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just sitting around here on another most lazy Sunday. to be honest, i haven't spend much time outside these four walls this weekend. and somehow i'm not all that preoccupied by it. i am very much looking forward to the next couple of weeks... to spending some time with compas in Immokalee, going home to chill with my family... cousins and aunts and uncles, seeing old friends. i fear that perhaps it won't be the incredible time of bliss that i'm trying to make it, but either way i'm sure that it will be a welcome respite from being here. and then in January comes Lupita's wedding and the SFA F2F... lots of time to spend with some of the most beautiful people i have ever had the privilege to know. after that i'm a little worried about what will keep me looking towards the future and not dragged down in the present, but i'm sure that something will present itself.
my spring break trip is really starting to pull itself together. we are for sure going to be working with Humane Borders, servicing water tanks in the desert. i think we'll probably do a day or two with No More Deaths, if only to see what they're working on, and also with Samaritans, who make daily trips into the desert with humanitarian aid for migrants... water, food, first aid supplies, etc. it should be a really powerful experience for everyone, and we'll also have a good amount of time to check out some other stuff... meet with the Border Patrol on this side and with Grupo Beta on the Mexican side; go to Altar, Sonora which is a major crossroads for migrants getting ready to cross; visit Agua Prieta and the Just Coffee organization; and see the Cuauhtémoc Mixteca dancers in Tucson. i'm really excited about it and do hope that the kids that go with me learn a lot from it.
might go out with Matt to O'Maddy's a little later, otherwise i'll be spending another evening home alone with my television and with the book on Cuba that i've started but am slacking on finishing. it's a good book, though, honest.
i'm trying to figure out how i can get a CD from España without paying 23 euros for it (the equivalent of $30). i can't find the songs online, except for here http://lagartoamarillo.com/portal/content/view/12/50/. if you haven't heard Lagarto Amarillo, you should. i have been waiting two years for a new CD, and they don't disappoint, at least with "Hoy" and "Cuéntame." i can't wait to hear more.
AND in other music news, i bought tickets for Imogen Heap (no, i can't stop talking about her) and am going for sure with my mom, which could be a little awkward, but i'm okay with it. we don't get to see each other that often and it will be an opportunity for her to see something that i really enjoy lately. the only thing is that i can see myself becoming extremely emotional during certain songs. hopefully we will either be separated or i can keep myself together.
finally i wanted to express that certain events can get you really thinking about the fragility of life. none of us ever quit express what certain people mean to us, or often we don't even realize it until it'ss too late and words don't mean anything anymore. everyone that reads this has enriched me in some way. i love and respect you all so much, and if something were to happen to me tomorrow i would want each and every one of you to know it. thank you for being my friends; i couldn't do it without you. muchos abrazos.
my spring break trip is really starting to pull itself together. we are for sure going to be working with Humane Borders, servicing water tanks in the desert. i think we'll probably do a day or two with No More Deaths, if only to see what they're working on, and also with Samaritans, who make daily trips into the desert with humanitarian aid for migrants... water, food, first aid supplies, etc. it should be a really powerful experience for everyone, and we'll also have a good amount of time to check out some other stuff... meet with the Border Patrol on this side and with Grupo Beta on the Mexican side; go to Altar, Sonora which is a major crossroads for migrants getting ready to cross; visit Agua Prieta and the Just Coffee organization; and see the Cuauhtémoc Mixteca dancers in Tucson. i'm really excited about it and do hope that the kids that go with me learn a lot from it.
might go out with Matt to O'Maddy's a little later, otherwise i'll be spending another evening home alone with my television and with the book on Cuba that i've started but am slacking on finishing. it's a good book, though, honest.
i'm trying to figure out how i can get a CD from España without paying 23 euros for it (the equivalent of $30). i can't find the songs online, except for here http://lagartoamarillo.com/portal/content/view/12/50/. if you haven't heard Lagarto Amarillo, you should. i have been waiting two years for a new CD, and they don't disappoint, at least with "Hoy" and "Cuéntame." i can't wait to hear more.
AND in other music news, i bought tickets for Imogen Heap (no, i can't stop talking about her) and am going for sure with my mom, which could be a little awkward, but i'm okay with it. we don't get to see each other that often and it will be an opportunity for her to see something that i really enjoy lately. the only thing is that i can see myself becoming extremely emotional during certain songs. hopefully we will either be separated or i can keep myself together.
finally i wanted to express that certain events can get you really thinking about the fragility of life. none of us ever quit express what certain people mean to us, or often we don't even realize it until it'ss too late and words don't mean anything anymore. everyone that reads this has enriched me in some way. i love and respect you all so much, and if something were to happen to me tomorrow i would want each and every one of you to know it. thank you for being my friends; i couldn't do it without you. muchos abrazos.