From A Wanderluster To The Other Lost Souls

Sin city, aka Las Vegas. This interesting destination ended up being my thanksgiving break. Why would you want to have stuffed turkey in a house filled of people you barely know if you can go to the city were the modern sin was born? Besides, technically it was supposed to be a trip with Monica and other friends of hers, although the whole 'let's just speak Chinese' drove me crazy and by the second day I was wandering around all by myself like in New York, which I love!  Basically, Las Vegas is pretty much how you expect it to be: casinos all over, drinks all over, strippers all over. What they don't really tell you is that 40% the people you'll see there is Mexican, 40% Asian and the rest is... well... whatever country is left. Is not a secret that the business in Las Vegas are the casinos, reason why the hotels are fairly cheap and the drinks are technically for free if you're betting. However, finding cheap places to eat is harder than finding someone who ...

- E nco ntrar a alguie n que me haga se ntir esas mariposas e n el estómago. - E namorar a alguie n. - Come nzar a pla near mi siguie nte ave ntura. - Seguir ejercita ndo. - Actuar de acorde a las leccio nes apre ndidas dura nte los últimos dos años e n lo que respecta a "amigos". - Decirle u nas cua ntas verdades a quie nes se lo merece n. - Hallar u n empleo que me permita practicar lo apre ndido el 2011. - Llamar de vez e n cua ndo a las maravillas perso nas co nocidas este maravilloso año. - Ser capaz de ser ho nesto co n quie nes siempre he sido poco claro; mi familia. - Mejorar mi GPA. - Decirle a ciertas compañeras "fuck off" o "k nock it off" e n clases, out loud. - Pasar u n i nvier no calie nte.

I look around and I realize I just couldn't have asked for a year  b etter year. I met these amazing people, I went to these amazing places and I survived. If you look through the pictures I've uploaded during the last 12 months, you'll notice how honest my smile looks. I literally saw how one of my  b igger dreams came true. There's people that deserve an honorary mention; Monica, who always knew what to say, Katie, who was always there, Omar, who made see things in a different perspective, and for the second year in a row, Frida, who didn't let me know.  I wonder if I would've done somethivg different and, honestly, I couldn't have. Even in those moments when all I wanted was a special person to cuddle with, I know it wouldn't have Meen fair for either of those people.  b esides, damn, I've sinned like I never had; on a piano, drunk, in a fancy hotel at the Times Square, interrupted  b y my roommate, in the  b each, in an attic, and... well, ...