I definitely tempt you to watch this film, if you haven´t yet, and obviously in its English original language if possible. Should you need clarification, then watch it subtitled, but please do not take the step further of watching it dubbed. Superb role for Norah, don´t know if this is all she has ever done in the big screen, but her role is superior, sweet, and at the same time, seemingly taken out of real life.
Same for the rest of the characters, and all the scenery in the film. Jude Law´s role gets away from the typical classical charming young British who´s only there to enchant us little creatures from the real world.
The kind of film that makes you pack your things and go.
Very sweet, very real and very interesting. Oh and with a plot. You don´t like it, you better have a reason for it. And a good one.
Anybody wanna watch it, I´d be more than happy to watch it again!
Take a look at this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU2wn9L0DXc
Norah Jones - The Story (My Blueberry Nights OST)
samedi, janvier 24, 2009
Why do people have kids?
I have come to the conclusion that most people have kids because they are bored to death. Bored with their partners, bored with their lives, bored with themselves.
After a period of too little writing, too much working (or 2nd job-searching), too many family duties, too little time and too little energy, I also have to say Hello all! and it was f***ing time I wrote. And it´s just that the essential questions in life come to my mind every now and then. I have been thinking about this article for a while now, and it´s time I protested: Why exactly do people have kids?
Am I the only one who has heard the eternal answer: "after a while, we just felt there was something missing in the house"? Hello? something missing in the house? darling, you might need some change of scenery, hire an interior designer, buy new courtains, consider the root of your boredom, but definitely, don´t create a human being to witness all of that and swallow the consequences just because your life is incomplete! And pardon me, but I think, and I´ll always defend that before you even think about having a child, you Must be fine with yourself. You must be happy, you must have an alternative if things go wrong.
Or this one: "Well, after a hard day at work, they just charge my batteries". Yeah, right, that´s because you´ve been all day at work, because if you were spending all day with them, most probably they would suck all your energy. Yes, they might charge your batteries, but they already emptied them before, so in the end minus 1 plus 1 equals 0. You might as well not have kids. Have some sleep if you need your batteries charged..
But the funniest one I heard was: "I know this couple who got married and they claim they´re not ready to have kids just yet; well I think this couple have a problem". Oh Yeah? they have a problem because they need to spend time together, travel, have careers, get to know themselves, go out often, all this before they think about having kids? because they don´t think it´s necessary to follow the unwritten rules that say that no kids equals unhealthy relationship? because perhaps they are ok with spending time together, with doing things, all sorts of things but That? not sure I understand. Our bodies might be created the way they are, but don´t we have minds anymore to decide what´s best for them? are we not in the 21st century for this too?
One thing I know about having kids (not much more to be frank) is that you are automatically overshadowed for the rest of your life. And coming back to what I said earlier, why can´t we sort out our lives before giving out the best in us willingly, letting everybody to ignore that? Is there an age for personal or professional fulfillment? no! Well in my case it hasn´t actually happened! why then is there an age for child bearing?
A few points to make: isn´t the world unsafe enough to bring someone new to see it/suffer it? and, what happens when the child is a teenager? (I mean, do you Really fancy going though that?!) and what when they turn out to be the opposite from what you expected? let me explain, what if they´re the laziest thing on earth and they never leave your house, that house that cost you so much effort to buy? what if they´re the cruelest thing on earth and they make you suffer for days on end? what if they happen to marry the worst thing on earth and you don´t have more choice than to put up with it the best way you can?
What a lottery my friend, as if the world wasn´t hazardous enough. Do what you like doing, spend your time doing it, get a good job, a fabulous person by your side, and the best friends to have around, and I think that should do.
One last thing. Having kids is like taking drugs: not only suffered by the person, but also by the people around. If you don´t agree, then tell me, why do people have kids if they can´t take care of them? why do you take for granted that grandpa and grandma are more than happy to pick them up, collect them from school, spend full days with them..have they not worked more than enough for all their lives to not have a right to rest? what when an accident happens and something happens to the baby? we get old, we lose our reflexes, we have a right to spend our time watching TV or whatever, why do you give me such a delicate thing to complicate my days?
What I mean is, the person is the person, let´s not lose our identity, even I need loads of time just for myself, following social and historical rules I would be more than a lost case. Oh well, do i really care..
All I ask is, well, just think twice if you can.
After a period of too little writing, too much working (or 2nd job-searching), too many family duties, too little time and too little energy, I also have to say Hello all! and it was f***ing time I wrote. And it´s just that the essential questions in life come to my mind every now and then. I have been thinking about this article for a while now, and it´s time I protested: Why exactly do people have kids?
Am I the only one who has heard the eternal answer: "after a while, we just felt there was something missing in the house"? Hello? something missing in the house? darling, you might need some change of scenery, hire an interior designer, buy new courtains, consider the root of your boredom, but definitely, don´t create a human being to witness all of that and swallow the consequences just because your life is incomplete! And pardon me, but I think, and I´ll always defend that before you even think about having a child, you Must be fine with yourself. You must be happy, you must have an alternative if things go wrong.
Or this one: "Well, after a hard day at work, they just charge my batteries". Yeah, right, that´s because you´ve been all day at work, because if you were spending all day with them, most probably they would suck all your energy. Yes, they might charge your batteries, but they already emptied them before, so in the end minus 1 plus 1 equals 0. You might as well not have kids. Have some sleep if you need your batteries charged..
But the funniest one I heard was: "I know this couple who got married and they claim they´re not ready to have kids just yet; well I think this couple have a problem". Oh Yeah? they have a problem because they need to spend time together, travel, have careers, get to know themselves, go out often, all this before they think about having kids? because they don´t think it´s necessary to follow the unwritten rules that say that no kids equals unhealthy relationship? because perhaps they are ok with spending time together, with doing things, all sorts of things but That? not sure I understand. Our bodies might be created the way they are, but don´t we have minds anymore to decide what´s best for them? are we not in the 21st century for this too?
One thing I know about having kids (not much more to be frank) is that you are automatically overshadowed for the rest of your life. And coming back to what I said earlier, why can´t we sort out our lives before giving out the best in us willingly, letting everybody to ignore that? Is there an age for personal or professional fulfillment? no! Well in my case it hasn´t actually happened! why then is there an age for child bearing?
A few points to make: isn´t the world unsafe enough to bring someone new to see it/suffer it? and, what happens when the child is a teenager? (I mean, do you Really fancy going though that?!) and what when they turn out to be the opposite from what you expected? let me explain, what if they´re the laziest thing on earth and they never leave your house, that house that cost you so much effort to buy? what if they´re the cruelest thing on earth and they make you suffer for days on end? what if they happen to marry the worst thing on earth and you don´t have more choice than to put up with it the best way you can?
What a lottery my friend, as if the world wasn´t hazardous enough. Do what you like doing, spend your time doing it, get a good job, a fabulous person by your side, and the best friends to have around, and I think that should do.
One last thing. Having kids is like taking drugs: not only suffered by the person, but also by the people around. If you don´t agree, then tell me, why do people have kids if they can´t take care of them? why do you take for granted that grandpa and grandma are more than happy to pick them up, collect them from school, spend full days with them..have they not worked more than enough for all their lives to not have a right to rest? what when an accident happens and something happens to the baby? we get old, we lose our reflexes, we have a right to spend our time watching TV or whatever, why do you give me such a delicate thing to complicate my days?
What I mean is, the person is the person, let´s not lose our identity, even I need loads of time just for myself, following social and historical rules I would be more than a lost case. Oh well, do i really care..
All I ask is, well, just think twice if you can.
samedi, janvier 10, 2009
Sponsor a Flora London Marathon runner
Well, just before I let go today, click the link below if you'd like to sponsor a mate from one of my previous jobs. He's running the London marathon and raising money for a children's charity.
(just in case the link doesn't show with your browser:
http://www.justgiving.com/damianmccleave)
I've already donated 20 pounds (roughly 5 euros with the current exchange rate) and I encourage you to do the same.
All you need to do is click on the link, lick "donate now", fill in the details, on the next step put your email and create a password, then your bank details and donate.
Oh, and I know that I need to update the look of the blog, but one step at a time, okay?
(just in case the link doesn't show with your browser:
http://www.justgiving.com/damianmccleave)
I've already donated 20 pounds (roughly 5 euros with the current exchange rate) and I encourage you to do the same.
All you need to do is click on the link, lick "donate now", fill in the details, on the next step put your email and create a password, then your bank details and donate.
Oh, and I know that I need to update the look of the blog, but one step at a time, okay?
Burn after reading
Just to talk about what's happening, it's snowed in Madrid and it's bollocking cold so I ain't going nowhere and I'm watching films at home. I've recently taken walking to work and I lack appropriate gear so I freeze my feet and I am probably damaging my knee articulations, but I just haven't had the time to go out and buy new trainers.
So, I don't intend to talk about films only but it's just circumstances, innit? I watched this one last night and I though it was very good. To be honest, many of the films by the Cohen brothers are quite good.
In this one they've engaged some actors from Fargo, and I personally think that Frances McDormand should get an Oscar for this one.
Oh well, time to take a shower and go to bed. Sunday tomorrow but gotta take Chano for a long walk. Poor thing, he's putting on weight much like his fathers...
So, I don't intend to talk about films only but it's just circumstances, innit? I watched this one last night and I though it was very good. To be honest, many of the films by the Cohen brothers are quite good.
In this one they've engaged some actors from Fargo, and I personally think that Frances McDormand should get an Oscar for this one.
Oh well, time to take a shower and go to bed. Sunday tomorrow but gotta take Chano for a long walk. Poor thing, he's putting on weight much like his fathers...
Wild sampling gone fantastic
So me and me man are home, both at our computers (Apple forever) and he emails me the following:
And I view it once, and then seventeen times more. And then we spot the following too:
And I have had this tune in my head all day. I think the guy/gal is very talented and I love the tunes and the vids too. The second one's a bit dizzying but fine after a couple of beers.
Just watch it and I bet you will watch it again, and again, and again...
And I view it once, and then seventeen times more. And then we spot the following too:
And I have had this tune in my head all day. I think the guy/gal is very talented and I love the tunes and the vids too. The second one's a bit dizzying but fine after a couple of beers.
Just watch it and I bet you will watch it again, and again, and again...
Pineapple Express
I know, I know, it's been a bit of a dry season and it was about f***ing time I wrote, but what can I say, I've been kinda busy, did a course on web design, got a job and moved to Madrid. Okay, so it doesn't sound like that much, but believe me, it's been kinda hectic and that's all.
So what brough me back to the blogosphere? I've just finished watching the film Pineapple Express. Don't ask me about the actor cos I don't know them. There's a few familiar faces, oh, and the guy from Spiderman, the son of the rich bad buy, is in there and is hunky and funny. I think the guy from "V" (as in the rat-eating extraterrestial beings) is there too, but don't trust me on that cos I'm not certain that it is him (Kyle, I think his character was called).
Anyway, so you know we don't get films in Spain, more like we only get the fraction of a fraction of all that's made because choice is just not "in" in Spain. So I just checked on the internet trying to find something interesting and I found this, and I watched it. And I loved it. I thought it was really good and I would like to share it with you.
Below is the link from youtube so that you can take a look at the trailer. Now be forewarned, if English is not your first language, you might find that you do miss whole chunks of the dialogue, but that's life and in a way it doesn't really take out much from the film. I think it's really funny even if you don't speak much English at all!
It might be, but I haven't checked, that the film was dubbed into Spanish, but I haven't bothered looking because, really, translating films is a bit of a cartel here in Spain and you always get the same seven people doing all the characters in every film, and every advert, and every bit of thing that goes on telly these days...
So, anyway, do watch the film if you have the opportunity cos it is very good. Made my day.
By the way, there's coarse language, violence but, disappointingly, no sex! And also, the trailer does no justice to the film, just watch it, okay?
So what brough me back to the blogosphere? I've just finished watching the film Pineapple Express. Don't ask me about the actor cos I don't know them. There's a few familiar faces, oh, and the guy from Spiderman, the son of the rich bad buy, is in there and is hunky and funny. I think the guy from "V" (as in the rat-eating extraterrestial beings) is there too, but don't trust me on that cos I'm not certain that it is him (Kyle, I think his character was called).
Anyway, so you know we don't get films in Spain, more like we only get the fraction of a fraction of all that's made because choice is just not "in" in Spain. So I just checked on the internet trying to find something interesting and I found this, and I watched it. And I loved it. I thought it was really good and I would like to share it with you.
Below is the link from youtube so that you can take a look at the trailer. Now be forewarned, if English is not your first language, you might find that you do miss whole chunks of the dialogue, but that's life and in a way it doesn't really take out much from the film. I think it's really funny even if you don't speak much English at all!
It might be, but I haven't checked, that the film was dubbed into Spanish, but I haven't bothered looking because, really, translating films is a bit of a cartel here in Spain and you always get the same seven people doing all the characters in every film, and every advert, and every bit of thing that goes on telly these days...
So, anyway, do watch the film if you have the opportunity cos it is very good. Made my day.
By the way, there's coarse language, violence but, disappointingly, no sex! And also, the trailer does no justice to the film, just watch it, okay?
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