at 12:30 AM a gas tank exploded in the Gulf refinery near the Buchanan Base in Puerto Rico. i can see the fire and smoke from my apartment which is pretty far away. it is still burning and 2 tanks have already exploded, possibly more by now. there is already a lot of documentation, it is scary with all the stressful situations occurring in the island. there is a lot of speculation of how it started, some said an air plain fell, others a malfunction.

there is so much smoke, they are not dealing with the fire right now, they are trying to keep the remaining tanks cool so they don't explode and make it worse.

here is the documentation for those interested:
[link] my video taken from my apartment
[link] closer vid of the massive fire
[link] photo
[link] a view from afar
[link] news article (it's in spanish)

This week will be harsh and tense. The UPR (University of Puerto Rico) the state univiersity, will not be giving classes this week nor administrative services, due to all the shit that's been going on, protests, strikes, and the like, for the past months. The classes have already been extended to the 21st of December from what i have heard, and who knows what they will do now after one more week has to be added to the calendar. On top of that this Thursday, October 15th is the national strike, yes NATIONAL strike.

For those of you who don't know, the state government has implemented a new law, "Law Number 7" short for "Ley Especial Declarando Estado de Emergencia Fiscal y Estableciendo Plan Integral de Estabilización Fiscal para Salvar el Crédito de Puerto Rico" (Special Law Declaring a State of Fiscal Emergency and Establishing an Integral Plan of Fiscal Stability to Save the Credit of Puerto Rico) In the name of this law the local government has fired 20,000 employees, leaving a lot of government agencies basically inoperable, some of those agencies are "Attorneys for the women" that help women who have been molested or abused (they fired the lawyers), "Attorneys for the Elderly", "Forensic Science" (who do the forensic investigations for the homicide cases) "Special Education Program" (firing psychologists, therapists, and other people who help special needs students) amongst other agencies.

The big deal is not only the firings, but the way in which they were conducted, randomly. Pregnant women were left without jobs, single mothers and fathers, family providers and even married couples were fired at the same time leaving BOTH husband and wife jobless. Now, to make matters worse, those people who lost their jobs due to the massive firings by the government can not be re-employed in ANY government job for 2 years, yes 2 years, their only way of getting a job is the private industry which here in Puerto Rico is very unstable. Companies are leaving to other countries where the cost is a lot less and on top of the government firings there is also the private sector's mass firings, last year Glaxo-Smith-Kline closed operations leaving thousands of people unemployed. This was the worst time to make those firings. The government will not stop firing employees till they reach their goal.

Things are getting pretty violent. The governor activated the National Guard and they have been beating up people in the manifestations ever since, a clear terrorist tactic from our local government. They want the people to be intimidated and not protest or they will get beat up. Just a coupple of days ago they did not let a group of middle schoolers (or high schoolers not sure) protest because the governor was to close to their school, so they started throwing rocks and stuff. The police beat them up and threw tear gas at them. It started with the college students getting beat up for no reason, then the protesters, now public school kids, what's next? They threw an egg at the governor, he must know what's next.

Police attack on a student that was INSIDE the grounds of the University of Puerto Rico's student dorm, far away from where the original dispute started. The police made a barrier so no person could come in or out of the street and they were throwing tear gass. this student was hit by one of the tear gas thingies that they shot.

Things are not smooth at my university as well, the government is trying to push us to pretty much become inoperable as well so they can sell us....i just hope i get to FINISH this semester...ugh and just when i was only missing ONE year, things get this screwed up...let's see how it goes for us....

so tonight i'm gonna go camping, it's pretty much the only thing i've done al summer, hmf. so I won't be here tonight or tomorrow. i find it humorous that it's summer and i haven't been to the beach but i'm goin' camping in the mountains xD lol. i'll probably be bussy this week end cuz i have to go back to san juan, yay i got my tuition and then i start classes the other week.



I finished my Steampunk entry for 's contest
I changed plans on wt i wanna do for my half trade with so i have to start that, it'll be my next project, it'll be cute , girl i haven't forgotten that IOU

edit(2)
I made a portfolio thingy...

E.Agneau

it's ok, i guess lol


also:

1. compelte my half of the art trade with 20% done
2. make my contest entry for 50% done




edit(1):

pusieron un commet mio en pulsorock.com...lol me tiraron al mediooo XD como me encontraron eso?? haha el FBI los debe contratar...o mejor no pq pues ya saben...hay ke trabajar contra el enemigo



w00t i finished the class today, and hopefully i'll get an A, there's a 99.9% of me getting an A

so that means i'll have time now to do the 2 things i owe:
1. compelte my half of the art trade with
2. make my contest entry for

and i'll have some time to sew, and hopefully get a friggin job >.<

For those of you who don't know a girl ran away with her internet boyfriend this week, she just turned 14 and he was 23. This article shows how narrow minded the police and above all the journalists in PR are. Before this article there was another one saying that he was satanic because he was a "goth", and he was called a goth because he "dressed in black". Hah, now tons of ppl are gonna thing deviantart is a breeding ground for pedos and sexual predators (which mite be somewhat true lol) but we, as users, and us women have to learn to keep our personal info private (adress, phone #, etc.) i'll be posting another journal later.

for those who don't understand spanish use google translator or babel lol but here is the part that concerns DA

"The other thing, somewhat more concrete, we know the young man accused yesterday had an interest in the arts. Indeed, a journal published in the cyber portal DeviantArt.com, Manfredi is interested specifically in reading and drawing.

In the cyber diary he makes no reference to issues related to Satanism. In contrast, he abounds on their changing mood, their readings and their musical interests.

This site seems to be one of those who served as a point of contact between the child and the young

Australian on various topics, mostly related to the arts. Also, on several occasions Manfredi published comments of his supposed affection for Plaza Torres."



Exploran el nexo satánico

En la relación de Manfredi con la niña boricua
Por Ricardo Cortés Chico / rcortes@elnuevodia.com

Las autoridades estatales ayer no tenían un panorama claro de quién es Tito Andrea Manfredi Odierna, el australiano que intentó huir del País con la menor Myrgia Samyr Plaza Torres, con quien estableció una relación amorosa a través del internet.

No obstante, según Richard Nazario, director auxiliar del Cuerpo de Investigaciones Criminales (CIC) de la Policía en Ponce, se investigan versiones preliminares que presuntamente relacionan al sujeto con supuestas sectas satánicas.

Originalmente, al australiano se le vinculó, por su vestimenta oscura, con la subcultura gótica, lo que no necesariamente implica tendencias satánicas. Sin embargo, algunas versiones preliminares en manos de la Policía apuntan a que el sujeto supuestamente fue visto en una actividad relacionada al satanismo o el ocultismo.

“Aparentemente lo que se informa es que el sujeto se cree fue visto en ese ambiente”, dijo el inspector de la Policía, al señalar que se trabaja verificando estas versiones.
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Lo otro, un tanto más concreto, que se conoce del joven acusado ayer es que mantenía un interés por las artes. De hecho, en un diario cibernético publicado en el portal DeviantArt.com, Manfredi muestra interés específicamente por la lectura y el dibujo.

En el diario cibernético el joven no hace referencia a asuntos relacionados con satanismo. En cambio, abunda sobre sus cambiantes estados anímicos, sus lecturas y sus intereses musicales.

Este portal parece ser uno de los que sirvió de punto de contacto entre el joven australiano y la menor ponceña sobre temas diversos, en su mayoría relacionados con las artes. Asimismo, en varias ocasiones Manfredi publicó comentarios sobre su supuesto afecto hacia Plaza Torres.

Source: [link]