I sit next to you yet you do not see me.
I speak to you yet you do not hear me.
I bleed before you yet you do not help me.
I cry to you yet you ignore me.
I am human. I am here. I am your son.
Hear me. See me. Help me.
Please.

Simply haunting.
Ain’t No Grave is literally John Cash speaking from beyond the grave. The song comes from his final album ‘Ain’t No Grave’ which was recorded right before his death.

As defeat hits me.
I remain standing.
As rejection chokes me.
I remain standing.
As anger blinds me.
I remain standing
As humiliation suffocates me.
I remain standing.
As pain makes me an amputee.
I remain standing.

Two words.
Horchata.
December.
Both of them add up to a relaxing and fun tune by Vampire Weekend.

This year I got to work for an amazing organization known at UCLA as the Pediatric AIDS Coalition. Each year PAC puts on an event known as Dance Marathon in which students raise money to help fight pediatric AIDS and must stay on their feet, dancing, for 26 hours. I was apart of the media [...]