the earth quakes

it's been in the back of my mind since i was in high school. the MEChA central conference at UCR had a workshop on the end of the world, i forget but the long haired xicano power told us teenagers that 2012 was it for us. perhaps. i remember reading somewhere, or maybe i heard it on cristina, that our calendar was 2 years off. so this year would indeed be 2012. perhaps.

what we know is that there has been major earthquakes this year. i remember telling my earth science class last year that there is only one major jumbo quake a year (7.0+). it's only april and there has been haiti, chile, mexicali and now indonesia. i'm not even checking the official stats, it's been a lot.

i'm thinking that i should not care about my awesome fico score anymore and just play with the credit again. i want to go to the hollywood bowl all summer and watch dudamel at the walt disney hall. i want to travel to mexico and guatemala and show off the babies before they can protest. i want to a house in the desert. i want a long weekend in santa barbara. i want to eat fancy. simple little dreams, i just want simple for a while before it all gets complicated.

field trips

spring is here, no matter what the calendar says. i'm buying jumbo ziploc bags and putting away all the closet hogging winter clothes to make space for breezy sun gear. our little man started walking last summer, this summer he's running. he's an exploring boy on the verge of hitting the infamous two year old tantrum filled drama that his sister never expressed. don't worry little man, oh the places we will go...

la comPUTAdora

the pee wee herman show made me super happy, then we see this. now i know i'll love him forever. til the end of the calendar.

atwater village

we've been in this corner of los angeles for three years now. i'm kinda scared to leave, to trade square footage for the neighborhood i've grown to love. yesterday was such a gorgeous stroll day. we had a haircut, then shared cookie snacks at toni's bakery (the chocolate and carrot cake!!!!) then trolled out of the closet. some neighbor had just donated a huge collection of spanish books. great works that sold for a dollar. i bought 5, i'm trying to read again- for me. not for class, nor kids but for mama. i'll turn in book reports when i'm done.

top ten movies of 2009

1. where the wild things are
2. whip it
3. sin mapa
4. paranormal activity
5. this is it
6. princess and the frog
7. rudo y cursi
8. abrazos rotos
9. the soloist
10. julie/julia

most of these were in the theatre so i had a great experience with my girl, my mama, my comothers and some were bootleg projector nights. but all lingered in my thoughts, for good reason or for bad.

the earth shakes

so sad to hear that haiti was hit with a big quake. it's only the beginning, i feel like there's going to be a lot of shaking going on. i know that the red cross will support this country and the united states should step up. it sucks that it takes this major tragedy to happen to send this aid. they've been eating mud cookies for years and it takes this for care to be on it's way. like a funeral, it takes death to know who loves you.

my favorite music of the decade

1. the arcade fire
2. bjork
3. blonde redhead
   
4. cafe tacuba
5. the health club
   
6. interpol
7. m.i.a.
8. radiohead
9. tv on the radio
10. yeah yeah yeahs