A Mi Ciudad Vieja (En Honor al Tuerto Lopez)

Aun camino por los rincones de mis abuelos;
aquellas callejuelas que evocan mil recuerdos,
de caballeros cruzados con espadas,
y nobles damas sentadas en el candil de la verbena;
Pues te digo adios Ciudad
que en tiempos coloniales,
diste a tus hijos como heroes de caudales
para verlos morir en una guerra de martires
y Dioses que juraron proteger
a una ciudad perdida en el tiempo;
Ya pasaron los dias de gloria de la ciudad amurallada,
donde los galeones zurcaron las aguas del firmamento.
Ciudad que fuiste heroica en los tiempos coloniales,
ahora lo que hay es una caterba de vencejos,
que realmente no tiene cariño a sus zapatos viejos.

De pronto soy un Periodista frustrado que lo que Ejerció fue poco y Terminó siendo un Bloguero para salir del aburrimiento y luego Opto por Continuar su Sueño de Ejercer lo que mas Anhela

Siempre lo he dicho, de pronto soy un periodista frustrado que lo que ejerció fue poco y termino siendo un bloguero para salir del aburrimiento y luego opto por continuar su sueño de ejercer lo que mas anhela. ¿Qué ha pasado con el periodismo?, La mayoría se han vendido o resignado a los ideales corporativos de la empresa y han dejado atras el arte de informar, eso es lo que ha pasado, los periodistas se han vendido en su gran mayoría y el pueblo los adula como súper estrellas. No hay nada peor que pueden hacer por alguien y es adular a esa persona para que se le suban los humos a la cabeza. Si comienzo nombrar ejemplos, Juan Gossain sería mi opción numero uno, muchos lo adulan como el maestro del periodismo en Colombia, o uno de los grandes, y muchos quieren ser como él; pero ¿Que hay con la individualidad de desarrollar un estilo propio?, No querer ser como alguien, sino inspirar a la gente en que hay periodistas (por favor no digan el termino Comunicadores Sociales eso es un término mierdoso que no existe más que en Colombia) que están dispuestos a ser claros con la información sin caer en el objetivismo ilustrado como le pasa a muchos.

¿A dónde ha llegado el periodismo en Colombia? No lo sé, mi pregunta seria ¿A dónde ha llegado la ética?. La respuesta está entre el límite del lineamiento político donde trabajan y que tanto están dispuestos a vender su integridad por el sensacionalismo. Q'Hubo y sus diferentes variaciones como El Espacio son los diarios que puedo decir que venden y promulgan la ignorancia porque los lectores no van a ser afectados por un par de notas de sexo porque a la larga es puro chisme y eso no informa, solo entretiene pero entonces ¿será que la gente quiere vivir en un mundo de fantasía?. De pronto, porque los chismes reflejan el deseo de escapismo de mucha gente para no afrontar lo horrible que pueden ser sus vidas, dejando el arte del periodismo a un lado y enfocándose mas en exagerar la realidad de unos cuantos famosos o de unos políticos que serán olvidados en un par de años.

Entonces, ¿Que podre hacer? Enfrentarme a un mundo en el cual los ideales de un periodista estan siendo remplazados por ideales de programas y noticias de farándula que no aportan ninguna relevancia; sencillo de pronto no es por la frustración, si no por conservar ese sueño de contar las diferentes cronicas que pasan en mis dos paises.

Politics and an Indecisive Set of Voters

PlanetWire Photo of Capitol

This is the first time that I am not posting an specific photo or placing an specific example about any of the candidates but it make think even if I had lived in two different countries, I see the same example an indecisive set of people who only see the party and not really what the candidates have to offer or as my father say a bunch of fools who swallow the first lies the candidates say because they have no fucking (jodida) idea about the development of the country. Yes my father speaks Spanish, and he is right on that one, people have no clue about the country well being because they don't read and they only vote for the candidate because the candidates project their hopes and dreams but at the end the candidates are only there to try to steal as much as they can without thinking about any major social progress.

That's the point any candidate will take advantage the ignorance of the people and their passion for their own parties, even if the parties don't represent the actual reality. Remembering my days in Cartagena, I can say ignorance is a bliss because through the use of demagogy they conquered the population, beside that the use of propaganda also played a definite factor in their winning because people associated the acquisitive power of the candidate as a good sign, let's face it politics at the end are a popularity contest to convince the stupidest and I am not talking exclusive about Cartagena, I am talking about the South of the United States where politics play another dirty card appealing through the feelings using religion, because if the voters see the candidates reflect their religious values they can bet safe with a vote, and people will speak about them.

The common majority of the South is Baptist, no secret on that, while the most common majority of the North are Catholic, but one point regarding religion it is if you are a candidate and you are not from the common majority that can backfired because let's face it, American's aren't open to people who think way too different from them, even if we have an Afro President, there are still controversies because the ignorance of the voters can play a major point at the moment of nourishing the propaganda.

So yes, think and know what is happening with your country before even going to vote even in blank, just vote, don't abstain because otherwise the worst candidate can get chosen and then there is no reason to keep calling the name Democracy because we don't exercise the right to vote.    

Leap of Faith (Short Story)

LEAP OF FAITH

(A Short Story)

Faith was on the rooftop, she was alone, people on the bottom were looking at her; her life became a mess after her fiancé went to jail for cocaine production and trafficking. She was there alone in the Sheraton of Downtown Tampa, the police was behind her, trying to avoid a tragedy but they couldn't go closer as she was too close to the void.

- It's not about God will save me, salvation is just a shallow word lieutenant Michaels. She said to officer.

- Why you say that?.

- Because those are shallow promises, denial to avoid reality by people who can't see the world. You see, the world problems aren't answer by prayers, believing is one thing, putting in action what the dogma say is another. People will never change because they are just people.

- I can help you on finding a job, a place, just don't kill yourself young lady.

- Sorry Ma'am, if God really exist, he or she will forgive my acts, there is nothing to do here.

Then she jump, falling to her dead. Michaels was completely in shock because she wasn't expecting her to jump to her dead, everyone was in silence because a girl was dead, a girl who had information regarding a drug circle between Gainesville and Tampa Bay and now she was gone. Faith was used as an object and the Police Department didn't offered any protection as she was only a victim, her fiancé problems were following her and the dealers were going to kill her if she ever dared to said something, but at the end Faith took one leap and she saw the world fading, everything falling apart as she fall to her death. The world was deconstructing slowly, breaking into tiny pieces before she disappeared into the event horizon that men and women call death. 

Jenny Zelei Acapella Demo

Sorry for the bad quality we recorded outside, I hope you enjoy.

Paris is Burning... Paris is Always Burning

Paris is Burning Poster

Jenny Livingston documentary shows the complexity of gender theory; it's difficult to synthesize the complexity of Paris is Burning and the Ball Culture (whose not only a phenomenon of New York City, but rather a  movement where experienced "mothers" or "fathers" of different drag houses give hospitality and stability to young gay men who are at risk). Gender and ethnicity are major components on this documentary that's set on the 1980 and follow the lives of a large group of different drags performances through the Ball circuit of NYC; even 22 years later and 26 years after the documentary was filmed and released it still have validness because the issues between gender, culture, religion and sexuality still collides even after a major set of changes in civil rights and how the media as well social networks to show a more humane side of the LGTBQ culture, and is not easy for a younger generation much of the time to be at peace with their own selves as it was shown in the movie 22 years ago.

The complexity of gender goes beyond the typical archetypes as many people know, even it goes so far beyond the basic understanding many people has about the adjectives of how people can identify themselves such as butch, queer, trans, bi, femme, lipstick, etc... gender is such a wonderful yet subversive element of humanity because we tend to play by the rules set by society and the people who dare to the defy the heteronormative that rules many societies they tend to be seen as strange or aggressive against the norm, but probably we have sleep and become conformist with the norm on how people should act in society without going on a lewd behavior but rather showing how they really are without any necessity of hiding themselves.

Paris is always going to be on fire, because there is always some kind of revolution, artistic, sexual, social, whatever, there is always going to be some kind of revolution that will keep the flame on, but what is amazing about this piece of art it's the treaty of the characters, where behind all the glamour they try to project they show an alienated side where they don't feel appreciated by the society they live because they are not white, straight and successful; they feel that in order to fit in they have to be white but their alienation comes in part of the elitist society that was sold during the 1980's because of shows as Dallas or Dynasty where white Americans were shown as successful, thus leaving on a side the minorities. Probably one reason of the alienation comes with the media, let's take a note on television shows: Dynasty, Dallas, Charles in Charge, Family Ties, Growing Pains where they were popular with the mainstream and they showed succesfull white Americans; now let's take a look on Good Times, Charlie & Co, Gimme a Break, Diff'rent Strokes among others who were in the mainstream but showed weak black Americans who were mostly located on the ghetto or being employed by affluent white people. Thus showing a normative where made several Afro and Latinos excluded and trying to find the examples on how to be successful on a very hostile society. 


The flames are always there; but, it's amazing to think even after all this time, Paris it's still burning because there is always going to be someone who create a chapter in the history of the underground culture of the balls and LGTBQ rights, but overall characters, people such as Angie Xtravaganza, Venus Xtravaganza, Willi Ninja, Dorian Corey and Pepper LaBejia are always going to be there because of the influence they created through their lives, even if they ended in tragedy because of phobia, AIDS, murder. They showed a reality that even 26 years later still exist and not matter where it is, there is always going to be a Paris that is burning.

In the Rain of the Morning

In the rain of the morning we tend to sleep,
just holding hands each other,
I don't want to wake up from bed,
because it's another rainy morning,
work seems so far away,
and any responsibilities will come later,
Let's stay in bed, doing nothing,
while the rain just pours away,
it's so easy to do nothing,
yet is hard to wake up from a dream;
I wish that the rain will last forever,
so,
we found an excuse to lay down just you and me and do nothing;
as the rain just wash the morning.