But he did with Wassup Rockers. And what a delightful surprise it was. Wassup Rockers is Larry Clark's most tender film (but still uncompromising, by the way) which tells the story a bunch of skateboarding teens from South Central who after being stopped by a cop for driving without license, take a bus and roam Beverly Hills. There, they receive an invitation from two rich girls to come to their big house. Sex is only the beginning of the adventures these kids will have. And the seemingly simple plot becomes a treat for those who look for nutritious cinema. My God I love this movie. http://jokoanwar.multiply.com/reviews/item/13 Fri, 7 Jul 2006 04:57:52 -0000 The Story of the Man with the Ugliest Smile in the World "I fall in love everyday, may be even twice. And you know, being me, it's very torturous." Paul sips his coffee, Arabica coffee mixed with some exotic spice. And of course, he spilled some to his white shirt. He took some tissue and tried to wipe it off. And of course, the stain only became bigger. But being clumsy is the least of Paul's problems. People say he got the ugliest smile in the world. His friends will never have dinner with him because when he smiles, they will lose their appetite. Some rumors said that the birds who lived in cages at his house stopped singing after he was born. Neighbors who came to see baby Paul were disgusted by his smile. Even his parents were disgusted. So they kept baby Paul crying all the time. When grew up, his parents always tried to make him depressed. The problem was, Paul was a happy kid. When his parents took away his TV, he started playing with imaginary friends. They were all clowns and the best jokers in the world and they ... http://jokoanwar.multiply.com/journal/item/29/The_Story_of_the_Man_with_the_Ugliest_Smile_in_the_World Thu, 6 Jul 2006 16:38:43 -0000 Joni On The Road, Part 2: South Africa <img src="http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h243/punchdrunkfighter/South%20Africa/diff_ad_350.jpg"> Dari semua festival film yang saya ikuti, pengalaman di festival ini ternyata jadi yang paling inspiring dan membuka mata. Saat tiba di bandara Durban, saya jadi lebih yakin bahwa bandara Cengkareng kita yang tercinta adalah salah satu yang terburuk di dunia. <a href="http://www.durban.kzn.org.za/durban/">Durban</a> disebut sebagai "playground" South Africa yang menjadi tujuan wisata terbesar. Kesan pertama saya adalah kekaguman. <img style="width: 450px; height: 301px;" src="http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h243/punchdrunkfighter/South%20Africa/IMG_3417.jpg"> Pantai di Durban <img src="http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h243/punchdrunkfighter/South%20Africa/IMG_3410.jpg"> Bangkai kapal yang diubah jadi restoran dan akuarium Sea World <img style="width: 444px; height: 296px;" src="http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h243/punchdrunkfighter/South%20Africa/IMG_3558.jpg"> Tempat Janji Joni diputar <img src="http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h243/punchdrunkfighter/South%20Africa/IMG_3547.jpg"> Hotel tempat saya menginap Tapi tak berapa lama kemudian, ternyata pikiran saya tentang Afrika Selatan jadi berbagai macam. Setelah menaruh barang-barang di hotel, saya bersiap-siap untuk menyusuri kota dengan kamera foto di tangan. Salah seorang panitia bertanya saya mau kemana. "Motret kota," kata saya. "Nooo... Kamu nggak bisa jalan-jalan di kota sendiri. Apalagi bawa kamera seperti itu." Saya masih tidak percaya kalau keadaan di situ segitu tidak amannya. Padahal dari kulitnya, kota itu terlihat sangat tente... http://jokoanwar.multiply.com/journal/item/28/Joni_On_The_Road_Part_2_South_Africa Wed, 28 Jun 2006 20:17:06 -0000 Joni On The Road, Part 1: Slovakia INTRODUCTION Sejak dirilis April 2005, Janji Joni telah diundang di lebih 20 festival film internasional. International Art Film Festival ke-14 di Trencianske Teplice, Slovakia, yang diadakan akhir bulan Juni 2006 adalah festival adalah festival yang terakhir saya hadiri untuk Janji Joni karena saya harus sudah harus sibuk menyiapkan film kedua. Supaya saya bisa bebas bercerita tanpa bisa dibaca oleh para penyelenggaranya, catatan perjalanan Joni di festival-festival ini akan saya tulis dalam bahasa Indonesia. Dan juga supaya pihak Angkasa Pura sadar kalau kita punya bandara ter-shitty di dunia (mungkin kedua setelah Pyongyang. Helloo... kemana itu airport tax?). Mudah-mudahan jurnal ini akan berisi less vanity, more information. Enjoy. <img src="http://images.multiply.com/common/smiles/smile.png"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- <img src="http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h243/punchdrunkfighter/posterslovak.jpg"> Terus terang, saya lebih suka festival kecil karena lebih keurus oleh panitianya. Artfilm International Film Festival yang sudah diadakan 14 kali ini bertempat di kota kecil <a style="font-family: arial,helvetica;" href="http://www.spectacularslovakia.sk/ss2003/10_trencianske_teplice_ascii.html">Tren... http://jokoanwar.multiply.com/journal/item/27/Joni_On_The_Road_Part_1_Slovakia Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:39:58 -0000 Friends Some of closest friends snapped with my pocket http://jokoanwar.multiply.com/photos/album/10/Friends Fri, 5 May 2006 05:20:37 -0000 Cool Game I invented a game for movie buffs in 2001 and naturally, I named it "Joko's Movie Game". I can play the game with my friends forever and it helps to stay happy when you're trapped in Jakarta's ridiculous traffic. Here's how to play it and it's very simple: This is initially a two-players game although I guess you play with as many players as you want. One of the players will mention a movie title, then the other should mention another movie title which has one actor who is also in the first movie. Example: You say "Pretty Woman", and your opponent may say "My Best Friend's Wedding" by using Julia Roberts. Then you should come up with another movie which has one actor from "My Best Friend's Wedding" but it can't be Julia Roberts. You may want to use Dermot Mulroney and say "About Schmidt" but it will be too easy because your opponent would immediately use Jack Nicholson to come up with another title. The point is to find the most unknown, obscure title so your opponent won't be able t... http://jokoanwar.multiply.com/journal/item/26/Cool_Game Tue, 2 May 2006 03:29:43 -0000 When Daddy Comes In... <img src="http://images.jokoanwar.multiply.com/image/2/photos/6/orig/19/sadoldman.jpg?et=iEMBwH18Ytj%2Cs0WO4bOZBg"> <img src="http://images.jokoanwar.multiply.com/image/2/photos/6/orig/21/rumah-susun.jpg?et=SVZYW5SA6YmCiwFEs17u5w"> I am sitting on my rattan mat, the same mat which I have been practically live on for five years. Five full years. For all this time the mat has been here in front of the door to my flat. Well, not exactly mine. If I ever admit that this is my flat, it means I lose and they win. They burned down my house five years ago together with many other houses, they took away my land, and then they built this cheap nine-stories red brick apartment on it. They did not give me any compensation money instead they gave me a flat on the eighth floor. But it can never be a substitute for my old house. It is not because my house that they burnt was a big house. In fact, rich people would not even consider it a house. It was small with cheap wooden-plate walls and corroded zinc roof. But I built it with my bare hands. It was my masterpiece. The only masterpiece which I would ever made. I was only a pedicab driver then. There weren’t many chances for me to make a masterpiece. My marriage is certainly not a... http://jokoanwar.multiply.com/journal/item/25/When_Daddy_Comes_In... Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:19:51 -0000 Lost Highway My friends were still chatting at Dim Sum, but I had to call it a night since I had to wake up early the next morning. It was already 2 am and I was having a terrible headache for accidentally eating shrimp which was hiding underneath a fried egg roll. Too bad I wasn't carrying my anti-allergy pill, but I was lucky to find out about the shrimp before my bronchial allergy kicked in and I stopped breathing. I took one of those shabby taxis which still used the cheaper, old fare. When you live far from Jakarta like I do, taking those cabs could save a significant amount of money. I got in the taxi and the driver greeted me in a hoarse voice. I asked him if he knew Lippo Karawaci. He said yes. I decided to sleep at the backseat and asked the driver to wake me up when we entered Lippo. I quickly dozed off and had a terrible nightmare involving a murderous giant kangaroo. I was in a vast field at night and this kangaroo was chasing me. A baby kangaroo was on my back and somehow I couldn't ge... http://jokoanwar.multiply.com/journal/item/24/Lost_Highway Tue, 25 Apr 2006 07:41:43 -0000 One Day in My Life That Should be a Perfect Material for a Short Movie Titled "To Protect and to Serve" Last Saturday, after finding out that I have been robbed, I decided to sleep for a couple of hours since I thought my brain needed some time off. Everybody thought I was being weird because I just laughed about the robbery. When I woke up at 8, I checked my car. Thank God they didn't steal my toileteries. I took a nice bath and drove off to a nearest police station. Several people were already there to report that they had also been robbed. A man told me that it usually took three hours to go the process. When I asked how he knew, he told me that he was robbed every month and this month he lost his motorcycle. I decided to leave my unlocked car at the parking lot at the station because I had to be on the set of "Koper" in one hour. Ironically, I would be playing a corrupt, bureaucratic police officer. The make-up artist put a fake mustache on me using some glue that burned my skin. I only one take for every shot and everybody seemed to be satisfied with my acting. May be it was the mus... http://jokoanwar.multiply.com/journal/item/23/One_Day_in_My_Life_That_Should_be_a_Perfect_Material_for_a_Short_Movie_Titled_To_Protect_and_to_Serve Fri, 31 Mar 2006 17:16:54 -0000 The Descent (2005) Written and directed by Neil Marshall. Starring Shauna MacDonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder, MyAnna Buring, Nora-Jane Noone. This British horror movie reminds me how great it feels to be scared by a movie. I'm a jaded horror geek. While high quotient gore still shock me sometimes, nothing scared me anymore. So I thought. I actually covered my ears several times while watching The Descent. I had never done that since I saw the scariest Indonesian movie when I was forced to see it by my school when I was ten. It's called Pengkhianatan G30S PKI about the gruesome killing of seven generals in 1965 and how Soeharto saved the day. The Descent tells the story of six women who hope to find a fun adventure by taking a tour into a cave. Little that they know... What great about the movie is that it takes you inside the cave and makes your worst expectation come true. I felt like in a horror movie heaven with an ending as disturbing as Pengkhianatan G30S PKI for a ten yea... http://jokoanwar.multiply.com/reviews/item/12 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:30:36 -0000 When Crime Hits Home 3.20 a.m. I just got robbed. The person who guarded my office just told me that of the windows of my car had been smashed. When I checked, all the meters, AC, and CD player were gone. The thief just cut off the wirings. It was raining very hard and nobody heard anything. My car is dead. It won't start. Perfect. I just hope the insurance will cover everything 'cos I'm flat broke. I was hanging out with my friends until 1 and since I have to be at Koper's shooting at 9 to do a cameo, I thought I just spent the night at the office. I should have gone home. A few months ago, I almost got robbed, too. I was driving home at midnight at a very quiet street when a man on a motorcycle slowed down in front of my car. I didn't know what he was up to until finally he pretended that I had hit him. He got off the bike and hit the front of my car, shouting at me. One of his eyes was white. He was half-blind. He wasn't that big so I thought I could take him out. When I was about getting of my car, I ... http://jokoanwar.multiply.com/journal/item/20/When_Crime_Hits_Home Fri, 24 Mar 2006 22:24:20 -0000 This is When You Should Shut the Fuck Up I say the wrong thing to everybody all the time. When it happens, you feel like you're trying to claw your way out of the embarrassing situation. But the harder you try, the deeper shit you fall into. A few weeks ago, I was meeting an old friend from college. He brought along four people. Two women and two men. We were recollecting memories about our old days when the others were listening to our stories. Everything was fine until I said: "Hey, why don't you bring along your wife sometimes. I want to meet her." My friend looked confused and said, "This is my wife right here." The woman who was sitting next to him looked uncomfortable. Damage control. I said, "Oh I'm sorry. You haven't introduced us." He said, "I did. On our wedding there." I shot my own credibilty and likeability on the head, very bloodily, with a shotgun. Last week in a party, I met another old friend of mine. We used to joke that we were too ugly to find a good-looking spouse. In the party, I also met a pretty young woma... http://jokoanwar.multiply.com/journal/item/19/This_is_When_You_Should_Shut_the_Fuck_Up Sat, 18 Mar 2006 07:07:21 -0000 Mothers Know Best I grew up wanting to be an actor. Well, up to my first day of elementary school. My teacher was asking every kid in my class what they wanted to be when they were adult. Everybody said that they would be a doctor or an engineer. When my turn came, I told my teacher that I wanted to be an actor. The whole class laughed. I didn't know why they were laughing, I thought that they were only being stupid. My older brother who was waiting for me outside the class saw the whole thing. When I came out of the class, he was laughing at me, too. "You can't be an actor, you idiot," he said. "Why?" I asked. "'Cause all actors are good-looking and you're not." I ran home and looked for my mother. She was busy cooking when I did my best crying. "Budi said I couldn't be an actor because I'm not good looking," I was sobbing my eyes out. I thought she would be mad at my brother and get my father's leather belt and whip his ass. I knew my mom would support me. That's what mothers do, right? To keep their c... http://jokoanwar.multiply.com/journal/item/18/Mothers_Know_Best Wed, 15 Mar 2006 01:21:54 -0000 Pornography Everyday since last week several journalists have been ringing my cellphone, asking me what I think about the new draft about anti-pornography (don't ask me why). "Have you read the draft?" they said. "Well, yeah, since you guys never stop asking about it." I answered. "How do you react to it? "It's stupid." There was then a long pause. "And...?" they asked. Then, there was a long pause again. I was madly trying to find a more intelligent answer. I said: "It's... stupid." I don't know why they kept calling me. If the draft becomes law, it will be unlawful to portray people kissing on films. Inul may also be out of job. Since it's ridiculous to set a standard which act makes people horny or not, we will have to be careful to do anything since it may be sexually arousing to people. I know my friends in high school got aroused when watching my biology teacher writing on the white board. She may have to quit her job. Wait. I think she already quitted and began sending women to work in an Arab co... http://jokoanwar.multiply.com/journal/item/17/Pornography Tue, 7 Feb 2006 05:57:31 -0000 Under Fire It has been months since the last time I blogged. I guess because life has been good and I have nothing to whine about. Two thousand and five has been the best year of my life so far and most of it because I have the greatest friends anyone can ever hope for. We spent new year's eve at my home, doing barbeque at my tiny parking spot in front of my house with fireworks blazing in the background. I've also made friends with the geckos. They can now take over my house only when I'm not in. I know this because they always leave some trails on my couch: their gecko shit. One evening I drank up the coffee I left from the morning. It tasted funny and I realized that some gecko had dropped its dropping in it. But that's ok. I shouted to them "You fucker!". One of them made sound. I guessed it said, "Sorry. My bad." Apology accepted. Apart from all the good stuffs, there was one thing that bothered me at first. Some people have been accusing me to be the one behind this blog which make reviews... http://jokoanwar.multiply.com/journal/item/16/Under_Fire Mon, 23 Jan 2006 04:45:05 -0000 The book of Answers I’m superstitious. It runs in my family. My father keeps a keris in his cupboard and I saw him talking to it in many occasions. My mom would not go out of the house until she whispered some words and click her heels three times. I’m sure it wasn’t “there’s no place like home”. 'cause she hates home. And she also made me wearing a huge anti bad spell around my neck. When I reached junior high, I opened it and found a tinily folded paper containing some magic spell in Bataknese and her scribble saying,”Why did you open it, you fool?!”. When I moved to Lippo Karawaci, my landlord gave me two identical keys, only one of them opens my front door. So everytime I opened the door, I would ask a question like “Will I get laid tonight and not regret it two minutes after orgasm?”. If I used the right key, then the answer was ‘yes’. (Btw, I never get a 'yes' answer for that particular question). However, after I picked up a copy of The Book of Answers from Aksara Bookstore, I... http://jokoanwar.multiply.com/journal/item/15/The_book_of_Answers Thu, 3 Nov 2005 11:06:43 -0000 Alone in this World ...when the ghost of Ginsberg's not around. http://jokoanwar.multiply.com/music/item/19/Alone_in_this_World Mon, 29 Aug 2005 09:36:34 -0000