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"A good friend keeps your secrets for you. A best friend helps you keep your own secrets."

                                    -Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

                For the longest time, friends had never really been important or desirable for me. I'd never wanted to have lots of friends to share things with. To be honest, for a while, I hadn't had any friends (I went the…

It's Thanksgiving week and I'm super excited for all of the wonderful movies that I've seen and been looking forward to seeing for months (or weeks).

First off, the Hunger Games: Catching Fire (don't worry, no spoilers here). To be honest, at first, I hadn't wanted to go see the movie. I didn't like the second and third book all that much, so I didn't plan on watching anything more than the first. Last week, however, my friends decided that it would be great if we all went to…

I'll be participating in Blog-A-Thon as a YEAB Writer!

October 1st: Cooking con abuelita. What is your favorite Hispanic tradition?

Let's see... My favorite Hispanic tradition... Ooh! I'd have to say my family's baleadas. We don't exactly make them regularly or on a specific date but whenever we have the inkling to eat some, we drive to Austin or just make some homemade ones. They amazingly yummy and go great with Banana Tropical (also a…

I posted this on www.historypin.com . It's in Honduras and has a picture, please go check it out!!

I spent Spring Break this year with my father's family in Honduras. My father, my mother, and I flew from Houston to San Pedro Sula. It was a very long flight that had all…