FOR THE RECORD

I understand that since I do have a twitter account (twitter.com/saigiddy) and this website is on my profile that I will be getting more people viewing my blog. I didn't create this blog to stay up on what everyone else is writing. In actuality it is just an account of a human beings likes and dislikes. A human by the name of Saira--which obviously is me. At one point someone on my twitter directed me to an article that was very informative but also attempted to kind of kick me down by saying my blog will never make money. I thanked the person for sending me to an article about monetizing websites (WHICH WAS GOOD INFO TO KNOW) but at the same time I replied it was never my intention to make something that the whole world is going to like. This is about a different kind of society, a society that is some what dead now. The kind that admitted that they liked the Muppets, Pete and Pete, Daria content you haven't seen or missed. And just some good well written films. Good television programming and shit that you just don't see anymore thanks to some of the mindless dribble now on tv. I post what I like and I can't always aspire to be what anyone wants me to like so if your searching for a bunch of gossip, you may find it and you may not. But I will tell you this, YOU the reader, if you are out there, will definitely enjoy the content. Maybe it'll open your eyes to something you didn't know you could like. And maybe you'll just be like, hey I remember that ish! Just wanted to post that for once.

Don't wonder why Mein Herr!

I haven't been on in a minute. I know, I know, I made promises. I've been sitting at home blogging for another website but my own. How nice! So many things have happened since the last time I posted. One of my favorite singers and one of the reasons why I was attempting this push to the top was to meet him....Michael Jackson. I wanted to post a lot about him and yet I haven't done anything. That doesn't mean I haven't been researching. Soon I will post about MJ but for now lets talk Liza. Liza Minnelli that is, I have to say I have gotten more and more interested in stage, and night club acts. I think she looks great in this performance of "Mein Herr" from the 1972 movie "Cabaret". She also looks super cute in her outfit. Hmm...maybe my halloween costume this year...lol

LATINAS ON THE RUN GOT EVERYONE HYPE!!

Pretty soon our tv is going to be taken over by the lovely ladies of Latina's on the Run. A new show that follows 2 beautiful girls, Victoria Ortiz and Jessica Perez through the streets of New York City. The girls go to invite only events as well as city wide events and interview locals and celebrities alike. All the while the girls are having fun and showing New Yorkers what they are missing by not being more involved within there small yet exciting city. I find this show to be really cool not just because I know the girls but also because in the show, they show how the girls are working within the industry to propel their respective careers. Jessica Perez recently won the Dr Jays Fresh Faces campaign for 2009 which means that we will be seeing her face all over billboards this summer. Ms Victoria Ortiz is a model and video vixen. She has been in magazines such as Maxim and was also featured as the hottie of the month for the extremely popular New York City internet radio station, Alistradio.net. I attached a little sneak preview, a teaser if you will, brought to us via Vladtv.com.



I for one can't wait for the new season to be on and poppin'!! Past episodes can be found on youtube.com. The girls also have a blog, Latinasontherun.blogspot.com, so that we can all keep up with these girls on the move. Stay tuned! and don't say I didn't put you on man! :)

Women On Top.

Today was just one of those days. I woke up feeling like it was summer, yet summer has still not hit NYC yet. It's always a push / pull with the weather out here. At times it's amazing, the colors that can be viewed when the weather is just right serves up creativity on a silver platter. But those are just my thoughts about the changing of the seasons here in my little NYC.

I woke up today to the sun beaming in my face, a thing that many New Yorkers hate, especially after a party night such as sunday is claimed to be. I got up, did my morning ritual and started to flip through the channels. As I was doing this I stopped at HBO, which was playing an old favorite movie of mine, "Woman On Top". At first you may think that this movie is about feminism. It is but in some ways it isn't. The movie centers around the main character Isabella Oliviera. As a child Isabella develops extreme motion sickness that forces her to have to live a certain way. Because of her motion sickness, she isn't able to play with her friends so as a child she found a place in the kitchen. She is taught by the cooks that work in her house and through this she finds her amazing potential as a chef. She falls in love with a charming man, and her sickness drives him crazy. He becomes infuriated that he always has to give her first dibs on everything. He owns a restaurant in which he makes Isabella the head chef, but takes all the credit, keeps her in the back and in the dark and takes all the credit for her cooking. His ego leads him to cheat on her, something that she ended up witnessing. And so she decides to move to San Francisco a place not used to exotic food. She somehow lands a job cooking for a tv show...

I want to keep going with my synopsis but their is a point to all this writing. The movie is made to the sounds of Brazil. The soundtrack is on point with the movie and with the food that Isabella cooks. I read some bad reviews for the movie, how it doesn't make sense or her sickness isn't plausible. But I'm honestly here to say that the movie is plausible in certain aspects. Her motion sickness, I had extreme motion sickness till I was 15. I had to always sit in front, I had to always be cooked special meals and I had to come to terms with my excessive puking. I guess the story to me isn't so far fetched. The brazilian versian of santeria is similar to the other versions that I see all the time. I know people who practice these rituals to save themselves from the wrath of the saints and gods. My father is a chef and he taught me certain recipes to keep myself from starving. That and so that I can restore the nutrients I lost from puking my insides.

I guess I just wanted to argue the fact that this movie is good. I guess I'm just a hopeless romantic on the low. Haha don't tell anyone.

Ok I'm gonna post a trailer and then a few scenes that I can find. But the trailer is kind of whack. But the movie is hot. Trust.

I guess I really liked this movie because it reminds me of all the things I enjoy about being latina. The colors, the flavors, the sounds of a culture. I just think the director, Fina Torres, did an amazing job telling a story.

By the by this sexy brazilian actor by the name of Murilo Benicio is in it and I'm telling you, he is charming. Just standing in a corner, he is charming. He was in this novela or brazilian soap opera, "El Clon". This novela was amazing, and it was written very well. If I find it I'll post it. Even though its translated from brazilian to spanish.

Christian San Martin aka Young Scorsese

I would like to dedicate this post to a young visionary on his way to making great things. Christian San Martin aka Pookie aka the Pookierazzi is well known in the club world as DJ Camilo's official photographer. However, what many people don't know is that this young man is also an aspiring cinematographer and director. I first got to see him in action when he was searching for a lead to one of his short films entitled "Man of my Dreams". I had the perfect lead for him, Maria Garcia better known as Pinkii of DTFradio.com fame. The connection was made, a film was produced and even though these films are amateur they are done with a clear cut creative vision. You have to admit, there are not that many people out there that can make an amateur short film and still make it look amazing. There is talent among these short films, commercials and videos (see post below, Juganot's "Neva Stop" music video). It is obvious when viewing these pieces of work that this young film maker has major creative potential. I hope to work with Christian San Martin aka Pookie in the near future. I would definitely recommend this young man to collaborate with anyone who has a respectable project.


CHRISTIAN SAN MARTIN FILM REEL:


FIRST SHORT FILM DIRECTED BY CHRISTIAN SAN MARTIN
STARRING: PINKII aka Maria Garcia
"NATURAL BORN KILLERS:REMAKE 2008" side note: this is the thrill killer scene of the movie


"MAN OF MY DREAMS" STARRING CHRISTIAN SAN MARTIN AND PINKii aka Maria Garcia


"I LOVE YOU"
STARRING CHRISTIAN SAN MARTIN


HAD TO THROW IN THE FLUD WATCHES ONE AS WELL




(Side note: I know I said I was only going to post 2 short films, but then I got to see "I love you" and the colors and everything totally set me back as well as the FLUD Watches catalogue. If you didn't know about this kid, now you know)

MTV ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY ON MARIO AND HIS MOTHER'S ADDICTION.

I have been looking for this episode for about 2 years now and am very happy that you tube exists. About 2 yrs ago, before R&B singer Mario released his "Go" LP (which had some dope tracks on it mind you), he made a documentary openly admitting the fact that his family was plagued with drug addiction. His mother had been a heroin addict since he was a baby and that affected his life in many ways. At first I thought that the episode was actually on A&E's "Intervention"; an hour long show based on families and addiction. Each show ends with the addict being asked by his loved ones to go to rehab. However, after searching for hours on the net I found out it was in actuality an MTV Docs (documentary) movie. I have always liked Mario, I happen to think that he is very talented and not to mention incredibly good looking. However, he's a kid, like a few yrs younger than me. After watching the full documentary, I really came to see him as someone I can admire, in fact I came to see him more as a man. He really took care of himself, and achieved his dreams at a very young age. God was really with him through the beginning of his career and now. He has an amazing amount of strength and character. I really respect that and of course him. So being that I always post up these things, I have posted all the episodes I found on youtube.com, being that I was watching each one in 10 minute increments. Sit down and watch these episodes, trust me, you'll end up with a profound respect for Mario. The name of the MTV Docs is "I Won't Love You Till Death: The Story of Mario and his Mom".

Cassie's boobies all over the net.

For the record.

I was at one point a Cassie fan, and this doesn't change much about my thoughts about her. I actually grew tired of waiting for an album about 3 years ago. But being the fact that I woke up this morning, refreshed the twitterberry, and read casually about Cassie's nipple pierced tits. I thought to myself, self, how long have you been wanting to get yours pierced? I mean wtf? So I decided about 3 hours later to go on my comp and check the pics out. I like that the majority of the sites I checked would not post the picture without putting some sort of animation on her tits. Yes. They are just tits, definitely not the first time we've seen boobies and definitely not the last. However, this the first time everyone sees Cassie's tits. So being that as the biggest excuse, I decided to post the picture on my blog. I decided to chose the most tasteful of the two pictures. Call me an asshole if you'd like but the chick still looks like she did a mini photo shoot. The whole someone hacking into her comp thing...I don't know, but then again that's her beeswax kudos to her for taking the Madonna route and saying so the fuck what you saw my tits??!?!?


*SIDE NOTE: I'm a little pissed that tiny pic removed the pic, yet other websites have the same one, if not more, check out cipha sounds website http://dontgetgassed.com/2009/05/07/cipha-sounds-rosenberg-5709/

*Another side note: Ok so for awhile, since I haven't checked the site, tinypic.com had the audacity to add another picture instead of the aforementioned one. Ahh well, I left a link for you anyways.