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Alba

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About Me

these days i divide my time as follows; work (library aide) p/t, school (esthetics student at Zenzi's, SF) p/t, and the rest either spending time w/my husband or many pets...

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My Interests

making things, gardening, decorating my house, music, reading, collecting foreign films, learning about skin, spending time with my doggies & other menagerie of pets, going to Goodwill, traveling, collecting dia de muertos stuff, carnavals, going to zoo, cheese, Carlos Rossi sangria, seeing small venue rock shows, Isis Rodriguez, admiring old victorian houses, all things Italian, british accents

I'd like to meet:

artistic types, polite people who know how to spell

Music:

Victimasdeldrcerebro,DepecheMode,Blancmage,Cure,Soundgarden, Rasputina,LeneLovich,SoftCell,Cars,LilaDowns,HopeSandoval,Ad amAnt,DuranDuran,KidneyThieves,Deftones,PschedelicFurs,NIN,O rgy,SneakerPimps,Malditavecindad,Santana,Pixies,Clash,OingoB oingo, the Birthday Massacre, Joy Division, Suede,Devo,PeterMurphy, Smiths, Curve, Snakeriver Conspiracy, Mission UK, and so on

Movies:

Donnie Darko, Heathers, Corpse Bride, Amelie, AmoresPerros, Hackers, Imperio de Fortuna, Malena, Santitos, Lemony Snickett, Nannie McPhee, Henry and June, Sex and Lucia, Edward Scissorhands, Legend, the Governess, A tale of two sisters, Like water for chocolate, Red Cherry, May, The terrorist, Stigmata, Erendira, Lost Highway,Angel de fuego

Television:

not really, whatever indie movie on cinelatino, the sci-fi channel for the commercials, Judge Judy, Laura, animal planet, Walter y las estrellas (for my daily horoscope, i used to LOVE "la femme nikita" the tv series, in the 90's

Books:

"Eva Luna" by Isabel Allende anything by Francesca Lia Block anything by Ana Castillo "Interior Alchemy" by Rebecca Purcell "Santora" by Resurrecione Cruz "Veronica decides to die" by Paul Coehlo

Heroes:

my godfather

My Blog

My Day of Dead home altars (pics)

I have two up, one dedicated to my grandparents (mom's side), and the other is dedicated to the murdered women of Juarez...I like how both turned out so far, so much, I think i will keep them up all y...
Posted by Alba on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 05:39:00 PST

ddlm fest pics....

These aren't all the pics, i still have a few more to upload....and some to fix After a bit of drama in the early morning with fest organizers who couldn't find where our booth spot was (bu...
Posted by Alba on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 04:32:00 PST

Fest reminder

I'm vending at this year's Dia De Muertos festival in Oakland, Ca vending with me also is Sacred Snatch, and Posada Art Designs... for more date info, go to http://www.unitycouncil.org in the meantime...
Posted by Alba on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 01:00:00 PST

2006 Dia De Muertos fest (vending info)

Amargo (my store), will be vending at this years Dia de muertos festival in Oakland, with Sacred Snatch and Guadalupe Posada Art Designs.... I'm working 24/7, crafting new things to sell...I'll b...
Posted by Alba on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:01:00 PST

"muerto" merry go round (a work in progress)

something I'm working on, it has a long ways to go still....i hope to make it go round' and play music, how I don't really know yet...      ...
Posted by Alba on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:12:00 PST

candy skull hairsticks

Red and Purple are shown, but i can custom make any color... $18 per pair...
Posted by Alba on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:18:00 PST

la loteria...

a few years ago, I wanted to do an art piece/mixed media sculpture for each card of the loteria...i got as far as these three, and then lost interest/moved on to something else.... El pajaro La ...
Posted by Alba on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:38:00 PST

Love is a bitch....

a plaque i made recently....   
Posted by Alba on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:46:00 PST

Viva Amor shrine

pics of a shrine i made, years ago...(and gave to my querido, Beto) inside of it outside....  ...
Posted by Alba on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:30:00 PST

blue too....

i made an "Amor" necklace in blue also....
Posted by Alba on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 09:47:00 PST