FOUR HUNDRED FOURTEEN

SONG OF THE DAY #414
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Return of the Mack
by Mark Morrison

THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE

SONG OF THE DAY #371
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Monster
by Kanye West featuring Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver, and Nicki Minaj

Got up, took a shower, and drove to Pembroke Pines to spend the day with Tia Mari. Saw Martica, went to a French place, and then went home to watch the first episode of Castle. Shortly after I darted to FIU to pick up the tickets for tonight, and then drove to Adrian's to pick him up. Went to Sunset for the advance Hangover Part II screening, where we met up with Matt Gomez, lobbyist and newfound member of the Green movement. Part II was almost exactly the same as the first, and slightly more ridiculous, lol. Drove back to Adrian's after, watched the rest of the Heat game (the one that went into OT), and ate some frijoles al gabinete c/o Espinosa, after scavenging the burnt pieces of cake left on Chachi's wax paper. Left a little while after, came home, and, if I remember correctly, went to bed.

THREE HUNDRED FIFTY

SONG OF THE DAY #350
Tuesday May 3rd, 2011
Deuces
by Chris Brown & Tyga

This song isn't about the women in my life. I'd just like to clarify that to the 1.5 people that might ever read this and misinterpret.

I woke up this morning and did nothing for a little while. It was almost 10. I went back to sleep and got up two hours later, for rillz. I got up to watch John Adams, episode 1, play a little Portal 2, and watch Castle with le Pops. I can't remember in what order. Talkin to Victor, we decided to meet up for some coffee at the Double D. So I left Portal, took a shower, and got ready to go. Biked to the Dn'D and hung out for a few hours. It was all very French. We talked about love and life, and film, which are really the only important things in the world. It was already 8 when I came home, at which point I left again, to go see Ata at El Rinconcito Latino. I met my cousin there, who turned out to be the most adorable human being on the planet. Came home again and talked to Susi and Mileini, and planned for tomorrow. Ah, adolescent evils... Finally washed the dishes and went to bed.

THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN

SONG OF THE DAY #337
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Ego (feat. Kanye West)
by Beyoncé

Above the influence on 4/20.
This morning I woke up and rushed to write my index cards for the green roof presentation. Took a shower, got ready, and ironically put on the "Fancy Me" shirt, forgetting I was actually supposed to dress the part for presenting. Business attire, damnit. Not funny get-up, shorts and sneakers. Nevertheless, the presentation went off without a hitch, and we finished up Ecology perfectly. I'm hopeful; all I have to do is some of the extra credit and I think I'll get by fine. Hopefully I'll have time to! Came home after class to a recovering Mami, and I started watching Woody Allen's Match Point, which I checked out of the film library almost two weeks ago. Lol I'm such a disaster. Those things are due within the week. Anyway, I stopped it halfway through to go pick up some food, and on the flip, put on Food, Inc. while eating, to set a nice little tone. Stopped it eventually about halfway through, when something came up, and Ma had to finish doing some things around the house. I helped a little, but realistically how much can you expect? She went to pick up Jessie soon after, and I stayed behind adding to my library and putting off washing dishes (which I eventually got to). OH! I FIXED THE PS3! Do I know how? Not a clue. But The West Wing came out and I shipped it back to Netflix without a single wink. Later, went grocery shopping for the materials I needed for tomorrow's French Potluck. Mom freaked out about EVERY GROCERY PRODUCT after watching Food, Inc. and walking around Winn-Dixie.
-"Read the Ham! There's nothing pure here. We're all going to die."
-"Calm down. Look, this is honey. It's pure." [Ingredients: Honey]
I put Match Point back on when I got home, as Pops made some crepes. I learned how to make them, kind-of, but was more interested in Scarlett Johansson than in thin pancakes. I don't know why. Long story short, the crepes turned out great and the film was pretty damn ingenious. Aw, hell-- I loved it. I have to give it up to my boy. Cut up and washed some strawberries afterwards, and then retired to the room to check some email and wander about. Ended the night updating The Sound for the past couple days, and am hitting the sack at around 1. Nite, y'all. Watch that film.

THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN

SONG OF THE DAY #327
Sunday April 10, 2011
Magic [Feat. Rivers Cuomo]
by B.o.B.

Today we all got in the Mustang and the CAC Bus and headed to South Beach. Of course we didn't find parking and ended up on North Beach, which was just as great. More chill, actually. Beach all day. Itito, Itita, Barbarita, Luis, Mami, Papi, Jessie y yo. Zulema found us on a whim. Napped in the car and on the sand, water. David Bisbal! Haha
Ensalada de Pasta, Sandwiches, naps and water make for a very awesome chill day. Seriously, today was great.

THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX

SONG OF THE DAY #326
Saturday April 9, 2011
It Was A Good Day
by Ice Cube

It smells really nice where I'm sitting right now. Gardenia I think.. It's in my living room.

Today I woke up early and got to work early after having eaten breakfast and everything... Ladies and Gentlemen, he is growing up. Floated around, like the ushe, but spent most of the day in MP3s... Had me a good time with Ferd and Helen. After work Alfred, Ferd and I went over to Publix to buy a cake, some croquetas, and sad animal-shaped plates for Vinnie's last day at the 553. Most of the croquetas disappeared... hm.... *brushes off crumbs*
Came home to watch the West Wing and update the Sound some, and then stayed home doing exactly that whilst the 'rents got home from los mandados. They brought back dinner, which I requested to be some delicious (might I add) Veggie burgers. Oh yes, folks. He likes the veg. Watched some more of the West Wing until the disc finished, at which point I focused all my energy on The Sound work, forgetting about tomorrow's 7AM meeting at the Buy and my Video project due this Tuesday. Ayayay! Going to bed now. 12AM. Biked to work in the AM and biked home. Get the chronic here.

THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE

SONG OF THE DAY #323
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Rocketeer (feat. Ryan Tedder)
by Far East Movement

Missed class for the first presentations in Ecology;
Doctor's Appt w/ Peter from 2 to 5, basically
Talked to Mileini, and while she was writing some spanish and being sick I decided whether or not to go to the Up-Roar concert at FIU. I decided to go, since Kharla had the camera and I needed it back, and since I was bored at home and wanted to know who Far East Movement was.
Pulled a hang-out with Isy, Sam and Oscar, who were unbelievably sardonic, as usual, and then rode off to the concert on the other side of campus. Parked outside the soccer field and got in to meet Kharla in the front, by the barricades. Saw Far East Movement, thought they were the Asian equivalent of LMFAO, and liked it, surprisingly. Honestly, who doesn't love a bunch of American Asians jumping around and rappin' and shiz? No one. Met up with Jaif and her gang of misfits after they performed, and watched one FloRida and headed home. He was boring.
Get today's Jam here, and look them up! It's actually decent party music. I'm surprised that after Biggie they still made this genre.

THREE HUNDRED TWENTY

SONG OF THE DAY #320
Sunday April 3, 2011
Can't Touch This
by MC Hammer

Got up in the AM to everyone getting ready to leave for the "surprise" 90th B-Day party for Tia Celina. So, naturally, I got up and got in the shower. Got ready, got criticized, then got dressed again and headed out as some people were taking a second look at the house. Itito stayed and we took my car. Abuela Marta y nosotros 4 con Papi manejando. Got there and not only was it in no way a surprise party, but also a 20th Wedding Anniversary for people that got married in July of 1991. It's April. The 90th birthday was a few months ago. [Brain Explodes]
It was pretty fun, though the DJ had about 7 songs in his repertoire, and he repeated most of them several times. Really, "Elegant Banquet Hall" in Hialeah? Really? I guess so. Discovered that Cousin Ricky is a beast dancing straight-up FUNK, and that my sister responds to those who ignore and insult her (i.e. me). I fear for that girl's unfortunate future. Came home and put the video on my computer (Papi ofreció regalarles el video, y con mi cámara y unos sueños se convirtió en un videógrafo de mucho merito, actualmente sirviendo a el sur de la Florida), and installed Diego's iLife '11. Woohoo! Now I have iDVD and just about everything else (even though, for a fact, I know I'll never use more than that and Garage Band, which looks crazy). Ate Ac/H.F. with some fricasée de pollo, and watched Manhattan Murder Mystery with mah Moms while helping my dad upload pics to fb. Finally at night, as everyone else went to bed, I stayed up fixing The Sound's last couple of days, incessantly trying to make available the two songs from the other day available to my reader(s). It's very important that you hear the right version. Don't ask me why. Going to get some water and maybe a pickle, and going to bed. It was eventful.

THREE HUNDRED

SONG OF THE DAY #300
Monday, March 14th, 2011
Go Your Own Way
by Fleetwood Mac

Got up and slummed it for a while. Mami y Papi salieron a hacer mandados y me dejaron a la Jessie. Itito came con Luís while I was in the shower, y salí listo precisamente cuando llegaban de regreso. [Mileini, ¿no sabías que este era un blog bilingüe?] I headed out to MIFF HQ, now back at MDC, at around 1. Got there @ 2:15. It was a strange feeling, seeing everyone make final changes and pack up in slight. MIFF 11 kind of changed my life, and now everyone's starting new chapters in theirs. It's very probable that I was the one most affected person out of all of us coming out of this. I was the newest to the film world, and now I have to deal with the fact that what I used to settle for in terms of doing something with my time isn't going to be the standard anymore. I can't just sit around slumming it at Best Buy after having done the festival. Like it or not my mind already started moving on to the next big thing, and honestly, I don't really have a clear picture of what it is. Got my yearbook signed by the rest of the staff; now I'm only missing Marketing and Jaie. Wednesday's the wrap party. Wednesday's the wrap party.
Dropped Elena off at the Airport, 2nd time. Vivian's B-Day, Annie's kids, more chocolate, Craig's goodbye. Copied a ton of screeners and brought them home, hung out with Andres and Sarah after everyone left the office. Literally everyone was in the programming office-- well, except for Maria, the special projects lady. That SLUTTT~ hahah
G-ddammit, I'll never forget this.
Came home and left to pick up J-Dawg with Mami y Papi [Mileini, ¿no sabías que mis padres se llaman así?] and hung out with baby Ashley-- the most incredibly adorable creature on the face of the earth. Mileini refuses to procreate. Eh, what are you gonna do? Came home, finally, and watched an episode of Skins. Things settled in, and I put on the Orphanage.
Me-¿Quieres ver una pelicula que produjo mi amiga Elena?
Dad-Dale, a ver...
20 minutes later.
Dad-Está intrigosa esta película...
20 minutes later.
Dad-Hace RATO hubiece salido de esa casa. ¡Nombre no!
20 minutes later.
Dad-¡Ay, cojones!
The severity of this progressed throughout the rest of the film. La verdad es que estaba de a cojón... Talking to Anita while watching it, hehe. Oh, and one last thing: a facebook message made my heart explode into T-Pain. "You minx," I thought to myself, as a giddy smile appeared on my face.

MIDNIGHT BONUS TRACK:
Bartender (feat. Akon)
by T-Pain

TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN

SONG OF THE DAY #277
Saturday, February 19th, 2011
Drop It Low
by Ester Dean & Chris Brown

Work 9:30-4, floater. Time passed by very fast.
Home to change/Itita's for Gustavo's and Dale's B-Days
Drove pops home
music and sorting though voice memos
new music! woot

TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT

SONG OF THE DAY #228
Saturday, January 1st, 2011
Danza Kuduro
by Don Omar & Lucenzo

DALE!

January 2, 2011, 5:27 AM: This morning I woke up at four. I saw two Castle episodes and took a shower. I went to Wendy's and got crunk. Explain more in depth in the morning. Er, I mean... Wutevs.

TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR

SONG OF THE DAY #224
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
Things
by Frightened Rabbit

Midnight Track:
Roman's Revenge (featuring Eminem)
by Nicki Minaj

Letter for pops
Wenderz at the beach pizza and explorin', then attempted ice skating. Timing failed, went to coco walk with Wendy T, Evy and Grace. Drank Starbucks and watched The King's Speech, followed by explorin' about an abandoned FIU-- off-road action ensues.

TWO HUNDRED NINETEEN

SONG OF THE DAY #219
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
This Is How We Do It
by Montell Jordan
and
The Christmas Song
by Tim Reynolds

Went straight to MIFF after the last day of Camp! Ayo is responsible for the first jam. Hung out with Susi after coming home from the end of my first week at work. Went to Lincoln and to the beach, then down to Washington and up Española. Came home, ktfo. All I heard of the second song was a snippet on a radio station somewhere, but it felt like what sitting on the beach at night did. It was somewhat familiar, and I found out afterwards it was a christmas song. That's not weird, is it? Sets the mood for the night and helps ring in the season! Not really, but it's alright. They're both good.

TWO HUNDRED FOUR

SONG OF THE DAY #204
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
Ignition (Remix)
by R. Kelly

Spent my morning 20 watching Jimmy Fallon videos featuring R. Kelly and the Roots. Spent the morning revising everything for creative writing, then went to turn it in and hung out some with Ruth before going to work at 4. Took home Inception with mah sto' credit! Wut wuut... Came home, and at midnight Ignition is stuck in my head. It was between R. Kelly and the Jacuzzi Boys, honoring my last day of creative writing. Last day of Fall 2010 finals, for that matter! Now I can finally breathe (and shave)! Internship app time-- shit just got serious.

TWO HUNDRED THREE

SONG OF THE DAY #203
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
Shame on a N***a
by Wu-Tang Clan

This is the first time I've repeated a song from a previous post. I guess after two hundred originals my record isn't that bad. I chose it only because I saw a Hummingbird get knocked the fuck out and I thought of this song immediately. I'd never seen one so up close, or standing still. I saw its wings exteded without moving. It was incredible. And it lived! In other news, I think my dog is sick. How do you know if it's a cold or if he's choking?
Spent the day working on my film journals and then came home to watch Castle and knock out.
Tomorrow: finishing CRW revisions and going to work.

ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY

SONG OF THE DAY #180
Sunday, November 14th, 2010
La Magia De Ochun
by Albita
Work 10-3 with Elo! Took the Meet Bill sleeve, then went home to chioll. Winn-Dixie OCD is hysterical! Spent the time arranging cheese and buying bread, and laughing. Went back home after to sap with Aniston, after which Vicky and David came over, and then..

Late Night Bonus Track:
Bottoms Up
by Trey Songz feat. Nicki Minaj
Daleeeeeeeeee! Chillin with Charles and Georgieboy!
FUNNESS

ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE

SONG OF THE DAY #129
Friday, September 24th, 2010
Don't Lie
by Black Eyed Peas

TanananananananaPaintball!
Despite my listening to "An Album Half-Exposed" like 3 times on the way to and from the Paintball fields, It's Don't Lie today. I've been feeling it for a while; I think it's my favorite BEP song. Went to work at 4, and came home to la despedida de Mercedes with the family either curda or getting there. Lol

ONE HUNDRED TWENTY

SONG OF THE DAY #120
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
Gotta Get Over (Taking Loot)
by Gang Starr

ONE HUNDRED SIXTEEN

SONG OF THE DAY #116
Saturday, September 11th, 2010
Million Bucks (feat. Swizz Beats)
by Maino

First FIU football Game of the season-- tailgate with panther promotions and FBLA, schilled with Yelen, & yelled at Rutgers with Mileini
Final score: erroneous

FIFTY-NINE

SONG OF THE DAY #59
Friday, July 16th, 2010
Shimmy Shimmy Ya
by Ol' Dirty Bastard

Daivia's last day, made BOSS cake!, then Brandon's @ night
Signing off @ 2:33