SUPERBAD

was my favorite movie of 2007... Juno was alright... anyhew i still need to go see PTA's latest & Johnny Depp as Sweeney Todd & my winter movie experience should be complete... oh and if Once was 2007 then that one i like a lot as well, on the sappier side of things...

KOMBUCHA

i'm weeding out the alcohol from my life, for now, for different reasons... my new drink of choice is KOMBUCHA (gingerade or cranberry explosion) cuz it's divine for detox & for boosting my immune system... i'm posting this from my mobile so can't go thru the trouble of getting u links on KOMBUCHA so look it up cuz it's worth it (find it on www.blackle.com)... the fermented shroom aftertaste takes sum getting used to (but it reminds me of a drink I hated as a kid & now luv... ah nostalgia!)... anyhew, get sum (whole foods or wild oats) & try it! it will change ur life... big hug, m:)

ps: I need at least 2 bottles a day now to make my life a fuller one; kombucha is my new religion... wow, I started out catholic till I was 12 then jewish till I was 18 (well jewish school at least cuz israëlite students were not only sexier but wealthier, and the synagogue was more fun)... I have yet to explore my huguenot/protestant & russian/georgian orthodox sides; maybe when I get senile & embrace regression!)... to make a long story short it's now all about the kombucha!!! for balance, drink tons of water throughout... if ur like me & that sounds like too much of a task, try sparkling water (i alternate between perrier, pellegrino, gerolsteiner & my favorite: salty tasting but full of minerals APOLLINARIS)... if u prefer flat water, get some barley tea for coloring & flavor! azalea's xmas prezie to me was a trip to the korean supermarket for a huge box of barley tea bags (it has no caffeine/théine in it & helps ur body cleanse). lucky for me, I love the taste of barley, and even more how good it makes me feel...

HAPPY HOLIDAZE

i just sent my laptop away to apple care to revive it & all, so i will mostly be left with checking emails & replying to them via my treo, but i won't be making new playlists or adding to my blog till i get my laptop back in top shape...  in a way, it's almost liberating not to have it for a while.  back to basics: books, magazines, newspapers, pen & paper...

MERRY FUCKING CHRISTMAS EVERYONE & HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!  BONNE ANNÉE!!! PROSPERO AÑO NUEVO!!!  

and happy birthday jesus... and happy birthday to me one exact week later...  

much love,

m:)

rain or shine...

it's really funny to call home one of the most famous metropolis of the world, the city of angels (and angelic demons). everywhere i look, it's safe to say that only 100 years ago this was nothing else than an arrid desert. cactus trees were the only towers around, and everything else around them were rocks, sand & not much else... in only 100 years, los angeles bloomed into one of the most influencial & recognizable cities on the planet. what was a desert a century ago has become a myth for the rest of the world, a magnet for those who sacrificied so much to chase a californian dream, and a jackpot for a very few lucky ones who have been smart & savy about reinventing themselves... this is the promise land for those who aren't afraid.
in LA, nothing is permanent. the only constant is that survivors stick around while victims don't... in a way, it's this sense of non-permanence that has attracted me to LA; it's familiar to my life, the african & latino american cities i've lived in & passed through, the cultures i've navigated through, etc etc... this is why i've never gone back to europe or i'm not so attracted to new york city, where if not "non-permanent" at least everything there always seems so solid, with centuries of organized establishment, centuries of architecture & centuries of lived-in ways around you at all times constantly, with no sense that everything could just suddenly collapse at any moment. somehow, i long for stability like that, yet i can't seem to want to set my anchor in such places ever since i got a taste for the unpredictable, the new, the "in a constant state of development" (is there a word for that?)... when LA blows up in flames, survivors come right back to rebuild bigger, smarter, stronger on the ashes of their former life & belongings. this is the promise land of survivors & this is where i feel i belong... here are a few pix i took from my house of some of the fires we had in 2007:

self-portrait

this was taken months ago, in the spring of 2007 i think. i stretched my arm & caught these hotties by my side, all friends of my ex, after some wedding in malibu... i was just going through old pix & i just love this one... i'm barely innit but i'm only as hot as they are:

ps - ryan (stud in the middle) & diana (mexican goddess with the glasses on the right) are the newlyweds!

chavez...

can suck castro's farts:
check this out and here it is in pix. this one is my favorite: