I was thinking yesterday of how I don't think I've ever watched Daria in English. And like, I'm not sure if I want to? That dubbing was a master piece - it managed to be contemporary, hip and faithful to the characters while translating suburban US English into neutral latinamerican Spanish. Apart from the first Shrek, very few things manage to ( Read more... )

I don't get why cayenne pepper is considered Mexican? Like, I've never had any Mexican food with cayenne pepper in it, hell, I've never cooked anything with cayenne pepper in it myself, because I've never been able to find it in any supermarket. And that's probably as far away as possible as you can get as being 'native' to a country ( Read more... )

So, I watched Savages, and I'm not quite sure what to think of it. On the one hand, I did like it, and it was well made and stuff. On the other hand, it trivializes the very, very real issue of drug traffic in Mexico, and makes it all about a bunch of hippie white people with Hearts of Gold© and Good Intentions ( Read more... )

So I managed to convince the boy to watch an episode of Game of Thrones. I'm not quite sure but I think he's already finished the first series? After like two days, lol. this morning he texted saying 'good morning khaleesi'. Am ridiculously proud ( Read more... )

Common mistakes about Mexican terms:

It's not tamale. It's tamal, in singular, and tamales in plural.

It's not Montezuma. It's Moctezuma, and it's pretty damn offensive that people repeatedly spell that wrong. No one has ever written Queen Victorria, or something, have they? It's not like it's even the hardest pre-hispanic name to say. (that's ( Read more... )

Oh god I HATE it when Spanish people write Méjico. Yes, that's how it's pronounced. No, that doesn't mean you can call it that. The country is called México and you should spell it like that because the excuse that spelling changes with language is bullshit when we're still talking about the same common language. People would go frothy at the mouth ( Read more... )

It was 37C today. I was wearing a skirt and sitting on a plastic chair; I was so sweaty I was SLIDING off that shit.

Maybe this is why I like the rain so much? Because it's such a relief from the blistering heat, and it's so cool and refreshing and the wet earth smells so nice and it's a lovely thing to have at evenings or night and watch it from ( Read more... )

It sort of bothers me when people use the word 'fiesta' as an ~exotic~ word, meaning piñatas or whatever. A fiesta is just a party, any party, all parties, not just nachos and salsa dip or whatever dim people think Mexican cuisine is all about. Bah.

You know what hurt my little patriotic heart? Seeing an Explorer Dora 'fiesta' doll. man, that was

To be honest I'm quite worried about the influenza outbreak in Mexico City - apparently there hasn't been any (or that many, in any case) cases outside the capital, and just a couple of relatives are there, but still, it's gotten so BIG now, wow, it's all over the news in here... Classes have been suspended until May 6 (!) and I just got an e-mail ( Read more... )

I just watched LAST week's Bones, because I'm a procrastinator like that, and the ending made me SQUEE LIKE A WILD THING. OH MY HEART. THOSE TWO. ALSDJFASLJF. ♥

And that's as happy as this post goes, because I'm still shocked and sad and furious over the 'terrorist' attacks in Morelia on the 15th. Finger quotes, because it's obvious to everyone it ( Read more... )