For my capstone I created a little podcast talkshow with a fellow peer of mine, Lucia. Although only 5 episodes, we tried our best to cover a variety of different topics. In my head I wanted to make almost 30 different “episodes” but clearly that’s not the case since we only made 5. Something I learned from this process is that people come from many different backgrounds. We all have different stories and many perspectives in our day to day life. No two people are the same and no matter whether they have the same race, religion, or sexual orientation, we all see the world different. I also learned that time management is very important. I was not able to manage my time well enough to get the amount of episodes out there that I wanted but I would actually lie to continue this sometime in the future.

Spanish Eulogy

Growing up, I wasn’t the smartest kid and didn't process things correctly, so when my Grandma passed away I didn’t really know what it meant. I didn't even understand death, I thought that she was just going on a vacation. As I grew up, I started to realize how important she was to me and the lessons that she taught me. One lesson that was memorable that she taught us was that she always told us to eat all of your food first and then take a drink. Now thinking of it, I understand that it was disrespectful to take a drink because that was a message to the person who cooked the food that it was dry. We used to call her Nanny because calling her Grandma made her feel old. she had a great sense of humor and was a kind person that liked to give a sort of tough love. Growing up, we would always go to the beach in atlantic city every summer. I remember one time when we went, we built a castle and used shells to make the doors/entrances to the castle. My favorite thing to do was to be to collect shells and she would help to incorporate them into the castle. My favorite part would also be to make the moat that led to the ocean. Her favorite color was blue and her second favorite color was green which is why I mostly decided to focus on using those two colors on the mask and the skull. I added a sombrero to be It was good that we have that in common because originally I was just making it for myself. I was feeling depressed and was angry at myself. I was the most ignorant person in the world when she passed (I was young and stupid), the things I did, the things I said, God forgive me.

Dia de los Muertos has opened my mind up to celebrating the passing of a loved one in a sort of way. When I die I didn’t want for people to be sitting around and crying because I do not like sad things. I feel like this celebration is a step in the direction that I am thinking of. I think that day of the dead is a better thing to do than the alternative funeral that people cry at. I kind of already knew about day of the dead and I feel like it is a good holiday, for some people it even takes their mind off of the death of that person. It keeps you busy so that you don’t have time to reflect and be happy. If you’re surrounded by people who are happy, then most likely you’re gonna be happy too. But, if you’re around sad people, then you’ll be sad. I like to be happy which is why I believe this is the perfect celebration for people who like to stay happy in times of sadness. Although I don’t think my religion allows this sort of thing, I would celebrate it if it.

In conclusion, there are good people and bad people. Nanny was one of the good ones, some people don’t deserve to die. For Nanny it was a heart problem because she was a smoker. I just pray that she is admitted to the garden of paradise (heaven). RIP NANNY.

Hola, Mi nombre es Gabriel. Yo estoy en filadelfia en mi casa. Yo soy de filadelfia. Yo estoy triste.

Ella fue baja y divertida. Ella fue de filadelfia. Mi abuela fue todo. Ella fue la madre de mi madre.  Yo deseo a ver su de ella una más tiempo. Ella fue una buena persona. Descansar en tranquilidad.

Solitario

Esto vestíbulo es vacío; Nadie está aquí

Me siento solo aislado, confundido, y triste

¿Que es eso sonido? ¿Alguien vivo?

Alguien moverse adelante, fuera de la oscuridad

Ya no soy solo; libre de la sombra

I chose Emptiness and loneliness for this theme because thats what I took from the poem. Both poems are about a relationship between me and another person. This poem represents how i feel/felt in the school during the beginning of the year.

Corazón Roto

Lo siento, chica con el pelo marrón

Rompo corazón y en vuelta, quebras mío

Nosotros caída en amor y caída fuera rápidamente

Tú eres como un medicamento

Y yo nunca (ir) a detener (tú) amor

The theme of this poem is love. It represents a past relationship and how we tore each other apart (metaphorically).

During this project, you had to make 2 poems based on 2 poems from a famous author. You made it using their theme from their poem, I chose the two themes love and emptiness (2 opposites)