[Nothing left for me to do but DANCE]

Numb
Monday, August 29, 2005

The last few days have been wickedly exciting... well, no. I'm just on the vergue of a nervous breakdown because I have a very important exam in four days, and the medication I'm taking for my knee just makes me feel tired all the time. How nice. Plus I have a bit of a problem with a boy. But that's a long, long story, so you'll have to wait a few days to read about it. I'm sorry. I'll be nearly insane for the next four days, so don't expect any new entries until next Friday. I hope you miss me. ;)

Santi

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Upcoming movies
Thursday, August 25, 2005

I'm so terribly bored that I thought it'd be interesting to talk about some upcoming films which I'm dying to see:

Brokeback Mountain
Can't wait to see these two making out...

Director: Ang Lee
Cast: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, Randy Quaid, Anna Faris, Linda Cardellini.
Release date[s]: December 9, 2005 [USA] / February 17, 2006 [Spain]
Plot: Based on E. Annie Proulx's short story where two young cowboys Ennis [Heath Ledger] and Jack [Jake Gyllenhaal], begin a love affair in the summer of 1963, which they keep for two decades.
Trailer: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=27IPX9XE

Walk The Line
Reese and Joaquin as June Carter and Johnny Cash

Director: James Mangold
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick, Shelby Lynne.
Release date[s]: November 18, 2005 [USA] / January 27, 2006 [Spain]
Plot: A close look at the life of the great Johnny Cash [Joaquin Phoenix] from his early days on Arkansas to his relationship with June Carter [Reese Witherspoon] and his rise to fame after signing to Sun.
Official site & trailer: walkthelinethemovie.com

Romance & Cigarettes
Susan Sarandon singing at the top of her lungs

Director: John Turturro
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, James Gandolfini, Mandy Moore, Mary-Louise Parker, Christopher Walken, Eddie Izzard.
Release date[s]: Fall/Christmas [USA] [not confirmed] / December 9, 2005 [Spain]
Plot: A modern-day musical about an ironbuilder, Nick [James Gandolfini] who's married to a dressmaker, Kitty [Susan Sarandon] but keeps an affair with a voluptuous redhead woman [Kate Winslet] After a twist of fate, Nick begins his journey into redemption.

I'm Going To Tell You A Secret
Cheeeese!

Director: Jonas Akerlund
Cast: Documentary
Release date[s]: December 5, 2005 [DVD-only release] [not confirmed]
Plot: We follow Madonna, her family and her crew during 2004's Re-Invention Tour.

Proof
Gwyneth and Jake. Awww...

Director: John Madden
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins, Jake Gyllenhaal, Hope Davis, Gary Houston, Anne Wittman.
Release date[s]: September 16, 2005 [USA]
Plot: Based on David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Proof tells the story of Catherine [Gwyneth Paltrow], the daughter of a brilliant but mentally insane mathematician [Anthony Hopkins], who after her father's death has to face her fears and emotions. With the help of one of her father's former students [Jake Gyllenhaal], they search between the old professor’s notebooks, hoping to find a bit of his old brillance.
Official site & trailer: miramax.com/proof/

Transamerica
Bree and her son Toby

Director: Duncan Tucker
Cast: Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers, Fionnula Flanagan, Graham Greene.
Release date[s]: December 2, 2005 [USA]
Plot: Bree [Felicity Huffman] is a male-to-female transsexual who receives a call from someone who's apparently her son, Toby [Kevin Zegers], who's incarcerated in New York where he works as a hustler. She flies to New York to get him out of prison but when they meet Toby thinks she's a Christian missionary sent to "save" him. Bree then persuades him to accompany her back to the West Coast to leave him at his father's along the way. What he doesn't know is that she is actually his father.
Preview: bbcworld.com/content/talkingmovies_archive_18_2005.asp?pageid=665&co_pageid=3

Do expect a sequel to this topic. ;)

Santi

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I'm alive
Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Current music: So Small, by Laura Dawn.

Today's post may put you to sleep, so you're reading this at your own risk. So I went to the doctor yesterday, and he found out I have osteoarthritis on my right knee. Yes, it's a ridiculously bad-sounding word. And what's osteoarthritis? According to arthroscopy.com:

"The breakdown of the articular cartilage within the joint. Articular cartilage is a firm rubbery protein material covering the end of a bone. It acts as a cushion or shock absorber between the bones. When articular cartilage breaks down, this cushion is lost, and the bones will grind together."

The symptoms are pain, swelling, bone spur formation and decreased motion. My knee had been spilling synovial fluid for two days, so they had to remove it. Having a needle inserted down your knee for five minutes isn't nice. I thought I was going to die. But I'm so much better now. I can walk and my knee hurts a bit and it's slightly inflated, but not as much as before. I'll be alright in a couple of days. :)

I'm like the worst eBayer of all time. I've yet to win an item because they always outbid me on the last five seconds. I'm still fairly new at this, but I hope to win something soon. It's quite addictive actually. :P

We barely matter at all,

Santi

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Cool quick trip
Sunday, August 21, 2005

I'm back. It's been a very exciting but extremely short trip. I'm coming back in a couple of weeks, though. You know I love day-by-day comments and I haven't done a post like that in a long time, so here we go:

Friday:

I went for a walk with Julia because Fran was working. I got a really nice shirt for just EUR 9, which made my day. I wore it when we later met up with Fran and his friend Silvia. We went to have dinner [nothing special, just pizza] and then we tried to go to some discos. I said tried because we weren't allowed to get into them. lol. They said we weren't allowed to go inside because neither of us were 21. WTF?! That's a new rule. The legal age to drink and get into clubs here it's 18, so I think they just didn't want us to be there. We didn't want to drink anyway. It started raining and we had anywhere to go [you know, we're not 21 yet], so we said our goodbyes. By the way, my greatest fear about Fran has come true. He's a label junkie and obssesed about his looks now. He's always been a bit of that, but it's getting out of hand, and I know who to blame. I told you about his friend Silvia above, right? *ding ding* We have a winner. I shouldn't bitch about her because I've only seen her like three or four times but you can tell she's been spending a lot of time with Fran lately. Anyway, I'm ok about Fran's new personality as long as he keeps being such a nice and cute guy.

Saturday

I met up with Julia at 11:30 to get the bus to visit Vicky at her house in the beach. She didn't know I was coming, so she was really surprised when she saw me. She's so cute. She's been dating a guy from her school for some time. Well, it's not like they have a serious relationship. When Vicky told me about him she said "I'm going out with somebody... Well, we're not going out... We're... Ok, someday I'll explain it to you". lol. Even though they say they're not dating, I do believe they have a future. He's really, really nice and cares a lot about her, and you can tell that Vicky is simply head over heels for him. I'd be really happy if that happened. Sometimes I forget how much I miss Vicky. One of the reasons why we get on really well is because her sense of humour is as random as mine. Check this hilarious dialogue:

[while we were swimming in the sea, she suddenly looks at me and says]

Vicky: Wow!

Santi: What?

Vicky: Your teeth are so white!

Isn't she great? :P I don't know why but while we were swimming I started feeling pain on my right knee and I thought it'd stop after a while, but it still hurts. My knee is a bit swelled and I can barely move my leg so I'm going to see a doctor tomorrow. I look so retarded when I walk. lol. Back to the topic. We had a really nice day even though I don't really like going to the beach.

Sunday

I spent a couple of hours with my old schoolmates Irene and Mary in the morning, and it was nice, except for the part when we were walking and it looked like I had a prostethic leg. They asked me about my meeting with Moby and Laura Dawn, and you know I LOVE telling that story. lol. I then met up with my parents and came back to Madrid.

I guess that's all. I can't wait to come back. It's going to be in less than two weeks and this time I'm going to spend at least a week there. So cool.

I hope you had a nice weekend, too.

Santi

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Yipee!
Friday, August 19, 2005

Current music: One of Us, by Joan Osborne.

I'm going on a weekend trip to my old city, and I'm like... so happy! =) It's going to be really sweet to see my friends after all this time. I haven't been there since March, I think. Hell, I can't wait. Other than that, there's absolutely nothing I can report. My life rocks. Anyway, have a good weekend and be as naughty as you can possibly be.

Santi

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Grave of the Fireflies
Wednesday, August 17, 2005

I have nothing to report, so I'm going to talk about a film that I saw some days ago. Be careful if you want to see it, because I'll include some spoilers.

Hotaru no Haka, known as Grave of the Fireflies outside Japan tells the story of a 14 year-old boy called Seita and his little sister Setsuko, who became orphans and homeless during World War II. They live with a distant aunt for a while but they leave as she starts treating them like if they were "greedy" and "lazy". They find a little shelter by a river, where they happily live making their own food and spending every night among the fireflies. But things get worse when they run out of money and Setsuko is diagnosed with malnutrition.

I really liked this film and its anti-war message but there are some things I don't get. For example, why does Seita spends his days playing with his sister instead of working? I know he's just 14, but many kids have to work at war times, most especially if they're in Seita's situation. I mean, his sister was dying and all he does is stealing from other people's houses. I don't get it. Another thing I don't get is why they never came back to their aunt's. Yeah, she was rude and moody, but she surely had a point. I'd also be angry if I had to take care of two kids who spend day after day in their room doing nothing, especially when one of them is old enough to understand they're going through really bad times. I know I'm being a little too mean but it saddens me to think that both Seita and Setsuko's deaths were easily avoidable.

Despiting these little facts, Grave of the Fireflies is a truly remarkable film.
Stsuko, Seita and the fireflies

Santi

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Year II
Monday, August 15, 2005

Current music: Mary Jane [acoustic], by Alanis.

It's been a year since I started keeping this blog. I never thought I would keep for such a long time. In fact, it all started as a result of a very long and boring afternoon. It took me some time to understand that writing here could help me in many ways. It's not like talking to a friend, it's like an inner dialogue. This may sound stupid, but I've had much more time to myself this past year, and I feel I know myself better. I hope to keep this blog for a long, long time and I hope you keep reading it... at your own risk! ;) I don't know why, but I can feel this year's going to be exciting.

Santi

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Warning -- Anything in particular
Friday, August 12, 2005

Current music: So Good, by Rachel Stevens.

I'm going to post one of those very short posts where I talk about anything in particular. That's what happens when you have nothing to talk about. Just wanted to warn you.

- I saw Iris the other day. I loved it, and the actors are truly superb. The thing is... I'll never be able to watch it again. It was like the saddest film of all time. Judi Dench spends like the 95% of the movie fighting against Alzheimer, and she keeps getting worse and worse while Jim Broadbent suffers. Maybe it's because Alzheimer is one of the most frightening things in the world, or maybe it's because Judi Dench kinda looks like my grandmother, but I was tear-eyed all the time. Just as soon as I saw the final credits I ran to the bathroom and started crying. God, it felt so good. lol.

- I feel so guilty about something. I think I'm starting to develop yet another love-hate relationship. This time's with Rachel Stevens. S Club 7 were the lamest thing in the world but her solo songs are so catchy. Damn Euro-pop. lol.

- We have a three-day weekend. I won't go anywhere :( But it's alright. My parents are going to be out of town, which is always pretty relaxing. Wow, that was so mean. :P

- Sometimes I'm a genius in a cheap way, and I fix things which seem to be really complicated in five minutes, just by doing something really stupid. My modem had been dead for two days, and I was desperate. What did I do? I used that Windows tool which allows you to restore your computer to a previous status and... abracadabra. I still can't believe it.

Well, I thought this post would be much shorter. It's amazing how can you write dozens of lines about boring stuff... JK Rowling could say the same... Oops... *evil grin*

I'm gonna stand the test of time,

Santi

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One fine day
Monday, August 08, 2005

Current music: Glorious, by Andreas Johnson.

I had a great day. I spent a filthy amount of money but I don't care cause I had a good time. I went to two comics stores that a friend told me about [Madrid Comics and Atlantica 3.0] and even though I felt a little out of place, I managed to find one of the comics I was looking for. You always hear stories about how weird some comic fans are, and today I saw that some of those stories are actually true. Just try to imagine this: three goth teenagers [two girls, one guy], reading a hentai [a manga which includes sex scenes] and making comments like "oh my god, he's got a big one!". It was kind of funny, but a little embarrasing too. After that I went to see a movie [which I review below], and then I went to check a CD store which has new releases at ridiculously low prices. It happened something really shocking there. I saw there was a 30-something woman [who looked like if she was on drugs] shouting at another woman in the store, and she started hitting her right in front of me. Right in front of me, for real. But fortunately she didn't go much further cause a guy who was there stopped her. She then left the store screaming "BIIITCH!!!!" and things like that. It was so scary. I got some stuff as well: Ryan Cabrera's Take It All Away, Melanie C's Better Alone DVD single [which was released last week] and Jason Mraz's The Remedy CD single for just EUR14. God, I really love that store... even though sometimes I witness scary things.

The film I went to see was Yossi & Jagger. It's taken three years to release it here, but it was worth the wait. After all, we never get to see Israeli movies, so it's better late than never. It's about a secret love story between two officers in a base in the Israeli-Lebanese border. Jagger [Yehuda Levi] is about to finish the service and wants to make this relationship public, but Yossi [Ohad Knoller] is afraid of what people would say. Why most Hollywood films would need at least two hours and a $100 million budget to tell what this movie does with very little money in just 65 minutes? And I'm sure that if Hollywood made a remake of this film it wouldn't be as believable. It's one of the most beautiful movies I've ever seen. Eytan Fox is a damn genius. Some months ago I saw Walk On Water, which was marvelous, and after seeing this one you can tell he's no one-trick pony. Mr. Fox, you're one of the reasons why I still believe in moviemaking.

Yossi [left] and Jagger [right]

A secret talk between Yossi [left] and Jagger [right]

Cheers,

Santi

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Quiet
Saturday, August 06, 2005

Current music: The Blunderprince, by Brian W. Spencer.

Things have been reeeally quiet this week, so that's why I didn't update. All I did was studying Math and being stuck at home. I did go out this afternoon, though. It was so damn hot outside. I went to Fnac to see some CD's and comics [I'm slowly turning into a manga fan lol] I got Lisa Marie Presley's Now What [which was released a couple of months ago, but I didn't have the time to get it] but I didn't buy any comics because they didn't have the ones I'm looking for [the Saikano ones] So after feeling guilty about this [I promised myself I would save some money] I returned home and watched Desperate Housewives and Sex and the City. How exciting, uh?

I'm actually kind of excited about something. Next week there'll be a three-day weekend and I *might* go to Cartagena [the city where I used to live] It's in my brother's hands. If he goes, I'll go. Shit, sometimes I feel I should've had gotten my driver's license as soon as I turned 18.

I'm getting paid to be the blunderprince,

Santi

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Stuck indoors
Tuesday, August 02, 2005

Current music: Catch My Disease, by Ben Lee.

I finally started studying Math. Ugh, it's so boring. I wake up at 7:30 every morning to go to this place where I get my classes. But that's not the worst part. They've changed my tutor [she was this lovely 25 year-old girl who was like a friend to me], and now I get classes from some very dull guy in his 30's. Don't get me wrong. It's not that I don't like him. He seems nice, we have the same name... But it's just not the same.

My bedroom isn't a mess anymore, but I still have over 200 CD's spread all over the place. I should do something about it. I'd have to go to Ikea or Media Markt and get one of this huge CD towers. But it's awful to go outside with this damn weather. I'm so much better at home. Oops, I'm sounding like a social outcast. lol.

My head is a box full of nothing,

Santi

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Thursday, August 25, 2005

I'm alive
Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Cool quick trip
Sunday, August 21, 2005

Yipee!
Friday, August 19, 2005

Grave of the Fireflies
Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Year II
Monday, August 15, 2005

Warning -- Anything in particular
Friday, August 12, 2005

One fine day
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Quiet
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