Si Tonyo Nuong Pasko (as sa bawat natitirang araw ng bawat taon)

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'Bout time I write about Anthony. I've been meaning to add more "friend portraits" on here but somehow I just can't seem to get a perfect picture of him. Finally, over the Christmas weekend, I was fortunate enough to have been able to take this candid shot of Mister Morris. It pretty much says it all. Bem is all about Joy. Not Joy CORTEZ. Joy as in that little welcome butterfly in your tummy. This man must have been born with a smile on his face. It seems that it's all he's gunning for in life: make everyone happy. You can hear it in his music too (a teacher who once proclaimed that Anthony had the L.A. sound missed the point entirely). His music has humor, a transcendental quality to it that could lift the spirits of a hobo during a snow storm. Okay, that was bad. But YES. Happiness, Joy. That is what Anthony brings into our lives. He's the only other person I know of that can make people happy by talking about his bowel movements (the first one being me of course). Oh, and that he gets GIRLS by being funny and sweet IN NO WAY DIMINISHES THE VALUE of the happiness he gives. It really doesn't. Seriously, it doesn't. 'Di nga.