Stereo Total and Raymoundo Party

17/03/08
This guy on couchsurfing told me I had to go to this concert Friday night. The band was Stereo Total. I met him - Abdul aka "Boobah" at the Metro and went to his house so he could get ready. It was already like 10 and the ticket said show started at 9, so I was kinda leary about that. When we got to his house he showed me all his sweet collections: Vintage 80's Star Wars figures, jar of toenail and finger nail clippings, and a stack of magazines. He informed me that this show was gonna go all night and hoped I was ready to party. Then he asked me if I wanted to take extacy with him. I politely refused. This guy is the greatest character ever and I could write a whole page just on him, but he is all about fun. We went to the show and he new like everyone there. Ok, so he's like this little fashion guy, that you kinda think is gay, but then he keeps talking about girls. He's all over the place, introducing me to everyone, running around to other people. So I met a lot of his friends. There was a DJ playing when we got there, but the first band didn't go on until midnight and the show wasn't over until 3 am. But wait, let me tell you about the venue. It's called Casa de Chocolate and it's a freaking mansion that was revamped into a venue. The swimming pool in the back yard is still full, and the stage is built on stilts out of the pool. There's palm trees and neon lights everywhere. Everyone I asked about the place would debate about the rumor that an old popular TV clown used to live there.
After the show was over Abdul disappeared, so I was kinda lost without a car, and it was 3 am, so the Metro was not running even if I could find it. I had been talking with this chick Maria, who half invited and half told me that I was going to her house for the afterparty. Since I was otherwise stranded this sounded like a good idea although I was really tired and hungry. We got back to her house and I made a sandwich and hung out with her and her friends. I ended up crashing there until Mary Chuy called me at 8 am in the morning asking where I was and telling me to come home for our trip to Reynosa.

So Maria doesn't know how to get around Monterrey and can't find my house even when I show her it on a map. She drops me off at a gas station and I got a cab home. Then we drove to Reynosa for Raymoundo's 70th birthday surprise party. It was great. Like 100 people all dressed up. The food was good, lots of music and dancing. I danced a bit when one of his daughters pulled me onto the stage. The party went past midnight, but I went and fell asleep in Artemio's car as I hadn't gotten much sleep the night before. The next day, we drove back to Monterrey and I went to meet Gaby and her friend at some mall. I drove there on my own and didn't get lost. Then Gaby and I went to her house and watched Beetle Juice and I couldn't stop thinking of Aaron Ellis. Since Gaby's on spring vacation from teaching and I'm on life vacation from everything, we've thrown together an impromptu roadtrip to 2 or 3 cities in Mexico including San Luis (colonail town), Tampico (crappy beach), and another place that should have a nice waterfall. Tonight there is a couchsurfing community meeting at a bar and then an afterparty, so we'll see how that goes.

Ok, PS, if you read this, please leave me comments even just saying that you are reading it. Because you guys are half the reason I'm writing this.