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If you could only drink one beverage for the rest of your life (not including water), which one would you choose?

I would basically just have this injected into my veins. Best Iced Lattes are the ones with Hazelnut Syrup and a little bit of cinnamon sprinkled over it OR Starbuck's Cinnamon Dolce Latte. Yum. Iced preferrable.

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Bird of Paradise

This was one of the best weekends I had ever spent with Luis. Since, I started working at this present job I haven't made much "dough", but it has given me the chance to earn experience while earning enough for my expenses and to afford things like going to see Luis. I flew out from MFE this past Friday, and one of the ladies I work with dropped me off. I arrived around 8:00PM, and waited to be picked up by Luisin and his buddy Walo. I was so nervous the whole time. I just didn't want to show it. We finally saw each other and it had been about two months since I had last seen him. We just hugged deeply for a long time. It was like we both let out a big sigh of relief. He presented me with flowers and amongst the bouquet was my  favorite, the Bird of Paradise. =) I gave him a gift too, and I think he liked it. We had dinner at Chilli's and got to La Quinta at 11:00PM.

C'est comme ci C'est comme ca

The next morning we were rudely interrupted by the hasty yet hostile "House Keeping" folk, and woke up to start the day rather late. It was such a beautiful day to walk to the square. We had bad Mexican food at El Guapo's, but had a grande ol' tyme making our way to the Square. We stopped at one of my favorite places The Recycled Book Store, and lingered for awhile. He looked at some art books while I looked at some old LP's. They had a very extensive collection of Jazz stuffs so I was kind of captivated there for awhile.

After that we walked into the Comic Book store, and I picked up a couple of things. It is really one of my favorite places because they have a variety of comics, graphic novels, manga, vinyl & plastic toys, magic stuffs, and everything else that geeks like us would love. He bought me yet another TokiDoki<3 toy to add to my collection, and I bought a comic I had wanted to read for a long time called "The Five Fists of Science" starring Mark Twain and Tesla. We then made our way to the world famous "Beth Marie's Ice Cream" where we had "the talk". Talked about things from marriage, future, money, jobs, school, and plans to be together through all those things. We both agree it's going to be difficult, but if we love each other and with enough determination and hard work things would be "okay.

We kind of meandered through the square for awhile observing people, walking through  nifty stores like "Circa 77",

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"Wine Safari", and "La Dee Da." Afterward, we met up with my friend Maria Cristina and she took us to this awesome taco stand that Luis had taken us to when we last went to the Pearl. I was a little annoyed because when we got to Cristina's they had gotten cold, but I was thankful to her nonetheless for taking us all the way over there. I saw my friends Gilbert and Andre. They all looked good, and it sounded like their lives are moving in the right direction.

On Sunday we lazed about all morning long, and started the day rather late. We had good Mexican food this time at this off-the-wall little place near the square where I ordered a Torta al Pastor and Luis ordered a Chile Relleno. Yum! We went to the square once again, and enjoyed the weather while we sipped a little bit of Jupiter House coffee and commented on Van Gogh-esque art work we saw there.

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When we got back to the hotel we played some Smashbrothers and Mortal Kombat games that La Quinta offered for a fee of 7 bucks. Luis was nice enough to order it for us, and I decided that I would pay for our dinner. We ordered a pizza because it had started raining so bad. (More on that story later...) My old roommate actually met up with us that evening and took us to this cool bar at Frye St. It looked like a building you would find in the French Quarter at New Orleans. =)  We had a nice chat, and I was happy to know that things were going so well for her in her new living situation. She also brought me a cool mug she got at Argentina.

Things came to a very rapid close on Monday morning. I was suppose to catch my flight at 9:00 in the morning but due to the weather we were caught in major traffic. I got really frustrated and upset at poor Luis who was only trying to get me there as fast as possible. I felt really guilty after that because he meant well. I apologized to him, and even felt glad I had missed my flight because it gave me more time with him. It was such a wonderful weekend, and I hope it's an indication of what is to come in the future. I think we're both good people who deserve a good chance in life. I can only hope for the best.

c'est la vie c'est la mort

 

 

pedroincognito:  I dunno. It's weird. It really messes with your belief system.

Dear Vox, this Chocoflan is for you.

I miss you. I'm sorry I haven't been paying close attention to you lately, but I've always held a special place for you in my heart. Believe me I've kept up with you all of these years I'm not going to let you go just yet. I believe when that day comes I will ceremoniously get all my blogs and bind them into a book. The cover of the book will have in bold, friendly, san-serif letters "VOX" displayed for the world to see. With that said here is a brief update.

I am currently working as an Internet Sales Manager at a dealership in the Rio-Grand Valley. It's not much, but it will have to do for the moment. When I first started the job I was very much in need of a job. There was no place for me to go, and I was sinking into a depression. When the news came that the Manager had decided to hire me for the BDC/Internet Sales Manager position I was immensely relieved. BUT! There's a huge "but". When I actually came into work it was nothing like I was expecting. The whole environment was just totally, what my grandmother later referred to as, "the boy's club." I immediately felt out of place. I wasn't used to working in all-male environment, and I've had to become very distant from some of the employees here so as to keep a very respectable vibe.

My present familial situation isn't getting any better, in fact, it's gotten worse. I was living with my abuelita's for awhile along with my two cousins. I thought that it was all going "ok", but somethings were a little off. She would always move my stuff around, and "clean-up" after me even when my room was already clean. One evening I came home from work, and she told me that I needed to start paying rent. That's when I knew I had worn out my welcome. I immediately packed my bags and left to my mothers house. She told me I would have to pay rent there too. So, my world came crashing down in a matter of hours. I don't know what to say about that. Before I had gotten out of school my mother had told me that she would pay my rent, gas, and groceries. Well all of that changed, and now there's really nothing stopping me from leaving. Since I'm already paying these things I should go. I told her that I was planning to move by next spring. I don't speak to anyone at home, and it's become really painful just being by myself all the time. I'm not getting paid near enough to survive here, save, and live for the next year or so. I think it's best if I live the valley.

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Things with Luis have been good. I've been really excited because I'm going to go see him on Friday. It's felt like forever and a day since I've last seen him. We had a rough time this last week because of all the things that happened to me, and some of the things that have been going on with him too. I wish we had each other at least so we could help each other through the hard times. We've been thinking about moving in together sometime in the spring if possible by December. We both really want this to work out, and we're planning on helping each other through school. We have big dreams and aspirations, and I think with some hard work and complete dedication we're going to be ok. I'm going to have to start looking for a job before I go over there, and start looking into starting school again. Luis has been very supportive of me this whole time, and he told me that he would still support me through everything in the future. =) I love him.

That's it in a nutshell Vox. I've been to depressed to write everyday I think. I hate having to talk about negative stuff all the time because I don't want to remember it all the down the line. Luisin has to put up with me every time I cry, and it's definitely not cute. I don't know what I would do without him. Pictures of Dallas weekend will be posted up next week!  

Who are you dying to see in concert?

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Yes, my favorite designer is finally made affordable for Moi. A couple of years ago I had posted something about Anna Sui's fashion collection. Exhibit A. pictured below:

This is risky, but still I would probably wear this if I lived in Paris or something.

Well Anna Sui I guess struck up a partnerships with Target, and has made a brand new clothing line inspired by Gossip Girl. I've never seen the show, but big surprise I hardly venture outside of Project Runway and Top Chef. Anyways I've tried some of the dresses on, and thought they would be great with some black leggings. Feast your eyes on this! Can't wait to get myself some monies to buy some of these.

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So I had a wonderful time this weekend, and I got to hang out with some of my friends that I hadn't seen in awhile. On Friday Vicky and I set out to find her some dresses. I felt it part of my moral duty to follow the doctrine of Stacey and Clinton from TLC's What not to Wear. She ended up taking two dresses from JC Penney, and i took with me a fitted blazer. Because you know, a wardrobe isn't a wardrobe until you have a blazer. After we made our purchases we drove back to my humble place, and got ready. I wore my teal dress and she wore her black one. We met up with Javi and Blake at the McAllen ArtWalk. It was really neat I had never seen so many people walking up and down the streets of McAllen like that. I was excited to see the community of McAllen so excited about the arts. It gave me hope. Also, there was a lot of hipsters there which I had only seen the likes of in Denton. These were Valley hipsters I find to be a different breed of hipsters. After that we drove over to BJ's and had ourserlves a merry old time.

Saturday morning, I woke up early to fix Victoria and I some pancakes. I bought some Buckwheat pancakes which were healthy for the both of us, but unfortunately I didn't have any sugar-free syrup. I instead had nutella spread on mine. Yum! We went over to the mall to get some more early-bird shopping done. We met up with Ms. Marci. IT was good seeing her, and I hadn't realized how much her hair had grown. I got some skinny jeans which came out to $13 not bad! After I took the ladies over to Anita's Antique's. I got myself a clutch purse for 10 bucks Vicky got some Micheal Kors shoes, and Marci got a dress. Mission successfully completed. We had lunch at the Blue Onion and talked about friendships, relationships, and all those ships. We also had a conversation about engagement rings..whoa. Vicky told us about how her brother had proposed to his girlfriend in Las Vegas with a $5 ring, and is actually planning to give her the real one pretty soon. I thought that was neat and romantic. After my time with the girls I came home and talked to an old friend. Our lives have changed so much, and it was weird catching up with him. We met when I was a Junior in highschool and so we've been keeping up with each other for all these years.

This morning, Marci and I met up. It was really nice having some quality time with her because we hadn't had that opportuniy in a long time. After all these years of meeting and separating and meeting and separating through all these years we're still able to relate to each other. She gave me a lot of good advice about the things going on in my life, but most importantly she just listened to me complain. It's nice to have someone just listen to you with out having them judge you. It's nice to know that there are still people that still think I'm a good person besides all my faults.

Good times were had by all.