I like black beans and tofu. I have a love affair with wine and my bed; wine and I have a strained relationship lately, but my bed still rocks. Sunday brunch is my favorite. I happen to think I live in the best neighborhood in the world. I am in the middle of reading 6 books, fiction and non-fiction, and it's starting to piss me off. I need to finish a couple so I can crack open a new set. I am mentally preparing myself to leave this country at some point in the future; I think a revolution of some sort is coming, and I think it's pretty necessary. We are a nation built on consumption and greed, and that's just not nice.
I am the daughter of a Chilean, hippie, preschool-teacher mom and a German-American farmer dad. My mom is the most loving, compassionate and giving person I know. I owe everything to her. My father is a very tough and intelligent individual who does what is right by the paradigms he knows. We have finally learned to love and appreciate each other as we are. I have three younger sisters, one of whom is my best friend. She is so caring and kind, I would stick a fork in someone's chest if they tried to hurt her.
I have had many amazing and wonderful friends over the years, but I don't know if any can compare to my Chicanas in Minnesota. Talk about some MUJERES. I also gotta give props to my Miami girls- a Boricua from Brooklyn and my Habana/Hialeah goddess.
I have lived in six cities in the past 7 years. New York is my favorite, closely followed by Minneapolis. LA and Miami aren't all they're cracked up to be. I grew up in Nebraska, and I'm still trying to make sense of that. I was raised extremely Catholic, and I still tend to fear that one day the earth will crack open and the devil will swallow me whole if I do something wrong. Not in a literal sense, but my neurosis makes it feel that way.
Performing makes my heart skip a beat. Dancing is my life therapy-- salsa expresses my pride and happiness, belly is the window to my passion, African is the flow of energy to my soul, hip-hop communicates my attitude, reggaeton is the freak coming out. Singing honors my abuelo. Making people laugh reminds me que yo soy la hija de mi mama.
I want many things in life, but it's the little things that make me smile. Sometimes all I want is to lie on a blanket in the middle of a grass field, hear the crickets and feel the breeze, passing hours with no one around me, except maybe an exceptionally good kisser. :)
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