Now he's all revved up. “It’s like this: roadkill is a part of the great cosmic exchange of energy; them dyin' gives us food to live on, the energy moves on.” Cosmic exchange of energy, I’m thinking to myself, this guy’s going places I ain’t never been.

Pues, si la persona viene con ganas, con interés, y sabe por qué viene y a lo que viene, y qué es lo que va a realizar acá, pues sí--vale la pena.

Vanessa records the story of the most important day of her life—the day she went to a baseball game with her traditional Mexican father. Miracle of miracles--the game was rained out, and they had The Talk- about her wanting more freedom, needing him to trust her, how she was Mexican but American, too, how it was hard for him to let go, and how they loved each other. In some ways, it was a perfect story, told in less than two minutes: a powerful theme expressed in an arc of expectation, tension, resolution, a scene filled with vivid descriptions and dialogue.