-It's getting late. I have to go.
-Say you want to, you do not have to. Can't you see there are more things in life?
-More important than our rights? I do not think so.
-I'm just saying we can be happy without the Party, there are many things that matter: a sunset, a smile, a conversation, the rain, a kiss, the stars. Do not all these things mean anything to you?
-You are getting all wrong, honey. Those things you say are what They want you to focus on to make you feel free but we all are slaves of the system.
-Ok, honey, I do think there are some things that we must change but life is not only politics, and if you get obsessed with them, you will never be satisfied with what you have, which is the clue for a happy existence.
-And that is exactly what I want, my point is to be happy as well but if we do not do anything to change what we think is wrong, we will never be able to be happy.
-Come on, do not be hypocrite. You just say that cause you do not want to feel guilty. Or are you telling me that while you get drunk, date someone or travel around you are fighting for our rights?
-At least I feel guilty if I do nothing, not like you.
-That does not make you a better person, do you realise? You only help other people because of your fear of feeling guilty and that is selfish in another way. Do not fool yourself.
-The same to you.
And they kept walking under the moonlight, without knowing what to do to set themselves free.
dimarts, 29 de desembre del 2009
dijous, 24 de desembre del 2009
Time to change
Today it's Christmas Eve. How nice. Everyone around the table eating a lot and pretending a lot too. Beautiful. But well, I do not want to talk about that, I want to talk about our dear king, Juan Carlos. Well, about monarchy in general. I watched his Merry Xmas message on TV. Yeah, he talked a lot actually, I listened to the whole message but I didn't get anything. Lots of talking and no meaning. I heard economical difficulty, army's great efforts, fight against terrorism, train of progress, new decade, democracy, development, but I didn't understand anything. Honestly, a five year-old with a dictionary could prepare his speech. (I'm sure that the boy would be able to vocalise better than him as well).
Anyway, what he says doesn't really matter, he is our king, you know, and nothing would be possible without him. Everyone is just so pleased about giving the royal family money. Buying ecological food is wasting money, not that.
What did he do to become our king? It was... yeah, he did do something, can't remember now... oh no, wait, I got it, it was licking Franco's ass!
Monarchy has always been unfair, it is based on inequality but Spanish monarchy is the most pathetic one. It all started when our dear king killed his brother to become the successor (his brother was far more clever than him and his father liked him better). Many years later, he became Franco's friend when he saw that Franco would probably found a monarchy system after his death. But despite this, he is a great person, he saved us from Tejero's coup. And that is why we love him so much. Royal family means tradition, we can't just kick them out from the country, can we? What would they do?
Come on, don't you think it's time to change yet?
Anyway, what he says doesn't really matter, he is our king, you know, and nothing would be possible without him. Everyone is just so pleased about giving the royal family money. Buying ecological food is wasting money, not that.
What did he do to become our king? It was... yeah, he did do something, can't remember now... oh no, wait, I got it, it was licking Franco's ass!
Monarchy has always been unfair, it is based on inequality but Spanish monarchy is the most pathetic one. It all started when our dear king killed his brother to become the successor (his brother was far more clever than him and his father liked him better). Many years later, he became Franco's friend when he saw that Franco would probably found a monarchy system after his death. But despite this, he is a great person, he saved us from Tejero's coup. And that is why we love him so much. Royal family means tradition, we can't just kick them out from the country, can we? What would they do?
Come on, don't you think it's time to change yet?
diumenge, 13 de desembre del 2009
Shame and scandal
This is a song I really like, it's called 'Shame and scandal', by Madness. It is one of these songs that always cheer you up, so here I leave the lyrics!
Well, here you have the clip!
I say oh, misery,
shame and scandal in the family
Oh, misery,
shame and scandal in the family
Down in Trinidad there was a family
with much confusion as you will see
A mama and a papa and a boy who was grown
He wanted to marry and have a wife of his own
He found a girl, she suited him nice
He went to his father to ask his advice
His father said: 'Son, I have to say no,
the girl is your sister but your mama don't know!'
Oh, misery,
shame and scandal in the family
I say oh, misery,
shame and scandal in the family
Oh, then a weeks went by and the summer came down
Soon the best girl on the island he found
He went to his papa to make it a date
His papa shook his head and to this, he did say:
'You can't marry that girl, I have to say no,
'cause the girl is your sister but your mama don't know!'
Oh, misery,
shame and scandal in the family
I say oh, misery,
it's shame and scandal in the family
He went to his mama, he covered his head
He told his mum what his father had said
His mother, she laughed, she said: 'Go, man, go,
your daddy ain't your daddy but your daddy don't know!'
Oh, misery,
it's shame and scandal in the family
Oh, misery,
shame and scandal in the family
I say oh, misery,
shame and scandal in the family
I say oh, misery,
shame and scandal in the family
shame and scandal in the family
Oh, misery,
shame and scandal in the family
Down in Trinidad there was a family
with much confusion as you will see
A mama and a papa and a boy who was grown
He wanted to marry and have a wife of his own
He found a girl, she suited him nice
He went to his father to ask his advice
His father said: 'Son, I have to say no,
the girl is your sister but your mama don't know!'
Oh, misery,
shame and scandal in the family
I say oh, misery,
shame and scandal in the family
Oh, then a weeks went by and the summer came down
Soon the best girl on the island he found
He went to his papa to make it a date
His papa shook his head and to this, he did say:
'You can't marry that girl, I have to say no,
'cause the girl is your sister but your mama don't know!'
Oh, misery,
shame and scandal in the family
I say oh, misery,
it's shame and scandal in the family
He went to his mama, he covered his head
He told his mum what his father had said
His mother, she laughed, she said: 'Go, man, go,
your daddy ain't your daddy but your daddy don't know!'
Oh, misery,
it's shame and scandal in the family
Oh, misery,
shame and scandal in the family
I say oh, misery,
shame and scandal in the family
I say oh, misery,
shame and scandal in the family
Well, here you have the clip!
dimecres, 9 de desembre del 2009
Watching injustices
There are some people who just enjoy annoying other people. Honestly, like when your mum says, 'make your bed!' and you think, 'what business is it of yours?'. And she says I am your mum, I must teach you good manners and blah blah blah. That is a minor thing, but these things start to get annoying when they harm people, like the Catholic Church does.
They are bitter people, always complaining about what other people do. I believe they should live their life as they want, but leave the other people alone! How can they be against divorce or the use of condoms? If they think that is wrong, then do not do it, but do not tell us what to do and what to think. Besides, the reason they give to be against all these things is that they are 'unnatural'. Yeah, the same people who shut themselves into monasteries and who force themselves not to have sex (this part allows discussion) dare to say what is natural and what is not. And then they talk about family life (when they do not know what a family is) and are against abortion and preservatives, hurting thousands of people who are in difficult situations.
These people must enjoy annoying other people, because I do not get it otherwise. And well, Catholic Church believes all these things (although they make no sense) and their henchmen follow them and this is the story of how to manipulate an entire society and nobody condemns it. And everybody else looks favorably upon them... Upon the same people who support the idea of not using preservatives in Africa, where most of the population suffer from sexually transmitted diseases. Tradition is not always good, and it is time for us to distinguish between fair and unfair.
They are bitter people, always complaining about what other people do. I believe they should live their life as they want, but leave the other people alone! How can they be against divorce or the use of condoms? If they think that is wrong, then do not do it, but do not tell us what to do and what to think. Besides, the reason they give to be against all these things is that they are 'unnatural'. Yeah, the same people who shut themselves into monasteries and who force themselves not to have sex (this part allows discussion) dare to say what is natural and what is not. And then they talk about family life (when they do not know what a family is) and are against abortion and preservatives, hurting thousands of people who are in difficult situations.
These people must enjoy annoying other people, because I do not get it otherwise. And well, Catholic Church believes all these things (although they make no sense) and their henchmen follow them and this is the story of how to manipulate an entire society and nobody condemns it. And everybody else looks favorably upon them... Upon the same people who support the idea of not using preservatives in Africa, where most of the population suffer from sexually transmitted diseases. Tradition is not always good, and it is time for us to distinguish between fair and unfair.
dilluns, 30 de novembre del 2009
James Byron Dean
Last Wednesday I went to the library to get a movie in English. I wasn't looking for any particular movie when I saw it: East of Eden. As I really like James Dean, I got it and when I started watching it I realised it wasn't the film, it was a documentary about his life, but as I had already put it on, I watched it anyway.
I didn't expect it to be really interesting, but it really was! Well, James has had a very complex and interesting life. He was born in 1931 in a little farm. He and his parents gave up farming when he was a kid and moved to California. He had a special relationship with his mum, the only person that could understand him. She died of cancer when James was only 9 years old. That was really hard for him and his father, who, unable to take care of him, sent him to his sister place, back in Indiana. He spent his youth there and went to High School. He was outstanding in sports and drama. When he was 18, he moved to California to live with his father and to study drama. He started going to some castings and getting many roles, acting in theaters, TV shows and playing non-important roles in some movies. Two years later, he gave up his drama classes to start being a full-time actor. When he was only 22 years old, Elia Kazan was looking for an actor to play Cal in East of Eden, and thought him perfect for the part. James was exactly what he was looking for, an actor with energy, not very known and young.
The movie was a complete success with James Dean as the main role. In the movie, he played Cal, a misunderstood boy who felt unloved by the world. Cal and Aron are the sons of Adam, a farmer and an investor. Cal is very impulsive and energetic and Aron is the “good boy”. Cal is envious because he thinks his father only loves Aron and he is obssessed with this thought. Eventually, he discovers that his mother, who had apparently died some years before, is alive, is in town and is rich. Cal tries to gain his father's love, but he always lets him down. When his father loses an important amount of money, Cal makes an investment and gets all the money back. He decides to give his father the money as a birthday present, and when he gives it to him, Aron announces he is getting engaged with his girlfriend, spoiling Cal’s present. Cal feels very angry with his brother and tells him the truth about his mother, to make him feel angry and upset. Aron, very bitter with the discovery, decides to enlist the army and goes away. His father then suffers from a stroke and gets paralysed. Cal explains him the truth, that he has always been envious of his brother, that he feels unloved and that he told Aron the truth about their mother. With Aron’s girlfriend’s help, he talks to his father and they sort out their problem. Cal promises that he will stay with him while he is paralysed.
After this movie, James Dean started to get known and his fame went higher and higher. He was very popular among young people and became an icon of rebelliousness. In his second movie, Rebel without a cause, James plays Jim, a misunderstood adolescent. His situation at home is horrible, his parents are always arguing and Jim looks down on his dad for being a coward and letting the arguments happen. He meets Plato, a 15 year-old boy that will become his best friend. Plato idealizes Jim because he is going through the same as him, with the horrible situation at home and feeling misunderstood. Jim then falls in love with Judy and starts going out with her. One day, Jim gets involved in a fight with Buzz, a bully from school. Buzz challenges Jim to a race with stolen cars, consisting in running towards a cliff and getting out of the car at the very last moment. The one that stays longer in the car will be the winner. They start racing and Buzz gets his jacket caught on the car door, and he can not jump off. Buzz dies and Jim runs to his place. He is trying to tell his parents what happend, but they do not understand and he, feeling frustrated, runs away to an abandoned house, hiding from the police. Nevertheless, Buzz's friends follow him and call the police. Meanwhile, inside the house there are Jim, Judy and Plato. Plato carries a gun, and Jim, who does not want another misfortune, takes the bullets out. Then Plato gets out of the house carrying a gun and the police, thinking that it was Jim who was there (Plato was wearing Jim's jacket), shoots him and kills him.
The other movie that James Dean acted in is Giant, but as I haven't seen it, I can not explain the plot. Some other things interesting about his life are that he met a woman (can't remeber her name) and they started going out, but the relationship was not successful because of James' character, so unstable. He was very moody and always did what he liked. When he was asked to go to the war, he declared being homosexual. Once, he asked his father why he had left him with his sister, why he cared so little about him. His father told him that he was not his real father, that his mother had had an affair and he was not his real son.
James Dean's carrer and life were very short, as he died from a car accident in 1955, when he was only 24 years old. Probably, if he had lived longer, he would have given us some more excellent interpretations, but we will never know. Anyway, just with three movies behind him, James Dean has become one of the best actors ever and has become an idol for heaps of people of all times.
I didn't expect it to be really interesting, but it really was! Well, James has had a very complex and interesting life. He was born in 1931 in a little farm. He and his parents gave up farming when he was a kid and moved to California. He had a special relationship with his mum, the only person that could understand him. She died of cancer when James was only 9 years old. That was really hard for him and his father, who, unable to take care of him, sent him to his sister place, back in Indiana. He spent his youth there and went to High School. He was outstanding in sports and drama. When he was 18, he moved to California to live with his father and to study drama. He started going to some castings and getting many roles, acting in theaters, TV shows and playing non-important roles in some movies. Two years later, he gave up his drama classes to start being a full-time actor. When he was only 22 years old, Elia Kazan was looking for an actor to play Cal in East of Eden, and thought him perfect for the part. James was exactly what he was looking for, an actor with energy, not very known and young.
The movie was a complete success with James Dean as the main role. In the movie, he played Cal, a misunderstood boy who felt unloved by the world. Cal and Aron are the sons of Adam, a farmer and an investor. Cal is very impulsive and energetic and Aron is the “good boy”. Cal is envious because he thinks his father only loves Aron and he is obssessed with this thought. Eventually, he discovers that his mother, who had apparently died some years before, is alive, is in town and is rich. Cal tries to gain his father's love, but he always lets him down. When his father loses an important amount of money, Cal makes an investment and gets all the money back. He decides to give his father the money as a birthday present, and when he gives it to him, Aron announces he is getting engaged with his girlfriend, spoiling Cal’s present. Cal feels very angry with his brother and tells him the truth about his mother, to make him feel angry and upset. Aron, very bitter with the discovery, decides to enlist the army and goes away. His father then suffers from a stroke and gets paralysed. Cal explains him the truth, that he has always been envious of his brother, that he feels unloved and that he told Aron the truth about their mother. With Aron’s girlfriend’s help, he talks to his father and they sort out their problem. Cal promises that he will stay with him while he is paralysed.
After this movie, James Dean started to get known and his fame went higher and higher. He was very popular among young people and became an icon of rebelliousness. In his second movie, Rebel without a cause, James plays Jim, a misunderstood adolescent. His situation at home is horrible, his parents are always arguing and Jim looks down on his dad for being a coward and letting the arguments happen. He meets Plato, a 15 year-old boy that will become his best friend. Plato idealizes Jim because he is going through the same as him, with the horrible situation at home and feeling misunderstood. Jim then falls in love with Judy and starts going out with her. One day, Jim gets involved in a fight with Buzz, a bully from school. Buzz challenges Jim to a race with stolen cars, consisting in running towards a cliff and getting out of the car at the very last moment. The one that stays longer in the car will be the winner. They start racing and Buzz gets his jacket caught on the car door, and he can not jump off. Buzz dies and Jim runs to his place. He is trying to tell his parents what happend, but they do not understand and he, feeling frustrated, runs away to an abandoned house, hiding from the police. Nevertheless, Buzz's friends follow him and call the police. Meanwhile, inside the house there are Jim, Judy and Plato. Plato carries a gun, and Jim, who does not want another misfortune, takes the bullets out. Then Plato gets out of the house carrying a gun and the police, thinking that it was Jim who was there (Plato was wearing Jim's jacket), shoots him and kills him.
The other movie that James Dean acted in is Giant, but as I haven't seen it, I can not explain the plot. Some other things interesting about his life are that he met a woman (can't remeber her name) and they started going out, but the relationship was not successful because of James' character, so unstable. He was very moody and always did what he liked. When he was asked to go to the war, he declared being homosexual. Once, he asked his father why he had left him with his sister, why he cared so little about him. His father told him that he was not his real father, that his mother had had an affair and he was not his real son.
James Dean's carrer and life were very short, as he died from a car accident in 1955, when he was only 24 years old. Probably, if he had lived longer, he would have given us some more excellent interpretations, but we will never know. Anyway, just with three movies behind him, James Dean has become one of the best actors ever and has become an idol for heaps of people of all times.
dimarts, 24 de novembre del 2009
Lost
Yesterday, I remembered something that made me think. You know, sometimes someone says something to you and those words kind of thouch you and you remember them forever.
Well, I have a friend who once told me that curiosity is what keeps people alive, that people who do not feel curious about anything are empty inside. Life would be sad without it, with nothing that makes you want to keep living, she said. Sometimes these words come to my mind and I check my life (mentally) to see if I'm interested in something or not, just in case. In my life I have been interested (and by interested I mean that I felt motivated) in lots of things. And it is not that I can't find a reason to live any more or anything like that but I feel as if there was something missing, there is not anything that catches my attention in any special way and the more I think about it, the more worried I get about all this stuff. Where is my motivation?
Maybe it is because I have to decide what to do in my future, and I honestly have no idea or maybe it is because I'm going through a weird stage of life, meeting new people and missing the old ones. It does not mean that I'm not enjoying this period, cause I certainly am, but I feel completely lost. Once I felt that I really had found my way in life and I feel as if I had stopped for a while to enjoy the views and when I came back to the track, it was not there any more, it had vanished. I know I will not be able to find it again, so I am trying to find another one, but I have a feeling this time is going to be tougher, somehow I can tell. Maybe the other one was just a mirage, who knows.
I am sick of being worried about this stuff but I can't help it. It's as if my mind needed to know where I'm going next to keep working. This time, I do not know which one is the next step to take and there is no curiosity around me. What the fuck is going on?
Well, I have a friend who once told me that curiosity is what keeps people alive, that people who do not feel curious about anything are empty inside. Life would be sad without it, with nothing that makes you want to keep living, she said. Sometimes these words come to my mind and I check my life (mentally) to see if I'm interested in something or not, just in case. In my life I have been interested (and by interested I mean that I felt motivated) in lots of things. And it is not that I can't find a reason to live any more or anything like that but I feel as if there was something missing, there is not anything that catches my attention in any special way and the more I think about it, the more worried I get about all this stuff. Where is my motivation?
Maybe it is because I have to decide what to do in my future, and I honestly have no idea or maybe it is because I'm going through a weird stage of life, meeting new people and missing the old ones. It does not mean that I'm not enjoying this period, cause I certainly am, but I feel completely lost. Once I felt that I really had found my way in life and I feel as if I had stopped for a while to enjoy the views and when I came back to the track, it was not there any more, it had vanished. I know I will not be able to find it again, so I am trying to find another one, but I have a feeling this time is going to be tougher, somehow I can tell. Maybe the other one was just a mirage, who knows.
I am sick of being worried about this stuff but I can't help it. It's as if my mind needed to know where I'm going next to keep working. This time, I do not know which one is the next step to take and there is no curiosity around me. What the fuck is going on?
dilluns, 23 de novembre del 2009
Basket case
This is a song that I really like and is always in my mind. I found this CD months ago, I was at home with nothing to do and I saw it on my sister's shelves, so I listened to it and I really like it! This song is Basket Case, by Green Day.
Do you have the time
To listen to me whine
About nothing and everything
All at once
I am one of those
Melodramatic fools
Neurotic to the bone
No doubt about it
Sometimes I give myself the creeps
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm cracking up
Am I just paranoid?
Am I just stoned?
I went to a shrink
To analyze my dreams
She says it's lack of sex
That's bringing me down
I went to a whore
He said my life's a bore
So quit my whining cause
It's bringing her down
Sometimes I give myself the creeps
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm cracking up
Am I just paranoid?
Uh, yuh, yuh, ya
Grasping to control
So I better hold on
Sometimes I give myself the creeps
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm cracking up
Am I just paranoid?
Am I just stoned?
To listen to me whine
About nothing and everything
All at once
I am one of those
Melodramatic fools
Neurotic to the bone
No doubt about it
Sometimes I give myself the creeps
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm cracking up
Am I just paranoid?
Am I just stoned?
I went to a shrink
To analyze my dreams
She says it's lack of sex
That's bringing me down
I went to a whore
He said my life's a bore
So quit my whining cause
It's bringing her down
Sometimes I give myself the creeps
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm cracking up
Am I just paranoid?
Uh, yuh, yuh, ya
Grasping to control
So I better hold on
Sometimes I give myself the creeps
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm cracking up
Am I just paranoid?
Am I just stoned?
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