My Favourite Book and Film

There is not exist a feeling comparable to finish a book. I remember when i was a kid my mother sometimes bought me some childish books to read like "¡Ay, Cuánto me quiero!" or "La familia guacatela", i don't think that titles like those sounds familiar to you but for me are an important part of my childhood, i remember i liked so much that i read them like a million times at least.

But i started to really enjoy read some books thanks to my teacher of language, she always give us cool books to read and i get into it so much that i ask her for more books. Between the Chilean writers, Pedro Lemebel, (rest in peace, master) the way he write.. his books are so enjoyable, it's incredible, my favourite books written by him are "De perlas y cicatrices" and "Tengo miedo torero". Also, i read "Mala onda" by Alberto Fuguet, a Chilean novel about a teenager, Matías Vicuña living in the middle of the dictatorship in Chile, i have to say that i loved that book, it's probably my favourite one in spanish.

I like horror books too, Stephen King and Edgar Allan Poe are the reason of the 90% of my goosebumps :( advice: never read them in the night alone... well, i also like fantastic novels like A Song of Ice and Fire, The Hunger Games and Harry Potter. I remembered me so excited about the new movies of HP. I used to go to the cinema a lot, but, now... maybe once or twice at month.

Well, i like a lot a movies too, but my favourite is"Kill Bill" with the beautiful and deathly blonde, Uma Thurman by the great Quentin Tarantino, who also directed Reservoir Dogs, Unglorious bastards, Pulp Fiction and other masterpieces... "The Clockwork Orange" by Stanley Kubrick is a five stars movie, Kubrick also directed The Shining and Eyes Wide Shut. I like almost every movie directed by Tim Burton, who usually work with Jhonny Depp and Helena Bonham-Carter, and by the way, "The Night Before Christma"s was my favourite movie when i was a kid, i know all the songs in it.

Well, i'm going to give you just a humble advice: don't read something beacause everyone read it and don't watch a movie just because it has 5 stars on netflix, come on, like my mom say: don't judge a book by his cover.

A Photograph You Like

Press the button and ¡Flash! it's taken. As we getting older, we usually forget about the past, about certain moments, people, travels... the best solution: take a camera with you, well... it's not 1998, so you could take your phone, or your tablet, or your notebook, There is any device that don't take photographs? I doubt it. Now it's easier, you don't have to wait for the developing or worry about the camera roll, welcome to the twenty-first century bit*hes, the "I want it now! age".

When i see my family albums i can't help but notice the importance of the photographs, especially because i almost don't remember my father, so, the picture of my mind of him is basically his face on photographs. And oh, how can i forget when i said to my mom: "I don't want to take the camera, mom, all i'll want to remember it's going to be on my mind" Bull*hit! I regret it so much, my best vacations on 2010 in Chiloe and i don't have any picture of it :(

Anyway, a photograph that caught my attention was a nostalgic and beautiful one, and is the proof that a picture taken in the right time can capture the perfect essence of the moment... In the middle of the war in 1994-Chechnya, a russian soldier who found an abandoned piano in the woods started to playing it, and someone just took the photo. I don't know why, but it's like this photograph has soul, it's a little bit rare combination: a soldier playing piano in the middle of nowhere, but at the same time it's so peacefull and nostalgic. Well, sorry if i can't describe it right to you, but, look at it for yourself... as you know "a picture is worth a thousand words.".

Music in My Life

            The music is like food to the soul, and you could "eat" any kind of music you wish, in my case, i could start with a plate of psychedelic rock, then listen some hip-hop, but, of course, end with a great dessert: Jazz.

          I started listening to Jazz when i was like 10 or 11 years old, because a neighbor had a band, and he used to play the Bass, one of my favorite’s instruments together with Saxophone and Piano. When i heard the music he put on the radio: i was listening Coltrane for the first time, and i just traveled to a peaceful place, it left me speechless, and it was indescribable. So, i did get so much into it, that then, when i was 15, my family bought me an alto saxophone, it was hard to learn, but it truly worth it, i love to improvise, even i play in a Band, but the time is really short because University, so, we decide to take a break until vacations.

            By the way, that doesn't mean i just listen to Jazz, because in a day i listen Chilean Music like "Los Prisioneros" or "Violeta Parra", The Doors, Michael Jackson, Radiohead, The Eagles, Iron Maiden, Elvis Presley, Pink Floyd, Edith Piaff, Calle 13, Cypress Hill, even classic music when i study, like Vivaldi, Mozart, Debussy... i listen to almost everything, except for Reaggeton, and i'm not a big fan of the new pop. Sorry if you feel judged, but i feel Reaggeton and Pop are the most commercial kind of music for me.

            Anyway, I think people shouldn't be close to listen to a specific kind of music, because, if your take your soul to the "restaurant" of music, i don't think that feed it with the same plate everytime be so funny, so, try to listen a little more of the menu!