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PUBLISHED ON April 3, 2008 AT 10:20 AM

In his latest post today, Brian Gorrell said that he received more than $1,600 in donations (via Paypal) yesterday alone. That, to put it mildly, is phenomenal. If he keeps at this — dishing out more juicy stuff on the Gucci Gang and the uber-pretentious Philippine high society, stuff that his thousands of daily readers love — he should be able to recover the $70,000 that he claimed his ex-Filipino lover stole from him.

And once that happens, what’s next for Gorrell? Here are some suggestions. (Mind you, Brian, I recognize that your blog is your blog but as you yourself had admitted, it has grown way beyond you.)

1) He should remove the PayPal button once the donations hit $70,000.

2) He should tidy up his blog. Put the ads in their proper, less obtrusive places, for one.

3) He should learn to proofread his posts. The misspellings — and there are gazillions of them — can be quite off-putting.

4) Since I don’t think his ex-lover will ever pay him back, he can continue writing about him but he should expand the coverage of his blog. He can, for instance, write more about high society in general. Expose the pretentiousness and all that. He should use his compelling writing style to reveal the innards of this underworld.

5) He can consider using his blog to help spread HIV awareness in the Philippines. His status as an HIV positive gay man can be a gift for Filipinos who can be quite ignorant about HIV and how it is spread.

6) He can come back to the Philippines (don’t worry, Brian, I don’t think those idiots would dare harm you now) and take stock of his celebrity status. I’m sure he will have a career here. He can continue writing his blog, he can write books, he can even write a column for the Inquirer, seeing how he despises those society columnists and the stuff they write about.

7) He can use his celebrity status as a tool to reform the country’s libel laws (for one, decriminalizing it) and make it suitable for the digital age.

Readers, if you have ideas on what Gorrell can or should do from now on, let us know about it.
(CC Hidalgo/pinoypress.net)

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5 Responses to “7 Things Brian Gorrell Can Do From Now On”

Brian Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:55 am
I LOVE all of these ideas. I will explore everyone because they are great suggestions. I have no control over where the ads are placed. I will speak to Google Ads about that.

I had always planned to expand the ‘concept’ of my blog.
rest assured, my blog with never close down.
Brian Gorrell.

Great article.
Sorry, I have spell check now. hahahahaha
lil nikki Says:
April 5th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
“2) He should tidy up his blog. Put the ads in their proper, less obtrusive places, for one.”

wow… funny… look at he odds in the ads…

what can i say? well… look at your own site… ads here are not eye friendly either… tsk tsk
simon Says:
April 5th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
pinoy na pinoy ka nga lil nikki. instead na tingnan mo ang validity ng suggestion, nang-chaka ka pa. the ads in pinoypress have nothing to do with the ads sa blog ni brian. e ano kung pangit ang sa pinoypress? hindi naman pinoypress ang isyu. engot ka.
pinoypress sucks Says:
April 6th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
do you know this brian gorrell personally?
have you interviewed him? how did you come up with this article?

why write this article cc hidalgo? you call yourself pinoypress and you are being biased. you think you’re superior than us cc?
euromed Says:
April 19th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
There is nothing wrong with your blog.Nakakatawa ang mga taong ito!Masyadong defensive sa buhay!Aber,kayo kilala nyo ba si Brian Gorrell ng personal?Yun ba ang totoong pangalan nya?Sure na sure kayo sa mga pangyayari ha?Hay.Typical chismosa ang traits na yan!Mga talakero hindi naman nyo kilala ang mga taong yan,e react kayo ng react!Simon mas pinoy ka kase tignan mo ugali mo,masyado ka matalak,wala naman ginagawa sa iyo at hindi naman ikaw si Brian e ikaw ang affected!Hay naku!At kay pinoypress sucks,naiintindihan mo ba tong blog na to?english kase kaya hindi mo maintindihan no?kase parang walang sense at malayo sa topic ang sinasabi mo na feeling ng writter nito na mas superior sya.Hay naku,wala kaseng nabibiling common sense sa palengke kaya ganyan kayo.Aber!Yung petition nyo sa star,ni hindi umabot ng 1,000 kaya tinanggal nyo na di ba?I blame ba sa mga powerful daw kaya nawala mysteriously!Hay!Yan nang blog ni Brian hindi pinapatos ng mga taong binanggit nya,yun pa kayang walang kwentang petition nyo na kayo kayo lang ang pumirma!!Heller!!!

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