Brimstone & Fire

I've been meaning to update my blog all week but I've been too busy at work! Uff! Just wanted to let you all know how the Amanda Miguel show went! Fabulous! Bitch is fierce! It seems like we waited forever for the damn show to start, much to our sore legs discontent, but once she came out, it was sooooo worth it! We snuck in our camera and I was able to take a few pics. Here's one of my faves:

The crowd was a blast. 1/2 queens, obviously there to see Amanda, 1/2 housewives there to see Diego Verdaguer. What a show! They took turns for the most part, but it was obvious who the star of the night was. She gave a great performance, and her voice was fierce in person! She did a lot of fan faves including El gato y yo! Woo hoo! After the show was over we found out that for a measly $20 you could obtain a VIP pass and meet Amanda & Diego after the show!

It was so cool to meet them. You should have seen the look on my boo boo's face when he was talking to one of his divas. Needless to say it was worth the long wait.

What's everyone up to this weekend? We are heading to a party in our old hood. Tomorrow night I am having over a few of the gals I work w/ for a pizza/movie night. Fun! Here's hoping I get drunk on cheap wine!

I've been meaning to post a pic of one of my fave hunks, but I've been to busy to do that as well. Mexican soap hottie Valentino Lanus! Grrr! Can I have a moment to myself???!!!

So being that I live in Chicago everybody and their momma is going on and on about the Sox winning the world series. Like I give a shit! I can't help but have a slight crush on their coach! He's a sexy guy!

Ozzie Guillen...grrr! He's Venezuelan. Double grrr.

I will try my best and post more often next week! BTW I've added some new links to my favorite blogs sectoin. Check 'em out!

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El gato y yo

Tonight is the Amanda Miguel concert @ the HOB. My boo boo is soooo excited. Can't wait. It should be a great show. Her husband is playing as well, honestly I only care for her. But oh well, I guess they are a packaged deal. It would rock if their daughter performed as well, Ana Victoria. She was supposed to release an English language album, but it never came out because her label went under, Arista. We actually have a copy of her never released album as promo advances did make the rounds. Thank god for the net! Her site is still up but doesn't work at all :(

Doesn't she look like her mother?? Hopefully her music will see the light of day, she has a really cool voice as well.

So I found another podcast you all have to check out. It's hilarious!!! It's called CPD which stands for Cock, Dick, Penis. He is a crackhead! Too funny! Check it out!!.

Everyone have a great weekend. Before I go, I leave you with my musical recommendation of the moment. She is from Peru and her name is María Matto. I bought her cd because I thought she was pretty, I know how shallow. Am I glad I did! Her voice is awesome! She reminds me a lot of Tracey Chapman vocally. She has a great style. Her album is called Detrás del amor and you can order it here. See something else came out of Peru other than Laura en América!!

Do me a favor

Click on this link please. I am trying to earn points for some contest w/ Elan's fan club. Thanks!

EVERYDAY IS HALLOWEEN

Happy Halloween Everyone! I know it's been ages since I've updated, but work is crazy and unfortunately there are always too many people bothering me, so I can not sit here and type out my blog entries as I should be. Hello?? Don't they know this is more important? Anyhoo...today is Halloween. My favorite holiday. Unfortunately we really didn't have the greatest time. We attempted to go to a party out in the burbs but there were too many ghetto people there, and just too many people in general. But...we did have some killer costumes. But before I get into that I have to share the most adorable thing in the world...my baby Chus's costume...

Isn't he adorable??? We took him to PetSmart last week to get his Halloween picture taken. Awwww! Now on to the costumes. With Rob's permission, I am posting his picture. He wasn't really sure what to be so he kinda let me have free reign. This is what I came up with....a CHOLA! Unfortunately there actually were a couple of cholas probably at that party. But none as pretty as my boo boo.

As everyone knows I am obsessed w/ REBELDE so I knew this year I would have to go as one of the characters. I knew I wanted to be one of the school girls, but didn't know which one. Let's just say that this wig found me and I was met to be MIA COLUCCI (aka Anahí)! LOL! Before she became anorexic of course. O sea...hello!!

And yes I shaved my legs. Ouch! Don't know how you gays (and dragqueens) do it! The one upside of the party was seeing the old gang. We ended up going w/ Freddy and crew to some divey southside bar. Wasn't the funniest place but we were all dressed up and nowhere to go. We made the best of it though. We have vowed that next year we are gonna do our own party because nothing really is more fun unless u are in control of the music, guests, booze, etc.

So on Sunday (yesterday) I attended a wedding. Unfortunately Rob could not attend because of work, so I got a substitute (Freddy). Yesenia is a very good friend of mine and though we don't hang out as much as we used to, I love the girl to death! We've been through a lot together. Ramiro anyone? LOL! She looked gorgeous. Actually she and her hubby have been married for about a year but it took awhile to actually get the church/reception part done. When they had the wedding party march and they announced them as Mr & Mrs. Delgado I actually was really fighting to hold back my tears. I was so happy for them. They really are the perfect match. Here is a pic of Ms. Yesy (aka vagina cochina...don't ask...inside joke!):

Whew! This is a long post I must say. Oh well...making up for lost time I guess. Anyhoo..I have to share w/ you all some of my latest obsessions. So I started watching this new (new to the US at least) British comedy Little Britain. It's hilarious!

The characters are hilarious, and I especially love Vicky Pollard :) She's a hoot!

So now that I've been blogging for so long, I'm barely starting to discover podcasts. So I've taken the plunge and have become addicted to one! It's actually my coworker Noah and 2 of his friends. They are hilarious!!!!!!! Noah as it is, is a funny as hell, but the 3 of these gals together crack me up! The show is called PNS Explosion and you can listen to them at www.pnsexplosion.com. Seriously I know several of you would enjoy them. The theme songs are the best, especially the main one! I can't stop singing it! It's fabu! Check out my favorite segment Straight Talk. BTW I was even mentioned in episode 18! As I said already, I am totally addicted and I can't help but gush over their show! Check 'em out and tell 'em Joe sent ya!

Remember...to me everyday is halloween

Nylon

Now that I have finally come down from my Fangoria high, I can now resume blogging. Since we didn't get to Greektown the day of the Fangoria concert, my Milwaukee Sister stopped at the CD shop in Greektown and picked me up the latest from Greek's reigning diva Anna Vissi:

Don't let the scary lesbo haircut turn you off, this cd is fuckin fierce! Wow! This is by far her best album since X! Wow! Wow! I can't stop listening to it. There is a nice balance or electronic, dance and rock. There is even one ethnic song I enjoyed. Lol! The name of the album is NYLON and you can order it here.

But that was not all that Sista M picked up for me. I saw this next guy on the Greek music site I frequent and it was lust at first site! He's friggin' hot! Grrr! Being the shameless homo that I am I had to have it for my cute boy collection. Not only is he cute, but the CD is actually good! Here are some pics of my new Greek boyfriend Sarbel. Can't find a website for him other than this fan site I found, but it's all in Greek. Anyway back to the pics:

Other than my new Greek CD's I've been jamming out to the new Depeche Mode, the new Fobia and mexican actress/singer Susana Zabaleta. She has an interesting voice, and I am growing fonder of it by the minute. Don't let me tell you how many times I've listened to RBD's new album! I swear sometimes I am a 15 year old girl. I would continue to write but I have work to do. Talk to you all later!

Who wants to buy my apples tonight?

What a weekend! I feel like I got no sleep whatsoever. I guess I am just spoiled by sleeping in on weekends, and this weekend there was NONE of that :( Friday was über long because I had to be in for an 8:30 meeting, which meant I really had to be in at 8am to set up. So I got in at 7:45, needless to say it didn't end up starting until after 10!!! I was annoyed. Needless to say the day was VERY LONG. I was supposed to go to a Fangoria fan gathering but that fell through. Kinda for the best because I was super tired and I had to clean our house.

Saturday my friend Juan from Milwaukee and his boyfriend Matt came to visit, so I had to have the house clean for their arrival. I dropped them off downtown to do some shopping and then Emilio came to pick me up to go to the Sara Valenzuela in-store @ Tower. We were the first ones there. We were fortunate enough to be the first ones to meet Sara. She was super sweet and we even joked around that we must be related. She signed my cd's (I brought all my old La Dosis cd's along). She gave a great mini performance. There was a nice turnout and like I said she was super sweet. If you haven't already get her debut CD. It's wonderful! A nice mix of electronic & rock. Here are some pics from the in-store including my picture w/ la prima.

So Saturday evening we stayed in and watched the 1979 classic La Ilegal starring Rob's favorite campy Mexican broad, Lucía Méndez. The movie was very telenovela about a woman's revenge on her lover after his wife has her deported and she attempts to reclaim her newborn son. The funniest part had to have been when Lucía's character gets a job as a go-go dancer and she dances for the patrons to a song where she repeats: Who wants to buy? Who wants to buy my apples tonight?. The funniest thing was she was dancing really slutty carrying a basket of apples. OMG! We could not stop laughing and could not stop singing this song! It was hilarious, hence the title of today's post.

Sunday morning I had to be up early as I had to go into the office for a few hours. So I stayed until noon and then picked up my Milwaukee Sister to head over to Radio Arte were Fangoria were going to be signing autographs!! After some confusion, Rob was able to meet up w/ us. I had previously met Alaska during their last show here in Chicago, but I wanted to meet her again. Come on, she's my diva! My blog is named after an Alaska y Dinarama song, and my username is a reference to her character Bom from Pepi, Luci, Bom.... After her interview they let us in from the cold as we got to get some autographs. The funniest thing was she signed my DVD copy of Pepi, Luci, Bom... w/ the following: Joe, una golden shower, Bom! LOL! She signed her name as well, and my copies of Una temporada en el infierno & Arquitectura Efímera. Rob had her sign the Mexican edition of No es pecado and she signed it for the both of us :) Here is la foto del recuerdo of us w/ the Mexican Acid Queen herself...

We were also lucky enough to meet Nacho Canut, Alaska's musical partner in crime, outside the radio station. After the meet & greet, we headed over to Sista M's fierce new apartment, w/ the intention of going to Greektown to get the new Anna Vissi CD but by the time we finally left the CD store was closed! We ended up getting to the Metro @ 6pm. Like the loser I am I was the first person in line! After freezing our asses off for awhile, they finally let us in I was smack dab in the middle in the front row!! Sara Valenzuela did a great set and even did Paraiso by La Dosis! After a very quick intermission, the lights dimmed and it was on...I think I wet myself from the excitement. I can't even describe how great it was. Alaska just works it on stage and the band were awesome!!! The setlist was awesome. I don't even know what to say about it. The show was just over an hour and a half. They did 2 encores. As a special treat the closed w/ ¿A quién le importa?, a song that Alaska said they only do at Gay Pride, but as she said any day can be Gay Pride. I took over 160 pictures and will share them later, but in the meantime here are a few of my faves:

Thanks to Radio Arte for brining my diva back again :) It was a night to not be forgotten. Also I have to say it was so cool to meet other fans. Eddie and I thought we were the only ones. I met some nice fans that flew in from Texas & California to be at the show. This week is gonna be über busy so I decided to do a rather long post today. Take care everyone!!

FYI

Just an FYI that the in-store w/ Sara Valenzuela was moved to SATURDAY @ 4:30PM. See ya there!

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!!!

You Make Me Sick

So last night Rob notices that there is a car parked outside w/ a dog in it. Turns out the car had been sitting there for 4-5 hours! What kind of sick fuck would do that? Naturally I called 311 (Non-Emergency) and filed a complaint w/ the Animal Cruelty division. Fortunately they sent a squad car out, and some guy came out claiming the car was his. What a dipshit! About 20 minutes later he returned to the car w/ a woman and they let the dog out. I am sorry but that just makes me sooooo mad. I was gonna go out and say something when the cops showed up, but had second thoughts. I can't even leave Chus in the car for more than 1 minute w/out feeling guilty. Some people, I tell ya!

So any of you remember a commercial from the 80s about a skin cream called MOTHER OF PEARL?? I don't know why I find it so amusing to this day. There was this 60+ year old woman w/ a thick accent and she said something along the lines of this: Do you ever wonder why Asian woman look so youthfull? We have ancient secret, now we share w/ you. Mother of Pearl....blah blah blah. OMG! It was so un-PC!!! I've asked a few of my friends if they remember it, some say yes and others stare in disbelief. Certainly the commercial must be on line somewhere? Hmmm...I'll investigate and let you all know.

I've been able to catch up on my America's Next Top Model. I am so glad that Cassandra left! She was such a whiney bitch! Oh they want to cut more of my hair off...boo hoo. They need to get rid of the lesbo, she's so one-dimensional. Even though I think she's cocky as fuck, Lisa probably has a good chance. I also really like Coryn, Bre, and Nik. Now if only Tyra would finally release her trashy album. SHAKE YOUR BODY was fierce!

Before I leave you...the love of my life, aka Rob has taken the plunge and started his own blog! Check it out...An Honary Spanish Diva, I am. Due to his musical obsession w/ menopausal broads, I think the title is quite appropriate.

I must leave. I have a 9am meeting and want to actually show up on time! Ta-ta!

candy

This weekend my Milwaukee Sister and I had an IKEA shopping extravaganza! It was so much fun! I don't think I've laughed so much in a long time. We bought some fierce furniture for Eddie's new swanky apartment, as well as laughed our asses off, ate hot dogs, checked out cute boys (that cashier and the guy in the army pants...woooh! hot!). I have to say the funniest part was us two nellies trying to lug three carts through the store, one of which had a sofa/loveseat on it. What was even funnier was trying to figure out how the hell we were gonna get it on top of my SUV. I swear the stares we got. We made it home ok w/ the sofa on top and after several hilarious attempts, we got everything into his place! All this was done via a fabulous playlist I made on my ipod entitled **SISTA M IKEA THROWDOWN**! It was hot! We only made it through 22 of the 50 songs, but we had a blast jamming out to old school Vanessa Williams, Jasmine Guy, Avenue D, Dannii Minogue, Cover Girls, Denise Lopez, etc.

Just an FYI to those of you in the Chicago area, Sara Valenzuela will be doing an in-store @ Tower Records on Clark on Friday October 14. I believe it's at 5pm.

If you haven't check out her debut solo album it's really a cool chill type album. Glad to see she's still out there after La Dosis disbanded.

This is obviously in conjunction w/ her appearance @ the Metro, where she will be opening for Fangoria!!! Speaking of here is a flyer for the show that I borrowed from Radio Arte's website:

Don't forget it's Sunday, October 16 and tickets are on sale now!.

So what's up w/ this weather? It is October 4th and it's like 80º out! WTF!!!???!!! Fall where are you?? Last week was such a tease when it was like 50º out. Word has it, it will be in the 50s later this week. Here's hoping!

So you know what comes out today? The new RBD album! I am such a homo! I can't believe how much I am looking forward to this. I even went to the local Puerto Rican cd store over the weekend, cause they never obey street dates, but they didn't have it yet. Here's something weird though. The other day when I typed in http://www.kabah.com.mx it took me to the new official site for RBD. Weird huh? You know what else comes out today? Cinderella on DVD! That was my favorite Disney movie as a kid. Can't wait! Ok peeps, I am out. BTW has anyone heard any info yet on the show Tiffany is doing in Chicago? I am the fan and am not having ANY LUCK! If you know leave a comment. Thanks!

blame it on the rain

I am trying to do my best and write more than once a week! This week has been a bit calmer workwise. Earlier this week we took some of our MI coworkers to Café Ibérico. Of course we had fun. I can sangría til the cows come home as they say. Last night we took advantage that Rob had free passes to go see Domino starring Kira Knightley.

Normally I don't care at all for these type of action flicks, but there is something cool about seeing a bad-ass chick on the big screen. It was good, very entertaining and I loved the photography, the colors were so rich and saturated. Though we almost didn't make it because it was pouring out and Tracy and I hauled ass looking for a cab. After a half an hour, we gave up and took the Red line. We made it (barely) and enjoyed a nice dinner afterward. Oh how I'll miss thee Tracy. Hey that rhymes! Eat your hearts out J.J. Fad!

Not much else is going on. I am excited however for this Saturday as my Milwaukee Sister and I are going shopping to IKEA! Sista M is letting me help decorate his new apartment! I can't wait. As I've mentioned time and time again my inner interior decorator is always ready and willing.

I have been a CD whore since I got back to Chicago and have ordered countless CDs used online, etc. I am on a huge Shakespear's Sister kick of late. Don't know why. I did find 2 of their CDs @ Flipside in MI and last night bought another import @ the Virgin Megastore. Plus I think it has to do w/ the fact that Sibhan Fahey was and is my favorite Bananarama member (she's pictured on the right) :)

I must get back to work. Ta-ta everyone!

I can't get no sleep

No I have not been dead. I have just been beyond busy at work. Since getting back to Chicago, I've had a huge project and a short deadline. Needless to say my first week back was a 70 hour work week! Yikes! Don't ask me how I did it. The hard part is over. Thank God. I feel so bad having neglected my blog for such a long time. Moving our new account from MI has been a huge transition, in fact it still is, so once we get into the groove of things, hopefully things will go over much smoother. I'm hoping I can actually sneak some blog time in as well. All I've been able to do thus far is update my music selections.

So now that my work excursion to Troy, MI is over....what can I say about my 7 week stint? I don't think I could ever live in MI even if you paid me to. No offense, but it made me realize how much I love Chicago. While I could go on and an about what I disliked, I thought I'd rather make a top 5 of what I did like. Drumroll please:

5. Trent, yes that Trent. It was our very own mini SayHey meet. Trent is such a sweetheart and I am so mad we didn't get to hang out sooner or on more occasions, but being that it was my last night in town, he made quite the effort to show me a good time. We had a blast sipping martinis and eating pizza @ The Living Room. Such a sweetheart! I promise you'll get your Dannii Minogue drunken medley phone call!

4. Bahama Breeze/Flipside, cheesy chain restaurant but the drinks! The drinks! So good! Yummy. I can taste the Pi�a Colada as I type this :) Big shout out to my peeps @ Flipside in Clawson (did someone say Hand Job?)! The best used cd store I've found in a long time. Check out their $4 clearance bin if you can. How did I buy 11 cds in one trip? Hello they had La Toya!

3. Big Beaver Road, yes there is a road in Troy called Big Beaver. And what's even funnier is it is on EXIT 69! I am not making this stuff up people! The perves that came up w/ the street names in Troy should get some kind of medal. Actually in MI overall. Klymax anyone?

2. My coworkers, for keeping me sane. For keeping one another sane. I have to say if I had to be stuck in Troy, MI for 7 weeks I couldn't have asked for a crazier group of people to be stuck with. Mr. Lover, Bananas, Thunderbird Lanes, etc. Good times.

1. Tracy, last but not least my fellow NKOTB whore and all around late 80s/early 90s whore! Can you move to Chicago already? Now that I know you actually read my babble, I must tell you one thing...You're my popsicle from the very first time I met you girl you captured me. Tracy rocks because she knows all the words to Pebbles's ALWAYS album. Let's sing it together...Alwaaaaays.

So as you can see MI wasn't all that bad. But what's ever better is that I am finally home! For good! If I don't have to see an airport for another year I will be happy! Unless it's the international terminal to Spain or Mexico.

Before I forget...in case some of you didn't know this already, one of Rob's broads will be gracing Chicago w/ her presence...

Amanda Miguel will be @ the House of Blues on Friday, Nov. 4! I can guess a few people that might go (ahem...Twin Blogger???). Be prepared for Argentina's loudest bitch and Chicago's loudest fan (aka Rob). Can't wait! 2 broads in one month. First Fangoria @ the Metro and now this! Good times.

So I have been dying to share this w/ you all. But out of the blue I get an email message from my long lost child hood best friend Carlos! Holy shit! I could not believe it! We have not spoken in about 8 years but somehow he tracked me down. Boy am I glad he did. He gave me his number and we relived our childhood via a 3 hour phone conversation. It was so much fun! We are going to get together next time I am in Milwaukee. I came across this picture and had to share it w/ you. I am 12 and he is 10 (can we be any gayer???) and we were on our way to Great America. Check out my Madonna circa LIKE A PRAYER t-shirt! I told you I've always liked her as a brunette. LOL.

I swear us along w/ my Milwaukee Sister must have been the founding members of the FFA (Future Fags of America)! LOL! I don't want to bore you w/ more gushy details, but I am just floored to have come into contact w/ Carlos again. Now let's not lose contact for another 8 years!

It's getting late and I have to get going to bed. Another lovely week of work. Hopefully it won't be too crazy. Hope everyone's well. I've missed reading your blogs, though I tried my best to keep up while away. In the words of Dannii Minogue: LOVE + KISSES! (BTW check out her new single it's fierce!)

Yes I'm alive...

I've been BEYOND BUSY @ work and really have had no time for anything...blogging, email, social life, etc. I apologize for not updating. I will attempt to do a proper update this weekend. Hope you're all well.

Happy Independence day to MÉXICO today :)

6 down

I have been beyond busy working on this new account, I have not had time to update my blog. Sorry! I have one more week (and it's short at that) after this week. MI is getting to me. I'm trying not to be too cranky, but I can only be so nice for so much longer. I think I need some drinks! Sangria tonight? Hmmm...

Can we talk about how much I love this woman?

She is just fucking hilarious! But after asking a few coworkers (mostly straight females), the majority seemed to not liker her. Is it only a gay thing? I don't know but I think she's fuckin' funny. I just love how she rips on everyone and is so blunt about it. Her obsession w/ Clay Gaykin is to die for (though we call him Gay Aikin...you just know he's a big 'ol homo); and she hates Renee Zellweger too! May I quote her? She said that Renee looks like a puffy sweaty coke whore! Yes! I've become addicted to her show on Bravo. I must see her next time she's in Chicago (her home town fyi).

So while here in Troy, I've met some lovely people who work here. One in particular needs to come to Chicago already (alas she isn't...T-dog I expect a visit soon). She (aka Tracy), like me, loves trashy 80s/early 90s music (she must be a gay man trapped inside a woman's body). Anyhoo her friend, whom I will meet soon asked her to ask me if I used to like Guys Next Door....HELLO! I loved them! They were a knock-off New Kids but we don't care. They were awful! Just look @ them:

Would you believe I found a fansite? Click here to get your GND fill.

So I started watching Footballers Wive$. I've only seen four episodes, but already I am in lust:

His name is Cristian Solimeno and Jesus is he sexy! Holy balls! Grrr! He's super beefaroni. I can't wait to see more of him. Let me have a moment to myself. I think it's the big schnoze, cockiness, etc. that just gets me all moist in the panties.

Anyoo I apologize for the lack of updates, but I have one week left like I said. Hopefully I can resume normal blogging once I am back in Chicago. BTW Fangoria tickets go on sale this Saturday!!! 'Til we meet again. Take care everyone :)

Just another day

Hello again. Well after an extended weekend home, I am back in Troy. Man was I exhausted yesterday! I had to be up by 4:30am to get to the airport on time for a 7:30am flight. I came back to the apartment last night and crashed! But I did sneak in an episode of Rebelde. Our anniversary weekend was lovely. We ended up having dinner at Café Bolero, and just spending time together. It was so nice. Back to reality...I'm here...again.

FYI...just found out the Fangoria show was moved to SUNDAY OCT 16 and not Sat. the 15th as previously announced. I was told the ticekts go on sale September 3! Woo hoo! So who's coming?

Today is Belinda Carlisle's birthday! Let us celebrate! I will listen to my Babe-mix on my ipod :)

Have you seen this man? Holy balls is he hot???

Rob was going on and on about how hot this guy was so I had to see for myself. His name is Kaysar Ridha and he is drop dead gorgeous! He is a contestant on Big Brother 6 (USA). Check out this page for more of this man hunk!

So a couple of people were asking about Byte...

Out of curiosity I asked my mom to pick this up for me on her recent excursion to Mexico...I can't get enough of it! They are a dance duo from Mexico City and their first album is a collection of covers of rock en español songs from the 80s. They've covered Caifanes, Soda Stereo, Enanitos Verdes, Duncan Dhu, Nacha Pop, etc.. In my former life I was a hardcore rockero and a rock en español snob. But I have to say I really like the way they did them. I think my favorite has to be their cover of Lucha de gigantes or Nada personal. While my Milwaukee Sister can't get enough of the new Belanova (I like it too)...I am just digging Byte more right now. Their next album will be all original material. So if you want some fun upbeat music, check it out.

Well I should get going. I actually got here early today (my coworkers were going to a titty bar last night so I was advised to take a cab)...so I figured I would blog! Have a good one everybody!!!!

Better

While I am still disheartened about having to stay 3 extra weeks, I am feeling a bit chipper today. Probably because I get to go home! With that being said, I thought I'd actually do a proper entry today. First things first...

I got world from Radio Arte that the show is finally confirmed for Fangoria on Saturday, October 15! They are playing at the Metro and the opening act will be Sara Valenzuela (no relation to me); some of you may know her as the former lead singer of La Dosis. Her solo album has just been released in the US so I will be checking it out before the show as La Dosis were one of my fave acts. Anyhoo tickets are $41 (I know pricey) but trust me Fangoria are soooooo worth it. It's very rare they do a US date. I can't wait to see them again!!!!

So the other day at the airpot I decided to buy a book so I can read it on the plane. Magazines don't do because I usually read those w/in 5 minutes of purchasing them. I picked up the trashiest one I could find (sans the romance novels). It's from Candace Bushnell (Sex & The City, etc.) and is entitled Trading Up. So far so good. Anyone have any other good recommendations??

Remember him?

Did I have a crush on him! The him in question is Steve Guttenberg. The other morning when I was getting ready for work there was some awful Olsen Twin movie on and he played their dad. Yummy! Apparently he has a blog. Not sure if it's real or a phony one. I read a bit and all he seems to do is complain about not getting any shows on the PAX network. Eeew would anyone really want to be on PAX?

Since the corporate condos have cable I've been getting my fill while here. Again in the morning on tbs they are showing this:

While not as zaney as it's predecesor, it's still just as addictive. Come on they were in college and A.C. Slater was still on the wrestling team! This morning's episode alone had Mario López in a wrestling outfit at least 3 scenes!

This weekend is our anniversary weekend. Two years of bliss, love, and utter happiness. Don't think we're perfect now. Sure we get on one another's nerves from time to time, but it's so worth it whenever I look into Rob's eyes. Sigh. Have a good one everyone!

sad

hey everyone. i just found out i have to stay longer. i am mad, sad, worried. i just feel like everything in my life is in limbo right now. i have to stay 3 more weeks, making it a total of 7 weeks. i was hoping to be home by august 19. now it looks like i won't be home until september 9. i don't even know where to begin. i wish there was something i could do, but it's my job and i really have no choice. life sucks right now.

Waiting for Harry

I've been meaning to do a proper post all week, but training sorta prevented me from doing so. Until now. Home sweet home. It took awhile to get here though. Let me tell you. We were scheduled to fly out Friday @ 5pm Detroit time. Before we even left for the airport we get a call from the woman who does all out travel arrangements. Turns out the 5 o'clock flight was cancelled. Why? We have no idea. So after a quick stop to Starbucks we headed on out to the airport to beat traffic. Rumour had it we were on the 7pm flight. Turns out that one was oversold and only 1 of my coworkers got on it. The other 2 were flying into Midway at 7 while the rest of us were put on a 9:34 flight to O'Hare. It was about 4 Michigan time and after getting an OK we just decided to drive back to Chicaog. Holy 5 hours! But it was sooooooooo good to be home. Michigan is so BORING. To think I have to go through it all over again for the next 3 weeks.

Coming home was great as CHUS was so excited to see me. He licked my face for a good 5 minutes and really hasn't left my side all weekend. But I think ROB was even happier to see me:P

I forgot to mention last Saturday I drove up to Milwaukee for a baptism and to see my Mom since she had just gotten back from Mexico. Took advantage of the fact that RICKY was in town visiting his mom as well, so he tagged along w/ us. My Mom rocks as she found all the CDs on my wish list :) We also went ahead and ordered some CDs from Mixup and had them shipped to my Dad. Shipping is free in Mexico if u spend more than 500 pesos. Trust me we did. It was nice.

Guess what I finally got???? After never getting it from amazon I finally won one on ebay. DENISE LOPEZ!!! I finally got my copy of TRUTH IN DISGUISE. I have already listened to it a few times. Loving it!

So the other day I am checking my email and I get a comment left on my blog and I was completely floored! See one of my favorite bands that is no longer, LUNA LIMÓN pretty much disappeared off the face of the earth. I had always wondered what became of them. So I chose them as a song of the day way back in January in hopes that someone would actually know who they were. I thought maybe, just maybe someone would leave a comment about them. Well to my surprise not only did someone know who they are but get this...the former lead singer signed my blog! Here's what she said:

Well it´s pretty good to know that somebody actually listened to that album...My name is María Urtuzuástegui, I am the singer of the second album of that now disappeared band Luna Limón, and fate brought me to this blog...definetely cuídate is one of my favorite tracks...thanks for listening bomitoni

Wow! I am floored! She has such an amazing voice and it's a shame they never caught on. As it is EL FUTURO DEL PASADO is one of my favorite albums ever and I pretty much listen to it on a regular basis, but after María signed my guest book I find myself listening to it even more! If you can track it down it's a great album and like I said she has an awesome voice. Some of you may remember her when she was a back-up singer for Aleks Syntek back in the early 90s. See María was actually the 2nd vocalist for Luna Limón, and imo much better than the first Norma. Don't get me wrong I like her too, but María is...WOW! If you ever read this again María, I would love to hear from you! Drop me a line @ bomitoni@gmail.com

Wow I am still so geeked :) Sorry to bore you all but it really meant a lot to me. Made my day while in boring ol' Michicagn.

For the next 3 weeks I will be staying in a corporate condo. Oooh. Fancy. So I am bringing along my weeks worth of episodes of REBELDE so I have something to do :) Hope everyone is well. Don't miss me too much! 3 more weeks to go. Let's hope it goes by fast.

ME.

Day 2

It is only day 2 and I am already bored out of my mind! 3 more weeks to go! Ahhh!!! Though I admit my coworkers are a blast! We've been keeping one another entertained reenacting awful commercials (Eagle Man Insurance anyone?), and taking full advantage of the hotel's happy hour (3 free drinks). Woo hoo! Other than that I'm bored. I'm homesick and did I mention bored? I'm really looking forward to coming home Friday even if it is for a few days only. We shall see. I'm hoping to at least get together and have drinks w/ Trent who lives about 20 mintues from Troy. Hope you're all well and I'll check in later!

Troy

Peeps...I am in Troy, MI as I type. I am on break from day 1. We just ate Thai food. So far all is well. I miss Rob & Chus like crazy, but I am just hoping this week flies by. As well as the following 3. Not much to report. Troy is rather small, very suburbish and HOT! Can't stand it. At least it's not 100º like it was yesterday in Chicago. Talk to you all later!

Sudor

Today was the second day this week that the air was not working on the train! WTF! Can't the CTA get their shit together? I also heard it's supposed to be 100º Sunday! My poor dog! Poor me!

Before I start my usual ramblings, I have some news to share. No I didn't get a new job. Well sort of. Those of you who read my blog know I've been bitching and moaning about how unhappy I am at work. A few days ago I was asked to move onto a new account. So techincally it will be like a new job, as it's a new account, new floor, etc. BUT...I have to go to Troy, MI for a month for training and to work on-site! Ahhhhhhh!! Sucks!! Unfortunately it is only a lateral promotion, but still at least I won't have to work on this anymore. Sucky I know. I don't know how I am gonna get through that long w/out ROB and CHUS. The only good thing is that we are being flown in every weekend. But my boo boo works weekends! Ahhh!!! At least Chus and I can rebond. I leave this Sunday and return next Friday to Chicago. So it will pretty much be like this until the end of August. Starting Aug. 22 we'll all be back in the office. I am excited about this new opportunity but am quite sad about having to be seperated from my partner. The worst part is I will be in Troy on our 2nd anniversary :(

Sorry for not being my usual self. I'm just really bummed out. To cheer me and you all up here are some pics of ALEJANDRO FERNÁNDEZ that are in the newest issue of TV Y NOTAS. Get me to a newstand!!!!!

Ya me mojé. This man is so f'n hot!!!! I wish he wouldn't shave his chest though, chest hair is sooooo sexy. Grrr.

BTW for those of you in Chicago what's up w/ VIVA switching formats to an all RE-GAY-TON format! WTF?? VIVA was the only Spanish pop/rock station left (the other 2 died out early on). Now they are called LA KALLE. Ghetto. As it is VIVA was starting to play 3 reggaeton songs to every 1 pop song. So I guess it was coming. But still. I know it's just a fad and hopefully it will just fade out. As it is Chicago radio sucks. I guess that's what my ipod is for.

BTW I finished RUBÍ. I know some people were bitching about the finale, but I loved it! I can't go into detail because ROB is still watching it. But I was quite pleased. What a great trashy soap! Speaking of soaps, I better start programming the VCR to tape REBELDE while I am in MI.

So as a result of my having to go to MI, not sure how much I'll be writing here or if it will be limited to the weekends, etc. All I know is that we are staying @ The Embassy Suites. I'll check into internet availability, etc. I have some stuff to work on so I must go. Take care everyone!

mE.

Crush on you

Who was your first crush? My first crush ever was:

LYNDA CARTER! GASP! A girl! I was obsessed w/ Wonder Woman as a kid. But then there was my first gay crush:

JORDAN KNIGHT!!! OMG I was soooooo in love with him. Even though back then I thought he was cool and I wanted to be like him. But for some odd reason I had scrapbooks full of his pics! LOL. I think my fave was of him working out, shirtless might I add, in SuperTeen! I did see him when he had his brief comeback in '99 @ a radio station event. OMG he was so hot! I was screaming like a 12 year old! I like him now too as he's gotten beefier. Grrr.

Speaking of crushes I have to admit that I have developed a blog crush on EL HUEVO. I don't know what it is about him but I just think he's so darn sexy! He's not even really cute or anything, but there's something about him. I think it's cause he's just so straight. Us gay boys have a thing for straight boys. Don't we? I just love his sense of humor and his writing is excellent. Plus you have to find out why he won the Mr Kinky award. Excuse me while I have a moment.

BTW do any of you know of any good blog template websites? I know as a graphic designer I should really have a kick ass blog, but web design was never my strong point. Anyone willing to help me out even? Leave me a comment please.

ME.

Japanese Noodles

I so didn't mean to not write for over a week! Work was so busy and I was constantly having to go to meetings, and reviews, blah blah. So I had no time to actually write! Which is something that believe it or not keeps me sane at work.

Unfortunately work has occupied most of my time so not much has happened. Though I did get my DVD copy of TEEN WITCH. I had to end up buying it at BEST BUY because TOWER did not get any!?! It was a blast. TWIN BLOGGER, we have to reschedule our viewing party :)

Friday night I went out w/ my friend from work EMILY and we had a blast! We finally found some mojitos at Café Bolero on Western Ave. Holy strong! They were great!

The entire weekend I tried to stay in because I HATE SUMMER! I hate it 'cause it's hot, sticky, humid, gross, sweaty, people are outside, sweltering, eeeeew!!!! I guess my hatred for summer was further fueled this morning because their was no air again. WTF? It was packed and by the time I got to work I was drenched in sweat. Eeew!

Anyhoo, Saturday night we ended up going to Club 94 in Kenowhere, WI w/ my MILWAUKEE SISTER to meet up w/ an old Milwaukee fag-hag, JUICY LUCY. I don't think I had seen her since I moved to Chicago! 6 years! She was still same old crazy Lucy, it was fun. Eddie's friend is the DJ there and he played Just Wanna Dance by LA TOYA JACKSON! It was a hoot! Needless to say the people in Kenosha are still homely if you will. LOL!

So Sunday I basically spent the majority of the afternoon running around doing some errands. ROB suggested I make a Thai dish for dinner. I hadn't made it ages, and was totally up for it! Well...I went to Cub Foods and pretty much found all the ingredients...almost. Cub Foods does not have an Asian Food Section. WTF!? So I went to Dominick's. They did. But they did not carry JAPANESE NOODLES! Nor did the 2 other stores I went to! What are there not Asian people on the north side?? When I lived in Shitport I never had problems finding my Japanese noodles! Where can a boy get some Japanese noodles in the Logan Square area??

I was bored the other day and took this screenshot of my desktop at work! LOL! So I am almost done w/ the Rubi DVD. I am on the third DVD side 1. OMG it's so good!

I was gonna write some more but I have to go to a meeting. Hope you are all well.

JOEY WAS HERE.