tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-211555562024-03-07T04:00:26.630-05:00The adventures of Davo the Coelacanth: Spanglish versionThe life of a modern day Puerto Rican Coelacanth in the D.C. Metropolitan area...coping with culture shock and school...Davide the Half-Blood Robotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08610407687315843009noreply@blogger.comBlogger241125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21155556.post-27818298056765941732011-01-13T12:20:00.000-05:002011-01-13T12:20:02.459-05:00the thought of quitting...Original draft from 10/4/2010
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From casual conversations with friends, the thought of quitting grad school comes every once in a while. Every now and then (soooo bourgeois) I think about leaving school and do _____. Sometimes this blank includes going back home and find an odd job there (ideally a dream job) and make it work. The upsideDavide the Half-Blood Robotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08610407687315843009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21155556.post-6704632607272813722010-09-15T11:01:00.000-04:002010-09-15T11:01:04.524-04:00Expatriado en el limboEs una situación difícil el vivir lejos, de eso no hay duda. creo que la diferencia radica en como cada uno brega con estas situaciones individualmente. El sistema de apoyo que uno desarrolla durante este proceso es bien importante; ya sean con relaciones concretas en el diario vivir o comunicaciones inmanentes por medios tecnológicos.
Ya llevo dos años acá en la metrópolis y la verdad es Davide the Half-Blood Robotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08610407687315843009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21155556.post-73435152387237109802010-08-16T17:25:00.002-04:002010-08-16T17:26:29.618-04:00Los recuerdos volvieron a una cajaEmpacando mis cosas porque me mudo en menos de un mes, encuentro muchas cosas y en ellas los recuerdos. Encontré la bolsa de los recuerdos, un repositorio temporero que me traje en Diciembre de 2008 para mostrarle a Daniel una muestra selectiva de los objetos en mi caja de los recuerdos que está en la isla. Hojeé parte de las cosas que había en la bolsa, y las acabo de colocarDavide the Half-Blood Robotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08610407687315843009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21155556.post-81948514055153870452010-05-31T21:13:00.001-04:002010-05-31T21:13:27.311-04:00Thinking positivelyLately, I have been thinking about the importance of thinking in a positive manner. I have talked about this with a good friend of mine, and from these interactions I have decided to move on from these negative statements as much as I can. I (don't want to wish you harm) will try very hard to turn the bad into something enriching. As cliche as this sounds, thinking negatively and being Davide the Half-Blood Robotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08610407687315843009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21155556.post-17465476995950756792010-05-27T11:14:00.003-04:002010-05-27T11:43:47.612-04:00The graveyard bookThough I haven't posted regularly. Here goes another brief book review on The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.
The Graveyard Book is a great read (Though my subjectivity on the matter might be questioned as I rarely finish a book I don't enjoy-I'm looking at you Twilight-). The simple (yet Awesome) storytelling complements the complexity of the story and it keeps you interested as you meet the Davide the Half-Blood Robotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08610407687315843009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21155556.post-50950028458897786902010-05-25T22:08:00.001-04:002010-05-25T22:08:19.147-04:00-tired...-mobile postDavide the Half-Blood Robotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08610407687315843009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21155556.post-56059267924008340682010-05-14T13:14:00.001-04:002010-05-14T13:14:15.155-04:00Violencia InnecesariaLa gente no se da cuenta que estos son los mismos policías que le entraron a palos a los empleados de la Telefónica cuando la huelga hace unos años atrás. Esto no es cuestión de que no quieran estudiar o no, más bien el derecho a expresarse. ¿Porque no te expresaste con los despidos de la ley 7? ¿Vas a seguir complacido de lo que el gobe y su legislatura quiera hacer lo que le da la gana contigo Davide the Half-Blood Robotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08610407687315843009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21155556.post-66395510710518143422010-05-01T12:55:00.003-04:002010-05-01T12:56:04.586-04:00Let me get this "straight"So gays can't serve in the military openly...
Exhibit A
Wonder what would happen when the gays serve openly, imagine that. The end of the military as we know it.
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Exhibit B
So, these straight dudes were just choreographing Ke$ha in their spare time. I think, if gays serve openly in the military, it will most certainly disrupt the quality of life of these straight men in the Air Force. You Davide the Half-Blood Robotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08610407687315843009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21155556.post-1882709183055694872010-04-30T00:00:00.000-04:002010-04-29T23:59:54.003-04:00DescontrolPorque las circunstancias a veces parecen imitar los impulsos de cosas que no conocemos sus nombres. Parecido al sueno inexplicable de la niñez, en el que todo estaba blanco, como un vacío. Luego al horizonte aparece una línea paralela a este, que corre de oeste a este, con un punto que la recorre que aparece y desaparece de lado a lado. La línea, se descontrola y empieza a Davide the Half-Blood Robotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08610407687315843009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21155556.post-21418557273465430762010-04-28T11:15:00.002-04:002010-04-28T13:02:55.801-04:00Songs I am currently listening to on repeatWhile I'm stressing out about finals *sighs*...
here it goes
A House Is Not A Home - Dionne...Defying Gravity - Kristin Chen...Downtown - Petula Clark
These kinds of songs break my heart (I'm too sensitive)...and I'm in the mood for a good crying session... Got to make the best out of these days, so that you can let it all out, and move on.
I imagine listening to this song in the good old times,Davide the Half-Blood Robotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08610407687315843009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21155556.post-81038667740700429452010-04-26T21:54:00.000-04:002010-04-26T21:56:36.068-04:00RomanceConozco muy bien, mis juegosEntiendo mis desafíos, Aun cuando presiono las circunstancias,Extraño el romance de la tv,El que incluye el slow-mo,El del confeti, el del Champagne,El del cortejo, inocente pero serio,El de los besos, el de los personajesQue son, pero no son... Que te buscan, te dejan y siempre estuvieron detrás tuyo.Los mensajes diarios, la poesía sin sentido,PeroDavide the Half-Blood Robotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08610407687315843009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21155556.post-81361620988226477682010-04-01T19:17:00.000-04:002010-04-01T19:17:36.317-04:00Insect HuntAs a friend said, it's resurrection week, though some of us don't wish it was like so. I stumbled upon a rather peculiar old playlist in my library called " Cazería de Insectos or Insect Hunz (misspell and pun intended) in english. One of my favorite playlists ever, because it accompanied in my intimate escapades. So here it is, one of my most personal playlists. Hope you enjoy.
Cazeria de Davide the Half-Blood Robotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08610407687315843009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21155556.post-88865701062064921852010-03-23T19:06:00.000-04:002010-03-23T19:08:43.461-04:00First day in Mérida, MéxicoI love it here. Me gustaria quedarme para siempre. Este es el tipo de extranjero en el que me gustaría vivir.-mobile postDavide the Half-Blood Robotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08610407687315843009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21155556.post-48713867101184401362010-01-31T12:12:00.001-05:002010-01-31T12:12:05.530-05:00yesterday...So here I am, at 2:22 a.m.
I didn’t go to the Black Cat’s dance party, but I had a hell of a lot of fun tonight. The universe conspires in one favor, and I like that it does so...and good experiences are the result of one’s own output of good and positive energies that one radiates to everyone else.
I met someone cool today, and on the way back we rode in the back of a pickup truck; cold and in Davide the Half-Blood Robotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08610407687315843009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21155556.post-79747562308423489592010-01-28T20:13:00.001-05:002010-01-28T20:13:34.998-05:00GiùEstoy sintiendo los "blues" de la temporada... Sin falla siempre me llega en esta época, y si no es porque el dani me recordó que le había dicho que en esta época siempre me pasaba esto, no me acordaba... Will get help, but all I can think about is the song from Magnolia...'Save Me'. Nothing out of the ordinary, and it's not like I'm inb depressionb or anything, just that maybe a helping hand Davide the Half-Blood Robotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08610407687315843009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21155556.post-28266261551631072322010-01-28T10:35:00.001-05:002010-01-28T10:36:41.969-05:00WeddingI dreamed that I was getting married to one of my cousins; but what really surprised me about the whole thing is that I was happy in the dream. The idea of marriage has never been one to stimulate any such meanings/feelings for me. {Which doesn't apply to others as I did get incredibly happy when a close friends made that decision}.
Anyway, the dream was very vivid. It was very much like in the Davide the Half-Blood Robotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08610407687315843009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21155556.post-88780890344272950762010-01-19T21:25:00.002-05:002010-01-19T21:25:18.575-05:00Colonial Bullshit...never endsActual letter that I sent today to the registra's office at my university:
To whom it may concern in the Registrar Office:
The purpose of this letter is to ask the proper officials to give attention to a matter that is present on the Testudo webpage (One of the Student Services Webpages of the University), in the registrar section, where I am asked to apply for graduation. The form asks me to Davide the Half-Blood Robotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08610407687315843009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21155556.post-26769670255885544042009-11-28T22:33:00.001-05:002009-11-28T22:33:32.922-05:00HmmmmSo estoy aquí solo... Mis pesadillas se hacen realidad enLa manera ma creepy posible. Pero no todo es negativo, porque ya termine mi paper... -mobile postDavide the Half-Blood Robotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08610407687315843009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21155556.post-3160906584472424022009-11-04T22:39:00.001-05:002009-11-04T22:39:01.080-05:00Grad school life...is tough...and your professors will chew you up! Blogged with the Flock BrowserDavide the Half-Blood Robotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08610407687315843009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21155556.post-48432051773637653842009-10-31T00:32:00.001-04:002009-10-31T00:32:52.838-04:00This is it?Sometimes, some things feel ethereal- even not real. Sometimes just the act of going to bed, seems so rehearsed, so planned, that one forgets that it was planned at all (though sometime ago). It's not even taking things for granted, is more like forgetting our lines in the play and improvising. Lately, I've been feeling that exact same way: like I have just been improvising because I forgot the Davide the Half-Blood Robotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08610407687315843009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21155556.post-44017296013969939162009-10-26T00:17:00.001-04:002009-10-26T00:17:39.788-04:00What about this so called new lifeSo I know I was wrong... And now I'm paying for it. But more than just making the mistake of going through my ex's email, the mistake was making you my partner in crime. Though I am busted, I am going to stay silent on your matters my dear... Good or bad times, I have discovered that I am not you. And this doesn't clear the fact that what I did was wrong, but I'm coming clean and trying to move Davide the Half-Blood Robotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08610407687315843009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21155556.post-13407954103089597822009-10-20T00:12:00.001-04:002009-10-20T00:12:45.193-04:002This may be old news but I feel way tired. I don't think I have ever worked as hard as I am doing now. Waking up at 8, going to bed at 12 and working all the time in between. Just two more weeks of madness.-mobile postDavide the Half-Blood Robotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08610407687315843009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21155556.post-71833355067430281662009-10-05T22:56:00.003-04:002009-10-05T23:11:21.168-04:00DustSo much time... I have had this blog since 2004... yet I deleted my posts from that past...and now I regret that.I am surprised because I have had my current journal (you know, a paperback old-school blog) for the past 3 years. I have not written everyday in it, but I feel like it has documented a lot of what I think. The usefulness of it all is that I can read back and look at how have I changedDavide the Half-Blood Robotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08610407687315843009noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21155556.post-69323993055683134882009-09-24T00:48:00.001-04:002009-09-24T00:50:05.651-04:00SinceSinceAnd since I haven't believed in god in a while, I have acquired a very existentialist way of seeing things. But it's absurd that I found myself telling myself to sleep that I should feel better; that my body needs to fight to not get sick. But hey, si me puedo somatizar tan fácilmente cuando me siento mal, porque no hacer lo contrario... -- Mobile PostDavide the Half-Blood Robotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08610407687315843009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21155556.post-3800288487861023172009-08-30T03:14:00.001-04:002009-08-30T03:14:27.740-04:00Lo interesanteQue interesante es el ejercicio de la especulación. Nos mueve a averiguar, a formular escenarios y realizar ejercicios mentales para estimular algún sentimiento. Lo curioso es que nos pasa a todos, ya seamos averigua'os, indiferentes, soñadores, paranoicos, hipocondriacos, etc. Muchas de nuestras conversaciones diarias son meramente especulaciones y nos damos cuenta de ello. El primer paso es serDavide the Half-Blood Robotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08610407687315843009noreply@blogger.com0