Los Heraldos Negros - César Vallejo

Hay golpes en la vida, tan fuertes... ¡Yo no sé!
Golpes como del odio de Dios; como si ante ellos,
la resaca de todo lo sufrido
se empozara en el alma... ¡Yo no sé!

Son pocos; pero son... Abren zanjas oscuras
en el rostro más fiero y en el lomo más fuerte.
Serán tal vez los potros de bárbaros Atilas;
o los heraldos negros que nos manda la Muerte.

Son las caídas hondas de los Cristos del alma
de alguna fe adorable que el Destino blasfema.
Esos golpes sangrientos son las crepitaciones
de algún pan que en la puerta del horno se nos quema.

Y el hombre... Pobre... ¡pobre! Vuelve los ojos, como
cuando por sobre el hombro nos llama una palmada;
vuelve los ojos locos, y todo lo vivido
se empoza, como charco de culpa, en la mirada.

Hay golpes en la vida, tan fuertes... ¡Yo no sé!

I love it cuando estoy pensando en castellano y inglés at the same time.

Ahora is totally one of those moments. I get like this cuando estoy leyendo o escribiendo way too much en castellano mientras watching algo en inglés. En este caso, "The Office". Obvio. Mi goal para este año es pensar más en castellano y menos en inglés. I guess this is a start.

"Y tímida ante el mundo, de manera que encerrada en silencio no salía, sino cuando en la dulce primavera era la hora de la melodia..." -Darío

An unforgettable summer

Andahuaylillas, Perú (Araceli y yo)

"Sanity may be madness but the maddest of all is to see the world as it is and not as it should be" -Don Quixote de la Mancha

I get sick pleasure out of not holding the elevator door open for people

‎"Physical beauty- probably the most destructive idea in the history of human thought. Both originated in envy, thrived in insecurity and ended in disillusion" (Morrison. The Bluest Eye. 122).

When I went to pick up my mail today I had a little surprise -cheese! My friends from home are wonderful and I miss them very much. I am way too excited about this cheese, I knew buying wine last night was a good idea.

Esta noche voy a leer 100 sonetos de amor

Soneto de Amor XI por Pablo Neruda

Tengo hambre de tu boca, de tu voz, de tu pelo
y por las calles voy sin nutrirme, callado,
no me sostiene el pan, el alba me desquicia,
busco el sonido líquido de tus pies en el día.

Estoy hambriento de tu risa resbalada,
de tus manos color de furioso granero,
tengo hambre de la pálida piedra de tus uñas,
quiero comer tu piel como una intacta almendra.

Quiero comer el rayo quemado en tu hermosura,
la nariz soberana del arrogante rostro,
quiero comer la sombra fugaz de tus pestañas

y hambriento vengo y voy olfateando el crepúsculo
buscándote, buscando tu corazón caliente
como un puma en la soledad de Quitratúe.

You are beautiful

In a great mood

"There is incidentally no way to talk about cats that enables one to come off as a sane person"

This squirrel and I have way too much in common right now

I am so thankful for everything my parents do for me

I think that we can all agree that there is something wrong with Anne Hathaway

"Anne Hathaway is that annoying girl in drama class who takes the 'invisible ball' exercise way too seriously, calls the theater teacher by their first name, chants 'UN-IQUE NEW YORK' in the hallways and cries when you say that you thought Mary Poppins was dumb and boring. Anne is like Lea Michele's Glee character on Dexatrim and uppers that give you a manufactured form of peppiness."

I know so many people who are annoying in the same exact way she is, it's shocking. She is the epitome of why I decided I cannot be around music majors at my school for any longer. Drama people too, for that matter.

Possibly one of the worst days ever

I didn't really sleep last night, which I'm sure contributed to how shitty I'm feeling today (fever, sore throat, etc.). I just want to go home and sleep in my own bed and have my mom take care of me. Instead I'm stuck here in my room alone surrounded by wildly loud people who are constantly waking me up. I think that out of everybody at home, I miss my little sister, Sarah the most. She still hangs out with me when I'm sick and knows just what to say to make me feel better. By the way, I'm fucking starving. All I've eaten today is half of a microwaveable soup. I think I'll go out and get food...

*Goddess*

"I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?" -Ernest Hemingway

You are precious. I wish all boys were this sweet~

Craving a goat cheese quesadilla from aquí

and in n out, of course. I live next to this chick who likes to blast music (which I normally am okay with) with a really high bass and it literally shakes the wall that my bed is on. My boyfriend asked them if they could turn the bass off a couple mornings ago, but they did it again this morning! Not cool. It's okay though, 'cause I got really pretty flowers today. I looove them :)

OBSESSED

My leather, my fur, my nails - Stepdad

"According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves." -Plato's the Symposium

"Just 'cause I'm shallow doesn't mean that I'm heartless. Just 'cause I'm heartless doesn't mean that I'm mean"

“I get worried for young girls sometimes; I want them to feel that they can be sassy and full and weird and geeky and smart and independent, and not so withered and shriveled.” — Amy Poehler

Me encanta la vida. Si podría, lo haría para siempre.

Laura, you should come back to Hofstra

i miss smoking and then eating entire box of cookies with you

Raining Cats

It may not be snowing, but that doesn't mean it's nice out

This week started off sort of rough. Last night was really long. I closed my eyes and tried to sleep, but I couldn't stop thinking about how much I would rather be anywhere but here. So much for going to sleep early.

"I wanted so badly to lie next to her on the couch, to wrap my arms around her and sleep. Not fuck, like in those movies. Not even have sex. Just sleep together, in the most innocent sense of the phrase. But I lacked the courage, and she had a boyfriend and I was gawky and she was gorgeous and I was hopelessly boring, and she was endlessly fascinating. So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain I was drizzle and she was a hurricane."