Alizée is almost here!

As amazing and weird as it may sound the french singer Alizée is having a lot of success here in Mexico so after canceling an autograph signing at the last minute some months ago she will return this week to perorm 5 shows in Mexico (2 of them in Mexico city) and I will attend one of them next Wednesday.

Even thought I'm not a HUUUGE fan I do like her as well as her music because her lyrics are always weird and sometimes talk about nonexistent situations and I think that's really valuable 'cos it's original, however most French people find her silly and dumb. As far as I know she will only have 1 gig in France, 1 in Russia and 5 in Mexico! that's quite strange especiall 'cos it's nto as if her fans knew how to speak French :S I browsed her official forum some weeks ago and only 3 members could speak French so they were teaching the rest of the members short phrases i case they meet Ali (like they call her).

I'm pretty excited about it so I hope it's a good show and if I'm able to I'm gonna take some pics for you to get an idea of it!

I love her !

Natasha Bedingfield is one of my favourite artists, I first discovered her back in 2005 when she was promoting her first album in Europe (Yeah .. I always get into other countries' music ha). When I first saw her video for "These Words" (whic later trned into a smash hit all over the world) I thought the concept was really original and fresh as well as the song, as I carried on discovering the rest of her singles until that stage ("Single" and "Unwritten") I fell i love with her especially 'cos of her amazing lyrics, when I realised the album was being sold over here in Mexico I immediately bought it and I enjoyed ever song on it.

When I read about her plans to make it in the US I thought she'd be a huge flop 'cos well US people are not into that kinda music however she really amazed me because her debut single "Unwritten" (alongside with a new video) achieved a lot of fame in the US so as a consequence her debut album was big in te US as well, I fetl really happy and proud of her because I know she deserves that and more since she's a true artist.

Last year she released her second album in Europe, N.B., and to be honest I expected more from it however I liked it and felt happy when her first single from N.B., "I Wanna Have Your Babies", charted at number 7 in the UK however I was sure that if she released that song in the US she'd flop for real bt again.. the clever lady knew she had to work on something stronger in order to carry on with her success in the US so not so long ago she released her second album in the US; Pocketful Of Sunshine, which is almost as perfect as her first album. I can say I love every song on that album however there's one that I could say is the best one and it's called "Freckles" I can say I feel really identified with that song because of the lyrics, I never thought I was an ugly guy or anything like that but anlazying the song from a deeper side I was really excited when I listened to the chorus because it's really true and special. All can say right now is that she's a great musician and well I jus love this song, wheever I listen it I feel chills down my spine 'cos it really motivates me... here are the lyrics:

hum, hum, hum...hum, hum
i used to care so much about what others think about
i almost didn't have a thought of my own
the slightest remark would make me embark of the journey of self - doubt
but that was a while ago
this girl has got stronger
and if i knew then what i know now i would've told myself don't worry any longer
it's ok...

cuz a face without freckles is like a sky without the stars
why waste a second, not loving who you are
those little imperfections make you beautiful, loveable, valuable
they show your personality...inside your heart

reflecting who you are
(who you are, who you are, who you are) whoa ooh whoa ooh whoa
yea, yea, uh

i wondered if i could trade my body with somebody else in magazine
Would the whole world fall at my feet
I fell down, worthy
& would blame my failures on the ugliness I could see
when the mirror looked at me
(some times I feel)
Sometimes i still feel like the little girl who doesnt belong in her own world
but im getting better at reminding myself...

Chicago !!

I so wanted to post my pics/review aout my trip to Chicago a couple of days ago bt I hadn't had time because of my hectic week at school and the detah of my grand mother however right now I have time to do it... :D

I must say it was the best trip I've ever made lol and this time I had no problems with the US officers at the airport, I loved everything besides the fact that I was fooled by a man who took me from the airport to my hotel and asked me to pay him 168 dlls. (the regular fare is 40 dlls.!!) didn't complain about it 'cos he seemed to be a "rude" man so I didn't want to get in troubles. Anyway besides that incident my trip was perfect, I loved every moment; going to the supermarket on my own, walking to the stores/malls to do some shopping, meeting new people like the couple tha were next to me in the concert or the ladies who were staying in my hotel and who were also going to see the Spice Girls live, I even met an online friend from the US and I also saw a friend from Russia (I regret about not metting him.. but I could lose my place in the queue to meet Victoria Beckham!). Everything was perfect, I even had the chance of meeting Victoria Beckham and even though I wasn't able to have a pic with her 'cos the cameras andthe flashes made her feel nervous she gve me her autograph and told me I've got nice teeth which is really flattering.

The concert was amazing as well, I was on my feet the whole way through and I screamed like a crazy man, lol my lungs and my throat still hurt haha but I dont' care, I danced like I had never daned before an even though I was on my own I had an amazing time, I sang every song and wlel I jumped like a little kid haha I can say it's one of the best moments in my life.

Chicago River..frozen

The Spice Girls singing "Mama" with their kids on stage and their mummies on the screens.

Outside of a Presbyterian Church that was next to my hotel.

LOL I couldn't help smiling haha.

The Magnificent Mile illuminated.

The end ofthe concert after 2 hours 20 min aprox.

After performing as a 4 piece band Geri returns to the stage with them :D

LOL I was really excited after I met Victoria, I had to take a picture of me holding her autograph.

Some updates

- My grandmother's got lung cancer and well the doctors say she'll live for no more than 2 weeks so things are a bit tense with my parents right now, yesterday we spent most of the day at her house and she seemed to be really down, when she went to bed she coudln't stop saying she's affraid that somehitng bad could happen to her, so my dad stayed with her for a long time until she felt asleep and well my dad, as my mum told me, was crying. She's 92 years old and thinking about her death makes me feel sad even though I undersatnd the fact that she's an old person and it's "normal" 'cos that's the way life goes, however this situation has made me reflect a lot about my life and the way I've lived it until now... I know I have to be less strict with myself 'cos well I'm alomst a baby compared to my grandmother and it's a bit silly for me to live life with all my "rules" 'cos when I get older I'll regret about being so strict when I was younger. I have also reflected about other things but this is probably the most important or me right now.

In this pic you can see my grandmother with her brother, some of my aunts, the husband of one of them and my dad on the upper left corner.

- I'm really really excited about my trip to Chicago next Thursday... and to make it even better a couple of days ago I read on the official Spice Girls web that Victoria will be signing some autographs at Saks 5th Avenue in Chicago on the 15th (the day of the concert) so if I'm lucky enough I might get the chance of having a picture taken with her which makes me feel even more excited!

Posh Spice looking stunning as usually.

- Right now I just can't get out of my head (LOL) the new Kylie's single, in US and UK, which is "WOW". I listen to it everyday lol even before I fall alseep I listen to it on my iPod, it's just an amazing song and it puts me in agood mood. Atomic Kitten have also been inside my head lately so I've been projecting myself with some of their hits singles like "If You Come To Me", "Ladies Night", "Be With You", "The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling)" and of course the latest one "Anyone Who Had A Heart".

You can see the videoclip for Kylie's sigle here:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=LnTrZYHK_II

Pop beauties Atomic Kitten performing "Be With You" live at their Greatest Hits Tour back in 2004.

- I'm also feelig happy 'cos even though I didn't hang out with Gil (the gay friend I met last week) this week we were able to have a niceMSN chat and he said we could go out for a coffee next week before I go tot Chicago so I'm looking forward to that as well.


- Last but not least last Thursday I went out with some friends who study Architecture as well and I must admit I had a really nice laugh, I felt really happy with them and this is something nice for me because I'm feeling that the little changes and reflections I've made in my life recently have helped me to develop myslef a bit more, I did have a rough time when everybody started to talk about the guys they suspect are gay in our generation and well also 'cos of their silly comments but I tried not to pay attention to that.

The time is coming..

I can't believe next week I'll see the Spice Girls live lol I remember thinking about it some weeks ago and that date seemed to be far but now that I think about it it's next week lol I'm gonna sound like an idiot but I still can't believe I'm gonna see them, it's just as if time had flown away.

I'm very excitied about this because it will be my first proper concert ever and well.. it's not gonna be an average one, I had been to a concert once in my life before, I went to the concert of a mexican artist called Belinda like 4 years ago but only 'cos my friends wanted us to go however I can't wait to see the Spice Girls live.. it's like a dream come true for me.

Even though now I'm going on my own because the frind I was going with has an exam on that date I think my excitement will be worth all the nerves of traveling on my own and being on my own in the U.S. as long as I don't have the same bad expereince I had last year when I wnet to Houston Txs.

They're back !!

Atomic Kitten have decided to release a new single (out next monday) as part of The Number One Project (The 3 members are from Liverpool and Liverpool is the city that has had more artists who achieved number 1 singles in the world so they're celebrating it with this project but it also coincides with Liverpool achieving the title of City of the Culture in 2008) however they did bother in filming a great video, it's really nice to have an AK video after all these years, and they visited GMTV studios to have a little chat and perform the new single "Anyone Who Had A Heart". Jenny was feeling a bit sick so she didnt´t look good while they performed but it's a nice performance, I must admit I love Natasha's moves.

I think they're a great band 'cos even though they called it a day in 2004 they promised to carry on as band in the future and they have done it for real, back in 2005 they re-released their number 1 hit "Cradle" as a charity single and they also released "All Together Now" back in 2006 as part of the official Football World Cup's soundtrack alongside Goleo VI not forgetting the fact that they gave a concert in Asia on my 18th b-day (Dec 31st 2006) and well this year they're back with a new single.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=76UQ52LWtjU&feature=related

Here's the clip of the performance live at The Number One Project gig which took place on January 19th.

One of my new year's resolution...

Is to stop worrying so much about things 'cos it's something stupid (at a ceratin point) and life shouldn't be like that 'cos even if you worry you can't change anything so it's always better to wait until things happen and if you have a problem u should just think about how can u solve it instead of worrying about it. I know this byheart but somehow I always end up worrying too much so I'll do my best to change this.

Today I felt really stressed 'cos I didn't know how make my schedule for the next semester, we are given a date and time to make it but since it's only my 2nd semester at Uni I had no clue about how to create it on my online account and I felt really stressed, I even phoned Uni but they never answered so I felt even more stressed and actually I had nothing to stress about because I was talking with 2 mates and they didn't know either and they were calmed! but yeah I was feeling as if my life was about to end :S and in the end I just reviewed my online account again and I found the date and time to create my schedule!! so I had nothing to worry about.

That wasn't the only thing that made me realise I need to change, today I also called to a travel agency to check some details about my trip to Chicago to see the Spice Girls live and before I could sort it out I was feeling anxious and worried, and actually I had felt that way for some weeks now because I hadn't called he travel agency, I was just like "Oh maybe I won't go in the end so I have to make up my mind" lol as you can see I REALLY need to change, on a positive note I was really excited when I phoned the travel agency 'cos while I was waiting for the lady who was searching on their data base I was able to listen to the music they were listening to and they were listening to "Let Love Lead The Way" and as soon as it ended "Holler" (both Spice Girls song) was played so I presume they were playing Spice Girls' GH since that's the order they appear on the tracklist, I thik it was a great coincidence!

(The Spice Girls smiling for the camera just after they signed their airplane)

Hello.... again

2008 has just arrived, my birthday was yesterday (Dec 31st) and I'm 19 now.... I'm pretty excited about publishing a new entry in here 'cos it had been a looong time since I last did this, I kinda knew Uni would make it a bit difficult for me. It's not easy getting used to a new life, new home, new environment, new classmates (for the 1st time ever!!)

I would like to start this post by mentioning something I'm loving about my tangled up life style, the Spice Girls are my heroes... lol this might sound really stupid but i's not like that the thing is that 10 years ago when the Spic Girls were a strong act they used to make me feel extremely happy, I was a kid (my life seemed to be perfect) and I loved dancing around to their tunes with my sister and our best friend... as time passed by they split up, I started to grow up and I also started to discover the man I was turning into, yeah a gay guy zipped up in a narrow-minded society/environmet who started to feel awful when he realised how sad and pathetic can solitude be. Time passed me by and life just got worse for me, and it's still gettng worse however this year the Spice Girls decided to make a come back tour and all the happy memories of my childhood came back and well yeah I was on the moon when my parents allowed me to go to Chicago so that I can see them live but it's not about that, tis year I started to go to Uni and I thought my life would change in a lot of ways but unfortunately it didn't.

I moved to a students house where I had to sart growing up quickly so that loneliness coudldn't defeat me and of course I discovered one of the most important things in life, my family (in all the extension of the word) yeah I started to miss them a lot, during the week I cuoldn't wait for the weekend to come so that I could return to my home with them and well yeah I started to realise how have my family supported me during all this years of gay solitude, in which I haven't had real friends and all that suff so I just love them loads, sticking to the point the Spice Girls have been present in this trip, if it's not with the song "Mama" that makes me feel goosebupms every time I listen to it since I burned it on a cd for my mum just before I started Uni, it my dad dancing to "Who Do You Think You Are" accompanying every time I'm watching a Spice Girls dvd instead of being out "having fun" or getting drunk with my "friends" or the thought of gratefulness with my parents for allowing me to see the Spice Girls live no matter how gay can it be for the rest of the people and if it's not that it's the beautiful bond my best friend (my sister) and I have (we're almost like twins!) which can be apreciated anytime we do "Stop" choreography while we listen to the song, this is probablythe most special "Spice-aid" I can get since my sister is te only perosn who knows me 100% and accepts me that way.

So it's been quite a hectic time for me, and here ae some pics that should've been posted during all this time.

(The last "photo session" ever with some of my High School mates taken at my graduation party)

(This one's recent, it was taken about a month ago just before Ireturned to my real home for winter holidays, you can see me with 2of my house mates. I fancy the guy on the left.. it's a huge story, al I can ay is that we're great friends, we live i the same house and both of us study Architecture.. *comes back to reality* he's sraight)

(One of my most diffiuclt projects during the semester, lol a wooden sticks bridge that had to hold at least 20 kilos)

(My first night out as a Uni boy in Mexco city)

(One of the scale model projects I made with the guy I fancy -pictured some pics above-)

A little bit of this and that

Lately my life has had loads of up and downs, as most of you know I'm REALLY excited 'cos of the Spice Girls reunion.. it's something really amazing for me especially 'cos now I might be able to talk with my mates about one of my favourite bands and they will know what am I talking about (LOL they don't know more than 5 artists on my iPod) but still they won't care and it's a bit funny 'cos online I know lloads of guys who are extremely excited about SG reunion but over here my mates are just like "Eww" or "Why do they do that after laods of years"... that's why i know they won't make noise over here but wlel they just can't understand that SG are just an amazing band for pop lovers.


Anyway besides this amazing event I've also had some "probelms" with one of my friends 'cos he's jealous about me and another guy, the 3 of us are friend but he just feels sad/jealous 'cos sometimes I get along really well with the other guy and the worst thing is that whenever we're together he acts as if everything was ok and when he's with the other guy hemoans about him getting so well with me :S but well I just won't let this make me feel down... I promised myslef I'll be stronger form now on and I really wana change.

My Girls Aloud PC game!!

During the last weeks I worked on the creation of a PC game for Computer class; the teacher taught us how to program all the buttons and everything we needed for the creation of this game and well after that we were asked to work on the desing and since I love Girls Aloud I decided to use them as the main topic of my game, it's not a really god or interesting game and sometimes the score doesn't work properly but well I'm just really happy 'cos I never thaught I would be able to do something like this, I hope you guys can enjoy it as much as I enjoy it, here's the fownload link:

http://rapidshare.com/files/23587812/der-izq.swf.html

It's a Macromedia Flash file but you can open it even if you don't have Flash installed, and don't worry ir't not a big file and it doesnn't have a virus.

My life-size pop creation

Recently I posted something about this school project which involved drawing my silhouette on paper (With the help of someone else of course) and decorating it with the things/activites that I like the most. All the boys just made a collage with sports, girls, cars and underwear pics while most of the girls used make-up and clothes pics. Anyway since music is one of the things that I like the most I decided to use pics of my favourite artists, and I loved the idea since the beginning because I think this activity was great for letting us express ourselves and since no-one knows most of the artists that I like 'cos they're not promoted here I loved the idea even more; especially 'cos it was like a way of showing them a bright side of me, which is that even though they laugh at me because I love pop I just don't care.

As most of you might know I also love colours so I knew I should use loads of colours for this project, even though I knew it would take me a lot of time to cut out all the coloured sheets I decided to do my best 'cos I really wanted it to look good.

So here are the pics of what I named "POP" (A name was required as well :P)

Tragedy !

Tonight was supposed to be a boring night but thankfully gay side was still active after the hectic day I had so I decided to check H Ian Watkin's official site and I was pleased to find a sexy photoshoot he did recently for a gay UK mag called Boyz, the pics are really really nice. A lot of people used to think Lee was 100 times hotter than H but I think this photoshoot demonstrates both of them are HOT.

As you can clearly see the lovely lad is no longer a hyperactive kid, I just love this photoshoot.

http://www.ian-h-watkins.com

Some random pop facts..

My last topic inspired me to post some pop facts which I consider quite cool, maybe some of you already know them but I just think they're cool so I'll post them anyway.


1. Lovely Emma Bunton wrote a song for the 2nd album of S Club 8 "Sundown"which reached the top 20 (Not that bad cansidering that pop started to vanish in that year, 2003), the song is called "One Thing I know" and it's really catchy, it's not a surprise it sounds as a track from Emma's 2nd album "Free Me".

(S Club 8)

2. Pop diva Kylie Minogue also decided to help Atomic Kitten by writing a track for their 2nd album "Feels So Good" which topped the charts at the same time that their "Tide Is High" was also topping the official singles chart. The track is called "Feels So Good" as well and it's really funky, one of the highlights of the album indeed.

(Kylie Minogue)

3. Emma Bunton's first solo album, after Spice Girls went their separate ways, was released on April 16th 2001 reaching number 4 in the official album charts; one year later on April 16th 2002 S Club Juniors released their first signle "One Step Closer" which reached number 2 in the official singles chart.

(Emma Bunton)

4. Rachel Stevens first solo single "Sweet Dreams My LA Ex", written by Cathy Dennis, was supposed to be a Britney Spears song because it describes her relationship with Justin Timberlake but since she didn't accept it it was offered to Rachel who made it chart at number 2 giving her an excellent start as a solo artist.

(Rachel Stevens)

5. Sugababes member Heidi Range was once part of pop trio Atomic Kitten (Considered Sugababes rivals). It all happened when Atomic Kitten started back in 1999, she left the band the same year because she didn't want to sing that kinda songs.

(Heidi Range)

Pop clones !

I think this is quite amazing, maybe because I'm a huge fan of the ladies posted above or because I like funny coincidences in life.

Anyway for a long time now I've been thinking that the 3 of them, Lindsay Lohan, Lisa Scott-Lee (Steps) and Natasha Hamilton (Atomic Kitten) , are almost like clones which is quite amazing considering that Natasha and Lisa are form the UK and Lindsay if from the US.

Sometimes their hair styles or their make up makes them look a bit different but if you look carefully you can notice they've got similar eyes, noses and smiles not forgetting the shape of their heads is similar and also it is important to mention that the 3 of them are ginger but of course just like almost any artist does it nowadays they have dyed their hair.

Myabe the only difference they have is that Lindsay was never able to get high chart positions in her country nor in other parts of the world while Natasha's band , Atomic Kitten, and Lisa's band, Steps, had great chart success all over the world.

Quite random, I know, but I've always wanted to comment it with someone but over here no-one knows Natasha or Lisaso I thought it would be nice to post it.


Lindsay Lohan Lisa Scott-Lee Natasha Hamilton

What a lovely "surprise" !

Today while I was quickly checking the "Small Talk" section on DenDen I read a nice title that syas "He Was The Only Gay In The Village..." so I decided to read the thread and to my surprise I discovered that gorgeous "H" from Steps is gay, I know it's not a surprise but it's still nice 'cos it's not easy to come out if you're an artist, it's always nice knowing that being gay isn't somwething weird. Here's what I found:

Former Steps singer reveals he's gay
(Wednesday January 03, 2007 03:44 AM)

Former Steps singer Ian 'H' Watkins has revealed he is gay as he prepares to enter the Celebrity Big Brother house. The Welsh singer-turned-actor, 30, is quoted in The Sun as saying: "I come from a small valley in Wales and it just wasn't the thing to do to be gay. It's a bit of a cliche - but I was the only gay in the village." Watkins, from Cwmparc in Rhondda Valley, told his family and friends about his sexuality when he was 21, but did not tell fans. He said: "I could never have done this (come out) years ago, never ... But I'm comfortable with who I am now and I want everyone to know." Since topping the charts as part of the cheesy pop band Steps, he has starred in musicals such as Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The Sun says Watkins will be joining other celebrities in the Big Brother house on Wednesday night.

Source : dotmusic.com

Gorgeous Ian 'H' Watkins

HOT pop males

This time I decided to post pics about some sexy pop singers, not all of them had success with their bands but they're still sexy haha:
Dhani Lennevald: he was part of the Swedish pop band A*Teens who joined great chart success all over the world, since they went their separate ways he has released one single as a solo artist and has been a model. He's currently working on what will be his first solo album.

Glenn Ball: he was part of the British pop band POP! who got dropped after releasing 3 top 40 singles, they were a band with a lot of potential but they were created during the wrong time. Since they went their separate ways in 2005 he has been a dancer for Kylie Minogue, Sugababes, Crazy Frog among others he also started a project with a new boyband but he never carried on with it.

Will Young: this solo artist had to deal with a lot of pressure since he released his first record especially because the media made a big deal about his homosexuality, he's got an amazing voice and his latest album "Keep On" is brilliant. He recntly won Heat magazine best dressed man award.

Kevin Simm (Left) and Tony Lundon (Right): the 2 males from pop band Liberty X, Kevin has appeared in the reality show "The Games" and Tony used to be part of the Irish produtcion "Lord Of The Dance". Both of them have great bodies and despite the low chart position that their latest single "X" achieved they'll come back next year (Can't wait).

Shayne Ward: he wan X-factor last year, had a Christmas #1 single and a #1 album afterwards. His latest single entered the Top 20 which isn't that bad considering the difficulties that digital downloads have caused to a lot of artists. Supposedly he's working on new material and has a deal with Calvin Klein undies. Martin Rolinski: he's the lead singer of the famous Swedish dance-pop trio BWO (Bodies Without Organs originally) whose latest album was certified Gold in Sweden, he's got a nice voice and if you would like to see him wearing a nice swim suit while he sings just take a look at his latest video "Chariots Of Fire" (One of my favourite songs) which is really spontaneous and funny. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16DGzEb_Boo