My Current Obsession. Cuba. and the people in it. This is from the Movie "Habana Blues". Check it out.
Lyrics and (rough) Translation:
Hoy, miro a través de ti, las calles de mi habana Tu tristeza y tu dolor, reflejan sus fachadas, Es tu alma y soledad, la voz, la voz de esta nación Cansada Solos tu y yo, en la ciudad dormida Solos tu y yo, besando las heridas Hay habana Cada vez te olvidabas más de ti, para apoyar mis sueños Pero sé que lastimé tu corazon, jugando con tus Sentimientos Fue la luz, esa que robé dejando a oscuras tus deseos, eh, eh Solos tú y yo, en la ciudad dormida Solos tú y yo, besando sus heridas Habana Y tengo que dejarte ir, poniendo el mar entre los dos Pagando el precio de otros que viven de la Contradicción Otra familia que quedó marcada por la separación Como luchar, con ese sol con la política y con dios
Today, I look through you, the streets of my Havana Your sadness and your pain, reflected in its facades It's your soul and your solitude, the voice, the voice of this tired nation
Alone you and I, in this sleeping city Alone you and i, kissing it's wounds Habana
Every time forgetting yourself to support my dreams But I know I hurt your heart, Playing with your feelings It was the light, that which I stole from you, leaving your dreams in darkness
Alone you and I, in this sleeping city Alone you and i, kissing it's wounds
And i have to let you leave, putting the sea between the two of us Paying the price of others that live in contradiction Another family marked by separation Like fighting, with that sun and that policy and with God.
Last trabajos for this semester! these are my faithful study buddies who always keep me company: Señor Vela, Señora Coke Light, and Cavallino. Cavallino had a clever, but obscure Italian name (as it was given to me by my Italian friend when i was having a sore day), but it was obscure enough that after a week i've forgotten it. soon to join my study buddies and i: Abuelito Café Europeano. Por Supuesto!
i think all this staying up late is making me delirious.
de-lir-i-ous |diˈli(ə)rēəs| adjective •in an acutely disturbed state of mind resulting from illness or intoxication and characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech. • in a state of wild excitement or ecstasy : there was a great roar from the delirious crowd. i prefer the feeling of the second definition, but you take what you can get. :)
i learned something new about spanish culture. apparently in the few days before Lent, the spanish people go CRRAAZY because they won't be able to for forty days. so it appears to me, they have 5 days of continuous sinning in preparation for the holiness they have to endure during the Lent season. they host a number of ongoing parties and they dress up crazily (i met some spanish cowboys and indians last night. that was a trip) and they drink and the whole lot (granted, the first night is the most intense, but it really does last longer than that). i thought Mardi Gras was nuts, but they devote 5 days to mardi gras-type activity.
meanwhile, but not consequently, i've had an excruciating headache for the last few days, for which i've been unable to find a cause or a cure. blood vessels have actually burst in my left eye, so that it looks like my eyes are bleeding. then cassidy and i started talking about The Lost Boys (80s vampire movie) and just talking about it made me feel more like a bad-ace vampire with bloody eyes than a crazy woman having an unending stroke. Thanks cass.
Superbowl tonight! Go Giants! i'm exciting to explain american football to all my international friends tonight. we're hitting up an irish pub at midnight to go be some crazy american football fans for a couple hours. i love my friends. :)
