"Win Our Hearts" Winner

This is two days belated but Lead Character would like to congratulate "me!" aka Timothy Flores for winning the "Win Our Hearts" contest with 50% of the votes for this magical entry:

Congratulations!

Since you're in Vancouver, you cannot really enjoy the prize of 2 movie tickets at SM Cinema, so feel free to award it to anyone in the Philippines. Just post in the comments section below who you want to transfer it to, and his/her Philippine mobile # (I will not publish it).

Of course, if you do not transfer it to anyone, you can enjoy it whenever you're here.

Congratulations again. You deserve it!

"Win Our Hearts" Contests - The Final Showdown

Lead Character would like to thank those who participated in this very inspired contest. Even with just four entries, Lead Character feels they're enough to make hearts skip a beat or two.

To read all four entries and to vote for your favorite, click here.

Happy Valentine's Day!

UPDATE (2/26/2010): I will be putting the entries up for votation on Facebok on February 28th, 2010, 8PM. After a week, I will be announcing the winner. As my apology for the delay, I will allow the winner to pick an IMAX or 3D movie for his/her prize.

Anyone can still submit entries until February 28th. :)

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Since it's already Valentine's Day, Lead Character figures he'd feature the two valid entries from his "Win Our Hearts" contest.

These are magical words that truly celebrate this day.

From tryitonce!:

I’m Yours

Know that the song you gave me will be the standard by which future notes, melodies, and rhythms will be judged…

Know that my eventual emaciation is borne of the fact that food has lost its taste because I cannot dine with you…

Know that drink will continue to be of no value unless we are toasting each other…

Know that my past intimacies with others have, in hindsight, become pathetic and spiteful comparisons to the smidgen of physical affection you granted me…

Know that all conversations I will now deem trivial in the light of the simplest greetings from you…

And know that while you shun and turn away from me, I will take each act as acknowledgement of my existence, that you know I’m here.

I miss you.

Until that day when we are free from what bars us from being together – the distance, OUR convictions, the eyes of those who are hasty to pass-on judgment – I will wait…

Until such time that I will have met another who is as deserving of me as YOU…

I’m yours.

From Uh-Huh Girl, MD:

I remember how it happened. We were in the car, at the parking lot when you turned off the engine. You took my hand and said "Will you give me the chance to love you?" I went blank for a few seconds and then was able to croak out a "Yes". It's freaky actually when you've had a dream wherein the exact line was spoken and then years later, it happened. From that incident I had an inkling that you might, just MIGHT be "the one".

Then one stormy afternoon, you fell asleep. I looked at you and you had that look of a man with no worries, a man well loved by his family, friends and employees. It was priceless, and made me wonder if I could see that look again in the same lifetime. In that moment, I knew that I had to keep you. Now three years have passed, I know that you're not the type who says a lot. You have not promised me the moon, nor have you pledged me your undying love. But every time you tell me "I love you" just out of the blue, it always feels like I'm hearing it for the first time. My heart beats faster, my pupils dilate and for a moment I'm breathless. Your kisses are plain magical. Whenever you plant one on my forehead when I'm sulking or in "search and destroy" mode, I just forget and let things slide. Whenever I'm with you, everything seems to be at the right place and time.

I'm not just in love with you, I'm enamored and enthralled... to the point that I want you to change my name, and I would gladly pack my bags and leave my beloved Cebu just to be with you. After all, you are my home.

If you think you can express love or infatuation just as well as they have, feel free to join the contest. Just post in the comments section below whatever you wish to say to that special person in your life.

Happy Valentine's Day!

"Win Our Hearts!" Contest

After the dismal ending to Love and Other Drugs (in Lead Character's humble opinion), Lead Character cannot help but wonder if perhaps there's someone out there who is capable of delivering a big romantic speech that can win anyone over in a heartbeat.

Jerry Maguire in his living room speech, not knowing he's
already had his wife at hello.

Sure, it might be hard to top this:

"Our little project, our company, had a very big night. A very, very big night. But it wasn't complete. It wasn't nearly close to being in the same vicinity as complete because I couldn't share it with you. I couldn't hear your voice or laugh about it with you . . . I miss . . . I miss my wife. We live in a cynical world, a cynical world, and we work in a business of tough competitors. I love you. You . . . complete me."

But it's not impossible to be just as romantic. After all, it wasn't only Jerry Maguire's speech that made Lead Character's heart go aflutter.

In Rumor Has It, Jennifer Aniston's character tells Mark Ruffalo's:

"I'm not here to tell you I can't live without you, because I can. It's just that I don't want to."

"Skins" characters Emily and Naomi.

Even on TV, writers have managed to make us fall in love with lines like:

"I know you're lonely. I think you need someone to want you. Well, I want you. So be brave and want me back!"

That was Emily to Naomi on the Brit series "Skins."

In "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," Spike tells Buffy:

“When I say, 'I love you,' it's not because I want you or because I can't have you. It has nothing to do with me. I love what you are, what you do, how you try. I've seen your kindness and your strength. I've seen the best and the worst of you. And I understand with perfect clarity exactly what you are. You're a hell of a woman.”

That being said, Lead Character would like to invite his readers to post in the comments section below the most romantic lines they would like to tell someone. To make it even more powerful, write something you're dying to tell a real person in your life that you either like, love, or lost and want back. Make it romantic, but not cheesy. Make it work, make it real!

But it doesn't even have to be romantic. If you're someone who has no romantic feelings for anyone, just come up with something meaningful that you'd want to tell someone special in your life. It could be something you'd want to tell either of your parents, or your best friend, or your brother, or the professor back in college who inspired you. Make them feel loved in your very own words.

Deadline of entries will be next Wednesday, February 9th Thursday, February 17th. The winning entry will be determined via Facebook likes from February 9th February 17th through February 21st.

The winning prize: two movie passes at any SM Cinema* in the country (not valid for 3D or Imax, though). And you can pick any movie on any day this month.

So what are you waiting for? Let it out!

* Of course, when I say any SM Cinema, I mean any movie tickets that can be purchased through www.smcinema.com.

You're Welcome, Uh-huh Girl, MD!

Uh-huh Girl expresses her gratitude for having won the Five Questions contest, for which the prizes were a bottle of Jose Cuervo tequila and a Starbucks 2011 Planner.

A new contest will be announced soon, so stay tuned, everyone!

Five Questions

Since the winner of our previous contest, the LIKE the Lead Character Chronicles Facebook fan page contest, forfeited his prize, I am now including the bottle of Jose Cuervo to this content's winning prize: a Starbucks 2011 Planner!

How to win?

Simply answer these five questions correctly (thanks to JabberedOnion for this idea). If you've been reading this blog, then this should be easy breezy. The first person to get all the answers right wins!

1. What does the Hehe complex evolve to if left untreated?

2. Which TV phenomenon did the director of Lead Character's 5th favorite Glee episode create? (Clue: This TV show had a 7-season run. Its 8th season was in comic book series form.)

3. In the episode "Return of Merchandise," what sari-sari store item did the VENDOR refuse to replace after Lead Character complained that it was bad?

4. How big was the stool sample did Lead Character hand over to the Medical Technologist in the episode "Medical Exam: A Horror Story"?

5. List the books that Lead Character hasn't finished reading yet as of the writing of the episode "Impulse in the Time of Flatulence."

Note: The bottle of Jose Cuerva tequila can only be awarded to those who are in Cebu. The Starbucks planner, however, can be shipped out to anyone in the Philippines. So if you win and you're not from Cebu, you can get the Starbucks planner but the Jose Cuervo would have to be given to someone here.

If no one answers all five questions correctly on or before December 29th, 11:59pm, both prizes will be additional prizes for the next contest.

Good luck to all of you!

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Update as of 12/24/2010:

Thanks, Kara San for your attempt. But you got one item wrong. I will not post your comment as others might simply copy.

Don't worry, you can still review your answers and see which item you may have gotten wrong.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

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Update as of 12/25/2010:

Kara San: I admire your efforts. However, you changed an already correct answer, which is still correct, by the way, after you changed it. The one item I'm referring to is something that you might have misunderstood.

Please, review your answers again, because I want you to win as well. Because for sure, you're going to donate the bottle of tequila to us when we meet up. ;)

And the Winner Is. . .

Note to the winner: please post a comment below to let us know that you have seen the video. If there's no comment from you after December 22nd, this means you have forfeited the prize and another raffle will be drawn. If you're not from Cebu, Lead Character is willing to save the bottle for you until you get here. If you have no plans of claiming the prize personally, let Lead Character know if there's anyone else (who's from Cebu) whom you want to have this prize handed to. If you're from Cebu, leave your number below (it won't be published) so Lead Character can contact you regarding claiming your prize.

A lot of thanks to those who joined!

Even bigger thanks for the support of Lead Character's friends: JabberedOnion, Joy Bee, Braille, and Punky! :D Much love! Much love!

Stay tuned for more contests in the future.

And The Prize for the First Ever Lead Character Chronicles Contest Is...

This bottle of Jose Cuervo tequila!!!

To join this contest, simply "like" the Lead Character Chronicles Facebook fan page (click here to go to the page or see widget on the left-hand side of your screen). On December 8th, 11:59pm, Lead Character will officially close this contest. A raffle will be drawn on December 9th, and the winner will be announced that evening.

So what are you waiting for? "Like" the Lead Character Chronicles Facebook fan page now (desperate! desperate!) and get the chance to get as drunk as Lead Character almost always is!

And oh, the prize can only be handed to someone who's in Cebu. If you're not from Cebu, you can still join the contest, but in case you win, the prize will have to be given to someone you know, like, or love.