Adios
I’ve been mulling something over for quite some time. Mulling. That is not something I do very often. I’m not even sure if I’m using it correctly, but I’ve been mulling. I mull it turns out. I'm not even sure if that's legal...
This blog has been one of the greatest things that I’ve ever decided to do. Miguel likes it because it has given him exposure that he didn’t have before. For me, it has been a place for me to write about my thoughts, feelings and daily observations. All done, from a Guatemalan perspective. Sorry, a mustached Guatemalan perspective. When most have to carry their thoughts in their mind and shoulders, I have had you all. This has truly been a gift.
My anonymity has been something that I have held near and dear. This has been good, because I have been able to write whatever I want without having someone attack me (verbally or physically). It’s also made it impossible for me to meet many of you. I never liked that.
I write this with tears in my eyes, but this is my last blog entry.
There are a million things that I want to write, but I can’t. They say everyone is on a journey. I just need to find mine.
Thank you for all the comments, e-mails and pictures over the years. You all are amazing.
Mucho Amor,
El Guapo
PS: Always feel free to contact me directly at elguapodc@gmail.com
posted by El Guapo in DC @ 11:49 AM
138 Comments:
WHAT???? you CANT leave. HOH. :((((((((((((((((( el guapo!! NOOO!! :( WHY??
EG, I am at a loss.
Yeah. Why?? Damn it! This always happens to me. I find a good blogger and then they quit after a short time of me having discovered them. Curse you Gods of the Bloggers. Curse you. Darn you all to heck. Please don't go. Me encantan tus historias y aunque no soy Guatemalteca (soy una Puertorriqueña caderona y deliciosa)mi unico deseo es que¡Viva Guatemala! Well not really just your blog. ;) Yeah, just viva your blog. No te vayas por favor.
Damn again. Just like men. All the good ones are taken or gay. All the good bloggers quit. You're not gay, are you???
man. that sucks. a lot.
que lastima! I will miss your silly tales, guapo. Perhaps you will volver un dia, como Jay-Z? Except better because if you come back your blog wouldn't sell out and release entries for use in Bud Select commercials before they're even posted. Un beso enorme para ti!
Oh no! I'm sorry I never commented much before, but I'm really going to miss your blogging! I swear I will comment every day if you decide to keep blogging - and I'm going to save the link and check it for awhile in case you do.
If this really is it though, best of luck to you. Thank you for all the enjoyment I got out of reading your blog.
Thank you for providing a daily entertainment. I'll miss reading your blog. You've put many a smile on my face.
I have never commented to a blog...ever. But, this I have to respond to...WHY? I used to live in D.C. and realy like being able to live there again thru your antics. I hope that you change your mind, and continue to make me laugh and remember my old stomping grounds.
EG, that really, really sucks. You've been a highlight of my daily routine for a long while and will be dearly missed. I think that part of the joy of this blog is that your readers feel connected to you, feel that they have been touched by your mind, which is an intelligent, amused, and lovingly cynical voice.
Grant us one boon: that, if and when you decide to return to writing, you'll somehow let us know. I feel like I'm losing a friend.
Vaya don D-os, amigo.
oh, what a black day this is...
Good luck! I'll miss your persepective on life out on the east coast, but I hope you'll find something equally fulfilling to do with your thoughts!
Once again, a Guatemalan is felled by an Argentine. You might as well have titled this post "You win, Argentina" and admitted your inferiority.
Estoy triste, EG, y te voy a extranar.
Buen provecho.
My heart aches, a little more laughter taken from me...
Adios amigo
NOOOOOOO...el guapo! Stay! Stay! Your sweet sweet Guatemalan voice helps me remember why we hate Argentinians and why we should hit on men with mustaches.
Please don't go.
Speechless.
You've inspired me and made me laugh a whole load of times.
I'm just speechless and shocked.
But good luck to you and life. ):
it just seems wrong, so very wrong.
IT's our loss, as your readers. You'll be missed.
I am assuming you have also taken up shaving?
Thank you, you are/were one of my favorite blogs! I wish you joy and peace in your next journey.
el guapo... you are too good of a storyteller... too poetic and well timed to stop now. You are the only sexy mustache in dc and your stories need to be told...
when you started this you were embarking on a "no bitterness" year ... and the blog helped ... keep it going!
Today is a sad day. Good luck in your journey. Everyone will miss you.
Boy...that Cuba being bigger than Guatemala thing must have really gotten to you! ;)
If you must go...well then, I suppose you must. But don't stop writing...perhaps there will be an El Guapo book someday!
Best of luck to you.
Good luck, Mr. Guapo. :)
At least leave your blog up so that we can revisit the good old times.
How terribly disappointing. I love your writing and sense of humor. Loss of your blog will leave a hole in my days.
this sucks. uve made me laugh so hard entirely too many times. i read ur blog daily. its one of the few that are worth it. best of luck. ull b missed!
Cheers to a great blog and great writing. I will truly miss your brilliance.
Sincerely.
El Guapo...Its my first time posting to a blog but I wanted to log on and wish you the best....I've checked your blog every day since I found it and it always brightened my day.
Thank you for the years of fun; you will be sorely missed. :(
Since you're leaving, I thought I'd tell you I have thought about seeing you every time I venture into Georgetown or Dupont Circle, or any part of D.C, really. I always look for a man with a mustache (of which there are surprisingly few in D.C.).
Best of luck.
<3K
So long, and thanks for all the fish.
what happened?!!! :(
I'll add my praise and my disappointment. I've really enjoyed your writing! good luck in all that you pursue.
Thank you for your wonderful posts. Your presence here will be missed. Best wishes.
Thanks for making me laugh through a year in Iraq, you were one of the highlights of my limited time on the computer, i'll miss you!
What a sad day! Good luck, we'll miss you! Sadly for me, I think this means I've reached the end of the internet...yours was the last site I checked regularly...
I have shaved my vastly inferior mustache in honor of your decision.
nooooooooooooooo =((((
el guapo, your writing is gloriously funny and witty, i'll miss your tales and how you'd slime argentina in your posts... please come back!!! keep on writing! we need you!!
:( I read your blog every morning and every night before bed. In bed. By myself.
YOU WILL BE MISSED. Thank you for writing one of my favorite blogs ever :( and I hope you will reconsider!!
el!! i wont say dont leave but i will say i wish you wouldnt :(
ill miss you!
Is it April 1st? Please say it is! When I read your title, my heart stopped a little, then I convinced myself it must mean something else...then it didn't. This must mean you really want to meet us all in person! When is the party???
Sharing your tears . . . but happy for whatever this new chapter brings you. Thank you for adding so much humor and life to the blog-o-sphere! You will be missed.
xoxoxo
Been nice knowing you (or not as the case may be)
I hope you find your journey, good luck mate
I'm speechless.Can we do anything to dissuade you from doing this?
Sad to hear it. I only found this blog recently, but I always get a laugh from your posts. Best of luck!
NO! NOOOOOOO! WHY? Don't you love us any more?
please don't go......
NOOOO.. :(
good luck.
i've always enjoyed your reading.
It's a real shame to find out that you're done with blogging. Thanks for the great stories, I hope everything goes well for you.
Chris
Oh no! I loved this blog. If you ever decide to write again, throw something up here so we can find you. Good luck in all your endeavors.
Ah I miss you already!
Be well and the best of luck..
That's very very sad. Thank you so much for the time that you have taken to entertain us all. I'll miss you.
Sorry to see you go. This was my favorite blog. I do hope you keep writing, you are too talented not to.
I had only just found you and now you leave?!?!?!
Please don't go. I'll mmiss you
Carajo.
gracias. te amo.
As you can tell you will be missed sorely. I've enjoyed reading your blog, both as a fellow writer and a fellow resident of DC. I admit that I have long been keeping my eye out for a mustached Guatemalan in the hopes that maybe, just maybe...
I will still keep out a watchful eye and please come back and write for us every once in a while, about love, about Miguel, or just about how you're feeling lately.
Adios.
Aw, MAN... Well, eventually the time to close up shop comes to us all. Blog or no, I hope you keep writing because you have certainly got the gift. It's been a real pleasure reading your stuff over the years. Best of luck.
you cut me deep el guapo...you cut me real deep.
I will miss your guapo wit. The day has turned black for me.
no me jodas! are you really leaving? te voy a extrañar, tio!
Oh, no, Guapo. I will miss you, and your glorious mustache, dearly.
Although I never commented, I have been reading for awhile & this saddens me. I hate goodbyes.
It's so funny how we can feel so connected to someone we have never met, or even spoken to. That is a testament to your writing. You are a wonderful storyteller & I wish you & your glorious mustache all the best.
I knew it. The jews got to him, and here is the result...
I have read you since I was sitting in my tiny apartment in Japan, from internet cafes all over the world, and from my cube here in DC- thanks for all the great stories and hilarity. Not many people make me spew diet coke out of my nose on such a regular basis. Your wit will be missed, but of course, best of luck!
Que paso, Guapo? Say it ain't so.
En serio, the funniest and most entertaining blog I have ever read. We will miss you. There is a big hole in cyberspace without you. Cuidate amigo y hasta la vista...
Missed you before I found you and now you will be impossible to forget or replace. Several of your stories I read over and over - your writing is so eloquent, yet so simple. Thats a gift - thank you for sharing it with us.
I sensed a broken-ness in you lately so though shocked and sad like everyone else at your decison, I wish for you all the things you wish for yourself. The world feels a whole lot friendlier since I began reading you.
Thats the reasonable and mature response. The other part of me says .... come back, say you will...
Funny how everyone comes out of the woodwork to comment when you say you're not going to blog anymore, right?
Anyway, I believe you owe me something...you did, after all, promise. I've been waiting patiently.
I, too, agree with the comments on here- the fact that you're leaving is quite the tragedy. I will miss your blog- of the three I regularly read, yours was the only one that did not make me question my intelligence, sanity, or pseudo-guatemaleca-ness.
Te voy a extrañar.
-Genius.
I'll miss you.
God bless you El G.
I concur with all the commenters here - you really are a gifted writer and a brilliant wit. Your writing has inspired me, especially last year when I was reeling from the end of a five-year relationship. I truly believe the ability to find humour is a sign of resilience - you'll be fine. Take care and please do not neglect your writing gift!
Oh what the hell. Man, I love your writing, you mix the profane with the profound with equal measure.
We will miss you, Secret Guatamalan man.
And just when I figure out that Mozilla will let me comment on Blogger, you go and leave! I've been a regular reader for a long time, and feel sadness that you are leaving the blogosphere.
Really sad. I'll miss your slant on the world; your voice rings true when things seem confusing elsewhere.
Good luck to you; may you find what you seek!
El Guapo, before you leave, you have to know that I CRIED when you wrote about the breakup of you and your girlfriend. That's how much I loved and enjoyed your blog.
Know what? This is SO much worse than when they take your favorite TV show off the air. You were my entertainment!
Ay dios mio!!! I will miss you.
Oh no! I'm so sad to see you're leaving. I feel like I've just been dumped for the second time this summer by a central american hombre.
I really hope that you're leaving us to work on your book. That's the only excuse I'll accept. You are a gifted and entertaining writer, and I hope we'll see you again soon.
oh noooo! el guapo! even though u won't be blogging anymore, u'll still be the guapo-est person alive.
I'm just piling on at this point, but I was also crushed to hear this news, El Guapo. I read your blog from Tokyo (I moved here three years ago from DC but didn't find your blog 'til I got to Japan!) and it always makes me smile, at minimum, and guffaw out loud routinely. And it always makes me miss DC.
Best of luck on whatever path you're taking, and I hope that path will someday soon lead you back to entertaining and sharing little peeks at your life with us!
El Guapo, thank you so much for all the fun you've given me over the past year. You were my original blogging hero, and continue to inspire me. I hope to hear from you again; if I don't, I still thank you for all the joy!
What ever happens PLEASE say you will continue writing . To waste a gift like yours would truly be a crime. Thank You for the Joy your writing has given me & I'm sure many others. I can't believe I won't have you blog to look forward to.
Thanks Again
i already miss you...
come back to me..(us)..
xoxo
This blog has always been a true treat. Witty and clever with a bit of social commentary thrown in. Best of luck to you.
Oh no!! Now I have to find another Guatemalan to look up to. >:{ Take care El Guapo, you will be missed.
you will be missed
El Guapo, how can you do this to me? Please don't go, I'll pay for your cable!!! What's gping to happen with Miguel? My heat is broken... =(
What a shame... But still I must thank you for all the laughs. All the best!
El Guapo, I’ve enjoyed reading your blog! I wish you great success in your future endeavors—I hope you keep writing, as you are so talented.
I must add mine as well...DAMN IT ALL TO HELL!!! WTF Guapo?? I will most definitely miss the shite out of your writing and calling you a wienie for not writing anymore. Oh, and I'm going to bug the shit out of you until you write again...
Cheers!
mierda
Miguel called me up and said you were a pussy. I agree.
Just write somewhere else. You're too good of a writer to stop.
Dear El Guapo:
You are the W. Mark Felt of the blogosphere. I feel like we can get at least 10 readers, preferably mamacitas, to play the Bob Woodward role, and never expose you until after your death. If you want to start meeting some of them in underground parking garages I'm sure that can be arranged...just don't stop writing.
~Ben Bradley
this is a sad day for me. I hope you find what you are looking for. Too bad I am not a jewish woman in DC.
;-)
I make the best Puertorrican flan in the world. Give you the recipe if you don't go. Somebody please pinch me hard, this is not happening!!!!!!!!!!
This is sooooo not ok. I just finished my first year of Law School, and this blog was always a welcomed break. You are an amazing writer. Best of luck in the future!
El G, you've been my favorite blogger ever and--I can't even find a clever way to say this--your writing style, your perspective, it's something I looked forward to each week.
I hope this means you'll be finding
other (perhaps more profitable) venues of expression, whether writer, high profile politico job, model/bailador, whatever. We'll recognize you when you reemerge, even if you never mention your mustache.
Cheese warning: Thanks for the years of joy. I said it, JOY. You're talented. We'll miss you. I'm crying happy tears and sad tears all over my flan... wish I could give you a token of thanks (prepay your cable for a year or hire a pupusa truck to follow you around?)...
Best of luck to you!
I very much hope that whichever path you take, you continue to write, in one form or another. You have a gift and a talent for words, and it would be a terrible thing if you were to stop.
Adios and good luck. You are very fabulous.
El Guapo NOOOOOOO! This blog is the highlight of my day. The last one I check because I know I am going to enjoy it the most. Where will I get tales of Miguel? Es un día tan triste! Creo que voy a llorar! But I do understand your need to move on. Good luck in everything you do, I know you will be great! Que dios te bendiga...y un beso enorme para ti! You will be missed!
Having anonymity issues of my own (of the freaky gimp stalker kind), believe me...I get it.
But: *sigh*
I don't even have words for how sorely you will be missed.
EG,
You can Guest Blog on my blog ANY time you want. I realize you're moving to new things, but I'm just saying - whether it be old or new, your Words are always welcome.
Love you
Veronica
PS - Thank you for the link you had given "Lonely Roads and Psycho Paths" on "El Guapo in DC" for the last year and a half. It meant a great deal to me.
I loved your blog.
But like a good book, now you have finished writing it.
Be proud.
You did well.
And now you will move onto the next creative outlet... and it will be brilliant as well.
You'll be back, mi amor. Don't be scared just because I know who you are. I'll never tell Big Head Rob. I've been sworn to secrecy by the Guatamalan Government.
Truly, an era has ended.
I will forever remember Miguel on the floor with the motorcycle helmet.
Thanks for that memory.
pero por que :'(
El Guapo, you are breaking my heart. Of every blog I have ever read, yours was the one the constantly and consistently hit the right note, the right tone every single damn time. Your talents are beyond compare, but I suspect YOUR heart left this blog some time ago, so what is the use of keeping mine invested? I hope to see you blog again, but if not..... may life bring you happiness.
Can I have miguel's teal vespa?
I miss you already.
Me caga la leche.
My brother lives in DC and I'm going to have him kick the shit out of any mustached Guatemalan with a surprisingly refreshing command of the English language. There can't be that many in DC, so eventually he's going to find you.
Te voy a extrañar.
You're a truly gifted writer and inspiration. Your blog was the only local blog that has ever made sense and entertained me (wit yo fresh perspective on this psycho city)
<3 Otro latino de la Coluuuuuumbia "Heis" que le gusta la gasolina...
i will really miss your blog. i wish you would reconsider, but i sense that you've given this plenty of thought and won't revisit. so thank you very much, for your poignancy, your wit, your grace. i wish you very well on your journey. maybe our paths will cross. i like that idea. and if not, i'm happier for knowing that someone like you is out there, rolling along in his mustachioed guatemalanese. i edit professional writers for a living. you have a rare talent, el guapo. thank you for sharing it.
Thank you for all the belly laughs. I will never view our nation's capital in quite the same way -- or Argentinians.
Whether I ever know it's you or not, I hope you resurface somewhere I can read you.
Ciao.
Come back.. :(
Sometimes you managed to give me courage.. I need that...
El G.,
I am sorry to see you go and understand that you have made a difficult choice for a very important reason. Whatever it is, as sad as I am to lose your wonderful presence, I do understand and wish you the best.
I was, however, looking forward to leaving you little BDSM-flavored comments now and then, to add a different flava to your already-spicy blog. ;)
Best wishes (and a nice little swat on your tight, Guatemalan ass),
Mistress D.
Damn! El Guapo. Damn the need for anonymity and damn the problems that make these hard choices and brought tears to your eyes. (See, you get my first ever public curse word.) I can say this because I really do want those things to go to hell. Not the hell with bagpipes, either. The smoldering garbage heap one. You - I think I'd like to know you more than any blog author out of 50 and here you go disappearing.
Bless you and I will pray for you - you may even get a candle from the ethnic aisle. Bless your mama, she just has to be precious, and your abuela too.
You'll be missed mightily.
Ma Lady
Noooo! !No te vayas! You have such a gift and talent for writing. You and your handsome Guatemalan mustache will be missed terribly. Besito y best of luck to you. -J
Damn it El Guapo. I go on vacation for one frigging week and you decide to quit blogging. What about our lvoe affair? Hmmm.....?????? You are leaving me bereft of one of my favorite bloggers. Why is everyone I like quitting the show? This is the 4th or 5th blogger that I read consistently to quit blogging in the past couple of months.
DAMN IT TO HELL!!
I will miss you mucho you sexy mustached freak.
Love,
ADW
So I get back from my own weeklong vacation, eagerly go into my favorites to check out what wackiness has been going on in the world of El G, and found that you've decided to leave us! Ay Dios!
Well, as a Jewish woman in DC, I hope that now I'll be able to actually meet you. Glad to see from the other replies that I'm not the only one looking around at the mustaches wondering which one might be yours.
I'm also hoping soon an unanonymous blog or website will pop up with that unmistakable el G flavor.
And then we can all drink some Manischewitz and then go salsa dancing together.
You'll be missed - but all great thing must end. Besos y suerte!
guapito-- i've never commented pero estoy muy triste. you're the most chistoso mustached man i've ever not met. please don't stop-- your talento should not be desperdiciado.
I'm just going to pretend that's not true and keep checking your blog in hopes that you'll realize what a terrible mistake NOT blogging would be and start posting again.
I've read your blog for months without commenting once. I wish I would have before now...I'll miss your posts tremendously. You have a great writing ability, paired with a wonderful sense of humour. I wish you all the best & thank you for making me laugh so much. :-)
EG - Maybe you just need a long vacation....why not try writing just once every two weeks instead of as much as you do... If you decide to leave permently I want you to know that I will miss you so much...I wish you were my big brother...I hear more from you than from him. AND yes leave your blog up so we can come back to get our FIX... I am very sorry about tu Linda and I actually cried inside for you having been there. I know after a while another will come along. I know as I got another within time...Love you you EG Sussie aka: woozie281
You will be missed. Your blog was a great midday break from office drudgery.
oh crappy day.. and this!
but why?
did someone found your not so secret identity?
did you feel too attached to us.
i mean the net can be scary and blah blah.
or your net is cut now?
why? =(
if i can write anywhere as good as you, and your funny!
share it!
im more sad now.
Too bad. I hope you'll blog again soon.
i come back every day hoping you changed your mind...
I will miss the misadventures of El Guapo and Miguel.
Shit!
Ai, dios mio! I'll miss you and your moustache and Miguel. JC
El Guapo, It's been a while since I commented here but I have to say, I am going to miss you and all of your crazy stories. From one Guatemalan to another, que lastima. Te extranare y buena suerte. I hope you do come back some day, or, maybe Miguel will decide to blog himself.
...wait-- I forgot-- does this mean that maybe you are going to show yourself in some other way? "It’s also made it impossible for me to meet many of you. I never liked that."
Another one bites the dust.
i will miss you!!
Still missing you, El Guapo.
I will miss reading your posts, you alternated between some of the funniest posts on the net with some of the most sentimental.
Mi corazon is broken
it was a touching stories or article from you,
i really appreciate your thoughts of blogging,
even in this way i enjoy myself reading some of your post..
Neuse River North Carolina
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