Little Francis From The Neighborhood

I had to share this clip w/ you all. Even though I am cable deprived, I am able to catch clips here and there of one of Mexico's funniest comedy shows, Desde Gayola.

Recently I found this clip where they imitate one of my favorite trash divas of all-time:



So check out this clip, it's hilarious!!!!

Seven

Today is seven years ago that I flew the coop and moved to Chicago. I left behind the land of bubblers and Tyme machines, aka Milwaukee.

Holy crap does time fly. I remember before I was about to graduate from MIAD I made up my mind that I was going to move to Chicago. Seven years later I'm still here. Unfortunately it's also 7 years that I've been at my job. Yikes. I know I've bitched about it in the past, but now I really need a new job. I've come to discover how underpaid I am. Don't get my started.

Seriously, thank you Chicago for being my second home.



August seems to be a month of anniversaries. On the 15th my boo boo and I celebrate our 3rd anniversary :)

I am so glad I don't live in Milwaukee anymore. Don't get me wrong it's a nice city and all, my family is there, I have some wonderful friends back home but I think I would go nuts if I ever had to live there again. I might as well live on the South Side of Chicago (if you want a comparison). Oh wait I did that for four years. You get my drift.

Crash and Burn

As many of you know I have a cd buying problem (well depending on who you ask, it's not a problem). I usually tend to buy several cds at once and listen to maybe one or two religiously. Well that's the case w/ this next cd...

I am sure some of you might remember Swedish singer Robyn, aka US 2 hit wonder (Show Me Love and Do You Know (What It Takes)). Normally I would probably follow careers of these types of has beens, but quite honestly I never cared for Robyn's pseudo pop/r&b sound. I guess I just don't like [Swedish] wiggers. Maybe ten years from now I'll like JoJo. Tee hee.

But...I had read a bit about her recent album on the now defunct SayHey and most recently on fourfour where he posted a remix of Crash and Burn Girl.

Needless to say I loved it! I finally got around to purchasing a copy of it (used on amazon.com.)



Holy shit is this album hot! It's a fun mix of dance, r&b, electronica, new age, pop, etc. There's something really quirky about her that I can't enough of. In fact I can't stop listening to it! Especially Konichiwa Bitches, Who's That Girl, Bum Like You and of course the song that started it all...



So if you're looking something new might I recommend a little Robyn to liven up your day?

Ooh la la

This is what happens when you are bored in a meeting:



It's my ode to Perfect Gentlemen. The group who had one hit Ooh La La back in 1990, I believe, and were produced by Maurice Starr (his son was also a member) the man behind New Edition and New Kids. Also note someone must have said "wiggle" so I began jotting down lyrics to "wiggle it just a little bit".



I finally found the song online (you may hear it yourself). Have a good weekend everyone.

Oh yeah, don't ask me why he has no eyebrows. Maybe I was going for a Whoppee Goldberg thing.

Summer Sucks Ass

It is suppsed to be 101º today. WTF!!!???!!!!

I HATE SUMMER. I LOATHE IT.



I don't know how much more of this I can handle. I really do not understand how anyone can enjoy this weather. It is so fucking muggy out right now. You just walk outside and feel suffocated. I felt like I could not breathe.

Can we fast forward to fall? It's so much nicer. Cool and breezy. Ok I sound like a douche commercial.

Even though I hate summer I can say there are things about summer's past that I used to love. One is my favorite summer TV shows to watch. I know some people remember this one...



As you may have read in profile, I used to get up at the butt crack of dawn to watch Swan's Crossing. Rob thought it was coming out on DVD, but to my dismay it is not. Here is a fan site to tide you over in the meantime.

Aside from cheesy tv shows, there is the cheesy summer songs. My favorite is from my favorite band growing up. Someone out there has to have liked them as much as I did...



Yay! The Party! Love them bitches!.

I must get back to work. Huge project to finish. Joy.

Adora

I've been meaning to post about this...but guess what finally came out on DVD???



HOLY CRAP!!!!! I was such a homo as a child and of course loooooooooooooooved She-ra! It contains the movie The Secret of the Sword and 5 episodes! You can order it on amazon.com or find it at your local retailer. But it gets better...

November 7th She-Ra: Princess Of Power Season 1 Volume 1 will be released!!!!

The remaining seasons will be released as well. I can't wait!

To further my She-Ra excitement, I leave you w/ the intro...



Suddenly I don't feel so good. Cough. I think I need to go home now. Cough (so I can watch She-Ra!!) Cough.

Ponte el sombrero

I haven't updated in eons! Sorry. Between work and getting reading for Chava's visit, I had no time to write! For the past week Chava stayed w/ us and let me just say we loved having you! What a sweetie! I think I finally met someone who actually loves going to Target more than I do. Hopefully we didn't bore you to death. At least you got a musical cram session all week :) Always remember....¡PONTE EL SOMBRERO!

Last Sat. we went to Café Ibérico, got drunk, then Circuit (hadn't been there in ages). It was actually packed because there were so many homos in town for the gay games. Sunday we went to Roscoe's for what was to have been a Sista M throwdown but it was so f*ckin' nasty and humid outside that I got this nasty headache and barely drank. To make matters worse it was super packed and it wasn't helping my feeling better. We did tons of shopping all week, with the obligatory trip to la villita so Chava could find some hard to find cds, Target, we even did some shopping in Boystown Sat. afternoon. We also had fun at the listener party that PNS Explosion had at Spin last Friday.

To send Chava away my Milwaukee Siter dragged us out to the burbs to go see Kristine W. (who was in town to perform at the closing ceremonies of the Gay Games) at Hunters. Scary I know. Aside from all the scary trannies and suburban gays, I have to say I had a blast. I'm a casual Kristine W. fan myself, but after seeing her perform I've had a change of heart...gurfren tore it up!!!!

Here are a few pics from her performace that I took:





I even uploaded all my Kristine W. cds to my ipod today! As you can tell from Eddie's gushing recap, Ms. W. really worked it and even played the sax and guitar while belting out her club hits. A highlight was she performed one of my faves, Lovin' You! I thought I was going to shart.

Afterwards there was a meet and greet, and after waiting for what seemed like an eternity, we were able to meet Kristine and pose for pics.



We did manage to pose for some pics ourselves...





Awwwwwwwww.


Forgot to mention we went to go see The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green.



Normally gay movies are either sad and someone dies of AIDS or they are about coming out. Basically bad and worse. But I have to say I really enjoyed this one. It was fun, and they poked fun at a lot of gay stereotypes. Plus hottie Diego Serrano was it. Grrrr.

So does anyone know when the hell this heat is going to end? I just can't stand summer heat anymore!!!!!!!! Because it's so hot out right now I can no longer write. Ta ta!

Godmother

Greetings earthlings. I know it's been eons since I've written (ok a week...but who's couting). I've just been über busy here at work. I've been meaning to write but just haven't found the time. So as Kylie says : Let's get to it!

First things first...last Thursday we made the trek out to Beverly, IL to see the one and only and very talented Tiffany. First of all I have to say I was really dissapointed in the turn out. I think there may have been 50 people there. Who cares though. I got to sit in the front row and jam out to Tiff! She did a rather short set but she sang a song off her 1993 Japanese only album Dreams Never Die called If Love Is Blind which caused me and Rob to queen out! It was f*ckin' awesome! Here are some pics from her performance:

It was a rather short show, only about 8 songs, but she did give it her all and some local girls came and sang Could've Been on stage with her. It was adorable.

After the show they had us line up for a meet and greet. Of course we were the first ones in line. As we approached Tiffany we both told her how happy we were for her coming again. We both had some items autographed. I proceeded to tell her the story of how we met at her show 3 years ago, showed her pics of us w/ her from the last show, etc. She was super sweet and congratulated us on our upcoming 3 year anniversary. We also dubbed her our Godmother which she happily pointed out to us:

She also told us that next time she's in town she better see us there and most importantly together :) We also blabbed about certain songs we love, which are often ignored (like Tenderly from her floptastic 1990 album New Inside). Before we left we got a picture taken w/ our Godmother. Enjoy!

So last Friday I went out w/ my friend Emily from work for her bday. We went to Ceaser's on Broadway. Awful food but killer margaritas. After 2.5 jumbo mango margaritas and 3.5 shots of tequila, let's just say I was happy. Her and I ended up going to the movies drunk. Something I've never done before. It was quite the experience. We went to see The Devil Wears Prada. I did enjoy it, but as we both read the book, we both felt that towards the end how it veered so much away from it, was rather annoying. But I adored the clothes and all that faggy stuff. Plus Anne Hathaway is really cute. I don't think I'll go to the movies drunk again as I kept nodding off towards the end!

So I think someone has to start watching Big Brother All-Stars. Want to know why?

Kaysar that's why! I swear he has to be the HOTTEST MAN ALIVE. My mangina is dripping wet just thinking about him!

Wow...I just realized this post is REALLY LONG. Guess that's what happens when you don't post in a week. I have to give a shoutout to my twin blogger. She came over last Sat. and we had a mini Degrassi High marathon. It was a blast. I think she knows more about this show than I do. School's Out viewing perhaps? Just need to order it.

I'd love to go on and on but I have some work to do as I'm off Monday and I need to get everything done by tomorrow evening. Still have to pick up around the house for Sal's visit. Ciao ciao!

Paleta

A post 2 days in a row! I can't believe it. LOL. I forgot to mention that we finally got an AC. Thanks to RDDP of course. Chus LOVES it. It's so funny how much our dog is like us. He hates summer as well! Well there is one thing he likes about summer.



He loves to eat paletas! Further evidence...



But alas, all good things must come to an end.



The other day my good friend and hermana Robert stopped by (hadn't seen him in eons) and brought over his baby. They had so much fun together, Tattoo didn't want to leave :P



So tonight we are going to see Tiffany if it kills us! I already purchased the tickets for tonight's show. I'm super geeked! This will be my 2nd time seeing her, and technically my 2nd time seeing her w/ Rob. I just found out there will be a meet and greet as well afterwards. Now we can thank her in person for bringing us together. So I leave you all w/ another Tiffany clip...



This is the title track to her second album Hold An Old Friends Hand:



I have loads to do. Take care everyone!

Witness

Fourth of July has come and gone. Thank god. The ghetto children of my neighborhood lit fireworks for a week straight it seems. I just don't get it. Fireworks, they do nothing for me, other than annoy me. The funniest part of the 4th of July (and no not the fact that I had to stay at work until 9pm on Monday....or the fact that I had to work Monday) was the infestation of Jehovah's Witnesses in our neighborhood. Flyers for some conference were shoved into my face repeatedly as I was walking Chus. I wanted to say Look lady I'm gay, when through a shitload of Catholic School and I practice Sodomy just to see the look on her face. But alas I didn't.

I couldn't be bothered.

But something I did see on the 4th that disturbed me was a dog got loose and ran out onto the boulevard and got hit by a car :( Luckily it slowed down and the dog was able to get up, but I felt my heart drop as I saw it happen. I don't know if it got loose or someone was just walking him/her w/out a leash, but I'm just glad the dog was ok.

We didn't do much this weekend, as funds were tight. We did however receieve direct from Australia both Season 1 and Season 2 of Degrassi High!!! Lord knows when these are going to get a North American release, so we could not pass these up. Shipping from Australia was über cheap. Twin Blogger are you ready for our marathon??

So the other day I was thinking about a movie that I used to love back in the day. Ever see it?



Book Of Love was a fun teen comedy from 1990 starring Chris Young and Tricia Leigh Fisher (who I know Rob is a fan of). It also features one of my favorite crushes of all-time.



Danny Nucci is such a hottie! Does anyone remember the TV show he was on w/ Jason Bateman, it was based on the movie My Life With Guido. He's so hot! Now I must get myself a DVD copy of Book Of Love and fast!

I just found out that my life partner Weenie, aka Marlene just gave birth to her twins! Oh no! Dookie we're aunties and uncles! Oooooooh! Congrats sweetie!



Tomorrow we are going to attempt to see Tiffany again. She's playing in Beverly, IL at the Beverly Arts Center of Chicago. Hopefully we'll make it as Rob is still getting over a cold.

I should get going. I have lots to do (both work and home). Salvador is coming to visit us a week from Saturday!!! Can't wait to meet him in person :) I am sure I'll have many drunken stories to tell from his visit.

Peace out y'all!

Could've Been

Well we didn't end up going to see Tiffany after all. My boo boo got real sick so we skipped the show. But, she's doing another one next week in Beverly, IL on July 6. Has she never heard of Chicago? I hate going to the burbs to see shows...

Anyhoo, I'm taking a break from cleaning/unpacking (yes I'm still unpacking). I was on youtube when I found this...



Holy shit! Dino! I had such a crush on hiim back in the day. I even saw him open for NKOTB for my 13th bday (January 11, 1990) and I remember I even bought a Dino tshirt and poster! Ha! He was actually kinda greasy looking, but whatver, to a budding homosexual of 13 he was hot hot hot! Have a great Saturday everyone!

Ride It

Haven't posted in awhile. Gay pride was a blast. We had lots of fun w/ Gina, my Milwaukee Sister, etc. Not standing outside watching the parade was the best thing we ever did! We did not have to wait in line to get in anywhere, nor was there a line because all the commoners were outside. Ha! Quite honestly I don't give a rat's ass about the actual parade. You've seen one parade, you've seen 'em all. A sample...

Float 1: Drag queens
Float 2: Something Political (ie I HATE BUSH)
Float 3: Half naked men dancing to faggy dance song
Float 4: Dykes on Bikes

Now multiply that by 10 and there's the parade. We totally got smashed. I think we drank at least 5 pitchers of Long Island Ice Tea. I lost count. It was so much fun, it was good seeing people and getting drunk :) We tried to go to Circuit after Roscoe's but I was so wasted we ended up hopping in a cab and going home.

Needless to say we never made it to Pat Benatar that night. Sorry boo boo. Once we got home I somehow managed to order Thai food, eat two bites and pass out. Another succesful pride.

So do any of you actually have Monday (July 3rd) off? We have to work and then we're off for the 4th on Tuesday. WTF. I am so annoyed. I am treating Monday as a slacker day. I'll sell stuff on ebay or something.

Tonight we are going to Palatine, IL to see Tiffany!



For anyone interested she's playing at Durty Nellie's at 9pm tonight w/ Jeff Timmons of 98º. You all know I love me some Tiffany, so I will be squealing in the front! In case you didn't already know Rob and I actually met at a Tiffany concert the last time she was in Chicago three years ago! How gay I know, but were it not for that show I wouldn't be in the loving relationship that I am in now :)

So let's watch a clip of Tiffany performing RIDE IT, my favorite song off her latest album DUST OFF AND DANCE:



Have a happy Thursday everyone...

It's Raining On Prom Night

No it's not Prom Night, but it might as well be, it's Gay Pride today here in Chicago and it's raining out! WTF!?! Oh well. I will not let it damper our festivities today. I guess we'll just see a bunch of rainbow umbrellas on display. The poor trannies, what will they do?? For those of you who I happen to run into it, let us get trashed in unison. If I drunk dial you (Glennys, Meiver, Sal, etc.) be thrilled! My drunk dials are C-L-A-S-S-I-C!!! I should probably start to get ready, as there are SEVERAL pitchers of Long Island Ice Tea awaiting me! As my friend Ryan in Milwaukee dubbed today, let's get going to the Running Of The Fags! That photo is a random drunk photo of me, so you'll know what I'll look like today (one of many drunk faces) in case you see me.

Stanky

Why oh why do cab drivers reak? Monday I stayed late to help out on my coworker's project, so I decided I would expense a cab. After getting cash I hailed a cab and I kidd you not, it smelt like he hadn't bathed in a week! WTF!?! He had the air blasting and that didn't help matters, as the smell was seeping into every crack and crevice of that yellow limousine. I wish there was some warning sign or something. Usually I am drunk in a cab so I don't notice, but during those after work excursions home, I always get the ass funk cab. I can't even describe the stench. He smelled like he put on too much oil or something. Eeeew eeew eeeew!

To top that off today I went to use the restroomm at work and I swear someone gave birth to a brown baby when I walked in. There should be a warning light lit when the men's room smell's like ass. Don't know why I am talking about stanky smells, I guess I am just procrastinating about finishing my project. Better haul ass. Peace out.

Freaks

It was hotter than ass this weekend. I HATE SUMMER!!! I just can't stand the heat, it feels so suffocating. To make matters even worse we have NO AIR CONDITIONER!!! Hoping to buy one this week. Needless to say I didn't paint as it was too hot to do anything.

Can't really post much as I have a big project I'm trying to finish. But I decided to take a quick mental break. My bf rented Freaks & Geeks this weekend and we had a mini marathon.



I hadn't seen these in awhile. What a fucking awesome shoe. Too bad it was so short lived.

I'd like to join my Milwaukee Sister in helping promote the latest Dannii Minogue release The Hits & Beyond as well...



Buy it bitches! She rocks!

Must get back to work. A pitcher of Long Island sounds so good right now. Is it Sunday???

If you feel the funk

I'm happy to say that the copies I ordered of the re-release of La Toya Jackson's debut album arrived today! Great job. And just so everyone knows, my Milwaukee Sister got a shout out in the thank you's!

So I am still unpacking. Almost done. This Saturday I'm hoping to paint the living room. I am going to do a light cyan, and I FINALLY found some stretch slipcovers for our sofa and loveseat that I like. I swear as soon as it looks decent I'll post some pics :P

Have you ever gone to retrojunk.com?? Basically they have clips on old cartoons, kids shows, etc from the 70s, 80s and 90s. So we started typing in names of shows and I came across this one...



Anyone remember this one??? I used to love it!!! I also found this one...



I could post them all, but I don't want to bore you all. Work is unfortunately going to keep me busy the new week or so. I'm so looking forward to the Pride Parade on June 25. Glennys, Meiver, etc. expect drunk dialing!!!

You may now resume...

to your nomally scheduled blogging...

I'm back! Our move was a success, we got the old place clean, etc. Now it's just a matter of finishing unpacking. Aghh! So I'll attempt tackling that this weekend. I'm also helping out my coworker on her rummage sale. I'm hoping to sell some stuff of my own.



I'm über excited because I just found out that Racine will be opening for Peaches and they will be playing the Vic on July 17!!!!!!! How friggin' cool!!!!! Peaches is kick ass live and I can't wait to hear her new album, but I am so excited to be able to see Wendy James live!

My twin blog has moved her blog again! You can now access it @ www.radarlove.org.

So Rob and I are obsessed w/ Degrassi The Next Generation.



Even though it's a total rip off of the original and far more superior 80s series, it's still addictive. We've decided we need to create a drinking game for this new series. Everytime they rip off Degrassi Junior High or Degrassi High we take a drink! We'll have no liver left! LOL! I'd like to thank the lovely souls over at youtube for uploading all of these!

Okies, I should get going as I have a meeting to run to. Just wanted to drop in and say heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey!

I'm alive

Yes peeps I'm alive. We are 99% moved in. Still have a few odds and ends to bring from our old place, but after we pick that up today we will be all moved in!!

It's great. I love our new place, the new block (even though it's only about 4 blocks away), the new neighbors thus far, the location, etc.

Overall I have to say this was an extremely easy move. Hiring movers was the BEST THING WE EVER DID. It made our move so much easier. If anyone in the Chicago area is moving anytime soon, might I suggest using these guys. They were super fast (they were done in 2.5 hours) and super friendly and courteous. I don't know why I never hired movers before in the past. So worth it. Maybe I was too cheap before, but I am glad I wised up.

I must get going. Like a dumb ass I packed away my cell phone charger and I don't remember which box it's in! Ahhh!!! It's been dead for about 24 hours now. After we're all settled in and stuff I'll post some pics of our new place :)

Peace in yo' middle crease!

Heat is evil

I loathe summer. I like the social aspect of it, but that's about it. I can't believe how hot it was this weekend. The fact that our central air died last summer (and never got fixed) did not help matters. Fortunately for me my mom came up and helped us pack all weekend. Not much left, just little odds and ends, but the heat! I can't stand it! I was sweating like crazy walking to the train this morning and of course the train was SUPER PACKED. Ugh! I hate it!!! It's supposed to cool down, good because I can't deal with another 8,000º weather day!

Enough bitching. Just wanted to check in and tell everyone that I am alive! I'll leave you with a video to tide you all over until I resume blogging...



Aside from Bibi Gaytán, my other favorite Timbiriche, Sasha Sökol! Enjoy!

GLOW

Let's reminisce shall we? How many of you remember G.L.O.W.? Aka the Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling? I fucking adored this show as a kid. It has to be the campiest thing ever! My 2 cousins and I growing up would play that we were them and even recorded ourselves singing the theme song back in the mid 80s when this was on! Now if that doesn't go on my top 10 list of the gayest things I ever did as a child...

Thanks to the gods at youtube I bring you the following:



I found write up about it and almost shit my pants when I found out that they released 3 best of DVDS!!!! And they came out in 2003!!???!!! How the fuck did I not know about this???



I remember always staying up late every Saturday night to watch this on Channel 58 in Milwaukee! Hot! Hot! I am so ordering these for myself so I can relive these magical moments of my youth right along w/ the likes of Spanish Fly, the Farmer's Daughters, Big Bad Voodoo Momma, etc..

I am so happy!