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Silly Short Titles
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04/25/07
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Hi all. I bet no one remembers me already, ha.
Anyway, I'm back in Canada since the begining of this month, and plan to stay here for a few more months, until I finish my contract (in September, unless it is renewed). After that, I may go back to Bolivia.
It's been very interesting to start working in linguistics and exploring the intricacies of the Aymara language. I learned enough of it in my time there, and now I've come here to take part in a linguistic project that eventually will produce a better English-Aymara dictionary.
For the rest, I'm a bit older, I'm still single and wasn't very lucky dating in Bolivia. Funny thing, over there I'm considered a "foreigner" because I've spent half of my life in other countries.
If I get the chance and they allow me to, I may visit the USA this time. It's been several years since I was over there. Well, that's all. I'm still short, kinda poor, very Aymara-looking and super-single.
Hurry up gals. Haha.
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Saving all my love for you...
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08/14/06
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Would you wait for the right person? Is it even wise to wait for the right person?
Would you wait for the one with whom you will marry? Will you save yourself for that night?
Yes, yes, old-fashioned and proper of Third World cultures, I know.
But there is something special about it. Keeping yourself just for that person.
What is the best decision? To acquire experience or to save yourself for that day? Is it true that you need to know how it goes before you get into something truly serious?
No, it's not a religious thing. It's just what may happen when, for someone, real love is a prerequisite for sharing that together.
But who knows. Perhaps it's just something that is not done any more.
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Why are "Third World People" so hated?
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08/06/06
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I don't mean the particular specimen, like myself, but in general: I always hear the "Third World" (where I was born and of which I consider myself a member, and always will) spoken about in the worst of terms.
That we are ignorant, stupid, that carry diseases, that we're after "First World People" just because of their money, or because of a green card, or because our ancient gods were white, or some such bull.
What have we done to you? The ones who always invade us and kill lots of our civilians are your troops, in case you didn't notice.
And you have the gall to call us violent, irresponsible, disease-vectors and what not!
Sigh.
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Prejudices vs. Preferences
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07/30/06
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What is the difference?
I see, for example, profiles of people who would date anyone but someone who is Black. Is that considered a preference, or a prejudice?
What about those who wouldn't date a Muslim because they think there will be cultural difficulties. Isn't that a big assumption, considering Muslims come in all sorts of degrees of adhesion to their faith?
Do most people hold prejudices against those who come from other regions of the world, for example? Are we supposed to be too different, too incompatible?
I think things over and, from my own situation and that of other immigrants, I've come to the conclusion that the only option for a non-Caucasian immigrant is to marry within his or her own group, which means those in my situation (that is, "minority of one") are doomed to die single or to spend their lives in short term relationships or as one-night stands.
Is it any different to say that you will date only those who have green eyes and to say that you will date everybody but those who have blue eyes?
Is there a sharp line dividing prejudice from preferences, or is it gradual, one thing slowly becoming the other?
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Heartbroken
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07/27/06
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Did you ever find the one, that person who was ideal for you, the woman or man with whom you thought you'd spend your whole life, only to have circumstances separate you two forever?
How did it mark you for future relationships? Didn't you, afterwards, live trying to find someone similar to her or him, at least for a while?
I've been through that and sometimes I wonder if I didn't seek shadows of her in the women I dated.
And I also wonder if, perhaps, my lack of success in the romantic area of my life is the result of things ending so badly between us, because of her family racist opposition to our love, something that, perhaps because I was so young then, left me heartbroken.
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