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Next thing you know, they’re both dragged to the police station for no reasonable charges but hanging around at the park in the middle of the night. They got to the place, which was full of not very nice people as you can imagine and they were separated. Afterwards, in different rooms, they were asked to empty their pockets and they were taken with a doctor for a general check-up. The so-called-doctor asked Patty if she was drunk, drugged, pregnant or anything like that--oh yeah, first class treatment! A couple of hours later, after hanging out with punks and God-knows-what-else kind of people, they were told they could leave…as soon as they paid certain fee, otherwise, they would have to spend 24 hours in there, they obviously paid and got out after calling a friend to get them out. Patty didn’t wanna call her parents, which was very reasonable, I mean, what was she gonna say “um, hey mom, it’s me, sorry for calling so late but I was at the park with my ex in the middle of the night and then the police picked us up, can you come and get us?”, pffft!
Anyways, they got home and she told her parent what had happened; now her dad wants to sue the police for being such jerks and picking up people just for hanging around in parks, and the man is right, I mean, I would totally do the exact same thing. The police should be out there trying to catch “bad guys” not midnight-lovebirds. Needless to say, it was a horrible experience for both, Patty and the guy. So, I guess that tells you the kind of police we have in Mexico--shame on us!!
The Vik Muniz exhibition opens officially on Wednesday 16th and will go on until September. For further info on this particular exhibition and the 24th Festival de Mexico en el Centro Historico, visit www.sanildefonso.org.mx and www.festival.org.mx, respectively. January 21, 2008 Chapter II: Paris, France After an about-6-hour flight from Montréal, I got to Paris; it was about 9 am when we landed. This time, I actually got my luggage real quick, then I went to get a map and prayed not to do that bad out there since my French was (pretty much anyways) non-existent and that was the farthest (until then) I’d been from home. So, Le Metro was on a strike and it was really hard to move around town, because that included the buses and some trains. I finally managed to catch a bus to the center of the city, or somewhere close, which was Montparnasse station. From there, there was no bus, metro or anything that’d take me to Jeremy’s, my CS host there. So all I could do was ask around and try to get there by myself, which I did and I did it walking. I found myself carrying around 2 heavy suitcases [Note to self: next time…GET A BACKPACK!] and walking among cafes and boulangeries (bakeries), asking for directions in half-French, half-English, it was kinda funny, something like “bonjour, excuse moi…parle vu angle?” and when they didn’t all I could say was “bonjour, excuse moi, c’est ou Rue de la Convention?”, but that wasn’t such a good idea because then they thought I spoke French and started talking too much until they lost me half the way haha anyways, it was around 2 pm already when I found Jeremy’s and I just can’t tell you how pleased I was…up until I realized it was 7 stories to go up and there was NO elevator!! In a normal situation would have been okay, but after a 6-hour-flight, non-sleep for 24 hrs, crossing the Atlantic, changing time zones, and too much walking around carrying my luggage under the sun it was a bit too much for me, so I took a deep breath and started going up.  We left the flat and stopped by a boulangerie to get something to eat, we ate it at a park and then went to pick up Nicholas, a friend of Jeremy’s. Then, we went straight to La Tour--note that all of this was walking! We got there and met Annélie (Sweden).    Afterwards, I met Charline et Remi from CS, they’re couchsurfing at my place in December so meeting seemed like a good idea, and so we did. I thought they’re a really nice couple--too bad they weren’t up for dinner with us afterwards. So, they left and just a few mins later Jeremy arrived along with Elizabeth and Aravind (an Indian CS staying at Jeremy’s), so we all headed off for dinner at a veggie restaurant called Saveurs Veget Halles since Annélie wanted to try a vegetarian dinner, just for a change, not that she is really a vegetarian. The food was just okay although I don’t think I could be a vegan myself, I can’t live without cheese or chicken and a good steak from time to time hehe. Anyways, the best part of the dinner itself was the dessert, of course haha We had a good time and then went back home, which brings a good story to the table! Turns out Jeremy and the others went to his place as me and Annélie went to “ours”, we knew what metro station to get off at but we’re so dumb we totally forgot where we lived!!! Pretty stupid, I know, but well, it happens, you know? lol. It was past midnight already and we were outside the metro station, which was like a round about and we didn’t know what street to take to get home so, I kinda remembered the name of it so we started asking around; first we asked a girl but she was a bit more confused than we were and then a couple of guys came up to us asking what we’re looking for and I wasn’t feeling so sure about telling them, you know, 2 strange guys on the streets of Paris after midnight coming up to 2 foreign girls who don’t speak French and are lost…that didn’t seem like a very good idea to me but they did seem kinda nice after all and Annélie was already talking to them anyways so I had to go for it as well. She asked one of them for his mobile to call Patricia and he was really nice enough to agree and he actually started dialing, I told him it’d be better if Annélie or I talked to Patricia so she wouldn’t be scared from hearing a stranger on the phone in the middle of the night asking for her home address but I guess he didn’t listen and he talked to her himself, lucky for us, Patricia took it well and actually gave him the address and all. So, they took us to the corner of the street we should take and indicated us the exact address a couple of times to make sure we’d get there. We talked a bit while we were walking, the one who called is named Fred and he told me he is a photographer, which I thought was really cool being one myself, he told me he was just back in France from Asia and Africa where he’d been working. So, while Annélie seemed very entertained with one of the guys, the other one (Fred) was just staring at me with this look on his face, so I just stared back at him (which I didn’t mind since he was really hot!) and after a couple of mins of staring at each other he warned me he’d kiss me, to which I was going to reply when he was suddenly kissing me already! Afterwards, he accurately commented “that was a French kiss!” to which I could only say “indeed, it was!, pfft! I gotta say it was quite a kiss, I guess now I know why they attribute French kisses to the French haha Anyhow, Fred then told me that he had an exhibition going on at a Gallery in Stinville and that I should go and all that, he gave me the address and his number and then made me promise him I’d call him next day (yes, if you were wondering, I did call him--I always keep my word). Later on, we finally arrived home and went to bed because we had to get up early the next morning to have time to do everything we wanted to do. The next day we woke up and had breakfast at home, then left for the Saint Michelle Fontaine, where the free walking tour would depart from. We got there just in time as the tour guide, Adrian (who’s from Mexico but grew up in NY and now lives in Paris), was just starting. We walked through, into and by Le Seine, Le Louvre, Rue de Rivoli, Le Comédie Française, Louis XIV Palace, Rue et Eglise Saint Honoré, Jardins des Tuileries, Museé d’ Orsay et Le Concorde, where we left the tour as we’d already seen what they were going to see. We took the Metro and went back to the station that smelled like pee very badly: Saint Michelle; then just walked to Notre Dame, where we lost each other, as Annélie wanted to write down everything she read and I preferred to just look around and take photos of what I thought was worth it; I waited and looked for her for a while with no luck so I wandered around the city for a while on my own and I liked it. At night, I was going home on the metro when I heard someone screaming my name, turned around; it was Annélie of course--never thought Paris could be so small, so then we went home together. Wednesday was my last day in Paris, and I wanted to do as much as I could with the little time I had left so we got up early and left the house. We first went to Champs Elysées, Le Arc de Triomphe, Le Conciergerie, Le Saint Chappelle, and then wrapped it up with a boat tour in Les Vedettes Du Pont-Neuf along Le Seine and its zillion bridges, it was pretty cold but it was worth it, I got some great pics and got to see some amazing views from the city during the sunset. When it was done, we walked a bit around the Saint Michelle area and then found a little restaurant where we had dinner to then leave for home. We were supposed to go out to a bar called La Fleche D’or but it got late and I had to go to bed since my train for London would leave at 8 am the next morning. Thursday morning, I got up very early and got ready, Annélie went with me to the station Gare Du Nord, where we said goodbye for me to meet with (what I used to think was) my destiny. On, to other things, I’ve just added a few more Quotes to the list and I’m sure you’ll laugh almost as much as I did; and, who knows? Maybe one of your very own and unique phrases is featured there! Just go check’em out, you know you want to! And, in case you haven’t been around much, I have finished uploading all of the photos from Montréal and I’ve also started uploading some of the ones from Paris, now, finishing those is going to take a while because there are like a zillion of them!! But I’ll try to hurry as much as possible. And last, but certainly not least, I’ve updated the To Love and To Hate sections as well and I am currently working on other sections such as Me, Music and Movies, so stay tuned because it’s a new year and there are tons of new things to come. January 14, 2008 Notice: Lately I’ve been asked to write this section in English (again), since my amount of English-speaking readers is again bigger than the Spanish-speaking ones and most of them speak English anyway, so after considering it for a while and because I am (really) such a nice person...I’ve decided to consent to do so--in the end, this site is for the people so who am I to say no to you guys? So, from now on I’m gonna be writing this section in English once again and now it’ll be the Spanish-speaking people who will have to get your English skills to work...or a translator if you need one--I mean, in case you care that much about my writings lol So, here I go... The Holiday So yeah, I am back from my Holiday, I have actually been back for a bit more than a month now but I hadn’t had the chance to tell you all about it and as lazy as I am, maybe I never will, however, I can tell you as much as it’s possible for me to type. Well, I will be brief, VERY brief! Chapter I: Montréal, Canada  *CouchSurfing: "seeks to internationally network people and places, create educational exchanges, raise collective consciousness, spread tolerance, and facilitate cultural understanding." Go to http://couchsurfing.com for further info. Noviembre 10, 2007 Le Fabuleux Destine D’…Diana Verdin Como algunos de ustedes saben, el día 12 de Noviembre estaré partiendo de mi querida Chilangolandia, destino? Varios, en realidad. Comenzando por Montreal, Canadá, donde estaré solo 4 días para después partir con rumbo a Paris (léase con acento francés, si no, no suena bonito jaja), donde planeo pasar unos 5 o 6 días para después salir a un nuevo destino, o mas bien, reunirme con mi destino: Londres!! Donde estaré por una semana hasta viajar a Toronto, donde haré una escala de unas cuantas horas, y posteriormente, abordar mi último vuelo, de regreso a Chilangolandia. A decir verdad, estoy muy emocionada, he esperado mucho tiempo para irme de vacaciones y POR FIN el momento ha llegado; pero como siempre, hay algo que lo tiene que arruinar todo. Debido a la rotunda (y carente de sentido) negación de unos días de permiso sin goce de sueldo, muy probablemente me encuentre desempleada a mi regreso, hecho que por supuesto me desagrada y me tiene un tanto intranquila, pero la verdad es que lo he meditado mucho y este viaje es una gran oportunidad y pues si los planetas se alinearon para que sucediera, quien soy yo para ir en contra de su voluntad?! Digo, al final de cuentas, chamba hay mucha y lo que se dice inútil, inútil…pues no soy, asi que estoy casi segura de que los planetas se alinearan de nuevo y mi buen karma me ayudara a encontrar de nuevo un buen empleo. El punto es, creo que he trabajado lo suficiente y definitivamente merezco unas buenas vacaciones y me alegra que por fin se haya presentado la oportunidad. No puedo esperar para llegar a cada uno de esos lugares y recorrerlos de arriba abajo y sobre todo, fotografiarlos de arriba abajo y de un lado a otro, ya imagino las maravillas que mi lente captara! Con las cuales, mis queridos lectores, sus pupilas serán deleitadas a mi regreso, por supuesto. En fin, estoy solo a 2 días de partir y las ansias me comen. Ya les contare como estuvo todo. Deséenme suerte! Au revoir! Noviembre 8, 2007 Adiós a Rocktubre Parece que apenas comenzó y ya se nos ha ido, así es Rocktubre termino y bueno, la verdad es que no fui a tantos conciertos como hubiera deseado, pero se que hay mejores cosas adelante, además, fui al que mas me importaba que estuvo increíble asi que con eso me basta. Por supuesto hablo del Motorokr Fest! Fue el 19 de Octubre y todo comenzó como a las 4 de la tarde, cuando llegamos (Gisela, Gaby, Mario y yo) un poco tarde debido a que Gabriela se dio el lujo de hacernos perder el tiempo al salir del trabajo fumando y yendo a Starfucks por cafés. Al llegar, pasamos la mayor parte del tiempo de un escenario a otro ya que había 2, el rojo y el verde; en el rojo se presentarían las mejores bandas, por supuesto, pero el Verde no se quedo muy atrás y tuvieron a bien presentarse en el bandas tales como Bengala, a quien ya había visto en vivo pero una rock mas nunca sobra, Los Dynamite, a quienes obvio todos amamos y quienes en vivo rockean mil!! Después estuvo el IMS (Instituto Mexicano del Sonido), a quienes desde que regrese al DF nunca había podido ver en vivo y por lo mismo disfrute muchísimo, son bastante buenos y prenden cañón a la banda, y por ultimo, Volovan, a quienes solo Gaby quería ver y que al final por andar en la chela y en el moshpit se perdió. Y pasando al escenario Rojo comenzamos con bandas un poco mas chidas, obvio, las internacionales. Primero, toco Austin TV, a quienes obvio nos perdimos por ya mencionado retraso, después, toco The Bravery, llegamos justo cuando comenzaban a tocar y la verdad estuvieron muy bien, los escuchábamos mientras comíamos…por aquello de la buena digestión jaja. Después, en ese mismo escenario vimos a Porter con su clásico show alternativo, pero no por eso malo, al contrario, luego vinieron los Dandy Warhols, a quien prácticamente nadie en la vida conocía y quienes, honestamente, me parece que arruinaron un tanto su chance de ganar fans pues en si sus rolas no son como tan comerciales y/o movidas y encima de eso, las que son “upbeat” las tocaron mas lentas de lo normal, en fin, en lo personal los disfrute mucho, tenia muchas ganas de verlos en vivo y estuvo super bueno. Ya entrada la tarde vino Molotov, la bandera (como dice Gaby) se prendió cañón, como era de esperarse, aunque debo confesar que lo único que yo quería en ese momento era que terminaran de tocar para que, así como tan pronto subiera Incubus al escenario se bajaran, no es que no me gusten, sino que me dan toda la fiaca del mundo, juro que los 70 minutos que tocaron fueron unos de los 70 minutos mas eternos de mi vida, queria subir al escenario y patearlos para que se fueran con todo y sus 83 canciones que eran igualitas una a la otra, en fin, afortunadamente, esa agonía terminó y alrededor de las 11 de la noche, mi marido, Brandon Flowers y sus bandmates salieron al escenario (por fin!). Casi puedo decir que me gusto mas que el concierto de Diciembre pasado…pero no estoy segura, de lo que si estoy muy segura es de que estuvieron mas que INCREIBLES, en serio, lo ame mas de lo que ya los amaba, tocaron mucho y muchas buenas rolas, aunque (como siempre pasa) me quedaron a deber un par de ellas, pero las que si tocaron estuvieron super bien!! Incluso tocaron el cover de Can’t Take My Eyes Off You y un par de rolas nuevas como ”Tranquilize” and ”A Shadow Gray”, que es un cover de una banda cuyo nombre no recuerdo ahora mismo, pero es una excelente canción, en serio! En fin, la verdad lo pase increíble con el Perrow Rockerow (quien renuente a asistir en un principio, pero quien termino disfrutándolo aunque no tanto como yo), Gabitch y Mario. Aquí una fotito de aquella tarde/noche de rock! Mas de ellas en su sección favorita (The Hall of Shame, obvio)   Octubre 1, 2007 Rocktubre...Bienvenido sea!! Hoy tengo k comenzar por contarles sobre el concierto de Bloc Party el pasado 19 de Septiembre. Tuvo lugar en el Auditorio Nacional y empezo como a eso de las 9:14PM, despues de que los teloneros (Los Liquits) tocaran por aproximadamente media hr. La verdad siento que el sonido fue un tanto deficiente, lo cual me parece muy raro siendo el lugar k es, en fin...segun yo Bloc se escucha mas fuerte en mi casa ha! Tocaron como 1 hr. y media y, obvio, cerraron con canciones como She's Hearing Voices y otra que hoy no recuerdo. En general, creo que esperaba mas, pero no estuvo del todo mal, al final del dia Gabitz y sho lo pasamos muy chido y ella aprendio que no comprar souvenirs en un concierto es simplemente como no ir a ese concierto! Hablando de otra cosa, como ya es tradicion, en mi depa el viernes fue viernes de enfiestacion nacional! Jaja Fue la Despedida de Fanni, la verdad estuvo muy divertida y ahora si nos la amanecimos. Ese dia Fanni paso la tarde en mi casa para cocinar antes de retirarse a las lejanas tierras Francesas. Comimos y bebimos chido, y lo mejor fue que estuvieron todos los que tenian que estar. Muy buen viaje Maria, no olvides que te quiero mucho y gracias x el regalo, me encanto!  Fotos de la llamada Walterada aki.  Septiembre 20, 2007 De cumples y Despedidas El pasado Martes fue el cumple de Gabitz y antes el de Marthita, para celebrarlas, decidimos enfiestarnos con los amigos y eso…weno, eso de que “decidimos” fue mas bien Gabitz planeado una fiesta y echándome su miradita de ”anda, si? Porfa!” para hacerla en mi depa, lo cual estuvo bien por mi, digo, ya saben que yo por mis amigos, lo que sea; aparte, cómo decir que no a la fiesta, estamos de acuerdo? Además, la Gabitch es muy chida y se le quiere! En fin, la verdad que lo pasamos muy bien; buenos amigos, buena música, buenas chelas, buenos momentos y buenos recuerdos, algunos de ellos, aquí .    September 18, 2007 Flashback…to the future! Today, I was on a call guiding a customer through whatever process and all of the sudden I had a weird flash back to the future (if you can call it that anyways), a flashback in which I saw myself being an aunt and having my little nephew running around and being cute and I was just looking at him, and for the look I saw in my face, I could tell I was happy; I was happy to be an aunt and now I know I do want to be an aunt but not just any aunt, I want to be the best aunt for my little sister’s kid. P.S. Happy Birthday to my dear rocking friend Gabitz! Wuv ya, bitch!! Septiembre 6, 2007 El Lazo (que nos une) Durante el año que llevamos apartadas cada ocasión que nos vemos me parece que estamos mas alejadas, y no me refiero necesariamente a la distancia física, si no al hecho de que el lazo que nos une se separa cada vez mas de punta a punta; siempre temí que tal alejamiento lo tornara delgado, tan delgado al punto de romperse con cualquier acto brusco o descuidado. Hoy, finalmente sucedió, si, eso que tanto temía sucedió, aquel acto de descuido ocurrió y, lamentablemente, el lazo no resistió. Siempre pensé que el lazo era indestructible y que, sin importar que, resistiría el tiempo, los cambios, la vida… Desafortunadamente, el descuido fue muy grave y hoy, parece irreparable. La decepción, la impotencia y la tristeza me invaden, trato de evitarlo pero me persiguen, me aturden, incluso me ciegan y ensordecen, y no entiendo razones; deshecho excusas como pañuelos usados, apresuro conclusiones sin en verdad comprender situaciones. Hay días en que intento reparar el lazo, olvidar todo y continuar como si nada, sin embargo, la decepción no me lo permite, pienso en lo que pudo ser y no será mas. Hay mucho por hacer, tanto que emprender y un tanto mas por comprender. Solo el tiempo nos ayudará y estoy segura que el lazo reparará y que será más fuerte y resistente como jamás lo fue. Finalmente, tendremos que esperar, puede que sea mucho, puede que no sea tanto, pero sea el tiempo que sea, se que será lo necesario, Septiembre 3, 2007 Mas vale tarde que nunca… Mas de 4 meses tiene ya que me paré por aquí la última vez, bastante más de lo que me gustaría y de lo que mis queridos lectores me han permitido. A decir verdad, no hay que lamentar el haberse perdido lo sucedido en mi vida en el transcurso de dichos meses, pues no ha sido mucho o muy trascendente. En fin, veamos…comenzare ahora mismo mi lucha contra el maldito Alemán (si, si, ya saben, ese Alz que hoy día anda por doquier). En Abril, no paso mucho mas que el comienzo de mi doble vida call-centera. En Mayo, no recuerdo mucho, pero si estoy segura de que uno de los high-lights del mes fue el concierto de Shakira- Shakira. Invite a mi tía Norma por su cumple y la verdad es que estuvo super chido, Shakira es buenísima en vivo, se cotizo un poco y salio mas tarde de lo que debía, pero cuando lo hizo empezó a rockear (o debo decir “popear”?) el escenario, tenia el setlist guardado en mi cel, pero se perdió así que tendremos que olvidarlo, lo que importa es que si canto los hits que debía cantar, excepto por “Underneath Your Clothes”…creo, ja. También en ese mes se suponía que era el concierto de Snow Patrol, pero por razones hasta ahora desconocidas se pospuso para el 26 de Julio. En Junio no hubo conciertos, pero hubo cumpleaños: Gisela, Gaby, Rubensio, Juan Carlos, Ingrid…todos residentes de Jalateto Town. Debido a esto, mama y yo hicimos un viaje a dicho lugar, solo por un fin de semana, pero debo decir que fue un buen fin de semana, lo pase muy bien y me encanto ver a los viejos amigos provincianos, y por supuesto, a mi Perrow Rockerow. Aproveche también para traer a casa algunas de mis cosas personales sin las que la vida ya se me hacia difícil, como mi colección de CD’s, DVD’s y libros. Junio también fue el mes en el que mi “robot life” rindió los mejores frutos, así es, por fin pude comprar mi TAN ansiada cámara reflex-digital; compre la Nikon D80--excelente adquisición, debo decir. Mil funciones, 10.2 MP, buen lente, perfecta estéticamente hablando, es negra obvio, la amo! Hela aquí:       Abril 17, 2007 Un Robot muy “Fashion-core”? - Diana - acabo de recibir un mail d “…” (por cuestiones de seguridad, omitire el nombre de la empresa), ya el lunes empiezo, no tendré vida, que asco!” - Gichef - Suerte! - Diana - Sere un robot - Gichef - Un robot muy fashion-core lmao Hay cosas en la vida que uno hace porque quiere, otras porque le dicen, otras porque le gusta y otras porque aunque no muere por, lo tiene que hacer; es esta ultima la que aplica a mi caso particular. El hecho es que a partir de la próxima semana estaré double-shifting, o como quien dice “dobleteando”. Esto es, mantendré mi actual trabajo por las mañanas (7:00am-1:30) y comenzaré el nuevo por las tardes (2:00-9:00pm), esto obvio se traduce en que no tendré mas vida social, no días de ATO en que puedo ir a tontear por ahí en la ciudad o irme a mi depa a ver pelis o ir al cine cuando se me pegue la gana, o hacer mi super con toda la tranquilidad del mundo…o…o nada en absoluto. Mi rutina será algo así: Casa-trabajo1-trabajo2-casa-dormir de domingo a viernes y los sábados la escuela, por supuesto. Lovely eh? Esto, como pueden imaginar, me dejara tiempo para…pues nada, básicamente y planeo hacerlo durante, por lo menos, unos 5 meses. No es que muera por dobletear y eso, peeero, hay cosas en la vida, como les decía, que uno tiene que hacer aunque no muera por ello, digo, hay cosas que comprar, deudas que pagar y vacaciones que disfrutar debidamente; eso, además de los gastos de la vida daría. Así que…será agotador, tedioso, horrible, lo peor ever? Si, pero al final, estoy segura habrá valido la pena completamente, pero mientras los esperados resultados de la mala vida temporal llegan, seré un robot…un robot muy fashion-core… Y a proposito de mi querida hermana ”chefista”, vino a visitarme hace un par de semanas ya, la verdad es que no habiamos pasado tanto tiempo juntas desde que me fui de casa; estuvo INCREIBLE, lo pasamos de lo mejor y, por supuesto, tomamos muchas, pero MUCHAS FOTOS! Pueden encontrarlas en , The Family y Random Shots; además, pueden checar también The Friends, pues hay nuevas pics de “Hat Day” en Telestress, de la ultima fiestuca y demás. Y aprovechando que serán los últimos updates en un buen rato me puse trabajosita y también agregué varias Quotes y tambien un par de Movie Reviews, asi que pueden darse una vuelta por ahí que encontrarán con qué entretenerse un rato. Nos vemos en las filas de la Traicion! LMAO  Marzo 27, 2007 Vive Latino 2007 / Viva La Fiesta: Vol. II Por fin, el Festival de Rock Latino mas importante (por lo menos de este país) se acerca y, con este, la alineación temprana y, seguramente no la definitiva, sale a la luz; así es, como muchos de ustedes se imaginan, me refiero al ya tradicional Vive Latino. A decir verdad yo sólo he asistido una vez, fue aquella edición del 2001, si no mal recuerdo, cuando estuvo presentándose directo y sin escalas desde OC, California, LA banda: obvio, hablo de Save Ferris. De aquella ocasión tengo muy buenos recuerdos, fui con mi Gichef y la verdad es que lo pasamos INCREIBLE, es desde aquel entonces que tengo muchas ganas de volver y en verdad me parece que este año es el ideal pues estarán muchas, muchas bandas (casi 60!) y, sobre todo, muchas bandas que en lo personal me gustan bastante. Como saben, el Festival dura todo un fin de semana aunque, desafortunadamente, no continuo. En general, hay muchas bandas de donde escoger y pues ya saben que hay 2 escenarios principales y un par de alternativos o algo así, así que si me preguntan, si creo que el Vive Latino de este año valdrá la pena, además, no estoy muy segura, pero me parece que el costo del boleto será como de $500.00 (“abono”, que no se exactamente a que se refiera, pregunten al Amo de los Boletos) o por ahí va--no tan caro si consideramos todas las bandas que estarán presentándose. En fin, para los rockeros y músicos de corazón, aquí esta la alineación, que repito, no creo que sea ya la definitiva, así que estén pendientes porque conforme nos acerquemos a la fecha, iremos teniendo mas info y pues, como siempre, yo con todo el gusto del mundo se las pasare para que estén enterados. Por cierto, la preventa comenzó el pasado 15 de Marzo, así que adquirir sus boletos ya o las primeras semanas de Abril seria lo mas conveniente. Alineación Vive Latino 2007 - austin tv - becker 5 DE MAYO - bengala - calle 13 - canseco - cerati - colectivo nortec - el columpio asesino - cuarteto de nos - la cuca - chetes - chikita violenta - desorden publico - devendra banhart - división minúscula - el tri - ely guerra - fenomeno fuzz - finde - flavio cianciarulo - fobia - furland 5 DE MAYO - gondwana - hanna - instituto mexicano del sonido 5 DE MAYO - jessy bulbo 5 DE MAYO - jumbo 6 DE MAYO - kill aniston 5 DE MAYO AYO - kinky 6 DE MAYO - la gusana ciega - la tremenda korte - liquits 6 DE MAYO - los amigos invisibles - los bunkers - los dynamiteb - los gatos - los músicos de jose - los piojos - no somos machos - ozomatli - pastilla - porter - quiero club - rata blanca 5 DE MAYO - replica 5 DE MAYO - san pascualito rey - sargento garcia - the satin dolls - six million dollar weirdo - sonidero nacional - sr. bikini 5 DE MAYO - steel pulse - tanque - the cosmetics 5 DE MAYO - the locos - transmetal - volovan - veo muertos Y ya que estamos en esto del rock, creo que hoy, después de 8 millones de años, POR FIN se me hizo ver en vivo a Los Dynamite! Tocaron en Pasagüero y la neta estuvo super barato, así que valió totalmente la pena. Tuve la suerte de estar justo hasta el frente y en el centro, así que tenia al vocal como a medio metro de mi, no es guapo ni nada, pero rockea super chido y eso es mejor!! Tome el video de ”Ready, Ready” para mi sis, pero no lo subí porque toma toda una eternidad, así que lo haré después, mientras tanto, pueden checar las fotitos que tome, muchas son en b/n porque iba como es mi b/w mood jeje, espero les gusten. Checa AQUI las fotos de Los Dynamite, en la sección Bands, obvio!   March 16, 2007 Y con la Primavera…La Noche de Primavera! Para los que gustan de la música, el arte, el cine, el teatro, la danza y todas esas artes fantásticas y, no pueden pasar un fin sin salir por la noche y, además, son fans de pasearse por las calles del Centro Histórico…esto es definitivamente para ustedes. Como muchos de ustedes saben (si prestan atención a los carteles urbanos), este próximo Sábado 17 de Marzo se llevará a cabo la, ya tradicional, Noche de Primavera del Centro Histórico. Para los que no hayan escuchado de ella, la cosa es mas o menos así: durante TODA la noche del 17 para el 18 de Marzo, en el corredor del Centro de La Alameda al Zocalo hay muchísimos eventos culturales de varios tipos, estos incluyen danza, música en vivo, teatro, cine, exposiciones en museos (varios de los cuales permanecen abiertos durante la noche) y muchas cosas mas; en realidad es algo que vale muchísimo la pena ver, además, lo mejor de todo es que la mayoría de estos eventos es gratuitos! Asi que en serio no hay pretexto, es arte y entretenimiento gratuito que seria una pena desperdiciaran. Para mayor información, visiten: http://fchmexico.com Y hablando de otra cosa…conoci a Maria Daniela, si si, la del Sonido Lasser. La fui a ver con unos amigos hace un par de semanas y gracias a mi amiga Tere S. (super oportuna ella), vimos a Maria Daniela backstage; es muy amable, y casi tan ruki como amable jajaja En serio, digo, en el escenario se ve bien y baila graciosamente y todo, pero ya en persona, se parece a una exjefa mia (Ruchita) LMAO En fin, para los que pensaron que esta SUPER guapa ahem*Robertonto*ahem…pues ya vieron que ni al caso. En conclusión, Maria Daniela super guapa? Hmm…definitivamente no, pero su musica y sus bailes…los amamos!! Weno, juzgue usted mismo.  February 26, 2007 Peregrina Chilango mientras yo rockeo! Dentro de tanta felicidad con el nuevo depa, hay algo que lo arruina un poco, no eso directamente, pero si el mood en general. Hace un par de semanas, mi favorite tramho’ y querido amigo Marius partió de nuestro amado DF con destino a la ciudad de Oaxaca, fue a buscar…se, si eso, fue como en busca de si mismo y de un rollo espiritual que el trae y que no muchos entenderían, sin ofender, solo que es algo que ciertamente no cualquier persona entiende, pero todo mundo juzga aun sin saber de que se trata. Fue a peregrinar con gente de todo el mundo que escogió como punto de reunión ese estado de la República Mexicana que tan increíbles playas tiene (Oaxaca); dentro de este peregrinaje el popular participante de Room Raiders (LMAO) llevará a cabo un ayuno de 21 días, que tendrá como base líquidos y jugos orgánicos, pero al fin ayuno, con esto se pretende limpiar el organismo y con ello, pues un poco también todo lo demás, como el espíritu, por así decirlo. Dicha peregrinación concluirá el 21 de Marzo, si, justo cuando se celebra el equinoccio de primavera. En fin, a pesar de que todo esto suena muy atractivo, lo malo es que, obvio, Marius tuvo que abandonar por mes y medio su trabajo, su vida citadina y cotidiana y, por supuesto, a Dayana, o sea, a mi. Así es, ahora no tendré (en el trabajo) quien me entretenga y me divierta tanto como el suele hacerlo, no tendré con quien hablar de trivialidades del showbiz, quien me cante canciones de J-Lo todo el tiempo para molestarme, ni quien le haga como Chewbaca y como Gary (SpongeBob) tan graciosamente como el, osh, lo odio por abandonarme con puros Geeks de weba (digo, salvo sus contadas excepciones), pero dentro de todo lo entiendo perfecto y ps espero que encuentre lo que sea que esta buscando y que en verdad todas sus expectativas se cumplan y regrese siendo una mejor persona internamente. Journey well, tramhobitchcuntslo’, I’ll miss ya!  La Fiesta de inauguración del depa estuvo super chida, vino quien tenia que venir y también gente que no esperaba, pero que me dio todo el gusto del mundo ver. La verdad es que lo pase super bien y neto les agradezco a todos mis amigos por venir y estar conmigo fiesteando. También muchas gracias a mi sis porque a pesar de vivir cansada por ser una esclava de uno de mis Hotspots favoritos (VIPS) vino y pudimos tontear sin descansar. Ah! A mi querida Chong quiero también agradecerle por lanzarse desde San Luis para esta ocasión. En fin, para los que se perdieron esta fiesta…pues pena su caso, al verdad, aunque no se preocupen que de esas habrá muchas! Mientras tanto, chequen las fotos de ese día para que vean como lucen sus ebrios rostros jaja The Hall Of Shame/The Friends Y bueno, la verdad es que estoy muy emocionada porque este 2007 va a estar lleno de rocks super chidos y aunque no podré ir a todos, con los mejores me conformare. Comenzamos en Marzo 12 con Razorlight--aunque nadie aun se decide a ir conmigo y seguro Gaby como es super townie no se va a lanzar; seguimos en Marzo 14 con Snow Patrol y Abril 12 con Muse--que me parece será uno de LOS conciertos del año, para esos 2 últimos ya tenemos boletos y pues a ver que otros rocks se vienen después de estos, mientras tanto a rockear! Por cierto, ya que estamos en eso del rock, bueno, no es precisamente rock, peeero, si es como rockeador lol El pasado Sábado mi amigo Víctor (Victoria para los amigos) me invito a fotografiar a su banda en su primer toquin oficial, a decir verdad y como ustedes sabrán, el Merol no es como lo mío, pero ps todo sea por hacerle el favor a un cuate. Y bueno, debo admitir que Sillence (not as in ‘silence’ itself, but as a disease, you can look it up) resultó ser una banda de mi agrado, no porque Victoria se mi amigo ni mucho menos, pero en serio me parece que todos son unos tipos talentosos y se ve que no solo saben lo que hacen, si no que en verdad lo disfrutan. Y aunque el video tomado no fue lo mejor debido a el mal manejo de las luces en el lugar, las fotos…pues mejor ustedes decidan que tal. Obvio, ya saben donde encontrarlas. The Hall Of Shame/Bands/Sillence  February 10, 2007 El Apartamento… No, no me refiero a El Apartamento, aquel con Josh Harnett y todo. Recuerdan que la ultima vez que anduve por aquí les dije que estaba en planes de algo super chido pero que no les contaba aun para no echarlo a perder? Bueno, pues resulta que por fin mi independencia es 100% real y no semi-independencia como lo era hasta el día de ayer, así es, la vida ha sido lo suficientemente buena conmigo como para darme la oportunidad de, por fin, independizarme de todo y de todos, al fin queridos amigos y agregados culturales, tendré mi propio apartamento (bueno, rentado obvio, pero saben a lo que me refiero) y, por supuesto, estoy de lo más contenta; creo que no pudo llegar en mejor momento. Sé que es una GRAN responsabilidad, pero también sé que será increíble y que, por supuesto, haremos una super fiesta de inauguración para celebrar! Si todo sale como esta planeado, la “Diana’s New-apartment-opening Party” será el Sábado 17 de Febrero, me encantaría decir que todos están invitados, peeeero, ps el lugar no es como TAN grande y de hecho habrá una celebración con los amigos y otra con la familia; muchos de los amigos ya están avisados e incluso mas que puestos, así que ya saben, obvio es de “traje”, y a la familia ya le avisaré cuando sea su turno, no os preocupéis. Por cierto, quiero darle MIL GRACIAS en primer lugar a mi Mami, porque ha estado conmigo en esto y sin ella no hubiera sido lo mismo--Gracias Ma’, neta te adoro y no sabes cuanto significa esto para mi!; y también quiero agradecer infinitamente a mis abuelos por todo su apoyo y asilo; además, gracias especiales a mi querida amiga Tere Sánchez por su INCREIBLE (aunque un tanto fallida jaja) contribución para El Apartamento--Amiga, sabes que al final del día la intención es lo que cuenta, y ya sabes, ‘partusa’ cada fin!! Jaja . En fin, ahora si, a enfiestarnos cada que se pueda y, claro, una atenta y cordial invitación a todos mis amigos No-Chilangos a pasar uno, dos o los días que gusten en El Apartamento, digo, por aquello de “mi casa es su casa! Jaja Ok, a los Chilangos también, saben que siempre serán bien recibidos. Por cierto, si alguno de ustedes es lo suficientemente amable y pudiente para regalarme algún objeto (decorativo, utilitario, etc) para mi nuevo depa, pues será super bienvenido y hasta eso, no soy muy exigente, puede ser desde una TV hasta un lindo juego de vasos jaja (Absténganse del Kit Cenicienta, ese ya lo tengo completito!) Y no sean marros que la vida los recompensará después lol  Enero 27, 2007 Gone with the Whitey A pesar de que tengo el presentimiento de que el 2007 será un gran año, me temo que hoy debo comenzar con malas noticias. Muchos de ustedes ya lo saben, pero para los que no, les informo que el pasado 6 de Enero (si, día de Reyes) el pequeño y hermoso Whitey, también conocido como “mi iPod”, fue arrebatado de mi lado y de mi vida para siempre. Así es, la vida es lo suficientemente irónica para que en el día que muchos niños reciben juguetes, a mi me quitan el mío. Desafortunadamente, aquel sábado me dirigía a la escuela cuando a un par de tipos imbeciles se les ocurrió que quitarme mi iPod seria tan fácil como quitarle un dulce a un niño, y si que lo fue; por supuesto no opuse resistencia alguna, hubiera sido algo estupido en realidad, digo, alguna vez recuerdo haber dicho (bromeando en una conversación) “el iPod!” cuando alguien dijo “el iPod o la vida!”, pero ps bueno, como dije, por supuesto era broma, claro que JAMAS me hubiera imaginado que yo seria una de esas personas a las que les roban el iPod, digo, nunca en la vida me habían robado ni siquiera $5 pesos, vaya, entonces, obvio vivía con cierto aire de despreocupación y livianeidad por la vida…hasta ese día, por supuesto. La verdad es que no quiero entrar en detalles porque no fue un episodio muy agradable, pero si quiero decirles que estoy super agradecida porque en realidad soy de lo mas afortunada, o sea, me robaron a Whitey, si, pero no fue con lujo de violencia, con groserías, golpes, ni mucho menos; no se si sea correcto o si quiera aplicable decirlo, pero me tocaron unos rateros “muy decentes”, dentro de lo que cabe, obvio, o sea, pudo haber sido MUCHO peor, pero no, la verdad es que mi fortuna en ese sentido es muy grande y solo me quitaron el iPod y nada mas, me dejaron mi celular, mi colegiatura que llevaba en la mochila ese día, mis tarjetas, todo; se nota que eran dos chavitos idiotas que no tenían nada mejor que hacer y ps la neta la vieron fácil. Así que, no mas Whitey, mi articulo favorito ya no esta en mi vida y aunque no lo crean, me es MUY difícil vivir sin el, bueno, quienes me conozcan bien, sabrán que lo es. Ahora solo me queda coraje, aunque ya no tanto como antes, lo que no soporto es que me hayan dejado con el freak, ya saben, ya no puedo andar tranquila por la calle, a todos les veo cara de rateros, a penas veo a alguien medio sospechoso y apresuro el paso, odio vivir así, es lo peor, en serio. Espero poder superarlo pronto porque me molesta, me tiene intranquila y me impide salir con la livianeidad con la que solía hacerlo y ya se imaginaran como es eso con lo que me gusta salir y andar de aquí para allá. En fin, si alguien es muy amable, me quiere mucho y le gustaría hacerme feliz, puede comenzar a hacer las donaciones para el sustituto de Whitey…osh, ya se que todos son unos codos del mal y que no lo harán, pero esta bien, sepan que sufro y vivan con ello! Y pasando a otros asuntos mejores, hay fotitos nuevas, muchas, muchas, muchas!! Jajaja De Navidad, de Año Nuevo y de la ultima sesión de fotos que tuve: Modas y Modelos, estuvo super chida y la verdad es que los resultaron fueron bastante decentes, pero bueno, que puedo decir yo? Mejor véanlas y juzguen ustedes mismos. Obvio ya saben que todas están en The Hall Of Shame (The Family y Photoshoots). Como estamos comenzando el año, tengo varias Quotes super chidas, y por lo que veo, este año habrá muchas de esas. Por cierto, estoy en proceso de algo super chido, pero no quiero decir nada hasta que sea un hecho, así que en cuanto lo sea, ya estaré por aquí contándoles de que se trata, mientras tanto, diviértanse y cuídense ustedes y a sus iPods--aun si son shuffle.  Diciembre 31, 2006/Enero 01, 2007 Bienvenidos al 2007! Wow! En serio que me pregunto a dónde se fue el 2006, o mejor dicho, a que hora se fue; a lo que me refiero por supuesto, es a que se fue increíblemente rápido, en serio, parece que apenas era verano del 2006 cuando decidí regresar al DF y de repente, ya es Año Nuevo, ya se me fue un semestre en la escuela, ya llevo 6 meses en el trabajo, y obvio, ya más de medio año viviendo nuevamente en mi querido DFectuoso; lo cual es super chido porque la verdad se me fue super ligero todo el tiempo, sin broncas mayores, con buena gente, buena vibra, buena chamba, buenas fiestas, buenos conciertos…en fin, muy buenas experiencias en general--amé el segundo semestre del 2006, en verdad lo amé! El primero no estuvo TAN mal pero, honestamente, tampoco estuvo TAN bien, aunque bueno, ya que hablo de honestidad, si estuvo peor que mejor, ya saben? Supongo que si. El punto es que todo mejoró y que todo cambio fue para bien, esperemos que todo continúe de igual manera para el 2007 y ojala que se vaya tanto si no más rápido que el 2006, digo, por aquello de que lo que viene después del 2007 va a estar más chido, no? Y pues bueno, yo quiero pensar que el ’07 va a estar ”con ganas” (como dirían los regios lol) porque el 7 es un buen número, o eso me parece, así que buena vibra para todos y que les vaya super chido. Ahora, regresando un poquito al ’06, me gustarla tomar unos minutos y dedicar unas cuantas líneas para algunas personas…ah, y recuerden que el orden de los factores NO altera el producto, ok? Así que sin dramas Pinalezcos, por favor. Primero que nada, quiero agradecer profundamente a mi tía Norma, porque sin su apoyo, mi regreso no hubiera sido ni siquiera una posibilidad, ya que gracias a su increíble oferta, pude si quiera considerar el regresar para así tener la oportunidad de, por fin después de 3 años, hacer lo que quería, vaya, qué digo lo que quería, por lo que moría! En serio, Tiuchis: MIL GRACIAS por todo tu apoyo, no sólo en un principio, si no desde que regresé; gracias por siempre estar ahí, no tienes idea de cuanto significa para mi y cuan agradecida te estaré forever and ever, neto! Tú sabes que rockeas cañón y que eres LA Tía!! Por supuesto y obvio, que quiero también agradecer entrañablemente a mi mamá, simplemente porque es gracias a ella que, hoy por hoy, soy la persona que soy…medio cu-cu, si, pero también soy una mujer fuerte, independiente (suooorof anyways lol), tenaz y con las ganas y la determinación de luchar por lo que quiero. Mamita: tú sabes que, a final de cuentas, sin ti no estaría donde estoy hoy, todo lo que soy te lo debo a ti y en verdad espero que estés tan orgullosa de mí, como yo lo estoy de ti. Gracias por haber estado ahí y por todo tu apoyo, pero sobre todo, MIL GRACIAS por no cortarme las alas cuando más las necesitaba, significa todo para mi. Y por último, pero no por eso menos importante, quiero agradecer de todo corazón a mi querida Abuela, por que ella es definitivamente otra de las piezas clave que ha hecho posible mi regreso, y no solo posible, si no que lo ha hecho aún mejor de lo que yo esperaba. Abuelita: MUCHISIMAS GRACIAS por ofrecerme su casa, su amor y sus cuidados, significan más para mí de lo que algún día podría llegar a expresarle con simples palabras. Espero, algún día, poder retribuirle de alguna manera y hacerle saber que usted es, también, parte de todo esto. Y bueno, sé que esto les parecerá de lo más cu-cu, por no decir fucked up, pero también quiero agradecerle verdaderamente a Gisela, mi hermana, porque probablemente si no nos hubiéramos peleado TAN desagradablemente como nos peleamos en aquella ocasión, no hubiera tenido las agallas suficientes para tomar la decisión de regresar, y lo digo super en serio. Hermana: no manches, sabes que a pesar de todo (y de todos) eres mi adoración y uno de los motivos por los que estoy aquí (o sea, no por la pelea), me refiero a que eres una de las personas por las que me pongo las pilas, ya sabes? onda y así, no? lol No, ya neto, sabes que eres y siempre serás mi Perrow Rockerow y que con nadie rockeo mejor que contigo, el próximo año espero verte más seguido para que me hagas reír hasta que me duela el estomago y te quiera patear de la desesperación jajaja. Y ps bueno, ya dramas Pinalezcos a un lado, no quiero dejar de agradecer a el resto de mi familia que, salvo sus contadas excepciones, se han portado super chido conmigo desde que regresé, y por supuesto, a mis amigos, tanto a los viejos y perdurables, como a los nuevos y, esperemos, también perdurables. MIL GRACIAS a todos, por fiestear y trastear conmigo, aquí en DF y en El Pueblo; gracias a los Jalatetos por su apoyo y despedida y a los Chilangos por su apoyo y bienvenida, son LO MEJOR! Y pues qué, más fiesta y más rock para el 2007, no? Ahora, me gustaría hacer una pequeña recapitulación de LO MEJOR y LO PEOR del 2006, si me lo permiten…y si, pues también, porque para eso tengo mi site personal Ja! LO MEJOR DEL 2006 - El regreso al DF - La Escuela de Foto y todo lo que he aprendido ahí - El concierto de The Killers - Tu Rock Es Votar y derivados - Mi laptop (si, soy una geek del terror, y qué?!) -Mi semi-independencia - LA pelea con Gichef - La gente que conocí y se portó INCREIBLE conmigo - Darme cuenta de que si me pongo las pilas, puedo lograr lo que quiero - Los conciertos y los drinks gratis! - La oportunidad de votar por convicción por primera vez - Grey’s Anatomy, Weeds y Desperate Housewives - Que no ganó el Peje - TREV Jalapa - Los 3 años mas joven que luzco desde mi regreso jaja netoLO PEOR DEL 2006 - El freakin’ Peje y sus fans del mal - LA pelea con Gichef - Las 2 veces que me enfermé horrible y estuve a 3 de colgar los converse (ok, exageración…un poco) - Perderme a Bloc Party por culpa de Jimena - La depresión de vivir en Jalapa - Dejar de mi mamá y a mi hermana - Los días posteriores al 2 de Julio - Snakes On A Plane y Superman - Los Jalatetos meanies, odiadores, fastidiadores y abusadores de Chilangos - La gente doble moral-de weba En fin, eso es todo por hoy y lo último del 2006 que leerán de mi, ahora debo irme pues mi querida amiga (la botella de) Absolut Azul y su fiel compañero, el Jugo de Uva, me esperan ya que juntos, vamos por una INCREIBLE resaca para el día de mañana—oh si, resaca en lunes, primer día del año, de la semana y, por supuesto, trabajo! Antes de irme, sólo les aviso que hay Fotitos nuevas en Family, Me, Landscapes (nueva sección), y también hay nuevas y muy chidas Quotes para que terminen/comiencen el año riendo. Ok, ahora si, espero se lo pasen super chido, de hecho, INCREIBLE, con sus familias, amigos, amantes, perros…con quien quieran, pero diviértanse mucho y a fiestear mientras se pueda! Love you one-thou, o sea, los quiero MIL!! P.D. Gracias por sus visitas a este rinconcito punk-rock-pinketo! December 18, 2006 El Mejor del 2006 El pasado Miércoles 13 de Diciembre, mas de 10,000 personas tuvimos la increíble oportunidad de presenciar, en el ya clásico Palacio de los Deportes, el FANTASTICO concierto que Brandon Flowers << - When You Were Young (una de las mas populares y coreadas de la noche) - Somebody Told Me (sin mucho que decir, INCREIBLE!) - Smile Like You Mean It (de las mejores, tenian que tocarla) - Bones - Read My Mind - Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine - Uncle Johnny - Bling (extraordinario ver tantos encendedores y celulares ondeando en el aire para esta rolita melosona, uno de los grandes momentos de la noche) - Andy, You’re A Star - Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll - Mr. Brightside (Que puedo decir? Ya es todo un clasico y creo que no hubo una sola persona que no la coreara, PKM!!) Encore: - On top (totally one of the highlights of the night and, of course one of my faves, digo…que manera de regresar para el Encore!!) - This River Is Wild - Reasons Unknown - All These Things That I’ve Done (totalmente obvio que cerrarian con esta, excelente eleccion) Segundo Mini Encore: - My List Y fue asi como durante 1 hora y 40 minutos The Killers mantuvo extasiado a un hiper-atascado Palacio de los Deportes. Desde mi humilde, pero super digno de tomarse en cuenta, punto de vista...uno de los mejores conciertos de este 2006 lleno de rocks buenísimos, si no es que EL mejor (por lo menos de los que yo fui). He aquí The Killers en accion!    November 24, 2006 Fucked up, he showed up… Note: I’m doing this in English because I just cant do it any other way.After I don’t know how many years of not seeing any of him and not knowing much of his whereabouts, all fucked up he showed up, I was a bit in a shock and had not much to say, all sort of things crossed my mind: old memories, good and bad moments shared, what has he been through and what goes on through his mind. Only a few minutes I saw him, didn’t really get to talk to him, his eyes were kind of like lost on space, his face wasn’t shaved and his movements were everything but sharp. I felt like I didn’t know him anymore, which is absolutely true and, somehow, that makes me uncomfortable and full of uncertainty. I wish there was something I could do or say, or maybe a way to help him out get out of that place where he is, that place in the dark where there doesn’t seem to be a way out. Actually, there is a way out, more than just one even, he just doesn’t want to get out, and for some reason he prefers to stay there, lying all hopeless and depressing, ready to reject any kind of help he may get.If you knew him from before and you had seen him today…I’m sure it would have hurt you and shocked you as much as it did to me, he seems no more like the one you once knew and loved, he is a complete stranger, for moments, a stranger you’re sort of scared to get close to, if you know what I mean. Guess you don’t, guess you would have had to be there to see it and feel it by yourself. I’d been told he looked okay, big was my surprise when I saw him and I couldn’t even see through his eyes, I mean, I could see through them, I just wasn’t able to find anyone there, anything…but emptiness. He did try to talk to me, but no much came out of his mouth, he was probably afraid not to make sense at all if he said more and he most likely would have, so all he said was something like “hey cos, how are you?”, preceded by a “mamma mia!” and a kiss on the chick, now that was him at his best, considering the state of mind he was in at the time, of course.Now I feel sort of sad, depressed, mad, and powerless and confused, I feel all sort of things inside, all at the same time and it all frustrates me. As for him, he is so not himself, he had to be picked up and dragged back to be locked up, yet once more…because once again, all fucked up he showed up. Noviembre 16, 2006 Cualquier parecido con la realidad… Un día, por casualidades de la vida supongo, recibí un mensaje de alguien que desconozco, pero el titulo del mensaje llamó mi atención pues llevaba el nombre de la compañía en cual trabajo y, como buena persona curiosa, me dispuse a leerlo. Lo escrito ahí me pareció gracioso pero, sobre todo, MUY parecido a la realidad, de hecho, podría jurar que es real, lo cual lo hace aun más gracioso de lo que debiera. Ahora que lo lean entenderán de lo que hablo, sobre todo si son mis compañeros de trabajo, y si no lo son, pues léanlo para que se den una idea de las cosas con las que tengo que lidiar todos los días, y créanme…esto no es nada!! ***SUENA EL TELEFONO*** RIIIIIIIIING RIIIIIIIIING… Help Desk: "Prodigy, Buenos Días, departamento de soporte técnico". Usuario: "A donde hablo?" Help Desk: (...ahh, pendejo, Pues a donde le acabo de decir??) "A Soporte Técnico, en que puedo servirle?" Usuario: "Ah, mire, tengo un problema" Help Desk: (... Si, de hecho no creo que llame para saludarme...) "Dígame, Que pasa?" Usuario: "No puedo entrar a la Red!" Help Desk: (Qué raro..!) "Cual es el error que recibe?" Usuario: "Pues mira, aparece un mensaje que dice: 'U-S-E-R-N-A-M-E-N-O-T-F-O-U-N-D', y no se porqué..." Help Desk: "Bien, Cual es su 'Username'?" Usuario: "Que es un YUSERNEIM?" Help Desk: (Carajo, se supone que saben ingles) "El nombre de Usuario que usa para conectarse a la red" Usuario: "Ah, pues no se..." Help Desk: (... No maaam....!) "Mire, cada vez que enciende la computadora aparece una ventanita donde hay tres renglones, el primero dice 'Username',el segundo 'Password' y el tercero 'Domain'... ¿Que dice el primer renglón?" Usuario: "No dice nada...bueno, si decía, pero lo borré" Help Desk: (Como decía mi abuelito, en manos de los pendejos, ni la pólvora arde) "Bien, Cuál es su nombre?" Usuario: "Por qué?" Help Desk: (Porque quiero conocerlo mejor, pendejo.) "Porque si me dice su nombre puedo buscar en la base de datos su 'Username'..." Usuario: "En serio?" Help Desk: (Enciendo el primer cigarro del día, porque parece que voy a tener una muy larga plática con este pendejo) "Si, se lo juro" Usuario: "Okey, me llamo Dionisio Pérez" Help Desk: (Put.... madre, solo demostró dos cosas, con razón no sabe ni que es un username) "OK" un momento por favor" Usuario: "Que hace? Help Desk: (Como si realmente me fuera a entender si le digo lo que estoy haciendo) "Buscando su nombre en la base de datos" Usuario: "Ah......Cómo?" Help Desk: (Cómo?? Cómo?? Como chingan!!, pero ahí vamos...) Pues mire, estoy haciendo un Query en la base de datos" Usuario: "Que es un cueri?" Help Desk: (Esa ni siquiera se la voy a contestar...) "..." Usuario: "Bueno??, Esta ahí?" Help Desk: (Tomo otra bocanada de mi cigarro y cuento hasta 3,1416. Ya estoy mejor) "Si, permítame un momento por favor" Usuario: "Esta bien. Lo que pasa es que estoy preocupado porque hace mas de tres meses que no he leído mi i meil" Help Desk: (Y después de 3 meses se preocupa? ...Puta, este pendejo si tiene pedos) "No se preocupe, en un momento lo resolvemos" Usuario: "Okis" Help Desk: (Okis?? Dijo Okis?? Este wey es puto!! ) "Ya está, su Username es 'PEREZD' (debí imaginármelo antes)" Usuario: "Okis, Qué hago con eso?" Help Desk: (Tatúeselo en las nalgas para que la próxima vez que me llame con un problema como éste, solo tenga que decirle que ponga un espejo)"Recuerda lo que le mencione de la ventanita que aparece cuando arranca la computadora?" Usuario: "No" Help Desk: (Obvio, eso me saco por hacer preguntas estúpidas, este pobre imbécil como va recordar) "Pues mire, cuando arranca la computadora..." Usuario: "Ah, si!, Ya recuerdo..." Help Desk: (Milagro !!) "Bien, pues escríbalo en el primer renglón con mayúsculas y en el renglón de abajo escriba su password" Usuario: "Cual pasguor?" Help Desk: (Pasguor ????? Qué rápido se terminan los cigarros cuando hablo con mis Usuarios) PASSWORD!, es la clave que usa para coectarse a la red" Usuario: "Ah, bueno, pues mi nombre es Dionisio Pérez" Help Desk: (Pues no voy a felicitarlo por eso, su papá quiso quedar bien con un compadre ¿no?) "Aja..." Usuario: " ..Okis" Help Desk: (Okis, qué chingados......pinche puto!) "..." Usuario: "Bueno?? Bueno ?? Esta ahí?" Help Desk: "Si, aquí estoy para ayudarle no se preocupe" (pinche joto) Usuario: "Cual es mi pasguor?" Help Desk: (Y como putas madres se supone que yo debo saberlo??) Pues no lo sé, esa clave solo la debe saber usted" Usuario: "Ah si?" Help Desk: (Nooo, Pero que pendejada estoy diciendo! Por que no va al periódico y lo publica a ocho columnas??)"Si" Usuario: "Déjeme ver... No será 'dionisio'?" Help Desk: (Â@#"%&$•"!)/=()? ZZZZZZZZZZZ. hijo de la chingada apúrate Que me ya me ..........pobre pendejo y además joto.) "... " Usuario: "Déjeme intentar..." Help Desk: (.!"#$$#%#$%&&%/()=()= mejor hubiera sido repartidor de pizzas..)"..." Usuario: "Si, ése es!! De hecho aquí lo tengo apuntado en un POSTIT. Y aquí dice también 'yuserneim', 'pasguor' y 'domein'. Bueno, pues qué bueno que tenía aquí este papelito. Hasta luego!" Help Desk: (Hijo de tu reputísima madre agrrrrrrrr, tenia ahí los datos y estuvimos perdiendo el tiempo entre que... ya, ni enojarse es bueno) "Hasta luego, que tenga buen día y recuerde estamos para servirle" Usuario: "Ah si, Gracias, igualmente" Help Desk: (O sea que este cabrón me dio las gracias por lo del 'Buen Dia' y no por resolverle el problema... en fin) "bye". RING RING, SUENA EL TELEFONO Help Desk: ( va de nuevo otro pendejo o peor aun será una pendeja? ) "Soporte Técnico, Buenas Tardes". Usuario: "A donde hablo?" ..................... Help Desk: (me carga la chingada .........va de nuez !!!!!)Y bueno, no los conozco personalmente (para mi gran fortuna), pero estoy casi segura de que es asi como lucen nuestros brillantes clientes:   Noviembre 7, 2006 Los Si Si Si’s Eran alrededor de las 5 de la tarde y llovía sobre la ciudad, Río Churubusco se había convertido de nueva cuenta precisa y literalmente en eso, en un río que rodeaba el Palacio de los Deportes; pero el tráfico y la lluvia no fueron suficientes para detener a los miles de fanáticos de una de las mejores bandas de Punk Alternativo de los últimos tiempos, por supuesto hablo de los Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Eran apenas unos minutos después de las 7pm cuando la pista del Palacio comenzaba a llenarse de chavitos punk, unos más fresa-punks que otra cosa, otros más punk-barrio que el mismo Barrio Bravo y el resto, punk-rockers de corazón, grupo en el que me parece clasifico mejor que en cualquiera de los antes mencionados, de ello no hay duda. Eran ya casi las 9pm cuando me encontraba ya, junto con algunos amigos, en medio de una muchedumbre ansiosa por ver a la banda protagonista de la noche, pero antes como es ya tradición, nos tuvimos que fumar al opening act: Subdivisión, quienes se llevaron su moderada y ya tradicional abucheada y un unísono “queremos a los Yeah Yeah Yeahs!!”, pues no son muy populares que digamos entre los punk-rockers y aunque lo fueran, simplemente no era su noche. Tocaron unas cuantas canciones, su mini hit “Blue Boy” incluido, el cual algunos coreamos solo por no dejar, al cabo de unos 30 minutos se retiraron del escenario para dar paso a…no, los YYY todavía no, sino a media hora de empujones horribles causados por mortales insolentes que no saben que aun a los conciertos de rock debe uno llevar su educación y buenos modales, porque admitámoslo, por mas rocker que uno sea, no hay que ser patanes o bitches en el caso de las niñas. En fin, empapada de sudor y ansias por ver a una de mis bandas favoritas y cercada de mortales aun mas sudorosos que yo, me disponía a aguantar ahí ahogada el mayor tiempo posible pues en cualquier momento Karen O, Nick Zinner y Brian Chase saldrían al escenario a hacer de las suyas poniendo a cimbrar el lugar con sus potentes voz, guitarra y batería, respectivamente; ”Que demonios!...”, pensé, “…es una de mis bandas favoritas y no vienen todos los días, hoy pretendo estar justo en medio de la multitud y aguantar ahí hasta mas no poder, si, creo que hoy vale la pena que me aplasten, no me importa!”, y fue así como, casi asfixiándome y a 3 segundos del desmayo, estuve durante las primeras canciones del concierto. La asfixia era tal que ni siquiera me es posible recordar con que canción irrumpieron Karen O y compañía en el escenario, en verdad, la asfixia y el alz, definitivamente no van de la mano. Aunque mi corazón rockero y mis punketos ánimos me decían que debía quedarme ahí a brincar, gritar y perder el control, mi concienzudo yo luchaba por salir de entre la multitud de mortales sudantes a como diera lugar; pedí permiso para salir, lo cual fue un tanto iluso de mi parte, pues una vez los YYY en el escenario todo mundo gritaba, cantaba e ignoraba lo que pasa a su alrededor, así que mis intentos por salir de ahí educadamente valieron para 2 cosas…al final recurrí al Plan B: empujar y quitar de mi camino a cuanto ente punketo sudoroso fuera necesario, y así lo hice hasta que algunos minutos después me encontraba en la orilla de la pista donde por fin podía respirar y sentir una ligera brisa en mi rostro. Para no perderme mucho de lo que sucedía en el escenario me apresuré a la parte derecha mas cercana a este y fue desde ahí que disfruté el resto de la noche, desde donde pude cantar, gritar, tomar fotos y lo más importante, respirar! En cuanto al setlist, no lo recuerdo bien, lo que si recuerdo es que no tocaron una canción que en mi opinión debían tocar: “Black Tongue”; pero si tocaron todos los demas hits y otros no tan hits, pero igual de buenos musicalmente hablando, como ”Honeybear”, “Turn Into”, “Y Control”, “Rich”, “Phenomena”, “Modern Romance” y por supuesto ”Pin”, “Maps”, “Date With The Night”, “Gold Lion”, “Cheated Hearts” y muchas otras. En verdad el mejor concierto del año…hasta ahora (aún falta The Killers). He aquí Karen O derrochando weirdness, coolness y rockandroll en el escenario.   Octubre 18, 2006 Twenty-something El sábado pasado (Octubre 14) fue mi cumpleaños (o como diría el francesito: “mi completo año”) y con él, la realidad; si, como que me cayó el 20 de muchas cosas y, a decir verdad, estoy muy satisfecha con quien soy hoy por hoy, pues me parece que soy una persona estable que tiene la fortuna de estar donde quiere, haciendo lo que quiere y con quien quiere--lo que ya es mucho decir en estos tiempos. La verdad es que me encuentro muy contenta y trabajando duro por mi meta, la cual está cada día mas cerca. En estos ya 4 meses que llevo de regreso en mi querido DF, no he hecho más que disfrutar todo, la gente de la que me alejé, las cosas que tanto extrañé y la ciudad que siempre añoré. Estoy muy agradecida con todos y con todo lo que tengo, aunque definitivamente no hay día que no extrañe a mi mujeres favoritas, pero se bien que al final todo habrá valido la pena. En fin, solo quiero agradecerle a todos los que se acordaron de mi ese día y, sobre todo, a los que estuvieron conmigo, los quiero a todos! Por cierto, sé que es muy extraño (sobre todo para ser yo), pero con tanta distracción aquel día, olvidé sacar mi cámara y sólo hay fotos de la compu de Esau y de la cam del Francesito, así que no creo tenerlas pronto.    Octubre 9, 2006 Todo superado… Ok, la verdad es que hace mucho que superé aquello que paso la última vez que intentaba ponerlos al día con lo que ocurre con su servidora y gran amiga, o sea, yo. No había venido porque la escuela me ha tenido muy ocupada y luego me enferme y la verdad es que ya estaba cansada de gastar mi dinero en Internet publico, así que decidí mejor esperar a tener mi laptop y así poder robarme…quiero decir, tomar la señal de algún vecino o ir a un hot spot o algo así--que de hecho es lo que estoy haciendo ahora mismo. (Agradecimiento especial a EL Sanborn’s por alojarme y proveerme de Internet.) La verdad es que la eterna espera de casi 3 meses por la que tuve que pasar para tener mi lap han valido completamente la pena--mi nuevo juguetito esta re-lindo! Aquí, una foto para que lo vean con sus propios ojos lol    Lo mejor de todo, fue el tiempo que pase con mi mami, fuimos de shopping y pudimos platicar mucho y pasarla bien, ya extrañaba eso. Mamita: aunque no lo creas, te extraño todos y cada uno de los días que no estamos juntas!Ahora, quiero aprovechar este espacio para felicitar a 2 de mis mejores amigos, Libra ambos, por supuesto: Tere y Huicho. Amigos, espero que hayan tenido un muy Feliz Cumple y que como estos, tengan muchos mas. Wuv ya both!En cuanto a mi, todo va muy bien; el trabajo va bien hasta ahora, amo mi horario y tener mis fines de semana libres--es lo mejor. Y la escuela, increíble, acabo de terminar laboratorio avanzado y ya la próxima semana comienzo con alumbrados profesionales; el tiempo ha pasado muy rápido y, obvio, cada vez aprendo mucho más, me encanta y estoy definitivamente convencida de que la fotografía es lo mío. Por cierto, este me parece un buen momento para comentarles acerca de la próxima exposición (fotográfica, obvio) que se montara en la George Eastman (mi escuela); la cual, será mi primera exposición en la vida--tan solo la primera de muchas, espero. Esta se llevará a cabo el 12 de Noviembre en el lugar antes mencionado, si quieren la dirección, háganmelo saber; me dará muchísimo gusto ver a varios de ustedes ahí, sin mencionar lo importante que será para mi el poder compartir esa especial ocasión con la gente que quiero. Ah, casi se me olvidaba! Ya tiene casi un mes, pero aun así quiero mencionarlo. Estoy muy, pero MUY contenta porque por fin se fueron los malditos pejenakistas que tanto aire puro nos quitaban y que tanto estorbaban en algunas de las avenidas principales de nuestra querida y ya de por sí ajetreada ciudad. Estoy segura de que aun no superan su dichoso voto x voto, casilla x casilla, pero lo que importa aquí es que han liberado nuestra ciudad y ahora los que circulamos por esas vías cotidianamente estamos muy agradecidos. Aunque como dice mi abuela: siempre hay un frijol en el arroz…ahora resulta que los de la APPO (Asamblea de P*nches P*ndejos Oaxaqueños??) van a venir a plantarse y a pedir cosas que ni siquiera tendrían porqué estar pidiendo aquí, todo con el afán de fregar al prójimo, en serio, cuando no es una, es otra! Ya, no? Provincianos a su provincia y YA DEJENOS EN PAZ!Bueno, he escrito suficiente por hoy y debo irme, pero regresare muy pronto pues aun hay mucho que contar. Ok, una ultima cosa...entre hoy y manhana sera tia!! Asi es, mi querida sobrinita que, presumiblemente, se llamara Daniela Alarcon nacera muy pronto--estoy como emocionada! Jeje Pronto podran ver las primeras fotos posteadas por aqui, mientras tanto les dejo su primera foto oficial, aunque no luce tan bien lol  September 20, 2006 Pretty fucking upset! Uff, 84 millones de años escribiendo para que cuando le diera save, esta fregadera del mal se trabara y me echara toda mi inspiración a perder, neto no lo puedo creer, no saben que coraje--aunque supongo que se lo imaginan. En fin, la neta estoy MUY enojada como pa' escribir de nuevo así que ya bye y ojalá se mueran todas estas compus asquerosas y estupidas--si, estoy enojada y qué!! Ya sólo les diré que hay muchas fotitos en el Hall of Shame y nuevas Quotes, están chidas, por lo menos pueden checar eso, ya luego, cuando esté de mejor humor escribiré de nuevo todo lo acababa de hacer. Bleh, freakin' asswhore comp!!! 
 Este fin vino mi mamá de visita, en general estuvo bien; fuimos al museo, a comer comida Argentina, a ver Cabaret y al cine. Con toda y la ridícula pelea que tuvimos, creo que la pasamos bien. Lo mejor fue Cabaret, Chantal Andere está ridículamente bien, baila y canta sorpresivamente bien y Bruno Bichir, bueno, qué puedo decir, está maravilloso, se llevó la obra por completo--graciosísimo el tipo! Se supone que no se podían tomar pics, pero obvio yo si tomé jaja. Ya saben donde encontrarlas.  Hablando de pics, hay muchas nuevas, entre ellas de Los Músicos de José {Hall of Shame/Bands/Los Musicos de Jose}, de la reunión del trabajo {Hall of Shame/The Friends}--para que vayan conociendo a mis workmates (falta Mario que tb es buen cuate, pero ese día no fue), algunas de la Familia {Hall of Shame/The Family} y, por supuesto, de Cabaret. Recuerden que todas están en The Hall of Shame. Por cierto, gracias a los que se preocuparon por mi porque saben que los Pejenakistas bloquean mi camino tanto al trabajo como a la escuela. La verdad es que si es malo, pero no tanto, es decir, sólo debo caminar unas 3 calles, pero a medio día con el sol ps no es tan padre y en la noche con la lluvia ps como que tampoco y aparte es un tanto molesto pasar por ahí y que haya tanto nako, ignorante, acarreado, mugroso, sin convicciones y que aparte crea que está como en un Summer Camp en vez de apoyando a una dizque Resistencia Civil, pffft! Sé que esto va para largo, pero pienso sacarle provecho e ir a tomar fotos aprovechando que Reforma está car-free por un rato, porque eso no se ve tan seguido--afortunadamente! En fin, ojalá les echen al ejército o hagan algo pronto porque la ciudad no puede seguir así por mucho tiempo. Weno, es todo por ahora, me despido pero espero regresar pronto con más pics, news y demás. Saludos a todos!! Notice: Lately I’ve been asked to write this section in Spanish, since my amount of Spanish-speaking readers has increased, so after considering it for a while and because I am such a nice person...I’ve decided to consent to do so, so from now on I’m gonna be writing this section in Spanish and now it’ll be the English-speaking people who will have to get a translator--I mean, in case you care that much about my writings lol So, here I go... Julio 07, 2006 El 3 de Julio que nunca llegó Después de meses de intensas campañas, disputas, dimes y diretes entre los candidatos a la presidencia de nuestro país y una intensa (y lo digo literalmente) jornada electoral, todos los Mexicanos esperábamos ansiosamente que llegara el 3 de Julio, pues-supuestamente-sería el día en que escucharíamos por vez primera quién sería el Elegido, el Bueno, el Mero, Mero, el que nos gobernaría los siguientes 6 años, vaya. Desafortunadamente para México y sus más de 100 millones de habitantes, ese día nunca llegó, es decir, obvio llegó el 3 de Julio, si, pero no el 3 de Julio que todos esperábamos, pues de acuerdo con el IFE la votación estuvo TAN cerrada, que era prácticamente imposible determinar a esas alturas quién habría de ser el próximo Presidente de México; el asunto estaba obviamente entre Calderón y López Obrador. A Madrazo en realidad ni siquiera vale la pena mencionarlo, pues aunque obtuvo un tercer lugar, definitivamente está fuera de la jugada; de Campa pues ni hablar, y lo digo porque en verdad no hay mucho que decir; y Mercado...sólo nos queda esperar que por lo menos el registro de su partido logre conservar. En fin, era Domingo y yo, por extraño que parezca, estaba levantada desde las 7 AM; por supuesto más que lista para ir a ejercer mi voto por primera vez (en el 2000 era menor de edad); mi casilla era especial y no porque tuviera algo en particular, si no porque estoy registrada en el padrón Jalateto (cosa que por supuesto cambiaré en cuanto me sea posible). Cuando llegué, vi mucha gente formada, aunque debo confesar que nunca pensé que tanta hasta que comencé a buscar el final de la fila y caminé y seguí caminando hasta darle la vuelta a la cuadra, y ahí, justo a la mitad de esta me detuve y comenzó lo que sería una espera de más de 5 horas, si ¡¡5 horas!!--¡Eso es querer votar, caray! ¿O no?...La espera terminó y por fin voté, a esas horas ya no estaba segura de qué me emocionaba más, si el hecho de votar o de que la eterna espera había terminado, pffft! El punto es, que salí de ahí contenta. Ese mismo Domingo todos estábamos orgullosos de la increíble participación ciudadana en los comicios, bueno, hasta los gringos nos felicitaron por lo bien que estaba resultando el proceso--como si eso debiera importarle a los Mexicanos...me refiero a la felicitación obvio. Desde las 8 de la noche se suponía que los medios anunciarían a un posible ganador, lo que como todos sabemos, no pasó; cosa que comenzó a enrarecer un tanto el ambiente...por lo menos en el Sanborn’s donde yo me encontraba viendo las noticias. Además de el nombre del ganador, lo que estaba en duda era la tan llamada Joven Democracia de México; así es, ya era Martes y los resultados no salían a la luz, por lo que más de uno comenzó a cuestionarse sobre los acontecimientos y que tan real era esta democracia a la que tanto (y tantos) habíamos apelado en últimas fechas. Todo, para que ayer jueves por la tarde se dieran finalmente los resultados, los medios comenzaron a alertar a la sociedad: ULTIMA HORA, ULTIMA HORA, EL CONTEO DE CASILLAS PARA LAS ELECCIONES PRESIDENCIALES HA CONCLUIDO Y LOS RESULTADOS SON LOS SIGUIENTES: FELIPE CALDERON 35.88%, ANDRES MANUEL LOPEZ OBRADOR 35.51%..., lo demás no lo recuerdo con claridad, pero no importa porque hoy sabemos que es Felipe Calderón (PAN) quien gobernará nuestro país durante el siguiente sexenio. Así como también sabemos lo que debe estar sufriendo el pobre del Peje, de veras es como para sentirse mal por el pobre, creía que con el conteo voto por voto la tenía ganada, pero no y ahora, por supuesto, quiere impugnar los resultados del conteo, en serio pobre...y pobres también de los PejeFans porque seguro estarán diciendo “se la robaron”, “no es justo”, “era suya”, “malditos tramposos”, “¡IFE vendido!”--¡ya los estoy escuchando, por Dios! Los comentarios en las calles de la ciudad seguro serán interesantes el día de hoy--más de lo normal, porque los Defeños no me dejaran mentir, luego uno escucha cada cosa! Bueno, suficiente de política, pero tenía que mencionar el tema pues es algo que nos concierne a todos como habitantes de este país. Ahora sólo nos resta esperar y ver qué rumbo toma nuestro tercermundista y muy querido México.  Ahora, pasemos a algo más agradable mis estimados Moko Faces. Mi estancia en el DF (ya de 3 semanas) ha sido más que fantástica, he de confesar que incluso ha superado mis expectativas, tal vez no debería decirlo, pero no pensé que mi hometown me fuera a recibir de la manera en que lo ha hecho. Sobra decir que estoy más que feliz y satisfecha con la decisión que tomé, por la forma en que han sucedido las cosas, creo que hice lo correcto y creo que el timing no pudo haber sido mejor! Ahora bien, no crean que lo digo sólo por aquello de la fiesta y el rock, no...o sea, si influye mucho, peeero, no lo es todo. El día de ayer firmé un contrato de trabajo, así es, de nuevo he dejado de ser parte de la PEI (Población Económicamente Inactiva). Debo decir que es un buen empleo para los tiempos tan difíciles que se están viviendo en la actualidad, recibiré lo que se puede llamar un sueldo decente, prestaciones de ley y demás, sin mencionar, que está tan cerca de casa que es para restregarlo considerando las distancias que la gente normalmente debe recorrer para ir de su casa a su lugar de trabajo y viceversa; casi lo olvido, además de todo eso, no interferirá con mis estudios de Fotografía--que es la principal razón por la que estoy aquí. Aparte de todo, lo encontré rápido considerando que las primeras 2 semanas no me dediqué a buscar empleo, si no (como muchos de ustedes saben) a trabajar en Tu Rock Es Votar. Por un momento pensé que había sido cuestión de suerte-muchos podrían pensarlo así-¿yo?...yo creo que si te propones algo y trabajas lo suficiente por ello, lo consigues eventualmente. Ahora si, pasemos de lleno al asunto de la fiesta y el rock!! Jaja La verdad es que gracias a Tu Rock (TREV) he conocido a mucha gente increíble; Armando (Pdte. de TREV) entre ellos, de verdad que este tipo es literalmente imposible que no te caiga bien, en serio, es PKM hasta decir basta y todavía más, desde el primer día que llegué me trató super bien (por mail también era super amable, pero obvio no es lo mismo), además, tiene un excelente gusto musical y organiza unas fiestas onda Berlinezcas-según Tere-, o sea, super wow, de esas a las que todo mundo quiere ir alguna vez, con celebridades incluidas y toda la onda--eso sin mencionar que ¡¡el alcohol es gratis!! Y así como a Armando, he conocido a mucha gente “buen-vibrosa, unos medio cu-cu, pero super chidos. Y de los rocks...¿qué puedo decir? ¡Estoy en La Capital De Los Rocks! Comenzamos el próximo 8 de Agosto con Bloc Party en el Salón 21--excelente banda de Brit-Rock, una de mis favoritas a decir verdad, iré con mi socia y estoy segura que lo pasaremos buenísimo. Seguimos con The Strokes el 2 de Septiembre--me gustan, pero aún no estoy segura si iré, aunque me gustaría. Terminamos (hasta ahora) el 11 de Septiembre con Franz Ferdinand en el Auditorio--llevaré a Gis por su cumple y estoy segura que rockearan, la vez anterior nos los perdimos, pero regresaran por nuestra reivindicación! Jajaja Y bueno, de los rocks locales, pues mañana hay uno de Los Músicos de José en el (ya famoso) Pasagüero--excelente banda de funk-combinación...algo más que no sé explicar bien, pero me gusta. Los escuché por primera vez hace ya un buen rato y siempre he querido verlos en vivo, parece que por fin mañana se me hará! Por último, agregué nuevas Quotes y algunas pics en los albums d The Family.P.D. 1 Perdón si escribí demasiado, ¡es su culpa por hacerme cambiar de idioma! P.D. 2 Seguro encontrarán muchos pochismos, y tendrán que aguantarse porque así hablo yo en español, ok? Fawkers! lol jk  June 30, 2006 Hello fellow readers! I'm back, 'so soon!' you're probably thinking, well yes, coz I've got a few more pics to share with you, and a little video, too. Last night there was an Open House party @ the TREV headquarters, there was free buzz, nice people, snacks, some rockstars and even moviestars, friends, great music and a lot of good time, of course! I went with Tere and Mau (friends from back in junior high), we hadn't partied up together in quite a while and it was a lot of fun. We were hanging out with some of my mates @ TREV and with Lino Nava (the guitarist from this Mexican band called La Lupita)--he's a lot of fun, thou may be a teeny bitsy annoying after a while lol Nothing really bad thou, also Cecilia Suárez (Mexican actress) was hanging there, she's nice too, she greeted us as if we met lol We went back home kinda early coz it's a Thurday night and people have jobs to go to and I, well...I live with my grandparents so I had to be home kinda early--don't wanna break the rules so soon! haha Anyways, you'll find the photos from last night here. Under the TREV DF/Open House folder. Enjoy!!BTW, I don't think I had the chance before but I wanna thank my auntie Norma for all her support and for taking me in her place, because although I'm not there anymore, I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for her in the first place, so yeah...much thanks dear auntie, you know I wuv ya tons and don't worry, coz I'm still coming over to vist!!Now, I don't know if I'll be back before Sunday but just in case I don't, I wanna say something: GO VOTE, DON'T WASTE THIS CHANCE TO CHANGE YOUR COUNTRY AND TO DO SOMETHING TO MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE FOR YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES, I mean it!! It doesn't matter who you vote for, all that matters is that you're convinced who you're doing it for. So yeah, locate the urns where you have to vote and go do it!! Don't forget...Si no votas...¡CÁLLATE! And talking about that, I'v got a nice little couple of videos for you, personally, I find them pretty funny, so check'em out!Video #1 Video #2 Sorry it's upside down, hope you don't hurt your neck lol June 27, 2006 Gichef's Bday!! Whoa! Too many bdays in this month, there must be something about September eh? If you know what I mean lol jk Anyways, I wanna take this chance to wish a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to all the people I know who has a bday this month: Gichef (of course!), Karina, Ruben, Gaby, Juan Carlos, Gerardo and I'm not sure if I'm forgetting anyone else, but if I am, sorry and happy bday to you, too. I hope you all have a great one and have tons of fun thou it, of course, won't be the same as I am not there to celebrate with you! Still, all the best for you and hope you all got tons of pressies!! On to another issue...I wanna tell you all about Saturday! It was quite an awesome day, it's my first day at school and it was pretty cool. I got to practice with advance students since the rest of my class was late--suckers! lol My teacher is really nice and he taught me how to use my camera for the concert later on that day, the school is cosy and the people seem to be nice, we'll see how it goes within the next few weeks. Alright, after school I head it straight to the Sports Palace, arrived there around 2:30 or so, met up with Penelope (Press Department @ TREV) and then I helped her to register all the members of the press until around 6 or so. Then we went in where all the action was going on. I had a "little" problem thou...the bracelet I had was pink, but as much as I love that color (and you know how much!) it wasn't the one I wanted coz that was just for press and I wanted the All Access one, of course. So, I told Armando (President of TREV) I didn't have one; he did all he could and, with Luis' help, after a little while, I got my bracelet and now I could move all around the place however the hell I wanted! Which was pretty awesome, obviously, I could hang backstage, at the dressing rooms, with the crowd, at the press conference room...well, pretty much everywhere in the venue--it felt pretty natural for me to be there. I got to take TONS of pics, which was the happier part for me, as you can imagine. I took pics of La Lupita, Volovan, Plastilina Mosh, Perros Celestes, The Client, the TREV Team and well, tons of other people I met there. It was a PRETTY TIRING day but it was all worth it, I was pretty happy I have to say. It was all over at midnight or so and afterwards, we head off to this place called El Pasagûero where the after party took place. There, besides the people from TREV, a band called The John Band was presenting their first album. They're not real good, they're more like just okay. The whole thing ended (for me anyways) around 4 am and then, Penelope was kind enough to offer me her place to crush since it was a bit too late to go back home. I'm not telling you a lot of the details and things that happened but that's because I don't have much time, but stil, I wanted to come and share this with you. So...to check the pics from that incredible day, go to the Hall of Shame. They're in the folder called TREV DF. They're realy not THAT great, but those are just the ones from the digi cam as I don't have a scanner to show you the ones from the reflex one--bummer!BTW, before I forget...due to popular request, I moved to grandma's now! lol Naw, I moved coz of several reasons so now I live in downtown and everything is closer now--fun eh? Now we can go party up 'till we drop! lol  June 24, 2006 Hey there! Just a quick drop to say. It's been one week since I came back home and maybe it's a bit soon to say, but so far so good. I'm really enjoying it and no, the city ain't as bad as people say--it's just narrow-minded-townies lol Anyways, today is the BIG day since it's my first day at school, which was very good to be the first one lol And later on I'm going to the Sports Palace since it's the Closure show for the TREV Tour where many bands will play and, most important, where I will be the official TREV photographer!! How fawkin' great is that? I am really having a blast and I hope you all are too. When I get the pics I'll try to upload'em as soon as I can so you all get to check'em out!! Well, I'm at a public internet access now and like Muse (the band) would say...my time is running out..., so I'd better leave now. I still gotta have breakfast and then go straight to the show. P.S. Enjoy today's match (Mexico VS Argentina) and be optimistic, but also please, be realistic!! lol Laters! Miss you mom + sis!! xoxoOh, btw...check my latest adquisition, it's my new baby hehe Neat eh? I'm loving it!  June 16, 2006 Departure/Arrival Day--D Day Alright. It's 1:19 am and I think this is goobyes...well, to Jalapa and the people I care about and live here. Ha I don't even know where to start. I really don't think it had hit me--up until the day before yesterday, I was walking down the street (running some errans) and suddenly it hit me, I started realizing what I was leaving here, especially the people...tears almost ran down my face (keyword: almost). Anyways, this past couple of weeks have been pretty good to me, I've had a really good time and I've also realized I've made new friends and I've been hanging out with really nice people. At work, my boss pretty much begged me to stay and offered a promotion, a raise and a photography scholarship (which I dunno how he was planning on finding)...at first he didn't even make me hesitate a second, but then I talked to some friends and my mom and I had to put a thought on the issue--I felt tormented for some moments, but then...it was all back into place and even thou the whole offer thingy sounded kinda appealing I realized my decision was made and that it was what I really want to do so, I decided to stick to the original plan of leaving. People at the office (besides my boss) were really nice to me the past couple of weeks, they asked me to stay about a hundred times--even thou they knew perfectly that wouldn't work. The good thing about it all is that if, for some wicked reason, I come back I know I'll have a place there. My last day in town wasn't quite what I expected and I honestly feel like I wasted it, but there's nothing I can do about it and I'm too tired to whine so I'm just gonna say there are some things that I would of rathered do instead of the ones I did and there's some people I would of rathered hung out with instead of the ones I did it with--except for the part of my sister, of course, I loved hanging with her again. Oh yes, we're talking again, thou we didn't quite talk...I just called to her to ask her if I could pick her up at school, she said yes I went and the rest is history. It seems like things are okay between us now and I'm glad coz I really didn't wanna leave leaving things that way with her. Ok, so now...I guess I'm gonna take the chance to send some shotouts to some people out there: Warning: If you don't wanna get bored, just read the lines after your name. Mom: There's a million things I could say to you and yet, not many words come to me now, I guess I just wanna tell you how grateful I am to have you as my mom because I honestly don't think I could have asked for a better one. I wanna thank you not only for always being there for me and for taking care of me and all of that, but also for allowing me to do this and for supporting me coz you know how important this is to me and how much it means to me that you're right by my side, but most importantly, for trusting me, now that means the world to me, mom. I don't think I can ever thank you enough for bringing me into the person I am now and for always respecting me, my ideas and my way. Thank you, thank you, thank you--I LOVE YOU TONS and don't forget that I'll always be your little girl. I'm gonna miss you more than you know!! Gis: Oh My God! I really didn't think I'd leave home "this soon", in fact, thanks to you I never thought I would! lol Luckly for you (and me), it came sooner than expected. I can't believe we're not gonna hang out anymore and that we're not gonna take care of each other anymore or make fun of people, or muck my mom for being unintentionally funny, or go to the "rocks" (or organize them), or...so many things we used to do, and I can't believe I'm gonna miss all that freakin' good food you're gonna be making--even if I met that "cocky" guy from the Travel & Living channel, you'd still be my favorite Cheff!! Sis, don't you ever forget you are my Perrow Rockerow and I'll always be there for you even if I'm China, ok? So, please don't you ever stop coming to me, for anything and everything, even if you think it's stupid, I wanna know!! Anyways, I wuv you so fawkin' much and I hope we never have one of those stupid fights again. Be good to mom, take good care of her and keep on making her laugh like we always do! Ayme: Reini, t juro k eres una adorada! Mil gracias x ser siempre tan linda conmigo y por tantos momentos d diversión; en serio k a pesar d tus 6 mil millones d personalidades me pareces una excelente persona y me da mucho gusto haberte no sólo conocido, si no tratado y hangeado contigo, eres d lo más cool y aparte super graciosa--cualidad difícil d encontrar en un Jalateto. Cuídate mucho y acuérdate k nos vemos en un mes x allá...o neto piénsale eso d ser roomies en mi ciudad--a ver si es cierto k d eso pides tu limosna! jajaja Saludos a Penjamo y suerte con los asuntos Peterezcos! Gaby: Doñis, todo lo k tendría k decirte sé k ya lo sabes y d sobra, pues t lo he demostrado en estos 3 años, así k sólo te agradeceré el haber estado ahí todo este tiempo y el haberme escuchado siempre k lo necesité; dentro de las muchas tonterías k sueles decir, hay una cosa en la k tienes razón: Gaby = Friend, neto! T voy a extrañar mucho y aunke sé k nunca seremos roomies (lo sé x las estadísticas y, como podrás imaginarte dadas las circunstancias, soy una mujer de estadísticas), me kedaré con la idea x un rato sólo xk es divertido y ps xk weno...you just never know! lol En fin, cuida al resto d la iPod Sisterhood (k NO incluye iPods robados ni piratas!) y nos vemos pronto. Wuv ya, lousy friend! Ingrid: Reina, a ti tb tengo mucho k agradecerte, d vdd...MIL gracias x escucharme, x awantarme con todo y mi histrionismo y narcisismo, x defenderme, x haberme dado una oportunidad sin conocerme, pero sobre todo x kererme y entenderme perfecto. Las reuniones en La Kasita fueron lo mejor--ojalá pronto hagamos unas en Mi Kasita y k sten = d PKM! (Si, tendré Torres exclusivo para ti!) TKM! Que todo salga bien con César y ojalá k haya boda pronto, o por lo menos Full reconciliación jaja. Pinky: Me da gusto k después d todo seamos buenos amigos y k aún estés ahí para mi, así como sabes k yo stoy para ti--significa mucho para mi. Gracias x todas las porras y x preocuparte x mi, en serio no sabes cuanto lo agradezco. TKM! Mr. Prensa: Mil gracias x decirme no lo k kiero escuchar, si no lo k debo escuchar, eres un amigo INCREÍBLE y no tienes idea d cuanto significa tu amistad para mi. Me dio muchísimo gusto hangear contigo estas semanas y aunke tal vez no lo creas, aprendí mucho de ti, en serio GRACIAS x todo!! TKM! Karina: Aunke no se nos hizo despedirnos como el protocolo lo indicaba, agradezco tus palabras y tu amistad. Siempre has sido una d mis personas favoritas en este pueblo--con todo y k ya eres toda una Srita. Laura! jaja Sólo espero k nunca, nunca llegues a ser tan mean como la lesbiana desagradable d tu madre akella la política dl mal--weno, d hecho, sé k no lo serás, siempre has sido mucho mejor persona k ella y me pareces también muy sensata como para volverte como ella. En fin, gracias x ser mi amiga y FELIZ CUMPLE!! (No creas k se me había olvidado!) TKM! Mini-me: No sabes k gracioso es el haber encontrado a alguien TAN igualita a mi hace algunos ayeres, t juro k nunca me había pasado, pero la vdd sta bn cool y me alegra k hayas sido tú, xk independientemente d k seas mi Mini-me, eres una niña super cool y mucho más lista d lo k crees, además d graciosa (obvio) y weno, a veces también medio babas! jaja En fin, estuvo increíble conocerte y ya sabes k siempre k necesites algo, sólo necesitas decírmelo, ok? No olvides k TKM y, x amor a tus padres, pórtate bien!! Granny: La vdd es k ya es algo tarde y no kisiera aplicar La Pinal, puesto que además de todo, sabes perfectamente cómo me siento con respecto a ti y a nuestra amistad; sé k eres super sensible y no t kiero hacer llorar, así k sólo diré k t kiero muchow y k eres mi Granny favorita, en serio. Gracias x ser tan sweet conmigo y tan Pocha como para hacerme sentir menos Pocha lol T voy a extrañar y no olvides k ¡Viva Yolanda Pérez! jajaja Rubencio: Moko Face, creo k nos hemos despedido ya muchas veces, pero no kisiera irme sin recordarte lo agradecida k stoy contigo x ser como eres, y tienes razón...lo que yo gané en este tiempo vale mucho más k un chaleco (aunque reitero...un chaleco o el cd x el k moría no hubieran estado de más! jaja). Voy a extrañar horrores nuestras conversaciones matutinas...y vespertinas, ok, también las nocturnas! jaja Espero k aunke ya no esté tan cerca, no olvides mis sabias palabras xk lo k menos kiero, es k una Jalateta t rompa el corazón--recuerda k tú vales mucho y mereces respeto! Y es en serio Moko, y cuidadito tb con tus viajes en bus eh!! Cuidate mucho y no olvides k TKM! Alright, I'm sorry if I left anyone out but there's a lot on my mind right now and well, you can only imagine. On a last note, I added some photos from the past few weeks, you know you can find them @ the Hall of Shame. Some are under Friends and there are also some under Bands, there you'll find the pics we took from the Motel show we went to a couple of weeks ago.  Much rocker love, Miss Independant P.S. Thank you SO very much to all of my friends in Mexico City for the awesome response to my comeback, I can't wait to get there and see you all and hang out with out--we're gonna have a blast! Special Thanks to: Marcela, Huicho, Tere, Jimena, Christian, Yancko, Zetina, Erika, Paolation, etc!! See you soon!!
 May 9, 2006 Hello fellow readers, I'm sorry I abandoned you for a little while but I was not in the mood to come over and make an update--too many things going through my head lately. I have been looking (or trying to look) for a way out as I don't feel comfortable in this town anymore, not that I've always felt comfortable here, but now it's really getting worse, some days it gets to the point where I just can't stand it and want to get out of here running as fast as I can, well, more like fast-walking coz remember this: people running look bad. However, there's a couple of things holding me back, but I'll keep on trying to figure out a way to get away from this little personal hell this town has become for me. I yearn for the day I can go back to my previous life with all my friends and family, who truly care about me. Now, I'm not saying all of this for you to come and pamper me and stuff like that, I am just trying to let you know how I feel these days. On to different issues, I've been told a few sections needed to be updated for a while now so I got to work on it, as I like to keep YOU, my readers, happy. For your reading pleasure, I've updated the following sections: The Music, The Movies, To Love, To Hate and The Quotes. I also added a few family pics since my silly cousin, Jessy, told me I had only one pic of my grandmother but when I went to check I realized...she's blind or maybe forgot how grandma looks coz I have more than one!! Still, I added a few more so she STFU lol. BTW, greetings to you cousin of hell, coz I know you check up on me often, which I really appreciate--wish I could check up on you as well, wait...actually I do, but I'll definitely try to do it more often now and don't you EVER forget, no matter what...I'll be there for you, alright? Love you and miss you tons, Slothy!! Alright, you guys, there's new stuff so I'll leave you to it.  April 17, 2006 So, holidays are officialy over--for most people anyways, everything's back to normal; however, we shall not feel sad for we have another holiday coming up very soon (we Mexicans, I mean). That's right, Labor Day which is this upcoming May 1st, so get ready to have another day off! Woohooo! hehe Anyways, now let's go straight to bussines. Today, I am going to honor a section on my friend Gaby's personal site; said section is called "Cosas 100% escaneables", which is like Things 100% worth scanning or something like that. During this holidays, after leaving town for a while and getting a sucky sunburn on my face (which is now pealing off--TMI, I know!) I came back and felt like cleaning my room, and not just clean it but clean it-clean it, you know what I mean? Like, when you start getting rid of a lot of things you find useless at that moment and stuff like that, that kind of cleaning is the one I did. Anywho, it all started (no, not just outta boredom) because a friend wanted me to scan a pic, so I had to go thru my things and all that. When going thru my stuff, I bumped into a couple of things that I thought were 100% worth scanning, 2 are from my dearest homo-nazi friend, Gaby--I saw'em and went like "awww!" lol And the other things are from my girls--M2M (from way back when they're together--2002)...needless to say the "awww!-thing" kept on coming! lol Well, less typing, more showing (pics, of course). You can find'em all on the Miscellaneous section of the Hall of Shame. Here's one of the things I found, it's a drawing Marion did @ one of our Traditional Surprise Parties (or so Marion called them):  I also added some family pics, including this one hehe My little sis dressed in her Cheff uniform--don't care if she kicks me, she looks cute! lol  April 12, 2006 I couldn't really wait to show you the surprise iPod I told you about so here it is, it's the Diego Santoy iPod! Personally, I liked it a lot but well, maybe it's just me, so you'd better go judge for yourself! Oh, I also have a little video for you, it's pretty funny and you may actually identify with it lmao Check it out and laugh away! P.S. Here's a funny video for you all--I know you love these ones! haha  March 26, 2006 Hey! As you all know we're only one week away from D Day...that'd be TREV Jalapa Day!! Time went by faster than I expected, but it all has been good; we (Gichef + I) have most of the things taken care of and we just need to get the last few details done but after that...we're set and ready to rock! Everyone keeps on asking me how many people I'm expecting to come and, to be quite honest, I have no idea--I just hope enough. I know I can't change the world's mind by myself in one "night of rock" or anything, but if I contribute to change at least one mind with this, I'll be more than pleased and thankful--thou I really hope it's more than one lol And I really hope, the youth listen up and pay attention because this is a really important issue and, like I said before, united we CAN make the difference!! Voting isn't only our obligation, it's our right--so let's use that right but please, let's be conscious about it and use it right! Mexico deserves it's youth worrie about it and do something to make it a better country for everyone. So, I hope to see you all there next week and even more of you at the polls on July 2, meantime, I leave you a video so you think about it.
Ok, and continuing with all this TREV thing, Gichef and I did a radio interview today with Rafa Flores @ Punto FM (98.5) (our sponsor Radio Station) around noon; we, obviously, talked about TREV and TREV Jalapa, what the Association is about and stuff, as well as all the details of the concert, this, hoping to reach even more people and get them to join the cause--hopefully many listeners will come over. On Monday (meaning, tomorrow) we'll do another interview @ Rafa Flores' show, on Punto FM (98.5) again, of course @ 10 PM (Mexico time). So please, make sure to tune in and let all your friends, family and people in general know so they tune in, too. Don't forget, Monday 27 @ 10 PM, Rafa Flores' show, only on Punto FM (98.5). Click the image for the link to their website so you can listen to it online:
 You're totally welcome to call in and say hi!! lol
  On, to another note...my friend Gaby (who's the Queen of leisure) took some of her leisure time and decided to dedicated to yours trully and she made her very first costumized iPod along with its playlist...which resulted as the Diana iPod Playlist!! It was SO freakin' funny I found myself crackin' up so badly I almost fell off my chair, really. So, if you wanna check it out, you know you can do it @ the always-so-popular The iPods section!! Thanks for that, iPod sis! That day I also wanted to show you some pics from Natalia y La Forquetina's concert last March 7th, @ the Banderilla Fair; they're kinda cool and the concert was even better. We got there thinking we were late but we were actually right on time and we ended up almost in the first row. I got one vid, too...but that one will come later on--when I'm not too lazy to upload it. Anyways, meantime you can go check the pics @ the Hall of Shame.  And last, but not least...I wanna thank the guys from TREV back in my hometown who have been really nice and supportive and even featured our TREV Jalapa show on their news section--keep on rocking, guys! And well, they do all of this thru their speakers which are famous people: singers, bands, TV hosts and personalities, etc. They also organize concerts and such events to get to the young people and that's pretty cool so I decided I'd do my very first and own TREV show here in town and so far I must say it's been pretty good, things have turned out way better than I thought. In only a week I had the bands, the place, the time and date and, very important: the sponsors!! Today I printed out the posters and postcards so now the promotion can start off!! Here's the poster, if you think it looks cool here...you should see the real thing!
BTW, I am organizing this event for TREV in Jalapa and so far it's going pretty well, far better than I expected actually, but I'll tell you more later on, when I have time and my eyes more opened lol Meantime, check that Emo vid--you'll like it! hehe On, to a completely different note...I believe it was last week that people celebrated the "National Girlfriends Day", I know so coz a good old friend of mine, Paula Meadows, sent me a really cool email about that, said email had a list of a few things why it is good to be a woman, which I thought it was pretty cool and funny, so, in case you didn't get this email...here's the list:  And last, but not least, I updated the Quotes section for those who are as quite fond of it as I am myself. Enjoy and stay around coz I have something pretty cool to tell you all, I am just working on some stuff but as soon as I have something solid, I'll let you know what it's all about. I also added a bunch of new quotes, I've been lucky enough to collect quite a few lately--it's a hard work but someone's gotta do it, right? lol Plus, if I don't make fun of people...who will?? haha On, to another note...I just wanna say that the "Official iPod Sisterhood" has officially (lol) begun. So far, we only have 3 members: Monica a.k.a. Granny Magic Hands, Gaby a.k.a. Do?is and myself a.k.a. Dayana; and we've had a couple of meetings already--fun ones, I tell you. And, we're now planning on doing a podcast...we're not quite sure about the way to go just yet, but you're gonna laugh your ass off, I can tell you that much. So, tay tuned and be ready to be our Podcatcher!! Meantime, we're gonna have some fun with Beyonce (Granny's iPod), Eater--current name (Gaby's iPod) and the gorgeous and awesome, Whitey (my iPod!)...and maybe even struggle a bit with them, especially with Beyonce, since it's such a rebel!! LMAO Here's the first Official pic of the iPods on The iPod Sisterhood.  February 6, 2006 Fernanda's (my lil' girl) birthday--hope you have an awesome one, kid! (yeah, as if she could read this lol) February 4, 2006 Today, I am going to be a good citizen and talk to you about how important it is for us all to vote (which I'm sure most of you already know, but still), especially us young people, because we, my friends, are the majority!! Which basically means, the "power" is in our hands and we can actually make the difference by just stop being apathic and starting to really care about the future of our country and our own. Well, I am really not much of a speaker so I'm going to let TREV do all the work. TREV stands for Tu Rock Es Votar, which is kinda like the Mexican version of that huge campaign they did in the US called Rock The Vote. TREV is a civil association that's very interested in getting all the Mexican youth to vote and making us realize how much it matters and how much we can do; they do all of this in the cool way, like, they get celebrities (musicians, actors and such) to be speakers of the campaign, they hold concerts to support the cause and well, a lot of things like that and if you're interested in participating in a more active way, you can always email them and let them know you'd like to help and/or how you would like to do so. Here's the TREV banner, click on it to go to their website and remember...?Tu Rock Es Votar! Oh, BTW, I added a few new quotes and I got a few more coming up shortly.  I dunno why it came out kinda blury, the stupid program did it and I'm too lazy to fix it so, whatever. January 5, 2006 I'm a woman of facts and as I promised, I put up some of the pics from Mexico City, most of them are of my family--so you guys stop bugging hehe You can now take all the pics you want (I didn't upload all of them, of course, so if you want some others...just email me, ok?). I added some quotes as well, I think I have more I just can't quite remember them right now so maybe next time. I still owe you the "Cow Parade" pics but it shouldn't take long, and neither should the iPods so stay tuned. P.S.The 3 Wise Men are coming tomorrow--yay! Hope they get me something! haha January 4, 2006 OMG, I left a month go by without coming over to update and I didn't even get the chance to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year--thou that, I still can do, so...HAPPY 2006 everyone!! I truly hope this one's far better than 2005 coz it kinda sucked, didn't it? Anyways, I'm stil very happy with my iPod thou I can't get my own vids to work totally right but oh well...I'd do with the rest of the cool features by now. So, as most of you know, I went to Mexico City for Christmas and the first few days were great--up until my grandma and one of my aunts went crazy and histeric on me, they managed to put me in a really bad mood--like, even today I am mad at them both. Anyways, enough of awkward family talk, let's move on to...to what? Oh yeah, I also got to see some of my friends and Marcela was definitely one of my friends I was more happy to see coz we hadn't seen each other in like forever so it was fun and she's just great--still very funny and protective, and somewhat corny too lol Oh, I went to a couple of museums as well, of course since we don't really have many of those in this crappy town. In all and all, the trip was good, I spent a lot of time with my lil 3-year-old cousin, Fernanda--she's such a cutie pie, I'd totally buy her or one like her LMAO You'll get to see some pics of her withing this week--when I'm not too lazy to put all my pics up. BTW, you'll also get to see some pics of these outdoor exhibit called "Cow Parade" we went to check out--it's like, costumized cows all over the city--there are a few very cool ones!! Well, I should keep going now but I'm going to leave you a couple of links that you should definitely check out--bet you'll love'em both, especially the second one!! Here ya go: The Ring funny stuff Jingle Bells--backwards version Enjoy and talk to you later!! December 9, 2005 So, December already eh? This year went so fawkin' unbelievable fast, didn't it? Another year goes by and we...we just get older but, hopefully, we're all like good wine, you know...the older, the better haha I really can't believe it's almosrt Christmas already and I can't believe either that I love this season, at least the beggining of it, coz most of the times I end up hating Christmas lol BUT...I've got the feeling I'm not the only one who does, I mean, I'm pretty damn sure there are a few Grinches out there reading this and probably thinking "oh gawd, fawk xmas!" just because they feel like the Christmas spirit is taking over already, yes, you know what I mean, the whole freakin' Christmas mood is out there waiting for you to get contagious of it and everything. Me?...it already did, it actually caught me and my family so we went out to get a really pretty Christmas Tree, which we decorated for a whole aftenoon--looks pretty cool I must say, I really like it and it's a natural pine so it smells so darn good.  By the way, since I didn't put up an iPod last week, I put 2 up this week, to make up for it. Hope you like them both, and please remember I accept any suggestions for the upcoming iPods. November 18, 2005 A few days ago I came up with this idea that was actually inspired by this magazine called R&R (Rock & Roll), they sometimes have this kinda "celebrity coztumized iPods" made and they write a playlist with songs they think the celebrity would play on their iPod. They've just done it like a couple of times but I thought it was pretty cool and that it'd be a fun section to have around, so...from now on, you're gonna get a new "Celebrity-coztumized-iPod" every week. So, enjoy! You can obviously check them on The iPods section! Hope you like it. November 14, 2005 A couple of weeks ago, @ the Smoothies & Burritos Bar, along with Renton Lecter and other bands, a band called DNK played, well, like 5 or so more bands played as well, but I didn't take pics of all of them (that day I decided I'm only gonna take pics of bands whos music I like!), just Renton, DNK & Overdrive I think...so today I just uploaded the DNK pics which turned out nicer than I thought--especially the ones of that hottie named Mike who plays the guitar, he's the one who kinda has a Franz Ferdinand thing going on hehe Anyways, I liked the pics and, as usual, it was fun taking them. You can check them out @ the usual spot--that being the Hall of Shame! BTW, tomorrow or the day after, I'll be updating the Quotes section for all of you who miss it so bad--personally, I do and I've collected a few good ones lately so they'll be up soon! November 13, 2005 I already added the new Renton pics so you can check them out! They're obviously on the Hall Of Shame. I really gotta say those guys are good, they have a 3-song demo and the 3 of them are neat, my fave thou is the one called "Apasionada" (which would be something like "pasionate"). You can check their songs on their MySpace page, where you can also contact them for further info, check their upcoming show dates or whatever! November 7, 2005 Yet again, you might have thought I had abandoned you, right? Well, you know I wouldn't do such thing, I've always overcame lazyness lmao So, I'm sure you wanna hear about the MCR concert and all that. Well, truth is they're not that good live, Gerard's voice isn't quite the same as in the record, you may think "duh, obviosuly!", well, there are bands/singers who actually sound very much like in their albums or even better, but this is not the case. Plus, they created far too much expectation to be honest, I mean, come on, it's not like they're Interpol, or The Killers or *insert current hot band name here*, and waiting for them around 6 hours isn't exactly my idea of a great concert, especially if they're nor my fave band. The place was really cool thou, it was @ the Hippodrome of the Americas, the place is HUGE, like the size of Jalapa aproximately...at least the half of it anyways. The show was in the Carpa Neum?tica, which is also pretty big and my guess is it has occupancy for at least 3,000 people with enough space to breathe. I don't have pics of the thing coz even thou I was able (as usual) to sneak in my camera, I could not take it out coz they might take it away and I certainly didn't want that. I took a few pics of the stage at the beggining but then I was afraid they'd see me so I better kept it save in my bag. BTW. Gerard Way (who on earth has Way as a lastname, I mean, seriously, who??) is really NOT THAT HOT in person, he's standing like 3-4 m away from me and let me tell you, he's definitely not what I'd call a hot guy. He looks pretty hot on the newest vid but he's got long hair again so he doesn't look that good anymore. So, to sum it all up, the show itself was just okay, definitely didn't make the top 5. I got a pretty cool PINK tee and a couple of pins and wanted to get more but Gisela told me to stop and then I realized I'm such a souvenir-pshyco, I wanted to get posters and stickers and everything they had there lol And to finish this whole MCR experience I wanna give special THANKS to my good friend Norberto for the tix to the show--you kick ass, always have, always will!! And also, special HATE to Veronica who works @ Warner and was s'posed to give me the tix and made me go thru that much to get them just because she's always hated me--you suck! On to a whole different issue, I've been meaning to show you this pic of my friend Ivan a.k.a. Pooh, he got arrested for drug-dealing--now, don't give me those looks, he got arrested coz he's such an ass, seriously, I mean, he was with other 3 guys and they all ran away but he's the only one stupid enough to be caught by the cops and been drawn to jail. He got outta there fast, of course, I mean, having a couple of such influent parents...it's obvious he wouldn't last there long. The funniest thing of this all is the pic that was on the paper, OMG, I was laughing my ass so fuckin' hard when I first saw it I couldn't believe it. Diego (Mine and Pooh's common friend) asked me to scan the pic for him since he doesn't get that paper where he lives now and since I scanned it I thought I might as well share it with you all so you get a laugh yourself--please, don't be scared, he's a nice kid after all! LMAO Take a look @ arrested Pooh! BTW, there are some new pics up from Renton Lecter's (local band) show last October 29, and some more avatars made by as well. I'll tell you about the local concerts I've been to these past weeks later on coz I've written enough for today! October 18, 2005 So, I have cool news, people. I am going to go see My Chemical Romance tomorrow! I kinda knew this already but I wasn't so sure so I didn't wanna brag about it and then...bam! Nothing! But now I'm sure so I can brag about it all I want lol The band's playing a show @ the Carpa Neum?tica in the Hipodromo de las Am?ricas, in Mexico City and my friend Norberto was nice enough to get me a couple of tix for me and Gichef, so we're going to rock in my hometown for a lil while...more like a day to be exact. We're leaving tonight @ midnight and we're coming back tomorrow night...I guess. We're both really excited but I think I am more excited than Gichef coz I love going to MC and she...not so much. Anyways, Special Thanks to Norberto for still being such a cool guy--always has, always will!! I hope they allow cameras in or I'll have to sneak mine in again if they don't haha If I get some MCR pics, I'll show'em to you when I get back and I'll tell you how it went. Plus, I'm gonna show you a real funny pic I already have but I'm too lazy to post right now, so stay tuned! Later!! October 14, 2005 Not getting older, just wiser! As most of you may know, today's my bday and as some of you may know...I hate my bday! The reason? None of your bussiness. Anyways, as I'm getting older I thought this would be a good time to kinda "reflect" on what this year have been for me. It hasn't been the nicest year of all, starting off with the fact that I'm not in my hometown, which I miss so much and I'm not with my family and friends whom I miss like crazy every-freakin'-day! This year, I tried to reach out for one of my goals which is to study photography at the local Uni--didn't make it; however, that's so not gonna stop me from getting there, I know what I want and I know I'll get it sooner or later. I guess you can take this as a downtime, but I'll get back on my feet real soon--hopefully. One of the best things that's happened while living here is how close my sister and I have become, we've always been close but we used to fight a lot about anything and everything, just like every little girl; now we still fight, but it isn't that often and they're just regular fights (most of them anyways), but the thing is, I've found in her one of my best friends and (I'm such a pussy for saying this, but...) she's the best sister I could of ever asked for!! On the other hand, the relationship with my mom has somewhat grown apart; sad, I know, but it's just that...I dunno, maybe her diffucult age (40's) and my insolence can't seem to get along and now it's me and her who fight like 8 year-olds and I hate it. This year, she got me a bday card and a lil "Good For" on it; it was a "Good for anything you want so I can't go wrong"--sounds pretty cool, I know, however, it's a bit sad coz it means she no longer knows me like she used to. For previous bdays she used to sneak in with my sister into her room and wrap my presents (which she perfectly know I'd love) there so I wouldn't find out and they could both surprise me very early in the morning on my bday and it was great because even though I get cranky when they wake me up too early, I loved that and sometimes I wish things could go back to what they were. I'm a grown-up now, I know, so what? We all need our mom's, always have, always will and you all gotta agree with me on this one! Anyhow, I'm trying to work on our relationship but it is kinda hard so it might take a while, but I know my mom and I'm sure we'll get back on track. Alright, enough whipping for now, I just wanna send a huge hug to all my family and friends who come by to check up on me--I miss you and love you all very much!! Okay, there, a little Diana's soul-baring talk--hope you enjoyed coz you know you don't get much of these from me. P.S. Presents are welcomed @ my place anytime now. And for the local friends--see you tonight! October 11, 2005 So, lazyness striked out again and I stopped coming for a few days, not that you're missing much thou. However, I did wanna wish a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to 2 of my oldest and best friends: Huicho & Teresa. I've known them both for like half my life, well, actually Teresa and I met when we were 11 so it's been more than half our lives. I'm glad to say even thou we live far from each other, we're still good friends and we keep in touch very often. They both kick some ass, not to mention they're both Libra's, of course! hahaha Anyways, Huicho had a bday on the 29 (September) and Tere had it on the 3, I did wish'em both a Happy Bday but I wanted to do it here, so...Happy Birthday, you guys! So, I went to see Aneurisma again last weekend, they played @ the Plaza Lerdo in downtown--the worst venue ever! And they have such bad luck, that when it was time for them to go on stage, it started raining so hard, of course--pffft! But it wasn't that bad, I'm even starting to like their sound and all, turns out they even have some pretty good tunes! haha I took pics (of course!) but I haven't had much time to work on them, maybe this week thou. In the meantime, you can check out the website I've made for them: Aneurisma's Site September 26, 2005 So, last Saturday's show was kinda fun. Turns out my friend asked us to be @ the door selling the tickets and marking ppl's hand so they could go in and out as they wanted. At first, it was boring, then it got better and it was fun, but then...I got sick of people and all I wanted was to get in and check out the bands that were playing. In the meantime, I kept myself entertained looking @ some hot guys over there and talking my sis and my friend Gaby. Luckily, the place was packed so they stopped allowing people to enter anymore and we, of course, didn't have to keep on selling tix and we could go inside and watch the show. So we went inside and there was this band, which name I can't remember but they're playing kinda ska or something like that, they were just okay...after they're done, it was Aneurisma's (my friend's band) turn. They went up on stage and started tunning up a bit and as soon as they're done, they started up their show. They played for about half an hour or so...I don't think I'd listened to them live so this was my first time. No, wait, I had listened to them but it was just a rehearsal. Anyways, they have a few really weird songs but they also have good ones, I especially liked this one song called "Waterloo". I must say the drummer guy is really good even thou he's the youngest of all *thumbs up @ him*. As it obvious, I took some pics of them while playing, I put up a few of them @ the Hall of Shame in case you wanna check'em out. Hope you like'em, and if you don't...well, too bad coz I do! lol jk Any comments about the pics or anything else, there's the Guestbook--use it! Afterwards, we went to take a lil walk over downtown since I'd been wanted to take some night shots of it for a while now and I took the chance to do so. I am really glad to say that the town I live in is a very safe town, I mean, honestly, I'd never be walking in the middle of the night in Mexico City's downtown--not without a tough guy by my side to protect me thou lmao Anyhow, the towns looks pretty neat at night, much better than during the day...but then again, it's maybe the townies that ruin it all! I also took some pics there and I think they're pretty decent for Jalapa hahaha. Well, I'm off now. Later! September 22, 2005 Aunt's Lupe Bday--have a great one, aunt!! Well, as I promised, here's the Avril video, well, it's actually just one song "Sk8r Boi", one of the best from the whole concert!! I warn you, it might take a while, of course...the faster is your connection, the faster it'll download--duh! Anyways, if you call yourself an Avril fan, you definitely gotta download it. The image is not the closer to the stage, BUT, the sound is pretty decent. Anyways, just check it yourself! Sk8r Boi Live, Mexico City Note: Please, do not share all over there, this is just for friends, alright?  Here's a pic of the Tiny-Not-So-Amargator-Anymore @ her Press Conference in Mexico City. And for those of you who are not Avril Fans, don't worry, I got something for you, too! It's a pretty funny video, it is as short as it is funny! Check it out here! September 14, 2005 Daniel's Birthday! Happy Bday to my cousin who made me walk like mad yesterday to look for a damn guitar string!! Have fun, cos! Ok, now on to the Avril story. As some of you know, I went to Avril's concert in Mexico City (my hometown) yesterday and well, here's a little something about the show. Generally speaking, it was a pretty good concert, one of my faves, actually. Avril had so much energy as I had never seen before in any of her shows; I went to see her back in 2002 and she was a bit different, she is now more mature (of course), more confident on stage and you can tell now she enjoys it and she knows hot to have her fun, which is pretty awesome coz it makes it more enjoyable for the audience. The sound was good, although her voice was a bit strange, she was singing a bit too loud, I remember her voice being lower before, but it was still good. The venue (Sports Palace) was totally packed, you don't see that place to it's fullest very often but Avril managed to pull it off and not only that but also managed to have the whole audience singing along to every single song--which was pretty awesome! I think there's only one song people didn't sing (Always Get What I Want), but outta that one...we all sang along to every word! There were a couple of things I didn't like thou, such as the fact that she held one of her electric guitars and started "playing", I quote it because she wasn't really playing, she was just pretending!! Pfffft!! She did play the acoustic guitar thou. Another bad thing is that the show only lasted 1:10 hrs; last time it lasted 1 hr and she had only one album, so now she has 2 I assumed she'd sing for 2 hrs but I guess I was wrong. She sang around 16 songs or so, and included a couple of covers, one by Blink 182 (All the Small Things) and the other one by Blur (Song # 2). I managed to take my camera inside (we weren't s'posed to) but couldn't take any pics or they'd take my cam away, BUT, I managed to record 2 songs with it hehe I recorded "Sk8r Boi" (one of my faves) and "Complicated" (the classic one lol). I will later put the video up here. Anyway, before leaving for home, I bought a kick-ass black-avril-jacket a few stickers, a cup (which I accidentaly broke only half an hour later lol) and that's it. The whole thing was fun and I enjoyed myself very much so!!! Avril rocks!! Here's the setlist in case you were wondering about it: - Sk8r Boi - Unwanted - Happy Ending - Always Get What I Want - Mobile - I'm With You - Fall To Pieces - Don't Tell Me - Together - Forgotten - Nobody's Home - Who Knows - Losing Grip -Take Me Away - He Wasn't - All The Small Things - Song #2 - Complicated. On the Song #2 she played drums, and she also played piano on Together and Forgotten if I'm not mistaken. So, to sum it all up...would I go see Avril's show again? Absolutely!! BTW, much thanks to my friend Huicho for cutting off class to hang out with me--really appreciate it!! Oh, and also thanks to Erika for holding my Avril ticket for so long! hehe P.S. The chances to go see Interpol have definitely grown these days and if everything goes well, Huicho will be getting me a ticket tomorrow--AWESOME!! September 10, 2005 Ivan's Birthday! Happy Bday to my cousin Ivan wherever he is *xoxo*. I got good news today, Interpol is playing in Mexico City again, which is absolutely AWESOME, besides of course, being a sign--yes, it is a sign telling me that this time I must go! The Gods of the Alternative music have arranged this to happen for me, I know it! lmao They're playing again this upcoming September 22 and I'm trying to convince Marcela to come along even thou she already saw'em live last Monday. I know she's a great friend and will come with me or else...she knows I'll get all cranky! lol Marceluchis, if you're reading this, PLEASE come with me, remember I'm one of your fave friends ever haha Would you?? Pretty pleasee! Ahem, okay, enough begging for today. On to a complete different issue, I recently found my new role model, she's a Music Photographer (of course), her name's Ami Barwell and I must say her work is absolutely AWESOME, not to mention her website, which is also pretty original and fun! You should check it out, I bet you'll like and enjoy her work almost as much as I do. Ami Barwell's Website Also added some other links of other photographers who's work I really like. You can find the links on...ummm, the Links section--duh!! I was going to tell you about something else but I can't remember what it was--pffft, my alzheimer! Anyways, I guess I'll tell ya when it comes back to me. Later! September 7, 2005 Today, I am addressing especially and specifically to the people who like fur. Why? Well, my friend Diego sent me a link to this video where they mistreat animals and beat them up to death with the only purpose or taking off their fur and turn it into fur coats and whatnot. The images you'll witness in the video are extremely brutal and somewhat gross--I could only bare watching half of it! Anyways, hope none of you like fur, seriously, what people do with those animals is just wrong and that's coming from someone who doesn't have any sympathy for animals. Watch how fur is obtained here Next time, I'll come back with something much less gross and much more fun--promise!! September 3, 2005 I'm back and I'm sorry for the lack of updates but this time it wasn't my fault nor my lazzyness that didn't let me come but the phone company; yes, as many of you know, due to the awful storms striking everywhere lately, my phoneline was broken for about 2 weeks, that's 2 weeks without Internet at home--which is like a lifetime!! lol Anyways, now I'm back and I'm gonna keep on updating regularly. I have some very cool stuff to show you all!  I toally liked this photo and thought I'd add the rock on thing. August 22, 2005 I was surfing the net and I bumped into these 2 kill bill-related links, which I found very funny so I wanted to show you all hehe If you saw Kill Bill and liked it, you'll like this: Kill Bill...Gates Kill Bill DVD (no, is not a link to buy the DVD!) BTW, Victory Season (formed by Brian, ex-Save Ferris member and his wife, Steph) is releasing their first EP this upcoming September 12!! You can buy it at their Official Website or just listen to some tracks on their Myspace account!! Whatever you decide, please make sure to check'em out--they're pretty awesome and nice people, too! August 20, 2005 Marcela's Birthday! Before anything, I wanna say HAPPY BDAY to my dearest friend Marcela, who today turns...umm, okay, okay, I won't say how many years coz who knows, she might get offended! lol Although, now that I didn't wanna mention your age people might think you're old, Marce! haha jk And even if you're old, it's okay coz you're still one of the most awesome people I've ever met and I wuv ya tons. I'm sowy I couldn't be there with you to celebrate but I will see you soon, so be aware lol Have an awesome one!! Moving on, I bring for you... "The Blood-Splattered Pizza Guy" This whole thing started because I know this guy who I went to dinner with the other day (he's just a workmate thou) and we went to a pizza place and during the convo, somehow weird things such as allergies came up and he said he's allergic to various things (actually, to many to name them all!). Among those things, was pizza--yes, yes, I know what you're thinking: "WTF with this guy?!, same thing went thru my head when I heard it. Thing is, not only he is allergic to pizza, BUT, he actually bleeds (yes, you are reading right, bleeds!!) when he eats it. However, is not just any pizza that makes him bleed, but the pizza from Domino's and Pizza Hut. That was so awesome I thought he was joking, but he wasn't--pretty weird stuff eh? So, now I joke about it every chance I get, of course, and I even told him when I make a movie I'm gonna have it divided in chapters (very Tarantino-like) and I'm gonna have a special little chapter dedicated to him and it'll be called "The Blood-Splattered Pizza Guy"--in honor to the chapter called "The Blood-Splattered Bride" featuring on Kill Bill. Wouldn't it just be totally awesome and absolutely funny??? Best part is, he (his name's Alex) wants to play himself on it!! LMAO He says that way I won't have to spend so much money in production and special FX since he'll be doing all the bleeding naturally. August 17, 2005 First of all, I wanna say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my fave cousin ever, my Slothy cousin, THE cousin: Jessica!! She turns 17 today and I feel really bad coz I can't be there to celebrate with her--bummer! Anyways, Slothy, hope you have an AWESOME bday and lotsa fun, also hope to see ya soon, we have a lot of catching up to do! Wuv ya tons!! On, to other issues...Rammstein is coming to Mexico City this upcoming October 6 @ the Sports Palace, I'm not so much of a fan but hey, it's a trip to my hometown and you know what it means, right? Plus, concerts are always fun, ya know, moshpits, souvenirs, bunch of assholes (as usual), noise and of course, lotsa fun!! So, I might be going so if you are too, let me know, ok? Hmmmm, I was gonna tell you something else that I just can't recall right now, so I guess I'll tell you later on. August 13, 2005 So, Gichef found this image of Willy Wonka the guy from Good Charlotte made and since she's so obsessed with it (even thou she says she's not--yeah, right!), I thought I'd make her a lil something and then since I have nothing better to do, I thought I'd show you lol So, here you go!  P.S. Singing along makes it even funnier and more fun, too! haha August 11, 2005 So, again almost a month has gone by with me hardly coming to check up on you guys, well I'm sorry I was just distracted and I had almost forgot about this place...until Gabriela reminded me of it again and well now...Here I Aaaaaaaaaaaaam (lol got that?) Anyways, there's not much to say really. Work is just fine--even fun at times! Dunno if I had already told you but I got a ticket to see Avril in her upcoming show at Mexico City's Sports Palace, it's gonna be awesome!! I saw her live once and I totally loved it and now it's a bigger show and she's got a new album so, hopefully, it'll be even better!! Oh, guess what? We got a new comp--it's so much fun! haha I get to do all the usual silly things I do, only faster hahaha What else was I gonna say? ... Oh yeah, my sis starts school next Monday--Gastronomy, how exciting is that? For us at least, she'll get to do what she likes and I'll get good food lmao Can't wait to see her wearing that funny uniform--hope you're not reading this sloth!! Alright, that's it for now. Later! July 16, 2005 I know it's been quiet around the site for quite a while (almost a month!) but not much was happening, well, not much is happening now either haha but I decided to drop by and let you know I'm still around. We've been in this house for a bit more than a month now and it's been nice, I like my room a lot! On another issues...I got a new job (pfffft, yet another one!). I'm s'posed to coordinate the accountance of 2 enterprises, which is kinda weird since numbers aren't exactly my thing, but well, I guess we'll see. In the meantime, I'm getting ready for my trip to Mexico City in late August, I'll go see Marion since she'll be there for a week or so--hopefully, it'll be fun! Last week, I went to this local concert where a few local bands and one from Mexico City played. They all played different kinds of music, but it was rock and ska mainly--both which I really like. To be honest, they local bands were okay but one band that came from my hometown (called Musiquero) was the best; I mean, you could actually tell the difference between them and the rest of the bands, these guys had...experience, and also played a whole lot better--especially the bassist. The show was cool and we (me + Gichef) met the guys from Musiquero, they turned out to be pretty cool and since we're all Chilangos (from Mexico City) there was this vibe between us all and it was cool. The manager was pretty nice, too--prolly the nicest of all. Anyway, it was a fun evening filled with music and hot, hot heat!! If you'd like to check Musiquero's music, you can go to Musiquero's My Space Page and you can check some pics from that day at the usual spot (Hall Of Fame)! June 18, 2005 So, I'm now settled in my new house (soon-to-be-home) and I gotta say the moving was pretty fuckin' EXHAUSTING but all worth it in the end. I totally love my new room, I decorated it just the way I wanted--now there are only a couple of details yet to be done. You can check pics of it on the Hall Of Shame section. Currently not much is happening with me, but I'm hoping I'll have some news by next week. On the, now usual, Marion note; her first single Break You will be out this Monday 20th on radio and TV so make sure to catch her!! May 30, 2005 A lot of things are going on now, I'll start by telling you about my practice exam. It was all weird and even kinda awkward in the first part (morning); but in the end it all went okay. They did a little interview previous to the real one to take place later in the afternoon. However, having that interview wasn't a good thing, not because of the interview itself but because it meant that you didn't take the lab test (a test where they make you prove you know how to use a photo lab), so I guess you can call that starting off with the wrong foot. Anyways, it was around 5 PM when I arrived to the Arts Faculty for the real interview. People started going in one by one, of course, and it took'em around 20 minutes for the whole interview and briefcase-showing and whatnot, which wasn't really long but when you're waiting, minutes can turn into long hours and 20 mins may seem like a lifetime!! It was 30 minutes past 6 PM, I finally got in and it turns out there were 5 professors to do the interview, not 4, like with the other guys. At first I didn't know what to expect because of some comments I'd heard from the people who was interviewed before me but in the end it all turned out really well. All the professors showed genuine interest in my work and that made me feel good. By the end of the interview they're all laughing...with me and not at me, which was the best thing! Haha I really don't know what's going to happen because I'm very aware the chances to actually get in are REALLY slim, but I know I gave it a try and just that is enough for me...for now. We'll see what happens and I'll keep you posted. On another note, I'm moving to another house (still with mom and sis). It's cool coz I'll get to decorate my new room and changes are always good, what's awful and I really hate is the actual move, I hate moving and packing and unpacking and all that stuff--Ugh!! I believe the moving will be next weekend. And last but not least, there's a Marion note (obviously) lol As you may have heard, her album will be out (in Asia and that side of the world) until June 6, but, we can listen to her whole album (except bonus tracks) right now thanks to MTV Asia! To be honest, there are some songs that aren't that good, but still, most of the album is pretty good! Here's the link so you can check it out: Listen to Marion's Album "Here I Am" May 24, 2005 So, my theoretical exam for the Photography major was on Saturday and it was oddly too easy to be true--weird eh? Well, I hope it's a good thing. The practice one is tomorrow and I'm kinda anxious about it, not nervous, just anxious--I guess we'll see how I do. Due to different situations (all outta my hands) my briefcase is not done yet, BUT, at least I already have everything I need; now all I do have to do is put it all together and that shouldn't take long so it'll be finished by today and tomorrow...tomorrow's D Day! Wish me luck, people! Oh, also tomorrow's Marion's birthday (the big 2-1--that's 21 in case you don't get it lol) so in case I can't make any updates around here, make sure to send her a bday greeting, alright? May 18, 2005 Well, I am now back home from Mexico City and I gotta say I had good time. I did a little bit of everything: from sightseeing to almost getting kicked outta the White Stripes' concert! lol This was such a fun-relaxing week and it helped me to forget about the sucky things going on before I left so I'm much better now. I also visited my friends at Warner Music--as usual, that's fun and entertaining. Thanks to Norberto I got to listen to Marion's whole new album and I tell ya, it rocks!! It has this Avril sound to it but with a much better voice. I also made my obligated visits to Starbucks and Mix Up--wish we had a couple of those here in town! Me and my family went to this little town called Tepotzotlan, which is outside the city and is very beautiful and all traditional, we ate and spent most of the day there. I shopped for some CD's, a book, a DVD, accesories and just stuff. Now, on Saturday me and my friend Huicho went to the White Stripes' concert at the Sports Palace. At 8 PM a band called Green Horse opened for them and played for about 45 minutes, they're not bad, but they're not great either, they're kinda like Jet actually. A few minutes after 9 PM Jack and Meg White came on stage and started rocking. To be honest, I can't remember which song they opened with lol but I do remember they played some of their big hits such as "Hotel Yorba", "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself", "Fell In Love With A Girl", "The Hardest Button To Button" and, of course, "Seven Nation Army", which they did for the encore. That's gotta be one of the best songs I've heard live ever--wish I had it on video. I could of have it on video since I managed to introduce my camera to the venue (which isn't allowed--unlike the US/Canada) but as I was taking some pics during the show I got busted by a security guy and he came right up to me and was like "would you mind joining me?" and I had to take my camera to the place where they keep the bags and stuff that can't be introduced, otherwise, they would of kicked me outta the place right away! haha It was fun thou, and the good thing is, I still got the few pics I took before they took the camera away! mwhaha Afterwards, when the show was over I had to go out and buy a souvenir--it's tradition. I got a pretty cool (red) jacket, the rest of the stuff wasn't so cool so that's all I got...oh, that and some stickers for my guitar and my sister's. To sum it all up: it was a good concert and I had a great time! P.S. Special thanks to my aunt Norma (THE aunt) who let me crash at her place--it was fun! May 9, 2005 Since I happen to have some free time in my hands, I decided I'll pay a visit to my hometown. I'm planning on being there for a week and take advantage to do as many things as possible and also to see as many friends as possible, too. So you guys down there: be ready! Among the things I'll be doing there will be attend to The White Stripes' concert next Satudarday at the Sports Palace, I'm going with my friend Huicho (my concerts' buddy)--it should be fun! I'll tell you all about it when I come back. On another note...tomorrow's Mothers' Day so I wanna say Happy Mothers'd Day to all the mom's I know, especially of course, to mine, who btw is THE mom!! Love ya tons, mom--you rock! May 7, 2005 Bad news people: I got fired from my job. Why? Because life's unfair and the coordinator who was my boss is a complete bitch, and believe me when I say BITCH! She fired me for, like, no reason, however, I can't take legal action because the company makes you sign a resign form when you sign a contract, so there--it's all fucked up, I know, but that's how it is, what are you gonna do? But hey, let's see the bright side here, I get to go to my hometown and spend some time there--that's pretty cool! April 25, 2005 So, this week should be exciting since Marion Raven (ex-M2M) is supposed to be releasing her first single off her debut solo album Here I am, called "Break You". As many of you know, I was/am a M2M fan so, obviously, I'm looking forward to check Marion's new stuff out and to have her back in Mexico doing some promo work--that should be fun!! If you haven't heard either M2M or Marion...what are you waiting for? It's pop music, but it's pop music really well done, I mean it! BTW, my friend Silvy and I have a website for Marion so you might wanna check it out. Here's the link: Marion Raven Friends March, 2005 At the time, I combine my work at A&P with some chilling and relaxing! Haha No, truth is, I just started to work on my briefcase to present it on the exam to apply to the career of photography (which will be in a couple of months). It's supposed to be a black & white briefcase and I gotta say I'm really inspired and there are tons of things I have in mind that I wanna capture--hopefully, it'll turn out nicely. There are actually some of the pics I've taken up in the Hall of Shame section already, in case you wanna check them out and, if you do, your feedback on them would be much appreciated! November, 2004 Currently, I have a job as an English Teacher and I just finished studying advertising. I wanted to go back to Mexico City and study photography starting the next year, but the recent trip I took to my hometown made me change my mind and realized I don?t wanna go back there, at least not in this point of my life; instead, I?ve decided I?ll stay here in Jalapa a little longer and I?m still planning on studying photography, of course, but now I wanna do that here at the UV *the state University*, hopefully, that?s what I?ll be doing. Meantime, I get to chill and relax and do what I like such as watching movies at home, going to the movies, listening to music, do some designing stuff and going out with friends.
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