Dos Auroras

So last night we attended a screening at the Chicago International Film Festival. Rob and I decided to go see a Mexican film by the name of Dos Auroras because it stars one of our all-time favorite Mexican actresses, María Rojo. Right before the film was about to start someone squeals and we look down and in walks María Rojo and director Jaime Humberto Hermosillo!!!! Holy shit!!!! For those of you who don't know, both are quite reknowned and respected when it comes to Mexican cinema. So after the film ended they had a brief Q&A w/ the director and María. So as soon as it was over we ran down to meet María. Luckily for us, I ran into a guy I knew from way back from Milwaukee and he was kind enough to take a photo of Rob and I w/ María and Jaime. OMG!!! I still can't believe we got to meet María Rojo!!! We had no idea she was even gonna be there. Of all the nights we could have gone to see a screening of. Someone wanted us to meet her. We didn't get to speak to her that long, but Rob managed to ask her when Danzón was gonna be released on DVD. She said it would be coming out soon in the US (about time). I wish I would have had more time to tell her how much I admire her, but I didn't want to sound like a gushing teenager. Anyway I just wanted to share my geeky story w/ you all. As for the movie itself. Wow! It was shot digitally, and the performances were top notch, especially María. Very highly recommended.

Apart from our excitement of last night, I went to Milwaukee on Friday night to visit my Mom and go out w/ my cousins to Bryants. It was a good time, and me and my Mom got to spend some time together. She brought me back a ton of new CDs from Mexico. I'll post about them later. Let me say the new Fobia cd f*cken rocks!

I know I rarely post on the weekends, let alone from home, so I will bid you all farewell for now. I have to be a chacha today and clean this house!!! Plus I have some work to do for tomorrow as well. Take care everyone!!!