Post 1: Who am I?: Taka, the "Bussy Mess"

 Hi! My name is Ana Vásquez but you can call me Taka! I'm 27 years old and I'm from Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Santiago, in Chile! You might be wondering why I called myself "A Busy mess" in the title but don't worry, I'll explain. 

Since I was a child I have been interested in lots of stuff. I wanted to become a singer, a music composer, a writer and a journalist, also a zoologist and a professional freeskate roller. Yeah, so defined. The thing is that I'm so curious and also I have a lot of energy! Like I have a giant battery installed in my back- that's why I always run for everything, to be everywhere and do everything I like to! That led me to currently be a journalism student, also a street singer and also a Stray Cat Shelter's voluntary, and to be interested in many topics and wanting to study a lot of subjects. But that would be even possible without my family- specially my mom.

I live in a small family of three humans: My mother, Valeria, is divorced housewife that has been working as a seller most of her life to sustain the family; my little brother, Nori, who is an autodidact artist; my 6 cats (Checho, Diego, Jolyne, Josuke, Lucius and Lupin), who are a mess; and my dog, Arthur, who is talented at eating stuff that he shouldn't be eating. Yes, I don't look like it (cause I'm not exactly tall) but I'm the big sis! <3

When I was (even more) little, my mother constantly put her efforts in encouraging my curiosity. Whenever and wherever I asked something, she replied consistently and explained me every single detail. 

"Mom, can I touch the plug?" 

"No, cause you might get electrocuted"

"What does electrocuted mean?"

"Inside the plug there is a thing called "electricity". It's necessary cause it's the energy we use for all the home devices to work properly. You see, if you disconnect the plug, it stops working. But that energy, if you touch it, can be pretty dangerous."

"Woah, but why is it dangerous? We don't receive it?"

"No, we don't, that energy is too heavy for us. If you touch it and you get electrocuted, that huge energy can burn your body and you can die."

"Oh, it really is dangerous. That's why we use cables?"

And so, all the conversations with my mother were pretty much like that. She has a lot of patience! So, because of that constant effort, I'm very curious to this very day. I always got interested in everything and got labelled as "pretty smart" in school, even when most of the teachers couldn't deal with my energy. That never pulled me off and my mom was always there to talk-out stuff with the teachers, so I kept on growing up as a energy-filled bookworm. 

One thing my mother teached me before anything was to read. My curiosity drived me anxious when, at night, my mother would read me just half of the story in any children's book. "I only can read you a part of the story right now, you might have to wait for tomorrow night, unless you learn to read". So I learned pretty fast and got in school reading since 4 years old (something pretty common nowadays, but at 2000 that was a thing!). That's how I ended up reading tons of books and, eventually, moving into news. 

Finally, my mother always encouraged me to sing when she noticed I liked it. I can't even remember since when I do it, but it's an activity I used to enjoy with my brother when he was little and loved to play the piano. At the time he doesn't play that much, but practices as much as he can, and have also got some interest in playing the saxophone and the drums, and composing digital music as well. Nowadays he dedicates more time to his art, and is studying Ilustration. In the other side, at 18 years old I started working in pretty much anything and, after doing many jobs, I ended up catching the fly by singing in the streets. I have been doing it for 6 years till' now and I'm pretty proud of my work! So is my mom <3

The interest for animals that I had in my youth tranformed into wanting to help (but not understaing science at all). Since becoming a vet wasn't a deal for me, I signed with a small organization that dedicates to rescue and give away stray cats to their forever homes. Sadly, the organization dissarmed in 2020 because of the pandemic, most of the volunteers couldn't keep up their work and ended up quitting. So I'm one of the few voluntares that keep up the hard work, along with my mom! 

Even when I'm constantly bussy and my schedules are always a mess, I can't say I don't love what I do! I enjoy a lot singing everywhere in Santiago and walk around bohemian neighborhoods, also I love my career and to have the need to learn more about everything to accomplish it properly, and I feel so proud of working hard for those little furry balls with eyes that meow me whenever they see me. 

I'm a Busy Mess! And it's quite a title for me!

If you wanna check up my work, I'm gonna drop here some links! 

This is our organization (what's left of it): "Adopta Rescatado Stgo" (@AdoptaUnGatitoRescatado en instagram), and this one is my music page! In this work, I use the nick "Atria" (stands for Atria, the main star in the Triangulum Australe): @Atria.music . Also, here is my bro's page. Go check it out, he is such a wonderfull artist!: Necromancy Advocate. 

Bye- bye!