Friday, February 17, 2006
Council Coolness
February 17, 2006 was hands-down the BEST Candy Council of Cool meeting eh-verrrr!!!
[All Candy girls, I strongly suggest that you brush up your writing skills and apply for next year's COC!]After the prerequisite discussion of people's positive and negative comments on the months issue, we talked about the next issue to work on, and so on...and then comes the fun part. My favorite part of every meeting.
Free CDs!!! (hehe, ambabaw ng kaligayahan ko.)
What was the count the last time I posted something on the COC? Ah, five albums.
In chronological order:
1.
"Hibiscus" - Stonefree
2.
"Beautiful Intentions" - Melanie C.
3.
"Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen" - various artists
4.
"Lite and Live @ Tapika" - various artists
5.
"Get Behind Me Satan" - The White Stripes
This month, they gave me Bo Bice's album,
"The Real Thing," minus the drawing-of-lots process---it was clear to everyone that I wouldn't settle for any other album (LOL!).
Actually, I was quite torn between Bo and Carrie (Carrie's "Some Hearts" was also on the table), which is funny because if you'll remember a post I had made a little under a year ago (May 25, 2005), I said this about Carrie:
"Country-lovin' or not, I still ain't buyin' her goddamn CD."...And now I have my foot in my mouth. I've been listening to some of her latest songs, and to my own chagrin,
I think she's great. I therefore admit after a year of denial that Carrie really did deserve to win the whole thing. (Besides, Constantine's a bigger celebrity than the rest of 'em. Hah!)
To add insult to injury, I've also got a Carrie Underwood calendar taped up on my bedroom wall (I got it free after buying a pair of flowery pink Skechers shoes). Damn it, I've turned into a Carrie Underwood fan. Life is so unpredictable.
Still, Bo won out (especially after I read the "Free poster inside" sticker on the album case). I gleefully accepted the Bo Bice album from Mimi Tiu like a dog being given a big, juicy piece of steak (you know, big grin, fangs showing and all), and I could hardly contain myself as I unfolded the album insert to see the poster.
A replay of my thoughts while unfolding:
J.C. (unfolds once to reveal 1/3): Hot...
J.C. (unfolds a second time to reveal 2/3): Hot-t-t...
J.C. (unfolds once to reveal 1/3 of the poster): WHOA, MERCY MERCY ME!!!
The poster is
smokin' hot.
BUY BO BICE'S ALBUM NOW.Whew. And that's not even the best part of my day yet. The uber-climax came when Ate Mimi spread out a truckload of CDs (there had to be at least fifty) on the big table and told us to get whatever we wanted. I could've died right then and there. My picks include (but are not limited to) two Robbie Williams albums, The Chillout Project, The Offspring's "Greatest Hits" album, and an Oasis CD-plus-DVD set. I also got Brand New Heavies and a 105.1 compilation for my parents. And some CDs of artists I don't even know (for what it's worth, they do look interesting). I would've gotten more, but I didn't want to look
too kapal-muks. Hehe. Just a little bit.
So now I'm back home, ten CDs richer, bringing the total number of free CDs received to fifteen.
Fifteen free CDs! I'm in heaven.
Who cares if your happiness can be bought? It's certainly better than being someone who's difficult to please. Haha =P
