TFv01 CH 09 Blue Pencil (annotated)

Annotations for Blue Pencil, the ninth chapter of One Rainy Day In May.

## Page 200

***Here is something you can't understand.***

sequel to the song of their album Stoned Raiders. 2001 Lyrics continues: How I could just kill a man. Echoes This is not for you from House of Leaves, also a lyrics quote (by Pearl Jam)

## Page 201

**hijo**

son

**pocho**

a US citizen of Mexican
origin; a culturally Americanized Mexican

**Can't suckin one breath**

Do Cats Really Kill Babies by Sucking Away Their Breath? (livescience)

## Page 202

**Hopi Mannitou**

Mannitou means spirit. Hopi are a Native American tribe. The Hopi Dictionary gives the primary meaning of the word "Hopi" as:
"behaving one, one who is mannered, civilized, peaceable, polite, who
adheres to the Hopi way."

**un malandro**

A young criminal, punk or thug in Venezuela or Brazil; one conscious of
image and status; preoccupied with projecting coolness and
non-conformity, and willing to use violence to establish social status (Wikictionary)

## Page 203

**placa**

badge, police

**joto**

homosexual

## page 204

**Extrano**

strange, peculiar

**13**

M, 13th letter of the alphabet. La Eme (The M) is a title for Mexican Mafia (Wikipedia)

**Nahuatl**

a member of a group of
peoples native to southern Mexico and Central America, including the Aztecs

## Page 205

**tar fiend**

 tar – heroin (slang)

**Teyo**

 name is derived from Spanish and Old Greek origins. From Spanish roots, its
meaning is god

**tapado**

ignorant/dumbass

## Page 206

**mecoso**

? mocoso means a little kid with snot
running from his nose

**Zona Rosa**

a neighborhood in Mexico City which is known for its
shopping, nightlife, gay community, and its recently established Korean
community (Wikipedia)

**vato**

man

**cockrocking**

 ? prostituting?

**Figueroa Street**

Figueroa Street is a major north-south street in Los Angeles County, California, spanning from the Los Angeles neighborhood of Wilmington north to Eagle Rock. There is a break in the street between Alpine Street in Chinatown and San Fernando Road in Cypress Park.

**Amex**

American Express

**the Pampas**

low lying plain in South America

## Page 207

**Trucha**

Literally "trout" in Spanish, it
is also Spanish slang for "alert", or "vigilant"

**gat**

revolver, but also cat

**Mariposa**

 butterfly, slang for gay

**Sur Trece**

 Sureños, Sur
13, or Sureños are groups of loosely affiliated gangs that pay tribute to the
Mexican Mafia while in U.S. state and federal correctional facilities (Wikipedia)

**Catorce**

14

**Varrio**

1.An urban district or quarter in a Spanish-speaking country.

2. A chiefly Spanish-speaking
community or neighborhood in a US city

**Rifa**

untouchable + Rifamos – We reign. -slang + Rifamos is a slang
term Los Angeles Chicano gangs coined and use to refer to themselves

**Crips, Bloods**

 mostly African American gangs

**llantas**

Properly defined as tires, in slang is
used to describe people of African decent. Just as derogatory if not more so
than saying ni\*\*\*r

**lana**

slang for money

**Nortenos**

 citizens of Northern Mexico

## Page 208

**Cenobio Flores Pacecho, Felipe de Jesús Sosa Canizales**

real members of Sinaloa Cartel (borderlandbeat)

**Chiquilistlán**

a small town in
the Mexican state of Jalisco**Sinaloa** officially Free and Sovereign State of Sinaloa, is one of the
31 states which, with the Federal District, compose the 32 Federal Entities of
Mexico. It is divided in 18 municipalities and its capital city is Culiacán
Rosales (Wikipedia) + Sinaloa Cartel

**Beltrán Leyva**

The Beltrán-Leyva
Cartel was a Mexican drug cartel and organized crime syndicate, headed by the
five Beltrán Leyva brothers: Marcos Arturo, Carlos, Alfredo, Mario Alberto and
Héctor. Founded originally as a branch of the Sinaloa Cartel, the Beltrán Leyva
cartel was responsible for transportation and wholesaling of cocaine, heroin
and marijuana (and the production of the last two) . It controlled numerous
drug trafficking corridors, and engaged in human smuggling, money laundering,
extortion, kidnapping, murder and gun-running (Wikipedia)

**Olwera street**

oldest
part of Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA, and is part of the El Pueblo de
Los Angeles Historic Monument (Wikipedia)

## Page 209

**reglas**

money

**Baxter**

Baxter Street in Echo Park, is one of the steepest streets in L.A.

**borracho**

 drunk

**Turulato**

 dumbass

## Page 210

**Knife law**

right to carry some types of knives

**Porvenir**

 future

## Page 211

**Oakleys**

sunglasses

**gats**

 revolvers, cats

**Lott 13, Geherty Loma**

 hispanic gangs

**perro sarnoso**

 dusty dog

## Page 212

**Ranfla**

spanish name for a lowrider or a old ass
fixed up car...preferably Chevy

**Repo**

repossesed car

**Angeles Crest**

 The Angeles Crest
Highway (Wikipedia)

**a toda madre**

Mexican slang that means something
is totally awesome. Often abbreviated, especially in graffiti" as ATM

**piruja**

 bitch

## Page 213

**burros**

a small donkey used as a
pack animal

**R.C.**

Radio-controlled car?

**Pro-Am**

mix of professional and amateur

## Page 214

**Los Perros Viejos**

old dogs

**pata suica**

Pata Sucia: Spanglish; Direct
translation- dirty foot; used in reference to men and women who remove their
shoes in public and then proceed to walk barefooted wherever they may be

**órale**

"hell yeah" or "right on", but
has lots and lots of meanings. Also used to: indicate surprise

**pues**

 since, well

**vatos**

 dudes

**mancha**

 stain, mark, spot

**paco-puffing**

paco - Cocaine paste is
very popular through several South American countries including Argentina,
Brazil and Uruguay and is referred to as paco or pasta base

**talonera**

 heel

**talonera survivalist**

 prostitute?

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**niño**

street kid

**pendejo**

stupid

**significativo**

 significant, meaningful

## Page 216

**Rio Vista Park**

 Rio Vista Veterans Memorial Park in El Monte,
California

## Page 218

**Pinche pedo**

 something like stupid fart

**perro**

dog

## Page 219

**Mother’s Day**

tomorrow

## Page 220

**bigger on the inside**

 echoing both House of Leaves and Doctor Who

**Big Punisher**

Big Pun, rapper

## Page 221

**guey**

dude

**come mierda**

eat shit

**nalgasona**

nalgas – ass

**delecado**

should be delicado, delicate, maybe intentional

## Page 222

**joto**

 homosexual

**verga**

 cock, prick

## Page 223

**chingon**

badass

**chido**

cool

## Page 224

**El Ponchis**

teen cartel hit man

**Moreno Leos**

 13 year old assassin for Mexican drug cartel

**Morelos**

 Mexican state

**highways can mark all their ways**

Morelos is
the most-connected state in terms of roadways, with highway connecting all of
its communities. It has one of the highest densities of roadways in the country

**jale**

 pull, work, job

**pinche**

 fuck