Finally

Well, finally things *seem* to get back to normal, I have just spent the whole month of Dec. and two weeks of January sick, that's great huh? :P but -weather permiting- I'll be in here more often!

My holiday was excellent, (except beeing sick) it was a lot of fun, I really liked it. Santa brought me a DVD recorder!! Yaaay! Now I can pass all my Anime into DVD'S!!! That's awsome :)

I haven't gone to the movies, and I really want to go out and have some fun, hopefully I can go soon!!

Ok, I'm at the office, so I'll sign off for now..

Almost New Year!!

Well, again I haven't been able to post, but this time not for lack of time, but lack of health!!

It seems that my body loves to get sick every year, it's been almost a month and I can't get rid of this cold.

Christmas was really really nice, can't complain, beeing with family is always nice.

I hope everything went very well with you!

Movies!

Well, after watching twice Harry Potter (not enough times) and thinking to myself (it's a movie, don't compare to the book) I got an email saying that the movie theater is selling Narnia tickets for next Friday!

I didn't want it to happen like last time with Harry, so, I ventured the Xmas traffic and went and bought Narnia tickets for next Friday at 9 pm!! Yaaay! I sure can't wait to see this movie.

Weather Wise

High wind advisory
VERY strong winds, HOT and DUSTY and DRY weather....

My nose bleeds, my eyes water like open faucets and I feel horrible :P still, I came to work... oh well...

I hope humid weather comes soon, we've had a whole week of this weather and it's getting me sick.

And starting Tuesday I'll be on vacation! :D just stay home, relax, go to the movies, relax, study for my exam, relax, try to finish two proyects, did I mention the word "relax"??? LOL

HP

Yes, I must confess I'm upset, no wait, I'm VERY upset because I wanted to go tonight to the movies to watch Harry Potter, and last night I went to buy tickets for tonight... you guessed it, all sold out!

I couldn't beleive it, all sold out and I'm out.. *sigh* I barely got tickets for Saturday night... ARGGHH!!!

Yes, I'm a Harry Potter fan NOT to confuse with a Geek, but a fan :) and I'M VERY upset ... oh well.... hope another day won't kill me LOL

Too soon?

I don't know about you, but sometimes it makes me feel that Christmas is comming faster every year, I can't beleive another year has gone by!

Where did it go?!? a couple of weeks and it's Christmas! wow! Are you ready yet?

I'm always up for Christmas, specially because it's my favorite time of the year, and I always like the lights, cold weather, hot chocolate, beeing with my family.

I specially enjoy when we are at Christmas dinner (the 24th.) and instead of picking up the plates fast and leave, we just stay there and chat for hours :) I really enjoy it, my mom cooks, and my sis and me take turns in washing dishes and picking up the table. I enjoy beleive it or not, because I spend a lot of time with my sister, thing that I can't do a lot during the weekday because we're so busy that we just chat a bit and that's it.

The thing that bothers me the most, it's that every year it feels like the stores are taking out holiday stuff earlier, like this year, Halloween wasn't even over and I could see Christmas decorations! I hope a lot of people could see that Christmas is NOT for buy buy buy, but for give give give :)

Have a Happy Holliday Season! :)

Pics of the sugar skulls and the delicious bread.

El Dia de Muertos

The Day of the death:

Every Nov. 1st. and 2nd. Mexico celebrates the Day of the Death.
Nov. 1st. is to celebrate/remember deceased children, and Nov. 2nd. it's when we celebrate/remember adults.

I said celebrate becasue it's tradition to go to the cemetery and decorate the tomb of the loved one, you put it's favorite food and drink, play it's favorite music and stay all night.

Why food and drink? Because it's beleived that on this day they come from heaven to visit their families, so they arrive hungry and thirsty and family likes to welcome them with their favorite food and drink. That day the cemetery is open all night and all day, it's a big celebration with prayers and music.

We also have something called "calaveras" It is considered satirical personage verses popular, that are directed mutually familiar or companions of work. Stores sell sugar skulls with names on their front.

Some are made of chocolate, but the tradition is sugar. People also build altars at their homes if they can't go to the cemetery. Children go outside asking for their "calaverita" (little skull) which means they want candy and/or money, just like trick or treat.

We also eat a bread called "pan de muerto" The Bread of death very delicious!

Water Compnay

Well, yesterday I couldn't go to work (well, I guess you guessed by reading the update).

I live in a place near the sea, it's "outside" the city, and there is only one main road from coming and going to the city, the road it's between hills, so yesterday while going out to work, the line to go out was very long.

Sis and me were going out at 7:15 am, by 8:00 we have only advanced three blocks, so we returned home and wait for a bit we said "it's a very heavy rush hour" so, at 8:30 we tried again, the traffic was worse than before, but we stayed there, we HAD to go to work, well, wishes can't always come true, we made 40 mins. from one block of the street to another.

We went back home again, I called the office that I couldn't get out, another co-worker who lives in here also, did make it, but he arrived at noon, leaving at 9am.

Of course, I was not happy, but what can one do right? I mean, if police officers say "No you can't pass" I can't say "please Mr. officer let me pass or the people at my office will be very upset with me" HA! Anwyayz, I just tried to relax, took a long walk with my mom to the supermarket, watched some TV, updated a blog, played on the computer... it was like an un-requested vacation day LOL

Let's see how things go today... *sigh* I will be having a hard time by my co-workers "trying to be funny" and saying "if he got out why didnt you?" and blah blah :P

I'm a rock, I won't let stupid coments affect me :D

Comic-Con Sunday

NARNIAAAA!!!!!

Yes, that was the main panel (and hour last one sob sob) on Hall H, the director and the children were via satelite in London (which I think that was SO cool!), also they showed us lots of costumes and material for that picture, which it's a shame I can't show them in here because that's copyright and I don't want to get in trouble. I just can't wait to see the movie, they were showing "comic con exclusive" video and again, I can't wait for the movie.

Anyway, between panels, and shopping, and taking pictures and walking endlessly, we had an AWSOME time and can't wait for next year.

Comic-Con Saturday

By 5 pm I was done with my panels, and I had to go and ask for the Masquarade tickets, a 20,000 people room full of people cheering and screaming fans of everything, this is the highlight of Saturday, sadly, sis and me were SO tired, that we could hardly keep our eyes open, and that made me very upset, but if we wanted to go on Sunday, we needed to get some rest, so by 10:30 pm. we headed home. But while in line, you get to see people in costume (well you get to see them every single day, if you don't have a costume the YOU are the weird one there lol), I saw this pretty impressive costume, it even had all the movements down so well!

Comic-Con Saturday

Next up, run again all the way to the other side, to the Archie comics panel, I love Archie! And I never miss the chance to go see my friend Victor Gorelick Editor of Archie, and meet the rest of the panel.

Comic-Con Saturday

Next up, go to the other side of the convention (not easy!) to be where Cartoon Voices panel was.

This pannel was a lot of fun! Porky Pigg, Power Puff Girls, Daffy, they were all there! Really an excellent pannel, defenitely I'm there next year.

Comic-Con Friday

First pannel and an excellent seat (and very sleepy) was for the LOST pannel, it's my favorite TV show! Watching these guys in person and how down to earth they were, and they answered lots and lots of questions, previews, this panel had it all.

Comic-Con Saturday

By this time, we were feeling pretty tired, wake up very early, and come back home late (we were there almost until it was over), this was the BIG day for everything but beeing downstairs on the floor. It gets SO packed that you can hardly see the stands, so if you want to do some shopping do it before the weekend.

Today was packed with panels, go here, go there, go here, go there, eat while you're at this panel, etc. etc. I was the one who was outside jumping from room to room, sis was inside Hall H all day long.

Comic-Con Friday

There was also a pannel honoring Greg Evans the author of the comic strip Luann. It was such a thrill to meet him, I really love his comics and beeing there it's really awsome.

Comic-Con Friday

One of the pannels was with the star of the movie Vendetta. The otherone was the preview of the movie Constant Gardener.
We saw Constant Gardener, excellent movie, I really loved it.

Comic-Con Friday

Today we went to a lot of pannels, lots of movie reviews and stars!

There is a new Hall at the Convention Center, it's called Hall H, it fits six thousand people (yes you read right) and it gets filled, and sometimes there is a looong line to wait and get in.

This day was full of fun movie panels, but I didn't stay inside Hall H all day, I wanted to see other things/panels.

We had to arrive very early so we could get a good spot, after an hour waiting (there was one and a half hour left so they would let us in), the line grew even around the corner to the convention. Here are some pics I took. Crazy? Maybe, but I sure had TONS of fun!.

Comic-Con Thursday

Yes, they are made out of leggos, amasing isn't it?

This year, was a Star Wars celebration, they have awsome pannels and excellent floor space, I have tons of pics but then you'll be bored at looking at a lot of pics, so I'll just publish a hundred. LOL

Comic-Con Thursday

Here is a model for the comming movie Narnia. Wetta really knows how to make it's stuff, but now I'm sounding like a commercial, so I better stop here lol.