Thursday, July 28, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
Those who share their thoughts
1. hola. i want you to be here. i want it to be christmas so i can be in memphis. i want to go to 2pc for the sunday worships and sunday school. i want to eat cake. chocolate cake. i want to take a shower. i want to go to the last harry potter premiere with yall. and i want to be in a pool.
2. i want adriana. i want to be in mexico. i want to be lifting incredibly heavy buckets of wet concrete. i want to be bitten by impressively fierce mexican mosquitos. i want to give you a big hug. i want it to be christmas so i get to hang out with you too. i want to see harry potter. in mexico. again.
1. i want you to be here. i want to give you a big hug too. i want to freeze in memphis this christmas. i want to hear your lovely voice again. i want to sing worship songs in english AND spanish with you. i want to lift heavy buckets of concrete with you. i want to see you and scream.
2. i want to learn to speak spanish so i can talk to you and think i am cool. i want to sing in whatever language comes to my head in that moment. i want to not freeze during christmas because i would be visiting you in mexico. i want to color with chalk and paint fingernails and be grossed out by your chili flavored candy! hehe basically, i just want to be as cool as you.
1. i want to speak english in my mexican accent. i want to say 'sacapuntas' every time i see you. i want to laugh in spanish (jajaja) and english (hahaha) even though no matter what language it is, it always sounds the same. i wish i was as cool as you are. i want to have a sleepover with you. i want to see you dancing ballet. i want you to see me tap dancing. i want to color with chalk. and i wouldn't mind eating panera or chick fil a.
2. i want to listen to you speak english in your adorable mexican accent. i want to listen to you attempt a british accent in your mexican accent. i want to say the word sacapuntas every time we hang out. i want to listen to you tap dance and hear your spanish and english laugh simultaneously.
1. i want to hide because i can't do a british accent (i've tried). i want to eat mexican food with you. i want to go to the cenotes because i've never been to any. i want to be with you every day. i want you to be here because that's what makes my summer complete. i want to give you something i got for you last christmas but forgot in merida in april. i want to dance like crazy because of the mosquitos with you. basically, i just want to be with you.
2. i want to chase you because i've heard you do a british accent and it is hilarious. i want to eat american food with you. i want to go to the cenotes and push you off a really high cliff (but no worries, because i will jump right after you). i want a milkshake. i want to remember the merida mall.
1. i want to see a british person and copy his or her accent. i want to eat my favorite food (pasta) with you. i want to cook dinner for you (i only know how to cook quesadillas, so i hope you like them). i want to fall off a cliff. i want to know why cenotes have cliffs. i want to graduate because that's the day yall are coming. i want a milkshake too. i want to go to wolfchase galleria and give the guy a lot of pennies and dimes to buy another pair of toms. i want sonic. i want to go to forever21 and buy some dresses. i want to go to target again. i want to see your beautiful american faces again.
2. i want to eat pasta with you (BECAUSE THATS MY FAVORITE FOOD TOO). i want to eat italian food. i want to drink a sonic slushie while i am eating your delicious quesadillas. i want to explain to you why cenotes have cliffs by showing you this summer. i want to go to forever21 and buy a bunch of dresses. i want to look at another fast food menu in spanish. i want to give you change for all those pennies and dimes. i want to pinch your cheeks and embarrass you in front of your friends. i want to get a choco tan.
1. i want to know what a choco tan is. i want to ride a bike with you even though my experiences with bikes. i want to tell you something i'm dying to tell you but it has to be in person. i want to tell you that in person because i want you to hear my mexican accent. i want to take a lot of pictures with you to put in my book of 'best memories'. i want to pinch your cheeks until they go red so i can embarrass you in front of your friends. i want to hear you saying otorinolarringologo. i want to say that word wilson good wants me to say but i can't. i want to go to a redbirds game and not see the game. i want to see everything in english. i want to start thinking in english again. i want a nerf guns battle.
2. i want to battle you with nerf guns. i want to laugh at your adorable face and bounce your long perfect curls. i want to try to say otorinolarringologo because it would come out of my mouth like orskdlajfoeipowmflsdkf;als. i want to know what word wilson good wants you to say but you cant. i want to ride bikes with you and teach you how not to fall. i want to take a whole bunch of 'artsy' pictures with you. i want to get a tan. i want to sleep in a hammock again.
1. i want to go to the movies with you. i want to know what's the word wilson wants me to say so i can tell you. i want to go to true north and sing from the inside out. i want you to sing its spanish version desde mi interior. i want to see if you get tan or red. i want to shake your hammock. i want to ask you que hace el pez?. i want to explain that joke to you. i want to learn jokes in english. i want to see snow for the first time. i want to stay in high school forever because college kinda scares me. i want to be a senior again.
2. i want to be obsessed with harry potter with you. i want to run in late to true north because of ballet and see your beautiful face in the dark and hug you for about 10 minutes. i want to learn from the inside out in spanish. i want to prove to you that i get tan and not red because i am italian. i want to teach you knock-knock jokes in english. i want to bring snow from memphis to show you, but it would probably melt mid-flight. i want to fly somewhere exotic with you on vacation. i want to stay with you in high school, but i also want to cry out of joy for you at your graduation. i want to know what 'que hace el pez' means....and why you are asking me about fish.
1. i want to go to true north all wet because of rain and see alix and get really excited and forget i'm wet and freezing. i want to sing and suddenly see someone in the dark and hug you and almost start crying because it's been so long. i want to show you i get red, then orange then tan. i want to see snow in memphis with you and take pictures. i want to spend a whole summer with you. i want to spend a YEAR with you. i want you to come to merida before 8 pm in 34 days so you can be in my graduation ceremony. i want to tell you that que hace el pez means what's the fish doing? and i want to tell you that the right answer is 'nada' which means 'nothing' and 'swim' in spanish.
2. i want adriana. i want to be in mexico. i want to be lifting incredibly heavy buckets of wet concrete. i want to be bitten by impressively fierce mexican mosquitos. i want to give you a big hug. i want it to be christmas so i get to hang out with you too. i want to see harry potter. in mexico. again.
1. i want you to be here. i want to give you a big hug too. i want to freeze in memphis this christmas. i want to hear your lovely voice again. i want to sing worship songs in english AND spanish with you. i want to lift heavy buckets of concrete with you. i want to see you and scream.
2. i want to learn to speak spanish so i can talk to you and think i am cool. i want to sing in whatever language comes to my head in that moment. i want to not freeze during christmas because i would be visiting you in mexico. i want to color with chalk and paint fingernails and be grossed out by your chili flavored candy! hehe basically, i just want to be as cool as you.
1. i want to speak english in my mexican accent. i want to say 'sacapuntas' every time i see you. i want to laugh in spanish (jajaja) and english (hahaha) even though no matter what language it is, it always sounds the same. i wish i was as cool as you are. i want to have a sleepover with you. i want to see you dancing ballet. i want you to see me tap dancing. i want to color with chalk. and i wouldn't mind eating panera or chick fil a.
2. i want to listen to you speak english in your adorable mexican accent. i want to listen to you attempt a british accent in your mexican accent. i want to say the word sacapuntas every time we hang out. i want to listen to you tap dance and hear your spanish and english laugh simultaneously.
1. i want to hide because i can't do a british accent (i've tried). i want to eat mexican food with you. i want to go to the cenotes because i've never been to any. i want to be with you every day. i want you to be here because that's what makes my summer complete. i want to give you something i got for you last christmas but forgot in merida in april. i want to dance like crazy because of the mosquitos with you. basically, i just want to be with you.
2. i want to chase you because i've heard you do a british accent and it is hilarious. i want to eat american food with you. i want to go to the cenotes and push you off a really high cliff (but no worries, because i will jump right after you). i want a milkshake. i want to remember the merida mall.
1. i want to see a british person and copy his or her accent. i want to eat my favorite food (pasta) with you. i want to cook dinner for you (i only know how to cook quesadillas, so i hope you like them). i want to fall off a cliff. i want to know why cenotes have cliffs. i want to graduate because that's the day yall are coming. i want a milkshake too. i want to go to wolfchase galleria and give the guy a lot of pennies and dimes to buy another pair of toms. i want sonic. i want to go to forever21 and buy some dresses. i want to go to target again. i want to see your beautiful american faces again.
2. i want to eat pasta with you (BECAUSE THATS MY FAVORITE FOOD TOO). i want to eat italian food. i want to drink a sonic slushie while i am eating your delicious quesadillas. i want to explain to you why cenotes have cliffs by showing you this summer. i want to go to forever21 and buy a bunch of dresses. i want to look at another fast food menu in spanish. i want to give you change for all those pennies and dimes. i want to pinch your cheeks and embarrass you in front of your friends. i want to get a choco tan.
1. i want to know what a choco tan is. i want to ride a bike with you even though my experiences with bikes. i want to tell you something i'm dying to tell you but it has to be in person. i want to tell you that in person because i want you to hear my mexican accent. i want to take a lot of pictures with you to put in my book of 'best memories'. i want to pinch your cheeks until they go red so i can embarrass you in front of your friends. i want to hear you saying otorinolarringologo. i want to say that word wilson good wants me to say but i can't. i want to go to a redbirds game and not see the game. i want to see everything in english. i want to start thinking in english again. i want a nerf guns battle.
2. i want to battle you with nerf guns. i want to laugh at your adorable face and bounce your long perfect curls. i want to try to say otorinolarringologo because it would come out of my mouth like orskdlajfoeipowmflsdkf;als. i want to know what word wilson good wants you to say but you cant. i want to ride bikes with you and teach you how not to fall. i want to take a whole bunch of 'artsy' pictures with you. i want to get a tan. i want to sleep in a hammock again.
1. i want to go to the movies with you. i want to know what's the word wilson wants me to say so i can tell you. i want to go to true north and sing from the inside out. i want you to sing its spanish version desde mi interior. i want to see if you get tan or red. i want to shake your hammock. i want to ask you que hace el pez?. i want to explain that joke to you. i want to learn jokes in english. i want to see snow for the first time. i want to stay in high school forever because college kinda scares me. i want to be a senior again.
2. i want to be obsessed with harry potter with you. i want to run in late to true north because of ballet and see your beautiful face in the dark and hug you for about 10 minutes. i want to learn from the inside out in spanish. i want to prove to you that i get tan and not red because i am italian. i want to teach you knock-knock jokes in english. i want to bring snow from memphis to show you, but it would probably melt mid-flight. i want to fly somewhere exotic with you on vacation. i want to stay with you in high school, but i also want to cry out of joy for you at your graduation. i want to know what 'que hace el pez' means....and why you are asking me about fish.
1. i want to go to true north all wet because of rain and see alix and get really excited and forget i'm wet and freezing. i want to sing and suddenly see someone in the dark and hug you and almost start crying because it's been so long. i want to show you i get red, then orange then tan. i want to see snow in memphis with you and take pictures. i want to spend a whole summer with you. i want to spend a YEAR with you. i want you to come to merida before 8 pm in 34 days so you can be in my graduation ceremony. i want to tell you that que hace el pez means what's the fish doing? and i want to tell you that the right answer is 'nada' which means 'nothing' and 'swim' in spanish.
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Who says you can't be the best?
Recently I've been realizing how important it is to give back to the world, to be a good person. I mean, I've always tried to be sweet and caring, but I feel like that's not enough anymore. I realize now that sometimes the most impactful events are the ones that happen with strangers. A brief moment with a stranger could change someone's entire day.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Why I chose to be barefoot today
Como muchos saben, hoy fue el One day without shoes de TOMS. Me hicieron muchas preguntas, sobre todo de la clase de "y que hará todo esto?".
Lo sé, lo sé. Literalmente, que no haya usado zapatos no servirá de mucho. Que no haya usado zapatos no le conseguirá a un niño en África una mejor vida, o algún par de zapatos. El hecho de que no usé zapatos en la escuela no impactará al mundo, literalmente hablando.
Pero no creo que ese haya sido el punto de la experiencia sin zapatos. Fue más como una declaración. Una manera de recordarle a la gente que si, hay niños que no tienen zapatos, ni los medios para conseguirlos. Un recordatorio de que a pesar de que ahora estamos en pleno siglo 21, y tenemos iPods, iPads y conexión a internet y todo tipo de cosas ingeniosas y sin sentido para nosotros, todavía hay personas que no tienen un lugar estable para vivir, o agua limpia, o una fuente constante de comida, ni mucho menos un par de zapatos. Me preguntaron muchas veces "estás caminando por todos lados sin zapatos, no es eso como, no saludable?" o "me gustaría participar, pero no quiero que mis pies se ensucien". Y siempre contestaba que sí, no es lo mejor respecto a la sanidad, y sí, mis pies se ensuciarán, pero hay muchos niños que viven esto todos los días. Yo estando sin zapatos por un día no es nada comparado con lo que ellos hacen.
Hoy pensé mucho. Al final del día, mis piés me estaban casi gritando, me dolían mucho. Y me dí cuenta de lo agradecida que estoy porque tengo zapatos para ponerme. Tengo un montón de zapatos, en realidad más de los que necesito. Participar en One day without shoes me hizo darme cuenta de otra de las grandes bendiciones con las que cuento. Estoy tan acostumbrada a mis condiciones de vida y me empiezo a concentrar en lo que no tengo, y a veces casi me olvido de agradecer por lo que tengo.
Sé que muchas personas verán el día de hoy cínicamente. Llámame optimista, pero qué hay de malo con hacer algo así? qué hay de malo en querer promover el cambio y el deseo de ayudar a un país? Una vez más, muchas personas me preguntaron "pero cómo ayudará esto?" y "por qué no solo donas dinero?" y para ser muy honesta, lo haría si pudiera. Soy una estudiante de preparatoria, y casi de universidad. Por mucho que me gustaría ayudar más en el mundo, simplemente no tengo los medios. Participar en One day without shoes es lo más que puedo hacer para ayudar en este momento, o sea mostrar mi apoyo, demostrando que me importa, y diciéndoles a los demás. Espero que haya por lo menos unas pocas personas que se dieron cuenta que un grupo de personas locas no usaron zapatos hoy, y decidan investigar por qué, y leer cuál es la condición en los países menos afortunados.
Y sí, voy a comprar un par de TOMS en 20 días. Quiero ayudar al mundo de alguna manera. Me importa, bueno, todo. Participar hoy fue para aumentar la conciencia de las personas, y para demostrar que si me importa, y que estoy dispuesta a hacer algo.
Obviamente, no espero que todo el mundo, o por lo menos que alguien esté de acuerdo conmigo. Independientemente de cómo me siento, siempre van a haber personas que se sientan diferente. Llámame optimista, pero no creo que One day without shoes haya sido un día perdido o estúpido.
Lo sé, lo sé. Literalmente, que no haya usado zapatos no servirá de mucho. Que no haya usado zapatos no le conseguirá a un niño en África una mejor vida, o algún par de zapatos. El hecho de que no usé zapatos en la escuela no impactará al mundo, literalmente hablando.
Pero no creo que ese haya sido el punto de la experiencia sin zapatos. Fue más como una declaración. Una manera de recordarle a la gente que si, hay niños que no tienen zapatos, ni los medios para conseguirlos. Un recordatorio de que a pesar de que ahora estamos en pleno siglo 21, y tenemos iPods, iPads y conexión a internet y todo tipo de cosas ingeniosas y sin sentido para nosotros, todavía hay personas que no tienen un lugar estable para vivir, o agua limpia, o una fuente constante de comida, ni mucho menos un par de zapatos. Me preguntaron muchas veces "estás caminando por todos lados sin zapatos, no es eso como, no saludable?" o "me gustaría participar, pero no quiero que mis pies se ensucien". Y siempre contestaba que sí, no es lo mejor respecto a la sanidad, y sí, mis pies se ensuciarán, pero hay muchos niños que viven esto todos los días. Yo estando sin zapatos por un día no es nada comparado con lo que ellos hacen.
Hoy pensé mucho. Al final del día, mis piés me estaban casi gritando, me dolían mucho. Y me dí cuenta de lo agradecida que estoy porque tengo zapatos para ponerme. Tengo un montón de zapatos, en realidad más de los que necesito. Participar en One day without shoes me hizo darme cuenta de otra de las grandes bendiciones con las que cuento. Estoy tan acostumbrada a mis condiciones de vida y me empiezo a concentrar en lo que no tengo, y a veces casi me olvido de agradecer por lo que tengo.
Sé que muchas personas verán el día de hoy cínicamente. Llámame optimista, pero qué hay de malo con hacer algo así? qué hay de malo en querer promover el cambio y el deseo de ayudar a un país? Una vez más, muchas personas me preguntaron "pero cómo ayudará esto?" y "por qué no solo donas dinero?" y para ser muy honesta, lo haría si pudiera. Soy una estudiante de preparatoria, y casi de universidad. Por mucho que me gustaría ayudar más en el mundo, simplemente no tengo los medios. Participar en One day without shoes es lo más que puedo hacer para ayudar en este momento, o sea mostrar mi apoyo, demostrando que me importa, y diciéndoles a los demás. Espero que haya por lo menos unas pocas personas que se dieron cuenta que un grupo de personas locas no usaron zapatos hoy, y decidan investigar por qué, y leer cuál es la condición en los países menos afortunados.
Y sí, voy a comprar un par de TOMS en 20 días. Quiero ayudar al mundo de alguna manera. Me importa, bueno, todo. Participar hoy fue para aumentar la conciencia de las personas, y para demostrar que si me importa, y que estoy dispuesta a hacer algo.
Obviamente, no espero que todo el mundo, o por lo menos que alguien esté de acuerdo conmigo. Independientemente de cómo me siento, siempre van a haber personas que se sientan diferente. Llámame optimista, pero no creo que One day without shoes haya sido un día perdido o estúpido.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Even a thousand miles can't keep us apart cause my heart is wherever you are
I've never been so wrapped up, honey I like the way you're everything I've ever wanted. I had time to think it over and all I can say is come closer, take a deep breath and jump then fall into me cause every time you smile, I smile, and every time you shine, I'll shine for you
Sunday, March 20, 2011
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