Work

I guess there's a lot I could say about these past 3 months, but I'm just going to narrow it down to one thing: work. It has taken 98% of my time and thoughts lately. It has me travelling quite a bit, enjoying the perks of having an interesting and rather crazy job, but it's all I think about and do these days. There's really no point on describing what I do because I don't want to spend the next 5 minutes typing the same thing all over again. Need to get a life immediately...haha

Ah que la chingada con la chamba! Muy bonita y muy padre pero ya me urge un buen desmadre para nivelar las cosas. Esta vida de oficinista es agradable pero hay veces que sí se pone de hueva, pero no me puedo quejar; de cierta forma es exactamente lo que estaba buscando. Pero ya va siendo hora de un playazo o algo por el estilo no? Ya tengo un colorcito de jamón de pavo nuevo que putzzz. Sólo me faltan unos calcetines Donelli cafés, pantalón de pana café, camisa amarilla y un botín de ruco cincuentón para resaltan este super bronceado que manejo.

Birthday

So yes, I just becamse 25 last Friday. And I don't feel weird, scared, old or anything like that. It's all good so far. And the birthday party I had was really, really good. It was a weird mix of people but I guess that's what made it so much fun. Thanks a lot to all those who came, and thanks a lot for the presents! Gracias Monica, Leo and Renacuaja! You guys really know what I like!

Tomorrow is the first day on my new job. I'm a tiny bit nervous, but I can't wait to start. Can't believe I'm saying this, but it really seems like this time it's going to be a solid, interesting job where I can grow (without dimishing the impact and importance of my former jobs). We'll see what happens.

Y otra vez, gracias!

Playa del Carmen

A few days ago, I came back from a four day trip to Playa del Carmen with La Renacuaja Loca. It's one of those places that you just don't get tired of going to. It was such a relaxing and fun trip, considering that out original schedule meant going to Los Cabos, which had to get cancelled after hurricane John hit with all its' strength. The flight and hence the entire trip was cancelled minutes before boarding the flight to San Jose del Cabo, and luckily, we were given the option to change to another resort town with no penalties.

The weather forecast showed to there would be rain in Playa del Carmen for the whole week, but we decided to take our chances because we certainly didn't want to go to Los Cabos to spend four miserable days in a shelter, and because we didn't want to spend four days in rainy Mexico City, doing nothing.

Everything turned out to be perfect. There was just a bit of light rain when we arrived, but it was soon gone. And as soon as we checked into the hotel, we were lucky enough to get an upgrade to a junior suite in the best part of the hotel ( you know how fucking charming I am - it's no surprise we got that free upgrade haha). The room was out of this world: comfortable, luxurious and incredibly beautiful. Marble and wood everywhere, rose petals, plenty of drinks and daily amenities.

And yes, they weather. It just rained for a couple hours late at night, and during the day the sky was completely clear. The ocean was nice and warm, not rough at all, and the hotel was quite empty, which meant no problems moving around, no waiting for a table at restaurants and superb service.

Something creepy did happen while having drinks at one of the bars the night before coming back home. La Renacuaja Loca took a picture of me sitting at the bar, smoking a cigarrette. As soon as I looked at it, I realized something was just not right. A creepy face came out from the combination of smoke and a dude's white shirt. Take a look at it and tell me what you think. It was the talk of the night at the bar and at the lobby. Everyone looked at it, freaked out and told countless stories of different ghosts that requently appear around the hotel. Needless to say, it was one scary but fun night.

Is this what everyone wants?

As expected, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has taken his populist nonsense to a new height: he has blocked one of Mexico City's most important avenues to put up tents where thousands of his supporters can sleep and protest until all presidential votes are counted ballot by ballot. Needless to say, it is completely chaotic to move around the city these days, and it seems like things will get even worse. Rumour has it that most important avenues will be blocked sooner than later, as well as airports and highways. And all in the name of democracy,as he says. It is clear that this is a blatant lack of respect for authority and federal institutions, so I cannot even think what would happen if this fucker makes it to the chair. But of course, thousands of peasants support him all the way, but it isn't even clear to them whatis it that they are looking for. Lopez Obrador, you lost! If you want to do something for democracy in this country, stop this bullshit now! After this, who would want to have you in power?

Elecciones

Desde el 2 de julio no se habla más que de las elecciones en México, y a pesar de ser un verdadero apasionado de la política, debo decir que ya estoy hasta la madre de el espectáculo de quinta que los candidatos siguen y seguirán dando, para recocijo del pueblo. Insultos, desprestigio, burlas, amagos de movimientos sociales violentos...qué bonito. Justo lo que necesita un país tan bello pero tan atrasado y acomplejado como lo es México. Todo esto es normal, era de esperarse, no hay sorpresas, pero por favor, dejen de jugar con los sentimientos, emociones y "raciocinio" del pueblo, al que se lo van a acabar cojiendo de una forma u otra. Ya estuvo bien.

July has been an awful month in many ways for us Mexicans, because we just had the closest and most disputed presidential elections in the country's history, with no official winner for the time being. It's been clear that there is no respect nor trust for the Electoral Institute in this country, and that respect is a word that a specific candidate has decided to erase from his vocabulary a long time ago. Lopez Obrador does not accept he lost despite the fact that these elections were the most transparent ever. But of course, nothing else could be expected from someone who controls masses with a cheap, populist speech who could easily turn things violent all over Mexico. But oh well, we'll have to wait until a final decision is taken by the Electoral Court. In the meantime, let us hope for the best and for the Court to take a smart decision. No matter what, let's hope that people stay cool and don't lose it anytime soon. Please, stay cool.

El Mundial

Ahor así llegó la mejor época de cada cuatro años, mejor que la navidad y los cumpleaños, mejor que todo: el mundial. Para aquellos que son panboleros de corazón como yo, definitivamente es lo mejor que nos puede pasar. Hasta ahorita ha sido un muy buen mundial, y aunque mi queridísimo México ya ganó y esperemos que siga jugando, yo apuesto todo por la República Checa. Qué manera de jugar, que rápidos, qué eficientes, qué bonito...y bueno, tambíén está Brasil, que a pesar de ser el favorito dudo mucho que gane esta vez. Y claro, Alemania. Juegan horrible, pero igual, se una forma u otra siempre llegan lejos, aunque ahora van a necesitar la ayuda de los árbitros y Blatter para hacerla, porque en serio juegan peor que los Tecos.

Besides the World Cup action, I'm in the middle of taking final exams right now, and it's being hell. The exam system at my university is by far the most retarded, confusing and old system I've even seen. it makes mideterms and projects done during the course completely worthless,unless you get a ridiculous amount of points on the final exam. I should've known. I would've done nothing but scratch my balls all day long, avoiding papers and midterms, and just focusing on passing that stupid exam. But let's not forget that I only pay 75 cents a year (and that Mexican pesos, not dollars), so all I can do is shut up and be a good community member that says nothing but glorious things about my school. Fuck that. What a big lie and a waste of time.

Anyway, get ready for tomorrow's game! Mexico takes on Angola, and it seems like Mexico will win and qualify to the next round. But let's see what happens, I'm not that confident.Vamos Mexico!!!

Aca Fest 2006 and Oaxaca

To keep up with tradition, the boys and I went for our yearly trip to Acapulco. Not everyone could make it this time because of tight schedules and other things, but in the end the right and completely wrong mix of people ended up going. The right mix involved Los Compadres, and the wrong was a couple unknown dudes and girls that showed up invited by someone else who didn't quite spoil the trip, but where seconds away from really fucking it up. Besides that, this trip was a huge blast and it was just insane. So many things happened in such a short time, and for some reason I realized a bunch of things all of a sudden. One truth after another. A bit shocking and a bit of a downer, but I'm glad it finally happened. Que pedo con la cantidad de netas que me cayeron de madrazo! Eran cosas que yo ya sabía pero que de una manera u otra siempre traté de evadir, y no se por qué.

On Friday morning I flew from Acapulco to Oaxaca to meet my parents there and spend the weekend there, and attend a baptizement (or however you call that) of my mom's boss' kid. I wasn't exactly thrilled about going for that, but it was AWESOME. It was a traditional Oaxacan event, with lots of folk dancing, local food, great music and good drinks. And I don't know what is it about Oaxaca. It really is a magical place. So beautiful, so mysterious and so diverse.