I really don't think I have but I've made several drunken calls that I'm sure were pathetic. But hey! A can of courage let the emotions flow!!

xplnyrslf said:

I am sure! though they never said anything THAT time

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

I know who Javier Solis was, my Mom and Dad were major fans, I grew up listening to him always on in the house.

karmatornado said:

what kind of racist BS is this? Why the hell are Mexicans being singled out? And why the hell aren't more folk's (besides weepingwall) pointing this out?

Anxiety said:

weepingwall said:

i was just listening to that tonight. the reunion makes me nostalgic.

live4lust said:

have you listen to the new song..its bloody awful!

weepingwall said:

i quite liked it, but maybe i'm just waxing nostalgic. i actually liked zwan--well, half of it. billy's solo cd was a pos, tho.

I was on quite the drinking binge during my divorce.

jerseykrs said:

j/k.

sosgemini said:

I being mexican/american, took no offense. The way the question was worded was "some latins in films" she did not say in "real life". I see that as a correct statement, mexicans in movies are portrayed as drunk losers, drinking the pain away. If she had said "all mexicans are drunk losers" then that would have set me off.

sosgemini said:

The question was addressed as follows:



I don't see anything racists in the way I asked the question, and by the way I am also Mexican-American so why would I offendy myself?
[Edited 5/30/07 11:30am]

PaisleyPark5083 said:

Like in those 30's-70's films with Jorge Negrete, Luis Aguilar and so on?

who in their life would say that this is a film stereotype specific to latins? its a general stereotype that is used by everyone. even thing in fantastic four.

but yeah...its a latin thing.

i still say this thread smells.

sosgemini said:

Well, I watch mostly films from 30's-70's with stars like Jorge Negrete and that is the way the "charro" is portrayed when they hurt about something. I don't watch too many movies in English.

I read the thread topic, and it sent off no racist feelings at all. I did not feel like she was wording it to hurt anyone. She worded it, to make a scenario.

whatevers clever...i just found it odd.

as you were...

PaisleyPark5083 said:

I also thought she was Mexican herself, so I didn't think there was anything offensive about it.

sosgemini said:

Ohh wowow!! I just noticed your "thread of the year" is my "John Mayer" thread!

Paradisekiss03 said:

One of these days I'm going to buy all those wonderful Mexican movies with La
Doña, Maria Felix. She was sooo fierce. I also liked Joaquin Pardave and all those early actors.

MARIA FELIX





And I used to think Pedro Armendariz was sooo cute when I was like 6 years old.


M
[Edited 5/30/07 23:43pm]

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Maria Felix was a beautiful actress and I am sure that she was naturally beautiful not silicone like the recent "actresses".

Paradisekiss03 said:

Boy was she a bitch though. Her interviews are classic.

M

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

I have a long list of favorite actors from that time! I watch those Golden Age of Mexico's Cinema 30's-60's films a lot when I go to Mexico!

Paradisekiss03 said:

Can you believe my local Blockbuster has some of those films. I wish my software was working so that I can burn them.

M

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Really? My local Blockbuster does not have much movies in Spanish.
[Edited 5/31/07 0:16am]

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

She was a grotsky little byotch

theodore said:

I'm drinking to forget today

jerseykrs said:

the hell

Okay, so this thread kinda got lost along the way, but I really wanted to answer your initial question.
I hate to get all serious and stuff but I really did want to talk to you about this when I say the thread. Just a warning.
Please be careful about drinking to forget/escape.

I started drinking for fun around the age of 13, like most kids do. I'd sneak out with older guys and what not...you know how that goes.

I continued on the normal path that a teen does...you know nothing out of the normal.

I met my husband when I was 20 and did the bar scene with him. He was 26 at the time and drank a case of beer a nite. I thought, no biggie, were young, its a phase.

FF a couple a yrs and him and I TOGETHER are drinking a quarter barrel a week.

Where am I going with this. Lemme get back to your question.

I became a stay at hime mom and my husband became EXTREMELY verbally abusive and a tad physical.

I started drinking to escape and numb the pain. I'd start drinking around 11 am. I wouldn't get drunk....just a little buzz to ease the pain.

My husband in the meantime got DUI and I hatye to admit, I also drank and drove on occasion.

FF me and hubby split, I get DEPENDENT on alcohol. (I am only now coming to realise this).

Anyways me and my husband are back together he quit drinking and he is FABULOUS AND HONORABLE. HE IS A GREAT MAN!

I on the other hand, am NOT a great person. I'm a fucking little ungrateful bitch, and I have some forgetting to do now. So I start drinking whiskey now at 9:30 am. Not drunk. Just a little bit of a numb face.

I get uncontrollable shakes if I don't drink.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not like a junkie type strung out. I'm a mom. A pretty awesome one. All the kids come over every week from the neighborhood, and the other moms, and I'm awesome with this for real.

But I'm also a drunk.

I drink to forget. But I don't forget, I get numb, then when I start to remember, I gotta drink agian.

You see?

Don't do it.