tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330168460827745152012-02-10T08:04:00.749-05:00Mauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372044545688790570noreply@blogger.comBlogger301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33016846082774515.post-37180776324862506652011-11-01T19:24:00.003-04:002011-11-01T19:50:07.023-04:00

Just a couple of days after my emo "I'm broke" blog post, I got a call from a legal agency about an immediate job opening. (They called me last Wednesday afternoon and I started on Thursday!) It's a contract paralegal gig at a giant financial services corporation in Midtown. Today was Day 4 and I. am. exhausted. I'd rather be tired than funemployed, though. Or so I tell myself.I have to admit

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Umm...being broke is humbling, I guess?

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I'm perched on my bed, in the middle of my room, staring at the multitude of boxes blanketing the tile floor. I can't stop thinking. I hate admitting it, but I have packrat tendencies. My minimalist father loves to throw things away and "spring cleans" on a monthly basis. My mom, however, hides away anything of remote sentimental value. I acquired the latter's genes.When it comes to throwing away

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My trip to New Orleans last month was definitely one of the top three greatest experiences of my life. I can already feel that nothing I write will do it justice. Here goes. Purpose of my trip: to see Cut Copy (and Holy Ghost!, who were touring with them). Their tour stopped in Miami in March but only to play at overpriced Ultra Music Festival. Guillermo won tickets from Holy Ghost! to go to

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So my flight to New Orleans leaves in less than 48 hours (Thursday around 3pm)...and I still don't have a place to stay.

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Had a great time in Gainesville last weekend, as always. Been listening to a lot of Chopin today. Feeling very fragment-y. Don't have much else to say. Here are some pictures from Christmas weekend last year, when my brother and I went to Palm Beach.

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There is an inverse relationship between age and how much you care about what other people think of you.

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On March 19, 2005—almost six years ago—I wrote the following in my blog at the time:And thinking of that life in the future makes me smile, because one day, it'll come. One day, I'll wake up and be thankful that I have full control over where my life turns and will be able to look forward to new things and new life lessons – every day.So that day came. Sooner than I anticipated, I'm sure, for my

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I realized today that I don't post many pictures here. I also realized that my sporadic posts about what's going through my mind the days I blog don't do justice to the things that happen in between.2010 was an incredible year. I traveled more than ever, met a ton of awesome people and made a bunch of memories I won't soon forget. Not only did I visit Atlanta, New Haven, New York City and St.

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Is this becoming a habit?

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I can't stop listening to this song.

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...since I deleted my Facebook account. Not just deactivated, but deleted. It's "deactivated" for 14 days and then if I can fight the temptation to log in until then once the 14 days are up they erase everything. Permanently. I'm not sure how much of that is true—they probably keep your stuff hidden away on some server for an indefinite amount of time—but it feels good to know I've gotten rid of

Mauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372044545688790570noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33016846082774515.post-41273475565628319152011-01-19T23:38:00.005-05:002011-01-20T00:04:54.714-05:00

Keeping up with this blog has been a difficult task for me for a while now.Today I went home for lunch. I had leftover ravioli from the night before that I made with (among other things) Smart Ground Original veggie protein crumbles. They resemble ground beef, but they're made from soy and wheat (and are therefore meatless). Every once in a while I like to please the part of myself that was a

Mauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372044545688790570noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33016846082774515.post-50171311320588554402010-08-25T16:25:00.002-04:002010-08-25T16:26:37.392-04:00

"Wisdom comes with age" is something I will never doubt after knowing my grandma.That's all for now.

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What? Blogging again? That's right.Maybe this is the best place to blab about what's going on in my mind in terms of my parents moving away. Without further ado...I'm scared. When I moved out of my parents' place, it was because my mom and I weren't getting along with each other. I left, we had our ignoring-each-other phase, and then our relationship improved a bunch. We both put a lot of effort

Mauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372044545688790570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33016846082774515.post-34395416514254998872010-07-18T01:10:00.003-04:002010-07-18T01:18:16.297-04:00

Epiphany: after spending years of high school thinking that every word that came out of my mouth and made its way into someone's ear or onto some piece of paper or internet page was worth gold, I've become almost afraid of blogging or writing. I've always been a compulsive over-thinker about my writing, but now instead of thinking about how many funny quips I can fit into a LiveJournal post, I

Mauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372044545688790570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33016846082774515.post-2471992429166467162009-12-03T12:27:00.003-05:002010-01-16T09:51:05.306-05:00

Need to start blogging again! I've been procrastinating for too long and thinking too much about starting to write again. I need to just sit down and type away whatever's on my mind—isn't that the nature of blogging anyway?Currently at work with no boss in the office. Then at 2pm I get to leave to go tutor spoiled private school students so that they don't fail the quarter. After that it looks

Mauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372044545688790570noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33016846082774515.post-21297573828111956172009-02-10T13:30:00.007-05:002009-05-21T01:01:03.707-04:00

Where do I start?Instead of summarizing the last six months that I haven't blogged, I'll start from where I have found myself at this point.I've officially begun living on my own, and saying it's the greatest feeling ever is a ridiculous understatement. Family situation got a bit out of hand, and the opportunity for me to move out presented itself, so I took it and ran with it. I was waiting for

Mauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372044545688790570noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33016846082774515.post-3749352731184915942008-07-27T15:50:00.005-04:002008-07-28T17:57:14.273-04:00

I just spent the past half hour talking to Suhong, a 43-year-old woman living in Chengdu, China. She's lived there her whole life and wants to travel the world, and she's trying to learn English. She doesn't know much—and I can barely speak Chinese at all—but I was able to help her pronounce some of the lessons from LiveMocha.com, which is how this all started. There's a 12-hour difference

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Today has been productive. I went to the beach with Ashleigh, ran some errands, and now I'm home sending e-mails and cleaning my room. Tonight might be the first Saturday I stay home in a while. Not sure what else to say; everything continues to be going well! I had to cut my Chinese classes down to once a week because twice a week started getting too expensive, but I'm still practicing and

Mauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372044545688790570noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33016846082774515.post-42772502907623324582008-06-29T20:29:00.014-04:002009-12-20T22:17:58.152-05:00

Recently, several friends of mine have started writing in blogs about their experiences (mostly about the summer). It's got me thinking about LiveJournal and how so many of us were into that fad for so long. Up until 2-3 years ago, I'd update it all the time. But I would always write with the knowledge that other people—my friends making up the vast majority—would be reading, which I think led me

Mauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372044545688790570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33016846082774515.post-50072159220922127552008-06-07T16:26:00.005-04:002008-06-07T17:02:23.203-04:00

I like being with people. Laughing. Talking about life and love and insecurity and the future.I like speculating.I like the summer, which is the only time of the year I can see everyone I want to see whenever I want, work and volunteer as much as I want, and learn whatever I want outside of an institutional context. I like the idea of learning Chinese with a private teacher, without testing and

Mauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372044545688790570noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33016846082774515.post-82139625715881676022008-05-13T00:15:00.001-04:002008-05-25T20:42:45.453-04:00

Everyone should listen to "Idioteque" by Radiohead at least once in their lives.My first year of college was enlightening and amazing overall. I can't believe it's over. I met a ton of awesome people and learned so much, especially outside of class. Hope this trend continues.No summer classes like I initially planned, which means all I'm doing this summer is working, volunteering, and chilling.

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Haha, why am I so bad at these things? (It's been almost two months.)Winter break was pretty decent and this semester is going well so far. I'm working 20+ hours a week on top of six classes (how I'm pulling this off, I don't know). I start volunteering at South Miami Hospital this Sunday, which I'm really excited about. I have a project due Wednesday, another due Thursday, and a physics test

Mauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372044545688790570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33016846082774515.post-20325315970210411702007-12-23T13:19:00.000-05:002007-12-23T13:22:01.361-05:00

My first semester of college is officially over! Winter break started Thursday afternoon, once I got out of my last final. Since then, I've seen many of my friends and celebrated surviving our first semester of college a bit. Not sure what I'm gonna do for the next two weeks, besides seeing more people and working.College is different. Nothing any older student had or could have told me would

Mauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372044545688790570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33016846082774515.post-35466090415292350732007-12-14T23:18:00.001-05:002010-07-18T13:36:02.717-04:00

Oh, man. Talk about lame. I haven't updated in a month and ten days. I suppose bullets will work (like last time)...My mom is so hardcore with the decorations.Happy holidays! Hanukkah is over and so is holiday shopping for myself/my family/the office. I'm going to be in for a lot of fun when my bills start rolling in come January, but I still stand by my mantra about Black Friday: the only day of

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So much for keeping up with this blog! I haven't updated in a good three weeks or so. I should be going to sleep soon, so I'll keep this short.The new Mac OS X is absolutely beautiful. I noticed some kinks in Leopard within the first hour after installation, but overall it's been a superb experience.Anyone who calls him or herself a fan of The Fray is a fool if all they've heard is How to Save a

Mauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372044545688790570noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33016846082774515.post-49222250498156676552007-10-14T01:25:00.000-04:002007-10-14T17:55:24.645-04:00

I still think I'll be keeping up with this for a while.This week was much better than last week. I squeezed in a fair number of hours for work, joined yet another club on campus, and overall had a relaxing week, though I'm still feeling indifferent about Friday's economics test. Today was mostly spent at Best Buy (getting an iPod adapter installed for my car radio) and reading/taking notes for

Mauriciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372044545688790570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33016846082774515.post-91408984589770541272007-10-07T02:31:00.000-04:002007-10-07T02:38:52.011-04:00

Today, I had to wake up at 7am for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk. It was long but I had a good time with the "homies" from Student Government, and I definitely want to start a Relay for Life team on campus for the spring.Walking around downtown Miami was an experience in itself. I first learned what downtown Miami truly looks like from driving around/near school (emphasis on the "

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epiphany - an illuminating discovery often resulting in a personal feeling of elationFor the first time in a very long time, I no longer care about who reads/doesn't read what I write or what I have to say. I've come to realize the importance of documenting life for yourself, with little regard to others stumbling across your notions scattered upon the nonpages of the internet.Here, you will find

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