When my grandfather died, I was devastated. The invincible man I knew was gone, defeated by cancer. I was young, and not understanding that my grandfather was ill, asked my mother, “Mom, did your cooking kill grandpa?” I did not understand it then, but as I grew up, more and more the pieces made sense. The irony lies in that my grandfather had gone ( Read more... )

I love classical music and alternative rock because they encompass such a wide range of emotion. All music is universal, but these two genres perfectly suit me- calming, but spontaneous ( Read more... )

When my parents first came to the country from El Salvador, they came with dreams and hopes of establishing better lives- not just for themselves, but for the families they left behind. Soon, they had five children of their own, myself included. We did not grow up in the best of places, but even though we lived in the midst of gang wars, heard ( Read more... )

At school, Students Run LA was always unpopular. With the tagline "Train for the 26.2 mile LA Marathon," one can see why anyone would be scared, and easily get to running- in the opposite direction; however, I was persuaded into joining ( Read more... )

The music of India is one of the oldest unbroken musical traditions in the world.  It is said ( Read more... )

So alot of stuff has happened
I havent been here in a while
but yeah
schools almost over
and my music is alot more yeah
im all over the place
but i guess ill update more often : )

http://images.google.com/images?q=Franklin+Roosevelt&hl=en

TWO TOUGH QUESTIONS ( Read more... )

"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over
the world, I can't help but cry. I mean, I'd love to be skinny
like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff."

~Mariah Carey

omg...need i say more

So I just signed my work contract...200 bucks a week, ending in 1200 dollars with the possibility of bonus...Oh My FREAKIN Gosh! That's insane for 6 weeks of work, but its well earned I think. The kids are INSANE, and sweet at the same time, but its cool. I just finished with the first batch of kids and they were soooo cute in their vegetable ( Read more... )