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Life didn't pull any punches in the first six months of 2024. After much verbal abuse at my dead-end office job, I quit and fled to Mexico, where I dated a guy who turned out to be cheating on his girlfriend with me. Back home, I was unable to find another job despite my loaded resume.
I listened to Morat a lot in those days, letting the Spanish lyrics transport me back to carefree moments in Latin America. Simplemente Pasan got me through the worst of it, kept me from being to harsh on myself when I couldn't make good things happen for myself. Because when good things are supposed to happen, they'll simply happen.
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Getting a lot more into Spanish-language music as of recentโfrom Spain, France, Chile, Mexico, Argentina, and in the case of Esteman, Colombia. This piece, the second off his 2021 album Si Volviera A Nacer, features some beautiful vocals from Mexico's Daniela Spalla, and a melody that is eerily reminiscent (to me, anyway) of Centuries by Fall Out Boy. A very nocturnal song that I've been using as a soundtrack to my nightly drive home from work this past month.
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Guatemalan artist that creates beautiful and complex soundscapes that I like to listen to while going on various quests (aka doing chores and errands).
The whole album is great, but I linked one of my favorite jams.
Jan 6, 2025
nothing else can cure my depression 100% of the time like he can. i didnt ask to be born latina, no mas tuve suerte fr!!!!
Oct 31, 2024
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I'm a July baby. Growing up, I spent most of my birthdays alone. Some years because my friends had left the country. Some years because I'd left the country. Some years because I had no friends. And with every year passing, the pressure to spend my birthday surrounded by friends and family and to have a good time increased. Every year I felt like a failure when I couldn't make it happen. So I stopped telling people it's my birthday.
But today is my 28th birthday.
Jul 17, 2024
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I hadn't seen my friend since New Year's Eve. Now it was October, her wedding day, and she barely gave me the chance to gush over her gorgeous dress, her makeup, her jewelry.
"You look happier," she said. "Your energy has changed. It's much calmer now. I'm happy for you."
I love her for taking the time out of her special day to notice me like that.
Oct 13, 2024
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"If the two of you are so good together, why don't you make a move?" my friend asked me in a dream about the guy I was ever so slowly falling for. Those words echoed through my mind for months, from the first date till the final breakup.
Jun 14, 2024