Happy Birthday, Abuelo!

January 31st, 2009

Abuelo would've been 76 years old today.

*Courtesy of YouTube

There he is, in the 70's singing Catalina La O.

Tonight at Hostos (in the Bronx), Mami is singing to celebrate his birthday. Yay!

Time flies and the world keeps moving.

Miss him, too.


=)

-franso

Diddy on Kim in Notorious

You might've seen this already but-

*Courtesy of YouTube

*crickets*
*blank stare*

DON'T BELIEVE WHAT WE SAW?!!? MOTHERFUCKER YOU EXECUTIVE PRODUCED THE MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!

*gains composure*

Whatever, Diddy.

-franso

Train Wreck

Anyone know what it means to dream of train tracks? Or a train wreck?

Last week I dreamt I was driving across train tracks, trying to figure out when my cousins and I should go. A train came and we had to wait, but it was very stressful.

A few seconds ago, I dreamt I got on the bus to meet up with friends (Shai and Alvarez to be exact!) and the conductor told us to get off and if there was no action on platform 6, that he'd take us to platform 7. I stayed on, the weather was horrible by the way, and as we were getting to track 7, my next train was behind us going ridiculously fast- well, the train itself said 74 MPH on the front. He kept honking and honking and our train was going 75 MPH, trying to get away. Our train jumped, landed on the platform, got hit by the other one, kept flipping over, burst to flames and landed on the ground. The whole time, I could hear myself praying- at point point it was movie-like in that I couldn't hear anything, just me begging God to save my life because I was too young. As the train blew up and landed on the ground, I was watching it from above- the way you normally see dreams, and then it was a movie because I remember feeling bad for "the girl and her mom waiting for her back home," all stressed out wondering how I would feel if it was me.

Crazy, no?

www.dreammmoods.com said:
To see or dream that you are in a train wreck, suggests chaos. The path to goals are not going according to the way you planned it out. Or you may be lacking self-confidence and having doubt in your ability to reach your goals.

www.experiencefestival.com said:
This dream symbol can be very complicated and its meaning is specific to the dreamer (as all dream symbols are). If you normally take the train to work and it is a part of your daily experience, closer attention should be paid to the other details of the dream. Going on a train ride may be symbolic of your life's journey. If you are the engineer, you may be reassuring yourself in the dream state that you are in control of a specific situation or life in general. The train could also be symbolic of your need to move on and to do things in an orderly and sequential manner. Freud said that the train is usually a phallic symbol and that a train going through a tunnel represents intercourse. Freud also said that there are other possibilities to this symbol. For example if you missed the train in your dream, you may be fearful of missing important opportunities. Jung thought that the train ride represented the way a person moves and behaves just like everyone else and that you the dreamer may be striving for wholeness.

Anyone else know anything? Random, I know.

The craziest part is that I didn't wake up scared, it wasn't a nightmare.

Hm, ok! About to be late to work!

Gotta get on the right... track and shit.

=)

-franso

Need A Laugh?

*Courtesy of Vibe.com

Derek Luke as Puffy in Notorious.

You're very welcome.

=)

-franso

VIBE Member

So! Due to having a 3 hour break in between Drawing and Painting...I just recently became a member over at Vibe.com. Apparently I have way too much time on my hands, time I should be spending on homework, because I'm getting really into the site, haha.

Join me, yes?

ANYWAYS! I was checking out the Music section and I came across a new(?) Justin Timberlake song, "Magic."

*blank stare*
*yawn*

C'mon Justin. Really? Sure, if I heard it ten more times the catchy melody, simplistic lyrics, and up tempo beat would force me to sing along... but are we making no progress??? Ok, I'm gonna stay positive and believe that this must have been cut from the FutureSex/LoveSounds album.

It's all about progress ya'll... At least to me. Artists like T.Pain are cool, but has he grown? Will he matter in 5 years? Everything sounds the same. Beyonce comes to mind too!! Yeah, I said it. The quality of her music is getting worse and worse with each album... ARE WE GROWING? (B, PLEASE LET'S GO BACK TO "ME, MYSELF & I" "BE WITH YOU"... PLEASE!)

So yeah, I thought that was interesting.

Feedback on this track, please.

On a brighter note, check out Ludacris' "Do the Right Thing" with Common and Spike Lee!
First of all, incorporating Spike Lee and his genius movie "Do the Right Thing"? A good look, especially when done right. Common? Icing on the cake! This song reminds me of spring or summer or something... happy I found it.

WAKE UP!!!!!!!!

=)

-franso

I Wrote This?

It's when I least want to,

After I told myself that I'd try not,

That I'd control myself

Because it wasn't a good look,

When the sun goes down,

The lights cut out,

And the TV ruins the silence,

Swearing I don't care,

Because I can't be replaced...

That I think of the different ways in which you make me smile.

Goshhhh...

Apparently I wrote it 3/16/08

I can dig it.

=)

-franso

Farewell, Danity Kane

In unfortunate news today from MTV.com, Dawn Richards from Danity Kane has pretty much stated the inevitable- Danity Kane is no longer.

Now, if you watch MTV a lot (such as myself) you've been seeing these HELLA DRAMATIC commercials for Making the Band wondering to yourself, "What are these girls gonna do?!"

I do the exact same thing... and it's SO obvious that Diddy just doesn't give a fuck.

If you wanna get dramatic, Diddy hasn't given a fuck since he had to- when he was on the grind and music was his only source of income, before he himself became a brand!

But back to Danity Kane... None of this mess would've happened had he cared for the girlies and kept them busy!!!!!!!!!!! It's almost as if they were constantly sitting around waiting to see if they were gonna get a next single- leaving them with a little too much freedom. I don't know, I'm just saying.

If you're a DK fan, you know that both albums had tons of potential, several possible Top 10 hits- Why only 2 singles per album? And then so dragged out. I'm no Diddy, but I know that if you got something good then you should milk it! Don't have Making the Band on overload and then... leave us hanging when it comes to TV performances and videos!

(Aubrey... you didn't make the situation any better. I see you over there. Taking fresh pictures like it's going out of style.)

I wish Dawn and Aundrea all the best because I do believe that they're very talented... I just don't know if anyone cares.
This isn't me trying to be mean... I'm serious, it's hard out there. To stay relevant, you know?

*sigh* Sad to say that there isn't more from where that came from. It was a fun, what? 4 years?

And to celebrate what is no longer....

My Top 5 Danity Kane Song List:

5) Striptease "I got a proposition if you want it, dare you to let me run some game on ya..."
4) Right Now "So I can't love you! Like I want to! We just can't do it! I's taking everything in me!"
3) Press Pause "Nowhere to rewind! Wish we had more time!"
2) Ooh Aah "Meant when I said it, you're gonna get it, loved when we did it, wrapped up in it..."
1) Sucka For Love "If you addicted to kissin and huggin, touchin and rubbin, you're a sucka for love..."

Well Geezy! Hang in there!

=)

-franso