Cuban-Spanish-Filipino Amuurrrican

Hello lovely blog,
It's 1:05AM and I've been on Facebook telling myself I'd log off for about 2 or more hours...not fun!!!!

Tomorrow I have my last big grade for the week...my presentation of my EVPP 337 case study on the Philippines!!!! Yayyyyyy. A week later, I will be completely finished with that case study when I turn in the final edit of my paper! I can't wait to be done with it, it's been the cause of so many yucky laptop sit-ins!

In other news, Cuba has allowed its barbershops/beautyshops to become free-market...weird eh? Heh heh, looks like the recession is kickin' someone in the behind -cough- Castro. It's a 15% tax, but hey it's kinda cool if you're a fan of capitalism. Every little bit counts even if it is a communist country.... I guess that's a positive. Too bad I have little faith in the longevity of the "free-market pedicures"...just like all of Castro's other little projects.

My grandmother's friend just got back from Cuba because they have this orphanage there that they are involved in, and he said that when he went to a regular non-tourist restaurant there to order regular Cuban food (croquettas), he got laughed at. They told him that day they were serving stupid staple food. My mom scoffed when she heard this and said, "well, for Cuban food you gotta go to Miami now huh?" I love being a Cuban in the USA.

There's going to be a presentation tomorrow night in Maryland about Cuba but I have a training to go to. :( Wah.

So now that I realized that I've been blabbing on topics related to two of my three ethnicities, I think it's only fair to mention Spain. Uh, World Youth Day's gonna be in Madrid, the city where I spent the first five month of my life! Also, I really like bread. Like bun bread. It's amazing, I'm a fan.

And of course: AMUURRRRICA. Land of McDonald's and dollar bills and the White House. Birthplace of my mom and six of my siblings. Home of most the houses I've lived in. It's the land where I can be Cuban, Spanish, and Filipino and be really really cool...sorta. It's the place where I can be Catholic without fearing for my life....sorta. I can go to school and know that because someone in my family obtained education I am living one of the richest lives on this planet.

It is now 2:26AM and I have successfully wasted way too much of my time doing not too much productive-ness. I'm going to bed, goodnighttt.

~Esa Cita