Beauty at its finest.......

Done With Final #3

Since i just finished and i have nothing to do in the library now i thought i would let you all get to know me a little better:

four jobs I have had:

1. Columbia Sportswear-retail

2. Newlook internatinoal-to this day i still dont know what my title was

3. Sabor Do Brasil-meat server

4. Sanfrantellos- busboy

four movies I have seen more than once:

1. Dark Knight

2. American Gangster

3. Dumb and Dumber

4. Nacho Libre

four places I have lived:

1. Homewood.IL

2. Chicago Heights, IL

3. Salt Lake City, UT

4. Porto Alegre, Brazil

four TV shows I watch:

1. The Simpsons

2. The Office

3. Cnn

4. Weather Channel

four FAVORITE places I have been:

1. Chicago, IL

2. Brazil

3. Nauvoo,IL

4. South Padre Island, TX

four people who text me regularly:

1. Joe

2. Sean

3. Janet

4. Mike

four of my favorite foods:

1. Chciago style pizza

2. Mole

3. Enchiladas

4. brazilian beans and rice with an egg on top!

four places I would like to visit

1. Italy

2. England

3. Japan

4. Fernando da noronha

four things I am looking forward to in the coming year:

1. SUMMER!!!

2. maybe going on a cruise

3. possibly going to mexico

4. more time to relax...

Aint no love in the Heart of the City....

Well i have always been interested in the poverty that has always been active in my city and has lead me to search out a book addressing the issue. I for one never lived remotely near the heart of it all (Cabrini Green and Robert Taylor Homes to name a few) but growing up i always saw these massive structures heading towards the city on the Dan Ryan Expressway. After returning from Brazil and actually living among people much more poor than the ones who lived in these buildings, i found much interest to see what caused the fall of these buildings. I have heard people on the right say that its the peoples fault. That they are lazy and only want to live off the "link card" and they need to get jobs. Then people on the left say that its due to old Jim Crow racism and the system was built for them to fail. Yeah i have done my share of readings online and stuff but personally, after seeing what being poor REALLY is, i think both sides fail to address what human misery really is and what affect it can have on a person. Yes, the poverty between both countries is very different but the weight of poverty is the same. At least i think so. American Project: Rise and Fall of the Ghetto is a book written by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh who studied at the University of Chicago and wrote this book while interviewing residents and the Robert Taylor Homes on the south side of Chicago. In my search i found this book here at the University of Utah and i am going to read this to see if i can get any insights into a world i only knew through the windows of my car or the news. Im pretty excited about this to be honest. Ill try to post up my thoughts as my reading continues!

With or Without You match up

http://odeo.com/episodes/23183965-With-or-Without-You-vs-Glycerine




check that link out. next time i make out it will be to that!!! holy hell what a sweet match up. seriously one of the most beautiful match ups i have heard!!!