"Dictatorships are pantheistic. The dictator manages to plant a little piece of himself in every one of us." Right now in my Spanish class, we are taking a look at Spanish author Ana Maria Matute, an author from the peninsula who lived during the Spanish Civil War, the dictatorial reign of Francisco Franco, and after the dictator's death in the 70' ( Read more... )

As pompous as it might sound, I think I'm smarter than other people. Like, I look at things from a much different perspective than most people and see things others can't see... And its not like I'm doing mushrooms or anything... I don't know. Crazy stuff, I guess.

pregnant and solving bomb threats in NYC. In labor. In labor, decides to disarm a bomb on a school bus, then goes across the street from the scene to eat dinner with my sisters. We decide to go up in the apartments connected with the restuarnt to eat our dinner. I see my sister leaving to her car through one of the windows while another sister is ( Read more... )

Alright. So far, this is how the chips fall. Legendary Mondays (a new legend per Monday), Unsolicitated Advice Tuesdays, Worldly Wednesday (talk about something out there), Thoughtful Thurdays (like thoughts from places, maybe), Realistic Fridays, Los Sabados de Espanol, and Sunday.

It looks like... the earth is taking a shower, but the water pressure doesn't always remain constant and eventually quits altogether. Sometimes it looks like the agape mouth of a lion, with incisors in the distance, visibly raining down with varying power and beauty. Other times it even looks like 2012, with lightning scorching the earth and ( Read more... )

Actually, we're a Constitutional Republic. We were founded on the principles from The Enlightenment, especially every day people usually are not "enlightened" enough to know what's best for them, so they elect people who are to make the decisions for them. The only government that really was a democracy was that of pre-Rome Ancient Athens. Ben ( Read more... )

A certain question haunted me for days: If I were John Green, what would I say? A man, highly educated, published author, spouse, father. He often busies himself creating YouTube videos with his masculine lifelong companion, also referred to as his brother, Hank. The ultimate question: How does he do it? How does he think how he thinks? Speak how ( Read more... )

Again, how life has changed. Michael has a girlfriend and I am not guilty in the least. I've loved and lost another, had an amazing summer and life experience, learned an aweful a lot about myself and where I stand, been kept safe by others, discovered new people and new friends, become a bridesmaid in two weddings and a maid of honor in another, ( Read more... )

Back from Argentina... crazy times. I love Argentina, but I love America.

Flash Forward seriously is one of the best shows I've seen in a long time. My heart aches now that it has been canceled. With such a cliff hanger ending, too.