Author: The Deranged Writer

Yes, he wears a mask sometimes. And according to most people, he looks like Bruno Mars when he is unmasked. Absolutely deranged, below-average writer.

10-Minute Warning CLXXXVI

So, what can I share in under ten minutes?

I will start with a rant: I rarely lose my belongings. That’s why I’m so frustrated that I misplaced my trusted small bottle of ethyl alcohol. Or worse, I lost it. Is my frustration irrational? Maybe. But because I rarely lose my belongings, I’m absolutely frustrated with myself.

But then again, I can’t stay frustrated for long while looking for it. That’s a lost cause. I will just buy another small ethyl alcohol. Thank goodness, it’s only worth PHP 30. And this is a lesson for me as well: even if I rarely lose my things (EDC or not), I need to be more careful with them. I can do better.

As for work, there are no urgent tasks today because it’s a holiday. (Every last Monday of August is National Heroes Day in the Philippines.) There were also tasks that I could’ve done by the end of the month, but I finished them today. Now my workload is pretty non-existent.

And in closing, I salute the heroes who fought for the country’s freedom, the heroes who continue the good fight, the heroes who fight for a better life, and the heroes who make a difference in this world. Happiest National Heroes Day, Republic of the Philippines!

That’s it for now. See you in the next post.

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Song of the Moment XCII: Ramin Djawadi’s “Person of Interest”

Have you ever opened your music player, listened to it (either through your earphones or the speakers), and then it played the right song at the right moment? I have had many experiences like that lately, and I’m loving it.

For example, at midnight yesterday, August 23, I was listening to my favorite songs playlist on Spotify while chatting with a friend. During the chat, I thought it would be fitting to pull a quote from my all-time favorite series, the American sci-fi crime thriller/drama series Person of Interest (created by Jonathan Nolan, co-screenwriter of The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises [two of my favorite Batman films and overall films ever]). And when I typed in the show’s exact title, Spotify played the show’s opening theme. What?

The opening theme of my favorite series of all time, Person of Interest.

Side note: Person of Interest’s opening theme was conducted by Ramin Djawadi (yes, the composer for Game of Thrones) and written by the show’s executive producer J. J. Abrams (creator of the spy thriller series Alias and director of the Star Wars films The Force Awakens and The Rise of Skywalker).

The moment Spotify played my favorite show’s intro, I felt goosebumps. And yes, I have played other songs more times after that moment. But Person of Interest’s intro theme deserves to be my Song of the Moment because of how Spotify played it at the perfect moment. At that perfect moment, I felt like I was truly being watched by The Machine.

But wait, Dewey. What “machine”? Can’t relate? If you haven’t seen Person of Interest, and if it’s in your streaming apps, please watch it (starting from the pilot episode). I highly recommend the highly underrated series, and I will definitely discuss the show one of these days.

See you in the next post… and that’s tomorrow!

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Header image: Jürgen Jester from Pixabay. Edited in Adobe Photoshop 2025.