edgar allan poe

Edgar Allan Poe is considered as the father of detecive literature and probably the first modern gothic author. Also known as the master of macabre, Poe, once said...

“They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”

When I found this quote I couldn't resist of posting it on my blog, I must share it, I thought. I think there's nothing like dreaming awake. It is very important to be imaginative and creative, and this is easier if you aren't tied to real world, to rules and to prejudice... Let your mind fly away (sometimes!) and believe in the magic of life, do not stay inside the box;)

orphan black

A girl on a train. She looks high. She gets off the train, she's talking to someone on her phone when she sees a girl taking her shoes out... She turns around, looks at our black-dressed girl and jumps to the lane when the train's approaching. God! What's happened? In the chaos, our girl picks the suicide's bag and runs away. What she founds in the bag... So scary!

Sarah discovers that the girl who jumped to the railway looked exactly to her and it seems like she had a better life than she has, so Sarah attempts to live Beth's life by changing her style, getting into her flat, studying her photos, videos and objects... At the same time we see Fee, Sarah's stepbrother trying to help Sarah and simulating that the girl who jumped onto the train was her. He even organizes her funeral! But getting into another's life isn't that easy, Sarah must deal with all Beth's troubles...

The first episode of this exciting serie is so thrilling that you can't stop watching, when it's over your first reaction will be to search for the second one. I really recommend this, by the time, two season-serie that keeps you thinking and thinking what the hell is happening and how it is going to continue! If you are a fan of sci-fi combined with drama, you can't miss it.

I've really liked how the first episode goes on, can't wait to see the second!

over a month at hairdresser's

A recent study on how much time women spend at the hairdresser's concluded thet the average British woman spends more than four hours per month, that means almost a month in a whole lifetime! A lot of the interviewed responded that they would like to spend even longer: "it is a relax, gossip moment" answered one of them. The researchers also concluded that it is very important for women to keep their hair looking good.

 I think it is incredible to dicover what an eternity we lose doing routine things during our life. In my case, i don't visit the hairdresser's very often, but I agree that it is important to feel comfortable with one's hair, so if some people need to "lose" a month to get happiness, I respect. I have to say that I also find it relaxing... but two hours? every week? No way!

You can look for the complete new here, it is quite interesting!

The pig and the boars

Once upon a time, in the middle of the country, there was a lonely cottage surrounded by a big, dark forest. The owner was an old fat woman who could no longer look after her piggies. So the pigs were living on their own and had their own lives and stories…

All the piggies were very happy, except one; the little pig. He didn’t want to live in a farm, he wanted to live a wild life with the boars in the forest. He saw them every day running free around the farm. The little pig thought they were very cool so he wanted also to be like them. So one day he climbed the garden fence and escaped into the dark forest. After some minutes he began to hear strange noises, so he got terrified but fortunately he found the boars. Actually the noises came from the boars, who were laughing at the little pig, but he was so happy to have found them that he didn’t realize it. They asked him who he was and he said he was a pig. Then the boars felt over by laughing. The little pig couldn’t understand it. Then Lucibor, the leader, asked the little pig: -Why have you come here? The little pig said: -I’ve come here to be free like you. The boars laughed again. Then Lucibor said: OK, but if you want to join us you’ll have to pass under a ritual.

The little pig was a bit confused about the boars behaviour, but he was so amazed with them that agreed and asked: -what shall I do?- There was a short silence and the boars looked at each other with an evil looking. Then Luciboar began to speak: “look, you little dumb pig, there is just one thing you have to do: eat these purple mushrooms. The little pig thought they looked tasty, so he picked one and ate it. After a while, the trees started to swing, and those purple mushrooms began to talk!

He felt sick and worried, he walked without knowing where while the boars laughed about him. 

The boars went away leaving the poor little pig alone in the dark forest. when he thought everything was lost, the little pig saw an angel, a beautiful angel with white wings. She was speaking to him, but he couldn’t understand her; however, he followed the angel until they reached the edge of the forest. Once there he started feeling better and was able to understand a few words... "This is not your place, your family loves you", said the angel. 

The next morning he was back at the farm, he woke up feeling different: he knew how much he loved his brothers and the whole farm. 

presentations

During these days I've learnt a lot of things with the oral presentations of our classmates. Perhaps the three things that impressed me the most were about foreign and far cultures. 

The first one is something I learnt of my own presentation while doing the research: how do the hindu people celebrate a funeral. Rahter than the funeral in sense, I liked all the "treatments" that they do to the deceassed, for example to wash the body with purified water or even milk.

I also liked to know that the "sweet sixteen", "la quinzeañera" or the "weekend party" are almost the same experienced in different ways. To end, I have to say that the african weddings look super funny and even better than ours.

All the presentations were really interesting and I enjoyed a lot getting to know new rites of passage around the world.

greed arrested them

Four suspects have been arrested because of their greedy behaviour.

Three adults and a youngster had stolen several cars and were under suspect by the police when they decided to go to a fast food place and order the hughest meal ever. To be even less discreet they paid with a stolen credit card (that they had found in one of the cars) and invited the person who was waiting behind them in the queue, then posted a photo of that massive amount of food on instagram.

It wasn't difficult for police to start researching on the fast food chain, and quickly found the reciept of that order (that the employees had kept by coincidence). Their "light" meal included more than ten burgers, two chicken, five sandwiches, six orders of fries... Bon apétit!

I think those burglars weren't really intelligent, and too greedy, that's what made them get caught. In my opinion police made a good job, and they shouldn't show mercy to thiefs, because although there are some cases when people has nothing else to do for eating, this burglars stole four cars and then spent a lot of money. And this is not necessity, this is kind of a "hobby" that makes some people lose a lot and the thiefs didn't have any objective further than stealing to steal.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/12/instagram-fast-food-arres_n_4263393.html

lighted ballons

I was having a look to Vogue magazine (For a school assesment, I'm not a frequent reader) when I found this fancy photo.

On the picture you can see a girl with a dolly-looking wearing an ankle-long dress standing on a field with red trees on the left and a curious tower on the right side. What makes the photo special are some lighted ballons spreaded around the landscape.

I know that what people would think is that what's fancy on the picture is the dress... But I'm not really interested on long pink clothes. Although I like fashion, I think that you have to know when to wear super fashion things and when not. For example, if you're going to college you can dress beautiful clothes, but you don't need to make wonders with your waredrove. Then, you can't appear in a wedding on your trainer's. You have to know when and where to wear each kind of clothes... and you don't need a lot of clothes to look always nice.

My advise (I'm not a fashion expert, so you may disagree) is to combine clothes you like, when you like and where you like with a bit of common sense to be fancy anywhere and dress properly. And to be true to your own style!