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Dearly Devoted Rubie

Charming disenchanted warrior prince

Calaverita a los Huachimingos

Friday, 30. October 2009, 04:01:21



Estaban los huachimingos
Sus pelusas ordenando
En su isla escondidos
Nadie los había visto

Extintos pensó que estaban
La muerte tan distraida
Pensó en día de muertos
Hacerles una visita

Después de un largo viaje
La isla encontró vacía
Los huachimingos no estaban
Ni sus manchas encontró

"Se fueron a dar la vuelta!"
La muerte pensó ofendia
"...en 1500 años regreso"
Y se fue a buscar otras vidas

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Les juro que es verdad

Tuesday, 20. October 2009, 03:21:51

You're going to love to work at Interlingua.

That's what they told us at the recruiting meeting and I thought "yeah, why not?".

For starters, I didn't get on any of the three branches I chose, instead, they sent me to the ugliest and most 70's place in Polanco, the so called Plaza (mall) only has 2 banks (of which I don't use any) and a 7-eleven and just the other day, I sort of needed an internet café to send a report to the UAM and I actually found one there, but they charge like 3 times what they would charge at a regular café.

In fact, the mall looks like any cheap mall of a small town anywhere in MX.

And I'm not loving to work at Interlingua because there's nowhere to park my car and the other day it got towed away, costing me the whole paycheck I'm expecting to get (yeah, I don't think they'll pay me more than 60 USD after taxes if you were wondering).

But today, I found something really amazing about Plaza Polanco, something that made me truly think that working there is worth it, and I swear it's true: This tree has a free wi-fi hotspot. Really!!! I couldn't connect my MacBook anywhere else in the mall!

Footnote: I DON'T love to work at Interlingua and I don't think I ever will, and the picture has my finger on it because I took it on a hurry, since it's illegal to take pics inside the mall.

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¿Puede hacer un foco la diferencia?

Friday, 16. October 2009, 04:02:29

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Hoy es el Blog Action Day y el tema es el cambio climatico. La pregunta es si un foco puede hacer la diferencia y la respuesta es "definitivamente sí". En México, culturalmente hablando, nos vamos hacia lo que es barato al momento y no reparamos en los costos posteriores que implica una compra, es por eso que la gente prefiere comprar un foco incandescente que un foco ahorrador de energía. Claro, es inevitable comparar los 6 pesos que puede costar un foco contra los más de 30 que puede costar un foco ahorrador.

Sin embargo, y hablo de experiencia propia, un foco ahorrador puede durar mucho más que un foco incandescente comprado en la tienda de la esquina y además, el costo de la energía que consume es mucho menor (no hablemos del asunto de LyF en este post, ok?). La experiencia me dice que un foco ahorrador puede durar años, AÑOS! Es decir, a penas acabo de cambiar el que tengo en mi cuarto y aproveché un paquete de 2 focos para cambiar el de la lampara de la entrada. ¿El costo? Menos de 50 pesos por un par de focos de 40 watts que dan luz totalmente BLANCA.

¿Sabes cómo puedes ayudar a combatir el calentamiento global desde tu casa, sin mover un dedo y de manera real? Manda a tus papás a comprar focos ahorradores y pon a tus hermanos a cambiarlos por tus focos de tlapalería, así de simple. Piensa global y actúa local y así estarás haciendo tu parte y además, estarás en la onda green.

También puedes reciclar tus hojas de papel imprimiendolas por ambos lados, poner tu papel de baño con la hojita hacia arriba y separar tu basura. No importa si no compras toda la idea de lo green, solo ve y cambia tus focos.

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T3h Monk33 Seri3s :: Part 5

Thursday, 15. October 2009, 16:37:04

Lolo is a sock monk33 that's backpacking at Fedeslavia. He seems to be very happy there because about a month ago he simply got out of the car and ended up watching movies on the couch and eating carnitas every day. He apparently doesn't want to come back because every time I put him inside a backpack to drive him home, he mysteriously disappears and is found hours later hanging out in Monii's closet listening to music or reading Fede's magazines.

So, Lolo if you're reading this, I hope you're having a great time at Fedeslavia and remember that your little brother Lalo is waiting for you with some banana-strawberry pancakes for breakfast.

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If you see me laughing

Thursday, 15. October 2009, 03:07:42

Some Hmong people tend to smile or grin, when they're yelled at. It's a cultural thing, it expresses embarrassment or insecurity. It's not that they're laughing at you or anything.

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Preliminary English lessons

Thursday, 8. October 2009, 00:51:13

As one of the final parts of Method, I had to watch two Essential level English classes. I got to know yet another Interlingua branch (which wasn't that encouraging at all) and since the groups were very very small, I had to take part in the classes.

That wasn't a bad thing at all, taking low level classes helped me remember some things about the language that I took for granted and I even got to practice some basic drills that made me feel back at elementary school.

Tomorrow I'm signing my contract and on Friday I'll start working. It's a good thing since I hadn't been in a real job for a couple of months.

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Yo acuso

Friday, 2. October 2009, 09:13:00

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Acribillados y muertos en un mitin popular
Tlatelolco, Plaza de las Tres Culturas
De pie, la muerte impera en el imperio mexicano
Hay reos de genocidio

Llevo conmigo la batalla de 629 jóvenes que habian cesado de resucitar.

Mis muñecas se doblan murientes en la trinchera de sus gestos.

Llevo conmigo los cuerpos infantiles rotos contra las valdosas y que ha regresado el viento.

La sangre de sus cuerpos rotos contra las valdosas, que el que sabe del sabor del crimen no ha podido hunidir en la porosidad de la sal.

Tlatelolco pisotea la frente y degolla la cabeza que estremece los gritos.

Yo acuso...
Yo acuso a las miras exactas, idotas de nacimiento tratando de tomar el partido de perdonar a la naturaleza vomitando vivamente su profecia de antropofágia.

Yo acuso a los muros que equivocaron el futuro y fueron la agonía, haciendo nupcias entre la luz petrea del obus y las espaldas rodeadas de carne adolescente.

Yo acuso al cemento donde se cumplieron las puertas de la muerte boca abajo y a las azoteas, panteones de enterrados vivos y a bramidos de ciervos.

Yo acuso a la fosa común y a los incineradores y a la piedad sobre los ojos.

Yo acuso al hoyo como un lobo sobre la esperanza y siempre solo en busca de su imagen completa.

Yo acuso al 2 de octubre que quizo ser 2 de noviembre mexicano.

Yo acuso a las paginas de los diarios, vaya un carcelero para despedir el recuerdo largo, terrible y arreglar la época de nuevo.

Yo acuso a los planos sobre el escritorio y al ruido de la silla ejecutiva, atornillada a la emboscada y a la desesperanza.

Yo acuso al edificio seco de piedra donde se renueva la palabra legal y el último pensamiento y el grito que dijo "el responsable soy yo" y la garganta y la lengua y la pareja que lo engendra y lo hizo posible.

Yo acuso a la lista de desaparecidos, a los proyectiles, a los vehiculos, a los frigoríficos, a los heridos con su carga, al campo que custodia la paz convertido en campo de concentración 68.

Yo acuso a mi país por no lanzar sus cuerpos como cuchillos afilados y acometer como mariposas heridas por las calles.

-Leopoldo Ayala



Haz click en la imagen para oir un MP3 con el poema.

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Beautiful Day in Cowboy Country

Tuesday, 29. September 2009, 21:42:07

Sometimes days are just good. Yesterday, for me, was a good day in every aspect. Training went really smooth and wasn't boring at all, I got to pay my credit card entirely and on time, I got to my dentist appointment on time as well and the Dallas Cowboys won their game.

This is kind of a big deal for me because since 2006 I've gone to see the Cowboys' Monday Night games at Cinemex, which is a chain of cinemas here in MX City (and in a few other states). It's fun to watch the games there because people who attend are really into football and usually have a lot of fun. I think that those screenings are probably the only ones where you get to scream, swear, stand up and kick the floor with nobody getting upset.

Oh and of course, most of the people went dressed up in their Cowboys gear, fact that I must say makes me feel relieved that I'm not the only one who owns "that" cap that almost everybody seems to hate.

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Breakfast

Saturday, 19. September 2009, 22:24:32

Since September 10 I've been reciving training to teach at Interlingua, one of the most famous and biggest growing English schools in MX.

Since I stopped teaching at IPN, I hadn't had to wake up early on a Saturday after staying up late on a Friday, but today I had to go to training course.

I think I'm out of condition since I was really drowsy and almost fell asleep for a couple of times. Besides, the course is pretty boring. However I had a nice breakfast. For a long time I had craved some hotcakes and I finally got them.


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Robots for everyone

Thursday, 17. September 2009, 12:00:00

Ilse wanted a Robot for her b-day so, Bender included, here they are!!


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