Pineapple-Mango-Apple

Yes, this is a half apple, half mango, or as I'd like to call it, a Mapple.

Milk of Amnesia

• A story of the struggle it is to come back to your home country after being away for a period of time, the alienation, the rejection, and general inevitability of leaving as a tourist, not a native.
• I like the comparison to citizens of countries as pieces of fruit, it was accurate.
• "When I'm in Cuba, I am American, but when I am in America, I am Cuban." Yeah, this is exactly what it feels like. You are Romanian when you're in America, because that's what sets you apart, but while in Romania, one is not a true Romanian anymore if he's lived in the states for seven years, he is just an American tourist. It's a horrible feeling, not belonging.
• I wonder if the amnesia is real, or if it is just used to emphasize the whitewashing of being in New York for a prolonged period of time; it is a very powerful tool, because being in a Walmart for too long can make you forget where you're coming from, somewhere in that space between the beer cooler and the diapers.
• Finally, this is activist in the sense that it puts out the question of national identity; in our continuously globalized society, these lines are blurred, and being an outcast on either side of the map is not easy. Romania is my father, America is the antagonizing step-father.