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In the next couple of weeks this blog will disappear to welcome my new personal portfolio…and for the ones missing my blog, a new better and improved blog =)

Stay tuned!!

Hello my dear readers,

I apologize for the lack of content in my blog in the past 2 months.

It’s been the longest now that I haven’t written in here, but lately so many things happening in my life, so much stuff to do outside of the Internet World.

In addition, that I realized someone hacked my blog, because there’re some pop-ups with advertising in the main page that I didn’t put in there!! plus my comment box is not working properly!! Motherfucker!! The karma will find you!!

Back in here - And together with that, I’ve been thinking on a new project I want to work on with my website. So it might be that this blog will actually sadly disappear soon. I’m still not sure if I’ll do it and how I’ll do it.

In my new project, nevertheless I’ll include a new blog, but won’t be like this one. I’ll keep you posted guys and promise to say good bye before I leave.

In the meantime check out my gallery, that’s the only place I still keep updated with pictures of the places and things I’ve been doing lately.

Take care!

Hello my dear beloved readers. It’s been a while since I haven’t been around, but it was time for me to take some time off. I finally took some vacation and went back to my hometown in Mexico.

But that’s another story. In here I want to share with all of you my experience from 2 weekends ago when I got to go to 3 amazing concerts in a row.

First, I went to see 311 here in Santa Cruz in a local bar called the Catalyst. It was a great show! I used to like 311 a lot when I was in high school, lately I haven’t heard their recent stuff, so it was cool to hear those old songs at the show and some flavor of their new music.

Right after, the next day I got to see Blind Melon in San Francisco at the Independent. This gig especially was superb!! I like Blind Melon since I was in junior high (15 years ago) and never thought I would get to see them playing again, given that Shannon Hoon (their singer) died more than 10 years ago due an overdose. But here there were, playing again with a new singer, whom impressed me because he’s doing a great job singing old songs without trying to become Shannon. He has his own particular tone of voice and personality and when they performed new songs (they release a new album this month for their comeback) I liked it a lot! His voice and the sound of Blind Melon is harder now, feels more rock!!

And to close a wonderful musical weekend, on Saturday 04/05 I saw Eddie Vedder in Santa Cruz at the Civic Center. Wowwww!! I have no words for him. Because I love pearl jam, I’m a fan of Eddie Vedder since a long, long time agoo too (like 15 years ago). He made this mini-tour only in part of Canada and California to play mainly that album he released as soundtrack of the movie “Into the Wild”. It was beautiful, personally that movie has been one of the best movies I’ve seen last year, and the soundtrack as well I believe it’s one of the bests. The lyrics together with Eddie Vedder’s voice is just perfect. He was great on stage alone with his guitar. He also played one and other song from Pearl Jam like “I am mine”.

More pix @ my gallery.
Sorry no Eddie Vedder pix, unfortunately it wasn’t allow to take pictures in that show.

311 (Official Website)
Blind Melon (MySpace)
Pearl Jam (Official Website)
Into the Wild (Movie Website)
The Independent Theater
Catalyst Club

A couple of weeks ago I went on my first hiking in Santa Cruz and believe it or not, I’ve been living here for almost 2 years now.

I don’t know why it took me so long to go hiking in here, so many beautiful and contrasting places around here…but I guess I wasn’t really that much into spending time with nature yet. Only in the beach mainly :P . So I’m glad I did it. Because it was so cool! that I can’t wait to go on another hiking again pretty soon.

Anyway, the place we went hiking this time it’s called Wilder Ranch Park. It’s very close to where I live actually, in the West side of Santa Cruz, close the the exit on the highway that takes you to Half Moon Bay and if you go further to San Francisco.

Wilder Ranch Park was great for hiking, because it was hugeee and has a lot of choices to pick a trail to go. We chose the one that goes along the coast near the ocean. Beautiful view as you can imagine, but the only bummer that day it was that it was very windy, crazy windy actually that it was hard to walk, you really needed to make an effort. But it was part of the challenge that day I guess :P And we were able to handle it for about 5 hours that we lasted on the hiking. Which by the way wasn’t even half the Park. Maybe we went around 15% of the whole Park. Amazing huh!

More pix @ my gallery.

Wider Ranch
Wilder Ranch Map (By Google Maps)

In here you’ll find a list with all of the videos/songs recommendations I’ve made so far inmy “supposedly” weekly posts =p .

ONE
Band: Blind Melon
Song: Soul One
More: We miss you Shannon!! It’s great to hear that the rest of the band it’s rockin’ again, let’s see how this new vocalist do on April 4 at the Independent in San Francisco.
Video URL: Click Here

TWO
Band: Depeche Mode
Song 1: Just Can’t Get Enough
Video URL (1981): Click Here
Video URL (2006): Click Here
Song 2: It’s No Good
Video URL: Click Here