Just when I think my luck can't get any worse, life surprises me—and definitely not in a good way. I've been trying to find a nice folk song; those who know my country and my state know we have plenty of beautiful songs. The horn usually malfunctions after running for a long time, and now it barely works at all—it couldn't have been any clearer with this latest attempt to make the video.
Hi, everyone in the HIVE OPEN MIC community! It’s
here, and this time I’m participating in Week 323, titled “Folklore.” I didn’t want to leave this post until the last minute—I always do my best to post on time during the week, and this time I tried harder than ever, but it still happened. I hope to stay on schedule from now on, for real. The crazy thing is that my graduate school exams are still going strong—this is really driving me nuts. Even though I’m already out of the program because I failed one of my courses, and with my thesis, I’m still kind of lazy—though it’s actually a project for my current job. So even though I’m no longer in the Marine Biology graduate program, its shadow still haunts me. Let’s hope it ends soon so I can see if another opportunity for graduate school comes up. The song I chose might not have the most beautiful lyrics, but it reflects the local culture a bit more. To be honest, I never really made an effort to learn it all the way through, but it wasn’t until now, when I read the lyrics, that I realized they weren’t that hard to learn—it’s as if they’d always been in my head. The song was made popular by my favorite Venezuelan singer, Gualberto Ibarreto, and is titled “Guácara.” I didn’t want to keep racking my brain to see if another song would come to mind; I’m satisfied with how my choice turned out for this week—or rather, with the little I was able to record. I definitely needed to do this; maybe it’s dedicated to my love of biology, so it seemed fitting. We’ll see what opportunities come my way to further my higher education.
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You can't imagine how frustrated I am. As you already know, Hive doesn't pay enough for me to buy another little speaker. The payments from when I was in grad school haven't left me with enough to buy new things. The little speakers on my laptop don't even work, and the wireless one I have now works whenever it feels like it—but apparently not even for a minute. I only know how to play the simplest four-note version of the Venezuelan Happy Birthday, and I can’t even play the more traditional version. If this video seemed short, a video of me doing what I’m talking about would be even shorter.
The crazy thing is that this was my chance to shine, since I studied Venezuelan popular music for a while and always gravitated toward the songs popularized by this singer, who’s still alive—and, by the way, he’s still singing just like he always has. It makes me sad that I couldn’t record the whole thing, and I don’t even know if you could hear the backing track in the video. On top of that, the frustration of still not having a backing track really put me in a bad mood.
I try to let all the things in my life flow, I might try to force everything a little bit, like with the Marine Biology postgraduate course or trying to be constant in Hive, but whatever ends up turning out, I know I will know how to accept it. Grateful for all the good things that have happened to me and the bad things that I have gotten rid of, for your support, I hope you also visit my other posts, good luck with your content and see you next week.