Saturday, May 7, 2011

21. Invitacion a un Asesinato

21. Invitación a un Asesinato. Carmen Posadas. 359 paginas. Abril 2011.
Literatura light, entretenido, con algunas alusiones a libros de detectives.

Y es que se puede mentir mucho alejándose apenas de la verdad.

El enamoramiento no es más que un cóctel de endorfinas con dopamina o serotonina y que dura exactamente treinta meses.

Páncreas, esa es la palabra que menciono el doctor Pedralbes antes de explicar lo que significaba dicho termino en su caso. “Páncreas “e “incurable” son palabras que suelen ir juntas, así lo sintetizo él, vaya eufemismo… pero vaya coño la muerte es lo más trivial del mundo. Todos tenemos que pasar por ahí, tarde o temprano, lo verdaderamente importante es el cómo, no el cuándo.

Pero ese es, me temo, el problema con los mentirosos y con los que les gusta demasiado llamar la atención, nadie les cree, incluso (o tal vez debería decir sobre todo) cuando dicen la verdad.

Tengo observado que los jóvenes de hoy carecen de filtro; dicen todo lo que les pasa por la cabeza. Para mí que confunden la sinceridad con la diarrea mental.

Pensar fuera de la caja consistía en salirse del carril, del marco habitual de pensamiento, relacionar, por tanto, cosas dispares y, a veces, sumar peras con manzanas.




19. 20. Contra el Viento del Norte. La Septima Ola.

19. 20. Contra el Viento del Norte. La Septima Ola. Daniel Glattauer.
Los libros no fueron la gran cosa. Lo mas llamativo que tenían era el estilo. Escrito enteramente en correos electrónicos en los cuales solo se incluyen dos personajes y hasta las situaciones donde se encontraban eran relatados por el correo. El primero es mucho mas ingenioso e inventivo que el segundo. Muestra los procesos que se dan en la atracción y el enamoramiento de una manera diferente y muy detallada. Hace metáforas bacanas con los efectos de la naturaleza, el viento del norte, y la séptima ola.

No hay demostración científica pero entre algunos grupos de gente (surfistas en general) y múltiples escritos en la literatura existe la creencia de que cada siete olas, se produce una mas alta que las otras.

"... aquí cuentan la historia de la indómita séptima ola. Las primeras seis son previsibles y equilibradas. Se condicionan unas a otras, se basan unas en otras, no deparan sorpresas. Mantienen la continuidad. Seis intentos, por mas diferentes que parezcan vistos de lejos, seis intentos... y siempre el mismo destino.
Pero !cuidado con la séptima ola! La séptima ola es imprevisible. Durante mucho tiempo pasa inadvertida, participa en el monótono proceso, se adapta a sus predecesoras. Pero a veces estalla. Siempre ella, siempre la séptima. Porque es despreocupada, inocente, rebelde barre con todo, lo cambia todo. Para ella no existe el antes, solo el ahora. Y después todo es distinto. ¿Mejor o peor? Eso solo pueden decirlo quienes tuvieron el coraje de enfrentarla, de dejarse cautivar..."

Friday, March 25, 2011

18. Routine Miracles.

18. Routine Miracles. Conrad Fischer. 336 pages. March 2011.
This is the kind of stuff that has been getting most of my attention lately. TED, Conrad Fischer, great people in every field, investigation opportunities in the United States, Phd and Postdoctoral careers. My mind is lately filled with this kind of stuff, I want to go to the United States to have the opportunities, I may not be one of this brilliant minds but I want to be as close to them as it can be. I have the drive, the desire, I want to help in the construction of what I think is the knowledge, and pyramid in which even the wrong bricks help and is constantly rising.

"The object is to inoculate the best and brightest of our society against negativity, false despair, and fear... To shield their minds from a rampant cynicism and narrow mindedness of senior physicians and faculty and to inspire them to get back in that laboratory to choose the most difficult problems to solve in medicine and find cures - for cancer, for rheumatoid arthritis, for asthma, for blindness, for depression, and for myriad other causes of suffering. The best minds of our generations will need positivity and optimism, unlimited energy and enthusiasm. And they will need the confident hope that when you gather the smartest people in the room in the search for a cure, they will find it."



28. Black Swan.

28. Black Swan. Darren Aronofsky.
A great masterpiece. Natalie Portman earned her Oscar with this movie. I liked the duality between the white and the black swan. The changes in the personality as I have thought since I was a kid with my astrological sign Gemini. The end of the movie is great, the falling in grace as the white swan committing suicide and dying happy is excellent.









Monday, January 24, 2011

27. The 11th Hour.

27. The 11th Hour. Nadia Conners.
A movie about climate change. I didn't had anything different to my old perspectives. It only kept my awareness of the problem turned on. Right now I cant do much, buy I hope with time and the right decisions I will be able to help more.




26. An education.

26. An education. Lone Scherfig.
A strong movie brought forward by the leading cast. The story is a little awkward and hard to believe but is well constructed. The thing I liked the most is the duality (That I also have in my life) of the difference in happiness that you can achieve by having a relaxed life and full of pleasures enjoying life, and the satisfaction of studying and working hard. My conclusion is that I wish to study and work and come to a elite of investigation in medicine, while enjoying the life and the academics.

25. Never Let Me Go

25. Never Let Me Go. Mark Romanek.
A very interesting movie that deepens in the human soul. The intro scene is very good, the kids say that they cannot go beyond the grounds of the school, and the theacher asks why and they say that they have been told that it is dangerous. This is a great example of indoctrination in little children just as religion.

23, 24. Iron Man, Iron Man 2.

23, 24. Iron Man, Iron Man 2. Jon Favreau.
Marvel as Disney is another company that has taken the way to modify and enhance its characters. They have been choosing so well their actors for the superheros, The Iron man is not the exception. I liked the movie because its entertaining and is very likable. It is not a great production, it has cliches made in Hollywood but the characters and the movie needs them. The creation of the suit is very good and the introduction of war machine is also good.


22. Tangled.

22. Tangled. Nathan Greno, Byron Howard.
As I have stated many times before, I believe that you can make a good movie out of any topic. Disney is a company that has been able to cope up with the changes of times, and recreate themselves modifying the kids stories to more mature and serious stories, without losing its essence and its appeal for kids. This creativity plus the money available to buy the technology make excellent movies with graphics that soon will be as good as real ones.
I liked the animals, Pascal the chameleon, and Maximus the horse. The movie is funny and well paced.
The only thing is that being a kids movie lets many things unexplained and just left there so the movie can work. But in general is ok.





Sunday, January 16, 2011

17. La elegancia del erizo.

17. La elegancia del erizo. Muriel Barbery.
Un libro que casi no le doy la oportunidad, y cuando iba en la tercera pagina no lo podía soltar. Es de un tema que en realidad no se porque no me atrae mucho Francia.
Pero la autora (una filosofa) tiene una manera de narrar y de filosofar al mismo tiempo que me sorprendió. Este libro es uno de los favorito que me he leído este año y me lo leere nuevamente en el futuro.