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About duffboy

A boy in spirit, but a Duff Man otherwise. I'm a communications major from Guatemala, with a soft spot for just causes, cuddly creatures, animated tv series and pop culture. Writer, photographer, (say) uncle, son, brother, lover and recent swimmer.

(Never)late thanksgiving thoughts

A few days before we got married, and Thanksgiving rolled in, I went to pick up Duffgirl from work. The kids at the honor society had written down their thanksgiving wishes on little sheets of paper. Here are a few … Continue reading

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I thought you killed yourself… that wasn’t you?

That funny line from one of my favorite movies, Garden State, brings me to a very short, equal parts shocking and intriguing, post. Remember how back in june I was all “fuck this shit, man”, when the assassination of a fellow … Continue reading

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A Duffboy marries a Duffgirl, part 2

I forgot to tell you: ours was a low budget (well, sort of… thank god no one handed me a bill for dinner) civil wedding gettogether. Therefore, very few friends were present. Weeks before, however, we got many tokens of … Continue reading

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There’s something romantic about our shoes

We just finished talking on the phone. Couldn’t help but share, like I did on RedBubble, that pic of our beat up sneakers, drying themselves from one of our walks to the lake. Duff Honeymoon, as promised

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A Duffboy marries a Duffgirl, part 1

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We’ll tie the knot, or another more poetic marital metaphor

I’m sorry for not keeping you updated with some really big recent Duffboy News: I’m getting married in just about a month from now! We won’t do the big event thing, no religious ceremony, and almost no friends at the civil … Continue reading

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This calls for an angry e-mail

It didn’t take long for me to be completely offended by this biassed article about Twitter use in Guatemala and Iran. I usually don’t write people to give them a piece of my mind, but this time the author -Elizabeth … Continue reading

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Guess who’s moving… again?

I’ll give you a hint, his nick starts with D, and ends with uffboy I’m crossing my fingers that is really the last time I move, before Duffgirl and I tie the knot and move on to bigger and better … Continue reading

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Lucky me

Yes sir, I happen to be involved in a couple of art projects with the incredible individual/collaborative talents of Álvaro Sánchez and Alejandro Marré. Both artists are contributing in more than one way to my creative growth, and for that … Continue reading

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Does your country…?

Does your country enacts its officials to persecute “enemies of the state”? Mine does. Does your country allows president elects that have confessed to assassinations, to take office? Mine does. Does your country asks state employees to “donate” part of … Continue reading

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