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Have Mercy, Mother Mary!
If someone were to ask me today if I wanted to trade places with John Stamos, I would spit in his or her face. I mean, sure, it sounds inviting. Being Uncle Jesse, still getting those royalty checks from ABC Family, and signing them over to Rebecca Romijn for alimony. Truth is, Stamos is washed up. He's no longer dating a metamorphosing ( Read more... ) -
A Tortured Past
We were admitted entrance to Parque de la Paz Villa Grimaldi, neé Centro de Detención Villa Grimaldi through the side entrance. No one comes through the front doors anymore, which stand big, black and permanently locked, radiating an imposing history. From 1973 until 1978 the entryway used to receive military vehicles carrying blindfolded, ( Read more... ) -
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Two words can sufficiently summarize my month in Chile: mullet mania. Mullets are all the rage here. They´re not just for carnival folk, country music stars, ironically inclined hipsters, and lesbians anymore, everyone sports them here! I´m fighting the temptation myself to let my golden tresses grow wild for another few months before militantly ( Read more... ) -
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I packed up my bookshelf and toiletries already. I move out in about 40 hours. Right now I'm sitting at my desk, writing a Spanish lit. paper, admiring the soft, crepuscular light reflecting off the passing, wispy clouds, and listening to a true Kresge owl sound out his pleasure for the beautiful meadow that sprawls out far below his redwood ( Read more... ) -
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Screw a cup-holder armrest, I want a car with side panel, blinker-activated guidance lights. And a tape deck, and a jagged, metal stump on the hood where the antenna used to be. -
Decisions, Decisions
This weekend my dreadlocks turn two years old. I've never had a set date for cutting them off, but I've been tossing the idea around as of late. Anyway, for those of you who don't know, I'm studying abroad in Santiago, Chile this June until December. Santiago is a very urbane and cosmopolitan city. Suffice it to say, none of the locals will be ( Read more... )
