Fue genial, pero increíble y -pensándolo bien- un tanto injusto. Estábamos todos felices con nuestros atuendos en la gala de disfraces del 28 de diciembre. Porque, como todo en mi pueblo (o caserío cómo fue siempre interpretado y ¡dibujado! por grandes amigos capitalinos) tenemos un calendario paralelo, las palabras son adoptadas del italiano, o del ‘venezolano’, y los habitantes están: cuerdos, muy cuerdos. Era de indudable conocimiento popular: Aruncio hacía honor a su título de el pueblo's viejo verde. Más tirando a verde que a viejo, pero de todas maneras.
Él fue disfrazado de sahumerio, y aquí cabe aplaudir su esfuerzo creativo. Pero, su no-sorprendente comportamiento de fortachón imbatible deshizo la magia. Tanto así que justo alrededor de las 12:30 am, la celebración y el baile se estancaron (casi que suspendidos por siempre en el tiempo) a causa de un grito estremecedor proveniente de una de las doncellas: “Deberíais quedaros verde para siempre”. Fue genial, pero increíble y –pensándolo bien- un tanto estremecedor. La piel de Aruncio- poco a poco, con la misma lentitud (o rapidez) con la que las nonas tejen mientras ven las novelas- adquirió la pigmentación de un verde juguetón, un verde como de sapo de caricaturas, como de BomBomBun de manzana. Todos callamos, todos pensamos, la doncella lloraba en silencio.
Aruncio en realidad que se quedó verde. Pero como todos nos merecemos una segunda oportunidad, y a veces lo que parece un misfortunio se puede transformar en bendición: hoy, como todos los años, el personaje principal de esta historia se prepara para su gran y feliz misión de SER y representar el árbol de Navidad que se erige con emoción y fervor en la Plaza Mayor de mi pueblo cada primero de diciembre.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Saturday, November 21, 2009
What's the time?
I was in the middle of this CT4 (modelling) lecture when my classmate from India, looking tired and desperate after 7 hours of continuous academic information, asked me: -Hey Ciro what's the time?
I was also really tired and kind of thinking softly, and her question surprised me!
I tried to answer because I like to help people, so I said something like:
-Well, the time is this intangible thing that continuosly occurs irrespective of you noticing it or not. It is necessary so that you know where and why are you where you are and... you now what? I've no idea what the time is, why do you ask so difficult questions while I am trying to get how to make a pseudorandom walk in Excel?.
We laughed and then I understood:
-Ahhh ok, it's five fourty!
I was also really tired and kind of thinking softly, and her question surprised me!
I tried to answer because I like to help people, so I said something like:
-Well, the time is this intangible thing that continuosly occurs irrespective of you noticing it or not. It is necessary so that you know where and why are you where you are and... you now what? I've no idea what the time is, why do you ask so difficult questions while I am trying to get how to make a pseudorandom walk in Excel?.
We laughed and then I understood:
-Ahhh ok, it's five fourty!
Thursday, November 19, 2009
I am only the left side of me
Not long ago, I was chatting with my brother, who is 5 years younger than me. We were talking about life, and love, and then we moved on to a more serious subject: making funny faces at each other through the computer screen. In doing so, he mentioned-and showed me-: "hey, I can't wink with my left eye, can you?" I said yes, off course I can, but I can't with my right. We looked at each other via the built-in cameras, showed our complementary winking abilitites, paused for about 3 and a half seconds, and bursted in loud laugh.
We thought the winking story was very funny, and began surveying other body functions that seemed complementary. My brother is right handed, while I write and throw with my left arm, think with the left side of my brain, kick with my left leg, and even have to contain myself from using my 'left side' every time I shake hands. We also compared our childhood accidents and important visits to the hospital, and realized that the left side of his body does not scar, hurt, bruse, nor does it react to the heat or cold. As for me, my whole life is reflected on my left: from the huge scar on the back of my arm, to the fact that I have to cut the left side of my hair twice as much since it always seems to be wayyy longer than its counterpart.
At that point, I still did not know that our entire lives were about to change in a matter of days, maybe minutes...
We thought the winking story was very funny, and began surveying other body functions that seemed complementary. My brother is right handed, while I write and throw with my left arm, think with the left side of my brain, kick with my left leg, and even have to contain myself from using my 'left side' every time I shake hands. We also compared our childhood accidents and important visits to the hospital, and realized that the left side of his body does not scar, hurt, bruse, nor does it react to the heat or cold. As for me, my whole life is reflected on my left: from the huge scar on the back of my arm, to the fact that I have to cut the left side of my hair twice as much since it always seems to be wayyy longer than its counterpart.
At that point, I still did not know that our entire lives were about to change in a matter of days, maybe minutes...
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