Last night went to the movies and saw "Brokeback Mountain" or Legends of the Fall for Gay Men. Excellent cinematography, not so good makeup artists and a padded story that stretched for too long. There were some universal truths that could have been developed better (when a Carpe Diem story doesn't grab me and makes me break down and cry, the director has not done a good job.). I give it a B+ because I have a complaint: Heath, speak clearly, this movie came without subtitles and I can't understand key dialogue if you insist on chewing a wool ball to disguise the fact that you are no cowboy. I have never found Gyllenhaal believable in anything he is in, but I do understand he and Ledger are definite eye candy. It was not bad or terrible, I just wanted a movie that would make me break out the Kleenex box, but it didn't deliver. If I was a gay man I would definitely have come out of the theater with a mental note to buy the DVD when it comes out, and making plans to see it again. I tell you: just like Legends of the Fall.
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Fuck, fuck! Puerto Rico's independence is not a photo op. Puerto Rico's independence doesn't have anything to do with Venezuela's president. It is a private matter that Puerto Ricans and Americans need to solve without seeking allies that tip the scales in the wrong direction. I believe this has been a strategical misstep. Fuck!
Venezuela's Chavez backs widow of slain Puerto Rican nationalist
Venezuela's Chavez backs widow of slain Puerto Rican nationalist
Friday, January 27, 2006
"To discourage the excessive integration of neighbors with different socioeconomic and income status".
Wow. This is part of the plan the mayor of Mayaguez unveiled for our city. It is now government policy to avoid the rich and the poor to mingle excessively. I thought the free market did a good job at that, no need for the government to waste effort in enforcing this very undemocratic, unfair and plain old fashioned way of judging people. If you are in a high salary bracket you are not going to buy a property in the coastal shanties, and if you depend on federal aid you are not going to be able to buy a property in Los Versalles, so what's the point in being officially snotty, you prick? Between this and the gas plant they are going to push on us, somebody needs to stop this guy. The only hope is that he has never fullfilled promises, ineffectiveness is on our side.
Don't know what to think about the Hamas victory in Palestina. It worries me since they have very hardline tactics and they don't sound too sincere in their wishes for peace. Israel is just going to clam up and make things even more difficult. From what I have read in the news (haven't gone to al-Jazeera yet, so maybe I am mistaken) it was more a backlash to Fatah party corruption than toward American interventionism. As always the people are looking at the everyday issues and not the big picture. The terrorists have won, in a democratic election, no less. Weird, huh? I read a very funny comment from Bush saying how you cannot talk about peace when you are armed. Eh, say again, wtf?!
To round up this news analysis I leave you with this very sweet piece from the Sago mine survivor:
On Thursday, he was transferred to a rehabilitation center. He stood for the first time that day with help from medical aides, and later puckered his lips when his wife, Anna, asked for a kiss, said Dr. Russell Biundo, medical director at HealthSouth Mountain View hospital in Morgantown.
"There is definitely a better connection with her than anybody else," Biundo said.
Rest of Sago news story at yahoo
Wow. This is part of the plan the mayor of Mayaguez unveiled for our city. It is now government policy to avoid the rich and the poor to mingle excessively. I thought the free market did a good job at that, no need for the government to waste effort in enforcing this very undemocratic, unfair and plain old fashioned way of judging people. If you are in a high salary bracket you are not going to buy a property in the coastal shanties, and if you depend on federal aid you are not going to be able to buy a property in Los Versalles, so what's the point in being officially snotty, you prick? Between this and the gas plant they are going to push on us, somebody needs to stop this guy. The only hope is that he has never fullfilled promises, ineffectiveness is on our side.
Don't know what to think about the Hamas victory in Palestina. It worries me since they have very hardline tactics and they don't sound too sincere in their wishes for peace. Israel is just going to clam up and make things even more difficult. From what I have read in the news (haven't gone to al-Jazeera yet, so maybe I am mistaken) it was more a backlash to Fatah party corruption than toward American interventionism. As always the people are looking at the everyday issues and not the big picture. The terrorists have won, in a democratic election, no less. Weird, huh? I read a very funny comment from Bush saying how you cannot talk about peace when you are armed. Eh, say again, wtf?!
To round up this news analysis I leave you with this very sweet piece from the Sago mine survivor:
On Thursday, he was transferred to a rehabilitation center. He stood for the first time that day with help from medical aides, and later puckered his lips when his wife, Anna, asked for a kiss, said Dr. Russell Biundo, medical director at HealthSouth Mountain View hospital in Morgantown.
"There is definitely a better connection with her than anybody else," Biundo said.
Rest of Sago news story at yahoo
Friday, January 20, 2006
Started the new year with an awful gastrointestinal flu. It seems I got it from drinking tap water with Tang. I never ever drink water, so during Christmas I decided to stop drinking sodas and increase my water intake. Tap water is no longer what it was when I was younger, apparently, and I got some kind of bug from the unboiled water. Ended up hating all meals, even my favorite: Stouffers lasagna. Only now after three weeks am I fully able to eat three foods per day. I still feel queasy thinking about food, I don't look forward to eating all the usual dishes that used to make me drool all over myself. Psychological hang ups are really weird, who knew. Can't stand Sprite, 7-Up or fucking Tang, it all reminds me of vomit. Groovy.
A mini-rant just because "Hung Up" came up: tsk, tsk Madonna. You should come up with your own satanic hooks, don't do that by sampling ABBA. I expected more from you.
For the first time ever I went to the other side of the island. Too bad it was a business trip, would have loved to see the ocean on the other coast.
Very unexpected election results all over the world. I am rooting for Chile's Bachelet and hope she does a great job. Evo Morales is also an interesting choice, finally an Indian for president.
It is a little old but I have found myself thinking a lot about that "Dirty little Secret" website. It is no longer what it used to be, since they pulled off the first, real, raw ones but seeing the Rejects video I remembered. And I also remembered how stupid humanity is deep down, no matter how smart or intelligent we think we are.
A mini-rant just because "Hung Up" came up: tsk, tsk Madonna. You should come up with your own satanic hooks, don't do that by sampling ABBA. I expected more from you.
For the first time ever I went to the other side of the island. Too bad it was a business trip, would have loved to see the ocean on the other coast.
Very unexpected election results all over the world. I am rooting for Chile's Bachelet and hope she does a great job. Evo Morales is also an interesting choice, finally an Indian for president.
It is a little old but I have found myself thinking a lot about that "Dirty little Secret" website. It is no longer what it used to be, since they pulled off the first, real, raw ones but seeing the Rejects video I remembered. And I also remembered how stupid humanity is deep down, no matter how smart or intelligent we think we are.
Friday, January 06, 2006
Today is Dia de Los Reyes: kids everywhere are getting their gifts. Have heard only one bike riding tyke, videogames have holed children in their rooms. I am still waiting for the Reyes to bring me a bike, and a parrot they promised when I was 9.
Yesterday was Popu's and my first anniversary together. Whoo-hoo! Of course, I worked and have been sick all this week, have to wait until next Tuesday to celebrate.
Work environment has been unhappy lately. Don't know what demon has possessed the brains of my employers. They used to be so cool and understanding, now they feel the need to be despots just to prove they are bosses. Scrooges. They didn't give us Christmas vacations for the first time in twenty years. To make it even worse and galling, this week they held a meeting with us to explain that we were going to be in charge of the next edition because they are travelling to Texas to visit their daughter. SO! They get to travel and visit family but we don't get a rest for two years. (Yeah, because IF they give a vacation it would be next December). Lately the newspaper has been comparing unfavorably to the Negreros, Inc. office supply store I work with.
Everybody is going through turmoil and hard times. I am very thankful to the 3 Kings for Popu, he and I together have made ourselves as happy as we dreamt to be. Happy Anniversary, darling.
I need to put some serious order in my life. Don't know how I will, since I am a true agent of chaos. I mean, I put a wastebasket in the car and now it has been brimming with ATM receipt copies for three months. Everytime I brake, little balls scatter everywhere, so now I have a wastebasket AND the waste all over the car. And don't tell me that it is just a matter of emptying it. It is a matter of REMEMBERING at the right moment to empty it. No, now is not the right moment, I am at the computer writing in my journal, I will do it later. Yes, really.
Yesterday was Popu's and my first anniversary together. Whoo-hoo! Of course, I worked and have been sick all this week, have to wait until next Tuesday to celebrate.
Work environment has been unhappy lately. Don't know what demon has possessed the brains of my employers. They used to be so cool and understanding, now they feel the need to be despots just to prove they are bosses. Scrooges. They didn't give us Christmas vacations for the first time in twenty years. To make it even worse and galling, this week they held a meeting with us to explain that we were going to be in charge of the next edition because they are travelling to Texas to visit their daughter. SO! They get to travel and visit family but we don't get a rest for two years. (Yeah, because IF they give a vacation it would be next December). Lately the newspaper has been comparing unfavorably to the Negreros, Inc. office supply store I work with.
Everybody is going through turmoil and hard times. I am very thankful to the 3 Kings for Popu, he and I together have made ourselves as happy as we dreamt to be. Happy Anniversary, darling.
I need to put some serious order in my life. Don't know how I will, since I am a true agent of chaos. I mean, I put a wastebasket in the car and now it has been brimming with ATM receipt copies for three months. Everytime I brake, little balls scatter everywhere, so now I have a wastebasket AND the waste all over the car. And don't tell me that it is just a matter of emptying it. It is a matter of REMEMBERING at the right moment to empty it. No, now is not the right moment, I am at the computer writing in my journal, I will do it later. Yes, really.
