The day of my birth, on May 12, 1978, began the countdown, which I do not know at what time of the future it will end. My mother, in fact, had only provided me with this faulty little stopwatch of flesh and bone. While I complete my autobiographical observation, for example, I have no choice but to look at one end of it to write something intelligible (it is so imperfect! ). ), recalling that the promise of death begun in my day of origin can be fulfilled at any time and, today at least, on paper.
* * * * * * *
I started documenting for my autobiography on May 12, 1978.
* * * * * * *
I met my parents on May 12, 1978. They, or a part of their 23 chromosomes, met in me about nine months earlier, a day or a night of August, probably at the Burlada festivities, in a real ethyl peak that, given that they were already married, gives my creation a point of teenager and irresponsible. I had been taken out of my mother's womb with a C-section. I've lived a long time believing that that gave me some kind of virginity. I remember very well the first day when 23 other people’s chromosomes started a foolish search on me – it was January 6 – but I am not going to say the year. I should calculate it.
* * * * * * *
Rafael Gurrea, Amadeo Marco, Ramón Rubial, Adolfo Suárez, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, Jimmy Carter, Leonid Ilich Brezhnev, Papa Montini, Aita Villasante, Janelle Commissiong and Mary Stävin were born under the command. Three of these 11 posts – until their writing, perhaps four after their publication – are now in the hands of women, 14,055 days later – until their writing.
* * * * * * *
I was born on 12 May 1978, which I know, for the first time. Since then, I have done fewer and fewer things, as I know, for the first time. For example, I started learning Euskara for the second time at 17. My parents took me (but took me a year) on the rating page of the Basque nursery of Huarte is gathered that I knew a few words in Basque in the correct Andereño calligraphy, although – according to the report – not very clear, but that did happen to me in Basque and in Spanish. I no longer remember these few words. Yes, I remember once being punished for urinating on the patio tree, because I didn't know if I wanted to go to the toilet or because I was embarrassed to ask for it. Later, at an age I don't know how to specify, but I was once again a perpetual erdaldun, my mother took me to a psychologist worried not to say anything in public. I don't remember what they were going to do to me or what I was going to say in this consultation, because I didn't have to come back. However, I always have the impression that I speak with displeasure, whatever language I speak in.
**I was born towards the
end of a century weary of myself, in a territory with a problem of territorial identity of a continent tired of its history, within the morphological characteristics of a biological genus that begins to weaken. From then on, neither the new century, nor the fact that it made me feel Basque, nor the discouragement of being half unhappy, has freed me from being an accomplice at the end of the century, from a problematic nationality and from half a century of humanity. Sometimes write yes.
Bidali zure iritzi artikuluak iritzia@argia.eus helbide elektronikora
ARGIAk ez du zertan bat etorri artikuluen edukiarekin. Idatzien gehienezko luzera 4.500 karakterekoa da (espazioak barne). Idazkera aldetik gutxieneko zuzentasun bat beharrezkoa da: batetik, ARGIAk ezin du hartu zuzenketa sakona egiteko lanik; bestetik, egitekotan edukia nahi gabe aldatzeko arriskua dago. ARGIAk azaleko zuzenketak edo moldaketak egingo dizkie artikuluei, behar izanez gero.
The year 2025 will lead to a general policy of establishing shorter working weeks, bringing low costs for new hires for companies and an effective direction of change in labour relations.
With the aim of complying with the Spanish government agreement, the reform to shorten the... [+]
I received your e-mail in personal mail on the strike portals. At first, like many others, I thought it was to let you know what options we have in the face of the strike. But no, the e-mail received was a political and communicative movement against the strike.
I will confess... [+]
This weekend I've been thinking about the word 'aesthetic' in relation to a phrase said by a friend: “This work is aesthetic.” I have studied the etymology of the word aesthetic, it seems that its meaning was originally perceived through the senses, and it was later associated... [+]
The other day in Bilbao, I met a friend at the Bira bar. We were very happy at the Tar and I said: “Of course, since you’re Guipúzcoa, hahahaha.” And he insisted that he was not Guipuzcoan. Without me understanding it, I kept saying, “Ah! Is it not? You were born in New... [+]
Zalantza asko izan ditut, meloia ireki ala ez. Ausartuko naiz, zer demontre! Aspaldian buruan dudan gogoeta jarri nahi dut mahai gainean: ez da justua erditu den emakumearen eta beste gurasoaren baimen-iraupena bera izatea. Hobeto esanda, baimen-denbora bera izanda ere, ez... [+]
We are in the midst of a world imperialist offensive led by the Western bourgeoisie. The form that the imperialist offensive has taken is that of war, with all its variants: economic war, cognitive and cultural war, lawfarr; and, of course, military war. Western imperialism has... [+]
I just saw a series from another sad detective. All the plots take place on a remote island in Scotland. You know how these fictions work: many dead, ordinary people but not so many, and the dark green landscape. This time it reminded me of a trip I made to the Scottish... [+]
In recent years, the concept of industrial policy has reappeared strongly at various levels. The organization that was the hammer of neoliberalism, the International Monetary Fund, today insists that markets have been pressured to allocate resources efficiently and solve these... [+]
To be honest, I don't know why I'm writing this. In today’s hostile environment, opinions of this kind are not well received. Perhaps LUZ will not publish this because it does not correspond to the opinions they have published so far (but if they have finally decided to publish... [+]
On January 15, the techno-business lobby called Cedarios presented its 6th report, Euskadi and the European Union, the shared destiny of prosperity and competitiveness. This neoliberal Think Tank, made up of eminent experts drawn from the world of finance, presented a magical... [+]
We Basques move our feet behind the witness of Korrika to proclaim that we want to survive as a Basque people in favor of our language, with the aim of the Basque Country we desire.
The tipi-tapa is the first step taken by a migrant person who leaves his homeland in Africa,... [+]
And for another year, the unions have organized prefabricated strikes for us. And we, individually, will decide whether or not to join the strike, without the need for any assembly at the school.
The strike model that I was taught is no longer in vogue, it seems. In my... [+]
Life surrounds everything, it is limited and fragile. To live good lives, it seems to me that the body knows what to do, while the mind, although it knows (when it is well informed), often sees the body deliberately silence. In this silence the mind opens itself to relations... [+]