Tuesday, November 17, 2009

My Top 5 Latino Guilty Pleasures


Anyone who knows me knows I'm one damn proud Latino. How proud am I you ask? I'm so proud I even have a couple of Latino guilty pleasures. See below.

5. I enjoy watching Spanish language TV. Yes, it's cheesier than Fat Joe on a hot summer day but it's so over the top it's hard not to tune in. Overdramatic Latinos, bourgeois Latinos, poor Latinos, sex, cougars…it’s all there.

4. I think Vicks Vapor Rub can cure anything. You have a cold? Put it on your chest. You have a pimple? Put some on it. Vapor Rub is to Latinos as Robitussin is to African Americans.

3. I bless myself everyday as I leave my house. I also get one from ma’ dukes everyday via phone.

2. I sometimes blast merengue music in my car. Just to let people hear how Latino I am.

1. And the number one Latino guilty pleasure is (drum roll please): I buy Walter Mercado's year end magazine as soon as it drops. Seriously! If you've ever seen it, he basically gives predictions for the following year and as a somewhat superstitious Latino I need to know.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Wilmer Valderrama Stays Greasy


I love over-the-top reggaeton videos! Wisin y Yandel, arguably the largest artists of the genre, released a video for “Imagínate.” It features T-Pain, ageless Colombian hottie Paula Garces, Amaury Nolasco, and (it gets better) the greasiest mofo in Hollywood—Wilmer Valderrama. Here are a few notes:

1. T-Pain looks like Goldilocks
2. Wilmer dances reggaeton like he’s not wearing a rubber (pause)
3. Wisin is an awesome wingman
4. Don’t fuck with Amaury Nolasco’s girl

Bonus: Wilmer gets fatally shot—subsequently there’s an oil spill nationwide.

The End