Hello to all! This is my latest entry, and the first of the month of August, hopefully the first one of many to written regularly, like I used to...
First of all, I am doing better, about my dad's death and all...My friends have helped a lot and, also, all the exercise I have been doing lately, so yeah, I am glad...relaxed, considering...
I have been doing a lot of work, watching a lot of the Olympic Games and sports in general and also a lot of reading and listening to music...and I made two new and, so far, amazing new friends...
But first of all, let's write a bit about books:
I have been reading a LOT of crime and suspense books, most of it published either by Hard Case Crime or Black Lizard..I am hooked with both publishers...
Among the books I have read are the following: "Red Cat" by Peter Spiegelman, "Money Shot" by Christa Faust, "Songs of Innocence" by Richard Aleas, "The Confession" by Domenic Stansberry, "Deadly Beloved" by Max Allan Collins, "Home is the sailor" by Day Keene, "He kills Coppers" by Jake Arnott, "No house limit" by Steve Fisher, "The long firm" by Jake Arnott, "Drama City" by George Pelecanos, "Truecrime" by Jake Arnott, "Severance package" by Duane Swierczynski, "The death and life of Bobby Z" by Don Winslow and many others...
My fav movie this month is "Eagle vs. Shark" and, if you have not seen it by now, do yourself a favor a rent it, NOW!
My two new friends are named Francisca and Guisselle, and I met them thru facebook, which, I think is not as useless as other people seem to think. Actually, Guisselle met me, she made the first approach and she seem friendly enough, and also, I thought she had great literary and musical taste, which intrigued me. Now, after many weeks of talkig with her constantly I think she might be a new, great addition to my group of very dear and amazing friends, and hopefully, we shall meet soon, in person, because she, and Francisca, both live in Chile.
Francisca is Guisselle best friend and she introduced us. And I think she is amazing:smart, cool, pretty, sexy, veryeasy to speak to...I like her a lot...and I am very grateful and happy that both seem to enjoy my friendship as much as I love and treasure them
To finish this entry: there is a chance that I might get a new job...so I am happy for that too! Have a great week you all, I miss you all, and I will try to be more active

It has been a while...I want to thank everyone who has been a friend thru these hard times...It has been a struggle, but I think I am doing okay, considering...I miss all of you...

It sucks that my new journal entry has to be a sad one...my dad died yesterday at home...so yeah, I am now fatherless... But I am doing okay, so do not worry, he was in a lot of pain, and it was a long time coming...he had so many things wrong in his body, he was in a lot pain in the end, so it is good that he died sleeping...anyway, yeah, my dad was a great dad, and it is good that he died around the people he loved the most...

Wow, it has been a long time since the last update...anyway...
What I have been doing lately:
1. I have been mooching a lot, check this website out: www.bookmooch.com It is a site for the exchange of books you do not want anymore and getting books you really want! I have traded and gotten tons of books, I have read works by authors unknown to me and made many literary discoveries! I am very obsessed with it, and I strongly recommend it to any fans of reading.
2. I have been reading a lot!!!! And I discovered a few authors: Lawrence Block, Harlan Coben, Robert Littlell, Janwillem Van Der Wetering and others. I also read Simon Reynolds' book about post punk (and I loved it!!), a few books by Neil Stephenson, a bunch of the Gre Rucka's graphic novel titled "Queen and country", etc.
3. I got to write about music, hopefully before the weekend...
I am leaving for a resort on vacation, starting on Saturday, so yay for me!! I wish you all tons of love, bye

Another update:
I am back on the job hunting, after quitting late last year, after my dad's health troubles, but I got back on the hunt two weeks ago, I will here about my sucess (or failure...)
I am loving the Kinks so much these days!!!!
My two fav european teamsare among the last eight in the UEFA Champions League competition!!! Barca and Arsenal!!! Hopefully they will play in the final game again, for a rematch, yeah!
This is all for tonight, hopefully there will be more later on the week, tons of love to all


PS Isn't she gorgeous?

Two updates in a week, believe it or not!
My friend Elga is in Barcelona since late on Friday night, doing more work for her thesis. I am glad and happy for her, hopefully she will get a lot of work done and be able to make lots of contacts for further research on the world of futbol and politics.
My dear friend Keren did not get the flight attendant job, she is sad and I am sad for her, hopefully she will get a job at another airline, because I know that it is a job that she will be good at and that she will reap a lot of benefit from it. Anyway, I keep hoping that she will find a job like that, that makes it easy for her to travel and see the world!!
I will write more later in the week, I love you all

I have been so bad at keeping a journal this last few months...
Anyway here is a bit of me:
I had a great day on Friday! After waking up feeling sad, depressed about me and my friends' job situation, i hung out with dear friends Wendolyn and Melvin at Borders. Afterwards I ran for a bit while watching sport shows and also a rerun of the Independent Spirit awards ceremony and afterwards I went to Inocencia's house with Keren to hang out and watch a dvd. We settled on "The real Betty Page" which was very good, way better than I expected, it could be watched as a double feature alongside "Good night and good luck". Also we celebrated Inocencia's new job and and I am hoping that Keren's gets a job as a flight attendant for wich she was interviewed on Friday morning.
I finished eary last week Neil Stephenson's "Cryptonomicon" and I LOVED IT!! It is my fav book so far this year. I enjoyed a lot a few characters and would not mind to read another tale featuring Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse, Randy Waterhouse, Alan Turing, etc. I loved the paranoia, the geekyness, the conspiracies, the weird observations, the humour!!! I strongly reccomend this book, the best book I have read this year.
I loved this book so much that I inmeadiately started on the first book that comprises "The Baroque cycle" and so far it is very very good. Robert Hooke as a character is a lot of fun!!
I will finish this right now, and hopefully I will write more later in the week, tons of love to all


PS My fav albums right now are the soundtracks to "The Darjeeling Limited" and "Juno", my fav band is the Kinks and my fav song is "Loose Lips" by Kimya Dawson, who is also one of my fav artists right, as is the Moldy Peaches!! If you want to listen to feel-good beautiful music, go and listen to the "Juno" soundtrack!!!

This is my first entry of the year, and the first one in a while, so this will be a long one:
1. I am right now at my other house in Vega Baja, reconnecting with some people by internet (I have been away from internet for a while, because of too much work and a bit of partying and bonding with my family, and a lot of watching movies and playing with my brand new Playstation 3) and hopefully I will write for a bit on this journal...
2. I have been working a LOT!! Plus I was busy enough to postpone writing on this journal for quite a bit, althought I have had a bit of a good time, so I am not complaining...
3. My favorite albums of the year 2007 are the following:
a. The national" - "Boxer"
b. Aesop Rock' - "None shall pass"
c. Facto de la fe y las Flores Azules- "La luz de la manana"
d. Bruce Springsteen- "Live in Dublin"
e. La Casa Azul- "la revolucion sexual"
3. My favorite books for the year 2007 are:
a. "The bite club" by Howard Chaykin and David Tishman
b. "Slam" by Nick Hornby
c. "Love and Blood" by Jamie trecker
d. "World War Z" by Max Brooks
e. "Wanted" by Mark Millar
f. Mike Carey's run on "Hellblazer"
g. "You don't love me yet" by Jonathan Lethem
h. "Fargo rock city" by Chuck Klosterman
i. "Antes de que hiele" by Henning Mannkell
j. "Summer of '49" by David Halberstam
k. "The boys of summer" by Roger Kahn
l. "Pureza de sangre" by Arturo Perez Reverte
4. My dad is alive, he has better days than others but he is alive and enjoying it!
5. I love my friends so much!! I am so grateful to have them: Elga, Keren, Wendolyn, Miguel, etc. And this Holiday season was great for us to bond!!
I will end this now, but I will hopefully write more at another time, but I want to wish everyone who reads this a Happy New Year, tons of love to all who reads this

The Boston RED SOXS!!! American League Champions for 2007!!! Congratulations to all the people who worked in the organization and to all the loyal fans, I am a bit teary eyed and very happy!! NEXT STOP: The World Series!!!!! I need to listen to the Dropkick Murphys and to "Dirty Water" for a bit, to enjoy this for a bit

Bill Maher quoted some academic study that concluded that exercise is just as good for dealing with depression as drugs like Prozac, something I suspected to be true on my own, so yeah, all you sad ones who read this: go and workout till your butt hurts and you might feel way better afterwards Have a great week

PS expect a proper update later this week,,,