I know I'm gay, but how gay am i? Well if what I received in the mail yesterday from our local Jewel Grocery Store is any indication, I may as well be a woman. Photographic evidence for your viewing pleasure:
No that's not a sample of shampoo or body wash...it's a sample of FEMININE NAPKINS! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! I could not stop laughing when I opened it up. Last time I checked I still had a penis and no bleeding orfices down there (except when Holly Hemrhoid is visiting). Seriously I thought it was a new body wash. OMG....now I guess Always won't just refer to a Pebbles song but my feminine call of duty.
In other interesting news our TV died today. Oh lord I've had that thing since I was in high school. So it could very well be 15 years old!!! Oh well. Time to start saving up for a new one.
My annual favorite musical picks will be coming very soon. I'm off starting tomorrow afternoon until after the new year, so I should have lots of time to write. Tootles.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
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.
Friday was the Nacotheque party @ Spot 6. OMG was it a fuckin' blast!!!! It was so nice to be at a latino club/event and there was no reggaetón, merengue or salsa to be heard....yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus!!!!!! First of all, let me just say that the venue was rather on the small side. Let's hope next time (there better be a next time...and soon) it's at a bigger venue, because Spot 6 is über small. Aside from that, the crowd was awesome the music was fucking fun as hell. A great time. Marcelo Cunning and Amylu Meneses, the dynamic duo behind Nacotheque, were super cool and the mix of music was just too fun!! I guess the best way to describe their DJ sets are the latest and greatest alternative and/or indie pop/rock en español mixed w/ tons of campy music from the 70s, 80s or 90s. As my friend Paty put it, it was nice to go to a latino club and it not being full of ghetto people. LOL! Here are some pics...
They played such a fun mix from Fangoria, Click, Xuxa, Zoe, Menudo, La Prohibida, Banda El Mexicano, to one of my personal newer faves María Daniela y su Sonido Lasser. I found this clip on youtube that someone posted from Friday, you can feel like you were right there!!!! I was so excited when they played Fiesta de cumpleaños by María Daniela. You can't see us but we're there :)
I think if you looked hard enough you can see my arms flailing up in the air. Fun music, fun people, fun times. Got nice and tipsy...not too drunk. Now Saturday...that was another story. After sleeping in most of the day we later went out to my friend's holiday party. Parties = free booze...so you can image how much we drank. I hadn't gone out 2 nights in a row in ages. I was hurting the next day, but it was so worth it. We had a blast at the party and even had a charicature done of us, as it was a party favor provided by the hosts. I'll scan it and post it here later.
Anyhoo I should get going. Work is calling me. Boo. Hope everyone's December is off to a good start. I know mine is. Peace out.
There are times when you just realize how gay you are. This morning I had one of those moments. I was getting on the elevator and there were 2 guys in there with me. As we were going up they kept going on and on about the Packers game from the previous night. I am from WI and I know who the Green Bay Packers are...but that's about it. They were talking about scores, and this and that. I just kinda stared blankly and thought to myself...THANK GOD I DON'T GIVE A CRAP!!! Give me America's Next Top Model anyday!!! Now I know there are some gay men that like sports, and that's totally cool, but it's not for me.
Apart from my teen crush (hell I still think he's hot) on Mark Chmura not much else to say on the subject. So let's drool over Mark again, LOL!
The holiday weekend is over. Turkey day was yummy yummy courtesy of Bistro Margot. Holy delicious!!! I'd like to go back for a regular meal when time permits. I did a little bit of shopping this weekend but nothing major. It was just a good lazy weekend.
Nothing new folks. Just chugging along until the weekend. I'm really really looking forward to Nacoteque this Friday as I mentioned in my previous post.
The year is coming to a close faster than we think. I'm enjoying it because it has been beautiful outside, the leaves falling, the cool winds, I just love it.
I did get to finally see the following movie which I'd been wanting to see for weeks:
I absolutely adored Lars And The Real Girl!!! It was a funny & quirky, two things I adore. Not to mention there is something about Ryan Gosling. He's just kinda goofy, and that makes him oh so adorable. But seriously, check this movie out if it's playing somewhere near you.
Before I forget, everyone Nacoteque is making their way to Chicago on Friday, November 30 @ Spot 6!!! I'm super geeked ever since I heard about their parties they throw regulary in NYC. Check out their website @ nacoteque.com. I'm really looking forward to them playing, as they tend to focus on current pop/electronic in spanish and lots of 80s kitsch thrown in for a good mix. Plus I've chatted w/ Marcelo Cunning a few times on myspace and he just seems like a cool guy, not to mention he has good bad taste like me! LOL. We'll be there and you should too.
We have some bad news and some good news to announce:
First, the bad news: as you may have already guessed: AVENUE D IS BREAKING UP. It's been a great six years, (thanks to all of you) and we are ready to move on to new things.
Now the good news: We are going to have TWO FINAL SHOWS!!!!
Dec. 1st - Brooklyn, NY @ Area 51 which is also our BIRTHDAY PARTY! and Dec. 28/29- Miami, FL @ Studio A (one of those days)
Even more good news: we will be releasing 3 CDs and a DVD along with our breakup.
"Grade D Beef" - a collection of our earliest (and raunchiest) songs including our first hit, "Hey Boy" which will also include a bonus CD: "D Sides"- including our farewell "Landslide" cover
"Totally Magic" the album we made with Phiiliip, which includes such favorites as "Totally in Love" and "Pants Down" (featuring Tigra from L'Trimm)
Also, we will soon be releasing the "Avenue DVD" - a collection of our music videos, show videos, webisodes and more!!! Including videos by Grant Worth
Check the website www.avenued.com for updates on the upcoming shows and albums
also our current albums are now available on the iTunes store... and the new ones will be as well!
WE LOVE YOU!!! THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO EVER MADE MUSIC FOR US, MADE US OUTFITS, DANCED FOR US, PUT US UP, FED US, FLEW US OUT, HAD US PLAY THEIR SHOWS, DJ-ED OUR SONGS, DANCED TO OUR SONGS, MADE ARTWORK FOR US, BOUGHT OUR CDS, AND EVERYTHING ELSE!
we would be nothing without our friends!!!
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE, Debbie D. and Daphne D.
Avenue D 4-EVA!!!!
To say I am sad is an understatement. To think I never even got to see them perform :( Their raunchy & funny lyrics have many a drunken night even more enjoyable. At least we're getting some goodies as a parting gift. To say goodbye in style let's check out one of my fave Avenue D moments...
So the other day Rob asked me if I've ever heard of a singer by the name of Fernando González. I said no, who is he? He in turn tells me that he is some hot singer that he saw on Museo del disco's website...
Turns out his name is not Fernando González, rather Fernando Gonzalo. There was a type-o on the museodeldisco website. Rob caught the error and found the guy's webstie. Holy hottie! There are lots more pics. Apparently his one and only CD came out in 2004. He's pretty awful, but who cares!!!!
When you look like this that's all you need for music sales. LOL:
While Martika was in limbo for many years, I found myself becoming enamoured of a certain tiny little Aussie named Kylie. Now as a kid I loved her debut single (in the US at least) I Should Be So Lucky. After fading away from the US pop scene it was until I was in college (the late 90s) that I rediscovered the elder Minouge. Before ebay and the internet existed, I used to go to record collector shows to buy my imports, collectibles, etc. I would always see lots of Kylie imports and one day I finally gave in and purchased a greatest hits. Needless to say I was in lurve and the next show I bought whatever else they had.
So I was a bonified Kylie fan. Went on and on about how cool Kylie was and that Impossible Princess was the greatest thing since Wonder Bread to anyone who would listen. At the time it had just come out, smack dab in the middle of my Kylie-fever.
Up until about the time Kylie came back to the US w/ Fever I was pretty much a Kylie-holic. Well that was all about to change. I knew Kylie had a sister named Dannii, but I never heard her sing, so obviously did not know any of her material. I happened to hear the following song at a club (thought it was Kylie...only to further find out it was Dannii...how silly of me especially since everyone knows Dannii is the better vocalist of the two):
Needless to say I became very intrigued. Let's just say that my brief flirtation w/ Dannii-dom was about to take on a life of it's own. And it's all because of this song:
This has to be one of the hottest songs ever!! I swear after I heard this song I went...Kylie who??? This song and the album to which it came from, Neon Nights are both electro wet dreams. It has since become my favorite dance album of all time.
So what made me decide to profess my love for Dannii today? Well it's just that last week I spent a CRAPLOAD of $$ ordering all these new imports that have been released in the UK to cash in on her being a judge of the UK's X Factor. Well I couldn't be any happier.
Since we have yet to have a proper follow-up to Nights I guess all these miscellaneous releases will have to do for now. So why not revisit some of my favorite Dannii moments.
Baby Love: Now the original 1986 by Regina remains one of my fave 80s songs of all-time, I can't help but love this early 90s dance take on it that Dannii does oh so well. Plus it's always fun to check out pre-plastic surgery Dannii (when she looked A LOT like Shannen Doherty):
Disremembrence: From her crimanally under-rated Girl album, comes one of my favorite Dannii singles of all time:
I Can't Sleep At Night: This was supposed to be on her follow-up album to Neon Nights but ended up only being included on The Hits & Beyond. Nonetheless, it is fabulous song! She looks stunning in the video:
Touch Me Like That: Jason Nevins and Dannii team up for her latest dance anthem. I love the neon colors, the tacky set, the floating DJ...$ucce$$!!! This will be coming out December 3. It truly is a Dannii xmas:
Just to show I'm not an obnoxious Dannii queen...I too can appreciate when other poke fun of her:
While Kylie is set to "comeback" with her new album and single (which I really really really like); it's hard not to feel upstaged when the prettier, younger Minouge has so many fagtastic musical offerings all at once! ¡Viva Dannii!
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'sUgly 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:
Ok admit it, you have a celeb crush that to anyone else might seem odd or strange. So I am here today to talk about one of my weird celeb crushes. As you can see from the graphic above, today's strange celeb crush is none other than Bob Saget. Yes the Bob Saget, aka Danny Tanner from TVs corny Full House.
Like any kid growing up in the late 80s I spent many a Friday night w/ the Tanner clan (it was part of ABC's TGIF line-up...god that's so sad I remember that...ha ha ha). And like any good f.f.a (future fag of america) I was in lust w/ John Stamos (still am to this day...Have mercy!).
But as I got older and watch too many reruns of this corny show, I couldn't help but notice an odd attraction to Bob. I don't know what it is, but there is something I find oddly adorable about him. Even now that the show has ended. I can't put my finger on it. Maybe it's how hokey his character was on the show, that I secretly want him to talk to dirty to me while giving me one of those famous Full House hugs.
Well we had a really nice weekend. Super busy, ran lots of errands. Went to some new places, etc. Was nice. Friday stopped at Moonshine briefly. Second time there. The drinks are pretty awful and the music is too loud, I could barely hear our server. Also stopped at Stargaze very briefly (my first time ever there...) for a friend's bday. There were closing by the time we got there oh well. At least we made an appearance. Saturday was much more exciting. Ran a bunch of errands all day as Chus was at the groomer :) In the evening we went out for our friend Paty's bday. It was so much fun :) We went to this great BYOB in Wicker Park called Lucia's, from there we ended up at Nacional 27.
As you can see from the pictures a good drunken time was had by all. I am proud of myself for pacing (and drinking water) at the BYOB so I didn't have a repeat of last time! LOL!
I'll be writing more later on, I've been meaning to highlight some of my stranger celeb crushes :P
I know it's been eons since I've done a proper post. Forgive me. Sometimes I just get lazy w/ my blogging. What can I say??? As you can see from the pictures in my previous post, I had a blast at my cousin's bday party in Milwaukee. So that was a nice get a way.
I woke up this morning and it was 44º outside!!! OMG I LOVE IT!!! I think fall is finally here. Please please please please don't get any warmer. I can't deal w/ anything about 65º right now.
In other news, I am going to be going to Mexico for a long weekend for my cousin Mirna's wedding next January.
This was taken the last time she was here, which was just this past summer. I'm looking forward, mostly because I haven't seen my dad in almost 2 years! Since I haven't seen the majority of my family in Mexico in a few years, I've forced myself to get off my lazy ass and try and get into an exercise routine. Hopefully by the time the wedding comes around, I'll be looking a whole lot fitter and trimmer. Needless to say I'm in week 2 and Tae Bo has been kicking my ass (in a good way).
So friends, get in your mixup requests early! LOL! Don't worry boo boo, I've already got your requests etched in my brain :)
So I haven't even begun to start putting together my costume. I'm not going to say what I am going as, but let me say it's wonderful.
Everyone knows what spring cleaning is right? Well I decided to do my own version which I'll simply refer to as fall cleaning. Why you ask? Well I had to change my blog template recently because the old one doesn't work anymore, so I figure it was a good time to go through my links and do some cleaning.
I've recently found a few new links that I am obsessed with.
The first is IKEA HACKER. I read about this site in the paper the other day. Basicly people send it their "hacks" on ikea furniture (taking a store bought item and turning it into something else). I am all about Ikea. I know some snobby fags think its tacky, but you know what...FUCK YOU...we can't all afford Crate & Barrel or Pottery Barn. Anyhoo...the reason I am obsessed w/ this site is because as an artist (did you forgot I have a fine arts background...I know sometimes I do) I am intrigued by how people are making Ikea products their own. It really is an artform if you think about it. So since I have sooooo much Ikea crap in my house, I am inspired to try one out myself. I'll let you know the results when and if I decide to do something (however glorious or awful they may be).
The other site was brought to my attention by my other half. It's simply called RETRO MUSIC. It has to be the best music download blogs in Spanish I've seen in a long time, as it mainly focuses on 90s pop music en español. OMG it's like someone raided my cd collection!!!! Plus there's tons of rare and obscure groups who never even got US releases but I know about them from Mexican teen rags like ERES (remember Agua Luna?? Didn't think so...). Anyway I love music blogs like this and I hope pretty soon I'll be ranting about this one as well.
So while I've found a few new blogs that I'm loving, I had to go into the "personal blogs" section and delete a bunch. Mainly because they were never updated anymore (*cough*rddp*cough*). I kept the ones up that I read on a regular basis and I even kept yours up Glennys even though you haven't written in over a year, but simply because you promised to resurrect it. Speaking or resurrections, I'd like to give a big congrats to Meiver for giving new life to her blog!
Well peeps I am going to get going. It's Saturday and I have to clean the house (es que no llegó la chacha hoy...uff). Ciao.
Hello everyone in blogger-land. Sorry I've been M.I.A. for the last few days. Work is über busy right now so bare with me. I had to post this though. I was out walking my dog like I always do, and noticed that everybody and their mother is having yard sales. I guess it's that time of year. Anyhoo I couldn't help but notice one sign in particular:
I just thought it was too funny. I had to rip it down and take a picture (and yes the yard sale in question already passed, so I didn't do any harm). Tee hee. The "lord's day", that cracks me up. I find it even funnier that it was up in front of the church around the corner from my house. I believe it's a "church of later day saints" or something like that. I am not sure what it is exactly, but there are always dorky guys in short white sleeve dress shirts and black ties on bikes.
Like my bf has already recapped, we went to see Sinead O'Connor this past Sunday. He was able to score 2nd row seats for super cheap on ebay! God bless ebay. Now I've always been a casual Sinead fan and was always curious to see her live. Now she is not what one would call an exciting performer, but my god her voice is just so captivating. I couldn't take my eyes (nor my ears for that matter) off of her. She was truly amazing.
None of my pictures came out that well because the whole front of the stage was white and there was too much light reflecting from the flash. Oh well.
So the other day I was talking w/ my MI bff, Tracy (aka Cherelle) as we were checking out the Russian hottie on Dancing With The Stars. You could eat off his ass...
And before I forget...do any of you remember this?
It's called Pssst and is dry shampoo. I know it sounds gross but my mom used to use this in the 80s (for all I know she still does). I telling Tracy about it and we couldn't stop laughing about it. I wonder if rat's nest uses it? LOL! So do you think this girl uses it???
So I don't think I've gotten over my Timbiriche high yet. LOL. But one thing I forgot to mention in my last post, was that while we were at the show I kept thinking to myself the back-up singer looks really familiar to me...
So I look inside the tour book at the credits (mind you I got the last 2 they were selling) and sure enough it was María Urtuzuástegui, the former lead singer of Luna Limón. I wrote a blurb about LL once upon a time and she somehow found my blog and signed my guest book!!!. My 2 friends had backstage passes and I asked him to tell her that she had a fan that wanted to meet her, but alas it didn't happen. Anyhoo I just thought it was a real cool tidbit that I forgot to share.
In other news my boo boo just scored amazing tickets for Sunday's Sinead O'Connor concert!!! I've never seen her in concert, but I think she is an amazing vocalist and can not wait to experience her live. I'm hoping she does this song:
Or I would love to hear her version of this song. Remember how hot she looked in the video?? Don't get me wrong she's beautiful, but when she's all glammed up...wowser!
So I can just take a moment and bitch about the weather. Last week it was so nice out, in the 50s and all of the sudden this week it's been like 80 everyday! WTF!!!!! How can you be so cruel Mother Nature????
America's Top Model premiered last night! I love it!!!! I am not going to try and predict a winner (because I am always wrong...except for Jaslene). But I must say I realy really like Heather. She's kinda weird looking, but there is something I like about her.
But you know what I love most about Top Model coming back??? The recaps that Rich does over at fourfour. In case you have never read his blog and you are a fan of the show, read his recaps of past seasons...they are hilarious!!!! High-larious!!! Ok peeps I gotta go...as Vanessa Williams once said...I got work to do...I got a job baby!.
So for weeks now all I've been talking about was the Timbiriche concert that took place this Sat. at the Rosemont Theatre. I don't even know where to begin. First of all, the show looked sold out, which was great because there really wasn't that much promotion. We had front row seats, in reality we were just behind the orquestra pit as that was reserved for family of the band. Anyhoo...the show was just magical. The energy, the crowd, everything was just perfect. Words can not do it justice. Instead I'll show you via pictures (mind you these are just a few of my faves as I took over 300!!!!)....
During the Vaselina segment
Sasha w/ Benny playing guitar
Erik Rubin and guitar
Sasha & Benny...awwww!
Diego and the infamous pants
Rob and Mariana Garza
Timbirichos
Sasha,Benny and Alix
"Ya llegó la banda..."
Benny with the Mexican flag
"¡México! ¡México!...m-e-acento-x-i-c-o"
As you can see from the pics we had great seats and a great time was had by all. By far my favorite concert of 2007. And now I can die because I've finally seen Sasha Sökol in person.
