but that’s not stopped us chilling with Olga and co. and being treated to a slap up meal at Sacromonte last night, and breakfast at cafe Azteca this morning. Ronaldo and me had a wander round the centre and Chapultepec this morning I snapped a few shots of the centre then went chasing bouncing cheques. again. A nice morning all in all, though I was knackered by the end of it and had a meeting about the jewellery site this avo. I’m wondering if I’m in a secure enough mental state to watch 28 weeks later/ Exterminio 2 later on…

I’ve almost finished on the cirugia plastica site and Dr. Hector gave me a bottle of San Matias Anejo Reserva tequila to celebrate which was a very nice gesture. A smoother tequila I’ve not tasted and much better than free liposuction. Though, come to think of it, maybe there’s surgery they can do to help you pronounce RRs better in español. I’ll ask me dentist.

Thanks to Monica, Annelise, Kristen, Mike, Vanessa and anyone else I’m playing scrabble with on FaceBook. It’s well entertaining. I promise I’m not cheating, I’ve just been very lucky with the tiles. Except in the game I’m about to lose to Claire… where it’s been raining vowels for the last 10 moves… Mustn’t grumble.

Grumble.

…that we´re leaving at the end of October. That´s basically 8 weeks away, a veritable bummer. Still, absence makes the heart grow fonder and all that. Anyone interested in renting a very nice house, in sleepy Colonia Ladrón de Guevara? We´ll be back. Oh yes. I´m going to subscribe to Orbitz´s price alerts and any time a return flight from Oakland, California dips below a hundred bucks each way I´m coming back for tacos al pastor and a Pueblo Viejo…

Lots going on this week… meetings galore, restauranting tonight with one of Sita´s dissertation advisors, Wednesday possibly the cinema- 2 x 1 night, Paris Je T´aime, Thursday catching up with Aldo who´s back from Brazil, Friday not sure, and Saturday it´s the 4th annual Pocilgafest, invite only… If today´s cheque clears okay, I´ll also be booking myself in for as much dentistry as me teeth can handle before crossing the border back to the land of perfect smiles…

Have a video from the ´tube of one of me favourite bands, Black Box Recorder. All these years and I´d never seen one of their videos. I´ve made up for that now.

Also, new bits on me blog: A link to google translate which is probably going away very soon since it can’t handle me English. Also, below my recently commented photos there’s links to photos I’ve commented on. All very exciting I’m sure you’ll agree. That’s all for now. Cheers!

Thanks to Flickr, and specifically El Charro Negro, we heard about a mariachi competition in the centre yesterday and arranged to meet up in La Fuente to go and see the spectacle. It fully lived up to expectations. Each band came and played just one song and then wandered off. Groups came from all over Mexico and most wore the traditional local dress. I still haven’t got the hang of the settings on me camera. Sachiel pointed out that the ISO’s too high on most, I didn’t even know how to change it. Still I’m extremely happy with me zoom lense. Well, the set’s over at Flickr and here are some faves, that will probably end up in the photoblog…

It’s about 15 blocks away and I noticed that although ‘Cus travels forward in a straight line, he’s at an angle of about 15 degrees as he moves. I think it’s time to get his legs realigned. He’s certainly done a fair bit of mileage in the last 6 months or so.

Only 200 pesos to returf the lawn apparently…

There´s this here jewellery site which is a few 100 lines of PHP away from completion. Another work in progress for cosmetic surgery. A translation of a film script, rehoming a domain, Signo Tequila is also in its infancy. And that’s not counting walking the dog, paying rent, cooking up burgers, chasing bouncing cheques, calling landlords and a fair bit of scrabble.

Tis going to be a busy day tomorrow.

…is a nice way to see what people you´d lost touch with are up to and also an alternative scrabble interface. But it´s best when you go to the recently updated bit and see gems like this:

“Monica added “shoes” to her interests.”

Maybe you had to be there…

Despite the neglected state of the film reviews box on this site, we´ve seen a fair few lately. The Simpsons is just like a 90 minute Simpsons episode with slightly more CGI of Springfield (4 stars), but today we saw one of the best comedies I´ve seen in years, Knocked Up. Brilliant it is. There. That´s my review. 5 shining comedic stars.

While we´re on the subject though, Next was perfectly fine aeroplane viewing. The Queen was awful. Awful awful. I was trying to work out who was the most odious character. Sita reckons the Duke of Edinburgh, but I´m still torn between Cheri and the Grieving British Public. I´m glad I missed the aftermath of all that 10 years ago, as two days after she popped her clogs, I was flying to Guadalajara…

Team America: World Police has moments of genius. Idiocracy: nice premise, shame about the film. Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol is a) not as funny as it was when I was 12 and b) really does not do well dubbed into Spanish (Loca Academia de Policía IV) especially the sound effects bloke and Bobcat Boldthwait… Still such are the delights basic cable has to offer at 5 am on Thursday mornings…

…sounds a lot like Lilly Allen, but that´s not necessarily a bad thing:

Martin, Ana´s bloke has been here for the last month or so and today sees him heading back to Belgium. It´s been grand having him around and not just because he bowls as badly as I do… Don´t be afraid to leave comments, Sr. Devos 🙂

In other news, this video is painfully funny and comes from Sita via Notorious Fig…