rafitorres

Over here in Latin America, our last name is made up of both the father and mother surnames. This is why we often hyphenate them when we’re in the States, to avoid confusion between middle and last names; for instance, I’d be Rafael Torres-Delgado to make clear that Torres is not my middle name, which happens a lot.

Now, what if you keep going? This would be my full name up to the great-grandfather level. When I was a kid my mother figured mine out and told it to me, and I never forgot it for some reason. The father surname is passed on, so that’s why it’s all mother surnames from the third level up. The most obvious thing, of course, is the triple “de Jesús,” which could suggest some sort of inbreeding going on. I’ll ask.

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GPOYW, making a fool of myself at a Halloween concert last Friday.

Note: The ninja is supposed to be kicking me, even if the unfortunate cropping of the picture might suggest something completely different.

Thought you were going as a Pantomime.

[Wonders how to mime out an UNFOLLOW.]

GPOYW, making a fool of myself at a Halloween concert last Friday.

Note: The ninja is supposed to be kicking me, even if the unfortunate cropping of the picture might suggest something completely different.

Les Triplettes de Belleville (2003)

Madame Souza gives her grandson the gift that will become his life’s passion.

The perils of machine-based photo/news matching. Thanks a lot, Google News.

By the way, the fire raged for 3 days. It was finally put out Sunday afternoon. The most probable cause for it was operator negligence. Multi-million dollar lawsuits will ensue.

This is stage 1 of my wife’s new tattoo. It is the work-in-progress of Juan Salgado, tattoo artist extraordinaire. Thanks to the kind Mr. PortoRock for the recommendation.

The girl represents Odysseus’ wife Penelope. The idea for it came from one of Mariela’s favorite rock songs, Penélope (listen to it), which is a modern retelling of the Greek myth written by Puerto Rican musician Draco Rosa. The two intertwined trees in the background are from one of the lines in the song: “the trees embrace like forests of skeletons in the rain.”

Stage 2 will consist of adding shading to the trees, then color. This will happen in December.

This is the view from my office building, two miles away from the Caribbean Petroleum Corp (Gulf) oil storage facility, which exploded at 12:30 AM today. News outlets are reporting that 11 of the 40 storage tanks are ablaze. Two people are injured; none dead. People close to the area have been evacuated and one of the major expressways coming into the San Juan metro area is closed. Firefighters have the fire controlled, but it could be days before they can put it out completely. Check out the images, it’s impressive.

I live 4 miles away from the site and the explosion woke me up. It felt and sounded exactly as if somebody was banging at my bedroom door, which almost gave me a heart attack before I learned what had happened.