Necromancers, vampires, and werepeople… Oh my!

Reading brings joy to my life. It’s an outlet that allows me to momentarily escape my hectic and stressful days. Lately I’ve been hooked on reading books on the supernatural. Reading about vampires, zombies, werewolves, witches, and demonic stuff excites me. It all started when I read the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer. The story was cheesy and corny, but I still enjoyed it. After that, I read The Mortal Instrument series by Cassandra Clare. I devoured those three 500+ paged books in a week. Simply amazing.  I then proceeded to read the first two books Ann Rice’s Vampire Chronicles (Interview of a Vampire and The Vampire Lestat), but I lost interest. Don’t get me wrong, they were good, but too slow for my liking. I found myself getting bored while I read. Yawn.

Observations from the “cosmic corner”

Our second major assignment for the advanced composition class is to write a profile or featured article on whichever person, place, or activity we want. I’ve been going to this coffee shop since it opened, a little over a year ago. It’s a local business and it’s a place I go to often. Sometimes we visit places and don’t take out the time to observe people, interactions, ambiance; this is one of the several reasons why I want to feature Boriqué Coffee Shop.

Spanish + English = Spanglish

Spanglish has become the main language of Puerto Rico. To avoid using a non factual percentage number, I’d say most Puerto Ricans use English words in their everyday Spanish languaged conversations. Some of these words have been incorporated into the dictionary of the Real Academia Española (I’m surprised they gave in). Even though I am not a fan, I think it’s okay to incorporate Spanglish elements into a conversation with family and/or friends; but I don’t think it’s okay in a professional  and/or formal setting.

Remembered Event: The Day I Thought I’d Die Doing the Thing I Feared the Most

“Oh snap!” That was the first thing I blurted out as soon as I heard the song Under Pressure by Queen playing in the background; it was my ringtone and alarm tone at the time. I loved the song, but hated what it meant at the moment; that it was 4:30 a.m. and I had to get up, wake the others, and get ready to go to Mona. I cursed under my breath while I got dressed and packed what I needed to survive out in the wild for four days and three nights. I had never even been out camping before, but seriously, that’s not what I was worried about.