A Long Blog for a Long Day

Westernmost Puerto Rican flag on Division St (May 2003)., originally uploaded by YoChicago1.

This week has been super busy. I meant to write a really detailed account of my magical weekend from last week, but had to make a quick trip to New Orleans for family matters.

I will give a few suggestions for those who live in Chicago. Firstly, go to Public Pools and parks. The Chicago Park District is a thing of beauty. You will be greeted by tons of little kids who want to swim with you and comment on your boy choices. LaToya thinks Megan's dude is "ugly". And the water is ice, ice cold.

Second suggestion - Go to the Puerto Rican festival in Humboldt Park. It is way tastier than St. Patrick's Day. Get the stick full of meat and a Pina Colada in a Pineapple.

And third, next time Dax Riggs comes to town - go. You know that really tense video of David Bowie and Mick Jagger dancing and singing with each other? Well, when they were done shooting they went down to the swamps of Louisiana and made love. They had a baby and his name is Dax Riggs.



The show reminded me that sometimes the best part of meeting people are the cds and books they leave behind on your nightstand.

Happy Birthday Red Beans and Lice!

Here's a close up of the beautiful "Ice sculpture birthday cake", originally uploaded by kjdrill.

Megan's Blog is a year old today. To celebrate we are going to put our pictures in the LOL Cat generator and go see Knocked Up and photog it all. Generation Y is better than your generation.

PS - This man wants to start his own blog - because he has "things to say".

Interwub - be ready.

The Moviegoer

Sandra Rae, mi madre, has been recommending a lot of movies recently. And Virgin, Megastore is closing. So, this got me thinking about movies I would like to buy. A lot of them are from last year. Good show, movie world. Good show.

Thinking about this made me want to list my Top Ten movies from last year. You should watch them.

The Fountain



The Science of Sleep



The Departed



Down in the Valley




The Prestige




Pan's Labyrinth




Children of Men



Brick





Half Nelson





Little Miss Sunshine





Honorable Mention - The Descent







PS - I like posting pictures on my blog.