An Immigrant’s Story: Lourdes September 27, 2008
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Another video from someone braver than I.
Ben Kenobi vs. Darth Vader September 26, 2008
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The first lightsaber fight from the Star Wars universe. I thought it was pretty good for 1977 special effects. It captivated my attention for sure. I didn’t like the fact that Ben ‘died’. Oh well. Here it is, in all its Youtube glory. Tell me, if you have seen all the Star Wars movies, which is your favorite lightsaber fight?
IDs and More September 25, 2008
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My state ID is outdated. I mean, this happened a long time ago. This would be bad for a number of things. Mainly, I don’t ever want to get caught in any sort of checkpoint. An outdated ID, such as mine that says I’m still underage, is a sure sign of someone being undocumented.
I hope movie theaters do accept it, even if it is outdated. If not, well, than I’ll be a very angry and depressed person. The same would go my ability to buy M rated video games.
But that’s what I have to live with being what I am. I’ve been incredibly busy over the last couple of days. Not to mention the fact that I didn’t even have my laptop on me. I had to give to the university people so that they could fix it. And fix it they did. They wiped out everything. I basically got it back as when I first received it. I thought it would be a pain but the fact is that it much, much faster now. That makes me happy.
As for other things, I guess I’m fine. Sorry for not being able to update much anymore. School calls.
Tired… September 18, 2008
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Well, it is the beginning of the year and I’m suffering from fatigue. I don’t know why. I think I need more sleep.
As for other things, well, school is going fine. Lots of work. Tons of reading. Some of it is hard because I’m not a huge fan of poetry. I’m more of a prose guy. I’m not good with subtlety. My Spanish prof is also merciless when it comes to grammar, which sucks for me because my grammar sucks. For my math class, well, it is going. That’s all I’m going to say on that front. Frankly, I can’t wait for the weekend.
I haven’t been able to make much progress in the video game front either. I haven’t played much really. I’m in the Russian stage of Call of Duty 2. I’m in the second safe house of GTA4 and Dead Rising is f****ng hard.
As for immigration related things, I’ve been out of it for the most part. I want to ignore it, even though that is technically impossible. I just would like to forget what I am for a little while. For my sanity’s sake, which is slipping everyday, more and more. I’m just really tired and frustrated with some things.
A month in college and finally receiving a break from work, except reading. Tomorrow I have to give up my laptop so it can be fixed. It broke again. It is slow. I mean, slow as in it took me half an hour to get to my damn email. I might go see The Dark Knight again to cheer myself up.
So the question, will I be able to continue this blog with all that is going on?
An Immigrant’s Story: Mattias Ramos September 15, 2008
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Another story from someone like me, far braver than I.
Is This Your America? September 10, 2008
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I found this a couple of weeks ago. From America’s Voice, comes the following video. What America do you want?
Updates September 10, 2008
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I haven’t been able to update the blog as much as I would like to. Sorry. I’ve been busy. My English classes seems to be taking up a lot of my time, as have my friends.
Well, what can I say? I need to get a date with my therapist and psychiatrist. Not that I’m depressed at the moment but I need my medication to be refilled.
As for my immigration status, it hasn’t changed. I’m the same as always, unfortunately. Today I did speak to another undocumented friend of mind about friends that we have. We talked about the fact that our friends sometimes forget what we are. My friend is passing through a difficult time right now, far more difficult than I could imagine and I’m hope he gets out of it alright. But at the same time, well, his friends, some of them anyway, forget what he is going through. I, for the life of me, cannot understand how that can happen. Is it our acting like everyone else that makes our friends forget what we are? It is a fine line to walk, the acting that is.
I don’t know. I’ve been thinking about a lot of things lately. The future for the most part. I’m halfway done with college now. What is going to happen afterwards? I don’t know. It is a terrifying thought really, so I try NOT to think about it, even though I do. I suspect that this will be my best year in college. Senior will be hell, I know it.
But, that’s what’s going with me. I wish to update more. I will have a video about America later today. And will have a series of other videos with students talking about their immigration statuses. They are braver than I.
Quote of the Day September 4, 2008
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A friend of mine is going through a hard time and I took the following quote from his profile. I hope he feels better in the future.
“As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn’t supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it’s harder every time. You’ll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You’ll fight with your best friend. You’ll blame a new love for things an old one did. You’ll cry because time is passing too fast, and you’ll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you’ve never been hurt because sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you’ll never get back.
Don’t be afraid your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin.” From anonymous.
Annoyances September 3, 2008
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Well, being back at school brings back the double life. I should really make a standard answer as to why I don’t have a job or never have had one. Most people who don’t know what I am assume it is because I’m lazy. I’m not. I would love to have a job but I can’t legally. But I have to keep up the charade that I’m lazy. I should find something that pays under the table or something, since I can’t get a job with my university. I can’t even be the adviser for a floor if I wanted to, those guys are on the payroll. That one hurt. I would like to have a single for my senior year, not because I dislike my roommate or anything. I wouldn’t want to pay the extra fees and well, being a floor leader would make that possible. Or so I thought. Another door being closed on my face. Well, back to video games.
Well, not yet. Another annoyance is when my American use expressions I’m not familiar with. Now, that sort of thing makes me feel like an outsider because I don’t know everything from the point of view of my friends and it can be annoying at times. They probably think I’m stupid because I don’t get something that everyone else does. I would like to say that I’m sorry but I didn’t group in the same environment, not by a long shot, so, forgive my ignorance in some things. I’m learning.
So, today’s mood. Annoyed. Kind of upset, but not much.
job applicant deported September 2, 2008
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Woman applies for a job in a hospital cafeteria, her SSN belongs to a dead person, the hospital not only doesn’t hire her but turns her over for deportation.
Quote of the Day September 1, 2008
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“By definition, an Activist believes in change, its desirability, its possibility, and the illusion that he himself can bring about change”–Saad Eddin Ibrahim
I found this on Facebook. It is a quote I found interesting.
unarmed man shot in Pr. George’s August 29, 2008
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A guy named Espina was apparently drinking in a stairwell. Police attempted to arrest him & wound up shooting & killing him. Really excessive, from what I can tell.
The New Biggest Raid August 28, 2008
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Almost 600 people. That is an amazing number. That is a scary number actually. I can’t believe it. There is something out there that is bigger than what happened in Postville. It is incredible and sad. How did it come to this, I mean, really. Does anyone really think that this type of enforcement is actually solving anything.
No, it doesn’t. It just separates families. Terrorizes others. The anti-immigrants might say it is all right, after all, ‘they’ are not them. Go after the little guy, let the employers off the hook. It is disgusting. This type of enforcement doesn’t solve anything at all. It is all just a show. ICE, defending the nation from workers, moms and people trying to make a better life for themselves.
What is needed? A real solution, not this type of s**t. Here is a link to the article from a news outlet.
Video Game Masterpieces August 27, 2008
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Well, this is the opinion of Guillermo del Toro, one of the best movie directors of today. Edge magazine asked him his opinion on video games. He answered that he likes certain games, but he considers Ico and Shadow of the Colossus to be the masterpieces of the video game world.
I agree. I do think that. I have yet to beat Ico but Shadow of the Colossus is an amazing game. Those two games, at least for me, transcend the video game medium and are different. They are different in a way that I can’t really describe, you have to play them in order to understand. I mean, Shadow of the Colossus is a game with minimal dialogue and music, but what music there is, is orchestrated and is amazing. Team Ico, as they are called, crafted video games that are just amazing. Aside from God of War 3, their game, whatever it might be, would be enough for me to get the Playstation 3.
I’m very glad that someone from Hollywood knows a tiny bit about the video game industry though. It gives us some legitimacy as a new form of entertainment and Del Toro knows what he is talking about. Shadow of the Colossus sold well, but Ico is quite obscure. I may have to go back and beat the game now.
Read the rest of the Edge article here.
Trailer for Ico.
Trailer for Shadow of the Colossus
Trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth
The Village August 26, 2008
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No time to make real post. I mentioned this movie a couple of days ago. Now, here is the trailer. I liked it. The trailer is misleading though, because the movie is not really THAT scary. Anyway, this is the post of the day. I wish I could say that I would have a better post tomorrow, about immigration but I can’t say for sure. Now I need to do my laundry and read.
The Village trailer.
