stuff half my ancestors like.

hi friend.
it's been a busy monday.

luckily, all the negatives and stupid events that could get you down have been vastly overshadowed by a few new fascinations.

1. disturbia. i just saw this movie over the weekend. i put it off for a long time, mainly because many of my students highly recommended it. these are also the people who raved about "the hills have eyes 2" and are clamoring to see "step up 2 the streets." word. nevertheless, i caved and spent part of the weekend savoring teen angst, romance, and sketchy voyeurism all set to an equally angst-ridden alternative soundtrack. my roommate can attest to the fact that i was squealing at the tv while curled up in our armchair, and peering through my fingers (and a haze of tangible fear) at our tiny screen. i simultaneously hate and love scary movies. i love the idea of them but hate the actual "being scared" part of watching. when i'm at my parents house, if we watch something scary, i will literally refuse to enter my bedroom until my father has gone in and closed the blinds. no joke. i can't watch a scary movie without talking myself through it for fear of a self-induced heart attack. and yet i totally buy into the appeal of being terrified. am i alone in this? to sum it up, i was pleasantly surprised and entirely mortified at disturbia--and i as much as it pains me to say, i have a new respect (and secret love) for shia lebouf.

2. things white people like. i discovered the amazingness thanks to a co-worker on friday and spent the better part of friday night barking questions like "how often do you wear t-shirts?!" and "do you like bottled water/A Tribe Called Quest/Mos Def?" to my bewildered white colleagues while downing glass after glass of wine at happy hour. Take a moment and check out the website that has taken my precarious half-mexicanness by storm and brought back to the surface painful memories of my very own childhood identity crisis. Which, according to my new fave site, makes me pretty darn white. Just in the past few days, they've added the #85 thing that white people like: "The Wire." it's true. all the white people i know love The Wire. drop me a line if you're a white person who doesn't like it.

3. guava paste. it's AMAZING. much like the above link. i've been eating it on crackers, in pastries (that i made MYSELF. keep in mind, it's an accomplishment when i successfully make toast.), on bread, plain...does this make me less white and more mexican? white people don't really eat guava right? if it helps, i also often eat tortillas, enjoy margaritas and an occasional enchilada, spent a summer in oaxaca, was sometimes called "media mexicana" by my good friend maria in grad school, and i used the word "si" today when speaking to a student.