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My Younger Brother Is Hotter Than Me (Or, Even God Needs Practice)

By MDJ Superstar
March 13, 2010 //
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I write about my 22-year old brother Michael a lot. I use a lot of different nicknames to describe him – alternately, he may be my room-mate, my boyfriend, my man-slave, or my personal assistant.

And I really do treat him well.

When I upgraded to an iPhone, he got my old iPod touch.

When I won a free Nokia 5230, courtesy of the wonderful folks over at Nokia Philippines, he got it to replace his aging S40 cellphone.

Whenever I see a great pair of pants or a cute shirt on sale, I buy two – one for me, one for him.

Every gift certificate I win, he gets. When his car breaks down, I spot him the repairs. When I order a pizza, the free one goes to him.

All of this cannot hide the fact however that he is a tremendous source of insecurity for me. When talking about him to friends, I always say that God was just using me as a beta version for practice, and Michael is the Golden Master release version of the ideal De Joya male.

In advertising speak, I’m the compre, he’s the FA.

How so? Check this out.

For all intents and purposes, we have the same features – the same eyes, the same nose, the same eyebrows, the same lips.

But God got the Sexy Time details on him right. A hard, squared-off jaw. A lustruous full head of hair. Chiseled abs. 6’3″ in height.

He’s a member of the Ateneo varsity volleyball team, and a former Mythical Six selection in his junior UAAP days.

He’s clever, practical, very street-smart, and much quicker than me in figuring out stuff.

What advantages did God give me in return?

I have a lot of comic books, and very pretty shoes.

Sigh.

Sometimes the world isn’t fair.

My younger brother is much hotter than me. And all this makes me believe is that even God, with His infinite power and wisdom, sometimes needs practice.

FML.

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When Ateneans Man Up (Our Written Apologies to The 2nd Place DLSU Green Archers)

By MDJ Superstar
October 4, 2008 //
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Ateneans have gargantuan big blue hairy balls – and I want to indicate in the strongest possible terms that I mean this as a metaphor for how we know when to be a man and swallow our pride.

(I don’t have firsthand knowledge if that above statement can be taken literally though – if any girl out there has photographic evidence of their Atenean boyfriend’s nether regions that indicate that it’s accurate, then drop me a link for posterity. I happen to know mine are a nice comfortably tan color…)

Here’s what Mr. Jesse Paredes, the dude who actually had the planks with the DLSU names written on them had to say:

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Fr. Bienvenido F. Nebres, SJ
President
Ateneo de Manila University

Dear Fr. Nebres,

I write this letter for two reasons. The first one is to own up to producing the materials with the names of the Green Archers and placing them prominently in the woodpile before the bonfire for all to see.

Secondly, I sincerely apologize to you for the queasy situation you are in as a result of the backlash it created.

While the nature of this letter is a personal apology to you, please feel free to extend it to parties you may deem fit to receive it.

Sincerely,
Jesse Paredes
HS’54, AB’58

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And here’s what Fr. Nebres, AKA Big Daddy Ben, had to say to Bro. Armin from DLSU.

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2 October 2008

BROTHER ARMIN LUISTRO, FSC
President
De la Salle University System
2401 Taft Avenue
Manila

Dear Bro. Armin,

I would like to extend my deepest apology to you and to the La Sallian community for what some alumnus or student did at the Ateneo Bonfire, namely, write the names of the La Salle players on the wood. Unfortunately, none of us saw it ahead of time, because the wood pile was covered by a tarp against the rain until the time came to light it.

Despite our rivalries in sports, we are both committed to Christian values and what was done is certainly a violation of values we share.

Once again, my deepest apologies to you and to the La Sallian community. We are trying to find out who is responsible for the act.

Sincerely yours,
BIENVENIDO F. NEBRES, SJ
President

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And there you have it. One big fight, all!

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MDJ Superstar: The 51st Best At Something

By MDJ Superstar
October 4, 2008 //
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This is the happiest I’ve ever been to be 51st best at anything.

I got a notice on my WordPress tracking yesterday that my blog got added to the day’s featured list of Top 100 growing blogs on all of WordPress (I was at number 51 for yesterday, apparently). I’m still not getting THAT much traffic (at least not enough to ever attract a paying advertisers, whose ad sponsorship I can retire on), but at a compounded weekly growth rate of 50.4% in the last three weeks, I have high hopes!

*strikes a pose*

The posts that got the most traffic were, in order:

  1. ONE BIG FIGHT! (Starring Rico Maierhofer’s Middle Finger) – A completely fictitious but very well-meaning way to actually land photographic “evidence” of the infamous Dirty Green Finger of Shame.
  2. Too Much Passion, Not Enough Class (A Mild Chastisement Of My Ateneo Boo Eagles) - A small featurette on various pics I stole from Bea and Tina’s blogs about the incredibly lame and not at all nipple-stiffening burning of DLSU players’ names at the big championship celebration.
  3. The Unnecessary Drama Of The Eraserheads – My very long take on the sad ending of the ‘heads reunion concert, featuring a singing Muppet, Randy Orton’s nipples, and a sweaty Saguijo night.

    But surprisingly – the fourth most-read blog entry is a quick 77-word throwaway entry confessing my private predilection to engage in the phenomenon known as “Porky Pigging.” I can’t figure it out, but I do know it features a very cute picture of MDJ Superstar in a graphic state of Porky Piggery…

    I don’t think I’ve ever been this proud to be 51st best at something. I will be the first to tell you that I am an affirmation whore, which is why I am so anal about statistics on my blogs…

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    Too Much Passion, Not Enough Class (A Mild Chastisement of My Ateneo Boo Eagles)

    By MDJ Superstar
    October 2, 2008 //
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    Boys will be boys, eagles will be eagles, and Ateneans will always have their egos, but I am seriously appalled by this series of pictures from Bellarmine Mudfest 2008, AKA the Ateneo Blue Eagles Celebration Bonfire last Tuesday.

    Here’s the wood being stacked nicely and securely… that’s good and logical… research shows that 100% of all bonfires need some sort of wood to get things going…

    But wait! What’s that written on the planks?? Could it be… Gasp!! No!! It’s the names of the De La Salle Seniors basketball team members!

    Oh my. Welcome to Bellarmine Field, where the 18th century practice of burning enemies at the stake lives on…

    I don’t quite know how to react other than state that I think this was done in very poor taste. It obviously took some planning and pre-production, and therefore cannot be attributed to a heat-of-the-moment impulse. Come on Ateneo. I’ll love you til the day I die. But seriously. What’s up.

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    ONE BIG FIGHT!!!! (Starring Rico Maierhofer's Dirty Finger)

    By MDJ Superstar
    September 25, 2008 //
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    My nipples are stiff with happiness over having the Blue Eagles take home that big bling championship thing.

    It was also very funny to see how pikon Menggay can be when her little Green Archers and the middle-finger-flashing Maierhofer eat dirt. What time is it, huh Meng?? What time is it??

    For the first and only time in my life, I will say this: ONCE YOU GO BLACK, YOU NEVER GO BACK! Effin’ kick-ass job, Coach Norman!

    Bonfire party on Tuesday let’s go!!!! For teh win!!!11!1

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