I have the Eraserheads Box Set and I will tell you its components and why you need it.

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Fieldtrips to the past

Yesterday, I grabbed myself the Eraserheads Box Set and apart from a majestic, silver-design adorned "The Heads" shirt, a metal box that brings back memories of school with bring-your-own-lunch policies, and a tearjerky photobook of the band (Eraserheads and their music in visual art) is a gigantic collection of 11 CDs.

I also bought Youngblood 2.0 from Inquirer Books. Its a collection of the 70 best essays from the youth of 1976-1977, published in the groundbreaking Youngblood coloumn of the Inquirer. I've been eyeing the book for so long and getting the box set, it was a sign that today was scheduled to fulfill material desires.

Like a box of pure joy

Pictured above is a box and its contents representing the happiness of age-confused teens living in the world full of absurdities - which can actually be written in pleasing, even happiness-inducing soundtracks of Pinoy life. I love the Eraserheads and this box set was made to make every fan happy.

Wasak Waltz

I was born into consciousness when the Eraserheads (the band, not the music) was already history.

Introduced to their music by a good friend, I got hooked instantly. There was once a time in my life where that friend and I lay down on a cold, tiled floor while the sound system was playing Ligaya. There, we contemplated on how unlucky we are that we live in the time of the post-Eraserhead revolution. It was depressing as hell.

Depression was only cured by the fact that all the members are still alive and kicking and are still making music.

One particular song is currently on my replay. Its Wasak Waltz, track number 8 in Ely Buendia's (Vocalist of Eraserheads) and Francis M.'s (pioneer Pinoy rapper) album I.L.A.W. (In Love And War). Listen to it and I promise you, you'll feel happier immediately after. It is a certified ear canal drug.

UPDATE: A friend told me that Sir Ely Buendia would be shooting a music video for Wasak Waltz. I saw the tweet and he sure knows how to keep his fans happy. I will be watching out!

A Diary and Two Shirts

I kept a diary when I was in second year. Now that I'm in the fourth year of torture high school, I had a chance to read textual events of my life almost two years ago. It was an amazing experience (aside from it reminded me that I'm aging)  but my discipline on keeping the diary lasted for less than a month. After a few weeks, my life was off limits to any other diary than this old blog.

After the diary was a little section I called 'Describe in Grudges' and it was written when I had a week long episode of extreme depression. The depression was so intense that I was suddenly anti-social, easily annoyed and scarce of appetite. When I re-read that section, even my chair was giggling. I sounded like a pre-suicidal teenage father. Nevertheless, diaries are responsibilities but become very valuable luxuries as we grow old.

A simple grain of thought to all out there who are depressed and are 'new' their depression, write a diary and realize the power of hormones over the brain. Diary-ing also keeps  you from expressing yourself in more violent forms to the likes of wrist slashing or cliff jumping.

One very important event that will definitely reach my diary is ... drum roll... I finally got my Eraserheads tees. I bought it online from an excellent seller (link to item).

My two jealous classmates, modeling what they don't own.

Too bad you couldn't see their faces. Hahahaha