Christmas fan

I'm not a big Christmas fan but I will be posting my Christmas Guitar. If my guitar could talk like all of us, not thru my fingers, she would probably ask me to take the hat off, mainly because it is ugly looking and shapes the head into a cone which I'm sure you would find very unattractive. Not only is Christmas unattractive but also meaningless the way we are celebrating Christmas nowadays, a justification to only acquire unnecessary material things in pursue of happiness. It involves increased economic activity and a significant key sales period for many retailers and businesses worldwide.
Being a music lover, I personally think Christmas music is crap.
I kind of miss the way Christmas time felt when I was a kid. I once loved Christmas because of the food, the lights, the socializing, the religious importance my family seem to display and of course the gifts. However, Christmas has become nothing but this monster and in my opinion Christmas programming reinforces commercialism.

Here are some of the other reasons why I'm not a big fan of Christmas
The cultivation of Christmas trees, reduces the use of arable land
Writing and mailing cards to people you ignore the rest of the year
Rates of depression and suicide spike during the holidays
Gift exchange and forced giving which pumps up consumption
Christmas destroys the environment and promotes animals killing
Christmas promotes absenteeism at work and reduces labor productivity
December is a peak month for robberies
Christmas is one of the most important contributors to obesity and drinking


Here are some facts about Christmas you need to know
1 in 10 presents will be broken by New Year's day
7 in 10 dogs receive a gift


How about you help the homeless person you see lying down on the sidewalk? That is a good way to celebrate Christmas any day of the year!

A solas con Eduardo

Cuando Eduardo decidio despertar aquel domingo no tenia la minima idea, mucho memos anticipaba aquella sucesion de incidentes insolitos que aquel día de verano le presentaria. El cafe mañanero parecia ocupar e invadir cada ambiente de la casa que muy pobremente iluminada dejaba filtrar el sol por los agujeros de las viejas calaminas. Eduardo se estiro de forma felina para luego rodar hasta alcanzar el border de la cama.  De manera rapida logro ubicar las sandalias entre las pilas de zapatos, revistas y cajas que solia poner debajo de la cama. Con un lento caminar que mostraba su estado deplorable, Eduardo se dirigio al cuarto de baño para de manera ceremoniosa cepillarse los dientes y lavarse la cara. Fue tan grande la sorpresa de Eduardo cuando dirigio la mirada hacia el espejo que estuvo a punto de desmallar sobre el concreto. A pesar de sentirse familiarmente comodo con lo que lo rodeaba,  su apariencia fisica no era aquella del chico de piel blanca con cabello ligeramente rubio de nariz casi perfecta extremadamente guapo. Ahora mostraba piel oscura con una protuberante nariz aguileña que parecia separarse de su rostro. Lo que encontro aterrador no fue la nariz ni el cabello grueso y negro o aquel fisico de hombre andino de corta estatura con espalda amplia, sino lo que habia ocurrido con el......

So you think you can play?

Although I have many friends, very few of them really know I can play the guitar. I started when I was about 9 years old, holding my cousin's guitar, who by the way, was a self-taught talented musician as well as his twin brother. Little did I know, that this simple yet complicated instrument would be used as an extension of my body to compensate for my inability to express my feelings. Yet I'm glad I was that shy little boy that I was otherwise I would have never been able to cope with the frustrating lessons both my cousins taught me. My fingers were too small and I could hardly hold the guitar yet I strummed my first chord. I really thank my cousins for everything I have accomplished so far in life. They taught me to focus, to be constant, to be persistent, to be dedicated during these lessons and I have applied these principles to practically everything I have done. One of my cousins passed away while in his twenties yet he is with me with every chord and every lesson I now teach.

So you think you can play the guitar?
You'll get yours and I'll get mine.
From one music lover to another, enjoy !

No music no life

No guitar no life
I simply love my guitar. Someone once told me I seem to smile more when I play the guitar. Although I'm not a great singer, I get bored if I don't sing while I'm playing.