(MoMa)

After spending the entire day walking up and down the MoMa, my body (as well as my mind) feels exhausted. My legs hurt, my back aches and my head is moving a bit too fast for my own good. I feel like restarting projects that were left as projects a long time ago.

For the time being, not much can be done. I'll just continue to enjoy my travellings and my new Rolleiflex, with which I photographed the Manhattan skyline today.

(rolleiflex)

Debo admitir que los cumpleaños se me hacen difíciles, sobre todo el mío. O quizá, en realidad, solo el mío. Será que son un recordatorio duro y directo de todos los planes que se hicieron al empezar un nuevo año, y de todos los que se dejaron de cumplir, los que se quedaron olvidados en el camino, los que se fueron postergando, siempre pensando que al día siguiente se llevarían a cabo.

Este año, sin embargo, fue distinto. Lo recibí riendo a carcajadas con The Big Lebowski, desayunando mango, almorzando con amigos, tomando cremoladas bajo el sol y recibí el regalo más bonito que jamás imaginé. Una Rolleiflex. Para mi solita. Creo que ya es seguro decir que el verano ya llegó.

(I have to admit, I don't like my birthdays. I get nervous and a bit sad. This year, however, was completely different. I got to spend it watching the Big Lebowski, having lunch with friends, eating icecream under the sun and jumping up and down with joy with the best birthday present I could ever have imagined, a Rolleiflex.)

(it was a strange time in my life)

but i feel like posting again.

(oh joy)

This is where I had lunch yesterday. Oh, the joys of travelling.

(masquerade)

I have a masquerade tomorrow night.

I made a mask.

And this is a photo of the actual outfit... I don't usually post "party" outfits, but I kind of like this. It's quite different from what I'm used to wearing, since I usually shy from short body conscious dresses, but I like this.



Have a lovely friday!

(as things begin to calm a bit)

...I begin to play with my camera again. Yup. Just me. Having fun. Because I love to do things I don't have to do whenever there are other things I really need to get done. 

solidarity

Dear friends and readers of this blog,

 This blog is going on indefinite hiatus. This makes me terribly sad as I was truly enjoying blogging. However, it seems like a trivial activity to conduct, considering the current situation of my country.

 A week ago, the military attacked a peaceful protest in the Amazon Jungle, using lethal weapons against the native population. Both indigenous and policemen were killed. The media is only showing one side of the story, manipulating and controlling the masses in a shameful way. Tribal leaders report over 50 of their people killed, the government only acknowledges 5. There are constant reports of military burning and throwing the bodies of the natives' dead bodies into the river to hide them. Policemen were tortured and killed, after our President sent them to attack protesters that had been waiting for a peaceful resolution for months. Yesterday, thousands of people in Lima went out protesting, in what was the largest manifestation since the fall of Alberto Fujimori, the dictator, a decade ago. I went with friends from my university, we were peaceful and organized but were attacked with tear gas. The police hit some of my friends, in an attempt to create chaos and confusion. 

For all the previously stated reasons, this blog is on indefinite hiatus. I wish you all well and will come back one this is calmer, Love, J. 

You can read more on the DemocracyNow webpage: http://www.democracynow.org/2009/6/8/peruvian_police_accused_of_massacring_indigenous