Jardín...It's been another lazy Saturday in which I was not able to get anything done. Today I had just sat around most of the time playing guitar and writing melodies. I noticed today that I have written about thirty songs this year. Out of these thirty or so songs, I haven't written any lyrics. I have a lot of ideas about the songs but nothing seems to serve the songs. I am glad that my host family has supplied me a guitar that I can play while I am here...it has made me realize that music is something that I cannot walk away from. Depending on when I decide to write, maybe I'll play some shows sometime soon after all.
The day wasn't totally spent in vain. I got some progress done on planning out my analysis for a short story I am reading called El arrepentido. The story is only about 200 lines and is about an old man named Tomeu and his nephew Ruti. Tomeu is the owner of a cheap coffee shop near the beach but feels great regret about his past. The truth is that Tomeu has made all of his money in illegal contraband negotiations -- a regret so strong that it leads him to commit suicide by the end of the story. There are a lot of other levels to the story, though. Ruti, the nephew of Tomeu has corrupt motivations when it comes to inheriting Tomeu's dirty money. Ruti wants the money so bad that he lies to Tomeu by telling his uncle that he only has 1 month to live (Ruti is a doctor). By telling him this, Ruti knows that Tomeu wouldn't be able to stand to live knowing he only had limited time to live, he would then commit suicide, and then Ruti would be able to inherit Tomeu's fortune. Ruti's plan goes awry by the end, though, because of Tomeu's tremendous guilt about his corrupt past, Tomeu decides to leave all of his money to children at a homeless shelter.
It is a long short story.
Thanks for reading everyone. Especially, thank you Michael for keeping up with me. I hope everything is going well for you and Becca! Tell Becca I say hello sometime. We will have to get together sometime soon. I hope your trip to Colombia goes well too. When do you go? What part of Colombia are you going to? I'd love to hear more about it.
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When you are back, I want you to read me your story. First in Spanish, so I can hear the beautiful sounds and then in English so I can understand what they mean. I love to hear you speak Spanish. I don't think I've ever told you that.
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