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By: Elenamary » Blog Archive » My Family

Elenamary » Blog Archive » My Family — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:29:15 +0000

[...] Years ago I got some criticism that I blogged very little about my family and when I did blog about them, the compliments were wonderfully sweet and made me proud of my family; Elena Mary’s blog is one of the very first I started reading – nearly two years ago – and never once had I remembered her blogging about her sister … until Monday when her sister showed up in the NY Times. Pretty interesting. She’s even written a chapter of a book. Talk about a proactive family. –El Oso [...]

By: El Oso, El Moreno, and El Abogado » Blog Archive » ¿Que Hay De Mal de Perseguir los Sueños? ¿Que Hay de Mal de Ensoñar Despierto?

Mon, 24 Oct 2005 22:25:00 +0000

[...] Es curioso que me siento mas libre de hablar de mi vida personal en español. Más que libre, tengo las ganas, pero no se preocupen, no fue el punto de este post. Hace unos días escribí un post hablando de la diferencia de como conversamos en la blogosféra y nuestra vida diario. Tantas veces cuando vemos alguien en la calle, cuando hay tantos temas de que podríamos platicar, casi siempre hablamos de otras personas. Chismiamos. Pero en los blogs, escribimos de nuestras vidas y leemos los pensamientos directamente de otros. Es un proceso, según yo, mas directo y mas honesta. Pero los blogs también se permiten que descubrimos nueva gente, nuevas conversaciones, nuevas culturas y perspectivas. Por eso, hoy sigo escribiendo de las vidas de mis amigos, ambos, online y offline. [...]

By: elenamary

elenamary — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 03:24:45 +0000

Mi Mas Chingon,

I really have grown to love this blogging community and I love feeling it reciprocated. You know I call Oso on the phone pretty damn frequently and I couldn’t figure out why. I have plenty of “real life friends” and then this Sunday I realized what it was. I can talk to Oso about things in my life that my friends cannot identify with. For example, taking a Zapoteco family pumpkin picking. My friends in Mexico don’t get it, my friends in the US don’t get it. But those that have lived/experienced both do get it, and one of those people happens to be el Oso. I’ve been lucky enough to have him to share it with.

By: myke

myke — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 01:24:23 +0000

The blogdom is a wonderfully enlightening thing. I doubt I’d be much into the ‘net at all if I had not gotten into the blogosphere a couple of years back. And yes … I do think some of the friendships I’ve met have affected my life and will be long lasting. To me, it’s just another way to meet folks in the modern world. Just like in the ‘meat world’ … some friendships will last, others won’t. I’ve met quite a few bloggers now and do feel I’ve begun to make some solid friendships. It’s actually rather amazing to me as we really would likely have never met otherwise. Geez … just look at the differences between Oso, HP, and myself. We’re damn near polar opposites on many fronts whether it be age, ethnicity, ideology, or gender preference. We got along famously .. perhaps we simply balanced each other out. I know I’ll meet up with other bloggers I’ve not yet met in the future.

Hey — Abogado is just a few hours north at law school. I’ll have to share a drink with him when next I’m up in DC!

By: joe

joe — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 14:06:25 +0000

I think it’s kinda cool that you have a whole digital life, complete with people that come and go, people who come floating to the surface, then sinking again, or sometimes just floating away to the otherside of the ocean. do we put more stock in the friendships we form in the physical world? can the invsibile electronic connections be as strong?

By: catarf

catarf — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 02:21:46 +0000

Oso tiene una vida………. y muy shida

cuidate compi…… ahhh, y este…….. no es mi girl friend…… es una amiguita.. muy amiga…. jajaajaja.

cuidate

By: Georganna Hancock

Georganna Hancock — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 01:46:04 +0000

Do you really have a life, or do you just read blogs all day?

By: catarf

catarf — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 23:52:47 +0000

pos yo hablo hespañol…… ….. o eso creo jajajaja.

mis tatuiajes mijooooooooooo a poco no tan shidos. y k desgracia k nunca te conoci…. ojala y algun dia pueda estrechar tu mano.

cuidate porfas.

By: EMC

EMC — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:03:56 +0000

It baffles me that you have never had an American-born Latino friend or even a gay friend. But people are different, people experience things in life at different times and when we read them on our egocentric blogs (becuase they are, but for some reason they’re selfless too) we learn, we understand, or we refute. It’s amazing the level of knowledge I have amassed from ElenaMary, Gustavo, Cindylu, La Tortillita Changuich, and el HP in just a small amount of time. The irony of it all is that even if I feel like I know and care about them in a personal way, I realize that I only know a small percentage of their being. It’s amazing to think that I (we) have access to this part that perhaps all of us blogeros don’t in fact share with others. Some of us, like you, Os, perhaps, are a little different in the sense that I gather that your close friends know you’re a geek and maybe a bit of a dork—I know mine do. But I wonder this…will I ever get to meet everyone of these blogeros (well, scratch off, my homie, HP, ’cause we’ve met and hopefully we’ll meet again for some chelitas, guey) and detach ourselves from just the “people who I read their blogs at 7 am at work” to more of actual friendships. Me gustaria eso, a lot. Thanks for the name check,pal, I’m only tryin’ to copy your GQ estilo on your FlickR fotos. Si, no, that’s the pot calling the kettle a jarron.

By: ChrisN

ChrisN — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 20:28:22 +0000

I’m always game. Gimmie a buzz.