The fifth chapter, “Dante’s Suburbia,” talks about discontentment of people and their die-hard efforts to achieve or imitate their role models, in such obsessive effort that they could even be called wannabe’s. Meanwhile, “Tales of Humuhumunukunukuwakawaka,” contains writings about one’s anxieties, fears and points in life that are hard to forget. “The Philistine Foreskin Coin Purse,” which is the third chapter in the book, contains many articles about different facets of life, death, love, religion and even discussed things raging from wicked stepmothers to the commandments most moms unduly impose. Of course, she stated the importance of doing such. She even tackled about the two schools of book covering and gave tips on how to wrap a book in plastic cover. A very short chapter comprised of only three articles is next, which is entitled “And Now for Something Really Kinky,” is a funny chapter that talks about her obsession on covering books with plastic. Mostly, it shows the negative points she witnessed and the weaknesses she viewed. The first chapter which she called “Sometimes They Just Suck,” contains her opinions, observations, and annotations on various films, documentaries, operas, stage plays, and the like. It contains seven chapters and is composed of 63 articles all in all. Planet of the Twisted is actually a compilation of her works (most probably her column entries to the Manila Standard Today).

Twisted by Jessica Zafra