JESSIC ZAFRA

Three weeks ago last Sept 27, Flip: The Official Guide to World Domination magazine closed shop after only 8 pages.

FLIP was going to change the world. Or at least Philippine magazine publishing.

FLIP was going to swim against the tide, push that boulder up the mountain, and defy conventional wisdom.

FLIP was going to produce a magazine that was intelligent and ironic, that took on serious subjects without taking itself too seriously, that interpreted the world through Pinoy humor.

For eight issues FLIP showed the skeptics that it could be done. Now FLIP had to admit that the skeptics were right: Market conditions do not permit FLIP to continue, the magazine was too small to make it on its own, blah blah blah.

No one wants to advertise in Jessica Zafra's flame-tongued we-eat-libel-suits-for-breakfast soapbox of a magazine.

Who is the Heck is Jessica Zafra?

Well for one thing she wrote that oh so famous piece against anti piracy that circled the cyberworld so many times. You and I know that CD's can contain 78 minutes of music. Why for the love of music has the music industry insisted on putting in 45 minutes of music on those CDs for uncounted years? sonabagan. Why'd they waste all those spaces. Dont tell me they wanted us to pay 375 hard earned pesos for a CD and we can't expect those primadonna singers not to sing a few songs more to fill up the god damned CD. wattalottabull. buti na lang may piracy. Nye nye nye nye nye nye!!!

Alrighty then who is Jessica Zafra? Check out this egroup of the demented followers, fans and lovers of fellow demented lady Jessica Zafra. It's the egroup wherein you can post messages that:

1. Has to do with Jessica Zafra

2. Are really articles (essays, write-ups, poetry,etc)

3. Are questions (JZ-related not required)

4. Will benefit the entire galaxy

5. Are blabbings and yakkings. But note, though, that these yakkings should be members-friendly.

6. Will not degrade Erap, for he is the master of the universe.

7. Will NEVER EVER fit no.6's requirement.

hmm.. Tell you what.. what i'd do is post here a reaction from somebody to Jessica's article on piracy...if you haven't read the piracy article yet the rejoinder to that article from a Mr. Soliven in the Jessica Zafra groupie egroup will give you an idea of what the piracy article is all about...(maybe i'll post the article in a separate blog post). Alrightee then?

Reply to Jessica Zafra's Thought on Piracy

"Why should it bother me that a movie which has not yet
opened in Metro Manila theatres is being peddled on VCD
on Ayala Avenue for P90? I have no fights with the pirates.
They are selling me information I might otherwise not
have access to because of prohibitive costs. Yes they
are thieves and thieves should be punished, [but these thieves]
are not stealing from ME." - Jessica Zafra

The problem with the Philippines today is that there are too many
selfish under-educated assholes that think they are smart. I just
hope these smart-asses' asshole, like Nasty's (previous CAFA87
topics) and Jessica Zafra's assholes are good for other use, other
than what it is intended for. Forgive my language.

Jessica, if you buy pirated products, you are actually doing illegal
business. Therefore, the Philippine Government does not receive
any tax revenues from it and thereby making your country poor. If
that is the case, you don't even have the right to transact business
or even stay in that country to use its facilities such as roads,
power etc. Ever wonder why the state of the Philippines is so bad?
Pirates are smugglers and thieves. Both are called criminals.
Historically, Piracy is punishable by death during the 16th century
England. Worse is that piracy disrupts the growth of a nation's
market economy.

"Render to Ceasar the things that are Ceasar's"... BTW! Jessica
Zafra,
Ceasar is a billionaire in his time, why do I need to give him my
remaining cents for tax? Does that mean it would not bother him if I
don't give him back .0000000000000(add more zeroes)001 of what is due
to him? But think again... I reckoned that these words are the
command of the Most High Living GOD. Oh, I forgot, maybe you are an
atheist and these words don't apply to you.

Nowadays Jessica, you are a Filipino patriot when you pay your taxes
even if you know there are many corruptions going on. It's not cheap
to eradicate government graft and corruption you know. If you can't
buy original copies, it means you are not earning enough. So get your
butt out of my native land and work somewhere else outside of it.
Then you don't need to pay tax in Philippines.

Rheims Soliven
10 Sept 2003

p.s. there's a pic of Jessica Zafra in this URL.

And here's a sample of her wit,

"OK, not all men are dogs. There are a lot of great guys out there; unfortunately they’re already taken. Women who take an ethical stand against poaching are at a disadvantage (See what good behavior gets you). Sometimes the most you can hope for is a trainable puppy, one that won’t pee all over the house."

Asiaweek Online has this to say of Jessica,

"Some say that Filipino Generation X writer Jessica Zafra is a little twisted for trading on her youthful angst. But that doesn't seem to curb her popularity. In addition to her three-times-a-week newspaper column, Twisted, she has published two bestsellers (Twisted and Spawn of Twisted), and hosts Twisted on Sunday, her own weekend radio program, plus Twisted on Friday, a weekly television show. Now here's a new twist. Zafra is trying out another medium -- she's releasing a "spoken book" called, yes, Twisted's Greatest Hits. The professional pessimist is optimistic that her fans will pay to hear her spout words of gloom on cassette. "We have a captive audience because of the traffic jams," she says. "People stuck in their cars need something to do." Due out in August, Greatest Hits will contain new material as well as the audio versions of previously published pieces. Recording it was weirder than she expected, though. "You're in a padded room with a microphone talking to no one in particular," she says. Of course, there's a twist in this tale. Zafra is also working on a movie and another book."

:: Bing Monday, October 20, 2003 [+] ::
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