YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE THIS!

 When one's bored, one tends to surf the net or you tube. I came across this one by mistake. I was shocked and amused at the same time. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-97TuwKoKk

FUN MUSIC: MALAGUENA SALEROSA

 Once upon a time, Joel, my best friend and significant other, sang this to me one night at Mi Tierra. I had no idea what was coming. He motioned for the Mariachis to come over. He spoke to them and they started playing. Joel, romantic Joel, took my hands and started to sing to me. He was not much of a singer, but he swept me off my feet. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31OWzqItCIw

MORE MOVIE/TV QUOTES

Stop trying to make fetch happen!

The Flying Fickle Finger Of Fate.

Our new lace foundation garment, zip up the back and no bows.

Who is that dangerously unbalanced woman?

Do that honey!

INTRODUCTION TO GREEK

 I did a lot of things in the '60s. I think I was the only one in the barrio that watched PBS. I mentioned earlier that I was doing yoga before it went big.

I liked Sundays because they would show episodes of Greek life, statues, and mythology. And Eva bought me a children's series of literature that included a lot of Greek mythology.

So, fast forward to college. I took a world literature course that concentrated a lot on Greek mythology. All those PBS episodes came in handy. 

I grew up watching Steve Reeves films. He was a former bodybuilder turned actor who did a lot of Greek mythological-themed films.

I love watching newer versions of Greek mythologies and am usually aghast because they do not follow the classics. I did enjoy The Odyssey with Armand Assante. Also, there was a Helen of Troy mini-series that followed The Iliad. 

I still have a copy of Mythology by Edith Hamilton which is the standard version.

I just wish I would have picked up Greek. 

PESETA-NOT THE OLD SPANISH DOLLAR

 Peseta has several meanings. old  Spanish money, also the name for a quarter in the barrio.

Drum Roll:  A different meaning in the Barrio, Peseta is a person who is stuck up, obnoxious, person. It can be used in other instances to sarcastically talk about something, usually haughtily and with a sneer and a nod in the direction and stressing the 'A' at the end. 

Some of you have seen moi on good days or bad.  Most of you have seen the gregarious moi. I really don't do this much anymore, but  I am quite the Peseta. 

Eva called me Peseta when we were out shopping and I picked up a can of sensitive skin shaving cream. Que Peseta!

Another time we were at lunch and After the Loving played on the juke. I started to sing to her and I touched her tenderly. Que Peseta.

I don't know where it came from, but Debra's mother-in-law, Betty, called me Peseta. Everybody who knows me know that I do not celebrate anything, except Eva's Birthday. So she would always send me a Peseta Plateful of food at holidays. She was another fabulous person in my life. 

There are more examples. Almost everybody calls me Peseta, but lovingly. 

PESETA OUT!!!

POTENTIAL BOYFRIEND, PABLO

 Back in maybe 2002, I saw that my relationship was doomed. I knew he had an affair with a couple. Women's intuition. So what did I do? Hit the internet for someone. 

One guy caught my attention. Pablo was a San Antonian and we had a semi-fling. We had everything in common. He could make me laugh and we talked about San Antonio.

We laughed at quinceaneras and weddings and the traditions that came with them. We knew all about Mexican history and we quizzed each other. These occasions had their unique idiosyncrasies. We found the songs hilarious. 

Example 1-Reasons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qz_b1di3i8

And of course Europa:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCAeDIF2svc

We've all heard them. They make up the tradition that are forever embedded in our minds.

I was still into Mexican history and we both knew the same characters. It was uncanny how much we had in common. We were supposed to meet in 2001, but it never happened. 

Unfortunately, we lost track of each other.

REX REED-FIRST GAY HERO.

 I was pompous and arrogant way back in the '60s. I knew I was a snob way back then. And I haven't changed at all. 

I loved films as you're well aware. Rex Reed is a movie critic I first came across back then. It was Eva who noticed his views were the same as mine. 

Rex is from Texas of all places and he's articulate and intelligent. He too did not have an accent. And of course, he is a Friend of Dorothy. Plus I thought him handsome. Here he is on The Dick Cavett Show. Notice his accent. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwT4iJCK2B4

 

ELECTRIC DREAMS

  There are so many great films not available anywhere. I've checked Netflix and I've checked libraries, but they're nowhere. I sometimes wonder if I really saw them. 

Here's a fun one from 1984. Interesting plot and it has Lenny von Dohlen, who was in a little Indie film about a girl with teeth in her lady parts. Also, a little of hottie Maxwell Caulflied. He is drop dead gorgeous.

https://www.youtub.com/watch?v=JhjyTE0f6tY

ENJOY

WAIT!!! I found this trailer for TEETH. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLD9-VvkacM

FUN MUSIC

There is a lot of music that defines me. This is one I would love played in my honor. Another Joel song, we loved this song and he would always request it when we were clubbing. And Honey, we dance the night away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZVpR3Pk-r8

Gurl, put on your dancing shoes. 

YOU KNOW YOU'RE GAY IF...

 Before we had gaydar, we had musicals! For obvious reasons, gays love musicals. We know songs and dialogue. Here are some:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rYXxK8e

Part Two:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gDVfjj1Wa4

Part Three:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHDwSPUp0AQ

A fun one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQE2ycuoyM0

Another fun one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziA1TGNXktY