Burn Baby Burn

When I was 14 years old a group of friends had a band, they ran out of bassist, so they included me because I knew how to play some songs on guitar, besides we had the same tastes, so it was easy for us to adapt. Those were the best times, we laughed about everything and worked hard, the band was always important more than the members, although we were competing for who was better anyway. The more we competed, the more we were learning, we were teaching ourselves, we were friends and colleagues, although maybe more colleagues than friends at the beginning. We just wanted a space to be us. We managed to master songs that were very difficult for our young age, we met bands, went to concerts, watched movies, it was a time of much culture and in a few short years. I lost a lot of studio time, I got away from people, I changed myself, I left things I used to do and I would never change all that for anything else.

I'm honestly not a very tech-savvy person. I have a hard time adapting to some platforms. But I can't conceive of my normal day without technology anyway. I've been using the computer to navigate since I was a kid, even though I've never mastered programs or learned tricks with the keyboard, as if a few friends had done it. I discovered a way to search for information on the Internet. I learned to play guitar and bass, as well as other recording and mixing things. Together with some friends we did creative things, like video clips, independent short films, or just documenting things we saw or did (our puberty bullshit). Thanks to the computer and the connection I was able to download movies and music (illegally), somehow I was able to get a lot of ideas from pop culture because of that. Even though I wasn't very good at editing, my friends were always kind enough to teach me things about audiovisuals, how to use electronic instruments, graphic editing programs, thin...

When I was a kid I watched TV channels like National Geographic and History. I was very attracted to the work of archaeologists from different cultures. That's why since I was a child I liked historical themes. I played videogames like Age of Empires, and I learned the history of legends. At first I chose law for the high expectations I was told, believing that I would find what I was looking for. To say that I didn't like the race completely would be a lie. The things that I learned I still apply, but it definitely wasn't something I was going to do. I would have ended up being an academic, because absolutely no litigation is something I am excited about. I liked having an excuse to dress up and be pretty. In the end I changed, took the PSU exam again and enrolled in Political Science. I like the career, and I don't regret not having chosen another social science. It's knowledge that I've mastered and that I've enjoyed studying since I was a child. The teac...