I had forgotten to tell some of you that one of my works got selected on a contest.In case I had told you already, you might want to ignore this post 
Doesn’t mean I won the contest (still don’t know the results), but I’m a finalist. I always hoped people would like my submission because I put a LOT of effort on it. Didn’t try to keep my hopes high because–I hate to say this– I’m still qute insecure. Had never participated on a contest and now it seems I’ll be more confident after this 
Feels good to be selected among thousands of submissions from 76 countries (there are 200 finalists or so). Even if I didn’t win, I made it to a good place, my work will be on exhibition and people can buy prints at the Mexican Museum of Design. I won’t see a cent out of it, but it means status.
I’m really happy for two friends of mine and another colleague because they got selected as well. Hope that at least one of us win something else…. and it’d better be me!
Kidding 
Mirixa Blog-related
Right, I had never heard about that MTV show… might be because I never watch that channel when I’m back home. Anyway, it made me consider about everything I consider a “turn-off”.
Here’s a list, in no particular order:
- Vegetarians: I don’t have a problem with people not eating meat. I just can’t stand the fact that some of them think they’re better than the rest of us carnivore mortals and make me feel guilty because the tuna sandwich I’m enjoying is not “dolphin-friendly”.
- Chauvinistic pigs: Also known as “macho men”, they think women are a prey that needs to be hunted/harrassed. In case the girl is smart enough to tell that specimen is a jerk, they will go all stupid and try to change their “tactics” so the woman regrets leaving them…as if we cared.
- Drunks: Normally, I don’t drink alcohol, yet I can understand the fact that some people enjoy having a beer or a glass of wine. I just can’t stand when someone gets wasted regularly… let’s say, weekly. They lose more points if they attempt to drive under the influence.
- Know-it-alls: It doesn’t matter if you wrote a doctoral thesis on whatever subject you’re talking about: They’ll always know MORE.
- Emotional guys: Not talking about emos. It’s just that I don’t want to deal with someone who will make me cry my eyeliner out.
- Junkies: Do I really need to explain this?
- Religious extremists: Doesn’t matter what religion they’re into. Enough is enough.
- Anyone who loves their car more than any person and doesn’t talk about anything else but cars, engines and everything in between.
- Designers: I don’t need another huge ego. That’s all I have to say.
- Guys telling the whole world they’re on a diet. Just order something light and stop telling the world you’re dieting.
- Compulsive liars: The truth always comes out, sooner or later… then they get embarrassed and try to set their story straight but it’s a bit too late!
I’d add a few more but I don’t want to bore anyone to death… and it’s almost dinner time.
Mirixa Life, Rants!
This weekend was just plain WEIRD. Since my first flight was delayed, I got stranded in Paris for two long days. Talk about boredom and discontrol. Met people I would never meet on a normal base, did things I would never do… got terribly stressed and felt miserable because I hated to be so alone. The airline paid a night at a hotel. They said there was a free shuttle service but we didn’t find any (we= some weird girl from a rich neighborhood and two Spanish guys) so we had to take a taxi. The chinese driver didn’t seem amused to see us and we were praying he’d got the hotel name right. Luckily for us, he did. I got a big room, with free coffee and tea. Dinner was alright but I was so tired and stressed I wasn’t even hungry. Went to bed and promised that girl we would take a taxi together.
Morning had come and I changed my plans. Had breakfast really early, became noticed by some person who lent me an iPod charger and….I sorta made up my mind and decided to leave the stuck up girl alone. We left some hours later, almost crying when we heard some flights were still being delayed because of the snow. You know, some of you might think “why the hell are they crying?” But really, it’s a horrible situation I hope you will never go through it. All the discontrol, the loneliness, the hopelessness…. hell. We had to run to the airport and stayed there ALL day long, I was so stressed I even accepted a beer. Most of you know I hate beer… so you can imagine how stressed I was. Actually, my new friend left before me… from another terminal. I felt so shitty for the rest of the day. I mean, what if I didn’t leave? I would be so alone again…..
I literally had to BEG a guy from the airlines to get me on the next flight home. Whew, I’m glad he seemed to like me… otherwise I’d still be there. On a lighter note, I saw snow for the first time in my life but I didn’t get happy because of it, since that’s the reason why I had to stay there. My 8pm flight left at 10.40pm…. made it to Lx at 1am but then had to wait 2 hours for my suitcase and it never came. I was so damn tired I didn’t give a hoot and went back the next day. Got my luggage back and everything’s been so cool since then
Anyway, today I had a really calm and nice day. Had a walk by the seaside, had coffee and will go out in a few hours. It’s about time I started to feel alive. Too bad it can’t be like this all the time…
Mirixa Holidays
Finished packing a few moments ago. Took the practical side and I’m carrying just a few basics. Why? Because good people died somewhere between my past life and this one. Takes me a lot of puppy eyes and winks to convince some “man” to help me get my suitcase. Anyway, karma is a bitch.
After three days of absolute rest, I started to feel like a caged lion. Since I couldn’t stand it anymore, decided to see a doctor. I wasn’t feeling that bad, actually. It’s just that I need to gather some strength for tomorrow, and antibiotics seem to help.
On a lighter note, I’m so shocked!! I was looking to some pics of this girl I’ve known for many years and she’s got a pic with D when they were 13-14 ! That guy I crushed on during all my teenage years! He looks exactly like the last time I saw him…. then he put on a lot of weight and stopped being cute. That pic made me smile a bit.
That’s life
Mirixa Life
Not much to say. I’ve been sick all day, just resting and coughing. Tomorrow will be a better day……….I hope.
Mirixa Holidays, Life, Rants!