No sé que hacer, cuando peleas conmigo así. No sé que decirte cuando pareces hipócrita. ¿Qué va? ¿Todo es mi culpa entonces? No es justo. No lo entiendo. Mejor que decir que, a veces, no te entiendo. Sigo amándote, sí.
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2011-09-29
2011-05-02
Army of Love
Do you know who Kerli Kõiv is?
You should.
I don't usually write or even think about pop artists very often. Most of what I listen to is rap en español or lo-fi, metal etc. I was drawn to Kerli originally by her aesthetic which she refers to as "Bubblegoth", and due to all the Farscape I had been watching lately I was hooked.
Her music was catchy, had a message for once, and was relatively unknown. What really endeared her to me however, was her personal website (http://iamamoonchild.net). She has a bloggish thing called 3 questions 3 answers and the latest included this from a fan: "Hey kerli my life’s a mess and I feel like I can Get some really good advice from you,so if you can take your time and answer me id appteciate it ^_^ I’m a gay fourteen y/o and I come from a Christian family and I heard that since I’m gay I’m going to hell."
Here is Kerli's response: "No baby. You’re not going to hell. You can love whoever you want. There is nothing wrong with you at all. We’re all going to heaven. This right here kinda is heaven too, if we choose to see it<3"
That really got to me. It was touching. I believe that this is the kind of things that artists should be doing. People look up to them and admire them. The fact that Kerli took the time to respond to this person, a fan, whom she doesn't know, but reached out to her in a time of need, is truly amazing to me. In this day and age, it seems like famous people hardly give a thought to others. Kerli proved me wrong and I have been a fan of her since.
Bravo, Kerli.
You should.
I don't usually write or even think about pop artists very often. Most of what I listen to is rap en español or lo-fi, metal etc. I was drawn to Kerli originally by her aesthetic which she refers to as "Bubblegoth", and due to all the Farscape I had been watching lately I was hooked.
Her music was catchy, had a message for once, and was relatively unknown. What really endeared her to me however, was her personal website (http://iamamoonchild.net). She has a bloggish thing called 3 questions 3 answers and the latest included this from a fan: "Hey kerli my life’s a mess and I feel like I can Get some really good advice from you,so if you can take your time and answer me id appteciate it ^_^ I’m a gay fourteen y/o and I come from a Christian family and I heard that since I’m gay I’m going to hell."
Here is Kerli's response: "No baby. You’re not going to hell. You can love whoever you want. There is nothing wrong with you at all. We’re all going to heaven. This right here kinda is heaven too, if we choose to see it<3"
That really got to me. It was touching. I believe that this is the kind of things that artists should be doing. People look up to them and admire them. The fact that Kerli took the time to respond to this person, a fan, whom she doesn't know, but reached out to her in a time of need, is truly amazing to me. In this day and age, it seems like famous people hardly give a thought to others. Kerli proved me wrong and I have been a fan of her since.
Bravo, Kerli.
2011-03-28
2011-02-24
Love letters
Hoy no voy a contarte aquella historia. Es demasiado temprano para eso y no creo que pueda aguantarlo todavía. Otro día te lo prometo.
Anoche salí buscando algo que, para mi, no tiene nombre. Hubo empezado a nevar y me encontré en el noroeste de la ciudad, tirado en mi bar favorito de aquel barrio. Fingía que no fuera de Portland, preguntando sobre las leyes del estado. Que puta madre es, no poder fumar en un bar.
Fingía porque quería hablar con alguien y olvidarme de las miradas frías de otros sitios. La mesera era demasiada sencilla y un hombre a mi lado me hablaba también, lo del smoking.
Como siempre empecé a sentirme un poco incomodo y fuera de lugar. Quería salir ya y por su puesto salí. Quedé de pie al lado de mi carro, tomando aire limpia y fumando. No había casi nadie en la calle. La gente nesta ciudad es loca cuando nieva. Parecía algo apocalíptico con todas las luces apagadas y ninguna persona afuera.
Me metí nel carro y como no tenía adonde ir, yo conduje hacía la casa, escuchando canciones de amor perdido. Al llegar a casa, tropecé con unos vecinos en el ascensor pero como los demás no fueron tan amables. Solía decir algunas palabras cordiales pero no gasté mi aliento.
Me bañé para unas horas, hasta que empecé a estar dormido. El agua caliente me hacía más calmado, un poco menos estridente y amargo. Me difuminaba los bordes.
Y de repente, no como todas los otros instantes de esta noche,
había vuelto otro día sin ti.
2010-12-07
Odio es amor truncado
Today, it seems, is a day for the past to rear it’s ugly head. You saw two such reminders, all within thirty minutes. Rather than dwell on the negativity they could bring up why not reflect on how you have changed and become a better person from those people and the experiences they created.
What is love without hate?
Is it anything at all?
Does love lose its importance without its opposite?
First there was the Indian girl. You ran into her on the streetcar ride to campus, she was leaving work. Apparently she had returned from Arizona. Despite all the time between she remembered where you used to live with the puta. It was, of course, right across the street. Silly you asked if she was still friends with the puta, to which you were surprised to hear yes and even that the Indian girl had spent Thanksgiving with her. Terrible feelings surfaced and you felt that familiar pesadez tapping on your soul. Fuck those bitches. Despite the years, the thought of her makes your blood run cold.
The second run-in was short, but still bitter on your part. It was that stupid boy, who said stupid things and still gives you stupid looks. It’s just stupid. Don’t say what you don’t mean, after all. He’s still cute, even cuter maybe. Passing by him in the rain, him with his darting eyes and passive-aggressive silence reminded you of his boyfriend, the other man, yet another bitch.
As it has been said:
within the fool’s eyes lies love,
Love lies and al final, love truncated is just hate.
As it has been said:
within the fool’s eyes lies love,
Love lies and al final, love truncated is just hate.
2010-11-11
Putas tristes
Hoy te vi inesperadamente pasando por la calle. No me veías porque estaba colgado en el tren. Estuviste vestido de azul, mi color favorito. Era en aquel momento que me caí en la cuenta que no te echaba de menos y que soy mejor sin ti. Habrá sido dos años en febrero que separamos.
Hace mucho tiempo en que volvía a pensar en ti. A veces sopesaba si pensabas en mi, pero creía que no. Así me dejaste solo, sin palabras suficientes ni la voluntad de llorar. No sé exactamente que quedaba en mi corazón después de ti pero que va…Ya no me importa.
A la vez es interesante verte así, caminando solo. ¿Qué haces ahora? ¿Qué piensas? ¿Estás solo o no? Ahora que no te espero algo mal como antes, espero que estés feliz por lo menos. Yo he logrado todo lo que quiero después de ti y por cierto que no hagas nada a mi corazón. No amor, ni vergüenza, ni odia. Es interesante, sí.
2010-09-23
Trans-Atlantic Romance, Part 2
Waiting for the trans-Atlantic emails
Flowing data, words of love
Transmitting mis sentimientos tras el señal.
Waiting for these little pedazos of you
Digital smiles, pixelated caridad.
Te amo y...
Sign it, "Yours."
I am.
Flowing data, words of love
Transmitting mis sentimientos tras el señal.
Waiting for these little pedazos of you
Digital smiles, pixelated caridad.
Te amo y...
Sign it, "Yours."
I am.
2010-08-28
Soledad (Not)
Today on my way home I saw a wedding at the art museum and at the same moment, Baby Come Back to Me was playing on my headphones. Everyone looked so happy, the bride in her hanbok looked radiant, like some heavenly angel fallen to heaven for the afternoon.
"I don't want to be alone."
Sometimes those coincidences scare me.
I won't be alone.
"Even the stupidest songs could break my heart."
"I don't want to be alone."
Sometimes those coincidences scare me.
I won't be alone.
"Even the stupidest songs could break my heart."
2010-08-27
Shelter
"You are all the shelter I need above me."
A veces I am so in awe of G-d's love for me and humanity. It is like that word, nistar, a Kabbalist term for something you cannot explain to another in any language. These are the feelings sin nombres.
It is that love that I need to remember sometimes. Those moments, estos sometimes cuando me quiero morir, o gritar, odiar, destruir...estos son aquellos momentos que tengo que recordar: la belleza del amor de Dios. And then let is fill me (and like that, el odio se va).
A veces I am so in awe of G-d's love for me and humanity. It is like that word, nistar, a Kabbalist term for something you cannot explain to another in any language. These are the feelings sin nombres.
It is that love that I need to remember sometimes. Those moments, estos sometimes cuando me quiero morir, o gritar, odiar, destruir...estos son aquellos momentos que tengo que recordar: la belleza del amor de Dios. And then let is fill me (and like that, el odio se va).
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