Sunday mornings are something you lose after you stop being a child: the carelessness, the feeling of freedom, the anticipation of a day filled with games and fun. Saturday mornings were cool too, but not in the same way: Saturdays were the days Mom would stuff you in the back seat early in the afternoon [...]
Han pasado ya casi 3 meses desde la última vez que escribí aquí. Está un poquito cafre empezar estas cosas así, pero hay que decirlo, tengo que decirlo, so pena de que se me quede nada adentro. Algunas personas se ofendieron por mi post acerca de los hombres casados. No, vamos, algunas personas se ofendieron [...]
I think it was precisely ten years ago that I gave up the tradition of making resolutions for the new year. I think I must’ve figured it was a stupid waste of energy. Habits are diamond-hard to break: an overnight party and champagne binge will not change that, neither will a change in the calendar [...]
Last post on this blog: May 12th I think it was about time I put down my virtual red pen, shoved aside the text books for a moment, and sat down to write something of my own. Summer drained me. A mere few weeks after my last entry, I plunged myself into the world of [...]
I just got home from a failed attempt at penetrating the biggest mall in this island (Plaza las Américas, of course, the center of everyyyything). I wanted to get a rare orchid for my mother: it was an dark purple plant with leaves that slightly shimmered as if gold dust had been sprinkled on them, [...]