Mixtape

2008- So Nice (Summer Samba)

2012- Linger
2014- Summer
2016- Alive
2019- Fuentes de Ortiz
Mixtape Memoir
Sara Zavala, Block 4
April 27, 2020
 So Nice (Summer Samba)
(2008)
Every time I think about Christmas as a toddler, I am always
taken back to my grandparent’s house. My grandmother’s
sweet perfume lingering in the dining room area, as my mother
sings along to the song playing on the cd player.
Someone to hold me tight
That would be very nice
Someone to love me right
That would be very nice
Someone to understand
Each little dream in me
I would be sitting on the soft tapestry couch playing with the
small ceramic figures from the Christmas altar.
Listening to my mother’s gentle voice and smelling the sweet
perfume in the air, I felt pure happiness; I was just happy it was
Christmas break and all of my family was gathered together to
celebrate Christmas.
Linger
(2012)
And I'm in so deep
You know I'm such a fool for you
You've got me wrapped around your finger
Do have to let it linger?
Do you have to, do you have to, do have to let it linger?
“Your dad and I met, when this song was popular… Such a
good music group, The Cranberries,” my mom said as she
looked at my dad smiling.
“How did you and dad meet?”
My dad turned to me and said, “We met when we were in med
school, and seven years later I asked your mom to marry me”.
I remember as I listened to the song, sitting at the kitchen table
finishing my dinner thinking, “seven years is a long time”.
“After he asked me to marry him, I moved from Mexico City
to Tijuana with your dad,” she said.
I sat there, staring at the table and thinking the things people do
for love.
Today it is still my mom’s favorite song.
 Summer Alive
(2014) (2016)
The summer of 2014, every day we would go to the beach and We were finishing breakfast from our favorite restaurant, we
come back to my grandmother’s place, tan from the sun. go back to our car and the radio turns on.
Sitting on the back seat of my aunt’s cars, crammed with all Loving every minute 'cause you make me feel so alive, alive
my other cousins, windows rolled down as the ocean breeze
flooded the car and the green palm trees took up most of the Loving every minute 'cause you make me feel so alive, alive,
highway. alive, alive
“So, what are we going to do today?” my brother asked as he
buckled his seat belt.
When I met you in the
summer My dad turns back to look at us from the driver’s seat, “I
thought we could go ice skating today, and finally teach your
To my heartbeat mom to properly ice skate,” he said as he looked at my mom
sound smiling.
We fell in love “Yeah mom, I mean it’s not that hard” I said happily as I knew
we were going ice skating.
As the leaves turned
brown My mom laughed and turned to my dad, “Sounds good to me!”

This song always takes me back to my summer in Cabo. All of

us singing along to the recently released song on the radio and
the cool ocean breeze hitting our faces.
“Do you feel like scuba diving today?” my aunt asked us.
We all smiled and said yes.
 Fuentes de Ortiz “The thing is I don’t know how I feel,” I was lying more to
myself than I had been lying to him. Of course, I knew how I
(2019) felt, but I didn’t want to ruin our friendship.
The summer of 2019 was the first time a boy had ever told me “I understand” he said in an expectant tone as he looked
he liked me. He was a very good friend of mine, so I was towards all of the remaining people.
surprised… it was a pleasant surprise.
He then continued to talk about something I can’t remember, I
Y en la noche que las estrellas hablen yo pienso en ti mi amor wasn’t paying attention. I was surprisingly just thinking about
Que me hiciste, de mi cabeza no sales the number of ants that must be in the grass, and how cold the
night felt while mentally singing along to the song.
Y no lo digo por mamón
Si me dices para ti que soy, no dudaré en hacerte tan feliz
Sitting on the damp and cold grass looking at the stars, I
remember the song playing. It was late and it had been my best
friend’s birthday party, I was staying over, so I was outside
seeing everything quiet down and people talking calmly.
This boy sits down beside me and says, “That songs reminds
me of you”.
“How so?” I asked, I didn’t know how to react or what to say
as my heart beat picked up. The damp grass made my legs feel
cold and suddenly became very aware of the calmness in
everything.
“Well, your always on my mind, and you never really express
your feelings or tell me how you feel about me liking you”.
I remember thinking about all of those corny and cringey
romantic movies where the boy confesses his love for the girl,
and they fall in love and all of that smack.
I really didn’t want my situation to go that way.