So resently I have been thinking what is it that separates a humanist form a scientific apart form the fact that humanist usually enjoy subjects such as Languages, Art, History, etc and Scientific enjoy subjects as math, biology, Physic or Chemistry, though this is not mandatory. So having conversations with my brothers, my dad - the Scientist of the family- and my mom, some of my teachers -who are also Humanists- I came to some conclusions. Let me present the situations to you.
Situation 1- After I lend my Percy Jackson´s books to my little brother, he has created an habit of coming in to my room and asking me "You know what I ask myself?....." So the other day he came into my room and told me that the Apollo - Big-Mass-of- Gass situation didn´t have any logic, I told him that he didn´t have to push logic into every situation, but he kept pushing so I told him that not everything has a logic, that sometimes we have to believe blindly so he went to my dad telling him that I was mentally unstable because I didn´t look for logic on everything, so he explained to him that in literature not everything has a logic - thing that most of my class didn´t want to believe when the teacher explained.
Situation 2- My dad recently has an obsession about a Zepelling and he makes the mathematic operations to see if it´s possible, so he was telling me about it and I told him that he wasted he free time and he said that he just wanted to find out if it was possible so I told him that if I was going to dream, I didn´t have to find out if it was possible, that if I dreamed with a Zepelling I didn´t care at all how it flied that if it was going to fly because the elf were doing it I didn´t care or that of it was going to fly because of some candy inside it then it did and I didn´t care how and he callede a drugie and then blamed it on my humanistic personality.
Situation 3- During dinner I was telling my family how much I abhor maths, and my dad defend them saying that everything has a mathematical solution and I told him that no, my mom scoffed and my brothers agreed with him, so I defended my side telling him that as far as I knew my emotions weren´t controlled by some mathematical thingy and my mom agreed with me, but my dad explained that the emotions are controlled by the brains and stuff I don´t really care about - my feelings have no logical explanation- so I asked him that how did he explain a miracle mathematically, and he said that to find out that it is a miracle you have to use all the scientific methods until you find out that none of it is, and then my mom said "Well that´s how you find it out, but she asked you to explain it" my mom and I won the discussion.
Situation 4- During the first days of school this year my art teacher -my favorite teacher I think I´m going to do a post about him- was explaining to us why the world isn´t going to end on 2012, he said that if God had let us be "bad" for more than 300000 years why would he ever let us be good for just 2012 years. and you know I got his explanation better than the one my dad gave that had something to that if the world was going to end on the 2012 we would´ve already noticed because of some scientific reason.
So I came to the conclusion that a Scientific is that person who looks for a mathematical logic in everything while a humanist use a different logic, like if I´m going to dream it can be what ever I want it to be, and stuff like that.
And to end this post I´m going to leave you with a question, my teacher made in class. Art in every form -painting, literature, music, etc- can explain the feelings, but how would you do that with math or chemistry or physics???
viernes, 7 de mayo de 2010
sábado, 1 de mayo de 2010
Master and Commander.... Who would have thought?
First of all I want to apologize for being out so long, but.....Anyways so Have you ever seen the movie Master and Commander? Well the first time I saw it I was seven, but I had never actually realized how much I like it. Who Would have thought that I liked a movie were the only women that appear just sit there and look pretty for about 30 seconds? But I just simply love the movie. I just sit down with my dad and watch it while he tries to make me remember the name of all the sails and mast.
Captain. Jack Aubrey
Dr. Stephen Maturin.
William Blakney.
Lt.Peter Calamy.
I love the fact that the scenes like when they cut Blakeney´s arm off or when the docotor is practicing a surgery on himself they actually get to let know that they are suffering but that they are being brave. I love the fact that when the Captain gives the order to cut the ropes and leave sailor to drown it is shown that he doesn´t like it. I love the relationship between Jack and Stephen, because they have nothing in common except that they like music and they are still best friends and the fact that makes you actually believe that they are friends is that when they fight is like the fights my friends and I have, we scream at each other, we get mad but we don´t stop talking to one another; and also they care so much for one another Dr.Maturin is in the ship even though he hates it but he´s helping Captain Jack, and Jack let the ship he chasing go because the doctor was wounded and they needed to go to land so that he could have the bullet removed. I also like Peter Calamy he´s very brave and he cares for his friends, I´m not sure I could have been there while my best friend´s arm was being cut off and he´s very, very, very handsome and I love he´s accent I find it sexy. I love Blakeney he´s so kind and brave. I love the music they play too....
I simply adore this movie, who would have thought?
Captain. Jack Aubrey
Dr. Stephen Maturin.
William Blakney.
Lt.Peter Calamy.
viernes, 8 de enero de 2010
The Phantom of the Opera is there inside my mind!
I´m back! Did you miss me? just pretend that you did....
Remember my post about plays? remember that I told you I was going to see The Phantom of the Opera live? Well, I went and loved it!
Like I´ve said before, it is definitely more exiting to see a show live that a movie or youtube as a matter of fact. The show was great and I look up to Theater actor and actress a little bit more every day.
So back to The Phantom of the Opera show. I went to see it with almost my whole family of my mother´s side we were almost two entire rows -we were 26 people- and it couldn´t have been better. We were lucky enough to be able to see the show with the Broadway cast who was on tour. The guy who played the Phantom -Tim Martin Gleason- has the Record of being the longest-running Raul, which he has played over 2600 times!
In the all I Ask of You number the Phantom is lowered hanging and hiding on a statue the whole number and in the end when is his turn to sing he stands up and sings -duh- but even though I was enjoying his singing and stuff I was like "please don´t fall and die, please!!" but that just makes him even more awesome. other moment where I was like "please don´t die!" was the moment when Raul runs after the Phantom and Christine when he kidnaps Christine after the Point of no Return that Raul jumps of a platform into the stage´s floor but you don´t see where he falls and I was like "Oh my God! He broke his legs" but then he appears walking as if jumping like that was totally normal -I want to do that!, I´ve done similar thigs like jumping off threes, but I guess it is not the same thing!
My mom says that first impressions prevail, but there are still some things that I liked better from the movie, like the fight between Raul and the Phantom in the graveyard, in the movie it is a very exiting swords duel, but in the stage performance it is like "How dare you?" ºslap with a gloveº "no, How dare YOU?" ºSlap with a glove", but I like the fact that the Phantom could throw fire out of his creepy club! -Raul and the Phantom never get closer that a meter and a half in that fight, actually. I liked better The Point of no Return number in the movie; in the movie it is all sexy and stuff, but in the stage performance it is a duet between Christine and the Spirit of the Future Christmas from a Christmas Carrol, but it was anyways sang perfectly. And the costumes from the movie, but well......
In the end of the show part of the cast stayed on stage and talked about a Charity called ´Broadway Cares" which helps people with Cancer, VHI.... the Phantom was the one who spoke and we discovered that apart form having a great voice and a great acting ability the Phantom was very charismatic and funny, they sold some stuff and the money taht it earned went to Broadway Cares, the sold a bag that in teh ende I was not sure if it was made of recycled material because not even the Phantom knew he was like "this bag which -I think- is made of recycled material. Is it,Bruce? Bruce? Bruce? Well he´s not here to tell us, but you should buy it anyways!" they sold a autographed -by the whole cast- poster, which I bought -and it is now marked and hanging over my bed- other thing that they sold was used slippers by the ballerinas of the show and the Phantom was like "this is someting that some people might like and it may gross other people out, but..." and while he said this on the back Raul was trying to take his shoe off -I was laughing like crazy. When I went to buy my poster in the doors of the room where past of the cast accepting donations, and I asked one of them where I could buy a poster, he told where I went a bought it and when I was going back to where my family was waiting for me I showed it to the guy who was told me where to buy it and he said to me "Hey! you got it, bravo!". And when we were going to the parking lot, on the exit of the Theather there was another guy accepting donations, and my cousin and I were -that how is said? I´m sorry if it is not- singing -I sing like a diying cat mixed with a dying car horn- and dancing Mascaraed and he was like "Good, you´ve got a part!".
In a Nutshell it could´t have been better! and I want to watch it again!
So I thank the whole cast for the efort they put pulling this wonderful show on, I thank Andrew Lloyd Webber and Charles Hart for making the music, Gaston Leroux for writing the novel and last but not least I thank the guy who told me were to buy my poster and the other for "giving" me a part on the show....
Remember my post about plays? remember that I told you I was going to see The Phantom of the Opera live? Well, I went and loved it!
Like I´ve said before, it is definitely more exiting to see a show live that a movie or youtube as a matter of fact. The show was great and I look up to Theater actor and actress a little bit more every day.
So back to The Phantom of the Opera show. I went to see it with almost my whole family of my mother´s side we were almost two entire rows -we were 26 people- and it couldn´t have been better. We were lucky enough to be able to see the show with the Broadway cast who was on tour. The guy who played the Phantom -Tim Martin Gleason- has the Record of being the longest-running Raul, which he has played over 2600 times!
In the all I Ask of You number the Phantom is lowered hanging and hiding on a statue the whole number and in the end when is his turn to sing he stands up and sings -duh- but even though I was enjoying his singing and stuff I was like "please don´t fall and die, please!!" but that just makes him even more awesome. other moment where I was like "please don´t die!" was the moment when Raul runs after the Phantom and Christine when he kidnaps Christine after the Point of no Return that Raul jumps of a platform into the stage´s floor but you don´t see where he falls and I was like "Oh my God! He broke his legs" but then he appears walking as if jumping like that was totally normal -I want to do that!, I´ve done similar thigs like jumping off threes, but I guess it is not the same thing!
My mom says that first impressions prevail, but there are still some things that I liked better from the movie, like the fight between Raul and the Phantom in the graveyard, in the movie it is a very exiting swords duel, but in the stage performance it is like "How dare you?" ºslap with a gloveº "no, How dare YOU?" ºSlap with a glove", but I like the fact that the Phantom could throw fire out of his creepy club! -Raul and the Phantom never get closer that a meter and a half in that fight, actually. I liked better The Point of no Return number in the movie; in the movie it is all sexy and stuff, but in the stage performance it is a duet between Christine and the Spirit of the Future Christmas from a Christmas Carrol, but it was anyways sang perfectly. And the costumes from the movie, but well......
In the end of the show part of the cast stayed on stage and talked about a Charity called ´Broadway Cares" which helps people with Cancer, VHI.... the Phantom was the one who spoke and we discovered that apart form having a great voice and a great acting ability the Phantom was very charismatic and funny, they sold some stuff and the money taht it earned went to Broadway Cares, the sold a bag that in teh ende I was not sure if it was made of recycled material because not even the Phantom knew he was like "this bag which -I think- is made of recycled material. Is it,Bruce? Bruce? Bruce? Well he´s not here to tell us, but you should buy it anyways!" they sold a autographed -by the whole cast- poster, which I bought -and it is now marked and hanging over my bed- other thing that they sold was used slippers by the ballerinas of the show and the Phantom was like "this is someting that some people might like and it may gross other people out, but..." and while he said this on the back Raul was trying to take his shoe off -I was laughing like crazy. When I went to buy my poster in the doors of the room where past of the cast accepting donations, and I asked one of them where I could buy a poster, he told where I went a bought it and when I was going back to where my family was waiting for me I showed it to the guy who was told me where to buy it and he said to me "Hey! you got it, bravo!". And when we were going to the parking lot, on the exit of the Theather there was another guy accepting donations, and my cousin and I were -that how is said? I´m sorry if it is not- singing -I sing like a diying cat mixed with a dying car horn- and dancing Mascaraed and he was like "Good, you´ve got a part!".
In a Nutshell it could´t have been better! and I want to watch it again!
So I thank the whole cast for the efort they put pulling this wonderful show on, I thank Andrew Lloyd Webber and Charles Hart for making the music, Gaston Leroux for writing the novel and last but not least I thank the guy who told me were to buy my poster and the other for "giving" me a part on the show....
I leave you with some pictures of the cast
Sean MacLaughlin and Trista Moldova
Raul and Christine
Sean MacLaughlin (Raul)
Tim Martin Gleason the Phantom of the Opera
Tim Martin Gleason as Raul
Sean MacLaughlin and Trista Moldova
Raul and Christine
Sean MacLaughlin (Raul)Tim Martin Gleason the Phantom of the Opera
Tim Martin Gleason as Raulsábado, 26 de diciembre de 2009
Little Women.
Haven´t you ever read a book to please someone and end up loving it???Well, I have, I have read a few, but actually the one that deserves a post is Little Women.
I read it after my godmother gave it to me one Christmas, it is actually one of her favorites books. I was nine and it was the first actual novel i read by myself; And I loved it.
Of course as it was the first novel I read all by myself I read it slowly, but I finished. I would take it everywhere with me so if I had the chance I would read it, in school I just waited for a teacher to be late or to give us a free time or reading time -I hadn´t mastered the art of reading under the desk, I do it frequently now and I have´t been caught once!
So let me tell you why I love it. Little woman is not the tipicall romatic novel that it´s all about a gorl falling in love, no it´s about friendship and family bonds; growing up and social pressure. I think it is the only book in which I don´t like a cannon couple, I would´ve loved if Laurie and Jo ended up together. and talking about Jo, she´s of course my favorite character she´s all I want to be and I´m like her in personality and have curly hair, so yeah....
I don´t have sisters, only brothers and reading about a house full of only women is like a so different, but is nice to read something different. of course I fell for Laurie, like man of the girls who read the book.
So who´s your favorite character? Tell me about what you like of it?
I read it after my godmother gave it to me one Christmas, it is actually one of her favorites books. I was nine and it was the first actual novel i read by myself; And I loved it.
Of course as it was the first novel I read all by myself I read it slowly, but I finished. I would take it everywhere with me so if I had the chance I would read it, in school I just waited for a teacher to be late or to give us a free time or reading time -I hadn´t mastered the art of reading under the desk, I do it frequently now and I have´t been caught once!
So let me tell you why I love it. Little woman is not the tipicall romatic novel that it´s all about a gorl falling in love, no it´s about friendship and family bonds; growing up and social pressure. I think it is the only book in which I don´t like a cannon couple, I would´ve loved if Laurie and Jo ended up together. and talking about Jo, she´s of course my favorite character she´s all I want to be and I´m like her in personality and have curly hair, so yeah....
I don´t have sisters, only brothers and reading about a house full of only women is like a so different, but is nice to read something different. of course I fell for Laurie, like man of the girls who read the book.
So who´s your favorite character? Tell me about what you like of it?
miércoles, 23 de diciembre de 2009
By the Sea Mr. T oh! I know you´d love it.!
Ok, so, this is the third time I try to write a post. I was reading My Wonderland´s blog -Go chek it out is awesome- and she said that she almost googled "Cool thigs to post about" or something like that and that gave me an idea. Yes I googled it, didn't find anything -depressing I know.... So I decided to give up and wait for inspiration to strike.
So I went to the beach, and inspiration struck. I decided to post about the place whre I have been going since I was 2 weeks old, and that is such a big part of my life. It had been almost a year since I went there and I had forgotten how much I loved it. So I´m going to let you know a little bit more about my life and let you know why I love it so much.
The beach is the place where I have been going every summer that I can remember, it´s part of my life. I learned to ride a bike, I met one of my best friends, broke 3 fingers….. Don´t you just love to be able to walk around shoeless, the smell and sound of the sea? I love to be able to do nothing all day, I love to sit and read by the sea, I love so many stuffs.
Even though I love the beach I do not like to go when there´s too many people, I like feeling like if the beach is mine and I can do whatever I want with my friends. But anyways the beach is the beach, that little part of my life which is full of fond memories……. That sounded cheesy!
Happy Christmast!!!!!!!!
I know is short but……
So I went to the beach, and inspiration struck. I decided to post about the place whre I have been going since I was 2 weeks old, and that is such a big part of my life. It had been almost a year since I went there and I had forgotten how much I loved it. So I´m going to let you know a little bit more about my life and let you know why I love it so much.
The beach is the place where I have been going every summer that I can remember, it´s part of my life. I learned to ride a bike, I met one of my best friends, broke 3 fingers….. Don´t you just love to be able to walk around shoeless, the smell and sound of the sea? I love to be able to do nothing all day, I love to sit and read by the sea, I love so many stuffs.
Even though I love the beach I do not like to go when there´s too many people, I like feeling like if the beach is mine and I can do whatever I want with my friends. But anyways the beach is the beach, that little part of my life which is full of fond memories……. That sounded cheesy!
Happy Christmast!!!!!!!!
I know is short but……
martes, 8 de diciembre de 2009
New blog title..... I owe you an explination
Today I realized that my title had something in it or rather didn´t had; it didn´t have this charming blog title, it was a pen name; and I decided to that I was going to change it and I did as you can see.
I decided to Change it to "Wonders of a City Gypsy" because:
1- I like it
2-it has two meanings, first meaning: What do Gypsies do? they dance, they tell you your future, read your palm....But basically they wonder around, they are universal and eternal wonder-ers. So "Wonders of a City Gypsy" as in a gypsy wondering around.
Second meaning: Wonder as in "I wonder if...." that explain the whole lot. So "Wonders of a City Gypsy" as in "Thoughts of a City Gypsy"
I know it´s short, but I just wanted to explain.
I decided to Change it to "Wonders of a City Gypsy" because:
1- I like it
2-it has two meanings, first meaning: What do Gypsies do? they dance, they tell you your future, read your palm....But basically they wonder around, they are universal and eternal wonder-ers. So "Wonders of a City Gypsy" as in a gypsy wondering around.
Second meaning: Wonder as in "I wonder if...." that explain the whole lot. So "Wonders of a City Gypsy" as in "Thoughts of a City Gypsy"
I know it´s short, but I just wanted to explain.
domingo, 6 de diciembre de 2009
The Beatles
Greatest band in the history of music -there is not doubt about that- their music has influenced almost every band in the present, and I don´t know the first person who does not like their music. You know? I think they´re the band that after the break up earns more money.
My ad learnt to play the guitar to play Here Comes the Sun -So did I, But I´m not good enough to play more than the intro yet. And Hey Jude! has the most touching background, Paul McCartney wrote the song for John Lennon´s son, Julian ,when John Lennon and Cynthia Powell divorced.
My older brother told me that the music records with who they first singed didn´t want to sing them in because "bands with instruments were dying" - Yeah right!- and Vl -my friend remember he form the Venezuela post?- told me that they singed them in because they were cute, when I told this to my dad he said "Ringo Starr, cute? he was a nose with hair!" I of course laughed out loud and then he remembered that Ringo Starr joined the Beatles after they had signed with the music records.
I love and thank all the Beatles for the art, but my favorite Beatle is Paul McCartney, he is I think a good man, and one if not the best musicians in history, Yesterday - which he wrote- is the song that has most covers in history. Wikipedia says that he´s the most successful songwriter in history. and he seems like a lovely rock ´n roll grandpa -it would be awesome to be one of his grand children or children, imagine saying to the teacher or to a friend "my daddy -or grandpa which ever you chose- is Paul McCartney!".
I totally, utterly hate Yoko Ono, John Lennon´s wife, she´s blamed for the break up of the Beatles -That´s reason enough to put her on the top 3 of my hate list- The Beatles break up is with Henry VII and Caterina of Aragon´s is the most world changing break up in history. Yesterday my mom, dad, older brother and I were talking about them and my dad was not sure if Yoko Ono worked for Apple Corps -Which belongs to the Beatles- and my mom was like "No, if she worked for that record I think that the other 3 Beatles would have died" even my grandma hates her!
But in the end The Beatles changed my world and I don´t know what music would be without them, they have so much influence upon the world that my computer dictionary came with the world Beatles included!
So I want to Finish this post saying Thank you Paul, Ringo -love your name, George- did you know that the guy that invented the portable clock was named just like him "George Harrison"- and John for everything the music the art the conversations themes, for inspiring me to learn to play the guitar, for everything.
They were English men the had to drink tea!
Pillow fight!!!!!!
Hello America!!!
What does it says?!
I don´t know why I love the way they´re dressed here!
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