Mexico City Journal: from the first few days

Jun 03, 2009 10:37



Mexico City Journal
Here are my pictures from the first few days.

Lots of pictures... )

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olamina June 3 2009, 17:51:22 UTC
cool. how much longer are you staying down there?
what are you up to most days?

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uberdionysus June 8 2009, 06:25:46 UTC
Not sure how much longer I'm staying. On the weekdays we generally get to F's office around noon and work 'til around 7. Part of the time is spent playing Xbox, since work is slow right now (but not for me). And then half of the week we go to jujitsu/Thai kickboxing for an hour or two, and then we eat out, or F and his girlfriend and a few others will play dominoes or Texas hold em or some other game. Weekends are just fun.

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olamina June 8 2009, 07:08:35 UTC
nice. sounds like a "let it ride" situation.
keep us posted!

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xchimx June 3 2009, 17:54:18 UTC
"Also: on his arm were upside crosses."

With the exception of Black Metal album covers, upside down crosses are a symbol for St. Peter in Christianity, because he was crucified upside down.

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uberdionysus June 3 2009, 18:30:42 UTC
Just looked it up. It's St. Jude, not Judas. Makes sense that he's a patron saint of the disadvantaged and desperate (and, of course, those caught up in the drug trade). And the horn on his head was a crude flame. Actually, I remember seeing I nice version of him here in Mexico and I noticed the similarities but forgot to check on them.

"St. Jude Thaddeus is invoked in desperate siuations because his New Testament letter stresses that the faithful should persevere in the environment of harsh, difficult circumstances, just as their forefathers had done before them. Therefore, he is the patron saint of desperate cases. (The epithet is also commonly rendered as "patron saint of lost causes".) However, there is another reckoning to this epithet. Many Christians have mistakenly reckoned him as Judas Iscariot and thus avoided veneration. Therefore he was also called the "Forgotten Saint". Because veneration was avoided, only people in the most desperate circumstances would call upon him."

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mengus June 3 2009, 23:30:46 UTC
Awesome.

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uberdionysus June 8 2009, 06:26:09 UTC
It is, dude. Really kick ass.

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jakapak June 6 2009, 04:38:02 UTC
I don't know if they did it in New York, but in L.A. there were definitely people around wearing swine flu masks- I even saw one yesterday :/

Did you take advantage of the airline complimentary drinks?? Though by the look of your meal, it might have been too early..

I want to go to Mexico!!! Dammit.

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uberdionysus June 8 2009, 06:26:50 UTC
No one is wearing masks here anymore, which is nice. And yeah, it was too early for a drink.

Come to Mexico!!

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