I Dare You To Run!

Parking lots of fun... Driving your parents to the airport for their holiday vacation... Did I forget to mention I am really close to parents and this massively blows! They left me for Jesus's B-day! I guess that's what I get for ruining last year.


The next day I ran into this, thanks for rubbing it Times!


Phallic symbol.

Beautiful in real time.

Dia De Los Muertos

Face painting, procession:


Skeletons!These photos seem blah. I have more but due to some job policies I cannot show them...maybe when I see you I'll show you. Self Help Gallery was responsible for all this goodness.

cuz your shiz smells like roses...and spews butterflies:

New video by Julieta Venegas, the beginning translates to:

"Strange girls.
Could they get marry,
Have children,
Be happy?"

I think so, hope so.

Happy Day of the Dead, or whatever...

made an altar. went out the days before Halloween...some guy asked me if I was the statue of Liberty and I said no, "I'm the sun". To which he responded, "Well good morning then!"


close up of the madness...99 bottles of beer...not!

My boyfriends are back...and together!

what i did in mexico

i went to a where's waldo convention with my pigeon friends



went to Tonala: a place where arts and crafts are sometimes sold at almost wholesale price


had some Pedro Infante sightings (sell out!)


the end. i did more but you know...

you think its tough now? come to mexico

im in mexico right now. i been here for almost a month. i know understand the whole day of the dead more seeing how there is so many accidents and dead people everyday. Everyday it seems we (my family) hear about some muertito from somewhere. and then there is a tons of pollution here...and i been watching my gradma´s novela which is hella campy but whatever. oh yeah and the theme song was sang by Sergio Gomez from the band K-Paz de la Sierra, who surprise, surprise recently died...i mean killed.

Ofrendas...tu sabes

Ofrendas @ Tropico de Nopal
November 2, 2007

day of the dead, one of my favorite "holidays" besides from new year's and recently thanksgiving. anyways, i had fun if not an akward time but isnt that way day of the dead is all about: facing akward situations? no, i know thats its not about that but you know what i mean. now some art aka installitions aka altars.


this was my favorito, i guess cuz of the floating candles and the pillows.flowers
monitos con cereal fruti lups

flores y un colchon
mis favoritas artistas


you see how the light catches the essence of the mood?

Wow, hasta de donde llega ese tatuaje!

*pic of a day of the dead carro

i'm up in san pancho visiting friends, going to a party, some art shows and eating chicken tikka masala. back in LA i went to two day of the dead celebrations. at the first one i joined a group of dancing folks parading around Hollywood Forever with hotdog in one hand and beer on the other.needless to say i got mustard all over my dress. we were all sweaty at the end of "parade". i'm trying to find out from what part of Mexico they are from but all i get is something about pacito durangese. then on the actual day i went to see some altar installations but more on that later.

i have this song stuck in my head:

lo que se perdio Mitsy

this was a crazy night. No, this was a weird night but i guess it was fun. it had everything music, art, and a movie and a discussion panel. so i guess you just had to be there. and if anybody wants to buy me a new camera for x-mas i greatly appreciate it.

artist exhibited: Daniel Gonzalez, John Miner, Mitsy Avila Ovalles, Txutxo Perez, Jesse Xeroxed, germs, and Joan Zamora.








mines



girl in a coma



see i need a new camera


the end... sorry for the misspelling earlier.

and no, Diane Arbus will not be showing...

my parents picked up all my crap yesterday drove it back to LA this weekend. i also got re-acquainted with my new dog. who i might add is an asshole but he is funny so i guess he is forgiven. he is kinda cute, but kinda ugly just dont tell my sister that.



anyways, i'm moving back to LA next week. i was going to leave later but my mom informed me i have an appointment with immigration so i can finally become a citizen. yep, that means no matter how many more 9/11s there might be (and hopefully won't) i'll never be kicked out. because lets face, thats one of the major fears that many legal and illegal residents of this country have(the laws changing suddenly cuz of mass hysteria against foreigners and its not like they dont love us enough already). see terrorism sucks. anyways, i'm going to be part of this art show on friday (8pm at artSF, 110 capp @ 16th, san francisco) you and your mother should come. the flyer is above.and here is ms. Arbus:

sorry, but i gotta keep up with the Virgin Mary

i had a dream last time that i had a kid, and she/he was really ugly. i remember holding her hand and then going down to look at her face and just thinking: so thats how our genes look together.poor kid. i try to hide my dissapointed face and thought to myself: well maybe if we pluck your eyebrows when youre older, you'll be pretty. the weird part about it is that it was christmas time and we were participating in a posada around the Mission. Yep, walking around Mission Street with a toddler, like it was nothing. Then the "father" joined us, doing the usual "hows your day been blah blah?". its not like we were a couple or anything. nope, in the dream i'm a single mom. and of course i was too busy trying to keep up with the Virgin Mary and Joseph to give a fuck about anything else especially holding a conversation. and besides didnt he know how important this event was to the cultural development of our child? god, shut up! then i woke up cuz i had to pee and thank god with no child in cite. funny...ha, ha, ha, with a sigh of relief.

"que tengo miedo perderte somewhere in LA"

quote above from Guillermo Gomez Peña's version of Besame Mucho.

pictures from the Corazon de la Mission Tour...which was damn funny, sad, and the most fun i had being a "tourist" or am i a tourist? and fine, i admit it . i really dont like performance art...like ever but i actually enjoyed this. so i guess my faith in performance art has been restored.

the next day on the way to San Jose, or the longest ride ever...

at Lesley's pad...yes, i took that pic while i was in there. and the ribs were damn good.

it smells like paint fumes. i'm getting a headache.

everything is broken,literally

i cant find the charger to re-charge my batteries for my camera. my computer charger broke too, the little metal wires just gave in. fuck. hmmm, lets see what else? oh yeah i got a rejection letter last week but i already knew that was happening. and i spent bizillion of fucking dollars. damn it. sara g has an idea but i dont know how it going to work out...details still have to be worked out. i guess i'm going to this thing on friday at Encantada Gallery:

and going to the hayes valley Capsule Design Festival. i heard Jocelyn makes awesome turquoise jeweled t-shirts. so i guess there goes more money. talking about money...where the fuck is my pay check? anyways i have to call to find out if the El Corazon de la Mission tour is happening this weekend...which is: "an 80-minute audio tour scripted and narrated by renowned writer, border activist and performance provocateur Guillermo Gómez-Peña, who will perform live on The Mexican Bus with his longtime collaborator, cyborg senorita Violeta Luna..."

and i guess i never went to Bay to Breakers race which was this past sunday...and i googled some of Mr. Guillermo Gómez-Peña pics:

interesting fellow. a little intimidating but whatever...let's get aboard the Mexican Bus!

awesome madness

so after the Luggage Store show on friday we headed towards the Mission and saw "Pistolitas de Azucar" curated by Raquel de Anda at Galeria de La Raza...and it was awesome. it was pure nostalgic Mexican goodness: they had clips of old telenovelas(Rosa Salvaje, Simplemente Maria), blah blah...just go see it.

the mighty flier, image from: Juan Carlos Quintana , "Juegitos de Guerra" American Lullabies Series Detail, 2007

Featured Artists: Mitsy Ávila Ovalles, Monica Canilao, The Date Farmers, Amanda Lopez, Juan Luna-Avin, Angelica Muro, Txutxo Perez, Michele Muennig and Juan Carlos Quintana.



my favorite was Mitsy's stuff: check it out
Mitsy Ávila Ovalles, "Walter" Mixed Media, 2007
more mitsy...look juanga


evil looks, evil people... jk

lil loca, i'll put atist name later


and of course...the mandatory youtube lil loca


hmmm, so yeah i think this was one of the best shows i seen so far. you could even buy the soundtrack for one dollar.

i guess the only disappointing part came when we started to dance and nobody joined in. which i guess brings the following question: what's the proper dancing etiquette at a gallery? allowed, not allowed? proper? improper? i dont know but last time i was in LA we all had a fun time dancing at Tropico's. i mean come on, what do you expect when you play cumbias? Danny, i have a feeling we are not in LA anymore...

and artist talk Saturday June 9 @ 2PM...at Galeria de La Raza of course.

time to enjoy global warming

Cinco de Mayo, and I woke up in the worst mood ever…again. Learned about Narco Corridos, The Mendez Case (which help end segregation in schools in California seven year before Brown vs Board of Education) and was reminded how many people die trying to cross the border all while listening to the radio (yes, I said radio). I was supposed to do four things that day but only ended up doing two. After hanging out at Civic Center, then watching the De La Hoya and Mayweather fight in the Sunset, I got home(downtown) to freshen up but instead realized how tired I was and went to bed. Next day: time to recoup at Dolores…


sun, sun, sun...



smoking in the park?



damn allergies






ay que cute




past and present? or future and past?