Pandora's box

november is for friends

2007-11-06T02:42:14Z

This is a very special month for me, yes, it's my birthday on the 19th and my dad's on the 11th, but it also happens to be the month of my most beloved friends' birthdays.

November 5 *yes, today* -- Iris --- In the words of... ; ) "There are friends, there are best friends and then there's Iris". Loyal like few, patient, always open to psychic-trauma transference. Scorpio *yay!* but not as tempestuous as me, I've always felt like you take care of me, I don't know why.

November 19 *yes, same as me* -- Ricky --- Oh my soul, how better to describe you? I think I won't, you'll hate me if I do it wrong. We've known each other for so long, years don't matter anymore, you've seen all sides of me.
You are fire, I know you know, all I'll say is I'll never forget the honey.

November 19 *yes, also* -- Vero --- V for Venom! *she calls herself that* You've taught me so much, it's always fun to be around you, I haven't seen you in a while but you know I care for you. Loud in good and bad times, you define the way to be extrovert.

November 23 *yes, Sagittarius* -- Dani --- The one and only! Gig-freak and best friend to death. Great company for countless hours under a blistering sun or pouring rain. Great taste in men ; ) music, books, and all. We've shared ideas, geeky theories, conspiracies, mindfreak moments and a lot more. I hope we'll be able to keep doing so for a long time.

To all four of you, my heart beats hard for you, maybe because of you, thanks for everything you've given me, I hope I've given something back. I love you all.

ROCKTOBER!

2007-10-09T00:51:26Z

So many concerts! I'm seriously thinking about developing a star-chart to grade the gigs, I want to put categories like: Live Show, Interaction, Duration, and last but not least, Fans, oh yes, and maybe Injuries would be an interesting category.

October 7 -- My Chemical Romance : I'm Not OK because teenagers scare the living s**t out of me.
So, this wicked month started on a sunny Sunday. I remember how Dani and I found out about MCR in Mx, we were at another concert -Travis- and on the big screens they were announcing the coming concerts. Dani bought our tickets in presale so we were all set since August. I must say she's a bigger fan than I am :)
Then, the week before the concert we were counting the days when, on Wednesday a friend sent me a message about an autograph signing that would take place on Friday -sorry, Frarday-. I went all mad, called Dani and immediately decided we had to be there. Since she had to go to work, we agreed that we would meet there. I didn't have to go anywhere else, so I thought, OK, I'll be there at 10:00 and we'll see; unfortunately I had a couple of minor problems - an argument and traffic - and I arrived at 11:00 and I found a mob scene, I decided to stay in line until Dani arrived but when she did we saw that we had no hope and left. After that, we decided we'd better be really early on Sunday. We woke up at 5 am -yes, on Sunday- and arrived at the venue at 7:30... only to find 339 people before us. The line was mildly organized, thanks in part to parental units. Gosh, I felt so old there. We stood, or rather, sat under the blistering sun for nearly 10 hours, but when we finally got inside we were not so far behind. Of course the crowd started pushing, shoving and disobeying every direction given by Security long before the show started. Miraculously we were able to swim our way to the barrier, not at the front, at the side forming an aisle in the dance floor which allowed people to be pulled out, away from the angry mob if they couldn't stand it; we were really close to the stage, I could tell because 1) I could see the band's faces clearly and 2) I felt the heat from the flamethrowers on stage like I was right beside them.
Notes:
- Great show, Gerard is such a show-off!
- On the other hand, no Ferard, and I only saw Frank for like a second because he was kneeling on the opposite side of the stage.
- Horrible fans, the worst we've met yet I think, right behind AFI's.

October 19 -- Motorockr : Brandonfest.
Next in schedule was Motorockr fest, it was Friday and as such, a work day, which didn't allow us to show up at crazy hours but still, when we arrived, a bit past 3 it wasn't so crowded, in fact we managed to be -yet again- right behind the security fence (I'm sorry, I still haven't worked out its proper name). It was amazing, there were national rock bands and international bands. I particularly enjoyed The Bravery *omg they're soooo skinny* very cool guys, even when the sound failed. The Dandy Warhols were good too even though I really don't know them that much. And of course the reason we went: Incubus and The Killers. About Incubus I must say I totally loved them! They sang "Mexico" which was a very pleasant surprise. Brandon Boyd is a total rock-cuteness and he seemed so shy... I mean, for all his rockstar looks I would've thought him a complete extrovert -and maybe he is- but on stage he only managed to say "Thanx" and "Gracias" in a very shy way. The Killers... Oh! I can't compare this gig with the last one cuz it was much shorter but we were closer to the stage this time and Brandon Flowers -who is in fact a very charismatic extrovert- had everyone wrapped around his finger.
The national bands weren't bad either, the highlight being Molotov (yay!) and I won't comment on the others cuz I don't want to offend anyone.
Notes:
- Exasperating fans, whining and complaining about everything, I'd so like to see them at a real gig.
- That day, 30 Seconds To Mars was signing autographs at a mall... but we were stuck with a band we hate.

October 21 -- The Cure.
This was our time to feel young! Ha ha. Great show like only a classic band could put up. Dani and I were at the topmost row but we had big screens and besides, I feel like this particular show was more about hearing than watching *of course, teh fans who paid like a kidney to be at teh very front will spit on me* I enjoyed it very much, it lasted nearly 3 hours and all 3 shows - Sat, Sun & Mon - were different. Robert Smith barely moves ha ha but he more than makes up for that with his amazing voice. Vintage fandom.

October 26 -- 30 Seconds To Mars : Perfection exists, his name is Jared.
The total effing awesomeness. I think this was the gig I was most eagerly looking forward to but I never imagined I would be right at the front facing teh gorgeous Jared. Since I've now fallen into slavery (paid slavery) I knew Dani and me wouldn't be able to arrive early to get decent places by the "security" fence so I wasn't as excited as I should've been, but then, something great, something awesome, something grand happened. Teh Dani's boyfriend and one of his friends went in teh wee hours of Friday morning to get us a good place in teh line WHICH IS ABOUT THE MOST WONDERFUL THING EVER, so thanks to their sacrifice we were at teh very front of teh line in teh midst of teh fan club and when the doors opened and we got inside we were shocked that we were right in the middle! Of course, the fans behind us were pushing really hard and behaving like animals but we didn't move, nothing short of a nuclear catastrophe could have moved us. The opening act sucked -Lebaron again- and then it was time... We got a glimpse of Jared before he actually entered the stage and when he did and stood right in front of us I nearly fainted. He is so skinny! And so beautiful! And he sprayed us with water from a bottle he had emptied on himself *chokes*. They played the songs of their second album. I wished the show had gone on for a bit longer but it definitely rocked and Jared did say that they were coming back soon. Of course my arms were bruised but not that badly.

October 27 -- Manifest : snow hands.
To give Rocktober the perfect closing, Manifest was another festival. This time I had something else to do *dance* so Dani got to the venue before we -me and another friend- did. To be honest I was only interested in the last band that would play -Interpol- and maybe one other -The Horrors- but my friends did want to watch the other bands. When we arrived at the place (some sort of park) it was effing freezing! And I caught myself thinking "omg what will happen when the sun really sets?" The answer was we were frozen to our bones. It is funny how we usually hate the crowd at a concert and this time all we wanted to do was to be in the middle of the crowd to see if that would warm us a bit. Interpol did. They are freaking awesome on stage, they played all the songs I like and did so magnificently. The only minus being that a stupid girl behind us was singing every song -and note- in a horrible screechy voice. But that was actually funny later.

And that is it and Rocktober is officially over.

Thanks to teh awesomeness that is teh Dani for sharing this with me.
Thanks to her boyfriend and his friend for queuing for us -well, for her-
Thanks again to Rodrigo -Dani's b/f- for giving me a ride home after the shows.

I don't feel like dancing...

2007-10-09T00:15:22Z

Anymore, that's totally true, at least on stage, this Saturday's show was shameful, wrong lights, wrong music *thank God for the live musicians we had* the lights went out at some point, and the organization? Nonexistent. Leaving aside how I danced - how we all danced - the mistakes, the outfits, how traumatized I am because let's face it, I don't look they way I'd like to, leaving all that aside, I don't feel this show was as good as the others had been. I felt dismal when it ended, I also heard a lot of people that were angry about the tickets and I totally understand them, why sell more tickets than there are seats? People come to watch the show, they pay and they have to sit on the floor? Not fair.
Maybe I'll never be a great dancer, because things like these don't let me enjoy my dance and of course everyone can tell, I can't work on my facial expression because I just don't like to smile, sometimes I concentrate too much and try very hard to keep focused and I know that's not the point. I'd like to, no, I'd love to be a good dancer one day but today it seems near impossible.
I won't say more, I will post pics but not just now, I don't think I can stand looking at them right now. Mh, I do wonder what my teacher will say to us on Friday.

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All October gigs will be reviewed in a single post, at the end of the month.

oh my god

2007-10-02T02:55:48Z

Really really really late entry!
On September 16 teh Dani and I went to... yes! another concert. It was Kaiser Chiefs and it was teh total and utmost awesomeness, so weird, the difference of fans was amazing, I mean, teh Dani and me have been in all kinds of gigs, from really violent ones where you almost beg for it to end to sweet, calm ones where everyone sings. But KC was so different! For starters, it was Sunday and we had agreed that this time we wouldn't arrive hours before to be in front, we just wanted to be there and enjoy, so we met early in the afternoon and went smoochin' cuz we hadn't seen each other for a while, then around 6 we made our way to the venue, and what did we find? The "line" of waiting fans was shorter than AFI's had been at 8 am! And these fans weren't rude at all, when we got inside the place, we were at the very front and managed to stay there because the people around us were not pushing, everyone was just enjoying themselves which is the whole point of a concert.
About the band... Oh my god, I can't believe... such amazing energy! Rick, the frontman, was injured, he actually entered the stage with crotches, which he then threw away and started jumping all over the place, literally. Ha ha, I do have to say that his clothes were not the highlight of the night. They played really well and there was a cool interaction with the crowd. Five stars.
About the opening act... Well, not everything could be perfect, I'd like to know how they choose the bands for the opening acts, this one was bad, the frontman could use some confidence lessons, i think the guitarist needs serious therapy and the bassist wasn't even a bassist, she just played a single note over and over and over again, I mean come on! Are you serious about your musical ambitions? Then effing show it!

unreal

2007-09-04T01:53:42Z

I couldn't bring myself to post this here where it would be misplaced among my randomness, however I feel like I should leave a sign, lest I forget... as if I could.

Sugar, why do we always go down chasing cars?

2007-08-11T21:15:20Z

So, I love music right? So, I completely go crazy when one of my fave groups -and not so fave sometimes- comes to this city right? The past couple of weeks were rockin' awesome, me and teh awesomeness that is teh Dani, oh no, sorry, teh total nastiness that is teh Dani *yeah, way better* went to three concerts!!
---Thursday, July 26: Light up---
The enlighteningly depressing Snow Patrol played to break our hearts. The venue (Teatro Metropolitan) was great for this band, small enough yet allowing enough room for everyone. They were supposed to come earlier on the year, March something I think, but due to unknown causes -or at least unknown to me- they decided to postpone the gig. For this show we got seats right at the back of the theater but it didn't matter because like I said the place is not that big and besides we had binoculars. Sadly, teh Dani was not feeling her best but I'm glad she could come anyways. Oh, they played my fave songs: Chocolate, Run, Chasing Cars, Make This Go On Forever and many more. The highlight: No afro this time, ha ha. Good show.
---Thursday, August 2: Sing---
A week after Snow Patrol, it was time to see Travis. This time teh Dani's boyfriend came with us cause he luvs Jumbo -the opening act- and it was ironic that he got a better seat than ours! x_x but we had great seats too. Jumbo is a great band and should officially be the opening act for every cool band I like (never mind that they forgot the lyrics to "Rockstar" it could happen to anyone). Travis played for two and a half hours! So awesome, maybe they thought they were supposed to play every song they know, or maybe they wanted to make up for three years of absence or maybe they played so many songs cause they're not planning to come again soon... Anyways, they played every song I like, interesting covers and it ended so late that we couldn't catch the last train home *ho* we had to take a cab that was 2 seconds away from falling apart but we enjoyed even that.
---Tuesday, August 7: So pretty, oh so petey---
Fall Out Boy in teh house! Gosh, I'd known for ages that they'd come but really didn't have a clear idea of going, until... about three weeks ago I became obsessed *me?* with Pete Wentz *heh* and teh Dani being the coolness that she is told me she would invite me to that show. We had great seats and got to see a lot of everyone cause the guys never stop jumping all over the stage. Pete was the only member of the band that addressed the crowd and I thought he was superb. The ultra highlight being the moment he dived into the crowd, got very far and then in no time at all was back on the stage... taking his shirt off and throwing it... *faints*. Something worth mentioning: there were lots of parental units! Due to the fact that there were tons of 12 to 14-year-olds... Ah, I felt a bit old. FOB -specially Pete- are such a charismatic band, they have great energy onstage, they're a really awesome "live" experience. So, thnks fr th mmrs Dani!

FunFacts:
- This time we had seats for the three shows, we didn't buy floor tickets because, since Dani works we're not able to be at the venues hours before to win the front row of pushing people. But seats have their advantages, for one, we can be there only minutes before the gigs start and we don't have to push and fight for our lives so we can wander around the souvenirs' stands.
- There were invitees in all three gigs, Snow Patrol introduced a guitarist, Travis introduced us to Klaus *or whatever* and FOB's techs jumped on stage to add some spice *like it was needed*
- All of them tried to speak Spanish *haha, I shouldn't laugh I probably sound worse trying to speak English* and did a fairly decent attempt at it. They managed "Hola", "Gracias" and even some rude words.
- Cover boys: Oh yesh! Travis played "Hit Me Baby One More Time"!!! And FOB brought to mind P!ATD playing a bit of "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"
- The opening acts: Snow Patrol didn't have one, Travis' was Jumbo and it was the best by far, and FOB's opening act were... *gosh, I won't even mention them* well, there were too bands but... let's just say I don't like them.

And the concert agenda for this year is not over! Actually is far from over. I thought that it would be really difficult to keep going to gigs but, you know, where there's a will there's a motherf***ing way!

ConcertCutie:

Master of Death

2007-08-02T01:14:52Z

I finished reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows today, it is so sadly beautiful but completely satisfying. I'm not telling anything about the plot though, that's for each person to chose when *if at all* they want to know about it.
I must say that I was thoroughly surprised by the way events unfurled themselves, some things I knew or suspected, having read the previous six books at least three times and yet so many things come as a real surprise.
It is amazing how every detail fits in, how nothing is said or done in vain, each little thing has its right place.
In all, it is a story of love and self-sacrifice, like so many, like the best there are.
So many things reflected, echoing from so many tales told, so many stories written before: the Hallows - the Holy Grail, the sacrifice of the hero, fate vs freedom of choice and free will and how death is not the last fortress.
I must say that some of my friends think I'm a little stupid for liking these stories, for waiting obsessively for book after book... All I know is that those books remind me of the child I was *even though it's not a children's fairy tale! but don't get me started on the subject of fairy tales*
I still think there are some things that were left unexplained (like someone's parents) but maybe that was intended too, after sticking with Harry right til the end I know all the important things, everything that mattered and I am not disappointed.
As a fan, I can't help but wish there were more books, maybe not of this story, this saga is finished, but maybe a side-one would be nice *looks dreamily and pleadingly* Who knows? Maybe one day I'll read familiar names again.

kitten kamikaze

2007-08-02T00:46:35Z

There is 100% GFC in you!

You are Hardcore GFC. You wear the crown, carry the cudgel and kill with the cuteness. You embody the spirit of GFC and you are what the GFC is about!

Which GFC Girl are You?
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belle_danseuse @ 2007-07-29T22:06:00

2007-07-30T03:08:01Z

What type of rock r ya son Your Result: Heavy Metal You like the hevy stuff such as, Metallica, and Alice Cooper. It may not be screamin music but its still awesome keep rockin to the awesomeness of the hevy metal experience!
Classic Rock
Punk
Death Metal
Southern Rock
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At World's End... and beyond

2007-07-22T23:31:40Z

Living in a big city sometimes can be maddeningly unhelpful. Specially when you realize that things you like are not near your house. Luckily I have crazy iO as a friend so nothing is too much when it comes to really crazy ideas. The most recent of these ideas took place yesterday. It all started with our frenzy for Harry Potter and our imperious need to watch the movie in an IMAX theater. We had already decided to go to a mall at the far-south edge of the city but the tickets were sold out. No prob, we said, we'll wait 'til next week. How naive of us. Next week tickets were sold out too, but not everywhere. Upon looking we found out that there was an IMAX theater that wasn't completely sold out, the catch being that it was in an unreachable place, but like I said, when we want to go somewhere few things can stop us and something as mundane as distance is not one of those things.
So, I surfed the net to find the easiest ways of getting there and back again and was satisfied to find that there's a direct bus. No worries, right?
After dance class I met iO on the subway and from there we took a bus that would take us near the mall. I shall explain here that the mall we were looking for is a mini tiny teensy plaza right behind a huge mall called Centro Santa Fe. We arrived at the big mall alright, so far so good. Finding the mini mall was not so smooth though, because we had never been there before and therefore we didn't know exactly where we ought to walk, after asking for directions and taking another bus we arrived at destination with a few hours to spare.
Now, this mini mall doesn't have a proper food court, only a few restaurants but we can't complain cause what we ate was delicious, not to mention drinks *wink*. After eating we still had to wait a while before the movie but we managed not to die of boredom and, with 15 minutes to go to the movie we bought popcorn *but not before realizing we were in the wrong queue and having to get in another line* and we found our seats when the lights were still on.
The movie was amazing, some parts of it were in 3-D and the best part was that there were no kids.
When the movie ended it was nearly 10 o'clock and we started to worry a bit about finding the right bus. We walked all the way back to the big mall and started looking for the bus which wasn't easy because it was very dark. When we realized we couldn't risk to wait much more to find the bus we decided to get on one that would take us to a subway station. But when the bus arrived it was so crowded we couldn't get in and had to wait for the next one. I must admit I was a bit nervous at this point that there wouldn't be another bus but after several minutes another one came and we started the journey back from the Underworld. I arrived at home near midnight, and when I was safely in bed I thought: "Can't wait to do this again, humongous fun".

belle_danseuse @ 2007-07-20T16:59:00

2007-07-20T21:58:26Z

teh Sorting Hat has spoken

2007-07-14T22:06:40Z

The sorting ceremony Your Result: Gryffindor! Gryffindor! That's the house where loads of people want to end up in! You're brave, fun, friendly and determined! Congratulations on making it here!Enjoy that tasty feast!
Ravenclaw!
Hufflepuff!
Slytherin!
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beginning to feel witch-like

2007-07-11T01:21:46Z

What Kind Of Mage Are You Your Result: Transmutation Transmuters use spells that transform the recipient physically or change it's properties in a more subtle way. You use your magic to alter the world around you to fit your fancies You don't generally use Illusion, Conjuration, or Evocation.
Necromancy
Diviner
Abjurer
Illusion
Enchanter
Evoker
Conjurer
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You are 71% devil

You are a little devil in the making. Sometimes you just feel the urge to be really naughty but you manage to pull it in before you go too far over the top. Little old ladies shake their heads at you on buses, but you really don't care, do you?

How Devil are you?
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high up on meds... yet again

2007-07-06T00:56:07Z

Yep. Better don't ask. I guess now I know what counts against me ha ha but I ssssswear... oh never mind then let's pretend for a sec that I'm not wrong it's just everybody else, now that we're on better moods I'm not going to spill teh beans on what I've been doing this week -and will continue to do 'til september or october- cause it's just so... *sigh*
I'm also dreading to hear a question for which I don't have an answer yet...
Oh forget it, I'm just not in the mood to write about any of this now *goes to overdose in sugar*

"There's oceans in between us... but that's not very far" he said, shall I believe that?
And then I said "It won't do to dream of caramel, to think of cinnamon... and long for you" but I don't think he cares

*And specially for my sis: the reinstation of cutie-of-teh-week

curses

2007-06-28T00:28:53Z

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Your Result: War When the second seal is opened, you will ride forth on a red horse carrying a sword, unleashing war and destruction. Your mission is to take peace from the earth, so that man will kill one another. The color of your horse represents the blood spilled on the battlefield.
Death
Pestilence
Famine
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hard pill to swallow... and it's not me

2007-06-27T00:08:27Z

I missed out on -yet- another job. I feel so beneath low... I suppose there's something wrong with me, or maybe it just is that other people do realize that I don't have what it takes to be a scientist -cause I'm so emotional and irrational and the things going on in my head have nothing to do with science- that could still be OK but the problem is that I don't much feel like I have what it takes to be anything else either.
The only good thing is that teh awesomeness that is teh Dani got the job and she's fab. I'm probably going to live off her ha ha
I wouldn't wallow in misery like this but all the muttering around me has made me lost my confidence and to round it all up I had -yet- another row with Aaron... I think I'd better go live in a cave or something as useful.

belle_danseuse @ 2007-06-21T17:35:00

2007-06-21T22:35:20Z

Which Dead Celebrity Are You? Your Result: Lucille Ball You are a vivacious, beautiful, and talented person who is strong in character and principle. You are also someone who is dedicated to their profession, but may possess tendencies of overt perfectionism. Highly intellegent and loyal only to people you trust.
Elvis Presley
Marilyn Monroe
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if only I could read and write

2007-06-14T22:23:36Z

What Be Your Nerd Type? Your Result: Literature Nerd Does sitting by a nice cozy fire, with a cup of hot tea/chocolate, and a book you can read for hours even when your eyes grow red and dry and you look sort of scary sitting there with your insomniac appearance? Then you fit this category perfectly! You love the power of the written word and it's eloquence; and you may like to read/write poetry or novels. You contribute to the smart people of today's society, however you can probably be overly-critical of works. It's okay. I understand.
Drama Nerd
Science/Math Nerd
Artistic Nerd
Social Nerd
Anime Nerd
Gamer/Computer Nerd
Musician
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not much to do

2007-06-14T22:04:36Z

The Normality Quiz Your Result: yOu'Re A fReAk! LiKe Me!!!!!! But in a good way. Your unique, and like good music. You're also not a Republican-so kudos to you. You're also probably really, really smart. Cause genius is only a step from insanity.
Average Kid-Whatever age you are
ew. you're just. ew
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fighting my demons

2007-06-14T01:15:49Z

Sometimes I feel I carry a heavy burden, me. Now, when I feel like that I often undergo a metamorphosis and change into an intolerant and sociopath psycho and since no one can stand me like that -not more than I can stand anyone- I begin tearing and biting at myself. I ache by my own wanting I suppose because actually no one I know can put me down anymore. And I just have to ask myself, "Do I like to suffer?" I don't think so, gosh, for one thing I'm not nearly that pathological but maybe it is that I do not love myself as much as I should. It has always occurred to me that it is sort of funny how others see me, I have always liked to see the effect I have on people and how they relate to me, (which can vary greatly from the utmost loathing to communion of ideas). But also, I have always feared that I tend to bring the worst out of most people that know me and that is why sometimes I shut myself up in my own prison; because I hurt.
Am I underestimating myself? I feel so talentless and useless. I think I'm a fair judge of myself most of the time though, who knows...
This was just a reflection of a side of me, but actually, that side is one of my most productive ones, my inquiring side, my make-it-as-difficult-as-you-can side, my endless wondering side; and right now that side has a project, so as dark as it is it has an enthusiasm... for knowledge. Alight the darkness then shall I.

a million thanx

2007-06-11T21:45:48Z

THANK YOU DEAR NORI for uploading those CD's for me, I really appreciate that you took the time to do that and I hope your English test was OK and also thanks for your healing vibes for my wisdom teeth *hugs*

goodbye to wisdom... teeth

2007-05-31T20:26:23Z

I'm in pain, there's just no denying it. I had my wisdom teeth extracted the day before yesterday and my face is all swollen and I haven't tasted solid food since Tuesday, eating like a baby is just annoying, plus there was some minor problem with my upper right wisdom tooth and that socket is still bleeding, not a lot and I know it is normal but I'm not a huge fan of tasting blood *at least not my own ;)*
The first night was teh worst or course, half my mouth was still numb from the anesthesia so I couldn't feel how I was drinking and I was spilling water and blood all over the place, then I had cold drinks for dinner -mixed with blood- and I didn't sleep very well.
I have to be positive about the whole thing though, the nice surgeon who extracted my teeth told me about a surgical procedure I might be interested in but it would imply more pain -and swelling-
Wisdom teeth... are we supposed to be wiser now? Supposedly, wisdom teeth are named so in many languages as a reference to the time in life when they appear (much later than the other teeth) but experience shows that people take more time to mature now, so I'm not really sure about the name anymore, while investigating about this I found some names for wisdom teeth *and since I don't find correspondance between languages interesting...*:
Latin - dens sapientiae
German - Weisheitszahn
Dutch - verstandskies
Belgian-Dutch - wijsheidstand
Norwegian - visdomstann
Danish and Swedish - visdomstand
Finnish - viisaudenhammas
French - dent de sagesse
Portuguese - dente do juízo
Spanish - muela del juicio / muela cordal
Italian - dente del giudizio
Romanian - masea de minte
Croatian and Serbian - umnjaci
Hungarian - bölcsességfog
Czech - zuby moudrosti
Korean - Sa-rang-nee (love teeth) referring to the young age and the pain of the first love. *so sweet*
Now, I shall go to dwell in my misery a bit more.

random post

2007-05-23T17:47:43Z

I really have nothing to say today but I feel like it's been a while since I last posted here so...
There haven't been any news nor important things lately, a couple of weeks ago I went to a job interview and the only good thing about it was that teh Dani was there too! I expected to find her there but it was a nice surprise anyway. It got me thinking: "wouldn't it be great if we worked in the same place? We wouldn't be able to focus, I expect" *wicked grin*
Meanwhile, I've been busier on my computer, cleaning it, installing new kewl software, updating TEH LIST and making some other adjustments to teh hot project, preparing some surprises *pleasant surprises I hope* and as always, downloading songs and vids. As for my pages, well, I'm trying to keep them updated too, and lately I've been uploading pics too but only when I'm not too bored of staring at the screen for hours.
What else? Oh yesh! Teh total greatness that ish me has finally advanced to dancing with the cane! *twistylicious* and on dance-related news I've just bought some cool fabrics for veils and... something else ;)
Gosh, I feel so tongue-tied... *hurries away to scream that she doesn't know English*

a hideous thing

2007-05-01T21:35:24Z

Last week I was going to post about the dance show, a cat, a minor injury I sustained during the A.F.I. gig and other nice things, unfortunately last Monday was a black day for me.
On Sunday we -me, mom & dad- went to visit the little family we have here in the city and everything was fine, we came home and went to bed, Monday started normally for dad who went to work and when it was time for me to wake up I just couldn't get up. I tried to sit but that effort was painful, I was very very dizzy, the walls, the ceiling, everything seemed to be spinning, I walked to the dining room telling myself that it would pass after I'd had breakfast but I couldn't do that either, whatever I tried to eat -cereal, toast, even water- I threw up just as quickly. Now, there are 2 doctors that live in my building but I was out of luck that day because one of them was out for the week on a course and mom was unable to locate the other one and we knew that he would arrive in the afternoon but by noon I felt so weak that I told mom I couldn't wait five more hours. Mom called Dad and they took me to the hospital, my blood pressure was so low (80/40) and my heartbeat so slow that everyone thought I would just black out, but I didn't, I remained conscious all through the examination, the nurses put me on serum and we waited to see if I felt better. The doctor in charge gave me medication for dizziness and an anti-emetic so that I would stop throwing up but when he asked me to walk and I still couldn't walk straight *which was more than understandable given the fact that I hadn't eaten anything all day and that they didn't give me anything to up my blood pressure* he panicked and told my parents that we should see a Neurology expert. So I had to stay in the hospital until Wednesday morning.
Now, let's not forget the fact that despite we are not medical doctors, both me and my father are chemists and we are pharmacists so at first my father was not convinced that Neurologists were necessary but he agreed; to make a long story short I'll just say that these "doctors" ordered a CAT scan to make sure I didn't have any tumors and without having the results they suggested a brain mapping, a magnetic resonance, exams to test my reflexes and despite the tomography was perfect they gave me a medicine that controls electric impulses on the brain -yes, just as if I had had epileptic convulsions! Luckily when I realized what they were giving me I told my dad and we decided I wouldn't take it.
And what did all these specialists do about my low blood pressure? Nothing. So they could keep me in as long as they wanted, ordering more and more tests and analysis and I was never going to get better. I have to admit I was very scared, I felt like I would be afraid to get off bed forever like I would never walk without feeling dizzy *let alone dance!*.
I got home late on Wednesday still feeling very weak, on Thursday finally we called on the doctor that lives here and he told me that the reason I still felt like that was that my blood pressure was still the same. He prescribed me the right meds and here I am today, feeling much better, still slightly under my normal standards but walking around.
I can't believe what those doctors at the hospital did to me and my parents, just to get money out of us or who knows the reason, I think it takes a great deal of moral fiber to treat a patient and be honest with him when he has something but it is just the same ethics that are required when the patient has nothing. Why make him go through a whole round of analysis when you -as a doctor- know that the results will be normal? I honestly can't find the answer.
It may sound cliché-like but I appreciated things in a different way, of course, it is nothing like what happened to my mom last year but it made me realize that sometimes we take things for granted, simple things like waking up feeling normal to live your routine, and really no one knows, nothing is certain. Meanwhile, I am done being dark and twisty, I am through with sick thoughts and death-wishes because I want to live. :)

Muse and A.F.I. make the ground shake!

2007-04-20T20:41:51Z

The day: Thursday, April 12. The venue: Palacio de los Deportes. The band: MUSE... My love for them began quite a while ago, back then when I still used ICQ and was a newbie to everything net-related. In those days around '98 I had a friend who lived in the Netherlands and we used to talk every Saturday, mainly about music and one day he sent me a fab song and he told me "you might like it". That song was "Muscle Museum" and I didn't like it, I totally loved it.
About a month ago or so I heard Muse was coming to Mexico but no sooner had I heard that, than the show was sold out... I despaired, I thought I was not going to go see them, and I was sitting quietly last week when Dani told me we should go, see if we could get tickets and we did! The show was awesome, they have an amazing on-stage attitude, real rock star aura. Matthew's voice is just unbelievable and he is oh-so gorgeous! True, they didn't play "Muscle Museum" but they played "Feeling Good" ooohh *lovely*
Coming home from that concert I was still jumping which is why it took me a second or so to notice that I was experiencing an actual earthquake! Hope it didn't frighten them.
The day: Thursday, April 19. The venue: Salón 21. The band: A.F.I. I don't even need to speak of my love for them, I go crazy-fan-girl all over the place for them. This time Dani and I had tickets beforehand we bought them with a special fan-club password the deal was that we had to be there really early *and I mean really early* to be in the front row just behind the security fence. It was crazy, we arrived at about 8:00 in the morning *and the concert started at 9:00 p.m* and just waited, watching the crowd, listening to some music, feeling a bit impatient because some "fans" were not respecting the line at all... But it all paid off, we were in the first row gripping the fence with all our might and Davey chose our corner to kneel down and sing a bit for us... Awwww *faints*
Yep, two weeks, two gigs! *I'll post a pic later of what I got out of the last one*