July 25, 2007
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I had a few friends over last night for no specific reason. Today's a holiday so why not? Since when do people need a concrete reason to party? I told people to come by around 9 or 9:30pm and of course that translated into 10:40pm :) I'd been up since 5:55am that morning so I was a bit tired at night fall. I was about to just put my feet up and rest while I waited...and that's when people started to show up. Of course!
It was a cool and chill time playing pool, talking and laughing about stupid sh*t like always. Of course there was food, but I was surprised how fast it went. There was food and then there wasn't. Something about late nights and alcohol making people hungry 
The last people to exit my doors, left at 4:30am. By then I'd been awake for 23 hours and was DEFINITELY ready for bed. I fell asleep as soon as I laid down. Also, there was no party fowls! Nothing broken, nothing spilt. I did wake up today to find a broken small bottle of Perrier on the floor. That present was thanks to the rooster though.
All in all, good times were had. Till next time!
July 16, 2007
Who wants a sweaty hug?
July 15, 2007
Last night I went to see R Show at Bellas Artes.
It was absolutely GREAT and made the hell that was the 2 hours before the show all worth it. A quick note on that: The person I was planning on going with couldn't go and I had 2 hours to see if anyone else wanted to come with. I called everyone in my phone and of course people weren't picking up, but a couple did call back. Mainly people were like "A dance show? What do you mean?" :)
Yes, R Show was a dance show. The title is a play on words. When you say it you hear "Our Show". Taken from the show's booklet it says "Nuestro Espectaculo, no esta centrado en un artista principal, cantante o historia, sino en "nuestro" mundo. Este gira en torno a como es percibido el mundo en la mente de un bailarin." R Show is the brain child of Danny Lugo. It takes 20 pro PRican dancers on a fantastical journey. I'm not going to pretend I know who he is or the other dancers. I know nothing of the dance world :) Even so, it really was like stepping into another world through the dancing, costumes and music.
From the first step into the lobby you begin to feel the surrealness of the show through the mystically-dressed people walking around...even on stilts. :) Then the show starts off with a mime like ring master making you laugh and presenting the show. Let the dancing begin! Dancing, Dancing, DANCING! :) The dancing, the costumes, the music and the sets were awesome. Extremely visual and colorful. I loved the Roisin Murphy "Ramalama" dance, the salsa, ballet, loved the tap dancing and the huge hip hop finale.
I'm glad I went. It was a very enjoyable time :)
Super cool Jeny! Felicidades!
July 14, 2007
(Karla, Me, Ninita)
Last night I get a call around 8pm from Karla asking me if I wanted to go out. Sure. So I get ready. An hour goes by. Another hour goes by. A bit after that I get a text saying they're on their way. Another hour goes by. :) Do you see a pattern here? Now, I don't know what the hold up was, but they finally picked me up after 11pm and we were off. There was much laughter in the car ride thanks to this shimming effect going on. It reminded me of the time my father's tire tred came right off. I was hoping that wouldn't happen, and it was all good.
We went to check out La Fiesta De La Bahia in Old San Juan. Well, I thought it'd be packed, but I was mistaken. There was no traffic to get in and the place wasn't full either. I guess that's because we got there at the end :) So, Karla voices we should go to Pink Skirt. Ok. :) Very rarely do I ever say no to Pink Skirt, you all know that. It was cool. The music was pumping, the food was great and the dessert was delicious: Chocolate cake with a caramel filling topped with walnuts, ice cream, whipped cream and cinnanon. YUM!
July 7, 2007
Today I had a pretty surreal experience as I watched Flight Of The Navigator for the first time in about 21 years. If you've never heard of this movie, it's about a kid who goes on space travel without knowning it. He gets back to earth only to find out 8 years had gone by, but he had hadn't aged.
I remember the first time I saw this movie was at a friend's house down the street. After that first time, my brothers and I would go over to their house EVERYDAY and watch it after school. I'm sure we wore out their vhs tape (yes you heard right...TAPE). It was just such a magical movie and I think we all wanted to fly around in that spaceship. :) Or maybe it was that "Max" adopted the Pee-Wee Herman style of talk during the movie that we liked. After we finished watching the movie, I remember we'd spend HOURS playing "Ant's In My Pants" and my favorite "Don't Break The Ice". Just to go home and do it all over again the next day. Crazy.
Just to put it into perspective, I was 8 years old when this movie came out (¡ay dios mio!). Sarah Jessica Parker was in the movie, which of course not having seen the movie in so long isn't something I remembered. She was 21 at the time and still sported that Square Pegs hair. hahahaha! And now I've rewatched it 21 years later.
Long Live Flight Of The Navigator!
July 3, 2007
Most everyone has ID Caller these days right? If they don't, they might have *69 so they atleast know who the last caller was, if so they choose. ID Caller's a great invention in my book. You get to completely screen your calls and not have to wait for the answering machine. And dont' give me sh*t about that because EVERYONE screens.
One thing I don't understand are the people who go through the whole trouble of making their ID show up as "Private". I bring this up becaue last night after midnight I received a call. I was already asleep, so of course it woke me up. I saw the word "PRIVATE" on the screen, hit the silence button and went back to sleep. See, I don't care if you go through all the trouble of making yourself "numberly invisible". That does not spark my curiosity and I'm not going to answer the phone.
If it's something or someone important, they'll leave a message. More than likely it's some jealous dumbass (male or female) who's spying on their partner and dialed the wrong number. I don't play that stupid game and after that woman listed my number on an internet apartment classified, you have no idea how many wrong numbers I've had. Point is that you can call me up "Private" all you want. I'm never picking up...and that will only annoy you. :)
June 29, 2007
Anyone who knows me, even if it's a little bit, knows I take my camera everywhere. Being at camp was no exception. And today being the talent show, pictures were a must.
So I take my camera out and I'm ready to go...until I turn it on. There is no welcome screen. There is no view of the kids sitting infront of me. All that is present on the screen is a violent 
purple blotch. My though: "W.T.F.?!" After staring at it for a bit, I came to the conclusion the screen got jack'd up. Great. My next thought was if the camera would still take pictures. That was very useless because it's not like I could review them. But, I checked the camera functions anyway. Turns on and off...check. Flashes...check. Lens hides when viewing the pictures...check. Actually seeing something rather than the purple blotch...NO.
I just checked the card to see if the random pictures actually were taken and yes. The camera appear to be in working condition with a slight visual impairment. No screen. So, I guess I could still use my camera. I just can't see how many pictures are left on my card, can't see the battery life left, can't see what settings it's on etc. Will I get it fixed? Hm...haven't decided yet.
Unfortunately, this is the 2nd Pentax camera that I (or by forces out of my control) have damaged. My first one got rain wet while watching La Oreja De Van Gogh play. Maybe it's time to invest in a different brand. Or...does anyone wanna give me a free digital camera? :)
Camp ended today, let's CELEBRATE! Don't get me wrong, the kids aren't bad. It's just that it was time for it to end. Today the kids performed a talent show for their parents. I'm honestly amazed. After a month of yelling at my group to do the dance, follow the dance teacher and stop goofing around...a miracle occured. The kids actually did the dance well and without hesitation! I was like, "Where did that come from???"
It was fun watching all the groups do their thing. And amazing that something which caused so much stress was actually turning out pretty damn cool. Props to Jeny for organizing and having to teach hyper kids the dances. After everything was said and done, us counselors lost our minds, started doing all the dances and imitating the kids. A release was needed. :) I don't know about the rest, but I plead temporary insanity.
Now it's time to sit back and relax...see what July brings. And definitely time to exorcise songs from The Black Eyed Peas and Hanna Montana out of my head.
Till next year camp kiddies.
June 23, 2007
IT'S A CHICKEN UPDATE PEOPLE!
This is a post I've been meaning to write for a while now. So here it goes.
A few months ago, the roaming chicken's eggs hatched. There was a total of 7 I believe, but little by little the number went down. Before my May trip to Virginia, there were 3 left and one of them was limping. When I came back, I was surprised to see we were now the proud shelter-ers of the limping chick. It went from being able to walk, to developing a limp to not being able to walk at all. My mother had placed the chick in our garage and it was living out it's life in a constant leg split. It was sad.
So my mother and I constantly fed it and took it outside. I didn't know if it was going to walk again. At one time it looked like the chick was getting better, but it went back to splitsville. Then one day the chick just came around and started standing. Sure, it was falling over, but it learned to hold it's own weight and now walks around like nothing happened.
Yeah, the chick still lives in the garage. That doesn't surprise you does it? Compared to the other 2 chicks who live outside, this one is smaller. But the chicken comes and goes from the garage to the family room and out the back door whenever it wants. So I guess this is our newest pet. And if you think I'm lying, check out the picture below.
June 17, 2007
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Last night I went to Heineken's Wonder Valley party @ Rio Grande Plantation.
I don't know. It seemed like a good idea, but I don't know if it's exactly what they thought it would be. As you walked in, there were all these Alice In Wonderland wooden cut outs of the characters. They were all over the place. And out of no where, these weirdo people showed up. By weirdo, I mean that they were party of the party and tried to make it all trippy I guess. There was a lady dressed up all asian like that would come up to you and try to dance with you. Then there was the acrobat...Wow. Twisting in ways I've never seen before.
The first stage was the reggae, reggaeton & rock stage. The second one was purely electronica.I wasn't going to go to the party, but we were like "Vamos a tirarnos la'ventura!"
I had a good time, so it was a successful adventure, but the party was never full. The first stage was pretty dead and people kept coming in and out of the second one. I didn't care. I went to see Baby Anne. Mission Accomplished. I'm not a fan of Jen Lasher. Out of everything she played, I liked 2% of it until she played Le Disko by my fav Shiny Toy Guns and then it went up to 4% :)
Other people I saw: Sureal, Matrix and Optical and some other guy I didn't know.
June 10, 2007
Summer Camp started last monday, so life's hectic once again.
I have the same group of boys as I did last year, but less of them. It does make the group more manageable, but not really easier :) There's never a dull moment with the kiddies. They even remember my little accident--running into the pole at the tennis court--last year and laughed about it.
So now I don't have time for email, chatting and what not. Well, it's not that I don't have time. It's that I don't have the energy. Camp runs all day and most of that time we're under the sun. The heat kills you man and that's why you most likely won't hear much from me this month. The last thing I want to do when I get home is hop on the computer. I'll try to do updates over the weekends and back log stuff, but it may take a while.
All I really look forward to after a camp day is sleep :) I did go out on friday night even though I was tired. I saw Knocked Up which is really good and everyone should go see it and went to Old San Juan afterwards. There was this cuisine extravaganza thing going on this weekend, but we got there late. I wasn't planning on going to that and we got there late anyway, so it was over. Loads of people though. Every place was kickin', but I stayed around Pink Skirt where I ran into friends. By 2am I was already tired and my bed was calling me. I know, it's pathetic....but that's what happens when you're running around with 6 and 7 year olds all day long under the sun.
So I didn't sleep much on friday and then on saturday when I thought I'd get more rest, my father had invited people over to the house to watch the Cotto fight. By 11pm I was ready for bed, but I got a call from someone in the living room telling me to get out there so I did. It was funny :) But, by 2am I pulled a Chris and disappeared into my room.
Pathetic, what can I say :)
June 3, 2007
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Julie Graduates....again!
This is the 2nd ceremony. This is the regular graduation where you receive a fake-me-out diploma and shake someone's hand on stage :) It was at the convention center. I'd driven passed and around it, but never been in it till today. It's nice. Graduation wasn't long at all. The funny part was that you'd see the person walk on stage, get their "diploma" and 3 minutes later their name was called. There was such delay on the person reading out the names.
June 2, 2007
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Yesterday was my mother's birthday. Happy Birthday!
We had family and friends over and tried for it to be a surprise. I think she said she knew, but whatever.
May 31, 2007
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34 photos
Julie graduates!
Tonight was the first of two ceremonies for the Inter American University graduation. It was all about receiving the sashes of honors and metals tonight. If you weren't going to receive an honors sash or a metal, I don't know why you'd show up. So my sister graduates magna cum laude and she won the metal for highest gpa within her concentration. What a nerd! :)
