Caray, Caray!

Pablo,

What an excellent recap! So witty and funny.

Alma is totally clueless isn't she? She knows Chucho is up to something now what could it be? I was laughing.

Also loved Elias formally asking Pato to be his girlfriend. They are the best couple.

I like the meaning of the color of the roses. I think that is why Chucho sent them the way he did, not for the abundance of them.

So, so glad, that Val is allowed to see both her Papas whenever, and NOT when Moronica says. So happy about that. I am so glad Val talked to the Judge alone. I hope Sanson gets to come on the visits.

YaY, Moronica lost and I don't like the previews and what she said to Alma.

I thought for a minute that Ferny would cave to Discua and I am so very glad he didn't. He has way more morals now than Royer. Who knew! I hope this thing with Discua is over now and Ferny tries to win Xochi back. That earring is going to be a problem, even though Ferny and Discua didn't do anything but kiss.

Can't wait to see what Chucho and the gang have set up for this surprise proposal party ; )
 

Pablo- As a gal currently sporting a natural agro, I can't agree with your title, but the recap was delightfully funny. I especially liked you comment about the long fortune needing to be in a croissant. LOL!

Mads- I also enjoyed the Pati Elias scene. Unfortunately, they were interrupted by Jesus. Darn!

Really? Alma can't guess what Chucho is planning? And why would you push so hard to find out the surprise someone is planning for you, unless you don't trust that person?
 

That's afro, not agro. Stupid tablet.
 

So the agro, not afro, that would be corn rows?
 

LOL! You know I didn't mean it personally, since it is all in good fun and I am just mocking this TN characters. Her hair was the only thing that I found was kinda big and permanent (as we call those curls), so I added ''ugly''...

I am sorry, not!!

What I like from this new ''afro'' is that is not completely round. Have you seen those little things around her neck? It is cute though.
 

Pablo, I always have to make sure to read your recaps at home, and not when I get to the office in the morning. There's always at least one thing that makes me laugh hard enough to get a good ab workout, and usually multiple! Today I don't even know what part to highlight. It was all funny.

Yay for the judge talking to Val and giving Chucho and Elias rights, but I wish she had taken the time to ask Val about life with her momster. Vero needs to have NO custody, not shared custody. She is toxic, and Rogue's home is a terrible environment for a child.

Hint to Paticakes on how to have a novio: stop talking to him about the last guy with whom you were rolling in the hay!
 

A great dose of irreverence to start the day. I so love your recaps Pablo. They always give these characters a good slap aside the head. I can almost hear a "get over yourself" as that's done.

That blasted earring, I mean really? Frankly nothing was done on that couch that would have made that mini-Frisbee come out. How long does this breakup have to go on?

Sorry, but I'm over this whole Jessica "secret" plot. Longer it goes on, the more stupid the outcome is going to be. For someone who was so enthused to get it on with Ferny, and then get hitched to Cardy, how this suddenly surfaced...monkey writers were bored. Anyway, probably a tattoo or mole ( and most likely NOT big, permanent and anything to get worked up over.)Juarever.

That moment with Val and her two papas should have been the start of a new living arrangement. Smart judge to talk to the child, but oh yeah, we get more manipulations by Vero to cause her daughter heartache I'm sure. Anvil...anyone have an anvil??

So right now, well, I kind of like watching Eli and Pati more than Chucho and Alma. My worry with Pati is at some point she will get pulled back in with Roggggerrrrrr (monkey writers again), but for now, these two are so fun and cute. Nice to see her enjoying a relationship with someone who "gets" her. Agree the whole Marisela offering advice was WTH? to me.

Not terribly excited to see this proposal. It has silly and lame written all over it and I'm sure involves paper and paste for something. But there should be food if this TN holds true and we can enjoy those shots.

Daisynjay
 

I like when characters stick to their guns and follow through when they decide something.

I liked, for instance, when Lucero's mother (Perdigón) got separated from her husband (Ojeda) and didn't come back to him at all.
It would have been lame to see her forgive him and come back as nothing happened. In real life, couples that split don't get back to each other most of the time.

Do, if in this TN everybody is going back and forth between them, and then Pati takes Roger back as if nothing, I would definitely ask someone to shoot me in the head.

Alma already did something stupid allowing Pati back into her life after all she did. Really? Is everybody do juárever they want and split and make up multiple times as if nothing happened? I hate that (too)...
 

Sorry, I forgot to mention that I was talking about PESE.
 

Thank you, Pablo, your recap is hilarious as always. It was a silly episode, that I fast forwarded and waited for your recap.
I particularly loved the section about Discua the proclaimed "virgin". You are too funny. I'm glad that Jesus got his visitations rights back for Val.
 

Thanks, Pablo, you had me laughing from the "Ikea bookcase" to "cantaloupes and watermelons" Now something to make you smile: only 45 episodes to go!

A question for you, Pablo. Browsing the liquor dept. of my local grocery I noticed not one but two brands of rompope: Santa Clara and Coronado. If I decide to get a bottle to toast a big happy adiós to this novela, which brand would you suggest or is it all the same? I know that it is still a couple of months off but I am thinking ahead. :)

Jarifa
 

Thanks.

Both brands should be very good. Santa Clara brand is older, and is supposed to have the original recipe from some Nuns.

Coronado is famous for their ''dulce de leche'' or ''cajeta'' made with goat's milk, so I am guessing is good too. I have never tried Coronado's rompope, but their line of candy and sweet stuff.

Some Nuns still make it homemade in México and sell it to raise funds for their Convents. If you know someone in México, ask them, maybe in the future you can get to experience the real deal, if they get you a bottle.
 

Pablo, thanks for the info. I appreciate it

Jarifa
 

I'm going to have to head to a liquor store and find this rompope. This tn has made me want to try it.

A bit of cultural difference Pablo. In the black community a permanent (relaxer) is what straightens hair, and you're thinking of a permanent wave that was so popular up till the 90s that gave people with straight hair waves or curls.
 

One last thing, Pablo, do you have pi memorized?

Jarifa
 

Oh, no. My memory is not what it used to be. I had to look it up. When I was a kid I thought it was only 3.1416, but then I found out theres like a zillion more numbers. They just rounded it up.

I am glad you got the joke.
 

Oh Pablo, you have opened "Pandora's Box" with the comments about Black Women's hair...take it from me, an African American male, don't mess with a Sister Girl's hair. Don't touch it, don't ask if it's weave, or if the the weave is real hair or fake hair. Do not ask how much money and time is used to maintain it, unless she is wearing it natural (Afro)..... To help you out visit; PerfectHairCollection.com

Jessica's Secret probably amounts to nothing. I don't think it's a gender issue, and she said it's not a STD. Moles and tatoos can be removed, so maybe it's a birthmark.

BTW, Cardi did refer to her as his "Chocolate Bonbon", so they finally mention her dark skin. I still want to see how her family looks, so lets get past the secret, and lets have the wedding.


 

Lee- Not sure that site would be helpful to anyone, other than to think all black women have hair from across Asia or Brazil attached to their heads. LOL! I was even amazed by that collection. Wow!

Anyhoo, there is thankfully increased positive reinforcement that going natural is just as beautiful as straightening hair with permanents, and/or attaching additional hair from women around the world with naturally straight hair. Seeing an actress like the one who plays Jessica wearing her natural hair is proof that this is becoming more acceptable. Other than that brief blip in history, during the late 60s and 70s, and mainly in the U.S., that would not have been the case. Keep rocking the curly afro Jess. End of Black Hair 101.

 

I am sure you all have seen by now Chris Rock piece about women's hair ''GOOD HAIR''. ILMAO watching it!

I think it's not about the hair (I read the book ''Happy to be nappy'' just to see what was all the controversy) but the women's mind. If you want to go out bald and if you feel pretty, nobody should care.

Women (and men) should feel comfortable with juárever they have- I saw Oprah's magazine at the HEB register. Does anybody knows why she has that humongous afro on the cover? Is she making some kind of statement?
 

Pablo- In addition to being about the women's minds, it's about society too. But thank goodness these days there is an increasingly broader idea of "beauty", and more women feel freer to make different choices, like wearing their naturally kinky/curly/afro hair, natural. But this is not the case in all places. And there is still the debate over whether natural black hairstyles are "professional". You should have seen the looks on my board of directors' faces when I started sporting a big afro last year. LOL! They are now used to it. It may not seem like a big deal to you. It IS just hair. But I think most people will agree that hair is a big part of our identity (otherwise cancer wigs would not be such a big deal), and when you add to it that a group gets told that what does grow out of their heads isn't pretty/professional/attractive, and tie that to a messy/painful history, then you've got a whole stew of strong emotions, and it's not "just" hair.

Haven't seen the Oprah cover. I'll have to look it up on the web. Didn’t mean to stir up trouble, and I'm not upset. Just wanted to make my own feelings about the word “ugly” associated to Jessie’s hair known, and why. Hope I achieved a bit of cultural education while doing so.

 

Vivi, I got that web site from the Steve Harvey Morning(radio) Show, as this morning they were talking about black women's hair, and how difficult it is to maintain the "western" look for women of color..... The website reinforce the amount of time and money it takes to maintain the straight hair look for African American women.

You are correct by saying Jessica's natural hair adds to her physical beauty. It is good to see her natural hair style, even though the make-up folks at Telavisa sometimes still have her in "white face" make-up.

She is one of the three most atractive females on this show. Paty, and Alejandra being the other two.
 

If I were African American, I would totally rock an Afro - I think it looks fantastic whether it's big or cut short and close. Looks fantastic with big earrings. But I'm a child of the 70's so I guess I'm used to it. Jessica's 'fro is great because it's different. I like how she pulls out little curls at the nape of her neck and around her forehead. Very flattering.
 

"Really? All that inside a fortune cookie? Come on, for that sentence you will need a whole croissant!!"

One of your best lines, Pablo. Thanks.

Now onto hair. It's a big topic..for all women. My oldest daughter had extremely thick curly hair and in the 80's she wore it long and wild. An unbelievable cascade of hair. A real traffic stopper.

But when she went to work as a financial analyst, the firm wanted her to straighten it to look more "professional". So now it's chemicalized, ironed,lightened and it's thinned out and I really missed my wonderfully bushy-headed 80's daughter.

She decided to be a stay-at-home mom when her first born was 6 months old but the 80's natural hair has never returned.
 

Thanks, Pablo!

Vero doesn't know how lucky she is that the judge restricted her interview with Valentina to the subject of Chucho, and didn't ask anything about Vero. Valentina overheard quite a bit of interesting stuff that could have jeopardized Vero's own custody!

I was surprised that Alejandra initially thought the earrings were Xochi's (or was she just playing dumb)? Xochi doesn't wear big earrings!

I miss the big round afros of the 70s.

I remember a news item, maybe ten years ago, about a flight attendant who wore her hair in cornrows and was told by her employer that it wasn't acceptable because it was "too ethnic." In other words, everything that isn't Caucasian is "ethnic" and too much of that is bad. Arrrrgh. (I don't even remember how the case turned out.)
 

I think the secret is a very descriptive tattoo dedicated to another man, and that Cardenas's expression will say, Oooh, I kind of like it!

Anyhow, best exchange:
Patty: You have to support me! You're my pareja!
Rog: That's only because you're blackmailing me.
Patty: Juarever!
 

Thanks, Pablo, for the fun recap!

Vivi, so when will you post a new selfy so we can see your Afro?

I remember when I was active duty back in the '70s and '80s, the Air Force standard for men's Afros was 1 1/2" in bulk/depth/juarever. First sergeants always kept a standard paper clip in their pocket as an objective 1 1/2" measuring device.

My view is that Fernando needs to get out more and look for another female companion. Discua? Give me a break with that squirrel. Xochitl? A pill who would be a pill even if she had ample 'autoestima.'

And OBTW I see where Albuquerque will be hosting the Pacific Coast (?... juarever) Origami USA Convention, Oct 3-7. No word as to whether Jesus "Chucho" Garcia will be there to demonstrate his angels.
http://origamiusa.org/pcoc2013
 

Mike- I'll probably post a new pic when I get back from Uganda next month.
 

I meant Vero, not Patty! Sorry!!