Last broadcast of the year :)

Well it's the last post of the year... ('cuz I'm going back home and I have no internet over there)...

I just want to say HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I hope you all have a great time, drink as much as you can (and if you do, please don't drive, take note that I'm asking nicely, so PLEASE, don't drive), hug all those you love (hugs are the best thing... ever! so give a lot o' hugs), eat as much as you can (worry about the weight on january) and enjoy your friends and family (you never know how much time you have with them)

So after the mushy message, I wish the best for next year, keep a sharp eye and bring me that horizon...

HUG!

LVI Behind the scenes in D'Vintage concert

Hello all, as I posted earlier, D'Vintage had a concert on Saturday and I had the privilege of helping out, and with that privilege came the opportunity to take pictures... so here are some behind the scenes! enjoy!

Maye llevando el tiempo mientras hacian pruebas con las guitarras.


La red special fodonga ;P

Soundcheck.

Martin en el soundcheck.


Lizardo y Maye

Lizardo en su pose rockstar.

Close up on Hiram.


Maye tomando el sol.

Hiram :)

Lizardo y Oscar :)
@ the concert

Temper and Tempo...

When I was younger I had a terrible temper, everything pissed me off and set me off like a loose cannon, I would say things that I didn't mean...

As I got older I wouldn't fight that much, but when I did, I would scream and still say hurtful things....

Now, I don't know where I lost track in saying things, but I just hold it in, avoid conflict, even if hurt me, my shrink said it was because of the fear of loss, that the person would be driven off by my attacks, it's happened I guess she had a point...

I dislike the idea of extremes, to be a lose cannon or being a stone...

Someone once told me, if they can't handle what you say, then its they're problem, not yours, I couldn't follow with the idea, I still can't... *sigh*

Letting the whole introspective thing aside...

On Saturday D'Vintage is playing in CEART... check it out... I'll be over there helping out with the videos and some music effects ;)

Lugar: Centro Estatal de las Artes (CEART), Foro Experimental
Fecha: Sábado 15 de Diciembre de 2007
Cooperación: $ 75 pesos (50% de descuento estudiantes y personas del INSEN, con identificación, solo en taquilla).
Venta de Boletos: Uno800 Caffe (Vicente Guerrero 1800-B, Col. Nueva), D'el Hombre con Estilo (Electricistas y L. Montejano #2080 L-5 Col. Libertad), así como en el mismo Centro Estatal de las Artes.

♪ You know I believe, and how ♪

Don't know who made the poster design, so I don't know who to give credit to...

Vampires, Books and Meals

It's been so long since I've been so caught up with a book... its called Twilight by Stephanie Meyer... it's pretty much oriented for teenagers... but i couldn't help buying it when i read the back of the book... it only had five simple lines...

"About three things I was absolutely positive:

First, Edward was a vampire

Second, there was a part of him - and I didn't know how dominant that part might be- that thirsted for my blood.

And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him."

Its not the book of the year, but its really entertaining, I liked it...

I guess there isn't much philosophy for today, I don't feel like writing all that I'm feeling...

Too complicated...

I distract myself by reading...

One thing that I'm really starting to enjoy is to eat alone (I usually couldn't stand it), putting my headphones on and reading while eating has been a very entertaining activity without feeling glum because I have no one to talk to or getting caught up in my own web of thoughts...

It can't rain forever...

♪ show me, show me, show me, how you do that trick ♪

Dreams, zombies and favors...

To revive deceased dreams is not an easy task...

They become zombies... which is the closest thing to what you wished for...

Things aren't the same... yet you try with all your might to make that dream come true...

And try not to get hurt in the process...

Which is inevitable...

Yet you still try...

With all your might...

I take my hat off to myself sometimes...

I can really push myself to the limits to achieve what I wish...

The problem is that I don't learn when to give up...

And learning process begins...


♪ Looking on she sings the songs...
The words she knows the tune she hums ♪

When you were young...

No matter how hard you try to keep a smile, things get messed up, you have no control over them...

And then you just don't want to smile anymore...

It pisses me off...

♪ You sit there in your heartache... Waitin' on some beautiful boy to... To save you from your old ways ♪

Just the way you look

Yesterday I saw The Devil wears Prada... I liked it... a chick flick none the less... but a nice one...

It came recommended and I as well say its good, but, I'm pretty sure most guys won't dig it...

So there you go, if you like the whole independent girl theme and feel identified with having a really demanding job, this is for you.

On the other hand... Frank Sinatra makes me a little happier... so today Frank was on my playlist....

♪ When the world is cold, I will feel a glow just thinking of you, and the way you look tonight ♪

Aparently today's post was about looks ;P

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road...

One more day to go until the weekend...

When you are in school you never imagine yourself in the real world...

And when you are in the real world you start to forget how it felt when you were in school...

Yesterday I saw Scent of a woman... I love that movie... romantic yet not too girly, I know a few guys who even like it... hoohah! "But there isn't nothin' like the sight of an amputated spirit. There is no prosthetic for that..."

♪ This boy's too young to be singing the blues ♪

This river is wild

Sometimes I wish I could understand the world and the things that happen in it...

Most of the times people just say that I should just go with the flow...

Others... my mind won't stop boggling about things...

Today... mmmm... today... today was a roller coaster...

but I have to admit... at least I could concentrate... for a while...


♪ you left me drowning in my tears, and you won't save me anymore ♪

Today I got an email from an aunt... it contained a music video... about a man who held a sign that said FREE HUGS... the song is called All the same by the Sick Puppies...

The first time I saw that video... It was a while ago... things were different... that song took another turn... and was kept as a special memory in me...

Today... when I saw it... I wasn't expecting on bumping into it again... I felt like I wanted to cry...

♪ I don't care, no I wouldn't dare, to fix the twist in you... ♪

Yesterday standing in my balcony...

I daydreamed... about what if's...

That will never see the light of day...


♪ Si hiciera un viaje a mis adentros... y sobreviviera a los lamentos... pediria fuerzas para decir cuanto lo siento... ♪

Bon Jovi

So many memories haunt my mind...

♪ I never wanted the stars, never shot for the moon... I like them right where they are... all I wanted was you... ♪

Día de Muertos...

One more thing to say before this day ends...

mmmmm... pan de cadáver.... yummy...

that's all I have to say about that....

Wishfull thinking...

When I arrived I saw a doodle in my desk...

I didn't do it...

I wish it was you...

:3

♪ te estaré viendo... desde el otro lado del sol... extrañandote... ♪

It has to do with you...

Pictures...

Cats...

Flying pigs...

Tarantino... Robert Rodriguez...

Garfield...

The Killers... Alien Ant farm... Lucybell... 30 seconds to mars... Lost Prophets... Mamá Pulpa... Porter... Cafeta... Erick Clapton... Bob Dylan... Los tres... Caifanes... Jaguares... Sick Puppies... The Rasmus... U2... Fobia... Los Concorde... QBO... Bon Jovi... Kings of Convenience... David Bowie... Leonardo de Lozanne... Flaming Lips... Los bunkers... Athelete... Remy Zero... Moderatto... Molotov... Muse... Rata Blanca...


Just to name a few...


♪ from you one look... just one look and everything is shattered... ♪

Black cats and smiles...

Why is it so hard for me to take my own advice?

Today there will be a huge change... a trademark of mine shall be no more... or at least that's what I plan...

Do big changes happen when bad things happen?... yes at least with me it does... I guess it's human nature...

I smile... I laugh... inside I still grieve... it's easier to not talk about it... to start hiding it away... it's something special... even if it hurts...

and just smile...


♪ so here I go... I'm not calling for a second chance, I'm screaming at the top of my voice... ♪

I'll tell you in another life, when we are both cats

Yesterday was Vanilla sky...

Still here... still breathing...

I guess...

♪ everybody hurts... ♪

Pondering...

Yesterday I saw Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind... made me think... could I do something like that? How will I take it if someone did it to me?

I don't know...

♪ ...everybody's gotta learn sometimes ♪

Thoughts, post its and doodles

When I feel overwhelmed by my feelings... what do I do?

I sometimes talk... yet some people don't really know how to listen... sometimes I don't want a suggestion or a solution... I just want to be listened to...

Other times I find someone who I really care for... and ask for a hug... hugs to me are so therapeutic... if you are feeling sad, mad, depressed or whatever... and hug can calm you, soothe you even...

But most of the times... I... draw...

Almost everyone who knows me knows that detail... I've been drawing so much lately on post its... and due to the fact that I haven't written here in such a long time... I share some of my drawings...



















If you are wondering if the curly haired one is me... yes... you are right...

I've been having such a hard time lately... I'll try to keep on posting drawings...

So how do you free yourself of your feelings?

Listening to...

Bored out of my mind I want to share a few songs... if this post does not interest you at all or just want to hear one song... I recommend the last one on the list ;) *wink wink* trust me on this one...

Ok... here we go... first we start with perkyness... ♪ Oh I'd love to see you smilin'♪



Going on with the happy warm fuzzy feelings... this version of somewhere over the rainbow is truly one of my favorites...



After seeing Babasonicos I was even more convinced that they're music was kick ass, there some things that some people could find offensive, this isn't one of those songs, I like it a lot... ♪ Vamos quiero una explicacion! ♪




Now we go for something with a little touch of rock... ♪ If you are sleeping, are you dreaming? if you are dreaming, are you dreaming of me? ♪



Lets turn it up a notch... ♪ Something is getting in the way, something is just about to break ♪



And to close off... the best is always saved for last... and before you listen to this song... i recommend that you stop what you are doing... take a deep breath... close your eyes and fly with this song... I love it...

Happy Birthday Baka Neko...

Wish you the best little bro, now and always... you rock!

On a day like today...

• 1184 BC - Greeks enter Troy using the Trojan Horse.
• 1792 The French national anthem, ''La Marseillaise,'' was composed by Capt. Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
• 1961 - Bob Dylan earned a $50 session fee for playing harmonica on Harry Belafonte's "Midnight Special." It was his recording debut.
• 1967 - Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1, when the parachute fails to open. He was the first human to die during a space mission.
• 1990 - Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of anthrax after 48 years of quarantine.
• 1990 - The space shuttle Discovery blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., carrying the $1.5 billion Hubble Space Telescope.
• 2005 - Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.

...once again... boredom + wikipedia = this post...

What I'm listening to...

click on the title to listen to the song

"Sell My Soul" by Our Lady Peace

How do you feel?
How do you hate?
How do you wake up with
That smile that's on your face?

Out on the moon
If I was an astronaut
Could I get back to you?

I’m out of my head
I’m out of excuses
so I’m staring at the bed,
and it's you,
it’s you

I hold on, I hold on
I can't let go
And you don't know how I feel
Hold on I hold on
I’d sell my soul
And you don't know how I feel

I’m losing my heart
I’m losing my pride
I’d burn our initials
In the sun if it would shine
I need a fresh start
‘Cause I was in heaven until
This world fell apart

I’m out on the run
I’m out in this empty space
Since all of this begun
Well I tried, I tried

Nothing seems to help
Nothing seems to work
Nothing is as beautiful
I’m old enough to take
all the blame
For all the mistakes
All the games and
All the faces
I’m bleeding by myself
But I’m okay

I just can't stop thinking about you...
and you don't believe me...

1983

Ok being bored out of my mind and not being able to sleep, I found curious stuff that happened in the year I was born... here are some:

• January 19 - Hikaru Utada, Japanese singer and songwriter is born
  
• January 26 - Lotus 1-2-3 is released for IBM-PC compatible computers.
  
• March 1 - Swatch introduces their first watches.
• February 13 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims 1983 "The Year of the Bible" (*sigh* what is wrong with these people?)
• March 8 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan calls the Soviet Union an "evil empire." (and I thought that only Bush and Fox where the "leaders" that made dumb comments)
• March 23 - The Apatosaurus (once known as the Brontosaurus) is made the official state dinosaur of Guam (I didnt know this could be possible, so what's our official state dinosaur? ;P jeje)
• April 15 - The first non-American Disney theme park opens in Japan as Tokyo Disneyland (one of two disney parks not owned by disney)
  
• May 9 - Pope John Paul II retracts the ban on Galileo Galilei (it took them quite a while)
• May 16 - London police begin the use of wheel clamps on illegally-parked vehicles.
• May 25 - Return of the Jedi opens in the United States.
• June 13 - Pioneer 10 becomes the first manmade object to leave the solar system.
• July 15 - The Nintendo Entertainment System goes on sale in Japan
• July 25 - Metallica releases their debut album Kill 'Em All.
• September 27 - The GNU Project is announced publicly on the net.unix-wizards and net.usoft newsgroups.
• October 25 - Microsoft Word is first released.
• October 30 - The first democratic elections in Argentina after 7 years of military rule are held.
• November 17 - The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded.

Unknown exact date:

• McDonald's introduces the McNugget.
• The De Lorean Motor Company ceases production.
• Kellogg's introduces Crispix cereal.

So there you go, now you can check out your date of birth in Wikipedia and see what was happening... anywho... enjoy!

from point a to point b

Lets start with beer and see where it takes us...

• Beer is the world's oldest and most popular alcoholic beverage, selling more than 133 billion litres (35 billion gallons) per year. Sales of beer are four times as much as wine, the second most popular alcoholic beverage. The moderate consumption of alcohol, including beer, is associated with better health and greater longevity than is either abstaining or drinking heavily. Beer, like wine, is hormetic.
• Hormesis is the term for generally-favorable biological responses to low exposures to toxins and other stressors.
• A toxin is a poisonous substance produced by living cells or organisms.
• Deadly nightshade or belladonna (Atropa belladonna) is a well-known perennial shrub, with leaves and berries that are highly toxic. It is in the nightshade family which it shares with potatos, tomatoes, eggplants, tobacco and chili peppers.
• In The Nightmare Before Christmas, Sally poisons Dr. Finkelstein with deadly nightshade on several occasions. In the film, however, the plant acts as a sedative and is apparently not fatal.
• In The Nightmare before Christmas, two toys that Jack delivers reference Batman Returns, the film Tim Burton had directing commitments towards at the time. One is an evil duck on wheels, which is the vehicle that the Penguin drives. The other is an evil cat doll, which has the same head as the mascot for Shreck's corporation.
• Many lauded Batman Returns dark atmosphere and intense characters; however, some others found the film to be overly dark and sadistic; McDonal's marketing tie-ins, including special cups and Happy Meal toys, were protested by parents' groups.
• The term Happy Meal is also a name given to an Ethernet adapter used in Sun Microsystems machines. The interface name is shown as hme when one views the interfaces via the ifconfig command.
• Sun Microsystems is derived from the initials for Stanford University Network.
• In Stanford, at any time, around 50 percent of the graduate population lives on campus. Stanford is home to three housed sororities and seven housed fraternities
• The terms "Fraternity" and "sorority" (from the Latin words frater and soror, meaning "brother" and "sister" respectively) may be used to describe many social and charitable organizations.
• Latin remains the official language of Vatican City.
• Vatican City has the highest per capita crime rate of any nation on earth, more than twenty times higher than that of Italy. In his 2002 report to the pontifical court, Chief Prosecutor Nicola Picardi quoted statistics of 397 civil offenses and 608 penal offenses. Each year, hundreds of tourists fall victim to pickpockets and purse snatchers. The perpetrators, who are also visitors, are rarely caught, with 90% of crimes remaining unsolved.
• Per capita is a Latin phrase meaning for each head.
• In many cultures, covering the head is seen as a sign of respect. Often, some or all of the head must be covered and vieled when entering holy places, or places of prayer. For many centuries, women in Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Asia, have covered their hair as a sign of modesty.
• Modesty can be controversial. An alternative term for modesty used by some critics is body shame or gymnophobia. Excessive modesty is called prudishness. Excessive immodesty is called exhibitionism.
• Gymnophobes may experience their fear of nudity before all people, or only certain people, and may regard their fear as irrational. This phobia often arises from a feeling of inadequacy that their bodies are physically inferior, particularly due to comparison with idealized images portrayed in the media.
• The term Irrational is used to describe thinking and actions which are, or appear to be, less useful or logical than the rational alternatives. These actions tend to be regarded as emotion-driven. There is a clear tendency to view our own thoughts, words, and actions as rational and to see those who disagree as irrational.
• Emotion is an intense mental state that arises autonomically in the nervous system rather than through conscious effort, and evokes either a positive or negative psychological response. An emotion is often differentiated from a feeling.
• Feelings are affective states of consciousness, triggered by physiological changes arising from both sensory perceptions and memories in comparison to internally stored norms or ideals.
• Loss of memory is known as amnesia. There are various types of amnesia. Global Amnesia is total memory loss. This may be a defense mechanism which occurs after a traumatic event and is a common motif in fiction despite being extraordinarily rare in reality. Anterograde amnesia is where new events are not transferred to long-term memory. After the onset of the disorder, the sufferer will not be able to recall events which occurred only moments earlier, once their attention has shifted to something else, some films like Memento, Clean Slate and 50 first Dates, show this type of anmesia. Lacunar Amnesia is the loss of memory about one specific event. It is a type of amnesia that leaves a lacuna (a gap) in the record of memory, this is featured in the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Ok, enough for one day, I hope you enjoyed it or at least learned something ;) once again, thank you Wikipedia

...i was a stranger, you took me in...

Miracle Drug - U2

Movies!

We'll here I am again, not much to say... I recently saw some movies... which in my opinion are good but some aren't to perky about them... anywho... here's the list and the usual curious facts that I find...

28 days later:

A powerful virus escapes from a British research facility. Transmitted in a drop of blood and devastating within seconds, the virus locks those infected into a permanent state of murderous rage. Within 28 days the country is overwhelmed and a handful of survivors begin their attempts to salvage a future, little realizing that the deadly virus is not the only thing that threatens them.

Horror novelist Stephen King bought out an entire showing of the film in New York City.

Leonardo DiCaprio was offered the role of Jim (thank God he didn't get it).

Ewan McGregor was the original choice to play Jim (aw :( it would have been interesting).

Most of the film was made using digital cameras to give it the really real look (the final scenes in the cottage were shot on 35mm film). An added benefit of the digital filming was that the London shots could be set up and executed much quicker than otherwise possible which helped the filmmakers exploit very tight time windows to complete the scenes of an empty London because they were shot in the early hours of the morning on weekdays.

Danny Boyle (director) also made Trainspotting.

There is a sequel in production (this I did not know) more details go here.

And adding my opinion on this film... I think its a really good movie... I like that it keeps you on the edge of your seat... uses silence to cause tension... and gives the infected a realistic feeling (giving them the agility that a regular human has)...

The Italian Job

Based on a 1969 Michael Caine film of the same name, thieves plan to pull of the heist of their lives by creating Los Angeles largest traffic jam ever.

Lyle (Seth Green) claims he was the creator of Napster, and that Shawn Fanning stole it from him. It shows a flashback of Lyle sleeping, and a person taking a disk out of the PC that has Napster on it. The person is really Shawn Fanning, the creator of Napster. When he steals the disk, the bottom of a Metallica poster can be seen on the wall. Metallica were vocal critics of the original Napster.

Two electric-powered Mini Coopers, and one Mini Cooper S had to be specially built for the film, since gasoline-powered vehicles are not allowed to operate in L.A.'s subway system.

For the first time in cinematic history, the production shut down Hollywood Boulevard and Highland for seven days for the shooting, according to director F. Gary Gray in an interview featured in the DVD.

In the original script, "fine" stood for Fucked-Up, Insecure, Neurotic, and Emotional.

The NetCom Cable van shows the phone number 1-800-555-0199. This is the same number that Al Pacino in The Insider (1999) and Kevin Spacey in American Beauty (1999) have.

It's a 2 hr mini cooper comercial... but I like it :)

School of Rock

Down and out rock star Dewey Finn (Black) gets fired from his band, and he faces a mountain of debts and depression. He takes a job as a 4th grade substitute teacher at an uptight private school where his attitude and hijinx have a powerful effect on his students. He also meets Zack, a 10-year-old guitar prodigy, who could help Dewey win a "battle of the bands" competition, which would solve his financial problems and put him back in the spotlight.

The idea for the movie came when writer Mike White (writer) moved into an apartment next to Jack Black. White would often find Jack Black running naked through the halls or blasting much of the music featured in the movie at full volume.

The rock band Led Zeppelin are notoriously hesitant to allow their music to be licensed for commercial purposes. Knowing this, Richard Linklater filmed a plea by actor Jack Black in front of 1,000 screaming fans, imploring the band to let the production use the "Immigrant Song" in the movie. The plea worked and the filmed request is included on the DVD.

All the kids really play their instruments, and the backup singers are real vocalists. Jack Black also played a bit of guitar in the movie (for example, when he is teaching "Smoke on the water", "Iron man" and other songs to Zach), but he didn't do the guitar solos. He was mostly taught by Joey Gaydos Jr. on how to play guitar.

If you are a fan of classic rock... you will dig this film... as always Jack Black makes you laugh and the music is definetly worth it...

Oh well... hope you get to see these movies... for now I gotta go now... be well all...

A new year is here...

Hello everyone, by now most of you don't stop by anymore, I don't blame you, I have been neglecting this poor blog for quite some time...

I don't want to make the same old promise that I will stay in touch and not keep it, so let's just keep an open mind that next time that you come around here you might find something new...

I started to take pictures again (this blog wasn't the only abandoned thing in my life) so that's a good sign...

Oh well... happy new year to all... I wish you the best...

by the way... the image is from a Dave McKean sketch