A not so Wordless Wednesday...
This is a picture of Che and I walking in the snow on my birthday many moons ago.
It's one of my favorite pictures.
It was a silent night, with snow falling, and I was holding hands with the one I love.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Monday, December 27, 2010
It's MONDAY!!! Which means it's #LushLunes!
What is Lush Lunes? Click HERE for some background.
LushLunes take the sucky outfit off of Mondays and puts it in some snazzy new clothes. Then we slap a name tag on it and call it "a YOU day!"
How do you celebrate LushLunes? Well, you can think up your own creative way, or you can share my mission, which we call the LUSH LUNES ASSIGNMENT:
Friday, December 24, 2010
A Shout Out To The Bloggers
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| via google images |
I wanted to take a moment to give props to the Bloggers that I know, read, and love.
Without naming anyone in particular, there are many Bloggers out there that don't really get support from their home base. Not necessarily because people think it's trivial (though they foolishly might think that way), but because they just don't understand social media or the blogosphere.
Much like me, many of you pour your hearts out into your blogs, and I wanted you to know, that I take you seriously. I believe in your words, your work, your creativity, your art... all of it.
This post is a lighter in my hand, swaying in the dark, humming "Give Peace A Chance" kind of mini-devotion.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Can We Have It All?
Che had "the talk" with me. We were sitting over a candle lit dinner at the ever glamorous California Pizza Kitchen, and he leans in...
Che: "Where do you see yourself in five years?"
Me: "Well I definitely won't be at the firm, my acting career will be flourishing for sure, and my blogging will have really taken off..Oh! And I'll have started to actually work on the book I want to publish...[off his stare I stop babbling and pause...] wait, are you talking about us?"
Che: "Um, [embarrassed] yea... I mean, I was wondering if you changed your mind about settling down. "
Me: "oooohh ... I mean.. are you talking about marriage and kids and the whole sha-bang?"
Che: "yea... do you want that?"
So there's the question. Is that what I want?
I've never been a woman to look for that, or to ask for that, but I kind of just thought it would happen when it happens, if it's meant to happen. But I can see where Che is coming from.
Che: "Where do you see yourself in five years?"
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| via google images |
Che: "Um, [embarrassed] yea... I mean, I was wondering if you changed your mind about settling down. "
Me: "oooohh ... I mean.. are you talking about marriage and kids and the whole sha-bang?"
Che: "yea... do you want that?"
I've never been a woman to look for that, or to ask for that, but I kind of just thought it would happen when it happens, if it's meant to happen. But I can see where Che is coming from.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Noche Buena - Happy Holidays to My Deep Thinkers
The Holiday season is my favorite time of year. Every year, for as long as I remember, my family and I have a party on Christmas Eve - Noche Buena. We chow down on arroz con gandules, macaroni salad, pernil, rotisserie chicken, coquito... and as full as we are, we dance it off!
I'm not the only one that celebrates on Noche Buena - check out what the Darby's do for Noche Buena over at My Big Fat Cuban Family (they've inspired me to send out invites for next year!)
Amidst all the dancing, laughing and poking fun at eachother we gather around the tree and at midnight we open the presents!
#LushLunes - Dress Like a Supa-Star!
It's MONDAY!!! Which means it's #LushLunes!
Essentially, LushLunes has become a day that is all about you - because otherwise it's just Monday and that's boring.
To make today a LushLunes, you can think up your own creative way, or you can share my mission, which we call the LUSH LUNES ASSIGNMENT:
Friday, December 17, 2010
Happy Birthday To Me...
Guess what? Tomorrow is that special day where I turn...er...twenty-somehing....? Yes. Let's just say I'm 20 something!!!!
Tomorrow I intend to spend the morning in my sleepy pants, dancing around my living room singing "happy birthday to me!!!"
Then I'm going to be really low key and just have dinner with the family. Just how I like it.
I hope you have a great day on MY birthday.Don't even call it Saturday - just call it "Li's B-Day."
ok?
O. K.!
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| Happy Bunny found via Google Images |
Then I'm going to be really low key and just have dinner with the family. Just how I like it.
I hope you have a great day on MY birthday.Don't even call it Saturday - just call it "Li's B-Day."
ok?
O. K.!
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Sunday, December 12, 2010
LushLunes - Enjoying Simple Pleasures
Mondays? They rock! Seriously... simply because we make it a #LushLunes!
What is Lush Lunes? Click HERE for some background.
When participating in LushLunes you need to figure out how to celebrate your YOU-ness, for as little as five minutes.
You can think up your own creative way, or you can do whatever nonsense I have decided to do, which we call the LUSH LUNES ASSIGNMENT:
You can think up your own creative way, or you can do whatever nonsense I have decided to do, which we call the LUSH LUNES ASSIGNMENT:
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Freak Show: Come One Come All (Unmarried At 30)
Traditionally, I should be married with kids by now. But I'm not. I'm ok with that. But it seems the world is still not really ok with that.
In one of my a favorite Shakira songs (from the late 90's), she tackles tradition and uses these beautiful words to make a point, especially about the traditional role of women in latin culture:
There are a bunch of "rules" that I don't follow in this song (which I know Shakira didn't follow either), which I guess makes me (and made her) a rebel.
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Pies Descalzos, Sueños Blancos by Shakira  |
What type of rebellious behavior? Well going against the traditional grain! I walk around barefoot (hence, the title of the song) and I hate wearing pantyhose, so that's two strikes already. And the line: "Women always get married before 30," gets me everytime, because that means I've got 3 strikes against me!!!
Obviously, being married by 30 is a traditional notion. And God Forbid...what should happen if you don't follow tradition (as the song implies)!
This is what happens:
1) Online, you will be mistaken for a mom blogger, then hang your head in shame when you are rejected for not being one.
As a female blogger, I get pegged as mom-blogger.One of my friends said, "why do they automatically assume I'm a mom blogger?" I dunno. Maybe because they don't dare imply we're ...dun dun dun... beyond marriageable age.
2) In real life you will hang out with your married mom friends and be Auntie Biddy or Auntie Spinster. Or Tia Solterona. You will also be harassed about your singleness.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
No Sharks Allowed
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| Image via Google Images |
As a kid my 6th grade teacher told my mom the world was going to eat me alive. I was to gentle. Too sweet. Too nice. Too fragile. A dreamer. Not a fighter. She thought I was just a guppie.
Growing up I didn't like fighting. I yearned for peace, tranquility and happiness. That does not a guppie make. But I'm no shark. Never was.
Growing up I didn't like fighting. I yearned for peace, tranquility and happiness. That does not a guppie make. But I'm no shark. Never was.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Lush Lunes - Naughty or Nice, You Deserve A Treat!
Mondays? Psht. We can handle Mondays. Why? Because its #LushLunes!
What is Lush Lunes? Click HERE for some background.
When participating in LushLunes you need to figure out how you will make Monday a ME day.
You can think up your own creative way, or you can do whatever crazy thing I decided to do, which we call the LUSH LUNES ASSIGNMENT:
You can think up your own creative way, or you can do whatever crazy thing I decided to do, which we call the LUSH LUNES ASSIGNMENT:
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Love Handles and The Grumpy Girl
I sat with Sorayu yesterday and bitched had a candid conversation on how my body has been
shot to hell changed over the past few months.
Over the summer I was trying to shed 5 (FIVE) pounds. Just 5. I complained about five pounds. Why? Because I didnt want to go over the most I've ever weighed in my entire life: which is 130.
I'd been going from 127 to 130 but never back down to 125. Then I started to get busier, started blogging more, started going on more auditions, stopped working out.... and over Thanksgiving I ate like an animal.
Fast forward five months later and I have put ON 6 (SIX) MORE pounds.
My size 7 jeans are not making the cut. I have chichos (love handles) hanging out over the top. That's a muffin-top, no? YES. That's sexy. I am constantly pulling them up over these chichos and now understand how mom-jeans are created.
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Making the Cut |
shot to hellOver the summer I was trying to shed 5 (FIVE) pounds. Just 5. I complained about five pounds. Why? Because I didnt want to go over the most I've ever weighed in my entire life: which is 130.
I'd been going from 127 to 130 but never back down to 125. Then I started to get busier, started blogging more, started going on more auditions, stopped working out.... and over Thanksgiving I ate like an animal.
My size 7 jeans are not making the cut. I have chichos (love handles) hanging out over the top. That's a muffin-top, no? YES. That's sexy. I am constantly pulling them up over these chichos and now understand how mom-jeans are created.
I've stopped working out and yet I say to myself, "but I still eat right, right?" Maybe that's what people who don't eat right say. I need to check myself before I wreck myself.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Making Life A Little Easier to Manage - #Sprint4G (Sponsor)
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| screenshot of Epic |
So how could this particular device help this little Latina with a large extended family during the holidays? I mean, I already have a “smart phone.” How much of a difference could it make?
I was a little skeptical at first because I am in love with my BlackBerry – or should I say, I was in love with my BlackBerry…before I met the Samsung Epic.*sigh*
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| Me, getting caught, snapping photos with the Samsung Epic, Sprint 4G-enabled smartphone. |
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