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โœฆ I keep finding photos that I thought were lost! - Edition in FotoJet, photo by @Tesmoforia โœฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ ~ Este mes he tenido mucha suerte, una amiga muy querida sigue recuperando fotos que creรญ perdidas, fotos de viajes, reuniones familiares y prรณximamente espero tambien fotos de cuando salรญamos en grupo a visitar malls, en ellas no tenรญamos todavรญa 20 aรฑos y vestรญamos completamente de negro como era la moda punk-emo-gรณtica de ese tiempo (QUIERO MIS FOTOS CRINGE DE ADOLESCENTE POR FAVOR).

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ~ I've been very lucky this month. A dear friend has been recovering photos that I thought were lost. There are photos of trips and family reunions. Soon, I hope to recover photos of when we used to go out as a group to visit malls. We weren't yet 20 years old, and we dressed completely in black, as was the punk-emo-gothic fashion of that time. I want my teenage cringe pictures, please!

La foto de este throwback thursday es de un viaje en grupo que hice a Caracas en 2012, lo recuerdo con mucha alegrรญa porque fue un viaje de fin de semana completo con un grupo de amigos otakus y cosplayers de diferentes partes del paรญs, en ese tiempo viajar solo por tierra era relativamente econรณmico y no tan peligroso, hoy a 13 aรฑos de tomada esa foto tambiรฉn me siento algo triste porque muchas cosas de ese tiempo ya no existen.

This Throwback Thursday photo is from a group trip I took to Caracas in 2012. I remember it fondly because it was a weekend-long trip with friends who were otaku and cosplayers from different parts of the country. At that time, traveling alone by land was relatively inexpensive and not as dangerous. Today, thirteen years after the photo was taken, I also feel sad because many of the things from that time no longer exist.

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โœฆ I was originally planning to write about the funny things that happened on that trip, but I ended up writing about something completely different. Today is also Free Writing Day! โœฆ

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Viajar a Caracas hoy es mas costoso y necesita mรกs logรญstica, mi lรญnea de expresos favorita para estos largos viajes cerrรณ (llegar a la capital por tierra tomaba 13 horas porque vivo en un estado frontera, al otro lado de Venezuela, pero esa linea de expresos era muy cรณmoda y tenรญa altos estรกndares de seguridad, por eso dormรญa y descansaba bien). Para ese viaje nos quedamos en el hotel adjunto al salรณn de eventos y para esos aรฑos "Avalancha" era el evento mas grande e importante de Venezuela, era el gran encuentro anual que todos esperaban para verse. Yo solo pude ir a esa ediciรณn y pocos aรฑos despuรฉs el evento no se realizรณ mรกs. Me alegra recuperar estos recuerdos porque no hubo una segunda vez.

Traveling to Caracas is more expensive today and requires more planning. My favorite express line for these long trips closed. It took 13 hours to get to the capital by land because I live in a border state on the other side of Venezuela. That express line was very comfortable, though, and had high security standards, so I slept and rested well. For that trip, we stayed in the hotel next to the event hall. For those years, "Avalancha" was the biggest and most important event in Venezuela. It was the big annual meeting where everyone came together. I could only attend that edition, and a few years later, the event stopped being held. I am glad to recover these memories because there was no second time.

En la foto soy la de vestido negro con blanco, y los amigos cosplayers que estan respectivamente de Ezreal y Mulan actualmente han emigrado a otros paises, espero estรฉn bien y ojalรก sepan que los recuerdo con cariรฑo, especialmente a "Mulan" porque literalmente su familia me rescatรณ al quedar varada en su ciudad porque no habรญa transporte para Zulia esa noche (si me lees, AMIGA NUNCA LO OLVIDARE, tu familia es lo mรกximo).

In the picture, I'm the one in the black-and-white dress. My cosplayer friends, Ezreal and Mulan, have emigrated to other countries. I hope they're well, and I want them to know that I fondly remember them, especially Mulan. Her family literally rescued me when I was stranded in her city because there was no transportation to Zulia that night. If you're reading this, friend, I'll never forget it. Your family is the best!

Haciendo memoria de esos aรฑos del Cosplay Venezolano y comparando todo con la actualidad, siento nostalgia bonita, extraรฑo cuando las cosas eran mas simples, tambien extraรฑo a esa yo que solo querรญa ver a sus amigos y pasarla bien, porque aunque recibรญ muchas invitaciones y atenciรณn por el tema Cosplay, yo no tenรญa ambiciones de ser algo mas que una fan a la que le gustaba coser, hacer buenos amigos y subirse una vez al aรฑo al escenario a interpretar a sus personajes favoritos (saliera bien o mal, la pasaba muy bien, me divertรญa y me reรญa mucho con mis amigos de mi torpeza, los fallos y las cosas random o shenanigans), y creo que eso fue precisamente lo que me abriรณ tantas puertas y corazones (por siempre agradecida con eso).

Thinking back to those Venezuelan Cosplay years and comparing them to today, I feel nostalgic. I miss when things were simpler. I also miss the me who just wanted to see her friends and have a good time. Although I received many invitations and attention for cosplay, I had no ambition to be more than a fan who liked to sew. I enjoyed making good friends and getting on stage once a year to play my favorite characters. Whether it went well or not, I had a great time. I had fun and laughed a lot with my friends about my clumsiness, failures, and random things or shenanigans. I think that precisely opened so many doors and hearts for me, and I'm forever grateful for that.

Pero allรญ se queda, una bonita sensaciรณn de nostalgia, el presente no me gusta mucho (hablando de cosplay) porque lo siento innecesariamente denso... algo plรกstico, bastante monรณtono rozando lo estรฉril, ยฟrepetitivo?, ยกmucho!, pero siempre me ha gustado abrazar y aceptar los cambios porque entiendo que todo es un ciclo con sus altos y sus bajos, tambiรฉn con sus excepciones y rarezas.

But it stays there, a nice feeling of nostalgia. I don't really like the present when it comes to cosplay because I feel it's unnecessarily dense. It's something plastic and monotonous, bordering on sterile and repetitive. But I've always embraced and accepted changes because I understand that everything is cyclical, with its ups and downs, as well as its exceptions and oddities.

Soy el tipo de persona que siente y cree que no esta bien obsesionarse con cosas del pasado (que miedo, que enfermedad), es decir, las cosas que fueron las valoro como lo que fueron y aunque compare mentalmente no desprecio el presente, que como todo tiene muchas cosas buenas y me crea mucha expectativa todos los recursos disponibles hoy (artรญsticamente hablando), ay, ยกlas posibilidades!, pero sรญ hay que hacer un esfuerzo conciente para mantenerte autentico entre tantas "modas" y olas de ingenierรญa social, para encontrar tu propia voz entre tantos "trends" sin rumbo y creativos confundidos.

I am the kind of person who believes it is wrong to obsess about the past. I value the past for what it was, and although I compare it to the present, I don't despise the present. The present has many good things and creates a lot of expectation for me, as well as many artistic possibilities. But it is necessary to make a conscious effort to remain authentic among so many "fashions" and waves of social engineering. It's important to find your own voice among so many "trends" without direction and confused creatives.

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โœฆ Although I have written very few TBT posts, I'm getting the hang of writing without proofreading too much, sorry if the syntax is a little off hahaha ~ โœฆ



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