Down Memory Lane

In the corporate world, you could either make the most out of crappy situations or just do the next most logical thing, quit. I was updating a locally maintained database for a regional affiliate which apparently required of me to get down and dirty with a 20-year-old-or-so-and-still-getting-thicker 201 file of an employee. Dirty because I should scan each and every page of the 2 decades old file. I didn't want to do it but the task gave me no alternative.

I started off with the backmost set of papers in binder-clip about more than an inch thick. And sheet-by-fucking-sheet I got a glimpse of history. I could have sworn the overture of The Way We Were performed by a-female-artist-I-who-I-won't-give-an-arse-searching* automatically played in my mind to set the mood for my unexpected visit down memory lane.

Picture me sprawled on the floor, haunched over old paper and peering at the pages one by one, seeing the following in chronological order (I can't seem to put logic on the way I laughed out loud over these but it just seemed for me to be the natural thing to happen at the time):

Typewritten correspondences between the then HR personnel and the headhunter tasked to look for the appropriate person for a vacant and much needed position.

Typewritten biodata of qualified applicants together with a cut-out of the published newspaper ad for the job opening circa 1980s.

Scribbled notes of the interviewer on yellow colored pad paper on what he thought about the applicant.

A telegram archiving the correspondence between the local office and the regional office for the position, provided by Eastern Telecoms (from abroad) on thin newsprint paper in red carbon-paper-transfered all-capital robotic fonts.

A hand-written copy of the employee's annual performance appraisal form, four pages long of a year's worth of ego-boosting, which we currently do via the net.

Carbon copied filed letters on onion skin paper.

The telegram and onion skin literally gave me tummy cramps with all-out laughter. Panalo!

*who I later found out to be Barbara Streisand as I fished the lyrics out for the sole purpose of getting it right for this entry. Sorry for judging the artist too soon. Peace!

posted by Fritz @ 5:35 AM

Prelude to Farewell

Classy table settings and fancy table-top arrangement, great food in four courses, masterfully chosen champagne, flowing drinks, and trained waiters set a simple yet intimate mood for the despedida party we had last Friday for a leaving colleague. Catering was provided for by Chris Lopez, Operations Manager for Palette & Beyond: Intimate Catering Specialist, currently taking up culinary courses at the Center for Culinary Arts, Manila. The price was way low considering the quality of the food and exquisite setup. The whole thing was apparently an OJT of sorts for the preparer where cost for the entire thing was partly covered by the CCA for their students to practice their craft on willing guinea pigs. Don't get me wrong, though, for we all very much felt like kings and emperors served by nothing less than the finest chéf and treated no more delicately as royalties.

Our farewell dinner was held over at our Director's house somewhere in the south. We marveled at the dining area as it resembled the cozy and romantic ambiance of a fine hotel restaurant setup. We could catch glimses of the young chéf pacing around the kitchen, stressing at his self-imposed degree of perfection to delight and impress us hungry lot.

May I just point out that I'm no fan of vinaigrette but the salad we were served, tagged Mixed Greens with Pastrami and Orange Vinaigrettes, was just delectable. The weak soup that preceeded it was likely tasteful and soothing. The main course was an intoxicating blend of spice and exotic flavor, undoubtedly perfected through a great degree of patience and practice. The dessert was, for me, not so spectacular, though. I have not had panna cotta anywhere that could be at par with my already existing list of really great desserts.

Enough said, I have only taken several pictures, as I have only remembered I brought along my cam on the third course, darn, but here they are. The food looks as good as it tasted, trust me.

posted by Fritz @ 6:02 AM

It's A Tie!

Once, I was sold to the idea of owning a digicam with minimal specs as long as it could capture the moment. That simple. Now, I have the Canon Ixus I5, 5 mega pixels, 6x digital zoom, a roster of customizable settings, and yet I feel the need for something summarized in the word MORE. Optical zoom is on top of that list. I also want a WYSIWYG feature for the built-in monitor as I would often be satisfied with how the shot turns out when viewed from the cam and get disappoitned when viewed onto a PC. The image seems really inferior with what I had initially taken. Crap.

On the lighter side, I'm really loving the light saturation tweaks, customized presets, auto-focus, and other shot-enhancers. And it being compact is a major must-have factor, at least for me (the thing that led me to buy it in the first place).

Before retiring to bed last night, I took out some of my ties and dumped them onto the bed and got these macro shots (surprised at how things, all purportedly made from 100% pure silk, could feel and look different from each other).

At least I slept happily with how these shots came out. The patterns and textures and out-of-focus areas add drama to the set. I like it!

posted by Fritz @ 6:07 AM

Alan and Magic

For those who have heard the Neil Gaiman interview done at NU107 by Quark Henares and his gang of merry men, you may actually remember the conversation topic on writers and how-well-does-Neil-know-who which just naturally flowed to Neil knowing Alan Moore. One interesting line which Neil said went:

"...but I do remember when (Alan Moore) became a magician. It was his fortieth birthday. The telephone rang and a voice said, "Hi Neil, it's Alan. Listen, mate, just phoning up to let you know that I just turned forty and, uh, I thought, you know, that I'm having my mid-life crisis early so, uh, I'm becoming a warlock."

The NU guys had a good laugh.

I did, too.

Curiosity got me to look into what Alan Moore was actually thinking when he made the unusual decision and found something out from Alan's interview done by Frank Beaton for Ninth Art in conjunction with their 100th week anniversary entitled Snake Charmer: An interview with Alan Moore. The interview also somewhat revolved around a theatre piece Alan did, entitled Snakes and Ladders.

"...About ten years ago now, in 1993, when I turned 40, I suddenly decided to announce that I'd become a magician, just for a bit of a laugh really. But everyone took me seriously, so then I had to actually do some magic. I had initial experiences which seemed, at least in my book, to be magical experiences.

"As with most things in my life, I will try to process them in some creative way. Having had all of this extraordinary new information pouring into my head as a result of this magical experience, my first thought was 'How do I process this?' Following a kind of instinct, along with a couple of other friends who were experimenting with magic of a similar bent, it kind of felt that the most natural way to express some of the ideas I was receiving on account of the magic was in some sort of mixed-media performance."

I am currently reading the ingenious novel Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel, the first novel of Susanna Clarke, and found out that although people claim themselves to be magicians, it does not necessarily follow that they are actually doing practical magic. It might be a common misconception that magicians normally practice magic from day to day to actually get results depending on the need. Or at least, for me. Yet it seems that for centuries, in the nexus-of-magic Europe, most magicians shared a deep fascination in magic which led them to study the history and the craft itself, likened to historians studying history and astronomers studying the heavens. The lot professed to be magicians and yet they kept themselves distant from doing practical magic saying that it just isn't done that way. As it was, practical magicians are said to be a handful or just a countable number in the midst of the number who claim to be magicians. So, magicians may not necessarily be practical magicians.

Hmmm, interesting. I just thought of sharing what I learned and read about.

posted by Fritz @ 6:52 AM

Black Goth Friday

Thie title for this group is I'm A Vampire, it just sounds befitting of the images.

posted by Fritz @ 11:27 PM

Charlie and Willy

Tell me what the lyrics below have in common:

and


As we have already established with my previous post about the movie Benny and Joon, It's amazing how some lyrics could smell and taste like the movies they were first played in. For this post, however, I'm obviously referring to the movie-musical Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory that had both the Pure Imagination and Oompa Loompa songs as originally released in 1971 (that continued to dazzle and mesmerize children until the early 80s, the Betamax years). Add to that repertoire The Candy Man song whose melody involuntarily makes anyone's head lull from side to side.

I could vaguely recall what went on in the original Willy Wonka movie that I saw while we were still kids (which was a very long time ago). I somewhat remember a fat child falling in a lake made of rich liquid chocolate, some short people singing the Oompa Loompa song whenever insolent brats get what they deserved, and Willy and some kid riding a hot air balloon while Pure Imagination is cued. Nothing more. I could also remember, several years later, that our local chocolate manufacturer Goya had a kitschy ad of a so-called factory that, I bet, must have made a lot of people accuse them of getting their idea from the film.

With nothing to do on a rainy Friday evening, we decided to watch the new Tim Burton film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, based on the Roald Dahl classic book of the same title. I was anxious for the film to start (the melody of the original Oompa Loompa song was chiming in my ears while I sat in the cinema), excited like a kid who could only have one movie treat a year.

The verdict: I loved it!

The upbeat and varied genres of the Oompa Loompa songs, combined with the way they were rendered as a spectacular dance of color and cinematic panning, were awesome, for want of a more appropriate word. Willy Wonka's character was hilarious, denoting an impeccable sense of fashion style, an irritatingly perfect set of pearly whites, and the inability to utter the word parents without making him to want to vomit (commends Johnny Depp for doing great on the role). Charlie Bucket, the luckiest child of the lot, was also rather played well and given justice by Freddie Highmore. Come to think of it, the entire casting of the film was done splendidly, with Deep Roy playing a fourth of the roles as the all-around Oompa Loompas. The pacing of the story was just right and so is the animation for added special wow-effects.

Many have agreed that the latest movie is much more resonant of Roald Dahl's book as compared to its 1971 counterpart, which is reason enough to watch it even for those who have seen Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory more than a dozen times.

Overall Rating: 10

posted by Fritz @ 12:17 PM

Manila, My Manila

Instituto Cervantes

in collaboration with

Federation of Philippine Photographers Foundation, Inc.

brings you

Manila, My Manila Photo Contest

Photo subject: The theme ¨Manila, My Manila¨ for this photography competition is taken from the words of the celebrated writer and National artist Nick Joaquin. This competition embraces all photographs whose subject is Manila in all of its expressions taken from January 2005 to present (Manila covers all cities under Metro Manila).

Deadline and submission:
All entries must be received by September 19, 2005 before 5:00 pm

Prizes:
First Prize: Nikon D70 Digital SLR Camera Kit (worth 65,000 Php) + 30,000 Php
Audience Choice: Nikon F55 Kit SLR Nondigital Camera (worth 15,000 Php) + 10, 000 Php

Official Rules:
1. Open to all photographers, professionals or amateurs, Filipinos or residents in the Philippines, 16 years old and above.
2. Works shall be original, unpublished and taken during 2005. The participant must be the original author and sole owner of his or her photo entry / entries.
3. Employees of Instituto Cervantes and relatives are not eligible to participate.
4. Participant may submit up to 2 entries. Entry forms are available upon request. Dimensions should be from 8x10 inches up to 11x14 inches. Copies can either be black and white or colour and should be printed in Konica Minolta photo paper. They should be framed ready for hanging in either black or white matte board (with one-inch border) upon submission. Medium could be either film or digital but no entries on disk or e-mail will be accepted. Please submit entries to Instituto Cervantes, 2515 Leon Guinto corner Estrada Sts., Malate Manila in an envelope.
5. Please identify image you submit with the date and place where the photo was taken with your name, signature and phone number at the back of the frame.
6. Alterations after exposure-digital darkroom, painting, airbrushing, paste-on or assembly-are not allowed. Any creative effects must be done-in camera at the time of exposure, such as multiple exposure, flash fill, light painting, filtration, etc.
7. Minimal digital manipulation (e.g. enhancement of colour and contrast of entered works is allowed) is allowed for digital copies but composite and collage are strictly prohibited.
8. You must be able to supply a signed release from any person(s) appearing in the photograph or their guardians, but do not send release with entry.
9. Photos will be judged in terms of their appropriateness to the theme, creativity and overall technical quality. Decision of the judges is final.
10. All the entries will be screened by a panel of judges selected by the Instituto Cervantes. After the screening, qualified entries will be displayed for exhibition at the Greenbelt 3 in the month of October as a part of the ¡Fiesta! Spanish Festival for Culture and the Arts 2005.
11. Proclamation of the winners is within October of 2005. Specific date and venue will be announced.
12. The winners shall become the property of the Instituto Cervantes, with full rights to reproduce, exhibit for promotional purposes.
13. Non-winning prints may be retrieved from Instituto Cervantes after November 10, 2005. Photos not claimed after December 9, 2005 will be destroyed or become the property of Instituto Cervantes.
14. Instituto Cervantes reserves the right to disqualify any re-used entry that has already been awarded prizes in other photographic competitions or any entries that does not adhere to the rules, regulations, and entry requirements of this competition.
15. Submission of entries signifies the acceptance of the rules and regulations of the competition.

Contest is brought to us with the support of: Embajada de España, Ayala Center, Konica, and Nikon Minolta.

For details, contact Liza Escoto of Instituto Cervantes de Manila at 526-1482 to 85

Sali na!

posted by Fritz @ 6:07 AM

HP Fantastic Beasts

posted by Fritz @ 6:02 AM

Harry Potter Six

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince would sell, no doubt about that, raking 8.9 million units on its first release day. As the market saturates with a copy of the book for each of its skeptic fanbase, I have yet to find a very satisfied muggle with regards to their reading experience on the magical 6th year journey of heroes Harry, Ron, and Hermione in Hogwarts. I had started a draft of this blog on Tuesday, August 2, originally containing my detailed disgust for what I got for waiting. This happens to be a much mellow version.

I probably thought that this was the worst Harry Potter yet because it seemed so stretched while containing a mediocre number of things we have all heard of in the previous books. Let's have Petrificus Totalus as an example. The spell was chanted 5 times in the entire book with Harry outnumbering Malfoy's 4 to 1 (I counted it all and here's the proof: Malfoy uttered it once in the coach to Harry, while Harry said it twice in the lake to the Inferi, once to the last Death Eater who exited the tower when Dumbledore died, and once for Fenrir. It was never said by anyone else in HBP)! I was also wondering whether six years in a wizarding school only taught Harry a handful of spells, with Sectum Sempra as the only addition I could recall. It would be definitely frustrating for the professors, had they been real students.

The way Rowling threw in love all over the pages did make HBP different from the first 5 books. As an officemate-fan would put it, HBP is so Sweet-Valley-High-ishly love smitten to make it seem like we were served a cup of coffee with 3-tablespoonfuls of sugar in it. This should get a mixed reaction in itself because not everyone gets tickled by love angles that get axed in just a few page turns (think of what Harry got).

The merits of the book would be how Weasley's Wizard Wheezes turned out. I would not have thought it to be a big hit with a more mature market (with the way the Ministry got their patented jinx-repelling shield hats in bulk). Add to that the discussions about apparating, where our heroes finally got to do it save for Ron.

More importantly, we are treated to a get-to-know flashback on Lord Voldemort and how he came to be as he is, which leads us to the Hor-fucking-cruxes!

Sixteen long years from the birth of Harry's lightning like scar and Dumbledore could only speculate that it existed, pending Slughorn's very important memory which I thought would not have mattered much because he was on to tracing and destroying the items from the start. It is Dumbledore's characteristic to keep secrets and giving out details in trickles, so at least he's in consistent with the pensieve scenes.

We were expectant of something big of a magnitude that could make us itch to know how to bend time and get to the last installment of the story already. Maybe the great expectation's what got me, personally. The pacing of the previous books were quite ok taking as an example the way Harry led the DA in book 5 which made him seem more mature and in control. But then we come to the part when Snape could read his thoughts like a bright flashing billboard and consequently counter his spells despite him learning and being trained for Occlumency, which is a tragedy in itself. It feels as though his skills were reduced to that of a mere novice. Either that or Rowling wants to make him look like a moron.

Dumbledore's death is frustrating. Not much drama in it to make it really worth it. Although much had been speculated that it was not a real curse that Snape had hurled him, and that his death was just a ploy, but an Unbreakable Vow could have killed Snape had he done that. It isn't much that I hated the plot for turning out as it did, but the book is being read by millions of kids all over the world. How could someone write of complete trust in a children's book that would subsequently be shattered?! That just isn't right! Though Snape seemed a bad person from the start, taking in qualities of eternal hatred for James and the gang and making Harry an object for the revenge, the trust of his colleagues should not have been played around with, not for all the children to read! It would not have mattered that much if Book 7 is to be released in a few week's time, hoping that it contains a redeeming explanation for all these, but the negative idea will linger in innocent minds for a few years, pending its release, and a very important virtue would already have been smitten with irreversible consequences! A responsible person of power, such as a very famous writer, should know this!

Lastly, everyone would note that Year 6 is written in the spine of the current HP book, which would stand for the level Harry and his classmates would be on in the story. Not much point to it should Harry push through with not going to school in the next term to put in Yeat 7, not?

(sigh) I am just very much saddened and depressed right now.

posted by Fritz @ 10:31 PM

Smart CSR Encounter

It would definitely be helpful if Smart and Globe were to add a service feature that would let us subscribers know of our remaining free-call-minutes via SMS or a call to their respective hotlines. The call I placed to inquire on my free-minutes proved that Smart is either too obsessed in other customer service features or they may just be plain stupid to know how to set this demographic or that they think that the less we know, the more calls we are going to make and the more profit they will thus get. What I intended to be a simple query turned out to be a shout-fest towards an unsuspecting halfwit disguised as a CSR for Smart's 24-hour hotline.

The CSR was noting down my so-called suggestion for a remaining-free-calls-balance feature when she told me it would not have mattered if they could not give me my free-minutes balance because I have already exceeded by plan, it being consumable. Consumable Plans ought to have a plan-subsriber eat away his peso-base-subscription amount to accomodate calls, SMS, MMS, and GPRS instead of the usual free-minutes alloted only for calls. I have wanted a consumable plan for the longest time but then I got my subscription during the one-time special promo they made in July 2004 which are basically unconvertible. I told her that would not be possible since I had been declined when I requested my plan to be converted for which she replied that it shows in my profile that my plan is, indeed, consumable. I reiterated the scenario saying it's impossible for this to happen. She then had herself excused to check on my concern offline.

She got back after Joss Stone finished her first track in my player. I would like to recount the incident in the fairest way I can, below. Note that we have already been conversing for quite a while before this transpired.

CSR: Sir, I'm correct, your plan is indeed consumable but only for calls...

FRITZ: a...wha...what would you mean by "consumable only for calls?"...(I could not help but stammer for lack of words to express my utter disgust for what she just said)

CSR: ...that your plan is consumable for calls only and not for our other services...

FRITZ: (irritated)... so you are saying that what I have is not a consumable plan!

CSR: Sir, we also use the term consumable for your subscription's case...

FRITZ: (fuming with anger)...eh sinasabi mong hindi pwedeng GPRS and SMS eh di ibig sabihin hindi sya consumable!

CSR: (keeping her cool)... hindi po sir, tama po ako, consumable pa rin po yun...

FRITZ: (ourtaged) ano ba naman ang aminin mong mali ka, eh sa pagkakasabi mong calls lang ang pwede sa flat-monthly basic rate ko eh di HINDI NGA CONSUMABLE YON!!! PUTANG INA NAMAN O! KALA MO SA LAHAT NG KAUSAP MO TANGA? Dahil nga sinabi mong hindi kasama GPRS and SMS consumption sa base in excess of call-usage eh HINDI CONSUMABLE YON! AYUS-AYUSIN MO PAGSAGOT!!!

CSR: (still keeping a trained professional half-wit tone) wag naman po kayong magmura at sumigaw, sir...

FRITZ: (voiced still raised to high-heavens) EH PINALALBAS MONG HINDI KO ALAM SINASABI KO EH! (a few seconds of silence) OK, ganito nalang, anong consumable plans ang meron kayo?

CSR: (still cool as ice) sa Addict Mobile and Smart Gold we offer these for new plans...

FRITZ: (calming down) And that includes GPRS and MMS and SMS and calls in lieu of just free-minutes right?

CSR: yes, Sir...

FRITZ: (back to more shouting) EH DI HINDI NGA SWAK SA DESCRIPTION NA YAN ANG STATUS NG SUBCRIPTION KO! BAT MO PINAGDIDIINAN NA CONSUMABLE ANG PLAN KO?!!... PUCHA (a while of silence but still in rage) ok just shup up, nothing good can come out of this... since I hardly use my phone for calls to consume my free minutes, would it be possible for me to still have free minutes and that my excess in your partial-unofficial-billing is attributable to my regular GPRS and other services usage, could that be true? (huminahon na tone)

CSR: ...yes, Sir...

FRITZ: Ok that's settled. Let me just get your name...your REAL FULL NAME... because I know you guys have the habit of giving out made-up ones in times like this...I'M SO PISSED right now!!!

CSR: Theresa CASTRO, Sir (with an emphasis on Castro, giving her an air of I've-got-nothing-to-fear-because-I-did-my-job-and-I-know-I'm-still-right)

FRITZ: (grabbing a pen and paper) ok, The...re...sa....Cas...tro... (jotting it down) ok thanks...

THERESA (CSR): may I help you with something else, Sir Fritz?

FRITZ: No, thanks, that'd be all (instead of saying, "um, may I just let you know that you were no help at all?!")

THERESA (CSR): have a good night, Sir Fritz, and thank you for calling customer care...

It is so forgivable to admit to a mistake, I would if she did. The argument was not really worth my cursing and shouting, but rage just took over me. And stupid people just get in my nerves much so if they keep on insisting that they are dead right.

I dialled my college barkada who is currently working with Smart and told her what happened, with hands still shaking of rage (sorry, Marichris, I know it's late and you also have a life and all, but I just called to tell someone of the experience. Thanks for listening and laughing at the CSR's blunder). She definitely agreed on my points that my plan could NEVER be consumable, and that it has been shoved right in their throats to remind the CSRs of the point. She also told me to surf their website to file the complaint.

I'm going down with post-anger migraine. My head is throbbing like hell.

posted by Fritz @ 12:58 PM

Sudden Aesthetic Mood

People may not be outwardly expressive of their delight on simple things like a well-meaning text message, for example.

I got this SMS out of the blue yesterday:

PEEWEE: Moved to a condo unit in Boni with my sis. Lots of bare walls. Make me a painting of whatever medium that I can hang up on one of 'em walls. Gusto ko "done by an artist friend". Sige na.

I did not take it as a demand poorly disguised as a request albeit being obviously so. My paints have long been thrown away, all dried up and cagulated for not being used. The brushes long retired . My trusty mixing plate missing. Easel dispatched before transfering to a new house. And besides, the last time I hade done a decent painting was way back in college when I could still steal some time off from studying.

My reply had thus been...

FRITZ: My paints have all dried up (sad face here) ... no joke... Inis nga ako eh. Rush ba? Wala narin akong brushes so I have to get everything fresh. Gaano kalaki? (smiley face here)

Key take away from this exchange is though I could not imagine how I would manage to have the time to have it done, I could not necessarily let a request pass where praise for my so-called talent was showcased, ha ha ha!

PEEWEE: Yipee! Di naman rush pero excited na kasi ako to put color in the rooms. Punta ka nalang sa house minsan para you can see it. It's kinda girly eh, not exactly what I envisioned my crib to be. Gusto ko sana oriental-ish kaya lang difficult to pull off with the predefined look ng unit.

FRITZ: Sure! I'd be glad to.

I have this wonderful idea of photographing her myself in sepia while she stands beside a window partly slouched, fingers parting the blinds slightly on eye-level while peeking through the slit in the blinds, making it seem as though she's stealing a glimpse of a crush or someone from below, all done in edgy acrylic over white canvas. She also had to be dressed like Death, as she adores her so much. That would make her day, if I could very well pull the painting off, that is.

I made this mask two years back using matt and metallic textile paint. Four unidentical others are all kept by their new owners as a token for the purpose (being utterly humiliating that I firmly wish for it to not be disclosed, ever) on which the masks were made. I was really thinking of Mirror Mask when I took this shot but thought better not to have it compared. It would just seem like soot placed side by side to gold shavings.

posted by Fritz @ 10:18 PM

What's That Movie?

It is quite fascinating how a song could make you recall the title of old movies in which they are popularly known to be OST to.

I was playing the classic Secrets of Mana last night when I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) got played in MYX. It had snippets of Johnny Depp doing street mime and Mary Stuart Masterson acting very astonished, awestruck, and interested. My homie asked if the song is a soundtrack to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I wasn't really paying attention to the music video at first, quite busy leveling up my characters, but I had to hastily save the game. I then automatically exclaimed "that's from the movie Benny and Joon," after like a split-second from recognizing the song! It got me scared a while actually, having blurted out the title without giving it much thought. Mind it was the first time I have seen the music video.

The movie, released in 1993, is actually a favorite of a former classmate in college. She had this thing about feel-good stuff and actually did a cassette tape recording of this song, repeating itself for 90-minutes on auto-reverse. And it stuck in my long term memory bank.

Tata, the classmate, would talk about movies and actors and shit everytime she gets a chance. I could recall some instances when I could not remember the title of a movie or actors in a specific film. I would automatically dial her number and she would give the information I need without consulting anything! (She'd make a great movie critique, but I wonder where she is right now.) I'm quite sure we all have our fair share of people who we could phone-in for info on this category and I'm looking for a substitute because I lost mine after graduating from college.

I searched for the song and made a wav file of a 30-second portion. Thus, the ringtone.

Photo from www.about.com

posted by Fritz @ 11:07 PM