Wednesday, March 21, 2012

A Mama Lost Her Baby Boy: #MillionHoodies March NYC for Trayvon Martin


A Mama Lost Her Baby Boy

By Ezzy G. Languzzi

A mama lost her baby boy
baby boy
baby boy

A mama lost her baby boy
He's never coming back

A mama lost her baby boy
baby boy
baby boy

A mama lost her baby boy
Simply cuz he's Black

He'll never finish high school
He'll never see his friends
He'll never go to college
Cuz someone shot a hole in him

If there's any kind of lesson here
I'll tell you what it is
Don't buy your son a hoodie
Lest he end up dead

MIERCOLES MUDO: Una Pegatina de Parachoques | A Bumper Sticker




Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Pencils: I Dreamt of You Last Night

                                             Source: yellowtrace.com.au via Lillian on Pinterest

Pencils

by Ezzy G. Languzzi

An army of pencils
Surrounded my bed
Was it all just a dream?
Was it all in my head?
Unfurled like a carpet
A rainbow of colors
This army of pencils
Made way for the others

They invaded my thoughts
Permeated my being
Sharpened and crying,
We hear you breathing!

Oh, no you don't, I said.
You're no gift, but a curse
You come when you want
Go, now
Disperse!

In a stupor I battled
Weary and tired
Until I'd pushed every-single-last-one
Into a fire

Friday, March 16, 2012

Casi Llega Nuestro Perrito, Albert




Andamos aquí como que vamos a parir ... un bebé de cuatro patas y cubierto de "pelo."

No les he contado que decidimos comprarle un perrito a nuestro hijo. Dentro de una semana llega el mentado, Albert, un canino medio Caniche y medio Labradora. Mijo esta lleno de anticipación y cuenta los días en el calendario... y su papi y yo? Rezamos que el perro hypoalergénico sea un nuevo miembro en la familia.

Labradoodle puppies at 5 weeks
Haciendo fila!
Waiting in line.
Como no tiene hermanos, mijo necessita un amigo, un compañero. Tiene mucho pediendo un perro, "sabiendo" que esta alérjico a ellos. No le importa -- los ama. Tanto que tiene su cama inundada de perros de peluche, de todos colores y tamaños. Hasta tiene uno de pila que respira que mi mama le regaló antes de irse a California.

HOW TO RAISE THE PERFECT DOG by Cesar Millan
Necessito comenzar leer este libro
I need to start reading this book.
Nuestra situación esta un poco complicada. No se sí les he contando, pero mijo tiene varias alergias a la comida (huevos, leche, nueces, soya, rez ... )  y medioambientales (polen, moho ...) y tambien tiene asma. Hasta tuvimos que encontrarle comida al perro que no le hará daño a mijo en caso que el perro lo lambiera. ¡Que nervios! A pesar de todo, tenemos fe. Una voz me dice que todo va salir bien.

Ay les contare nuestras aventuras. No sabemos lo que nos espera. : )

(Me disculpo de no haber blogueado mucho las ultimas semanas, pero he estado un poco estresada con la escuela. Espero regresar pronto a un horario mas normal. Los extraño.)

Puppy Supplies
We're running around here as if we're getting ready to give birth ... to a four-legged baby covered with fur (well, actually, hair).

I haven't shared with you that we decided to buy our son a dog. Within a week, the dog known as "Albert," a Poodle-Labrador Retriever mix, arrives home. Our son is filled with anticipation and is counting the days on the calendar ... his dad and I? We're praying the hypoallergenic dog will be an addition to our family.


Since our son doesn't have any siblings, he needs a friend, a companion. He been asking for a dog for a while, "knowing" that he's allergic to them. He doesn't care -- he loves them. So much so, that his bed is inundated with stuffed dogs, all colors and sizes. He even has one that breathes and is  battery-operated that my mother gave him before leaving for California.

Our situation is a little complicated. I don't know if I've shared with you, but our son has several food (eggs, milk, nuts, soy, beef ... ) and environmental (pollen, mold ... ) allergies, in addition to asthma. We had to go as far as to find food for the dog that wouldn't harm our son in the event the dog licked him. Talk about nerves! In spite of all this, we have faith. A little voice is telling me everything with turn out fine.

Adventures to follow. : )

(I apologize for my irregular blogging the last few weeks, but I've been a little stressed-out with school. Finding peace in reading. I hope to return to a more regular schedule, soon. Miss you.)

Friday, February 17, 2012

SPANISH FRIDAY: Me Dan Ganas de Bailar




Me da gusto compartir con ustedes una cancion que siempre me hace feliz. Se que tiene que ver con el amor, pero para mi, no. Si no, yo pienso en lo tanto que cambiamos durante nuestra temporada en este mundo. No se porque, pero me dan ganas be bailar esta mañana. Bailan con migo?

Que pasen un buen fin de semana, mis amigos. <3

---

It gives me pleasure to share a song with you that always makes me happy. I know it has to do with love, but not for me. Rather, I think of how much we change, during our lives in this world. Don't know why, but I feel like dancing, today. Will you dance with me?

Have a great weekend, my friends. <3

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

My Valentines ... I Love You

Our wedding, September 5, 1998
I met my husband in Las Vegas Memorial Weekend of 1993. We were poolside at the Tropicana swimming amid hundreds of bodies, when we met ... actually, when I made the first move. I was a fearless twenty-three-year-old, then. He was there with this buddies from Waltham and I was there with my girlfriend, Racheal from Orange County, who ended up coming down with a horrible case of food-poisoning. Had she not gotten sick, who knows if I'd have had all that free time on my hands.

Three years later in 1996 he tracked me down to tell me he was coming out to Orange County for a wedding. Our future was sealed with a single question: "Will you have lunch with me?"

And so, I did.


Junior taking a nap.

Nine months later I relocated to Boston, we eloped to Vegas, nine months after that we had our "public" wedding, five years later we had our son. When I think of the journey we've been on, not always smooth, sometimes bumpy, I can't help but wonder how different our lives might've turned out had we not met at that pool in 1993. We are so lucky to have been brought together by fate, since I later learned that he wasn't even supposed to be on that trip. Somebody, somewhere was guiding us.

 
Daddy and Junior

Wishing you a much loved and happy Valentine's with your family and friends.

Friday, February 3, 2012

I Want to Be Educated


by Ezzy Guerrero-Languzzi

I want to be educated
Chapters in books
Pages, words
Sounds, thoughts, emotions

Discovery

Who's free, really, in this country?
I never had the right, apparently
What you cannot, will not, refuse to see
I promise will never cease to be

These chapters in books and pages, words
Voices from the past, a warning to the future
A salve for wounds undiscovered

These chapters in books and pages, words
Tell me that in humanity I am not alone
I have brothers and sisters on the same journey
Finding our place in this world and our communities

Go ahead
You may take them
I give you permission to confiscate them
Ban them
Burn them
Hide them in boxes
Do what you must
But know -- try as you may, you cannot hide or change history

You will not conquer me.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

MIERCOLES MUDO: Nos Divertimos en El Museo de MFA en Boston












Friday, January 6, 2012

SPANISH FRIDAY: ¡Hicé Flan!

Flan de Coco Usando Nestlé's La Lechera Leche Condensada
¿Tienen un postre favorito? Algo tan delicioso que solo a pensar de el se les hace agua la boca? Para mi, ese postre siempre ha sido el flan. 

Do you have a favorite dessert? Something so sweet that simply thinking about it makes your mouth water? For me, that dessert has always been flan.

La Lechera
Leche Condensada y Dulce De Leche
Mi madrina colombiana siempre me preparaba uno -- bien jugoso y cubierto de miel -- para mis cumpleaños. Igual de pegajosas son mis memorias, porque ahora, cada vez que tengo la oportunidad, lo ordeno en el restaurante. Pero lo tanto que lo amo, nunca me había atrevido hacerlo yo ... NO WAY. ¿Como, con cuales ingredientes, y que si no me salía bien? Pensaba que era muy complicado. (Mas complicados son los tamales.)

My Colombian godmother used to always make one for me -- moist and smothered in honey -- for my birthday. My memories are similarly sticky, because, now, it's my dessert of choice whenever dining-out. But as much as I love flan, I'd never attempted making one ... NO WAY. How? With what ingredients? And what if it didn't come out right?  It had to be complicated.

Probablemente no lo hubiera intentado, sí no por un paquete de promoción que recibí (gracias a mi amiga Ruby) de Nestlé, promoviendo sus productos nuevos de La Lechera: Dulce de Leche y Leche Condensada.

I probably would've never tried it, if not for a promotional package I received (thanks to my friend Ruby) from Nestlé, promoting their new La Lechera products: Dulce de Leche y Leche Condensada.

(Pueden ver el Choco-Flan que Ruby hizo, aquí. :)
(You can see Ruby's Choco-flan, here. : )


Así que fui a la pagina de Nestlé e escogí una receta para preparar un flan de coco para los cumpleaños de mi esposo (cumplió 46, ayer!). Estoy tan feliz porque me salió bien y también porque le gusto mucho a él ... solo sí lo hubiera saboreado un poco mas. El hombre parece tiburón. Se comió uno en menos de cinco mordidas!

So I went to Nestlé's website and picked a recipe to make a Coconut Flan for my husband's birthday (he turned 46, yesterday!) I'm so happy because not only did the flan come out well, but also, because he really enjoyed it ... if only he'd savored it a little more. The man is like a shark. He ate one in less than five bites!



¿Sabían?:
  • Qué el flan originó con los Romanos antiguos? No solo preparaban flan dulce con miel y pimienta, si no también uno salado con anguila!
  • Qué durante la edad media, los ingredientes mas populares incluían canela, azúcar, espinacas, almendras y pescado?
  • Pueden leer mas aquí (en inglés).
Did You Know?

  • That flan originated with the ancient Romans? Not only did they prepare a sweet flan with honey and pepper, but also a savory version with EEL! << Yum?
  • That during the Middle Ages, the most popular flan ingredients included cinnamon, sugar, spinach, almonds and FISH?
  • You can read more here (in English).

Photo by Mr. G's Travels
¿Sabian Qué Los Romanos Inventaron El Flan?

Nota: Aunque recibí un paquete de promoción de Nestlé, todas las opiniones aquí son las mias.
Note: Even though I received a promotional packet from Nestlé, all the opinions expressed here are my own.