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Dërrík

derrikchinn.blogspot.com

About Me

¿Dónde está Derrik? Derrik está aqui. I like flags, maps, used cars and cartoons. They all tell a story. Me gustan banderas, mapas, carros usados y caricaturas. Todos cuentan una historia.

My Interests

Music:

Miss Kittin, Tiga, Felix Da Housecat, Ladytron, Hell, The Hacker, New Order, Joy Division, Depeche Mode, Moenia, Goldfrapp, The Raveonettes, Chicks on Speed, Audio Bullys, Kraftwerk, Fpu, Sigur Ros, Air, Doves, Bjork, Erlend Øye, Fannypack, Annie, ABBA, Duran Duran, Daft Punk, Audion, Peaches, Fischerspooner, Erasure, Tears For Fears, The Human League, the Minogue sisters, Queen Madge, Dolly Parton, The Gayties Box Set

Movies:

Lola Rennt, Todo Sobre Mi Madre -- all Almodovar films, really, Trainspotting, Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Beetlejuice, Dancer in the Dark, The Suicide Club, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Lost in Translation, The Triplets of Belleville, Spirited Away, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, The House of Yes, Hysterical Blindness, She Devil, Mommie Dearest, Kill Bill, Rocky Horror, Edward Scissorhands, Amelie, A Dirty Shame, Ghost World, The Goonies, Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, The Raspberry Reich, Jawbreaker, Muriel's Wedding, The Opposite of Sex, Poltergeist, Pep Squad, Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion, Serial Mom, Showgirls, To Wong Foo, Welcome to the Dollhouse, The Brady Bunch Movies, Team America World Police, The Sound of Music

Books:

The Sun Also Rises, A Brave New World, Running With Scissors, Sellevision, Me Talk Pretty One Day, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Neruda, Garcia-Lorca, Wallpaper, Muzik Magazine, V I C E

My Blog

Meet Derriks other blog

Dear MySpace, Your blog is ugly. So I'm breaking up with you. I'm moving in with Blogspot. That's where I'll be, if anyone asks. derrikchinn.blogspot.com. It's not that I don't love you. I just don't ...
Posted by Dërrík on Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:27:00 PST

Mexitecture: What color is your cement box?

Functionality often comes before fanciness in Mexican architecture, which is where the cement box comes into play. What would no doubt be considered cheap construction or lack of design by most (but n...
Posted by Dërrík on Fri, 23 May 2008 01:54:00 PST

Our Lady of Pamela Anderson

Pamela Anderson (front, center, vinyl) inflates herself into Our Lady of Guadalupe's (right, small, tile) reign over Tijuana. Side by side, the ladies cater to all the needs of the modern Mexican man....
Posted by Dërrík on Mon, 19 May 2008 03:35:00 PST

At home on the other side

I now officially sleep in Tijuana seven nights a week. Here's where I live, specifically. Around the corner is a pile of rubble that used to be the bullring. I can look out the window and see the bord...
Posted by Dërrík on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:40:00 PST

Airplanes, guns, neon

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Posted by Dërrík on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:43:00 PST

My first nephew was born yesterday.

The six-pounder goes by the handle Braxton Isaiah Chinn, but you can call him Brax. Congratulations, Dane and Amberley....
Posted by Dërrík on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:40:00 PST

Carnaval: the less desperate version of Mardi Gras

Three toll booths and 80 miles south of Tijuana sits the city of Ensenada, where Mehmo, Jorge and Derrik dance together in the streets as inconspicuously as possible in the name of Carnaval. ...
Posted by Dërrík on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST

A day in downtown Tijuana.

Pastry breakfast. Fabric store labyrinth. Produce shopping spree. I feel so metropolitan. And to sum up all of Los Angeles, with one photo from New Year's Eve:Now compare with these two, w...
Posted by Dërrík on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 02:02:00 PST

Mexicali: Mexicos Asian dynasty

In the middle of the Baja desert along the border wall, some 100 miles east of San Diego, lives Mexico's largest Chinese community. Most came in the 1800s for the gold but wound up laying railroad tra...
Posted by Dërrík on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:03:00 PST

The town’s on fire

It was supposed to be a day at the beach, until the beach caught on fire.This is what the air looked like Sunday in Tijuana. The fire was about 30 miles east. Perry says everything is going to be fine...
Posted by Dërrík on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:15:00 PST