Month: September 2006

  • Guayaba = Guava

    100_8629Really extremely busy, and there’s tons going on this month so I really want to get as much done as possible as we enter September so I can make it to all the patriotic nonsense going on. Mexican flag sellers are back with their surplus stock from the World Cup and everyone’s got one on their house or car. Upcoming festivities include the city center becoming a night-long fiesta zone, paper balloon and martial arts demos in Ajijic and its Fiestas Patrias 2006, mariachithons… you name it. In fact I haven’t got time to be writing this post really…

    100_8633Found out today after a bit of research what those weird smelling fruit in the garden are. For a while before the tree produced fruit I thought it was a pitaya tree. Then Ana came round and grabbed a bagfull of what turned out to be guayabas. Only today thanks to wikipedia did I find out that guayabas are guavas in English. Not that I’d ever tried one before. They taste vaguely like pears to me and I’m sure that since my prolonged absence from the british isles, they’re staples of every middle-class meal and 1 quid for a dozen in Morrisons. But they still seem exotic things to be growing in the garden. Our little agave’s coming along great guns too. 8 leaves. Eight!

    100_8628And finally, I very much doubt that my neighbour, Seora Tere, reads me blog but none the less here’s a shout out to her because when I was leaving the house this morning she told me not to shut the door and bustled inside to get something. She said she’d seen me so many times waving newspapers and tin lids and blowing at the BBQ to get it glowing that she bought me a special barbecue fan thing. Which was splendid of her. Fair warms the cockles, so it does. Anyroad, behold, a hand-made mexican barbecue fan.

  • Strewth! Sad news if this is true…

    Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin dead.

    I’ve been up since 6 as I was getting eaten alive by mozzies sheltering from the thunderstorm and hungry for European blood. I’ve got bites on me bites and a packed day ahead. My Spanish definitely suffers when I’ve not slept so I hope I don’t sound too foreign at various meetings today. It’s tricky formulating the subjunctive and describing OSCommerce admin when you barely have enough coordination to make a coffee and scratch your elbow at the same time without burning your hand…

    Here’s another video unearthed from YouTube on Saturday. It’s by Mexico’s veteran indie band, Café Tacuba from their Cuatro Caminos album which Monica gave me for Xmas a few years ago. Gorgeous song, and lovely video. Enjoy! *DJ Voice* This one’s dedicated to me missus out there in LaLaLandia, California. Team O… *End of DJ Voice*

    Eres lo que mas quiero en este mundo, eso eres,
    mi pensamiento mas profundo, también eres,
    tan sólo dime lo que hago, aquí me tienes.

    Eres cuando despierto lo primero, eso eres,
    lo que a mi vida le hace falta si no vienes,
    lo único, preciosa, que mi mente habita hoy.

    Qué mas puedo decirte, tal vez puedo mentirte sin razón,
    pero lo que hoy siento es que sin ti estoy muerto,
    pues eres lo que mas quiero en este mundo, eso eres.

    Eres el tiempo que comparto, eso eres,
    lo que la gente promete cuando se quiere
    mi salvación, mi esperanza y mi fe.

    Soy el que quererte quiere como nadie soy,
    el que te llevaría el sustento día a día, día a día,
    el que por ti daría la vida, ese soy.

    Aquí estoy a tu lado y espero aquí sentado hasta el final.
    No te has imaginado lo que por ti he esperado
    pues eres lo que yo amo en este mundo, eso eres,
    cada minuto en lo que pienso, eso eres,
    lo que más cuido en este mundo, eso eres.

  • Stormin’BBQ

    Not quite as many people turned up as planned, but all the more for me’n’jose… And there’s more than enough for an arrachera and salsa themed breakfast in half an hour or so… Did a fair amount of recording last night, am trying to find the best way to embed audio in PF’s Blog. Anyroad, as per usual the night descended into plumbing the depths of YouTube where I chanced upon this totally chingón video of Senser in their prime. All together now, check a check it out, check it out, check it check it out, bring it bring it on, bring on, come on, come on!

    I met the band on a ferry coming back from France when I was 19 or 20 (12 years ago) and shared a few beers with the lot of them. Kerstin Haigh, the female vocalist had just shaved her head… And I can vouch that they’re all lovely folks.

  • Busy, busy, busy

    Make your own cassette at http://www.says-it.com/cassette/index.php
    CassetteIt’s early days (got the gig this morning) and no links work just yet but, check out Guadalajara’s new WaterJet webpage for all your titanium, kevlar and teflon cutting needs. I almost completely buggered up ordering the domain name. I spelt it wrong then had to call the help line to get them to change it to what I meant to put. They were great support, though, especially since it was my fault. Really. If you’re after hosting and domains, you could do a lot worse than Siteground.

    Thanks, Roberta, for adding yerself to the guestmap. Can’t say I share your feelings about L.A. though, but to each their own…

    Tonight, possibly pool. Possibly not. Depends how I get on with various projects… Thought I’d blog summink today just to reassure people about the Hurricane John non-event round these parts. All’s copacetic thanks for asking. And if it does rain, I’ve now rigged up a siphon/hosepipe system on the roof to stop it rotting through and attracting pondlife to the top floors of the house. Righty, back to the chamba (word of the week: Mexican Slang for work, from Chambear to work)