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June 12, 2012

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Rudy Youngblood --Interview

Rudy Youngblood Passionate about his work, his people, his culture, & his role as Jaguar Paw in Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto He’s gorgeous, speaks Spanish, looks Mexican but … he’s not Latino ? He’s Indio - as in Native American. He’s passionate about his work, his people, his culture, and about his role as Jaguar Paw in Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto . Did I mention – he’s gorgeous?! Originally from a small town in Texas, Rudy Youngblood came to Los Angeles to start a Native American dance troupe. As fate would have it, he was in LA for only about 3 months before he got the role as Jaguar Paw. He went for the audition and he got a call from Mel Gibson himself. “He calls me and says, ‘This is Mel Gibson’. I thought it was a joke, so I hung up on him. Mel Gibson then called my manager and my manager called me.” He called Mel Gibson back and Youngblood left to Mexico the next day, early in the morning, to start on the movie. He still did not understand that he was going to h...

Barbara Por Atras

Talk about lost in translation! When in English you say, “You look skinny”, the English response is "Thanks!” When in Spanish someone tells you , “Te vez flaca", the Spanish response is not as good. Your Latina ego is now shattered and you wondered if you should have had that second serving of arroz con pollo. “Flaca” is not a compliment. And I dare you to translate into English “Gordita”. Gordita is a compliment. Any self respecting Latina would rather be gordita than a flaca! Living Latina in the US comes with all these contradictions. So Barbara Trujillo- Gomez said it best in her introduction for her book Bárbara Por Atrás: A Latin Women’s Guide to Fitness. She says, “I will never look like those skinny models or friends for that matter because I, with pride and gratitude, am a Cuban – American woman who was blessed to be born with the asset of an ass." Pretty bold statement! Keep reading and see what else she has to say in her new book! http://www.ladiva...

Cleaning and Dancing

Next on my list of decluttering is my (dusty) collection of CDs. Since now everything is downloaded! So I begin the process but my daughter has other plans! She wants to listen to all the CDs before deciding whether to throw them out or not! And of course dance and sing to them as well! So much for decluttering!!! Well, one thing is clear! I guess we're keeping the Michael Jackson CD! Rock on!

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