ABC’s Can Be Fun
A – Aesthetic: Minimalist with a dash of personality (whatever that means).
B – Book I could re-read forever: The Nightingale from Kristin Hannah.
C – Comfort food: Pasta carbonara. The Italian one. Not the Puertorican one.
D – Drink of choice: Chocolate Cortés caliente con leche evaporada y trozos de queso de papa en el fondo. Otherwise, margaritas de lavanda.
E – Everyday essential: The Day One app to write notes and thoughts throughout the day.
F – Favorite sound: A thunderstorm in a place where streets don’t flood and the power stays on.
G – Guilty pleasure: Rom com spicy novels.
H – Hometown: Cayey, Puerto Rico
I – Ideal day: Coffee & journaling in a backyard/terrace, working from anywhere in a creative job, midday swim in a pool, walk my dog in the neighborhood, having homemade dinner and wine in a backyard/terrace with lots of patio lights.
J – Job I’d be terrible at: Anything Sales.
K – Kind of people I admire: People who let you like the things you like and choose the things you want to choose without mocking you or trying to convince you otherwise.
L – Little thing that makes me happy: The idea of a sunny day at a pool.
M – Most used phrase: Como tú prefieras.
N – Noise I hate: El portón del vecino que me acecha
O – One thing I’m learning: To stand up for myself
P – Phobia or fear: Having a panic attack in a drive thru with other cars behind me
Q – Quote or phrase: Art because murder is wrong.
R – Reason to smile: Mi perrita Joy.
S – Season: We don’t have seasons here. But I love November-January period.
T – Time of day I feel most like myself: Mornings.
U – Unpopular opinion: El concepto de “dios” que nos enseñaron no tiene ningún sentido ni explicación racional, ofende la inteligencia humana y es una excusa terrible para justificar lo injustificable y permitir lo impermisible.
V – Vegetable I refuse to eat: CauliflALL
W – Worst habit: Saying yes when I know I want to say no.
X – X-Factor/Something unique about me: I used to be ridiculously extroverted, confident and social. I even made “shows” for my family during reunions and loved being a leader. I was incredibly expressive, clever and funny in a performative way. Now I’m the most fearful, insecure, shy, introvert person in the world.
Y – Year I’d time travel to: The forties or fifties after WWII and some point during the Victorian era.
Z – Zodiac Sign: Piscis