I believe that I write partly because I want to experience things again, “to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection.”

I am gonna go marinate on that a bit.

In the meantime im gonna share my latest crack, The Take Away Shows from LaBlogotheque.

Soundtrack of Mi Vida: Hymne à l’amour- My Brightest Diamond(see above)

Synopsis

Mario Lee is an auto mechanic who can sing but can’t talk. After being laughed at his entire life for his unusual disability, he resigns himself to “passing” as a mute, leading a quiet, lonely existence fixing cars at the Miracle Auto Repair Shop.

He is forced to reconsider his MO when Gloria Kim, his boss’s daughter, is released from the psychiatric hospital where she was a patient. When she arrives at the shop, Mario falls in love at first sight(Like Mario, I too like them crazy girls). Gloria is also drawn to Mario and shares with him her secret—Gloria dreamed of becoming a dancer, but her mother made her stop, driving her to the edge of sanity.

Now that Gloria is back from the hospital, her mother schemes to marry her off to Charlie Cho, a seemingly nice boy from church, who has conned his way into Mrs. Kim’s favor. Unbeknownst to the Kims, he has sinister plans of his own.

Can Mario find the courage to overcome his handicap to win the girl of his dreams? Will Gloria manage to defy her mother and start dancing again? Can they both break free from the weight of their past to start a new future together?

Soundtrack of Mi Vida: The Pretender – Liam and Me

S: Spider-MAN Day. Movie was entertaining but can’t say it was good as 1 or 2. Everyone seemed to look chubbier in IMAX.
M: JiRaffe. On the taster menu was mini keishes (tasted like cha trung without the nuoc mam), calamari salad on french bread (good but totally doable at home), pork ossco bucco with apple cider reduction and butternut mash (too rich, and unbalanced), and for dessert pb&j cake (novel, but not impressed). Off night for the chef? Everyone made fun of me for eating exactly half of each dish. Didn’t do it on purpose just felt like I had enough, taste and amount-wise. JiRaffee wasn’t all bad; ambiance was nice, bartender makes a good grayhound, and oh, the tall skirts at the next table weren’t too hard on the eyes.
T: Sarah Barielles & Aqualung. Night started well with me scoring a sweet meter spot right next to the Fonda *breath on and buff nails on my moobs* Sarah had a mature, jazzy sound with pop. I liked. Aqualung was surprisingly louder than I expected, still I kinda got sleepy before the end of his set. I’m getting old or it was tiring to the ears? Maybe both.

W:”Comfort” dinner at home with friends. Been told that cooking “takes the edge off me” since I can be an “intense” person, especially after a tough day at work. Well, feeding the faces of people I love always did brings me solace.
R: Run Jeff Run. Well shucks, I think I’m starting to like this running thing. Doesn’t hurt when this juicy caboosey gets called “perky”.

F: My pharmer boys graduate! About time to cash on this investment…free drugs and fancy drug rep dinners!!!!

S: “Mommy Day” brunch for my ladies. Made fritatta, roasted baby taters, blueberry melon salad, and D made waffles. Day of grub and love for the moms in our lil but growing familia

Soundtrack of Mi Vida: Gravity – Sara Bareilles

You hold me without touch
You keep me without chains.
I never wanted anything so much
than to drown in your love and not feel your rain.