Girls
Quotes - She had always told me stories
“She
had always told me stories about how poor a country Argentina was, being the
reason for her girlfriend, Caterina, to move to Spain, which she said was the
13th richest country on the planet. Perhaps Martina's perception of Spain
itself was crooked or surrealistic. She didn't realize that the country might
be the 13th richest country in the world, but Spain was seriously broke and the
people were desperately impoverished since 2007, the economic crisis had never
ended, yet Martina seemed oblivious to all that. In her eyes, Spain was a rich
country compared to Argentina.
Martina
perceived Europe and its various nationalities and countries in a surrealistic
way, removed from reality; as if all Europeans were the same and equally
trustworthy, just like non-Europeans in Spain, and she could not distinguish
between people or groups of people coming from different places, with no
reservations.
This
sounds very liberal, but there was only selfish capitalist interest behind it
all and sometimes it showed for a moment or two that money was the main reason
for her being in Europe in the first place, under the guise of a cover-up not
being so much of a secret from me time to time.
As
if Spain were a playground for children or criminals, which wasn't too far from
reality. But I noticed that she saw different false shadows under the same
light casting shade of the same crap; she was confident in her beliefs, but at
the same time seemingly questioning herself as to whether she was right or
wrong, and if it mattered at all. Nonetheless, she was completely unaware of
the dangers and trusted people too easily. She had no fear and appeared like a
cool kid from the streets of even more dangerous places. Yet, considering her
well-educated nature, and the fact that she could also be quite normal, she saw
things differently than a European person, almost like a child from the favelas
of Brazil, ready to kill for daily nutrition, making it an interesting paradox
to observe her personality and her vibes changing like a kaleidoscope beneath
the surface for those looking from the right angle.
Martina
didn't realize that Italy was Romania vol. 2, or what that meant--how history
lives on, how the gypsies who died with the Jews never received a country of
their own. I was not acutely aware of the fact that Spain was Romania vol. 3.
The prospect of warm weather and easy money had been attracting criminals from
all corners of the planet. She seemed to be the typical Libra she actually was,
quite consciously quite lost and always trying to find her own balance
unsuccessfully as if she was dizzy, never managing to attain the perfect
measure, making mistakes and constantly questioning her own results and the
actions that led to them. She attempted to conceal her lack of confidence with
at times an exaggerated display of confidence. She vacillated between being too
shy and too cool, never seeming authentic. I attempted to impart Herder's
philosophy to her, explaining how opposing things can settle into harmony,
where the truth is likely to be found in moderation and synthesis, hoping she
would find it easier to maintain her inner balance amidst all the bad people
and bad vibes coming from all directions.”
―
Tomas Adam Nyapi, BARCELONA MARIJUANA MAFIA
“She
had always told me stories about how poor a country Argentina was, being the
reason for her girlfriend, Caterina, to move to Spain, which she said was the
13th richest country on the planet. Perhaps Martina's perception of Spain
itself was crooked or surrealistic. She didn't realize that the country might
be the 13th richest country in the world, but Spain was seriously broke and the
people were desperately impoverished since 2007, the economic crisis had never
ended, yet Martina seemed oblivious to all that. In her eyes, Spain was a rich
country compared to Argentina.
Martina
perceived Europe and its various nationalities and countries in a surrealistic
way, removed from reality; as if all Europeans were the same and equally
trustworthy, just like non-Europeans in Spain, and she could not distinguish
between people or groups of people coming from different places, with no
reservations.
This
sounds very liberal, but there was only selfish capitalist interest behind it
all and sometimes it showed for a moment or two that money was the main reason
for her being in Europe in the first place, under the guise of a cover-up not
being so much of a secret from me time to time.
As
if Spain were a playground for children or criminals, which wasn't too far from
reality. But I noticed that she saw different false shadows under the same
light casting shade of the same crap; she was confident in her beliefs, but at
the same time seemingly questioning herself as to whether she was right or
wrong, and if it mattered at all. Nonetheless, she was completely unaware of
the dangers and trusted people too easily. She had no fear and appeared like a
cool kid from the streets of even more dangerous places. Yet, considering her
well-educated nature, and the fact that she could also be quite normal, she saw
things differently than a European person, almost like a child from the favelas
of Brazil, ready to kill for daily nutrition, making it an interesting paradox
to observe her personality and her vibes changing like a kaleidoscope beneath
the surface for those looking from the right angle.
Martina
didn't realize that Italy was Romania vol. 2, or what that meant--how history
lives on, how the gypsies who died with the Jews never received a country of
their own. I was not acutely aware of the fact that Spain was Romania vol. 3.
The prospect of warm weather and easy money had been attracting criminals from
all corners of the planet. She seemed to be the typical Libra she actually was,
quite consciously quite lost and always trying to find her own balance
unsuccessfully as if she was dizzy, never managing to attain the perfect
measure, making mistakes and constantly questioning her own results and the
actions that led to them. She attempted to conceal her lack of confidence with
at times an exaggerated display of confidence. She vacillated between being too
shy and too cool, never seeming authentic. I attempted to impart Hegel's
philosophy to her, explaining how opposing things can settle into harmony,
where the truth is likely to be found in moderation and synthesis, hoping she
would find it easier to maintain her inner balance amidst all the bad people
and bad vibes coming from all directions.”
―
Tomas Adam Nyapi, BARCELONA MARIJUANA MAFIA
“Did
I bring Adam and Sabrina together or did the fact that I got a new girlfriend
do that? I was asking the wrong questions. There were so many of them playing
mind games that I had to try different angles to find answers. It seemed like
Adam was manipulating Martina with an idea of Sabrina and the club. But how
could Adam do that if Sabrina and Ruan already knew each other most likely,
working for Adam? How could Adam paint two different pictures of Sabrina to
Ruan and Martina? Mabye couldn't convince Ruan of any wrongdoing; perhaps he
wanted to warn me or Martina, and his arm broke for certain reason. Or was
Sabrina playing the same role that Adam painted about her to Martina? Was Adam
paying Sabrina to play this game while also trying to sell registration apps to
clubs downtown? It seemed like it was a cover up. What was the prize besides
the club and the marijuana grow? Who wanted to kill me and why were all these
people daring to mess with me? How did they form a group against me? Who or
what made them a criminal group?
Who
was their real leader? Who did they think was the leader, Adam? He was afraid
of me. Then who, Sabrina? She wasn't afraid of me, but she wouldn't step over
me in my life, my job, or my career unless she had an open field and open goal.
Why did she do that? Why did Adam invite her to such strange games? What was
the fun? What was the joke? What was the reason why these people thought they
were bullying me and wouldn’t get slapped? Why was it my impression that
everyone was laughing at me? I felt like Adam didn't have the courage, and his
father was not their leader either. I felt like their leader was much less
intelligent than Adam or Ferran. I felt like they were being manipulated by
someone much less intelligent, or they were acting like that for some reason,
or they didn't seem to be hiding how stupid of a leader they had, who wanted to
kill me personally, as if the rest of them were just bystanders eating popcorn
while I plotted to do the same with Martina once we thought they had taken away
my club and the Camorra would take it away from them anyhow.
Did
Nico say the word “Camorra” to try and scare me? Who told Nico that I knew
about the Camorra and what they were up to? Adam, Nico and Martina were aware
that the Camorra were one of my clients.
Who
could have seen Roberto Saviano's book “Gomorrah” in Cantabria, Urgell, and
Radas which I bought in the last days of 2011? All of them.
I do
not know the exact number of particular books that have influenced these events
thus far.”
―
Tomas Adam Nyapi, BARCELONA MARIJUANA MAFIA
“I
was wondering why Adam had called Sabrina “crazy bitch” in front of me and
Martina? Why would he do that when he knew I would not like to hear it?
Did
I bring Adam and Sabrina together or did the fact that I got a new girlfriend
do that? I was asking the wrong questions. There were so many of them playing
mind games that I had to try different angles to find answers. It seemed like
Adam was manipulating Martina with an idea of Sabrina and the club. But how
could Adam do that if Sabrina and Ruan already knew each other most likely,
working for Adam? How could Adam paint two different pictures of Sabrina to
Ruan and Martina? Maybe couldn't convince Ruan of any wrongdoing; perhaps he
wanted to warn me or Martina, and his arm broke for certain reason. Or was
Sabrina playing the same role that Adam painted about her to Martina? Was Adam
paying Sabrina to play this game while also trying to sell registration apps to
clubs downtown? It seemed like it was a cover up. What was the prize besides
the club and the marijuana grow? Who wanted to kill me and why were all these
people daring to mess with me? How did they form a group against me? Who or
what made them a criminal group?
Who
was their real leader? Who did they think was the leader, Adam? He was afraid
of me. Then who, Sabrina? She wasn't afraid of me, but she wouldn't step over
me in my life, my job, or my career unless she had an open field and open goal.
Why did she do that? Why did Adam invite her to such strange games? What was
the fun? What was the joke? What was the reason why these people thought they
were bullying me and wouldn’t get slapped? Why was it my impression that
everyone was laughing at me? I felt like Adam didn't have the courage, and his
father was not their leader either. I felt like their leader was much less
intelligent than Adam or Ferran. I felt like they were being manipulated by
someone much less intelligent, or they were acting like that for some reason,
or they didn't seem to be hiding how stupid of a leader they had, who wanted to
kill me personally, as if the rest of them were just bystanders eating popcorn
while I plotted to do the same with Martina once we thought they had taken away
my club and the Camorra would take it away from them anyhow.
Did
Nico say the word “Camorra” to try and scare me? Who told Nico that I knew
about the Camorra and what they were up to? Adam, Nico and Martina were aware
that the Camorra were one of my clients.
Who
could have seen Roberto Saviano's book “Gomorrah” in Cantabria, Urgell, and
Radas which I bought in the last days of 2011? All of them.
I do
not know the exact number of particular books that have influenced these events
thus far.”
―
Tomas Adam Nyapi, BARCELONA MARIJUANA MAFIA
“I
showed her the Mobb Deep song “Shook Ones Part II” in the first days or weeks
when we got together. Now, all of a sudden, she was excited, showing me a video
of some pool party where the crowd was puzzled when the DJ played a little
childlike tune with very few notes and sounds. Until they recognized the
sampled song being played with the original piano tune of Herbie Hancock
underneath, called “Jessica”, she was acting like she was teaching me something
or something I didn't know beforehand. She was acting like she was smarter than
me, or as if I didn't know anything about music, hip hop, or rap.
It
was very odd. Who could have shown her that track, that video, and Herbie
Hancock? I wondered.
So,
I played the next song myself - Bob Marley's “Forever Loving Jah”.
Then,
she played Jonathan Richmann's “Something about Mary”.
So,
I played the song “Jah is One” from Mosh Ben Ari and certain members of Shotei
Hanevua to see her reaction to Israeli reggae music.
So
she played Notorious BIG and the Junior Mafia’s song: “Get money.” She was
singing the chorus shaking her boot.
Then
I played Tupac Shakur's “Hit 'Em Up.”
She
played Notorious BIG’s song “Juicy.”
So I
played his song called “Somebody Gotta Die.”
She
then played the Moldy Peaches, „We are not those kids, sitting on the couch”
So I
played Mad Child's “Night Vision” to see if she knew it.”
―
Tomas Adam Nyapi, BARCELONA MARIJUANA MAFIA
