Monday, January 21, 2008
New (Nervous) Recapper on Board
This is my trial run...to see if I know how to post. I'm JudyB and I'll be recapping on alternate Tuesdays for Juan Querendon.
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Tuesday, May 01, 2007
La Fea Más Bella #264 4/30/07 Surprises for everyone!
We open with Omar bragging to Fernando that he's going to get lucky tonight. He then takes it back, saying that it's a bad habit. He thinks Aurora's going to confess her love.
Suddenly, we switch to the opening of the Rocky Horror Picture Show…no, wait, it's a close-up of Aurora's lips while she's on the phone, planning a surprise Omar will never forget.
Aldo's talking to the restaurant owner about the menu when he gets a call. From the goofy look on his face, we know it's Lety. Lety giggles on the phone, but it turns into Aurora's sexi-laugh, which confuses Aldo, and she covers by saying she's getting hoarse. Aldo wants to come over to the house tonight, but he's too busy at work. Lety says not to worry, they'll see each other tomorrow. Then there's some mush that thankfully doesn't end in a "You hang up first"/"No, you hang up first" fight.
Marta shows up at Lety's house for her surveillance shift. Lety's dad rasps to Marta about the stuff she brought with her--blanket, snacks--and gives her a hard time about being a married woman and trying to win a date with Colunga. Marta says she's not interested in Colunga that way, she's in love with her husband, they're like Romeo and Juliet, and this pacifies Lety's dad. Marta's brought tortas to snack on, and Lety's dad wants to know if there's one with pierna (A "leg" torta? A Google search reveals that this is a leg of pork…yum!). They settle in for some serious snackage.
Omar's so nervous about his date with Aurora he can't tie his tie, so Fernando does it for him. They're babbling and talking over each other, but there's something about Omar's nervous stomach (I think). Omar wants to know how he looks and Fernando says he looks pretty (precioso) but like an idiot (cara de tonto), but Omar wants more feedback since he's trying to make a good impression. Fernando sniffs Omar up and down and says he smells like an animal from all the testosterone he's giving off. Then he spritzes him with cologne (this looks more and more like a girls' pajama party every minute). Omar says he's like a buffalo (say what?) and that it's not testosterone, it's twoo wuv, like the love Fernando has felt. Fernando confirms that he has felt true love, mutters some more about how very pretty Omar's looking and helps Omar put his jacket on. Oh, wacky hijinks, Fernando has put his jacket on Omar. Not to worry, Omar puts his own jacket on and Fernando tries to push him out the door as Omar obsesses some more about how he looks. Fernando makes plans to follow Omar (because grooming and dressing him for his date just wasn't enough).
Aurora approaches the restaurant, telling an absent Omar to prepare for his punishment. (As she is not wearing black leather, I can only assume this is a punishment Omar is not supposed to enjoy.)
Alicia is at Placide restaurant. The waiter approaches and asks what she would like. She orders a water, for now, but not bottled water because it's expensive. The waiter tries not to roll his eyes as he leaves the table. He fails. (I got that same look last night at a hideously expensive steak restaurant because I said I didn't want a salad. Darn snooty waiters.) Alicia looks anxious and pouty, but never fear, Tomás is here. Apparently Alicia told him she urgently needed to see him. She haughtily orders him to sit down, "What I have to tell you is very delicate, and horrifying." Tomás is now alarmed, he wants to know what's wrong with his chiquita. And the big drama is…Alicia's hungry. Tomás is annoyed that this is what she wanted him for, but she says no, "You're a wretch, the most despicable person I've ever known in my life, that's what you are!" Tomás says he knows this song, can she learn another one. He wants to know what he's done this time. She grabs him by the collar of his jacket, gets all up in his parilla, and demands to know how he could offer HER apartment to Ana Leticia. Tomás gapes like a fish as he tries to come up with an answer.
Back at Casa Lety, Mom, the dog, and Lola have joined in the snackage. As Lola suffers from a particularly spicy torta and Dad goes to get her some water, the doorbell rings. Mama greets him effusively with "Aldito!" It's besitos all around, except for Dad, who wants to know if Aldo is there looking for the Mujer Misteriosa, but no, Aldo is looking for Lety because he has news for her. Mama says Lety's not home yet what with all that work she's had to do lately and that she's still at the office. Papa makes to call the office, but the girls tell him that Lety went out with Fernando to visit some clients. Aldo wants to know what clients and Lola says "Well…some of the many the company has, of course," and Marta tries to distract him with an offer of a torta. Aldo wants to leave and call Lety later, but Papa will not hear of it. Since Aldo has been so polite as to come over, he must stay and wait for Lety. Mama tries to get Aldo off the hook, saying he might have something to do, but Papa wonders if it's more important than seeing Lety. And thus Aldo is stuck at the house.
As Alicia and Tomás have dinner, Tomás tells Alicia he's sorry, but the apartment isn't hers, she looked down on it (lo despreciaste), and besides, if he offered it to AniLeti, it's while she looks for somewhere else to live. Alicia says that's not true, he's trading her in for that shameless woman (descocada), and what did they do together? Tomás denies that there was any "doing" while they were together. Alicia: "Besides, you need to know something very important, she's not a natural woman, she's superficial, she's only interested in money, she's no good for you, she's going to ruin you!" Tomás isn't buying it, AniLeti's a lovely person, very attractive, simpática, and besides, he's only doing it to help her. Alicia has lost her appetite (excuse me while I spray hot tea all over my monitor), "This is happening because I didn't respond sooner and tell you what I'd decided, I'm so stupid!" Tell him what, you ask? Why, that she'll marry him, of course. Tomás proceeds to have some combination of an asthma attack and a seizure, alarming the other patrons of this fine dining establishment.
Meanwhile, Omar waits anxiously at a table for Aurora. She walks in, looking hot as usual (Eh, no, not really. I'm not loving this dress, but at least Friday's running around has stretched out the fabric and she can now take a full stride). Omar attempts to kiss her on the hand, but is rebuffed. Aurora sits down, seductively laying her fur across her lap. Omar professes his desire for her. Aurora says this is normal. Fernando stumbles in and sneaks around the perimeter of the room using the classic stealth technique of holding his hand up to cover his face. He accidentally puts his hand on the shoulder of a woman at the bar. She prepares to turn on the charm, but Fernando scolds her for being too young to be in a bar. He sits down and orders a drink (may I suggest something in a fish bowl with a really big umbrella). Omar wants to know what his surprise is, what Aurora wants to tell him, then asks her to tell him she wants to kiss him. Some random guy walks up and greets Omar and Aurora. Omar impatiently shoos him away, but Aurora gets up and goes to him. Yep, it's the old fake boyfriend ploy. Aurora claims they'd been fighting, but since he found out Aurora had gone out with Omar he got jealous and wanted to get back together. Fake Boyfriend wants Aurora to tell Omar she only went out with him to make FB Jealous. As FB smirks smirkily, Omar's heart breaks.
We return from commercial to a desperate Omar, saying she can't do this to him, it isn't true, a woman using HIM (gasp, horrors!). Aurora suggests to Fake Boyfriend that they leave and then gives Omar the 'ol "hasta nunca" (till never). But Omar doesn't understand, what was this? It can't be! Fernando chooses this moment to come up and hug Omar, singing about love. He slaps Omar on the cheek and tells him to come out of the trance. He tells Omar it's no problem, get out your little black book and call one of your girlfriends. Fernando thinks Omar must be joking with him and calls him a good actor. Omar screams at the waiter to come over and orders a whiskey. (Now, see, he can't have been that in love, otherwise he would have ordered a bottle of tequila!) Fernando now realizes Omar is serious, this has really hit him hard. Omar declares his intention to get drunk so he can forget he was an idiot for letting himself get involved. Fernando doesn't want Omar to get like this over a woman--it surprises and scares him. Omar says she's not "a" woman, she's the most beautiful woman, the one for him, the one he thought of marrying, his twin soul, just like Lety is Fernando's. Nonononono, says Fernando, you are Omar Carvajal, who dates many women at once to avoid falling in love with one, have you already forgotten? Omar says that she was an extraordinary woman and he truly fell in love with her. Fernando believes him, but he doesn't want to believe him, he doesn't want Omar to fall in love, to fall into the abyss of love, one of them being in love is enough on this team. Omar screeches for the waiter again and the waiter brings his whiskey. Fernando doesn't think Omar should drink and wants to leave, but Omar wants another whiskey, straight, three of them. Fernando mother-hen's some more about leaving.
The patrons and waiter at Placide are having no luck reviving Tomás. Alicia thinks he had a shock from happiness. Other diners think it's a heart attack, no, diabetes, no, an embolism, no, brain arthritis! Alicia agrees that it must be brain arthritis and dismisses the other diners since they are taking oxygen away from Tomás. Alicia confesses to the waiter (who's fanning Tomás with a napkin) that she told Tomás she would marry him, but only out of desperation because poverty has driven her crazy, and that she'd barely finished telling him and already wanted to change her mind. Tomás is coming around now. He wants Alicia to say it again, which she does, which triggers another attack. Alicia slaps him around to wake him up and Tomás asks for more. He kisses Alicia's hand, arm, shoulder, but doesn't get to her lips because Alicia sticks her other hand in his face. Tomás says that Alicia must ask his mother for his hand because she won't let him marry just anyone, he's so spoiled. Tomás says don't worry, his mom will want to meet her. Alicia offers to give him a picture tomorrow for Tomás to give his mom, but this won't do, she must meet mama in person, mama will love Alicia like a daughter, and if she doesn't meet mama, mama will object to their marriage and Alicia doesn't want mama as an enemy.
Aurora thanks Fake Boyfriend for his services. He said he owes Carolina a lot and it was no trouble. If she ever needs him again she should call…she's so pretty and it would be a pleasure to see her again. This sets off a spate of Lety-giggles, followed by Aurora telling him she should have no further need of his services since she got what she wanted. FB: Making that guy Omar jealous? A: More than that, I wanted him to know what it feels like to be used. Off Duty Fake Boyfriend thinks she achieved her goal since Omar was so upset. Aurora/Lety (her voice is somewhere in the mid-range by now) says she doesn't think so because Omar is so callous. ODFB thinks Omar was genuinely affected. Aurora/Lety makes a smooshed Lety face as she considers this.
Aldo's trying to get out of the house since Lety's still not home. Papa's says he's going to have a serious talk with her when she gets home, but Aldo says she must have a good reason for being out late. Aldo takes his leave, with besitos all around again, menos papa. (Looks like Marta sneaks Moty a bit of torta.) Papa asks if the girls are staying all night and says he doesn't think it's worth the trouble. He proposes that since he's got insomnia, he'll watch for the Mujer Misteriosa and if he sees her, he'll call. The ladies agree that it's a good plan and Papa hustles them out of the house, physically. Mama thinks that Papa will sleep like a lion tonight (a wimoweh, a wimoweh) since he told the girls he'd keep watch, and besides, even if he does have insomnia he wouldn't watch out for that Mujer Misteriosta. Papa: Ah, you know me well, I always sleeps as I like (a gusto, is there a better translation for that?). Papa goes to bed and Mama prays to St. Jude to look out for Lety because she doesn't know where she is.
Fernando brings a drunk Omar to his place as Omar sings to the tune of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow". Fernando thinks they've sung it 120 times and need to stop. Omar proclaims his love for Fernando…he loves Fernando almost as much as he loves Aurora, Fernando is an idiot and Aurora is his love. Omar wants another whiskey so they can keep celebrating, celebrating that he's trash, filth, and he just figured it out, he makes women suffer because he uses them, but now he knows and he must celebrate. Fernando is bringing him another whiskey, a new whiskey, with bubbles to make the alcohol work better (hm, this looks suspiciously like an Alka Seltzer). Omar wants to toast to the filth (inmundicia) of a man he is, he's trash, he loves Aurora, he's depressed. Omar drinks the whiskey…mmm, he wants another one. Too bad Lety's not around to see Omar saying that he loves Aurora, he wants her to forgive him for being a bad guy, he's filth, he loves her, forgive him. Thankfully Omar now passes out on the couch. Fernando tells passed-out Omar that now Omar finally understands how difficult love is and how bad he was to mock Fernando's love for Lety.
Lety's back home, pajama-ed, and in bed (what? No comical sneaking in scene?). She says that Aurora has completed her mission and has no reason to return. Omar was…well, what she did wasn't SO bad, he'd only seen her three times, or four, but he sure was out of sorts (si se sacó de onda). She giggles, well, in one ear and out the other. Mama enters, she wants to know what's up, Aldo was looking for her, she wants to know the truth, has Lety been going out with Fernando on the sly? Lety giggles, no. Mama: Then where were you tonight? Lety: I was settling something I had pending, but I'm done. Mama: Something you had pending? Lety: Mama, I promise from now on I'll dedicate myself to Aldo…and Conceptos. Mama whips out her MomGuilt card about Aldo looking so bad and leaves Lety. Well played, Mama, Lety now has her guilt face on.
Aldo is…on the restaurant patio? He's wearing his chef's jacket, sitting on a patio chair, talking to the Lety in his head. Wondering where she was since she didn't tell him she'd gone out. Wondering what she's hiding from him now, and on top of that, asking him to trust her. He tells himself to calm down, he's not like that, he shouldn't let his jealousy get the better of him.
The next day at Casa Lety, Lety's running late and doesn't have time for breakfast. Mama asks Lety to remember what they talked about last night as Lety runs out the door. Papa wants to know what they talked about and Mama says Lety won't be coming home late anymore. Papa hopes so, because he doesn't want her to ruin the lovely relationship she has with Aldo. (The cameraperson and the music person would like you to take note of the cell phone that has been left on the dining table.)
Aldo waits in Lety's office. Lety: Why are you here so early? How are you? Aldo: Bad. What happened? I went to your house, didn't find you, I don't know what time you got home. Lety: I was taking care of something. Something Carolina asked me to do. Aldo doesn't believe her.
We return from commercial to Aldo sitting in his office, taking his anger out on his keyboard. Fernando comes in and wants to talk about Lety. Aldo doesn't want to talk to him about Lety. Fernando wants to know why they're fighting. Aldo accuses him of liking listening in on other people's conversations. Fernando says he doesn't like to, but he can't avoid it since he can hear everything that goes on in Lety's office from his office. Fernando says he wants to be Aldo's friend, but Aldo doesn't believe him any more than I do. Fernando says, as a friend, if they fought maybe it's because Aldo isn't Lety's media naranja. (I must now explain that this is literally "half orange," but figuratively it is used to mean "other half," "better half," or, more significantly "perfect partner.") Fernando goes on to say that maybe Aldo's more like her medio limón (half lemon) as Aldo is bitter and Lety is sweet. Aldo asks Fernando, as a friend, if what Fernando wants to know is whether Aldo is going to give Fernando free reign (dejar el camino libre) to let him get to Lety. Fernando denies that this is what he wants and says he's not going to get between them. Aldo says, as a friend, he doesn't know what Fernando came there for. Fernando says it was to tell him, as a friend, that if Aldo makes HIS (Fernando's) Lety suffer he will have to deal with Fernando. Aldo tells Fernando, as a friend, to go to hell, MANdiola. Fernando: Suffocate, DoMENSAin. Then another round of "Ahogate"/"Asfixiate" before Fernando blows on Aldo's ship (literally) as he heads out the door and Aldo asks Fernando not to contaminate his ship with his bad breath. After Fernando leaves, Aldo does the arm clenches plus squats of "I hate that guy" (for a minute there, I thought he was going to turn into a big green monster, but that's a different show).
And now the Lovesick Omar show. He's in his office looking at a black and white head shot of Aurora (I must say, that picture looks better than real live Aurora in color…something about the hair color and lipstick color clashing). He's calling Aurora's cell and begging her to answer. There's the cell phone, on the table at Casa Lety. He gets no answer, so he calls Ernesto asking if there's been any news about the Mujer Misteriosa. He asks Ernesto to find her and calls Caro. He complains to Caro about his hangover and about Aurora having a boyfriend and asks her how serious the Aurora-Fake Boyfriend relationship is (it should have a name, like Brangelina…anybody got one?), but Caro hangs up on him. Omar says now he's got a big problem.
Lety is in her office, looking at the picture of her with Aldo, when Fernando walks in and brusquely gives her a "Permiso, Doña Lety" as he makes his way to his office. Tomás comes in for Lety to congratulate him. Lety: For what? You've finally been hired by the Circus of Economists? Tomás: No, but they did ask if you could sub for the bearded lady. They joke some more about this idea. Tomás tells her that he's going to marry Alicia. Lety is so impactada she stands up halfway, takes off her glasses, and plops back down. She tells Tomás she was happy for him being in love with Alicia and she pretty much blew it off (te di el avion, literally "gave you the plane") because she though it was just platonic, but she wonders if he's thought about it, marrying Alicia could be his ruin. Tomás says he doesn't need to think about it. Lety: That woman is so selfish. Tomás: Don't talk that way about my future wife. I thought you would support me. Lety: I can't support you. I have to tell you that you could be making the biggest mistake of your life. Tomás: You know being with her is the goal of my life, I've done everything for her. You can't support me? Thanks a lot, boss. As Tomás leaves, Omar comes in to talk to Lety. She asks if he's ok and he says yes, but he sure doesn't look like it.
Alicia is trying to borrow Marcia's mink coat. Alicia says she has a big event to go to and she wants to look even more spectacular than usual, with a coat. Marcia want's to know what the important event is. Alicia says she's going to meet a woman who will be fundamental in her life and she has to look well-dressed so this woman knows what kind of woman Alicia is. Marcia says it's more like Alicia wants to look like something she's not, but Alicia takes offense at this.
Back in Lety's office, Lety tells Omar the world is round and what does he have to tell her that's so important. Omar says he found out something terrible...something that makes him anxious and won't let him sleep for years...he's going "down there," to hell! Lety's like, yeah, yeah, we already knew that, but why? Omar says he fell in love and she used him and he realized that what he had done to Lety was terrible because he used her. Lety puts on her fake-mildly-surprised and interested face. Omar: The thing with Fernando and the letters and the love cards, you remember, right? If you don't forgive me I'm going to hell and they say it's hot there. Lety: That's really what bothers you? Omar: No, but also my Aurora disappeared and, well, that has nothing to do with you… Lety: No, I imagine not. Omar: The thing is, in order to be ok with myself, please, I beg you, forgive me. Lety says she thinks Omar still has farther to go to understand what this is all about.
Tomás is complaining to Aldo that Lety didn't support him and wasn't happy for him. Aldo tries to explain to Tomás that Lety doesn't want Tomás to suffer. Tomás says Lety's not just ugly, she's also envious. Aldo tells Tomás not to talk about Lety that way. Tomás says Aldo can't forbid him anything with regard to Lety, they may be friends, but he knew Lety before he knew Aldo. Aldo says he'll talk to Lety, and he congratulates Tomás and wishes him luck.
Carolina comes into Lety's office needing to speak to her urgently about Omar. Lety drags her into the boardroom so Fernando can't hear. Caro says Omar has been driven crazy and the whole Aurora thing has gone too far. Lety says she knows and she's learned that vengeance is a dish one eats cold, alone, and that it's bitter. She says she's really sorry and she's not like that. Caro says she knows, but the problem is, how are they going to get Omar to forget about Aurora. Lety says he's going to have to forget her, because she'll never be heard from again.
At Casa Lety, Mama has taken the cell phone and a load of laundry into Lety's room. The phone rings and Mama wonders if she should answer it. Of course, she does, and wackiness ensues. Omar: I don't care if you have a boyfriend, I love you with my whole soul, I need to see you, get away and we'll see each other tonight, I beg you, Aurora! Mama is impactada y confundida!
Tomorrow: It's all about the Mamas.
So, hi, I'm 5ftLatina and I've had the pleasure of being your recapper today :) Mad props to all the regular recappers...that was a lot of work! Obviously I'm going to have to learn to be faster and more concise...assuming y'all want to keep me?
Suddenly, we switch to the opening of the Rocky Horror Picture Show…no, wait, it's a close-up of Aurora's lips while she's on the phone, planning a surprise Omar will never forget.
Aldo's talking to the restaurant owner about the menu when he gets a call. From the goofy look on his face, we know it's Lety. Lety giggles on the phone, but it turns into Aurora's sexi-laugh, which confuses Aldo, and she covers by saying she's getting hoarse. Aldo wants to come over to the house tonight, but he's too busy at work. Lety says not to worry, they'll see each other tomorrow. Then there's some mush that thankfully doesn't end in a "You hang up first"/"No, you hang up first" fight.
Marta shows up at Lety's house for her surveillance shift. Lety's dad rasps to Marta about the stuff she brought with her--blanket, snacks--and gives her a hard time about being a married woman and trying to win a date with Colunga. Marta says she's not interested in Colunga that way, she's in love with her husband, they're like Romeo and Juliet, and this pacifies Lety's dad. Marta's brought tortas to snack on, and Lety's dad wants to know if there's one with pierna (A "leg" torta? A Google search reveals that this is a leg of pork…yum!). They settle in for some serious snackage.
Omar's so nervous about his date with Aurora he can't tie his tie, so Fernando does it for him. They're babbling and talking over each other, but there's something about Omar's nervous stomach (I think). Omar wants to know how he looks and Fernando says he looks pretty (precioso) but like an idiot (cara de tonto), but Omar wants more feedback since he's trying to make a good impression. Fernando sniffs Omar up and down and says he smells like an animal from all the testosterone he's giving off. Then he spritzes him with cologne (this looks more and more like a girls' pajama party every minute). Omar says he's like a buffalo (say what?) and that it's not testosterone, it's twoo wuv, like the love Fernando has felt. Fernando confirms that he has felt true love, mutters some more about how very pretty Omar's looking and helps Omar put his jacket on. Oh, wacky hijinks, Fernando has put his jacket on Omar. Not to worry, Omar puts his own jacket on and Fernando tries to push him out the door as Omar obsesses some more about how he looks. Fernando makes plans to follow Omar (because grooming and dressing him for his date just wasn't enough).
Aurora approaches the restaurant, telling an absent Omar to prepare for his punishment. (As she is not wearing black leather, I can only assume this is a punishment Omar is not supposed to enjoy.)
Alicia is at Placide restaurant. The waiter approaches and asks what she would like. She orders a water, for now, but not bottled water because it's expensive. The waiter tries not to roll his eyes as he leaves the table. He fails. (I got that same look last night at a hideously expensive steak restaurant because I said I didn't want a salad. Darn snooty waiters.) Alicia looks anxious and pouty, but never fear, Tomás is here. Apparently Alicia told him she urgently needed to see him. She haughtily orders him to sit down, "What I have to tell you is very delicate, and horrifying." Tomás is now alarmed, he wants to know what's wrong with his chiquita. And the big drama is…Alicia's hungry. Tomás is annoyed that this is what she wanted him for, but she says no, "You're a wretch, the most despicable person I've ever known in my life, that's what you are!" Tomás says he knows this song, can she learn another one. He wants to know what he's done this time. She grabs him by the collar of his jacket, gets all up in his parilla, and demands to know how he could offer HER apartment to Ana Leticia. Tomás gapes like a fish as he tries to come up with an answer.
Back at Casa Lety, Mom, the dog, and Lola have joined in the snackage. As Lola suffers from a particularly spicy torta and Dad goes to get her some water, the doorbell rings. Mama greets him effusively with "Aldito!" It's besitos all around, except for Dad, who wants to know if Aldo is there looking for the Mujer Misteriosa, but no, Aldo is looking for Lety because he has news for her. Mama says Lety's not home yet what with all that work she's had to do lately and that she's still at the office. Papa makes to call the office, but the girls tell him that Lety went out with Fernando to visit some clients. Aldo wants to know what clients and Lola says "Well…some of the many the company has, of course," and Marta tries to distract him with an offer of a torta. Aldo wants to leave and call Lety later, but Papa will not hear of it. Since Aldo has been so polite as to come over, he must stay and wait for Lety. Mama tries to get Aldo off the hook, saying he might have something to do, but Papa wonders if it's more important than seeing Lety. And thus Aldo is stuck at the house.
As Alicia and Tomás have dinner, Tomás tells Alicia he's sorry, but the apartment isn't hers, she looked down on it (lo despreciaste), and besides, if he offered it to AniLeti, it's while she looks for somewhere else to live. Alicia says that's not true, he's trading her in for that shameless woman (descocada), and what did they do together? Tomás denies that there was any "doing" while they were together. Alicia: "Besides, you need to know something very important, she's not a natural woman, she's superficial, she's only interested in money, she's no good for you, she's going to ruin you!" Tomás isn't buying it, AniLeti's a lovely person, very attractive, simpática, and besides, he's only doing it to help her. Alicia has lost her appetite (excuse me while I spray hot tea all over my monitor), "This is happening because I didn't respond sooner and tell you what I'd decided, I'm so stupid!" Tell him what, you ask? Why, that she'll marry him, of course. Tomás proceeds to have some combination of an asthma attack and a seizure, alarming the other patrons of this fine dining establishment.
Meanwhile, Omar waits anxiously at a table for Aurora. She walks in, looking hot as usual (Eh, no, not really. I'm not loving this dress, but at least Friday's running around has stretched out the fabric and she can now take a full stride). Omar attempts to kiss her on the hand, but is rebuffed. Aurora sits down, seductively laying her fur across her lap. Omar professes his desire for her. Aurora says this is normal. Fernando stumbles in and sneaks around the perimeter of the room using the classic stealth technique of holding his hand up to cover his face. He accidentally puts his hand on the shoulder of a woman at the bar. She prepares to turn on the charm, but Fernando scolds her for being too young to be in a bar. He sits down and orders a drink (may I suggest something in a fish bowl with a really big umbrella). Omar wants to know what his surprise is, what Aurora wants to tell him, then asks her to tell him she wants to kiss him. Some random guy walks up and greets Omar and Aurora. Omar impatiently shoos him away, but Aurora gets up and goes to him. Yep, it's the old fake boyfriend ploy. Aurora claims they'd been fighting, but since he found out Aurora had gone out with Omar he got jealous and wanted to get back together. Fake Boyfriend wants Aurora to tell Omar she only went out with him to make FB Jealous. As FB smirks smirkily, Omar's heart breaks.
We return from commercial to a desperate Omar, saying she can't do this to him, it isn't true, a woman using HIM (gasp, horrors!). Aurora suggests to Fake Boyfriend that they leave and then gives Omar the 'ol "hasta nunca" (till never). But Omar doesn't understand, what was this? It can't be! Fernando chooses this moment to come up and hug Omar, singing about love. He slaps Omar on the cheek and tells him to come out of the trance. He tells Omar it's no problem, get out your little black book and call one of your girlfriends. Fernando thinks Omar must be joking with him and calls him a good actor. Omar screams at the waiter to come over and orders a whiskey. (Now, see, he can't have been that in love, otherwise he would have ordered a bottle of tequila!) Fernando now realizes Omar is serious, this has really hit him hard. Omar declares his intention to get drunk so he can forget he was an idiot for letting himself get involved. Fernando doesn't want Omar to get like this over a woman--it surprises and scares him. Omar says she's not "a" woman, she's the most beautiful woman, the one for him, the one he thought of marrying, his twin soul, just like Lety is Fernando's. Nonononono, says Fernando, you are Omar Carvajal, who dates many women at once to avoid falling in love with one, have you already forgotten? Omar says that she was an extraordinary woman and he truly fell in love with her. Fernando believes him, but he doesn't want to believe him, he doesn't want Omar to fall in love, to fall into the abyss of love, one of them being in love is enough on this team. Omar screeches for the waiter again and the waiter brings his whiskey. Fernando doesn't think Omar should drink and wants to leave, but Omar wants another whiskey, straight, three of them. Fernando mother-hen's some more about leaving.
The patrons and waiter at Placide are having no luck reviving Tomás. Alicia thinks he had a shock from happiness. Other diners think it's a heart attack, no, diabetes, no, an embolism, no, brain arthritis! Alicia agrees that it must be brain arthritis and dismisses the other diners since they are taking oxygen away from Tomás. Alicia confesses to the waiter (who's fanning Tomás with a napkin) that she told Tomás she would marry him, but only out of desperation because poverty has driven her crazy, and that she'd barely finished telling him and already wanted to change her mind. Tomás is coming around now. He wants Alicia to say it again, which she does, which triggers another attack. Alicia slaps him around to wake him up and Tomás asks for more. He kisses Alicia's hand, arm, shoulder, but doesn't get to her lips because Alicia sticks her other hand in his face. Tomás says that Alicia must ask his mother for his hand because she won't let him marry just anyone, he's so spoiled. Tomás says don't worry, his mom will want to meet her. Alicia offers to give him a picture tomorrow for Tomás to give his mom, but this won't do, she must meet mama in person, mama will love Alicia like a daughter, and if she doesn't meet mama, mama will object to their marriage and Alicia doesn't want mama as an enemy.
Aurora thanks Fake Boyfriend for his services. He said he owes Carolina a lot and it was no trouble. If she ever needs him again she should call…she's so pretty and it would be a pleasure to see her again. This sets off a spate of Lety-giggles, followed by Aurora telling him she should have no further need of his services since she got what she wanted. FB: Making that guy Omar jealous? A: More than that, I wanted him to know what it feels like to be used. Off Duty Fake Boyfriend thinks she achieved her goal since Omar was so upset. Aurora/Lety (her voice is somewhere in the mid-range by now) says she doesn't think so because Omar is so callous. ODFB thinks Omar was genuinely affected. Aurora/Lety makes a smooshed Lety face as she considers this.
Aldo's trying to get out of the house since Lety's still not home. Papa's says he's going to have a serious talk with her when she gets home, but Aldo says she must have a good reason for being out late. Aldo takes his leave, with besitos all around again, menos papa. (Looks like Marta sneaks Moty a bit of torta.) Papa asks if the girls are staying all night and says he doesn't think it's worth the trouble. He proposes that since he's got insomnia, he'll watch for the Mujer Misteriosa and if he sees her, he'll call. The ladies agree that it's a good plan and Papa hustles them out of the house, physically. Mama thinks that Papa will sleep like a lion tonight (a wimoweh, a wimoweh) since he told the girls he'd keep watch, and besides, even if he does have insomnia he wouldn't watch out for that Mujer Misteriosta. Papa: Ah, you know me well, I always sleeps as I like (a gusto, is there a better translation for that?). Papa goes to bed and Mama prays to St. Jude to look out for Lety because she doesn't know where she is.
Fernando brings a drunk Omar to his place as Omar sings to the tune of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow". Fernando thinks they've sung it 120 times and need to stop. Omar proclaims his love for Fernando…he loves Fernando almost as much as he loves Aurora, Fernando is an idiot and Aurora is his love. Omar wants another whiskey so they can keep celebrating, celebrating that he's trash, filth, and he just figured it out, he makes women suffer because he uses them, but now he knows and he must celebrate. Fernando is bringing him another whiskey, a new whiskey, with bubbles to make the alcohol work better (hm, this looks suspiciously like an Alka Seltzer). Omar wants to toast to the filth (inmundicia) of a man he is, he's trash, he loves Aurora, he's depressed. Omar drinks the whiskey…mmm, he wants another one. Too bad Lety's not around to see Omar saying that he loves Aurora, he wants her to forgive him for being a bad guy, he's filth, he loves her, forgive him. Thankfully Omar now passes out on the couch. Fernando tells passed-out Omar that now Omar finally understands how difficult love is and how bad he was to mock Fernando's love for Lety.
Lety's back home, pajama-ed, and in bed (what? No comical sneaking in scene?). She says that Aurora has completed her mission and has no reason to return. Omar was…well, what she did wasn't SO bad, he'd only seen her three times, or four, but he sure was out of sorts (si se sacó de onda). She giggles, well, in one ear and out the other. Mama enters, she wants to know what's up, Aldo was looking for her, she wants to know the truth, has Lety been going out with Fernando on the sly? Lety giggles, no. Mama: Then where were you tonight? Lety: I was settling something I had pending, but I'm done. Mama: Something you had pending? Lety: Mama, I promise from now on I'll dedicate myself to Aldo…and Conceptos. Mama whips out her MomGuilt card about Aldo looking so bad and leaves Lety. Well played, Mama, Lety now has her guilt face on.
Aldo is…on the restaurant patio? He's wearing his chef's jacket, sitting on a patio chair, talking to the Lety in his head. Wondering where she was since she didn't tell him she'd gone out. Wondering what she's hiding from him now, and on top of that, asking him to trust her. He tells himself to calm down, he's not like that, he shouldn't let his jealousy get the better of him.
The next day at Casa Lety, Lety's running late and doesn't have time for breakfast. Mama asks Lety to remember what they talked about last night as Lety runs out the door. Papa wants to know what they talked about and Mama says Lety won't be coming home late anymore. Papa hopes so, because he doesn't want her to ruin the lovely relationship she has with Aldo. (The cameraperson and the music person would like you to take note of the cell phone that has been left on the dining table.)
Aldo waits in Lety's office. Lety: Why are you here so early? How are you? Aldo: Bad. What happened? I went to your house, didn't find you, I don't know what time you got home. Lety: I was taking care of something. Something Carolina asked me to do. Aldo doesn't believe her.
We return from commercial to Aldo sitting in his office, taking his anger out on his keyboard. Fernando comes in and wants to talk about Lety. Aldo doesn't want to talk to him about Lety. Fernando wants to know why they're fighting. Aldo accuses him of liking listening in on other people's conversations. Fernando says he doesn't like to, but he can't avoid it since he can hear everything that goes on in Lety's office from his office. Fernando says he wants to be Aldo's friend, but Aldo doesn't believe him any more than I do. Fernando says, as a friend, if they fought maybe it's because Aldo isn't Lety's media naranja. (I must now explain that this is literally "half orange," but figuratively it is used to mean "other half," "better half," or, more significantly "perfect partner.") Fernando goes on to say that maybe Aldo's more like her medio limón (half lemon) as Aldo is bitter and Lety is sweet. Aldo asks Fernando, as a friend, if what Fernando wants to know is whether Aldo is going to give Fernando free reign (dejar el camino libre) to let him get to Lety. Fernando denies that this is what he wants and says he's not going to get between them. Aldo says, as a friend, he doesn't know what Fernando came there for. Fernando says it was to tell him, as a friend, that if Aldo makes HIS (Fernando's) Lety suffer he will have to deal with Fernando. Aldo tells Fernando, as a friend, to go to hell, MANdiola. Fernando: Suffocate, DoMENSAin. Then another round of "Ahogate"/"Asfixiate" before Fernando blows on Aldo's ship (literally) as he heads out the door and Aldo asks Fernando not to contaminate his ship with his bad breath. After Fernando leaves, Aldo does the arm clenches plus squats of "I hate that guy" (for a minute there, I thought he was going to turn into a big green monster, but that's a different show).
And now the Lovesick Omar show. He's in his office looking at a black and white head shot of Aurora (I must say, that picture looks better than real live Aurora in color…something about the hair color and lipstick color clashing). He's calling Aurora's cell and begging her to answer. There's the cell phone, on the table at Casa Lety. He gets no answer, so he calls Ernesto asking if there's been any news about the Mujer Misteriosa. He asks Ernesto to find her and calls Caro. He complains to Caro about his hangover and about Aurora having a boyfriend and asks her how serious the Aurora-Fake Boyfriend relationship is (it should have a name, like Brangelina…anybody got one?), but Caro hangs up on him. Omar says now he's got a big problem.
Lety is in her office, looking at the picture of her with Aldo, when Fernando walks in and brusquely gives her a "Permiso, Doña Lety" as he makes his way to his office. Tomás comes in for Lety to congratulate him. Lety: For what? You've finally been hired by the Circus of Economists? Tomás: No, but they did ask if you could sub for the bearded lady. They joke some more about this idea. Tomás tells her that he's going to marry Alicia. Lety is so impactada she stands up halfway, takes off her glasses, and plops back down. She tells Tomás she was happy for him being in love with Alicia and she pretty much blew it off (te di el avion, literally "gave you the plane") because she though it was just platonic, but she wonders if he's thought about it, marrying Alicia could be his ruin. Tomás says he doesn't need to think about it. Lety: That woman is so selfish. Tomás: Don't talk that way about my future wife. I thought you would support me. Lety: I can't support you. I have to tell you that you could be making the biggest mistake of your life. Tomás: You know being with her is the goal of my life, I've done everything for her. You can't support me? Thanks a lot, boss. As Tomás leaves, Omar comes in to talk to Lety. She asks if he's ok and he says yes, but he sure doesn't look like it.
Alicia is trying to borrow Marcia's mink coat. Alicia says she has a big event to go to and she wants to look even more spectacular than usual, with a coat. Marcia want's to know what the important event is. Alicia says she's going to meet a woman who will be fundamental in her life and she has to look well-dressed so this woman knows what kind of woman Alicia is. Marcia says it's more like Alicia wants to look like something she's not, but Alicia takes offense at this.
Back in Lety's office, Lety tells Omar the world is round and what does he have to tell her that's so important. Omar says he found out something terrible...something that makes him anxious and won't let him sleep for years...he's going "down there," to hell! Lety's like, yeah, yeah, we already knew that, but why? Omar says he fell in love and she used him and he realized that what he had done to Lety was terrible because he used her. Lety puts on her fake-mildly-surprised and interested face. Omar: The thing with Fernando and the letters and the love cards, you remember, right? If you don't forgive me I'm going to hell and they say it's hot there. Lety: That's really what bothers you? Omar: No, but also my Aurora disappeared and, well, that has nothing to do with you… Lety: No, I imagine not. Omar: The thing is, in order to be ok with myself, please, I beg you, forgive me. Lety says she thinks Omar still has farther to go to understand what this is all about.
Tomás is complaining to Aldo that Lety didn't support him and wasn't happy for him. Aldo tries to explain to Tomás that Lety doesn't want Tomás to suffer. Tomás says Lety's not just ugly, she's also envious. Aldo tells Tomás not to talk about Lety that way. Tomás says Aldo can't forbid him anything with regard to Lety, they may be friends, but he knew Lety before he knew Aldo. Aldo says he'll talk to Lety, and he congratulates Tomás and wishes him luck.
Carolina comes into Lety's office needing to speak to her urgently about Omar. Lety drags her into the boardroom so Fernando can't hear. Caro says Omar has been driven crazy and the whole Aurora thing has gone too far. Lety says she knows and she's learned that vengeance is a dish one eats cold, alone, and that it's bitter. She says she's really sorry and she's not like that. Caro says she knows, but the problem is, how are they going to get Omar to forget about Aurora. Lety says he's going to have to forget her, because she'll never be heard from again.
At Casa Lety, Mama has taken the cell phone and a load of laundry into Lety's room. The phone rings and Mama wonders if she should answer it. Of course, she does, and wackiness ensues. Omar: I don't care if you have a boyfriend, I love you with my whole soul, I need to see you, get away and we'll see each other tonight, I beg you, Aurora! Mama is impactada y confundida!
Tomorrow: It's all about the Mamas.
So, hi, I'm 5ftLatina and I've had the pleasure of being your recapper today :) Mad props to all the regular recappers...that was a lot of work! Obviously I'm going to have to learn to be faster and more concise...assuming y'all want to keep me?
Labels: fea, recapper-intro
Friday, March 09, 2007
George Intro
Hello everyone. My name is George. I came across this website looking for Duelo de Passiones recaps. I really liked what I saw and decided to ask blog mom Melinama if I could join the Accoralada recap group. She graciously allowed me to join and here I am. I started watching Accoralada three weeks ago and got caught up to date here. I hope to do a good job.
A little about me, I'm 18 years old and I lived in Puerto Rico for 5 years during which I learned spanish. I currently reside in New Jersey where I go to college. I guess that's all for now.
A little about me, I'm 18 years old and I lived in Puerto Rico for 5 years during which I learned spanish. I currently reside in New Jersey where I go to college. I guess that's all for now.
Labels: acorralada, recapper-intro
Monday, February 05, 2007
Welcome to Acorralada!
Greetings. I want to introduce myself, as I am a new recapper. I started watching Acorralada a couple of weeks ago, when I was casting about for a new novela to watch, as my current fave, La Fea Mas Bella (LFMB), will be ending soon. This blog helped me get up to date on LFMB when I started watching two/three months after it started. I keep reading just for fun now.
Unfortunately, I was not happy with many of the other selections. LFMB is a comic novela, and all the others are weirdly melodramatic. I had never watched any other novelas, so I was not prepared for the style. Then I happened upon Acorralada. It seems worth watching.
Although I missed the very beginning (Jan 15), I was able to pick up the plot for the most part, and I was amused by the antics of the various characters: There are a bunch of bratty rich teenage girls who hang out on the beach (it's set in Miami) and prance around in bikinis and fight over the hunky shirtless teenage boys. There are a lot of secrets being held by various people. There is the evil housekeeper who dresses in a man's suit and looks like Milton Berle (okay, I'm dating myself again with these ancient references). She's a little like Mrs. Danvers in Rebecca (to name another).
As for me, I'm a lawyer here in NYC. I resumed studying Spanish last year (after having two years of college Spanish many years ago) because I began to have a lot of Spanish-speaking clients. I work with a nonprofit agency, and we help people get Social Security disability payments. A lot of them are Spanish speaking. I hired a tutor from Craig's list and began watching Spanish TV for practice. I started watching LFMB because I had heard that the Ugly Betty show was coming to English language TV and I thought it would be interesting to watch the Mexican version. Now I like the Mexican version much better (the American version is just like an extended Devil Wears Prada).
My Spanish is getting much better. I can have basic conversations with my clients ("Tiene dolor en sus piernas?"), and I can follow the action in these shows. The assistance of my DVR and closed captioning is invaluable.
I will start recapping some of these shows along with another recapper, Karen. If someone else wants to help, that would be great too! Also, a million thanks to blogmom Melinama, who posted the great cast list/combination summary. I look forward to hearing from anyone else who is watching.
NinaK
Unfortunately, I was not happy with many of the other selections. LFMB is a comic novela, and all the others are weirdly melodramatic. I had never watched any other novelas, so I was not prepared for the style. Then I happened upon Acorralada. It seems worth watching.
Although I missed the very beginning (Jan 15), I was able to pick up the plot for the most part, and I was amused by the antics of the various characters: There are a bunch of bratty rich teenage girls who hang out on the beach (it's set in Miami) and prance around in bikinis and fight over the hunky shirtless teenage boys. There are a lot of secrets being held by various people. There is the evil housekeeper who dresses in a man's suit and looks like Milton Berle (okay, I'm dating myself again with these ancient references). She's a little like Mrs. Danvers in Rebecca (to name another).
As for me, I'm a lawyer here in NYC. I resumed studying Spanish last year (after having two years of college Spanish many years ago) because I began to have a lot of Spanish-speaking clients. I work with a nonprofit agency, and we help people get Social Security disability payments. A lot of them are Spanish speaking. I hired a tutor from Craig's list and began watching Spanish TV for practice. I started watching LFMB because I had heard that the Ugly Betty show was coming to English language TV and I thought it would be interesting to watch the Mexican version. Now I like the Mexican version much better (the American version is just like an extended Devil Wears Prada).
My Spanish is getting much better. I can have basic conversations with my clients ("Tiene dolor en sus piernas?"), and I can follow the action in these shows. The assistance of my DVR and closed captioning is invaluable.
I will start recapping some of these shows along with another recapper, Karen. If someone else wants to help, that would be great too! Also, a million thanks to blogmom Melinama, who posted the great cast list/combination summary. I look forward to hearing from anyone else who is watching.
NinaK
Labels: acorralada, recapper-intro
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Introducing myself, again... :)
Hi Everyone!
My name is Ruth. It's been a while since I was on the site regularly... I used to re-cap for Melinama way back when Alborada was on (oh how I miss that novela). Well I've missed it so much around here I thought I'd offer to help out again... Soooo, I'm gonna sub for Jean's re-cap of Mundo of Fieras on Wednesdays for as long as she needs me to do it.
A bit about me - I'm a student at the University of Washington majoring in Spanish and History. I'm also a wife and mom, I have three daughters (20, 11 & almost 5) a grandson and a grandbaby on the way. I'll warn y'all, I understand a lot of Spanish but I'm far from fluent... I'll make mistakes from time to time, hopefully not too many, but bear with me I'm still learnin'. I love Spanish, it's one of my passions because it's so beautiful, flows so nicely and is really cool (is that a good reason? I hope so, lol)...
It's good to be bloggin' again and I'm really glad to be back at Caray, Caray!
Besos,
Ruth
My name is Ruth. It's been a while since I was on the site regularly... I used to re-cap for Melinama way back when Alborada was on (oh how I miss that novela). Well I've missed it so much around here I thought I'd offer to help out again... Soooo, I'm gonna sub for Jean's re-cap of Mundo of Fieras on Wednesdays for as long as she needs me to do it.
A bit about me - I'm a student at the University of Washington majoring in Spanish and History. I'm also a wife and mom, I have three daughters (20, 11 & almost 5) a grandson and a grandbaby on the way. I'll warn y'all, I understand a lot of Spanish but I'm far from fluent... I'll make mistakes from time to time, hopefully not too many, but bear with me I'm still learnin'. I love Spanish, it's one of my passions because it's so beautiful, flows so nicely and is really cool (is that a good reason? I hope so, lol)...
It's good to be bloggin' again and I'm really glad to be back at Caray, Caray!
Besos,
Ruth
Labels: mundo, recapper-intro
Monday, January 15, 2007
Welcome our new Duelo blogger: Margaret
I'm happy to say we have a new blogger premiering tonight with the grand opening of "Duelo de Pasiones." Margaret was following Heridas at her own blog, here is her final post on the novela, which includes some praise of our own little operation here. Hurrah!
And a big, big thank you to Jardinera who has been pulling down two slots a week for untold weeks! I bet she's relieved to be down to one...
And a big, big thank you to Jardinera who has been pulling down two slots a week for untold weeks! I bet she's relieved to be down to one...
Labels: duelo, heridas, recapper-intro
Introduction
I'm in finally! I had to create a separate account on blogger for this blog but at least I can post now. Caray! Caray! is the 4th blog I am an author on. I am the primary author on a blog about Minneapolis Crime (I live in an area of Minneapolis which has always had some crime problems but has experienced a boom in crime lately.) I also have a personal blog with my husband, Our House, which is how Melinama found me, I occasionally posted reviews of telenovelas there. The third blog is a political discussion blog called State of Nature, although I owe them a post.
Here's a list of all the novela's I've watched, at least the ones I can remember. I was in Venezuela off and on in the 80s and early 90s while I worked on first an undergrad then a grad degree in Poli Sci. My first novela was Topacio, with Grecia Colmenares and Victor Camera. Later I watched Por Estas Calles, which was a smash hit over there for while since it was very political at a very difficult time in the country's history. I think it was too political , too local and too long! so it's likely that it never got shown outside Venezuela. When I got back, I mostly watched the Mexican novelas on Univision: Agujetas de Color de Rosa, Marimar, Maria la del Barrio, Canaveral de Pasiones, Esmeralda, Prisionera de Amor, Sentimientos Ajenos, Vivo por Elena (then after a hiatus) La Madrastra, Sonar no Cuesta Nada, Peregrina and last Heridas de Amor, during which I started reading this blog.
I don't have the Fernando Colunga fever that other people seem to have here but maybe I will develop it when he is next on. Guy Ecker was more my speed and I'd like to see more of him.
Here's a list of all the novela's I've watched, at least the ones I can remember. I was in Venezuela off and on in the 80s and early 90s while I worked on first an undergrad then a grad degree in Poli Sci. My first novela was Topacio, with Grecia Colmenares and Victor Camera. Later I watched Por Estas Calles, which was a smash hit over there for while since it was very political at a very difficult time in the country's history. I think it was too political , too local and too long! so it's likely that it never got shown outside Venezuela. When I got back, I mostly watched the Mexican novelas on Univision: Agujetas de Color de Rosa, Marimar, Maria la del Barrio, Canaveral de Pasiones, Esmeralda, Prisionera de Amor, Sentimientos Ajenos, Vivo por Elena (then after a hiatus) La Madrastra, Sonar no Cuesta Nada, Peregrina and last Heridas de Amor, during which I started reading this blog.
I don't have the Fernando Colunga fever that other people seem to have here but maybe I will develop it when he is next on. Guy Ecker was more my speed and I'd like to see more of him.
Labels: recapper-intro
Sunday, October 15, 2006
New bloggers: welcome!
Hello all,
We'll have some new writers here this coming week.
Becky (Beckster from telenovela-world) will be guest-blogging "Mundo de Fieras" for me on Monday. (I'm going to be out of town at a recording session.)
Alma and Kris will be doing "La Fea Mas Bella" on Tuesday and Wednesday.
I can't wait to see what they've got to say! Be sure to leave them comments and say thanks!
We'll have some new writers here this coming week.
Becky (Beckster from telenovela-world) will be guest-blogging "Mundo de Fieras" for me on Monday. (I'm going to be out of town at a recording session.)
Alma and Kris will be doing "La Fea Mas Bella" on Tuesday and Wednesday.
I can't wait to see what they've got to say! Be sure to leave them comments and say thanks!
Labels: fea, mundo, recapper-intro
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
just to introduce myself
As a new member of the summary recap committee, I thought I would introduce myself before "Mundo de Fieras" starts.
My Biography in brief:
Name: Jody Renee
Nickname: J.R.
Horoscope: Libra; Sheep/Goat
Hometown: West Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.A.
Hobbies: fishing, boating (I have my own motorboat), geneology, history, photography
Favorite food: mexican and italian
Favorite colors: pink and purple
Heroes: my parents
Occupation: I was a production assistant/grip/gaffer but currently I am an unpaid assistant with the Iowa Jewish Historical Museum here in central Iowa.
Telenovelas I've seen: I have seen just about all the telenovelas Fernando Colunga has done so far in his career. I have sat through and actually done summary recaps for his three historicals (Alondra, AR and Alborada) and the last episodes for two of his other ones (La Ursurpadora and Esmeralda). Alborada was the first novela that I did without translating to spanish before posting - which saved me a lot of time and craziness - so now I am looking forward to the challenge of summarizing the episodes of a non-Colunga novela for the first time. (I did the spanish recaps for Fernandos' forum on univision.com; the Alborada recaps were for the Yahoo group alboradafan.)
See ya' - I'll try to post my summary as soon as I can, although I don't type as fast as I used to.
My Biography in brief:
Name: Jody Renee
Nickname: J.R.
Horoscope: Libra; Sheep/Goat
Hometown: West Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.A.
Hobbies: fishing, boating (I have my own motorboat), geneology, history, photography
Favorite food: mexican and italian
Favorite colors: pink and purple
Heroes: my parents
Occupation: I was a production assistant/grip/gaffer but currently I am an unpaid assistant with the Iowa Jewish Historical Museum here in central Iowa.
Telenovelas I've seen: I have seen just about all the telenovelas Fernando Colunga has done so far in his career. I have sat through and actually done summary recaps for his three historicals (Alondra, AR and Alborada) and the last episodes for two of his other ones (La Ursurpadora and Esmeralda). Alborada was the first novela that I did without translating to spanish before posting - which saved me a lot of time and craziness - so now I am looking forward to the challenge of summarizing the episodes of a non-Colunga novela for the first time. (I did the spanish recaps for Fernandos' forum on univision.com; the Alborada recaps were for the Yahoo group alboradafan.)
See ya' - I'll try to post my summary as soon as I can, although I don't type as fast as I used to.
Labels: mundo, recapper-intro
Sunday, October 01, 2006
Introducing myself!!
Since I'm new to Caray, Caray, I figure I will tell you a little about myself, since the only other name that looks familiar from the Telenovela World is Jardinera.
I live in New York, I'm married, 2 kids, son 21, daughter 20, 3 cats and 2 dogs, oh! and a husband!! I'm a Sales & Marketing Manager in the international division of a big corporation.
I was born in El Salvador and came to the US when I was 15, as a little girl I always enjoyed watching novelas.
Currently I only watch occasionally, in order for me to get into a novela, I either must like the story from the very beginning or my favorite actor (Guy Ecker) or actress (Kate del Castillo) must be in it.
About 8 years ago the telenovela La Mentira aired here in the US, I started watching because of Kate and thanks to that I discover Guy Ecker.
We had a forum in Telenovela World and I was one of the summary writers, one day to our surprise Guy posted in the forum, then told the novela producer about it and before we knew it the producer and 3 member of the cast started posting, We created a chatroom and invited all the actors and producer and we developed a great friendship with them.
When the novela ended, we went to the Cristina show in April, we had arranged to meet with Guy after the show we got pictures autographs etc.
We kept in touch with the producer and he told us that in August, several from the cast of La Mentira were doing a tour for Ronald McDonald Charity at Chicago Navy Pier and if we wanted to go meet them he would call Univision and get us in touch with the PR people. So the so-called Mentiraholics went off to Chicago, where we met Kate, her dad Eric, Roxana Castellanos, Rosa Maria Bianchi, it was during that meeting that Kate del Castillo invited us to go to Mexico to visit Televisa so in December we went to Mexico, to Televisa and many other places, met many of the actors and that's how we have kept in touch with a lot of them for the past 8 years. When Heridas started, I decided to get a group together from the Mentiraholics as most of us keep in touch, got a hold of Guy's wife Estela who is also his manager and she invited us to go to the set of Heridas so the last week of August 7 of us spent 4 days at the locaciones and saw the taping of many, many scenes, went to lunch with Guy and his wife and got to meet Jacky Bracamontes and many others from the cast. So as you can see I do this as a hobby now. I have met great people along the way and made great friends from all over the world. I will give Mundo de Fieras a shot, I do like Cesar Evora but can't stand Sebastian Rulli, so we'll see how it goes, looking forward to meeting everyone here. In the Telenovela world page of Heridas I posted many of the pictures I have with all the actors.
Gloria
UPDATE: For picture of Gloria with Guy Ecker, scroll down the sidebar on the left!
I live in New York, I'm married, 2 kids, son 21, daughter 20, 3 cats and 2 dogs, oh! and a husband!! I'm a Sales & Marketing Manager in the international division of a big corporation.
I was born in El Salvador and came to the US when I was 15, as a little girl I always enjoyed watching novelas.
Currently I only watch occasionally, in order for me to get into a novela, I either must like the story from the very beginning or my favorite actor (Guy Ecker) or actress (Kate del Castillo) must be in it.
About 8 years ago the telenovela La Mentira aired here in the US, I started watching because of Kate and thanks to that I discover Guy Ecker.
We had a forum in Telenovela World and I was one of the summary writers, one day to our surprise Guy posted in the forum, then told the novela producer about it and before we knew it the producer and 3 member of the cast started posting, We created a chatroom and invited all the actors and producer and we developed a great friendship with them.
When the novela ended, we went to the Cristina show in April, we had arranged to meet with Guy after the show we got pictures autographs etc.
We kept in touch with the producer and he told us that in August, several from the cast of La Mentira were doing a tour for Ronald McDonald Charity at Chicago Navy Pier and if we wanted to go meet them he would call Univision and get us in touch with the PR people. So the so-called Mentiraholics went off to Chicago, where we met Kate, her dad Eric, Roxana Castellanos, Rosa Maria Bianchi, it was during that meeting that Kate del Castillo invited us to go to Mexico to visit Televisa so in December we went to Mexico, to Televisa and many other places, met many of the actors and that's how we have kept in touch with a lot of them for the past 8 years. When Heridas started, I decided to get a group together from the Mentiraholics as most of us keep in touch, got a hold of Guy's wife Estela who is also his manager and she invited us to go to the set of Heridas so the last week of August 7 of us spent 4 days at the locaciones and saw the taping of many, many scenes, went to lunch with Guy and his wife and got to meet Jacky Bracamontes and many others from the cast. So as you can see I do this as a hobby now. I have met great people along the way and made great friends from all over the world. I will give Mundo de Fieras a shot, I do like Cesar Evora but can't stand Sebastian Rulli, so we'll see how it goes, looking forward to meeting everyone here. In the Telenovela world page of Heridas I posted many of the pictures I have with all the actors.
Gloria
UPDATE: For picture of Gloria with Guy Ecker, scroll down the sidebar on the left!
Labels: recapper-intro
Monday, July 31, 2006
Welcome, Julie!
Hello all,
Julie has volunteered to do "La Fea" recaps and just in time, since some crabby readers have been asking what happened to them.
Other crabby readers have been scolding us for dropping "Unibrow in the Corral" otherwise known as Barrera. I say to those readers, we're doing the best we can, and the staff we have now can only handle one telenovela at a time.
But if anybody has time/interest to continue with blogging Barrera, let me know, and I'll add you to the roster.
Julie says her Spanish is a bit rusty, so if anybody has time/inclination to help her, jump in by leaving clarifying comments! But remember to say THANK YOU.
Julie has volunteered to do "La Fea" recaps and just in time, since some crabby readers have been asking what happened to them.
Other crabby readers have been scolding us for dropping "Unibrow in the Corral" otherwise known as Barrera. I say to those readers, we're doing the best we can, and the staff we have now can only handle one telenovela at a time.
But if anybody has time/interest to continue with blogging Barrera, let me know, and I'll add you to the roster.
Julie says her Spanish is a bit rusty, so if anybody has time/inclination to help her, jump in by leaving clarifying comments! But remember to say THANK YOU.
Labels: barrera, fea, recapper-intro, recappers-needed
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