WHY DO WE LOVE?

I’ve been thinking about this question…

Why Do We Love? By Alfredo Enriquez

 

These are a few of my favorite things!

Here’s a cool listicle I wrote for listicle.co about a few of my favorite things! Listicle.co is a cool website ( I swear this isn’t an ad lol) Click the link if you want to learn a little bit more about me! I’m working on more content for the blog later this week!

 

http://www.listicle.co/list/user/post.php?listid=15808

Nobodyness

Quote from Martin Luther King Jr’s Letter from Birmingham Jail.
By Alfredo

I’m Fine

“I’m fine” created by Alfredo.

 

 

A is for Anything to distract myself

“I’m not being bitchy, just being honest”

Those were the last words you texted me,
the same words that occupy my thoughts
as I lay on the bare bathroom floor.
All my fantasies and emotions fill
the toilet bowl, my therapist now a days.

At first I would gag and throw up
when I would think about you,
recall about our in depth conversations.
I miss you, and our friendshi…
excuse me, friendship.

I’ve become better,
Now I control when I vomit.
Every time I miss you I just take my two fingers
and jam them down my throat so that I can stop
thinking.
I focus on the sensation, and welcome the distraction
hoping to free myself from the feelings inside me.

The worst thing you can do to someone like me
is ignore them, and worse, call them a bad friend.
As I think about how it’s possible for you to eradicate something
so meaningful as our relationship, so easily,
I reach for the toilet.
Thought I was getting better at control.

It was you, in our last meal that suggested
that I’ve become a writer. You’ve probably forgot
ever mentioning it.
I wish to share with you my words.
I need you… to read this. To listen.
I want to finally be worthy of your time.

I may never get the understanding and closure
I crave. I vomit out of dejection, not disgust.
I vomit to distract myself,
and then I flush.

So sorry for the lack of posts!

So sorry for the lack of posts!

Hey guys, sorry I’ve been inconsistent this week, how can you blame me? Between season two of Orange is the New Black, and the start of the World Cup, I’ve been preoccupied so to speak. I’ve also started taking classes this summer, but no worries, I’m still trying to figure out what I want to do with this blog, and will be back on Monday with something hopefully! Here’s a cool list I found about the boggie down Bronx that I thought I’ll share!

Alfredo

5 Incredible Benefits of not having a phone!

1. More free time.

One of the first things I’ve noticed about not having a phone is all the free time you have now. Think about the couple of seconds and minutes that you spent scrolling on your phone every time you have a moment, that time adds up. You can use all this newfound free time to be productive. The extra hour you gain can be used to catch up on work, read, procrastinate in other ways, or take a nap.

 

2. No more annoying apps.

Tinder, Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, etc. Life without immediate access to these social apps is a lot less complicated. You start to lose the urge to stalk people on Facebook (Don’t act like you don’t), see who’s saying what about who subliminally on Twitter, and eventually you stop caring about a random snap chat or what your ex had for lunch on Instagram. Without a phone you start to live life without the fear of missing out on what your online “friends” are doing.

 

3. People don’t bother you anymore.

Smart phones are a source of anxiety, for a number of reasons, but mainly because they give so many other people access to you. Sometimes you don’t want to hear from anyone, and without a phone, people stop bothering you all the time, which is key if you are a person who appreciates some time alone. There are no new notifications to keep track of, no random drunk messages on the weekends, or annoying snapchat stories to go through. You get to talk and hear from the people who you want to hear more about. In a way, not having a phone gives you greater control over who you interact with in life.

 

4. Other ways of communicating are more in depth, and more insightful.

The best thing about not having a phone is that you don’t text anymore. I hate texting and everything that comes with it. Imagine a world where you don’t have to play the waiting game, decipher the tone of a text, or ask your friends to interpret an ambiguous message. No need to imagine, because that’s what the world was like up until the early 2000’s and it was awesome. Besides “old fashion” face to face communication, there’s also Skype, writing an actual letter, or emailing; hell even Facebook messaging beats texting. These other forms of communicating are more in depth, and more insightful and because of that, more rewarding and beneficial for you.

 

5. You actually start to make real plans.

The biggest challenge for me without a phone is that you actually have to start making real plans. Before, I was able to text a friend when I’m already near by and figure out plans from there. Now I have to actually plan things ahead, and it’s amazing. People are a lot less flaky when you ask them to make a commitment to a time and place in advance.

“I think if you…

“I think if you haven’t jumped the shark, you haven’t gone far enough.”- Heather Mottershaw, director for product development at Taco Bell