Buenfil cantaba

Ok so I said I wasn't gonna post here anymore...but I just wanted to let those of you who still stop by from time to time, I have not given up blogging completely.

My other half has started a really cool new music blog!




It is called Buenfil Cantaba and is a Spanish language music blog focusing on the obscure & camp en español. As the tagline says "¡Donde se celebran las carreras o ciertos proyectos que no llegaste a conocer!". Basically we've been featuring a lot of acts who most people don't know or remember because they never had a hit per se, or kinda came and went. We throw in some campy/kitsch for good measure to! Check it out! The URL is buenfilcantaba.blogspot.com.

I've also been contributing to another Spanish language music blog sharing a lot of my 90s-2000 music. There are some goodies there as well. You can visit that at http://frixios-retro-music.blogspot.com/.

I am still working on milkcartonpopstars.blogspot.com. So I may not be blogging about my everyday life (I do that from time to time on my myspace), I'm still writing :)

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Ok, so I know I've been slacking the bloggin' dept. But in all honesty, I just haven't felt like blogging. Don't know why. But I just don't. I go in these little spurts of wanting to write non-stop to not wanting to write anything at all. So I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm going to take a little break. Not sure how long it's going to be. Could be weeks, days, months. Who knows. I guess it depends on my mood.

Just so you're not all left in the dark. I celebrated my 31st birthday a few weeks ago and I had a blast. I was joined by my partner, good friends, family, etc. We threw down at Lucia's in Wicker Park and then at Crew. Poor Crew. They had to put up w/ our drunk asses for the entire night. It was a blast and I am grateful for those who joined me. Other than that work's been ok. Love our new location. We are smackc dab in the middle of the shopping district in the Loop (yikes!). I leave Friday for my cousin's wedding in Durango. I'm looking forward to the trip. Mostly because I haven't seen my dad in 2 years and I'm also looking forward to seeing some of my other family. Not to mention any trip to Mexico=CD shopping!!!

Ok enough for now. I should be getting to bed soon. Ciao.

Kali Xronia

Happy New Year everyone (Kelly...I know you read this so I've titled this post in Greek)!!!!

I was off for 11.5 days and I mostly did NOTHING....and you know what? It felt great! I probably should have done more, but isn't that what vacations are for? To veg and do nothing? I actually went out during the middle of the week w/ Rob, Jorgillo & my Milwaukee Sister. I felt like I was 23 again. LOL. We ended up at Kit Kat for a few drinks, as all drinks were half off. I am love with the Coco Loco Martini (not to be confused w/ the Daniela Romo song)!!! Yum. Afterwards we ended up at Hydrate. Drank some more, etc. For you visual stiumlation...



New Year's Eve we went to a party at my cousin and her best friend/roomie's apartment. It was a lot of fun, but as the my bf already pointed out, we had gone for Indian food beforehand, and didn't really get wasted like we normally do. Oh well, I still had a fun time. Some more visuals...



My work has moved to a new locale and it's right around a gazillion stores. Uh oh. Here comes trouble. Ok so that was a blatant Shampoo reference. I'm diggin' it.

Well that's all I have for you right now. Will write later.

I've been slammed by work. Sorry for lack of updates. I love the month of December, not so much for the Xmas element (I work in retail advertising and I am pretty much OVER xmas before Halloween)...but because of the weather. Is it just me or is this month rushing by?? I guess the one thing I like about the end of the year is that I have all this vacation time to use up before 08 begins. So beginning Friday, Dec 21, I will be off for 11.5 days (including weekends and holidays). Woo hoo!!! I hope to get some work done around the house, party, etc. Anyone have any exciting plans for the upcoming Holidays?? I really don't have many people to buy gifts for, but the ones I do...it's racking my nerves! What to do?

BTW I totally love this song. It's hot. My significant other turned me onto her. It's totally fly.

My time

Ok so I am beyond overdue for an update. Sorry people. I always have all these ideas that I want to write about but they always seem to come to me when I am nowhere near a computer, and by the time I do remember that there was something I wanted to blog about, I tend to forget what it was in the first place. Oops.

So with that said why not share some Halloween pics since I promised my Milwaukee Sister I'd post these. Let me start off by saying that I LOVE Halloween. It is my favorite Holiday. I love getting dressed up, and I love thinking about what I am going to wear to outdo the previous year's costume. Actually last year we didn't end up doing anything and had gone out w/ some friends. So this year I decided to revive one of my favorite childhood shows...



Yes I decided to go as Vicki from Small Wonder. The costume looks easier than you'd think, but I actually put a lot of work into it, finding that damn apron alone was a nightmare but it came out fabu!!!

We went to our friend Noelia's Golden Bday party and I had a blast. Enjoy the visual recap:






Not to be outdone, I must say my boo's Ugly Betty costume was a hoot! Not just cause i helped pick out the outfit.

I have to say I am beyond ecstatic that it is finally fall. Summer was waaaaaaaaaay too long. I love walking outside when the leaves are falling. Chava how do you live w/out fall? Speaking of thanks again for our calaveras!!!

BTW have any of you ever been to Arkadash Cafe in Andersonville? Holy crap was this place good! We attempted to go to some Cuban/Colombian steak house...but alas it was closed...not just that evening...but for good. So since we were already in the 'hood and had found parking (which really isn't a big deal in this neighborhood...surprising as that may sound) we decided to check this place. Apparently the no smoking rule isn't a bother to this place because the whole restaurant was lit up! Yes! The place was dark, the music loud, but the food was the bomb! I really want to go back to this place again. I'm guessing this place gets busier later in the evening because when we were leaving a few more people started to trickle in.

Ok peeps that's all I got for you. Before I leave to celebrate the re-release of ex-Timbiriche Alix's lone solo album on CD I leave you w/ this lovely ballad called Nos podemos escapar:



Bum bum this one's for you :P