life: GREAT DAY AT THE LIFE CAFE AVEC MI HERMANA A'JA

well, my mom went out of town for the weekend and left my sister and i to paint the town BLACK (red is too cliche)! so, we are both crazy RENTHEADS and one day while roaming around the city, i stumbled upon the LIFE CAFE on AVENUE B; i promised A'JA i'd take her.

FRESH OUT THE BOX, SUN!


my sis caught me laughing at something; i don't know.


the SLAMMIN wings we had a la LIFE CAFE



some RENT stuff en la LIFE CAFE



thank you JONATHAN LARSON :)


the JONATHAN LARSON BENCH where we sat :)

after a great dinner, we decided to end the night right with a little PINKBERRY

A'JA


moii

funny: TWEETER or TWATTER. you chose!

exactly why i love joe jonas.

:)

broadway: MR. SONDHEIM, i think we have a hat (a LATIN hat)

his shirt says "MR. WRITE." you get it? mr. WRITE!! hahahaha

i first saw IN THE HEIGHTS, last year for my friend TIYA's birthday. i had loved LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA previous to that, but seeing him perform live made him seem more amazing, if possible. he raps (FREESTYLES - like REALLY freestyles. off the dome), he sings, composes, performs, he's funny and he even dances a little. he's GREAT!

anyways, at the 2008 TONY awards, when giving his acceptance speech (which he RAPPED), he began to freestyle and made reference to the great STEPHEN SONDHEIM: “Mr. Sondheim, look, I made a hat where there never was a hat, and it’s a Latin hat at that!” ... true broadway fans understand (look it up.)


his acceptance speech


song about ALEXANDER HAMILTON



photo credit: NAHJ.ORG

life: PRINCE is in the air

so, i’m sitting at my desk trying to find a thesis for my last english essay when my friend JADELLE frantically called me, telling me that PRINCE (yes, PRINCE) was supposedly at the VILLAGE UNDERGROUND. i sat here in my jammies not knowing what to do; i thought that if i got dressed and went, i’d end up missing him and i didn’t want to do that. then, i find out that they livestream their performances online, so, JADELLE and i decided to watch that, instead. there were people singing. they were good, BUT it wasn’t PRINCE. so, i waited and waited - i was getting antsy. then, the people who were performing started talking to him about how he changed their life and things like that. i thought he would then get on stage, but he did. however, i had hope… people continued singing (but by now i wasn’t watching i was just listening) and a lady said “you should put your camera away and feel the music.” but when i was watching no one had a camera out. so, i went to see what she was talking about. i see a lot of cameras and flashes, but it didn’t dawn on me, until i see this shorter light-skinned man in the background playing a guitar… REALLY?! can it be?! yes. yes is was. the one and only PRINCE. i called JADELLE back hyperventilating to tell her he was on stage.

to make an already long story short, he played the guitar for about 10 minutes (the BEST 10 minutes of my life). now, i am highly upset with myself for not going. i could have made it. BUT i got to see PRINCE in real time on a livestream.

i love this pic... "WHAT?!" haha

good day, trans.

photo credit: PEOPLE.COM

sounds: UK STAND UP!

i was PANDORA, listening to my PRINCE radio, and this artist that my madre put me on to when i was just a little lad came up... OMAR. he a UK based artist with a mean soul feel. then, i just went on an OMAR rampage and listened to all his songs that i love... i thought i'd share them with you guys...

just a few of my favorito OMAR tunes...