New lede: A young man left his home in New Jersey, to attend college a small private college in the mid west. Jescy Rodriguez  a young man studying Mass Communication at Morningside College.

Jescy Rodriguez, a young man left his home in New Jersey came all the way to Sioux City, Iowa. Jescy is a man of change. He studies Mass Communication at Morningside College.  “There are so many possibilities with a degree in Mass Comm,” says Rodriguez when I asked him why he choose this degree. Rodriguez is scheduled to graduate this Spring, perhaps writing movies will become a full time job in the near future.

Growing up in New Jersey, Rodriguez went to a small high school, about 1,000 students. While attending high school, Rodriguez would get his first job at a snack bar at a local country club. Hard at work selling snacks to support to two lovely dogs and a turtle named Bob Ross.  He grew up with an a sister who is five years older than he is. If you were to ask Rodriguez when he was a young boy he would have told you that he wanted to be a paleontologist or an archeologist.

When I spoke to him he would run his tan fingers through his black hair. Rodriguez is Cuban and enjoys Cuban food. Rodriguez’s black hair didn’t always used to be short. At one point he wore his hair in dreadlocks for he craved a change. A lot of Rodriguez’s life is about change, moving from Jersey to Iowa, changing College Majors, and changing hair. “I’m stubborn,” he said, but it seems the only thing he is stubborn about is a constant need for change.

Ripping open the white wrapper and having the scent of chocolate spill out of the wrapper. I  become so excited to consume this delicious treat. Ripping the wrapper open just a little more just enough to be able to grab the wooden stick. Slipping the ice cream out and just gazing upon the brown rectangle. I move the ice cream to my lips and feel the cold on my lips before the ice cream itself reaches my lips. Finally my lips meet the frozen dairy and my taste buds explode. The sweet taste of chocolate fills my mouth, I bite down and my teeth become very cold and I want to stop eating. But I can’t. I haven’t even gotten to the creamy ice cream yet. I bite down more and my mouth gets filled with  a creamy sensation of vanilla.  I swallow as fast as I can to take another bite so I can hear the crunch of chocolate, and next comes the vanilla. It starts to melt instantly, I swallow again. Moving the Star Bar to my lips again to satisfy my taste buds once again. The disheartening moment when  I realize that I have eaten all my ice cream. I lay the wooden stick back down on the wrapper, my fingers are covered in melted chocolate and ice cream. Hoping that my fingers would taste just as good as the ice cream did, but as I licked the ice cream off of my own hand it, didn’t taste anything like the ice cream on the stick. More along the lines of skin and a bit of sweat. It didn’t matter….It still tasted just as sweet.

I read an article about an  elderly woman who tired to “fix things up” around the church. The article related the situation to Mr. Bean’s movie where he tries to repair the painting “Whistler’s Mother.” Cecilia Gimenez, the woman who ‘fixed’ the painting, was only trying to help repair the century old masterpiece. But it is pretty hilarious to see the efforts she tired putting in. There was no word if the painting was sent to some sort of center in hopes for being repaired. But the outcome doesn’t seem to likely to be reapired to it’s fullest potential. There is talk of keeping the painting as is and using it as a tourist attraction.  I couldn’t help but smile after I read the article.

   Gimenez’s work of art!

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