On blogging

The post I enjoyed writing most was that one about places to eat, in which I wrote about the korean bakery & cafe 'Había una vez'. It brought back many pleasant memories, because I've only visited it with the people I love the most. And I love their food the most aswell, expensive as it is. 

The post I enjoyed writing the least was the one about 10 things to do before one's death. It made me think too much, and I always collapse under pressure, so it was a bit stressful for me to picture some things I had to say. In a way it was good though, because one tends to live too fast, not paying atenttion to the most important things in life. 

My favourite classmate's post is Bastian's 'Syd Mead'. It went on this kind of art I had never heard about before, and had never seen either. Yet it was interesting, educative even. I felt like seriously searching for it, and studying some pieces just for the pleasure.

I think the one with the most atractive blog is Natalie. There's this special vibe about the background image, the transparencies, the typography she choose... and the fact that is doesn't bother me that she used one type for the titles and another one for the text, each quite different from each other. It works, somehow, specially because the font for the text is a nice one for reading. 

What I enjoyed about blogging was to write about things I like, or lived, or wish, or think. It was also very compelling to get to know my classmates through their posts, because sometimes a random conversation doesn't get the most interesting details about people. 

I don't think there was something  I didn't like about it. It's different that I felt a bit impatient while waiting for my classmates to update their blogs when mine was ready, because I needed to post a comment on theirs. Yet, I had other things to do when the teacher told me to. I admit sometimes I was really worn out (after the intense conversation sessions) and just wanted to finish my blog and leave, but it was bearable after all.

I appreciate this experience greatly. I enjoyed it, and improved my writing (I think I was good before, but I learned quite a few things!)

Thank you all. May we meet again.

A nasty hideout known as Tumblr

I could expend my entire life in Tumblr.

The first time I visited it was some time around last year, when my best friend (the same one that gets me into new music styles and korean places to eat) started spazzing about it. I didn't listen to her at first, but after a  few days I couldn't help but join, because I noticed many pictures of my favorite idols were posted there first and in better quality.

Tumblr is about many things. One can either post a quote, a written conversation, pictures, gifs, videos, audio or text walls. It has a system of liking other people's posts (by clicking the heart icon) and reblogging. So one basically could never post anything of their own, but have towns of posts in their tumblr blogs (as in my case). One can also follow other people's tumblrs and be followed  too. 

There are many different kind of people in Tumblr, but I'm in the side where there are only girls, mainly over their 20's, who love to read, are a bit socially awkward (and/or forever alone), enjoy movies and comics, and are crazy about fanfiction.

There are tons of golden posts in Tumblr; I would recommend it mainly because it is a good balanced mix of art, lifestyles, entertainment, lots of laughter and porn in some cases.  

Michelangelo is sublime

I fell in love with Michelangelo Buonarroti when I  was in high school. Specially with two of his works: the statue of David and the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

We had this arts teacher who tried to balance our free style homeworks with history of art. We went through the renaissance and I was way more dazed by Michelangelo's work than  by master Da Vinci  (and we know they had some sort of rivalry over who was the most brilliant one).

The history of how the Sistine Chapel ceiling was painted makes me shiver. Michelangelo took 4 years to finish it, painting over 300 figures. I can hardly believe he could extend his greatness to the entire work, although it's  pretty obvious taking in count that he was an extreme perfectionist. It makes me sad that a little time after he finished that ceiling, someone (I think it was a pope) ordered another (terrible) painter to cover the character's private parts with random pieces of cloth. He was later named 'Maestro Braghettone' for this infamous work. 

And as for the statue of David... it's just as amazing. Michelangelo rathered do sculptures than painting (he differed with Da Vinci on this point aswell) because he though sculpture was a superior form of art, since it's in 3D and paintings are only in 2D. Hence, he said it was simplier, and therefore, inferior.

The thing about the statue of David (and all of this statues, really) is that it... alive. I feel like it's just as alive as I am. Besides, he didn't make it proportional; he made it in a certain way that it seems right looked from downbelow. Otherwise, it looks deformed. I think that's just genius.

Bridget Jones's diary

The first time I watched 'Bridget Jones's diary' was when I was 12 years old or so, back when it was released. Everytime we went to our country place in Curacavi we'd rent a few movies to pass the weekend. I had watched the trailer and, since I love comedies, I decided to give it a try. It turned out really good; I liked it and I enjoy it every single time I catch it on the TV again. 

This is a romantic comedy  about 'a British woman is  determined to improve herself while she    looks for love in a year in which she keeps a personal diary', based in the homonymous novel by Helen Fielding. 

The screen version was starred by Renée  Zellweger as Bridget Jones, Hugh Grant as Daniel Cleaver and Colin Firth as Mark Darcy. I loved the job they all did (not to mention the minor parts, which were just as great), and I admired Renée's effort, since she's from the United States, yet she pulled out a nice british accent. I  don't know why they didn't choose a british actress (well, the rest of the cast IS british...), but this movie really got me into her other movies. 

I strongly recommend this film if you like a good laugh to sarcastic situations and a main character's intrinsic silliness. 

Here's the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQdy98B1nf0