So absurd!

Ok fellow blog readers, here is another one…
I can’t say enough how I hate the Mexican consulate in Chicago. As with many other government services you come to find how arrogant the people working there is. I have known this since the first time I needed their services, and since then I have gone back four times. I mean is not that I love the way they treat me, on the contrary but since I really needed their services there is nothing else I could do. Last Wednesday I went to get a Consular ID the usual, you have to go as early as you can because they open from 7 am to 2 pm. I got there at 7 am and there was a lot of people already in. After being in the first line (oh yeah first line, there are three) for about two hours and something to get to the front desk, when I presented my documents to the clerk because I needed to replace a lost ID. Well when I got to her she tells me “Fill these papers and then you have to go to the nearest police station and fill a formal lost ID report (police Report)” Oh my god!! After being there waiting in line for two hours! Could’ve someone tell me that before?? Then I had to go to the nearest police station (15 to 20 min distance {RUNNING!!!}) and fill up the report, come back and go to a short line again, then she tells me ok go to the other line and wait to be called…. (@!#$ %^&*) yeah, I had all of those words in my head. To make a long story short the whole process took me the whole morning! The sad part about this is that no matter who you are or what you know, no matter what part of Mexico you are coming from, when you need a service from them, don’t wait for the best costumer services experience, instead you are going to be treated like a cockroach waiting and waiting for a long time. And let me tell you that people there, man, they get a lot of money from us… peace out!

Believe it or not!

The other day I was driving with a friend and the most funny-strange-jaw dropping kind of thing happened. You know how in Chicago the number of homeless people seems to be growing, and then they appear almost in every corner asking for spare change, well that day there was this guy coming from the beginning of the car line (at a stop sign waiting for a green light), and he was limping like he was hurting a lot just from walking not to mention his face (it was like the poor man was going through a lot) I felt I was going to help the guy. Anyway, what got me by surprise is that when he was getting closed to my car the light change to green and guess what??? They guy change his facial expression immediately and starts walking totally normal!! I SAW it with my own (beautiful {LOL just kidding}) eyes, he was like any other guy walking without any trouble and that just got me thinking how tricky some people are. No wonder why I don’t want to give them money anymore…

oh GOD!!

I start this week facing reality once again. I don’t know if you remember when I wrote a while ago about funding and working for non for profit agencies? Well today I was reminded on how frustrating that can be (again). Today we had a meeting that I have to attend every two weeks, and there is always the two-face-unreasonable-bitchy kind of people that attend too. I don’t know what is going to happen with my position at work because I am still waiting for the response of the founders that pay for my position (been waiting for two months already) and every time we call to find an answer we only get the (“we will let you know by the end of next week”) is frustrating. Ok meanwhile I am working in the computer lab, actually putting it together for the community to use. I love computers and working with them, but this was suppose to be a three month project only, now I have the two-face-unreasonable-bitchy kind of people that I told you about, in my behind asking when I am going to start teaching computer classes. I mean ok I know they have to run their programs, but I don’t want to be teaching those classes and work with the two-face-unreasonable-bitchy kind of people because they are really very UNREASONABLE!! Oh god, if I don’t get an answer faster I am going to be obligated to just resign for the computer lab position and just work part-time for the HIV Education program I run. You might think is me who has the problem of working with the two-face-unreasonable-bitchy kind of people but the truth is that I am not the only one and I have a long list of people that have found really difficult to work with this two-face-unreasonable-bitchy kind of people… Anyway wish me a lot of luck!!

Family after all...

After 4 weeks of living with my cousin I though I was going to hate him for the rest of my life. You know, after repeatedly mentioning how fat I was and trying to make me remember I should get on a diet. I was so sure I was going to be happy when the time for him to go back came; but on the contrary, I feel that a part of me is leaving. Not all was fighting and stuff but we also share some moments of crazy happiness telling stories of when we were kids, the kind of music we used to sang, the games we used to play (after all it was 8 years without seeing him), and many more moments we had together. I guess is just a way of the human race to recognize family no matter how different we are from each other, in other words, even if he is freaking driving me crazy with the diet stuff I still love him very much. Now that I face the fact that he is leaving tomorrow I wish I would’ve been just a little bit more tolerant and spend a little more time with him. (I know what you are thinking) “Uno no sabe lo que tiene, hasta que lo ve perdido”, “you never know what you have, until it is no more by your side”. But oh well, I just hope that comes back someday and I know this time I’ll be more tolerant of his ways! :-) Peace…

Losers!!

Ok Susana, we both are big freaking losers as much as one can be. Susy and I made a pact at the beginning of the summer stating that whoever loses more pounds by the end of the summer would be taken to dinner in a not so bad restaurant by the loser. Well that didn’t happen obviously, nor me or her lose weight at all and the first thing I hear from her is “Let’s extend the pact for the end of December instead” (how about that? LOL) that, only reflects the lack of commitment some of us have to a healthier life style…
We are funny though, spending some amount of minutes planning and telling each other the restaurant we want to be taken to. So let me say this, Susy you know I love you babe! But you have to stop telling yourself that tomorrow is the day you start your diet (or how ever you call it) the day is TODAY baby! And me, well I post something related to that before…

Mexican Independence Day...(TODAY)

Ok so I guess I owe to my country a little something for being our independence day. I am proud of being Gayxican (Gay Mexican) oh yes I am, but that doesn’t mean that I am going to lose respect for the flag like a lot of people does these days just because we are in another country. I remember back when I was in Mexico that around this festivity independence day was all about celebrating when we finally got free from the Spanish rule. There was fiesta, balloons, sombreros and rehiletes -shuttlecock, all with the green, white and red, our National Colors. That is the way we celebrated back there, but here (in Chicago) I see lots of cars with multiple flags all over the car (sometimes they are even bigger than the damn car), and kids from high school wearing flags in their pants back-pockets like any other bandana. I truly think that doing that shows how poor educated about our culture these kids are. Anyway, I do what I can I talk to the ones closer to me and show them (with respect) what it really means the MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY! If you want to know more about this Celebration go here: http://www.inside-mexico.com/featureindep.htm
VIVA MEXICO!!

I'm not the only one...

Oh my god! This morning I was a little upset still for the events that have passed to me in the ending week, but to see my friend/coworker surrounded by his only-women-crew driving him crazy (LOL) oh man that made my day! My poor friend was trying to put an idea into their head for a project they are developing for next week and oh man, some of you might have a clue in how hard that is! All I heard was him commenting on what he thought it was a good idea and after that it was only three women speaking loudly at the same time making the office feel like we were in a zoo with a thousand chimps fighting for one banana (Keep it up DUDE! LOL)… Well at least I’m not upset anymore!!...

2 hours DRIVING

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In the past 3 weeks (since my cousin from Mexico came) I have been driving my ass a lot through the freaking Chicago traffic. I can’t believe how traumatic that is. I live in the south side of the city, my morning job is all the way in the north side, my evening job is some where in the middle, and my boyfriend lives all the way in the west by O’Hare airport. Now, I offered my self (I know, my fault) to take my cousin all the way to Lombard, IL in the mornings before going to work. It takes me one hour to get there, now from there to my morning job is another hour and that makes a two hour drive. In the afternoon I go to my other job then drive home BUT, if my boyfriend calls, or if I want to see him I have to drive to his home which takes me about 45 minutes… I don’t know where I’m going with this, but I am really frustrated right now and mad for a LOT of things that didn’t work out this week. The driving and spending to much money is driving me crazy, the over weight issue I posted before still bothers me and that’s mainly because the one who makes me remember it, lives with me for the moment, work related stuff, and also really deep struggling and BAD feelings I have inside of me right now, cause by someone I care. Those, are coming out in a not so good kind of way. I’m being nasty, I’m sarcastic, and I’m mad (so what!) There is nothing I can do right now until I find a way to get it out. MAAAAAAAAANNNNN (not everything is perfect)

So, I guess the tittle isn't really 2 hours DRIVING!! right?