Staying Out of Trouble

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Things are moving forward. I am calm and collective for the moment but soon I will need to get crackin’ on all of my projects. I spend most of my time in my room reading, writing and tanning, always around 3, the sunsets are beautiful. I’m always watching a lot of Cuban Films. My tutor has given me most of his work or at least the ones with subtitles. My favorites are “Lucia” and “Memories of Underdevelopment”. I am so lucky to be tutored by this dude. He gave me a break the other day and leant me two other movies staring Viggo Mortensen: “A History of Violence” and “Eastern Promises”. I think it’s funny that he likes these kind of movies because so do I. He is also a fan of Viggo. I think it’s cause he’s reppin’ Latin America since he’s from Argentina or he has a crush on him. Meeting new people has been hard since my Spanish isn’t that good. I’ve been practicing though. Talking to my family is great. I really connected with the girlfriend of my cuban mother’s son. We were talking about cooking sweets. I was telling her about all the things I know how to make. Were gonna cook together soon.  I had my first interview with this guy named Roberto Zurbano. He is the editor of this Hip Hop Magazine and a scholar on Afro-Cuban Race, Culture and Identity. He really provided a critical perspective to the formation of Afro-Cuban Identity. He also comparatively talked about the differences between Afro Cubans and African Americans. It was a great interview but my batteries ran out in the middle. It was crazy because he was only answering 1 question and I went through about a half an hour and footage and 1 battery. We scheduled for another date. I’m thankful for all the love and energy that I have been receiving, it’s really helping me believe that I will do a good job. It’s so much harder than I thought it would be being here but you best believe that I am enjoying my time away for Hampshire “the institution.” I’m always missing friends and family.  5 months ago