Nada que ver con las famosas gorras, hablo de una nueva etapa. Parece que cada diez entradas en mi blog, empiezo una nueva etapa pero es lo que tiene actualizar una vez a la semana (y gracias).

Básicamente me he cansado de escribir poco y escribir en inglés. Ya sé que esa frase no tiene sentido. Lo que quiero decir es que me apetece usar este blog con más regularidad pero para eso las entradas han de ser más naturales y, para eso, no puedo escribir siempre en inglés. Ahora todo tiene sentido, espero.

Así que a partir de ahora, y tal vez con alguna excepción puntual, este blog se cambia de idioma. Porque me apetece, porque quiero retomar el hábito de escribir por hobbie y porque es bueno para mí, ya que este año me toca traducir más al español y de vez en cuando siento alarmantemente que mi español se oxida, lo cual me dejaría en una posición horrible y casi purgatoria ya que de por sí no luzco excesivamente en inglés y al final me quedaría descolgada entre ambas lenguas. Lost in translation. Por cierto, hacer un blog de traducción o de alguien en otro país o de alguien que analice filosóficamente/sentado en la cama con un té la horrible desgracia del purgatorio lingüístico del que hablo sería muy poco original y/o violación de los derechos de autor, ¿verdad? Lástima.

Nunca me he sentido cómoda contándole mi vida a una pantalla que se corresponderá con una audiencia en la sombra en diferido, pero este año tampoco está siendo normal y pocas ocasiones tengo para -estoy conteniéndome en usar un anglicismo y me cuesta horrores- desahogarme. No, desahogarme no. Maldita falta de correspondencia entre lenguas. Digamos, para hacer análisis excesivamente largos de cuestiones totalmente banales sin llegar a la queja. Seguro que existe la palabra adecuada pero en mi limbo, no.

Siento mi forma especial de escribir. A veces es un poco heterodoxa y puede irritar a los discípulos de la RAE y los libros de estilo. Aunque estoy determinada a no recurrir a los anglicismos en la medida de lo posible, me niego a dejar de hacer frases compuestas por oraciones simples de un sólo verbo y párrafos de dos líneas. Preparáos para cualquier cosa.

Vale, lo voy a ir dejando porque esta entrada empieza a desparramarse por todas partes y yo todavía tengo que hacer un trabajo sobre política internacional. Tal vez hable de Rusia. La última vez fue sobre Irán. Será que la Unión Europea y EE.UU aburren ya hasta a las cabras.

Espero veros con asiduidad pero, ¿qué pensáis de este cambio? ¿Alguna idea para mi trabajo o para futuros trabajos de política internacional?

I thought I’d post something fun! I was inspired by In Style’s In your bag section.

And I’m tagging everyone! Boys and girls! I want to know what’s in your bag/backpack/pockets/whatever.

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Bag: Fred Perry. AW 2009 collection.

-Parfois purse
-Hello Kitty makeup bag from H&M
-Sephora mirror
-Hairclip
-M.A.C. pressed powder
-M.A.C. lip liner
-M.A.C. lipstick
-Sephora black khol
-Lancôme pocket clear gloss
-Vinnie’s tampon case. You should get one here. The concept and design are way too cool.
-Keys and Puchi-Puchi, Chinese pig whose name I can’t remember, Vespa, cocodriles and Tardis keychains.
-Eastpack pencil case
-Hand sanitizer
-Samsung cell phone
-Pill-shaped container with pills.
-120 Gb iPod
-Phillips pink ear plugs
-Abono Joven
-Dentyne and Orbit gum
-Camera case (with my Fujifilm camera inside)
-A book. Invisible Monsters at the moment.

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So Erin the dog likes to wear my t-shirts and lie on my bed.

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Friday was the Eastpack Antidote Tour (The Ghost Of A Thousand + Four Year Strong + Alexisonfire + Anti-Flag) date in Madrid and I went to the show with Luli and Damon. Expect a thousand pics of the show right now.

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Actually, the band I wanted to see the most was The Ghost Of A Thousand. Even though they started late and I missed like 2 songs I got myself a fucking good spot and saw the band kill it. I adore this band. Everyone should go check them out. NOW.

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My stupid face and Lacey of TGOAT.

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With one of the Jagos (TGOAT). He was so nice! ^^

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With Wade of Alexisonfire. He told us we had been the best audience in the whole tour :)

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With Justin Sane of Anti-Flag.

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With Pat Thetic of Anti-Flag.

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Then we partied hard with Justin Sane, Chris (the Eastpack representative) and some other people that went to the show.

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I know, I know. NOT YET. I just wanted to let you know I’m in a Christmas mood. After some years of not giving a damn about Christmas, I’m really looking forward to them this year!

For starters, we got rid of our ugly and plastic-made Christmas tree so this year we’re getting a real tree from the Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros de Montes. They’ll take it home for us and we’ll have a proper tree and help the poor students pay for their summer trip.

Besides I’m really excited because I’ll see Lucía and the rest of my friends studying abroad. I’m sorry, Lucía has a special place because I miss her everyday all the time! Plus she’s bringing me some make up from Canada. No one can beat that, guys!

Furthermore, I’m hosting a Christmas-Harry Potter themed party (only for HP geeks) and I have so many ideas! It’s gonna turn out incredible. I can’t wait to organize it and put everything together!

It’ll also be my first Christmas with Erin the dog so I’ll buy some doggie presents and take her to play in the snow in the mountains. I actually can’t fucking wait for this!!

Plus, I’m planning a little familiar revenge due to some annoying things going on lately which will result in making a whole vegetarian Christmas Eve’s dinner. That’s what you get when you mess with me, vengeance in a cold and highly decorated plate.

And I can’t wait to watch Disney’s A Christmas Carol. It’s in 3D and it looks amazing!

So do you have any special plans for Christmas this year?

Lack of posts, I know. But pics are so much fun right now…

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It was Marba’s birthday on Thursday, which meant brownie and cider on the grass.

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I went make-up hunting with Napuka!

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I met Ana to hang out and have dinner.

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It was Víctor’s birthday yesterday. Good times. Fucking good times.

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It was the first time I saw one. I had to take a picture lol

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Best. Poster. Ever. Thanks Lucía!

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I got this from Amazon. That was a good morning :)

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It was Napuka’s birthday on Staruday. And this picture is creepy.

Yeah, I know, there haven’t been many pictures lately but classes have started again and I don’thave many pretty things or moments to show you. But, here I am again!

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I got Erin a really cute and huge blanket at Ikea.

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Yeah, she’s really into it.

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This was the last time I saw Pimen before he arrived in London. I really miss him :( Can’t wait to visit him there and meet all his British mates, haha

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I’m reading this book at the moment. I thought I wasn’t going to like it but now… wow. Just wow. I’ve read 3/4 of it and it’s amazing. I really want to know what’s gonna happen next and then I don’t cause there’s no hope in this book at all. You should check it out… Cormac McCarthy, you’re brilliant.

Lives of The Artists is the new feature-length documentary from Relentless which explores the personalities of contemporary artists as they search for fulfillment. Featuring Tom Lowe and Fergal Smith, Xavier de Le Rue and Gallows.

I can’t wait to watch this documentary! It looks so extreme and poetic and artistic. Besides, my favourite band is in it. What else could I ask for?

Here’s the Gallows trailer for my your viewing pleasure :)

The concept behind Relentless Energy is really cool as well.

Today there’s no pictures of the week because I’m sick and feeling miserable and don’t really feel like going through all the downloading and uploading of pics on pc > pendrive > mac > slow ass wordpress. Besides since it was my first week at college after the holidays I didn’t take my camera out a lot and it’s been plain boring and depressing -not very interesting, photographically speaking.

But don’t be sad. Dance to Chuck Berry’s rock for me, please.

Last night I came home with a big smile on my face. It had been a really complete day including eating out, buying some gorgeous MAC paint pots, getting presents such as a new purse and a bilingual financial dictionary -I’m a geek- and going to a medieval market where I got some yummy Arab pastries. But the very best part of my day was going to the movies to watch Whatever Works, Woody Allen’s latest film.

 

It really amazes me how very few people in the U.S. admire Allen’s work when he’s a goddamned guru in Spain. The line to get tickets an hour and a half before was just plain insane and we Allen’s fans collapsed Gran Vía. That theatre was also showing Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds and Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock -with Emile Hirsch in it- but everyone seemed to go to Whatever Works.

 

After years of going to watch his movies to theatres I can say Woody Allen’s Spanish audience can be divided in two kinds. First, you have the all-time fans, who are upper-middle class and middle-aged or elderly people. These just don’t miss a premiere and get together as a highly social event to go watch Allen’s new comedy (Allen’s films used to be comedies up until 4 years ago) -they go get their hair done, wear their best outfits and then have dinner out to talk about the movie. On the other hand you’ve got the young people (add me on this list here) who are the weird little youngsters that like to watch undubbed indie movies and then get obsessed over the development of the characters, the way light is dealt with in the film or the endless literary and artistic references appearing in the movie that you laughed at and no one else sitting on a radium of six rows north, south, east or west got. 

 

But let’s talk about the film, yeah? For those living under a rock, Whatever Works has Larry David as its main character, a misanthropist and hypochondriac old man whose life changes when a retarded Southern girl appears in his life. So it’s Larry David being Woody Allen and just Larry David himself. For those who have lived under a heavier and thicker rock, Larry David was one of Seinfeld’s creators and currently has a hilarious show about his own life, Curb Your Enthusiasm. Those not knowing Seinfeld please exit my blog this minute.

 

I mean Woody Allen is back because this film is good old Allen all over again. It’s non-stop laughing all the time and the story is as unexpected as it can get with a bunch of  brilliant actors and a few settings in Manhattan. You could say Woody Allen has gone back to his origins after his English trilogy -resulting in two mind-blowing tragedies and a surreal comedy- and his holidays in Spain and a Barcelona from a paralel universe cause we all know Barcelona is just not like that at all -not really my cup of tea in many aspects. 

 

The high points of the movie? Allen’s script, as always, which makes the film a masterpiece of humour and intelligence,  and Larry David’s acting. I just love that man. He’s the perfect misunderstood hermit. 

 

The low points? For me, nothing. Even though when the movie ended and everyone was clapping an old man in front of me said “I didn’t like it. It ends too well”. He’s right, but sometimes you need a bit of light and happiness in your life. I mean, whatever works :)  

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