Mexico or, The Alcohol I Drank There

It’s tough coming back from vacation. After a week of doing absolutely nothing but reading, sun bathing, drinking and clubbing, and relaxing, it sucks to get back to doing nothing but working.
I posted a bunch of pics from Mexico to my FB, which can be found here. However, since I am still under the legal age of drinking in the states, I couldn’t post all the pictures or write all the commentary I wanted to.
This blog seems like the perfect place to do it!
We’ll start off with a basic overview of the place.

1. Villa Magna in Nueva Vallarta, Mexico This is the condo where we stayed. It was beach and pool front and amazing. 5 bedrooms and each room had a view of the ocean.

2. View from my room Yup. Took this leaning out of my bedroom window. One of my favorite things about this beach was how you could see the mountains in the distance on either side. The pool was also awesome. It’s all pretty much one depth, just painted to look different. It was also an infinity pool which was awesome.

3. The pool

Yeah, this was a pretty nice place. There were 3 pools between the condos and adjacent hotel. And a little island you could sit on. It got really windy here in the afternoon, though.

One great thing about this vacation was the great restaurants we went to. Each one was outdoors, and each one claimed to have the best margaritas in Vallarta. So we tried them all.

Restaurant #1: Playing it safe with Rum and Coke

This is Fajita Republic and the food was amazing. I wasn't brave enough to try a margarita.

Restaurant #2: Starting off easy with a Strawberry DaiquiriAgain, I didn't try the margaritas but everyone else did. The daiquiri was good, as was the food again.
After we ate the waiter came up and said “Free shots on the house!! How many??”
So Di and I look at each other.
And we promptly raise our hands.
The waiter brings out 4, gives one to me, one to Diana, and one each to Grandma and her Ed.

Shots with the G-ma
Unfortunately, G-ma gave hers away to my dad.
I, however, did not give mine away.

Complete with lime as a chaser
After the shot, I went on to take pictures of me and my mom, me and my dad, me and my cousin, etc…



The shot had nothing to do with the influx of pictures…

Restaurant #3: THE Margarita
When we went to Malecon, we went to a restaurant called PiPi’s, which was known for its maragaritas. Hence:

So we all ordered one.
This is what they brought out.

These margaritas were GINORMOUS! And only $8!

Om nom nom nom
By the end of the meal, Diana had finished hers. The effects are evidenced in the following pictures.

10 pts Diana

After this, we went clubbing here:

which was awesome.
And took drunk pictures like these:

which was awesome.
And the next day worked off the effects of the margaritas, shots of tequila, rum and coke/Corona by looking at views like these:

which was awesome.
Can’t wait to go back.
I have more stories, but not enough time to write about them now. They include drunk 28 year olds from Spain pouring alcohol on their faces, hanging out with 2 guys from Mexico (Diana got to practice her Spanish a lot...), among others. I’ll save those stories for another time.

Name That Thing!

Because there is lots to be done this week since coming back from MEXICO, I don’t have the time quite yet to give you a proper post on the trip.
It’s coming. Don’t worry.

As a holdover, I present to you a new game I made up 5 min ago.

Name That Thing!

Clicky to see the sign in all it’s glory.

This sign was found outside the bathroom in my plane flying from Dulles to Atlanta.

Does the symbol in the middle represent:
a. A microphone
b. A toilet paper roll
c. A glass (whenever it’s full, the bathroom is occupied. Whenever it’s empty, the bathroom is available)
d. A vanity (sink and and mirror)
e. A toilet
f. Other _________________

Thanks, paps.

EXCITING news in the Twi-dom today: thanks to the paparzzi, awesome new set pics from New Moon have been released!! I have many favorites. And mucho commentary.

1. Praise the Lord

which is what it looks like RPattz is doing...

This pic is ah-mazing. I think this captures exactly what Edward is feeling and thinking the moment before he (thinks he's going to) kill himself.

Plus, omg ABS!! But wait...

2. Real or Fake?

Sigh. Most definitely fake.

3. While we're on Rob (ifyaknowwhatimean... )
"Cootchie cootchie coo!!"
Rob/Edward looks so pale here. Kinda like what we was supposed to look like in the first movie. But didn't. Moving on.

4. What decade are you in, KStew??
I know that the 80's are tres in style ahora, but 90's-grunge cut-off shorts?? Ummmm nope. You kinda look like crap.
Back to the set.

5. Whose hand is this???
Seriously. I'm so confused. If it's Kristin, it's bent at a very wrong angle. But it's not Rob's, because it's def not the same color as his chest and it's not effeminate enough way too big in proportion to his body.

6. Bella jumps into Edward, Take 1.
OMG get this spider monkey off me plz.
I'm impressed. KStew is legit in the air. And gotta love Sleepy/Hangover Rob's "Uhhh...whaaaa?" face. And his feet. Because he would clearly be falling over if the guy behind him wasn't holding him up.

7. Bella jumps into Edward, Take 2.
I like big butts and I cannot lie...
10 pts Rob.

8. I feel like this isn't usually how movies are made.

This is a great pic of the bald guy in front.
I'm pretty sure it's not typical that while you're doing a really intense, serious scene to have crowds of people watching, flashing cameras, just being generally distracting. I kinda feel bad for the actors, it must be hard to pretend that no one else is there.
However, if the set was completely closed, we wouldn't have any super awesome pictures...

9. Nice freckles.
Oh CGI dots, way to ruin a great picture.

10. Sigh.
No witty comment for this one. Too perfect.

I SO EXCITE.

Diana is graduated!

This past Thursday and Friday marked my little cousin's graduation!

Isn't she cute?

Whenever this side of the family gets together, awkward and hilarious instances are sure to ensue. This get-together was no different.

1. Ed and his camera

This is a popular occurence at graduations, proms, school plays, and the like. This is Grandma's Ed going to each of the gradutates and taping them saying their name, age, how they know my cousin, life goals and dreams, etc.

This is Diana running to explain to her friends who this strange guy is who is sticking a video camera in their faces.


Here's Ed taking a video of the choir at Baccalaureate.
The choir which Diana is not a member of.
This will be included in the hour and a half long DVD he will distribute to each family, most likely documenting the graduation ceremonies in their entirety.

2. Diana, alone.
During the awards ceremony, the seniors all sat at 2 long tables (there were only 13 seniors) facing the audience. During the choir award, it so happened that everyone at Diana's table was in choir, except for her.
I pointed this out to my mom and aunt, and we started to laugh about it. Then Diana saw us laughing and she started to laugh.
At some point, we all lost control and couldn't stop laughing.
During the choir award.
Which was the longest.speech.ever.
So Diana is trying to turn away so the whole audience doesn't see her laughing, while I'm trying to stop laughing, but can't whenever I look at her still laughing or my aunt and mom crying because they're trying so hard to keep it in.
The speech was probably 10 min. long.
None of us can look at each other, because if we do we know we'll just start hysterical laughing.
Finally, the teacher ends her speech and everyone claps and we just let go.
I love my fam.

3. I love your dress.

4. I present to you Ben Stiller.

New Moon poster released

I’ve finally found time to write up a blog post, however I don’t have Photoshop anymore. Thus, the topic of this blog will be one which only requires photoshopping I can do in Paint little to no photoshopping.

The big buzz in the Twilight world is the release of the

1st Official New Moon poster:

Let’s talk about how this time around, the actors actually look like themselves.

1. Rob looks like Rob, not a creepy dead stalker with lipstick on.

Yeah, in the Twilight poster Edward looks a little more like your traditional vampire being pale and all, but he also looks Photoshopped like crazy and looks nothing like Rob.
PS Thank God Edward isn’t hovering anymore

2. Who the heck is this??

I swear they’re not the same person.
PS Yay you can see both sides of her face!

3. Body language rocks

I love the body language of Rob, Taylor, and Kristen in this poster.

Edward looks dejected and sad, knowing he has to make the decision to leave her but still doesn’t want to. This is what I would picture him looking like if he looked back after leaving Bella stranded in the forest.
(However, the choice of shirt?? Hmm…)
Jacob is so Jacob!! He’s tall, muscular, and angry (like always it seems, when Edward is involved). I think it’s perfect; he’s clearly protective of Bella with is arm guarding her from Edward, and you can see in his balled fist and angry eyes that he’s not happy.
And PS thank the Lord he’s not wearing his wig!!!
Bella…you can see she’s relying on Jacob, with how she’s holding on to him for support, assurance, comfort, etc. Her face is kind of blank though, kind of like "I’m sort of pouting to look cute but sort of to look sad." It kinda makes her look like the "weak human," compared to the supernatural guys she’s with, which is good.

4. Warm color scheme

When the new logo first game out for the movie, a lot of people were upset with the change in the color scheme, however I think it’s great. In Twilight, the dominant colors are green, blue, and gray—the vampires can’t go outside unless they are covered, so the movie is mostly shot in the forest or under a cloudy sky.
In New Moon, Edward is gone and Bella is with Jacob most of the time, who does not have to stay out of the sun at all. Sunny days are not a problem, so I’m sure we’re going to see many more of them in this movie, even if solely as a contrast to the first movie. Also, Bella describes Jacob as her own "personal sun;" he is a naturally happy and warm person, and really helps Bella to feel happy again, thus warming her too. Bella’s time with Jacob really does have a different feel, a different temperature to it, than does her time with Edward. One simple example of this is purely sensory: Edward is very cold to the touch, while Jacob’s body temperature regularly runs in the 100’s.

This poster really makes me excited for the movie and confirms my confidence in Chris Weitz, the director. I think this poster matches the feel of the book perfectly; you see Edward making a decision yet regretting it. You see Jacob very protective of Bella and angry when Edward comes back in the picture. You see Bella clinging to the only thing she has left, but you can see in her eyes that she’s still not happy.

and PS...