Tassimo is here!! I have decided to focus my funds in a new direction. That means giving up Starbucks. Probably not completely since sometimes you can't just take your coffee maker with you, but, every morning I'll be making my lattes at home. The Tassimo is awesome. The coffee tastes great. This morning though I had forgotten to fill it with water and had to forego my morning coffee at home, but, tomorrow morning I'll be ready. I just need to buy some syrups now to go with the cappucinos and lattes. Maybe someday in the future you'll be seeing "LaMamita Cafe" with my own special coffees sold right out of my house.

There is nothing like seeing someone, who hurt you badly, for the first time since the hurt occured. This person, who was my best friend for close to two years, decided one day she just didn't want to call me back. There is history there. She had been pregnant but lost her baby. I was pregnant at the same time. Did that play into it? She claimed that wasn't it a few times but who really knows. She was also going to give me a baby shower. It didn't work out since she never put the date I requested on her calendar or whatever. Maybe that was another reason. I don't know. All I know is that my best friend decided one day to never call me again and it hurt. I had my baby. My mom left. I had no one other than my husband. My salsa friends weren't around at that time since I lost touch with most of them. And really – I had no one else.So last night she came in and at first, acted like we were long lost friends. Uh. Whateva. She talked to me for a couple of minutes and then I think, she got the hint. I had already discussed what I would do with a friend of mine and that helped. I was already prepared to ignore her. So I did.

I could just hear her saying things like "oh, look at her with her friends thinking she's so cool" or "she so shouldn't have worn that shirt – its all sweaty and looks bad. (which was true)" or "She sure needs to lose more weight!" or any other number of things. She would talk bad about anyone and everyone. No one was ever safe so I know I wasn't last night. No matter. I'm over it. She can go to that joint anytime she wants and if I'm there, no problem. She'll just be another person in the bar that I don't know and don't care to know.

Because I know you missed it…. Puerto Rico on MTV (link) The show was fun. Too short but fun. You can see more at MTV Overdrive (link) where they have more clips. Just do a browse for the shows and scroll down to My Block. They show some great clips of Bomba in Loiza!!! It definitely highlighted some of the barrios of Puerto Rico – places I would never venture into. And as they said in the clip, places most Puerto Ricans won't venture into. My favorite clip was definitely of Daddy Yankee (link). He isn't my favorite reggaeton artist – that would be Tego – but he is very charismatic and, well, hot.

By the way – because of the layout I'm using, I think the links are hard to see so I'm going to start adding '(link)' for words that are also links so people can see them easily.

Ladies…do you want to hear a man with a silky voice who is also beautiful, gorgeous, handsome, etc.?  If so, go straight to VH1 and watch Javier.  They have a few clips of him singing.  Heaving him sing live is a real treat.  I've been watching his schedule waiting for him to make a stop in Washington D.C.  That would be one concert where I'd be working hard to get as close to the front as possible.  You know he'd spot me in the crowd.  Lock eyes with me. And he would sing "She Spoke to Me" and call me up on stage to dance with him.  Later, a man would walk into the crowd, come up to me, and whisper "excuse me, please come with me" and then lead me backstage to Javier's dressing room.  I'd walk in and waiting for me would be loads of Stargazer Lillies. "How did he know?" I would wonder.  As the concert finishes, he would walk into the room and, well, I can't type the rest. This is a PG blog.  Ok ok, I know – wake up, right?  hahahahaha  A girl can have her fantasies can't she??

When I want to feel good and smile and laugh… I go here:

Korean Girls

I have no idea what the show is about. I've seen other clips – I guess it is to sing and dance for judges. I don't care. The girls are great and make me laugh. And I'm trying to incorporate some of those moves into my salsa shines.

I also went to the Improvlast night. They had a competition. A couple of them were really good while a couple were hurting. The best was a guy named Damo. He, for some reason, wasn't judged the best. I have no idea why since according to us, people were laughing at him more than anyone else. Who knows. I was bummed he didn't win. He was also very cute which should have helped.

Tony has a new bodyguard on The Sopranos. His name is Louis Gross and, believe me, he is so not 'gross'. Wow. Every time he comes on the screen I have to let out a small "mmmmm". He is really too fine. He's got the nice body – not overly cut – just right and he has the shaved head. Too sexy. He is obviously a newcomer to acting because there's nothing out there on him other than his tiny little IMBD page. No photos that I could find and I searched. It'll probably take getting a screen shot of him somehow. If anyone sees a photo of him, please, let me know. Trust me – he's none of these Louis Gross'.

On the radio this morning, I heard about a new camera. It makes you look slimmer. Seriously. It is new by HP.Are things so bad that you have to buy a camera to make yourself feel better? Can't you just exercise? I know sometimes I'll put on some clothes, look in the mirror, do the "could someone possibly think I'm pregnant in this outfit? check" and then walk out the door. Later, I'll see a photo and think "jeez – why did I wear that?". But I wouldn't want a camera distorting that. I want to feel good about myself, by myself, for myself. I want to see what I REALLY look like regardless if its good or bad. My weight has mostly come off after having my baby. It hasn't been easy. I'm not one of those women who has the baby and *poof* two weeks later I look great again. Those women are sick and evil. (hee hee) This time has been much harder than last as I seem to be losing weight everywhere but my stomach. How does that happen? I can fit into almost all my pants but some of them I can't quite button or zip up and my shirts still don't fit right. Its annoying but I'm working at it. And I seriously don't need a camera to feel better about myself.

They also talked on the radio about new jeans that help you look slimmer and lift your ass. Now, I can get behind any jeans that are gonna lift my ass. Its important. I like my ass for the most part and I know that others like it too. (feel free to chime in if you do) I have good thighs as well. If they are to be enhanced – I'm all for it. Its just that my stomach gets in the way. Hopefully, by the end of May there will be a big difference as I've really stepped up my changes in eating and am picking up the level of activity now that its actually nice out. I need to wear my bikini at the pool so I can get more dirty looks from the other moms!!

Check out this story about Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise, and what happens during the birth of their baby. First, she has to be silent. HA! I would love to be a fly on that wall as she silently pushes the baby out. And then, afterwards, she cannot talk to the baby for 7 days afterwards. What kind of stupid crap is that? Boy – bet that baby will feel the love. To not hear its mother's voice after hearing it for all those months in the womb? What is the purpose.Does anyone actually take scientology seriously? If you do – can you please explain why although I'm gonna think you're an idiot regardless. I already feel sorry for the offspring of Katie Holmes. That baby isn't hers. Its Tom's. And he's not going to allow her to do anything she wants to do. Run Katie! Run away!!!

Puerto Rico! I know you've always wondered about reggaeton and where it came from and how the different areas of Puerto Rico have influenced the music. Check out Daddy Yankee, Tego Calderon, and the rest. The featurette I'm most looking forward to is Tego's. Tego is from the city of Loiza. Historically, Loiza began as a settlement of Africans who were brought to the island by Spainards for slavery. As you might guess, racism existed way back then. And although today there is a bigger push for inclusion of all Latinos regardless of 'skin tone', back in the day, mulattos were not accepted into society. Check out the lyrics to Loiza by Tego. If you want me to translate, let me know (maybe a good project for me since I haven't translated anything for awhile).Most people think reggaeton is just made up of beats with words that are repeated over and over. Sure, some is… some isn't. A lot of it is very fun and I love dancing to it. Most of it is infused with great Latin beats or sampling from salsa or bachata which just makes it better. It'll never replace my true love of salsa though.

Interesting discussion on camps for the United States. Maybe they go along with the wall all these weirdos want built. And yes, I think you're a weirdo if you want to live within walls. Canada next? Of course everyone thinks there's no problem with people coming in from Canada. Have you been to Montana? If people want to get in, they should just go to Canada first. Much easier…