Being as it's a day, I'm drinking coffee. My mug? Well, she's a beaut! Averagely crafted with a kitten sitting amongst some flowers watching a butterfly, a butterfly that happens to be on the inside of the mug. Can you imagine, a picture in stead a mug? Merica!
We are the initiators, a quote taken from the rally call of Sendero Luminoso, who terrorized the Peruvian Andes for almost 15 years. The speech was delivered by Abimael Guzman. I've been reading, Death In The Andes, By Mario Vargas LLosa. The story talkes much of average Peruvians living in remotes areas of the Andes struggling with SL's (Sendero Luminoso) violent reign. This sparked my interest in learning more about the SL. In reading Guzman's speech, I found myself to be conflicted from sentence to sentence. I would read a sentence that contained, words, phrases, and meanings with which I identified. He calls for positive action, a time to make voices heard. But then I am in strong opposition of what he is saying, a call to action, for bullets, for blood. A communist society in Peru. Guzman spent time in Mao's China, and he had, much to my imagination, the same reaction that I had in Cusco. He feel in love, everything over there just made sense to him. So, on that front, the xenaphoria, that would be the opposite of xenaphobia, Guzman and I are like brothers, we both saw a need for change, and a desire to institute that change...but his route is different that the one I am taking. Guzman: Massacres, Jason Moss: Education....I know mines better because it has more syllables.
I had the same conundrum while reading some of Ernesto Guevara's writings. I see myself as a good person who stills to see the best in people and help everyone, through education, to reach their full potential...to the moon!! When I read, and I believe and buy into what these communist revolutionaries are saying, I question my own beliefs. I've never been pretentious enough to claim that communism is "the way." For me the struggle I feel is the beauty of reading and the beauty of knowledge. Through reading, I am challenging my beliefs and growing a stronger more well rounded system of knowledge....makings mes alls smarts.
From the abstract to the pleasures of being 21. I will be making my first Las Vegas trip since I tenia 15 years. One week after that I will be going back to Boise. Both of these trips focus on night time activities that happen in buildings that look normal but play loud music, don't have waiters but do serve drinks, and require some form of age verification to enter. I haven't really had a good night on the town, painting the town yellow, I don't want to choose red and pick a side. Peace side!
10 days after I get back from Boise I will be starting my program at USC. Janurary 10th, I'm quick excited. Being as that the program is online, so was the orientation. And it's been a doosy. I've loved it. I've actually had assignments I need to complete before I have to start my first class. In fact, I'm still not done with them all. The 2 most interesting ones are, that I need to video tape a self interview and video tape me teaching a small lesson and then my thoughts about the lesson. My professors will not be in the classrooms with me so I will be video taping a lot of my work with students and uploading online. These 2 assignments were designed to get me used to that format. I'm glad they did too. It is strange to put myself in front of a camera. Like most people, I had the sound of my voice when it's been recorded, now I have to listen to myself...for school...gross. Luckily, I'm at my most confident when I'm teaching...so that should help. I bought a super awesome Sony Bloggie camera for my filming. It's just one button and shoots in HD...which is EPIC! I've loved all the work and time I've already put into the orientation at SC. I've gone a little bonkers and have bought 2 sweatshirts, 3 T-shirts, and 1 hat all with the SC logo. I really want some athletic shorts..but all in good time my readers. Good job Trojans on winning the crosstown showdown.
Random Factoid: Clipper nation unite!
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