Archives for November, 2008
Diarios de motocicleta
Friday, November 28th, 2008
“Let the world change you… and you can change the world.”
It takes a lot for me to really love a movie. To scribble it down on my mental “favorites” list. And to actually want to watch it again right after the credits start rolling.
The Motorcycle Diaries (original title: Diarios de motocicleta) is an amazing film. [...]
Guatemala
Thursday, November 20th, 2008
I decided a few months back that volunteering would be a great reason to travel. I have never been to Central America and have also become interested in the Spanish language so I began searching in this area. I had no idea where I would go, but my research repeatedly directed me to one country: [...]
Joaquín Zihuatanejo
Thursday, November 13th, 2008
Tonight I was lucky enough to see Joaquín Zihuatanejo perform at a free event at Lourdes College. Joaquín is a spoken word poet. He is a Mexican American who was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. A lot of his writings emerge from his experiences living between two cultures, however, his poetry reflects a broad [...]
Armistice Day.
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
I will come to a time in my backwards trip when November eleventh, accidentally my birthday, was a sacred day called Armistice Day. When I was a boy, and when Dwayne Hoover was a boy, all the people of all the nations which had fought in the First World War were silent during the eleventh [...]