Where is my muse?!
22 August 2009
I have just realized that this month has only one week to go and all I wrote on this blog in the whole month of August was one post … and that was already over two weeks ago!
The worst thing is that the only excuse I can think of is that I have no inspiration whatsoever! No, really. And this is a first. If there is something I usually have too much of are millions of thoughts inside my head desperately looking for a way out … and for the past year or so, I have happily found an escape route for them through this blog.
But right now, there is nothing. Zip. Nada enchilada.
My creativity has come to a halt, so I’ve decided to blame it on the fact that my muse must have taken a vacation. What else, right?
You see, EVERYBODY in this country takes a break during August, and I am sure my muse is now having a great time somewhere fun. I can see her sunbathing at a Caribbean beach or shopping till she drops in London while I am here, over-worked and wondering where she is.
“¿… a dónde a dónde a dónde estará …?”
So, if you happen to bump into her, can you please tell her to cut her vacation short and come back soon?
And to bring me a large bottle of my favorite perfume from duty free is she is so kind.
Posted by Blanca
Shush shush tweet tweet
7 August 2009
Most of you probably experienced yesterday what was one the largest cyber attacks ever. If not the most damaging it was certainly one of the most targeted, as it focused on social media websites.
Facebook was terribly slow all day, Twitter went completely down, and sites such as YouTube and Google’s Blogger were also affected.
And the rumor goes that it was all a plot to silence one blogger from writing posts on the Russian-Georgia conflict!
I really love a good conspiracy theory. It makes me smile.
I also love the way some bloggers described the “crisis” as the morning when civilization almost ground to a halt as Twitter was hit by hackers. It makes me chuckle.
And what I love most of it all is the way some people were posting on the few sites that were still up and running during the event on how they felt miserable, useless and how much they missed their Twitter friends. It makes me want to laugh hysterically.
But the fact is that Twitter was launched in July 2006 and Facebook was launched in March 2007. Which means that civilization started only three years ago and by definition (of those Twitter-lovers, not me) we must have been all useless and miserable before that!
Not sure if I was less civilized and more useless then. But certainly I cannot be really miserable anymore with all that smiling, chuckling and laughing that the social media meltdown has brought to my life since yesterday!
Posted by Blanca
On failure
22 July 2009
What is failure? Is it when we decide that we are not good at something or when we allow others to decide that for us?
“Try and fail, but don’t fail to try”. I am not sure who said this, but whenever I feel that I cannot tackle something head on I sort of use it as a mantra. It does not always work, of course. Unfortunately, like all human beings, I am easily influenced by others on what I am “good” or “not good at” and this, unfortunately, limits my possibilities of experiencing so many things!
Hence, I see myself “failing to try” more often than not.
Many are the brilliant minds and spirits among us that have transcended thanks to their self-confidence and believe in their own potentials. Thank God for them as their perseverance is a great source of inspiration for those of us who sometimes struggle to believe just how much we are capable of and that the ‘risk’ of trying is worth it every single time!
Posted by Blanca
Language matters
15 July 2009
Although I have worked in the field of communications for many years, I have to admit that there are a couple of people in my life with whom I know that having a normal conversation is totally out of the question.
With one particular person I decided to give up talking altogether and stick to written communications only, in the hope that things will improve at some point and with the relief that at least I have written evidence of what I said. But even then, if I write “white” he reads “black”, when I write “thread” he reads “threat” …!
The fact that we both speak different languages and have very different backgrounds does not help. Breaking a language barrier by being totally fluent in a second, third or fourth language does not mean that you can easily cross the cultural barrier.
Like the story of a Polish man who moved to the USA and married an American girl. Although his English was far from perfect, they got along very well until one day he rushed into a lawyer’s office and asked him if he could arrange a divorce for him.
The lawyer said that getting a divorce would depend on the circumstances, and asked him the following questions:
L: Have you any grounds?
P: Yes, an acre and half and nice little home.
L: No, I mean what is the foundation of this case?
P: It made of concrete.
L: I don’t think you understand. Does either of you have a real grudge?
P: No, we have carport, and not need one.
L: I mean. What are your relations like?
P: All my relations still in Poland
L: Is there any infidelity in your marriage?
P: We have hi-fidelity stereo and good DVD player.
L: Does your wife beat you up?
P: No, I always up before her
L: Is your wife a nagger?
P: No, she white.
L: Why do you want this divorce?
P: She going to kill me.
L: What makes you think that?
P: I got proof.
L: What kind of proof?
P: She going to poison me. She buys a bottle at drugstore and put on shelf in bathroom. I can read, and it says: ‘Polish Remover’
Posted by Blanca
14 years later
11 July 2009
We all have events in our lives that become important milestones during our journey. Many of these events are a result of our actions and we have plenty of control over them: a wedding, a divorce, a graduation, a promotion, and to a certain degree, the birth of a child. They become our personal reference points, as in “before my promotion…”, or “after I became a mother…”
Other events are caused by external factors. We don’t really have control over them from happening or not, but we can control somehow the effect that they have on our lives. War or a natural disaster is an example. The death of a loved one is another.
July 11, 1995 is one of my milestone dates. It is when Little Johnny was officially pronounced death.
It is the day I lost my father; and it is also the day I lost a substantial degree of trust in others. Especially when it comes to trusting other people with that which is very important to me, as would be the life of someone I love.
Looking back, I now realize that on that sad day I also lost other things: the opportunity of seeing my father as a grandfather to my daughter, nephew and niece; and what I am sure would have been the best piece of advice I could possibly receive on some of the most challenging moments I have experienced in the last 14 years.
Wherever you are Little Johnny I miss you.
I always will.
Posted by Blanca
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