Tuesday, March 13, 2007

• bay kay she own ness

  Way back in the way back, I worked in a Mexican food, cafeteria style restaurant.  I was one of the few non-Mexicans that worked there.  I did not enjoy managing a restaurant, but I very much enjoyed working with the people and becoming learned in the culture.  I learned two things from las mexicanas (besides how to say "the mexicanas" in spanish ) that I shall remember all my life.

  1)  I learned to love the music of Selena y Los Dinos.  Esequiel (pronounced ess-see-kel. Isn't that a great name?  Ezekiel in Spanish, I guess), my good friend from those days demanded on one occasion that I accompany him to a small night club in Houston.  There I got to see Selena perform.  This was in 1990 or thereabouts.  Even though I was the only Americano in the place, and I could understand only minimally what she was singing about, I fell in love.  She was such a gifted performer. She just drew you in and sold the song to you.  I went again to see her about a year later.  Each time the place was packed with about 500 people that were also crazy in love with her.  I've never, ever seen anyone command an audience like her. In February 1995, she filled up the Astrodome, too...but I got to see her twice when she was still playing nightclubs (chalk up another on your growing list of why it's cool to be me).

  Over-dubbed with three of her best recordings, this is actual video from her last concert in the Astrodome (almost exactly 12 years ago).  I encourage patience as the video begins and ends with excerpts from "My Heart Will Go On" *rolls eyes* 

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  2) The second most important thing I learned from the great people of Mexico is how to say "vacation". *see the title of this glorious post of glory* 

  So that's really all I'm thinking about.  Brother, I am short-timing today.  Soon I will depart for the Medina River, deep in the heart of Texas.             

   

  I will be
  away
  from the
  things of man including
  any and all internets

   

   

   

  

   

   

   

   

   I shall miss you,
  but I plan to spend
  most of my days
  not missing you
  I'm sure you understand

   

   

   

   

  I shall spend almost all daylight hours sitting on this porch reading books.

  

  

   

  <==These people
  will not be there
  but I might
  

  depending on
  the weather

   

  

   

  
  I
  shall
  be
  this==>
  happy

   

   

   

  I'll be back Sunday night...or never...Monday morning at the latest...unless it's never...

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