<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35001695</id><updated>2012-02-19T03:14:47.205-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My Diary</title><subtitle type='html'>Life's a Bitch...then there's a Dairy.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>J.I.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13047424759520272717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o48/Janet_iraklys/Janet/IMG_2144.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>24</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35001695.post-7539779576137041652</id><published>2007-04-30T20:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-30T21:02:40.864-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I Miss this place...</title><content type='html'>I miss my blogger friends...Im gonna come back and finish that writing about my Gtmo Bay expirience..I owe you that one CB, a ti tambien Yoyi. Im gonna go and check out your pages too. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've been playing this "other" game, World of Warcraft...Im totally addicted now :-P&lt;br /&gt;But im gonna make some time to take this place to where it was. Hey Toco...Hi to you too. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Greenquack, Bu..love you guys :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35001695-7539779576137041652?l=iraklys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/feeds/7539779576137041652/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35001695&amp;postID=7539779576137041652&amp;isPopup=true' title='35 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/7539779576137041652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/7539779576137041652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/2007/04/i-miss-this-place.html' title='I Miss this place...'/><author><name>J.I.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13047424759520272717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o48/Janet_iraklys/Janet/IMG_2144.jpg'/></author><thr:total>35</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35001695.post-7708447745856563390</id><published>2007-01-29T18:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-29T18:03:35.708-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hmmmm</title><content type='html'>Dont much to write lately ( a while)...be back later...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35001695-7708447745856563390?l=iraklys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/feeds/7708447745856563390/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35001695&amp;postID=7708447745856563390&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/7708447745856563390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/7708447745856563390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/2007/01/hmmmm.html' title='Hmmmm'/><author><name>J.I.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13047424759520272717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o48/Janet_iraklys/Janet/IMG_2144.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35001695.post-8643006433818988155</id><published>2006-12-24T21:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-24T22:10:37.562-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Historias de viejos cubanos.</title><content type='html'>Vivi siempre fascinada por las leyendas que contaban los viejos de mi familia.  Fascinada y agradecida. Aqui algunas...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Una vez un viejo campesino iba a caballo por el monte cuando oyo el llanto de un bebe. Al verlo solo por aquellos lugares, el hombre decidio llevarlo a su casa. En el camino el bebe le ordeno al viejo que lo llevara de vuelta a donde estaba. El hombre no hizo caso y al rato, el peso del bebe eran tanto que tuvo que parar su viaje. Pues la piernas del bebe se habian estirado de forma descomunal. El viejo decidio virar y las piernas del bebe se recojian a medida que el campesino hacia su viaje de regreso al lugar donde el bebe queria que lo llevaran de vuelta.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Una muchacha que caminaba sola a la orilla de la carretera, paro a un rastrero y le pidio que la llevara a su casa. Cuando llegaron a su destino, la muchacha agradecio al hombre y brindo su casa por si algun dia pasaba por alli y necesitaba algo. Al poco tiempo el hombre paso por casa de la mujer y decidio hacer una parada. Al llegar toco la puerta y le respondio una anciana. El rastrero le conto como habia conocido a la joven y pregunto si podia verla, a lo que la senora respondio que era imposible, dado que la muchacha habia muerto hacia muchisimo annos.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Una senora desesperada por tener hijos acudio a un santero para una consulta. El santero hizo un trabajo con La Ceiba y esta prometio que la mujer tendria una hija, pero acambio le pedia un sacrificio de cualquier animal todos los annos al pie de su sombra. La mujer tuvo la hija prometida pero un anno con el trajin de una feria que se acercaba se le olvido su sacrificio. Al ir rumbo a la feria paso por el lado de la ceiba y esta abrio su tronco y se trago a la hija.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pongo mas cuando me acuerde....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35001695-8643006433818988155?l=iraklys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/feeds/8643006433818988155/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35001695&amp;postID=8643006433818988155&amp;isPopup=true' title='297 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/8643006433818988155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/8643006433818988155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/2006/12/historias-de-viejos-cubanos.html' title='Historias de viejos cubanos.'/><author><name>J.I.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13047424759520272717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o48/Janet_iraklys/Janet/IMG_2144.jpg'/></author><thr:total>297</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35001695.post-4902518754505740031</id><published>2006-12-13T12:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-13T12:24:31.340-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Chaos</title><content type='html'>My love life is a chaos. I don't allow myself to love, less to be loved. I just notice it might have had something to do with childhood. I found out too that i might be manipulative. That, i kinda knew already, just didnt know why. I dont do it on purpose but yes, I am. In love, like in most aspects of life, I need to have fully control of things. I havent found complaints about it, untill now and it has created a really bad relationship, when it was starting; Now is over. For good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A cyber friend told me recently that love was not complicated, we humans were. He was so right.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35001695-4902518754505740031?l=iraklys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/feeds/4902518754505740031/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35001695&amp;postID=4902518754505740031&amp;isPopup=true' title='60 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/4902518754505740031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/4902518754505740031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/2006/12/chaos.html' title='Chaos'/><author><name>J.I.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13047424759520272717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o48/Janet_iraklys/Janet/IMG_2144.jpg'/></author><thr:total>60</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35001695.post-3070879096532087132</id><published>2006-12-08T15:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-29T17:47:05.522-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Jineteras.</title><content type='html'>On Thursday an individual visit this blog from France. He was redirected from a search engine; The words in the search engines were "Jineteras Carta Blanca". Dont know why he ended up here, but he did and im taking the opportunity to post some interesting articles for this person on how jineteras really operate in Cuba.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La Jinetera by Barbara Torresi&lt;br /&gt;February is the coldest month of the year in Havana, with strong gales that ruffle the ocean and hurl its foamy tentacles across the low seawall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the other side of the waterfront, barely shielded from the sea’s silvery sprinkle by the sparse evening traffic, a tall, bespectacled man with an empty glass of mojito clutched between bony fingers is listening intently to a young girl, concentration digging a deep canyon across his forehead.&lt;br /&gt;In the face of his best efforts to learn Spanish and a two year relationship, if long distance and hiccupy, Tommaso still finds Lisy’s thick Cuban accent a hindrance for communication. He frowns, he furrows, he shakes his head in frustration, but Lisy’s hectic dating schedule, which revolves around boyfriends from all over the world, gives her no time to take French classes. Of course, she has learnt to blurt out the odd ‘merci’ to please her lover, but then she can skilfully thank people in half of the EEU languages. And Russian too, given that affluent visitors from the pearl of the former socialist block have become the most generous customers of the city’s fast growing industry of pleasure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Cuban word to describe women like Lisy is jinetera, generously translated by some guide books as ‘mistress’, when in fact the term encompasses the whole spectrum of commercial sex workers, from vendors of one-off specialist performances to salaried fiancées. Rarely do women hover only on one side of the continuum, and roles change according to client, contingent need, and, of course, personal inclination.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In spite of her tender age (she has just turned twenty) Lisy plays skilfully most parts in the book, even if her dream role, the only one she acts out sincerely, is the wife-to-be of a handsome, young entrepreneur speeding around Havana’s pot-holed calles in a 200 dollar a day rental Mercedes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alas, her current suitor doesn’t quite cut it as a dashing heartbreaker: with thinning grey hair and heavy bags under eyes framed by designer spectacles, the history teacher from Toulouse looks at most like a stylish uncle. He belongs to the category of occasional boyfriends, someone whose main attraction lies within the folds of his wallet. Sometimes Lisy even feels a bit sorry for Tommaso and his seemingly genuine, and on the whole unrequited, affection for her. On other occasions pity is replaced by contempt, and expensive shopping sprees are the only activity she deems him fit for.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While, by and large, most jineteras would never dream of throwing icy water on Tommaso’s timid suggestions of orange flowers, Lisy’s ambitious plans for the future exclude categorically a husband approaching the sixth decade of life. And as a beautiful child-woman with honey coloured skin, a mouth like a rosebud and pitch black, almond shaped eyes, she knows her bargaining chips are high. Her family needs are also soaring, and while waiting for Mr Right to rescue her from an uncertain life in the crumbling city, she rarely passes an opportunity to make a few bucks. Lisy is the eldest of four siblings and the family’s prime breadwinner. Her mother works as a nurse for 275 pesos (barely twelve dollars) a month and her stepfather is, in her words, as useful ‘as a sole-less shoe’. At age seventeen she was grassed up by a neighbour who had seen her smooching with a blond yuma (foreigner) in one of Havana’s most exclusive bars.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The blessing of the family followed suit. All considered, they thought, she may as well find a man who can help with household expenses rather than a good for nothing who sits on his doorstep drinking cheap rum all day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Gutierrez family’s financial worries keep cropping up in the conversation between the unlikely couple sipping cocktails in the haze of a furious Caribbean:&lt;br /&gt;‘Tomi, mi vida, do you remember that hotel job Pablito was offered last time you came to visit? Well, it never materialised because they said his English was rubbish! Mother didn’t stop crying for a week. Lisy, she said, if only we had enough money for some private classes… so I gave Pablito 20 dollars, but that scoundrel came home with a pair of new trainers instead. He said the money wasn’t enough for the lessons anyway. But what can I do? The boys eat like lions and all my money I spend at the market. Buying groceries. Do you know how much a bottle of vegetable oil costs? Two dollars and twenty cents, or one fifth of my mum’s salary’. Tommaso’s heart never fails to soften and promises of imminent financial aid are made. Lisy smiles and pecks him on the neck. Then, with the corner of her eye, she catches a glimpse of the couple holding hands at a table next to theirs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The girl, a pretty negrita about her age, is smiling adoringly at a handsome Spanish boy while he whispers in her ear something that makes her burst into a resounding laughter. When their giggles subside and his voice becomes audible, Lisy’s heart is stabbed by pangs of envy:&lt;br /&gt;‘I can’t wait to take you to Europe… we can go to concerts… we can go to… the beach with my friends… the Canaries. I’ve never been to the Canaries, can you believe it?’ and the evening with old, boring Tommaso turns into an unbearable torture. Two hours later Lisy is sitting at another plastic table with chipped edges, in another of Havana’s all-night drinking dens, talking to yet another foreigner: me. After shaking off Tommaso with an excuse she moved to the next hunting ground down the road, joining our common friend Roberto and me for drinks when it became clear that the night would bring her no fruitful romantic encounters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is rare for Lisy to fail an approach, and her disappointment translated into a long moaning session centred on Tommaso renewed marriage talk:&lt;br /&gt;‘But he is forty-nine!’ she shouts into Roberto’s left ear, ‘In fact, I think he’s been lying to me. Have you seen his hands? I bet they have been around at least a decade longer... he dyes his hair!’&lt;br /&gt;‘So what?’ says Roberto only half jokingly ‘you should be happy. You’ll get your inheritance before you are too old to enjoy life… or if you can’t wait that long just divorce him as soon as you receive your green card.’ Lisy mocks disgust. She is not that type, she insists. One thing is hanging out with someone occasionally, another committing to being the mother of his children:&lt;br /&gt;‘You must not get me wrong’ she says turning to me ‘I am not like the others. I have no pimp and only do quickies when I am really strapped for cash. What I really want is to meet someone nice whom I can fall in love with, a man who’ll take me to a place where I can do something with my life,’ she turns to Roberto, ‘something that doesn’t involve changing incontinence pads to a senile husband.’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And she continues, ‘Here I have no opportunity to study or get a decent job because I have to feed my family. And food is soooo expensive! I have no money for clothes or entertainment. Do you know how much two pounds of pork cost? Three dollars, or one fourth of my mum’s monthly wages.’ For a split second I can’t suppress a slight motion of sympathy for poor, duped Tommaso, then a glance at my squalid surroundings reminds me that Cubans have excellent reasons to complain about their predicament, and all the rights to pursue an uncompromised love life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But what can I do, after all? Lisy will have to decide for herself whether economic security and political freedom are worth sentimental captivity. My help will have to be limited at another round of drinks, worth one fourth of her mother’s salary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© Barbara Torresi April 2006&lt;br /&gt;btorresi@hotmail.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35001695-3070879096532087132?l=iraklys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/feeds/3070879096532087132/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35001695&amp;postID=3070879096532087132&amp;isPopup=true' title='114 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/3070879096532087132'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/3070879096532087132'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/2006/12/jineteras.html' title='Jineteras.'/><author><name>J.I.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13047424759520272717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o48/Janet_iraklys/Janet/IMG_2144.jpg'/></author><thr:total>114</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35001695.post-1277072719751876387</id><published>2006-12-08T14:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-08T15:21:33.027-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Random-ness</title><content type='html'>Hoy esta gris el dia. Me encantan los dias grises. Nada mejor que quedarse en camita, acurrucada hasta el cuello fetching those cold spots between the sheets. Ay! si estuviera en Cuba. Hoy tengo el gorrion de la familia. De los que estan como si no estuviesen y de los que se fueron para no regresar. Las epoca de christmas siempre me pone asi, sentimental. Es que subitamente todos se quieren, todos son buenos, todo se olvida. Y yo no olvido, yo no quiero, yo no soy buena. Me porto mal en esta temporada, no coopero con los shopping sprees, I hate the mall. I dont know how to wrap a present, I dont want my daughter to believe in Santa ( which i suspect she already does) but dont have the heart para decirle o convenserla porque ya cuestiona, ( me dice es un hombre disfrazado) de lo contrario. Is a hasle. What should I buy for fulana? What should I buy for mengano. Then they look weird at me cause I ask them. Practicall me. I always ask...never have an answer...Oh..dont worry, you dont have to buy anything.! Yeah right. Of course I dont HAVE to. Is just being polite. Asshole. Anyways...I miss my mom in Cuba, Havent seen her in twelve years. I miss my friends, my home...here's just houses. Weird...I think about my dad, my grandma. I wish they could have meet my daughters. I guess that that God some people believe in thought i didnt deserve them or worst yet...they didnt. What a freaking life we live here. If hell does exist this should be it. No doubt about it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was talking today with this guy. Im impress how some people can live like nothing is going on in the world. Not affected by anything. They make a joke out of everything. I wish i could do so too, what the heck. I just can't. But we have chirstmas coming up, so...have to cheer up.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35001695-1277072719751876387?l=iraklys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/feeds/1277072719751876387/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35001695&amp;postID=1277072719751876387&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/1277072719751876387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/1277072719751876387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/2006/12/random-ness.html' title='Random-ness'/><author><name>J.I.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13047424759520272717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o48/Janet_iraklys/Janet/IMG_2144.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35001695.post-1389479334840980163</id><published>2006-11-30T18:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-29T17:50:32.129-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My beatiful Daughters.</title><content type='html'>11/30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My biggest daughter got her second award today at her school. The first one for Math, this one for reading. Im so proud of her. Is not easy to raise kids today. The crime wave, the drugs, the inflaction, everything affects in the way you treat them. Sometimes I think I'm way too hard with her {Brianna}. Sometimes I think Im not hard enough. But at the end ( just today) I think Im doing a good job.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35001695-1389479334840980163?l=iraklys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/feeds/1389479334840980163/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35001695&amp;postID=1389479334840980163&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/1389479334840980163'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/1389479334840980163'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/2006/11/my-beatifull-daughters.html' title='My beatiful Daughters.'/><author><name>J.I.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13047424759520272717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o48/Janet_iraklys/Janet/IMG_2144.jpg'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35001695.post-5691927500909667135</id><published>2006-11-26T19:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-26T19:32:35.346-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Lips of an Angel</title><content type='html'>Wuaaaaaaaaaaa...I want a toy like that one!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/je3HMk0LWoo"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/je3HMk0LWoo" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, the original version...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dj08K0x164U"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dj08K0x164U" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35001695-5691927500909667135?l=iraklys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/feeds/5691927500909667135/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35001695&amp;postID=5691927500909667135&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/5691927500909667135'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/5691927500909667135'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/2006/11/lips-of-angel.html' title='Lips of an Angel'/><author><name>J.I.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13047424759520272717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o48/Janet_iraklys/Janet/IMG_2144.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35001695.post-4785910337516295280</id><published>2006-11-19T13:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-19T19:17:30.363-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Para Tocororo_libre</title><content type='html'>Vaya Toco!!!...Tiesto, which i know you like, in a I Love NY t-shirt! Que mas se te puede dar!?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7EcA_1sN6QU"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7EcA_1sN6QU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My comment:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love music. ANY type of music. Salsa,merengue, bachata, etc makes me want to dance no matter the situacion, Trova, which is my favorite genre, makes me kinda sad and conscious about real problems and life in general, boleros,etc makes me sentimental, Rock, Hard metal, etc makes me a lil' crazy..en fin...but this music takes me to higher levels. If you dont know what im talking about..close your eyes, raise your hands, start jumping and spinning and you'll see then.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35001695-4785910337516295280?l=iraklys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/feeds/4785910337516295280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35001695&amp;postID=4785910337516295280&amp;isPopup=true' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/4785910337516295280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/4785910337516295280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/2006/11/para-tocororolibre.html' title='Para Tocororo_libre'/><author><name>J.I.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13047424759520272717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o48/Janet_iraklys/Janet/IMG_2144.jpg'/></author><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35001695.post-4597110792750677925</id><published>2006-11-17T17:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-17T18:05:49.743-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Far away. Nickelback</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;Just love this song. I'm amazed how human kind needs to wait for bad moments to realized and appreciate what we got. Not talking precisely about the song, just thinking out loud.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cSIvhPj5OyU"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cSIvhPj5OyU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35001695-4597110792750677925?l=iraklys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/feeds/4597110792750677925/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35001695&amp;postID=4597110792750677925&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/4597110792750677925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/4597110792750677925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/2006/11/far-away-nickelback.html' title='Far away. Nickelback'/><author><name>J.I.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13047424759520272717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o48/Janet_iraklys/Janet/IMG_2144.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35001695.post-2920853816361307945</id><published>2006-11-16T03:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-16T04:02:12.434-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Alex Ubago</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;My favorite song...love it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed src='http://us.i1.yimg.com/cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/player/media/swf/FLVVideoSolo.swf' flashvars='id=1227962&amp;emailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.yahoo.com%2Futil%2Fmail%3Fei%3DUTF-8%26vid%3D579bdbc50b0a669ada8c1eff5ddee6d2.1227962%26vback%3DStudio%26vdone%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fvideo.yahoo.com%252Fvideo%252Fstudio%253Fei%253DUTF-8&amp;imUrl=http%25253A%25252F%25252Fvideo.yahoo.com%25252Fvideo%25252Fplay%25253F%252526ei%25253DUTF-8%252526vid%25253D579bdbc50b0a669ada8c1eff5ddee6d2.1227962&amp;imTitle=janet&amp;searchUrl=http://video.yahoo.com/video/search?p=&amp;profileUrl=http://video.yahoo.com/video/profile?yid=&amp;creatorValue=Y29tZV9waWVkcmFzX3ZlcmRlcw%3D%3D&amp;vid=579bdbc50b0a669ada8c1eff5ddee6d2.1227962' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='425' height='350'&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35001695-2920853816361307945?l=iraklys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/feeds/2920853816361307945/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35001695&amp;postID=2920853816361307945&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/2920853816361307945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/2920853816361307945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/2006/11/alex-ubago.html' title='Alex Ubago'/><author><name>J.I.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13047424759520272717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o48/Janet_iraklys/Janet/IMG_2144.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35001695.post-2410946972844930491</id><published>2006-11-12T15:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-08T18:56:57.960-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;I went today to a birthday party at the Miami Children's Museum. At 12. Who would make a party at that time??? Anyways...crazy me, went with a 4 inches high heels and now my feets are killing me! That place is kinda big for that type of shoes but was worth it; Brianna had a blast like always; She doesn't need much to have fun. Most of her friends from her class were there and i got to talk with other moms so now, i have new soon-to-be friends and made lots of plans to take the girls out from time to time. My daughter is in need of some kids to hang out with. Most of her talking and stuff are with adults. Im glad she had fun, even tough im kinda depress today. JC has been working the whole weekend and I've been stuck here without much to do but look into blogs again and again. Im bored out of my mind. No new post in my favs, and Tocororo_libre's blog is not in Beta so i can't post there.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;I been wondering lately why is getting so difficult to make new boy friends ( boys that are friends). I always liked guys point of view for almost anything and now, my best friend ( who is gay ) is in Cuba, no cousins, half brother (not raised with) is in Cuba too, no daddy ( he past away) and well, the one next to me doesn't have much to talk with me. Ugh! whatever.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;Till next time&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35001695-2410946972844930491?l=iraklys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/feeds/2410946972844930491/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35001695&amp;postID=2410946972844930491&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/2410946972844930491'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/2410946972844930491'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-went-today-to-birthday-party-at-miami.html' title=''/><author><name>J.I.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13047424759520272717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o48/Janet_iraklys/Janet/IMG_2144.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35001695.post-1403010987035824429</id><published>2006-11-11T11:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-11T11:38:42.114-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I woke up today in a bitchy mood. My gosh!! I want to fly to the moon, at least! No Van Van today...Marc Anthony...( las despechadas..no me conoces, blah blah blah) With my Amp all the way up and microphone on hands...Whoo hooo....Sorry gringo neighboor..so sorry for you, close the window and dont spy on me, no, im not crazy gringo loco, im just Cuban you know..LOUD. I'll get drunk , no doubt about it..Gray Goose and Orange juice. My fucking life is a fucking mess right now. I hate it. Does anyone knows or believe in Astrology? Is this a bad karma or what? What the F%$&amp;*%# is wrong with me? I need to stop thinking about me too much, that's it. Im gonna &lt;a href="mailto:F*$@$"&gt;F*$@$&lt;/a&gt;#@^! start thinking about world hunger better!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fuck it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35001695-1403010987035824429?l=iraklys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/feeds/1403010987035824429/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35001695&amp;postID=1403010987035824429&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/1403010987035824429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/1403010987035824429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-woke-up-today-in-bitchy-mood.html' title=''/><author><name>J.I.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13047424759520272717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o48/Janet_iraklys/Janet/IMG_2144.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35001695.post-116318833726126259</id><published>2006-11-10T14:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-10T17:43:38.388-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My LONG X-mas list....</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;What I want....and gonna get, this Christmas ;-) &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;From Pedro Juan Gutierrez...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;01- Anclado en tierra de nadie.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;02- Carne de perro.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;03- El nido de la serpiente.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;04- La trilogia sucia de La Habana. ( Im not sure if I read this one already)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;05- El insaciable hombre arana.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;06- Nada que hacer.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;07- Nuestro GG en la Habana.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;08- Sabor a mi.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;09- Melancolia de los leones.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Isabel Allende..&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;01- Ines del alma mia.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;02- La ciudad de las bestias.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Santiago Roncagliolo...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;01- Abril rojo.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rush by Gucci ( perfume)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cashemere by Donna Karan (perfume)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Thats about it!!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35001695-116318833726126259?l=iraklys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/feeds/116318833726126259/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35001695&amp;postID=116318833726126259&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/116318833726126259'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/116318833726126259'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/2006/11/my-long-x-mas-list.html' title='My LONG X-mas list....'/><author><name>J.I.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13047424759520272717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o48/Janet_iraklys/Janet/IMG_2144.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35001695.post-116317999310159264</id><published>2006-11-10T12:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-10T17:43:38.330-05:00</updated><title type='text'>La Lucha Cotidiana V</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Lo de las duchas trajo por consecuencia , sangre . En el baños de las mujeres las lesbianas se ponian a recabuchar a las demas y en el de los hombres paso lo mismo. Las broncas fueron grandes. Piñazos , galletas , estrallones , pescosones , cortadas, etc. Estabamos en medio de un solar inmenso de la Habana Vieja.&lt;br /&gt;Hubieron personas que inventaron baños privados en sus tiendas de campañas.&lt;br /&gt;En mi tienda por ejemplo, eramos 12 personas , todos conocidos de antes de la travesia.&lt;br /&gt;Pues abrimos un hueco como de 4 pies de profundidad en una esquina dentro de la cabaña. Le pusimos encima al hueco unas tablas de madera tipo como las que usan en los almacenes para transportar las cajas con el fork lift , y lo cerramos con tela de lona sostenida a los costados de la tienda de campaña.&lt;br /&gt;Nos turnabamos para sacar el agua sucia. Definitivamente la mejor opcion. Y por supuesto , era solo para bañarse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Con la gente ya despreocupada , los problemas se fueron agrabando. Hubieron problemas entre parejas y matrimonios , pegaderas de tarros , violencia domestica , enfermedades venereas , etc. Como en Cuba , no faltaron sus jineteras y sus jineteros. En este caso , los “pepes” (clientes extranjeros) eran los guardias. En su mayoria los latinos , aunque el caso que vi con mis propios ojos fue con un gringo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estos fueron momentos de desespero , ansiedad , tension , bandalismo, donde no quedaba otra opcion que curzarse de brazos y esperar que el tiempo obrara un milagro. Para ese entonces, los guardias se pusieron “las botas” y apretaron la situacion. Crearon un centro de detencion ( un descampado cercado con “alambre pua” donde iban a parar los conflictivos. Hombres que les pegaban a sus mujeres, mujeres que se escapaban con otros hombres formando un revuelo y cuanto caso pueda imaginarse. Una vez, parada en la cola del arroz Amarillo, oi una conversasion entre dos hombres ex-presidiarios, que habian sido dejado en libertad justo cuando dieron bandera blanca para la salida. Estos hombres estaban llenos de tatuaje y tenian muy mal aspecto, y ojo, no tengo nada en contra de los tatuajes, yo tengo uno, pero en Cuba no es regular ver a alguien a menos que sea un presidiario, con ellos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A los dos meses de estadia en la base, pusieron telefonos publicos en cada campamento para que pudieramos comunicarno con nuestros familiares en E.U. Vi con tristeza como muchos estaban desamparados, ya fuese por falta de escrupulos de los familiares, quienes no recibian las llamadas por tal de no verse involucrados, o bien porque algunos no tenian a nadie aqui....&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Continua...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35001695-116317999310159264?l=iraklys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/feeds/116317999310159264/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35001695&amp;postID=116317999310159264&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/116317999310159264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/116317999310159264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/2006/11/la-lucha-cotidiana-v.html' title='La Lucha Cotidiana V'/><author><name>J.I.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13047424759520272717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o48/Janet_iraklys/Janet/IMG_2144.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35001695.post-116310393696618070</id><published>2006-11-09T14:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-10T17:43:38.260-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Estaba leyendo primero, el blog de La Muebla Bizca ( digase de blah blah blah, I love that one) y luego el de Yuma sin calle 8 y me entro , de nuevo, la nostalgia por mi tierra. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Caballero, llevo 12 años en este pais y todavia no me acostumbro ( no creo que lo haga) a nada en este reguero de culturas. Por ejemplo, mi secretaria es Venezolana y aunque es una muchacha bien preparada, pues simplemente no la entiendo cuando trata de explicarme sus ideas, en su "manera de decir las cosas". &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Si tengo que hablar con un gringo, entiendo a los de Miami, a los de North Carolina, paso un trabajo que pa' que le cuento. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ni hablar de los sur americanos...estoy perdida con ellos. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Tampoco me acostumbro a los vecinos sin caras, o a los que las tienen pero tan esporadicas que ni cuenta te das que existen. A los familiares y amigos "cercanos" que tienes que llamar por telefono primero antes de visitarlos. Odio los funerales en este pais...La gente va a la tienda a comprarse trajes y vestidos para esta ocasion, si no, no van; Es de locos. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nadie te puede tocar si tienes un accidente, no hay socorro que valga en estos casos.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Las mujeres pariendo para pedir ayuda al gobierno, ( ayuda que le dan) y el mismo ( el gobierno) haciendole recortes a la ayuda de los viejitos.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Trabaje en una agencia, hace muchos años, donde le cobraban al gobierno articulos medicos por personas que ya estaban en mejor vida. Entonces los taxes suben, la gasolina sube y la clase media pasa a pobre. El pobre pasa a pedir ayuda al gobierno..y las mujeres siguen pariendo, 3, 4 5 muchachos, todos llenos de mocos y cadenas de oro en la agencia pidiendo ayuda otra vez mas. El pollution matandote...las tiendas te dan especiales... usa un cupon de descuento de 1.50 cuando compras "2" del mismo articulo. Ya tienes uno de mas...pero ahorrastes 1.50!!! Sociedad consumista que nos absorve sin piedad...a cada minuto, en la prensa, en la television, radio, a todos lados donde miras. Aqui se hizo una encuesta donde se comprobo que los padres le dedican mas tiempo a la compra de un auto que a los hijos. Que tal?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Lo que acabo de ponerle la tapa al pomo fue algo que me toco vivir de cerca...Le paso a una persona cercana a mi y me reservo el parentesco. Cuando el huracan Katrina, a esta persona le quitaron la electricidad por mas de dos semanas, justo cuando tenia reservaciones para ir a Disney World, asi que se tuvo que ir y dejar su casa a oscuras, todo echo un desastre. A la vuelta ( ese mismo dia) el marido la acusa ( para no entrar mas en detalles) de quererlo matar. Pues la policia vino, sin decirle  siquiera los Miranda Rights y se la llevaron, frente a sus hijos, sin escuchar su version, sin averiguar nada. Estuvo presa, me toco sacarla bajo fianza y hoy...me digo...En este pais eres culpable hasta que se demuestre tu inocencia, no al reves.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Me pregunto, mas veces de las que quisiera, que Coño hago aqui!!! Si, no me falta nada material; Si, manejo un auto bueno; Si, mis hijas pueden tener un buen futuro. Y??? Estamos vacios. Deambulamos por la calle turulatos, atolondrados, como locos. Todo lo hacemos a la carrera, hasta los dias de paseo. Ya no existen tertulias...todo es a travez del celular. No hay viejitos en el mercado que te ayuden a escojer una vianda "porque esta si esta buena mijita", como me decian en Cuba.  No hay vecinos que te acompañen en tu luto ni que velen a tus hijos al brincar la calle. Aqui te los violan, te los descuartizan, te los explotan. Sin embargo, a esos si les leen los miranda rights, a esos le dan un juicio justo y si tienen buena conducta en la carcel y salen libres, te jodistes, porque capaz se mude a tu vecindario y se acabaron los paseos en bicicletas en la tarde, ya no dejas a tus hijos jugar en la terraza. Te vuelves paranoico.  A 0.5 millas de donde vivo, hace 6 meses dejaron libre ( el periodico te da estos datos, eso si) a un predador sexual de menores. ( ojo, vivo frente por frente a un colegio elemental), pues resulta que el "etcetera" ( te juro que no se ni como llamarlo) violo su condicion de parol y ahora anda fugado. Di tu? Quien durme? Quien vive asi??? Yo no puedo con esto, te lo juro.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35001695-116310393696618070?l=iraklys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/feeds/116310393696618070/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35001695&amp;postID=116310393696618070&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/116310393696618070'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/116310393696618070'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/2006/11/estaba-leyendo-primero-el-blog-de-la.html' title=''/><author><name>J.I.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13047424759520272717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o48/Janet_iraklys/Janet/IMG_2144.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35001695.post-116304587661965673</id><published>2006-11-08T23:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-10T17:43:38.195-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Mi ultimo regalo</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cuanto destruiste,cuanto doliste y heriste;&lt;br /&gt;Se apagaron todas tus luces y en la oscuridad,&lt;br /&gt;ciego ya de todo lo que ofreciste,&lt;br /&gt;seguiste golpeandome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De donde te nacieron alas encima de las mias?&lt;br /&gt;Como fue que lo lograste?&lt;br /&gt;Cuanta culpa me ofreciste para sentirte libre de no amarme,&lt;br /&gt;para justificar tu destrozo y desatar el mio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Este es mi ultimo regalo para quien soborno con besos mis sentidos y mi entendimiento..&lt;br /&gt;Deseo que la piedad de ti se apodere, de tu alma.&lt;br /&gt;Que todos los angeles te cubran con paños de perdon para que puedas con tu ansias.&lt;br /&gt;Deseo que los adios que le queden a tu vida no te duelan tanto como tu me haz echo,&lt;br /&gt;Anda, te convido a que me olvides completamente,&lt;br /&gt;que no te sientes a reparar en mis ojos ni te acerques a mi recuerdo nunca,&lt;br /&gt;que te hundas en un profundo olvido eterno y unico&lt;br /&gt;y que al final de tu ceguera solo te llegue el dolor de haber perdido ,&lt;br /&gt;(sinceramente perdido) a quien no reparo en darte,simplemente el amor que nunca recibiste.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ahora que puedo hablar sin dolores de tu ausencia,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;ahora que se me esfuma tu imagen confundida con muchas otras, ya lejanas. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Solo me queda agradecerle a Dios y a mis ancestros que te cuiden de sufrir como yo lo he hecho, y que te reserven un espacio en mi ceñido corazon,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;solo para saber que un dia-por testarudez o ceguera-ame plenamente al ser equivocado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Que hayas muerto en mis sentimientos no duele tanto como verte convertido en lo que no eres..&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;en lo que no seras nunca o en lo que crei que no eras.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Totalmente como el agua, como el viento, como el tiempo,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;tambien se me escurrira de entre los dedos el sabor de tu piel y de tu entrega..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Desearte felicidad no me dara la tranquilidad que ya poseo &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;y volver a verte a exprofeso me trasparento un dolor que ahora se confunde..&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Habras sido alguna vez sinceramente mio?...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Para cuando tenga esa respuesta,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;ya habran pasado tantas lunas que olvidare contestarme y seras, a pesar de lo sufrido,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;un borron en medio del pecho,la herida cicatrizada &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;y cruz hizada por amor para el olvido.&lt;br /&gt;Lo mataste amor. Tu lo mataste.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35001695-116304587661965673?l=iraklys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/feeds/116304587661965673/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35001695&amp;postID=116304587661965673&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/116304587661965673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/116304587661965673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/2006/11/mi-ultimo-regalo.html' title='Mi ultimo regalo'/><author><name>J.I.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13047424759520272717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o48/Janet_iraklys/Janet/IMG_2144.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35001695.post-116283784987419826</id><published>2006-11-06T13:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-10T17:43:38.092-05:00</updated><title type='text'>La Lucha Cotidiana lV</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Los cubanos casi todos fumamos o lo hemos echo alguna vez durante nuestra vida. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bueno , los gringos , por lo menos los de Gtmo , los mascaban , y como es logico , en una situacion tan precaria , no nos dieron cigarros. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Otra vez se armo en grande. Fue la primera huelga en la que participaron muchos y fueron expectadores otros. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Huelga por falta de cigarros y por empujarnos una semana entera el bendito arroz amarillo. Honestamente , aquello para mi fue de gran desilucion. En Cuba, ( al otro lado de donde estabamos) jamas nadie se atrevio a algo semejante. Ni sonando!!! y henos aqui , abriendo paso , exigiendo , al extranjero que nos da la mano , que respeten nuestros derechos , nuestros antojos y lo que nos de la gana que nos respeten. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;A esta huelga , por supuesto , sigueron muchas mas.... &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Las compotas “Gerber” no saben a nada! Estan malisimas! &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Los jabones Zest e Ivory no tienen olor...que horror! &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;No me alcanzan 20 intimas sanitarias “Kotex y Always” para el periodo...ademas...estan tan malas!!! etc, etc, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esto trajo como consecuencia que nos dieran por supuesto , cigarros. 1 diario. Despues nos aumentaron a 3 , despues a 6 y por ultimo 10 , diarios y por persona para calmar los animos.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nos empezaron a dar comida de ( imagino yo) la reserva militar. Unas bolsas de nylon, unas amarillas y otras carmelitas , con diferentes numeros. La comida de estas bolsas era preservada. La numero 8 por ejemplo, de las bolsas carmelitas , era mi favorita. Spaguettis , jamon , y M &amp; M’s. Ya entonces teniamos en que entretenernos. Tratar de cambiar las bolsas que nos tocaban por la que nos gustara ; Empezar a crear grupos musicales para asi ir de campamento en campamento en “ntercambio cultural” ; Pero sobre todo , hacer “bisnes” con los Haitianos. Estos estaban en campamentos adyacentes a los nuestros. Nos separaban cercas de madera tan altas que no alcanzabamos a ver siquiera las postas militares. Esto no fue barrera para los traficantes de bolsas y cigarros. Los cubanos lanzabamos bolsas de comida a cambio de las cajetillas de cigarros que proveian los haitianos. Los paquetes de ambas cosas volaban de un lado para otro ante la mirada atonita de los guardias. Como se entendian entre unos y otros , no tengo idea. Como casi todo bisne con cubanos , la cosa termino mal. Los negritos terminaron por lanzar en vez de cigarrillos , piedras. A falta de honradez de los negociantes latinos que exigian primero lo suyo pero despues no lanzaban el paquete de comida. Como se acabo el trapicheo con nuestros vecinos , inventaron , rebuscaron , nuevas formas de entretenimiento. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mas huelgas. Ahora el tema eran los banos portables. Recuerdo que se puso tan fea la situacion, que un dia los guardias salieron con protectores, cascos y bastones en mano listos pa' darnos golpes. Los pobres, del otro lado de la cerca, donde habian dos entradas ( una ancha para los camiones que nos proveian y otra mas estrecha) corriendo detras de nosotros ( yo no participe en esto nunca) que armando un escandalo ibamos de puerta en puerta "pretendiendo querer tirarla abajo. Llego al punto que lo que daba era risa; Por esa costumbre que tenemos de tirar a relajo todo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Volviendo al tema de los banos...La verdad eran un asco. Culpa , por supuesto de nosotros mismos. La cosa era que teniamos que banarnos dentro de dichos banos , llenos de mierda hasta en las paredes; Papeles , moscas , gusanos y de cuanta hediondez se pueda usted imaginar. Los mas molestos con el problema , cargaban cubos de agua de una pilita que siempre quedaba lejos y en la que habia cola , para primero limpiarlos un poco.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Como hubo tanto rollo con esto , los guardias nos improvisaron unas duchas colectivas bastante primitivas. Paredes de madera y tuberias soltando agua a chorros. Sin techo y con piso de cemento. Conste que no me quejo; en Cuba era a base de jarrito y en piso de tierra o lozas tan viejas que como estaban rotas, cortaban.....&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Continua....&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35001695-116283784987419826?l=iraklys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/feeds/116283784987419826/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35001695&amp;postID=116283784987419826&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/116283784987419826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/116283784987419826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/2006/11/la-lucha-cotidiana-lv.html' title='La Lucha Cotidiana lV'/><author><name>J.I.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13047424759520272717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o48/Janet_iraklys/Janet/IMG_2144.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35001695.post-116267857700345151</id><published>2006-11-04T17:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-10T17:43:38.028-05:00</updated><title type='text'>La Lucha Cotidiana III</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Un escampavias Norteamericano nos intercepto a 20 millas de las costas de la Florida. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Desde ese momento comenzo nuestra agonia. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Habiamos muchos cubanos , como dos mil , encima de aquel armatroste repleto ademas de gringos. Nadie hablaba. Solo entre familiares y conocidos nos preguntabamos lo que estaria pasando, porque estarian demorando tanto en llevarnos a nuestra meta..."La yuma". &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Todo esto tuvo lugar de madrugada; Al amanecer , nos dieron desayuno. Imaginate tu. Coctelito de fruta, quaker y asi por el estilo. Bien a lo yankee. ! A nosotros! Que primero que nada , no estamos acostumbrados a desayunar , segundo, cuando lo hacemos , es solo un vaso de leche. Nosotros , que estamos en ayuna peremne hasta como las tres de la tarde. La mayoria. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Pero bueno , a muchos les hizo muy bien despues de la travesia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En la tarde anunciaron la llegada de un oficial de inmigracion para informarnos de la situacion. El oficial era “ella” , una negrita de pelo rizado , espejuelitos tipo Elton John y traje sastre. Nos dijo: "Bajo ningun concepto entraran a los Estados Unidos”. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Aquello fue peor que si hubieramos estados en el arca de Noe en medio del dilubio Universal. Hubo llantos , gritos , pingas , cojones , y sus buenos y sonados Cono!!&lt;br /&gt;-Alabao’ caballero que salazion!!!&lt;br /&gt;- Yo no viro pa’ tras!.&lt;br /&gt;Mi padre solo pedia que lo dejaran de vuelta en su balsa, que por cierto, fue una de las pocas que no pudieron hundir debido a la estructura. El no iria a los E.U. , El solo no queria virar a Cuba. Di tu , se limpiaron el culo con todos nosotros , empezando por la negra loca aquella , que se paro sin ton ni son , sin tocarse el corazon , a decirnos aquello, asi, sin siquiera prepararnos con anticipacion. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Demas esta decir los gringos tuvieron que empezar a proveernos de papel sanitario. El quaker empezo a caerles mal a unos cuantos; y no era para menos.&lt;br /&gt;La guerra psicologica era mucha. En un abrir y cerrar de ojos nos metieron en Guantanamo Bay. Nos prepararon carpas habilitadas con catres militares. Nos dieron a cada uno un bolso de nylon con productos de aseo personal. Colchas para abrigarse , pullovers , shorts y hasta un cubo plastico. El primer dia de estadia , los militares cocinaron arroz amarrillo con pollo. Aquello fue un desastre. Los pobres. Pasaron un trabajo para tratar de que nos pusieramos en “uno fila” (como dijo un gringo) que fue horrible aquello. Estoy segura que por la cara de espanto de todos , no habian visto ningun cuadro semejante a la hora de la comida.  El cubano , como es costumbre , y debido tambien al hambre atrasado , repetia la la fila despues de ya ser servido y comido. Cuandos los gringos se dieron cuenta del despelote y quisieron poner order , fue peor la cosa. Ya ahora no hacian la cola sino que brincaban la cerca que nos separaba del calderon de comida. Asi estuvimos una semana. Luchando con los gringos y el arroz amarrillo. Ahora con Tabasco.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Continua...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35001695-116267857700345151?l=iraklys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/feeds/116267857700345151/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35001695&amp;postID=116267857700345151&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/116267857700345151'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/116267857700345151'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/2006/11/la-lucha-cotidiana-iii.html' title='La Lucha Cotidiana III'/><author><name>J.I.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13047424759520272717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o48/Janet_iraklys/Janet/IMG_2144.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35001695.post-116236093462638712</id><published>2006-11-01T00:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-10T17:43:37.966-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Random-ness</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Tonight was Halloween. Is finally over!! My daughter had a blast; Party at school , in which of course, mommy was the one who got the necessary and then went to my sister's house for trick or treat with them. I'm exhausted today, my whole body ache. I haven't mentioned that I started the gym this past Sunday. Been doing a lot of cardio and lower body exercises. I didn't went today because of Halloween. Looking forward to go tomorrow. I'm going at night cause that way JC can stay with the girls.&lt;br /&gt;I'm kinda depress lately. I cant stop thinking about "Richard". I haven't seen him or spoke to him since my "little" discovery. I don't need that kind of troubles in my life. Have enough already so, he's out of my life as fast as he got in. My bad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not much to write today, or better said, nothing good to write. I feel so alone, so misunderstood. I really, really need someone to share my life with. I mean MY LIFE, with everything involved. Is funny, the other day I was smoking outside with JC and like always he was in his laptop without paying attention to me, so I went inside and grab my Ipod. I started to listen to one of Silvio Rodriguez's song and passed the headset to him so he could listen to the lyrics of one of my favorites songs. I realize then, watching his face that we have nothing in common, at all. I asked him if he likes anything that I liked, and ( why do I keep torturing myself?) he said no. Just like that. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;That's it for now....Im sleepy, and tired, and lonely....&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35001695-116236093462638712?l=iraklys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/feeds/116236093462638712/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35001695&amp;postID=116236093462638712&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/116236093462638712'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/116236093462638712'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/2006/11/random-ness.html' title='Random-ness'/><author><name>J.I.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13047424759520272717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o48/Janet_iraklys/Janet/IMG_2144.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35001695.post-116227548973449863</id><published>2006-10-31T01:07:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-10T17:43:37.905-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Who would save your soul.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Estas es una de mis artistas favoritas de siempre. La letra de la cancion es genial...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;People living their lives for you on TV,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;They say they're better than you and you agree.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;She says, "Hold my calls," from behind those cold, brick walls.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;She says, "Come here, boy, there ain't nothin' for free."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Anther doctor's bill, a lawyer's bill, another cute cheap thrill.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;You know you love him if you put him in your will. But&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Who will save your soul, when it comes to the flowers, now?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Oh, who will save your soul after all those lies that you told, boy?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;And who will save your soulds if you won't save your own?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;La da da da di da da la da da ya die.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;We try to hustel them, try to bustle them, try to cuss them.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The cops want someone to bust down on Orleans Avenue.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Another day, another dollar, another war, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Another tower went up where the homeless had thier homes.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;So we pray to as many diff'rent gods as there are flowers, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;But we call religion our friend.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;We're so worried about saving our souls,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Afraid that God will take his toll that we forget to begin. But&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who will save your soul, when it comes to the flowers, now?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Oh, who will save your soul after all those lies that you told, boy?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;And who will save your soulds if you won't save your own?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;La da da da di da da la da da ya die.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Some are walking, some are talking, some are stalking their kill.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Got social security, but that don't pay your bills.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;There are addictions to feed and there are mouhts to pay,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;So you bargain with the devil, but you're OK for today.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Say that you love them, take their money and run.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Say, "It's been swell, sweetheart, but it was just one of those things.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Those flings, those strings you got to cut,So get out on the streets, girls, and bust your butts."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Who will save your soul, when it comes to the flowers, now?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Oh, who will save your soul after all those lies that you told, boy?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;And who will save your soulds if you won't save your own?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;La da da da di da da la da da ya die.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jewel&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35001695-116227548973449863?l=iraklys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/feeds/116227548973449863/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35001695&amp;postID=116227548973449863&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/116227548973449863'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/116227548973449863'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/2006/10/who-would-save-your-soul_31.html' title='Who would save your soul.'/><author><name>J.I.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13047424759520272717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o48/Janet_iraklys/Janet/IMG_2144.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35001695.post-116227451892345858</id><published>2006-10-31T00:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-10T17:43:37.783-05:00</updated><title type='text'>La Lucha Cotidiana II</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;La gente se olvidó del hambre, la miseria y las humillaciones. Incluyendome yo.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Todo el mundo se concentró, exclusivamente, en “luchar” una tabla, una cámara de camión, un remo o lo que fuera con tal de salir de una vez y por siempre de la bomba de tiempo y el infierno que significa Cuba. El éxodo fue masivo. Los bisneros* vendian “asientos” en las balsas con poca gente. El que no podia pagar “el asiento” ( eran caritos), pateaba, desalojaba y si era necesario hasta mataba con tal de conseguir el cupo para la travesia. &lt;br /&gt; - Pa’ la yuma caballero, que esto está malo coño!!&lt;br /&gt; - Me falta un tornillo de acero mi llunta, no me lo puedes conseguir?&lt;br /&gt; - Oye mi hermano, no me puedes resolver por ahi una tablita de media?...Oye oye, tambien tendras un pedazito de lona que te haya sobrado?&lt;br /&gt;Era todo lo que se oia en las calles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En mi casa los preparativos fueron rapidos. Ya mi padre antes del discurso de la momia tenia una balsa casi terminada. Solo tuvieron que terminar de coser los salvavidas , cosa que hizo mi abuela y prepar las cosas para el viaje.  A esa hora yo no se de donde mi abuelita saco puerco, e hizo arroz amarrillo , como el que no he comido mas nunca en mi vida. Despues de la comida se reunio el familion para la gran despedida. A la hora de la verdad solo se “rajo” un amigo de mi padre, no sin antes ayudarnos a poner la embarcacion, bien pesada por cierto en el mar. La verdad tuvimos la suerte de no ver ni tropezarnos con ningun fenomeno. Aunque nos agarraron olas de hasta quince pies de altura. Solo vimos en la manana una banda de delfines hermosa , como de diez en total. Pasaron tan cerca de la balsa que mi padre tuvo que advertirle a mi hermana de no sacar la mano y tocarlos.&lt;br /&gt;Estuvimos en el mar 23 horas , en las cuales nos divertimos mas que los apuros que pasamos.  Uno de mis primos, el encargado de la brujula , desde que se encaramo en la balsa se le fundieron los cables de a plano. En vez de decir Norte, decia Sur, en vez de decir Oeste, decia Este y asi...todo al revez. La suerte es que estabamos las muchachas pendientes de el....&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Continua...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35001695-116227451892345858?l=iraklys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/feeds/116227451892345858/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35001695&amp;postID=116227451892345858&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/116227451892345858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/116227451892345858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/2006/10/la-lucha-cotidiana-ii.html' title='La Lucha Cotidiana II'/><author><name>J.I.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13047424759520272717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o48/Janet_iraklys/Janet/IMG_2144.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35001695.post-116198858227840471</id><published>2006-10-27T18:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-10T17:43:37.717-05:00</updated><title type='text'>La Lucha Cotidiana. I</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En el año 1994, la cosa estaba bien caliente. Los comunistas quitandose el banderón rojo, los del CDR* comprando de contrabando y el 99 % de la gente honrada, trabajadora, vaya, la gente caval, robando lo que pudieran del centro laboral. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;El que soldaba en la Antillana De Acero* se robaba las barillas para hacer rejas por su cuenta. El que trabajaba en la funeraria se robaba ( si daban) el bocadito de pasta que le correspondía a los familiares del difunto. El gastronómico se robaba la infusión de hierbas que te daban en la cafetería. Los médicos se tomaban el alcohol y asi sucesivamente. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Todo estaba revuelto de verdad. 20 horas de apagón diarias, 4 de agua y mucha, mucha hambre. Los jóvenes gusanos o mejor dicho, los “indeseables de la revolución empezaron a escribir carteles que decían ! ABAJO FIDEL! . Las casas de los chivatos empezaron a ser blancos de ataques de botellas con luz brillante prendidas. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;La gente, eufórica, desbocá y cansá de la situacion empezaron a protestar en las colas por el bendito pan de boniato, el unico que te daban al dia ; En la cola de los seis huevos mensuales, y bueno, en todas las colas grandes pero no muy seguidas que se arman en Cuba para cualquier mierda que la dictadura crea conveniente darte. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Entonces...hizose la luz... Salió hablando la momia...dijo asi:&lt;br /&gt;-“ No seremos obstáculo para el que quiera salir del país”.&lt;br /&gt;O algo parecido.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Continua....&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35001695-116198858227840471?l=iraklys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/feeds/116198858227840471/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35001695&amp;postID=116198858227840471&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/116198858227840471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/116198858227840471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/2006/10/la-lucha-cotidiana-i.html' title='La Lucha Cotidiana. I'/><author><name>J.I.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13047424759520272717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o48/Janet_iraklys/Janet/IMG_2144.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35001695.post-116197782402675941</id><published>2006-10-27T15:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-10T17:43:37.660-05:00</updated><title type='text'>No te tengo</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hoy me dio por esto....Lo siento pero no puedo hacer poesia en Ingles...Ahhhh, mis poemas tienen copyrights..just in case  ;-)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Donde esta tu voz,&lt;br /&gt;como me bebo tu aliento, desentendida de tu rostro.&lt;br /&gt;Quiero tus marcas,&lt;br /&gt;sin piel ni formas, sin silueta ni medidas.&lt;br /&gt;Cubre con mantos de palabras la desnudez de mi alma&lt;br /&gt;y cierrame los ojos eternamente para seguirte amando.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mueve mi cuerpo al ritmo de tu sonrisa,&lt;br /&gt;desarmame esperanzada de tener tus manos hundidas en cada espacio de mi ansiedad.&lt;br /&gt;Golpea con verbos y sintasis la sensualidad de mi esensia,&lt;br /&gt;mis senos, mis labios, mi espalda.&lt;br /&gt;Hundete en mi, penetra,vibra,&lt;br /&gt;hazme tuya con susurros,&lt;br /&gt;muerde la rabia de no tenermos&lt;br /&gt;y ciego tu y ciega yo,&lt;br /&gt;hagamos el amor cubiertos de esperanzas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Que pedirte, que entregarte, que no darte,&lt;br /&gt;si enredada en tanto cielo de por medio,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff99ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;desnudaz la mujer que habito.&lt;br /&gt;Si acaso llegue tarde a tus dias, a tu voz, a tu sonreir, que es lo unico que tengo,&lt;br /&gt;no me lo quites , no te lo lleves,&lt;br /&gt;que deseosa de ti cultivare mi voz solo para enamorarte.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35001695-116197782402675941?l=iraklys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/feeds/116197782402675941/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35001695&amp;postID=116197782402675941&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/116197782402675941'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35001695/posts/default/116197782402675941'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iraklys.blogspot.com/2006/10/no-te-tengo.html' title='No te tengo'/><author><name>J.I.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13047424759520272717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o48/Janet_iraklys/Janet/IMG_2144.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
