Hoy, mi puchito cumple 4 meses. Ayer lo celebramos viendo el partido de Boca junto con mi papa.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
Banda Sonora Musical
Amaneció lloviendo y estas gotas de agua me trajeron recuerdos mosos. No tanto de amores mosos, mas bien amores mocosos. Amores de Colegio, de esos con uniforme y caminadas al bus, de esos de dibujitos en el cuaderno de materia, de esos donde con una agarradita de mano llegaba al cielo.
Del hijo de los Kjarkas y su grupo Chila Jatun: Amor de nin~o
Porque sera que de grandes el amor/amar es mas complicado?
Amaneció lloviendo y estas gotas de agua me trajeron recuerdos mosos. No tanto de amores mosos, mas bien amores mocosos. Amores de Colegio, de esos con uniforme y caminadas al bus, de esos de dibujitos en el cuaderno de materia, de esos donde con una agarradita de mano llegaba al cielo.
Del hijo de los Kjarkas y su grupo Chila Jatun: Amor de nin~o
Porque sera que de grandes el amor/amar es mas complicado?
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Respuesta.
Hay gente que oye/lee la palabra Moby Dick y se tapan las orejas, otros se tapan otras cosas...
(Click to see full picture)
A mi se me viene a la mente una parte interesante del libro que tiene que ver con Ecuador. El autor dedica un capitulo entero a una moneda bajo el titulo "The Doubloon". Curiosamente esta moneda y su descripcion es de una moneda de 8 escudos acun~ada en Quito. Es interesante como el autor describe cada detalle y lo usa como simbologia para revelar a uno de los protagonistas. Esta moneda es una de las mas raras monedas de la numismatica ecuatoriana.
Aqui les dejo un resumen de ese capitulo. Tomado de aqui
...
Summary During one of his regular walks on the quarter-deck, Ahab fastens his attention on the gold coin that he has nailed to the mainmast, a reward for the crewman who first spots Moby Dick. Several others contemplate the coin as well. As the journey continues, Ahab hails an English ship, the Samuel Enderby, with his usual greeting: “Hast seen the White Whale?” This ship has. In fact, its captain lost an arm in an encounter with Moby Dick.
Commentary
The focus returns to Ahab’s egocentrism and his obsession with hunting the White Whale. As he and several other characters observe the “doubloon,” the coin nailed to the mainmast and promised to the man who first sights Moby Dick, each reflects on the meaning of the coin’s decorations in a way that reveals his own character. Only Ahab sees himself in the coin.
The shining gold doubloon has the words “REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR: QUITO” inscribed around its border. On the face are three Andes Mountain peaks. From one comes a flame; another features a tower; on the third is a crowing cock. A portion of the zodiac arches over the coin, complete with appropriate occult signs. The sun appears at Libra. Melville suspends Ishmael’s third-person narration as we move within the thoughts of each of the coin’s observers.
The coin is like a mirror of the soul. Ahab sees himself in the “three peaks as proud as Lucifer” on the coin’s face. For him, the tower is Ahab: firm and resolute. The volcano is Ahab: seething, powerful. The rooster is Ahab: courageous, undaunted, victorious. He thinks that the coin is “like a magician’s glass, to each and every man in turn [it] but mirrors back his own mysterious self.”
Others see things they value as they peruse the coin, but they don’t see themselves. The devout first mate, Starbuck, sees the Trinity. Stubb sees temporary wealth and mystery. Flask reveals his inability with simple math as he miscalculates how many of his beloved cigars he could buy with the doubloon. The coin reminds Queequeg of his tattoos and homeland. The “ghost-devil” Fedallah bows to the sun that he worships. Little Pip speaks in metaphors but seems to notice a universal human longing in the coin’s images. For this moment, the doubloon is the center of the ship, its “navel.”
The significance of the gam with the Samuel Enderby is that it contrasts the two ships’ captains’ attitudes regarding Moby Dick. The English captain lost an arm in an encounter with the White Whale near the “Line” (equator). Unlike Ahab, however, he wants no more of the leviathan. It is best to leave the White Whale alone. Ahab does not necessarily disagree but does add, “What is best let alone, that accursed thing is not always what least allures. He’s all a magnet!” The Pequod soon is off to continue its captain’s monomaniacal quest.
La proxima pregunta: cuales son las dos montan~as en la moneda?
Hay gente que oye/lee la palabra Moby Dick y se tapan las orejas, otros se tapan otras cosas...
(Click to see full picture)
A mi se me viene a la mente una parte interesante del libro que tiene que ver con Ecuador. El autor dedica un capitulo entero a una moneda bajo el titulo "The Doubloon". Curiosamente esta moneda y su descripcion es de una moneda de 8 escudos acun~ada en Quito. Es interesante como el autor describe cada detalle y lo usa como simbologia para revelar a uno de los protagonistas. Esta moneda es una de las mas raras monedas de la numismatica ecuatoriana.
Aqui les dejo un resumen de ese capitulo. Tomado de aqui
...
Summary During one of his regular walks on the quarter-deck, Ahab fastens his attention on the gold coin that he has nailed to the mainmast, a reward for the crewman who first spots Moby Dick. Several others contemplate the coin as well. As the journey continues, Ahab hails an English ship, the Samuel Enderby, with his usual greeting: “Hast seen the White Whale?” This ship has. In fact, its captain lost an arm in an encounter with Moby Dick.
Commentary
The focus returns to Ahab’s egocentrism and his obsession with hunting the White Whale. As he and several other characters observe the “doubloon,” the coin nailed to the mainmast and promised to the man who first sights Moby Dick, each reflects on the meaning of the coin’s decorations in a way that reveals his own character. Only Ahab sees himself in the coin.
The shining gold doubloon has the words “REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR: QUITO” inscribed around its border. On the face are three Andes Mountain peaks. From one comes a flame; another features a tower; on the third is a crowing cock. A portion of the zodiac arches over the coin, complete with appropriate occult signs. The sun appears at Libra. Melville suspends Ishmael’s third-person narration as we move within the thoughts of each of the coin’s observers.
The coin is like a mirror of the soul. Ahab sees himself in the “three peaks as proud as Lucifer” on the coin’s face. For him, the tower is Ahab: firm and resolute. The volcano is Ahab: seething, powerful. The rooster is Ahab: courageous, undaunted, victorious. He thinks that the coin is “like a magician’s glass, to each and every man in turn [it] but mirrors back his own mysterious self.”
Others see things they value as they peruse the coin, but they don’t see themselves. The devout first mate, Starbuck, sees the Trinity. Stubb sees temporary wealth and mystery. Flask reveals his inability with simple math as he miscalculates how many of his beloved cigars he could buy with the doubloon. The coin reminds Queequeg of his tattoos and homeland. The “ghost-devil” Fedallah bows to the sun that he worships. Little Pip speaks in metaphors but seems to notice a universal human longing in the coin’s images. For this moment, the doubloon is the center of the ship, its “navel.”
The significance of the gam with the Samuel Enderby is that it contrasts the two ships’ captains’ attitudes regarding Moby Dick. The English captain lost an arm in an encounter with the White Whale near the “Line” (equator). Unlike Ahab, however, he wants no more of the leviathan. It is best to leave the White Whale alone. Ahab does not necessarily disagree but does add, “What is best let alone, that accursed thing is not always what least allures. He’s all a magnet!” The Pequod soon is off to continue its captain’s monomaniacal quest.
La proxima pregunta: cuales son las dos montan~as en la moneda?
Monday, November 10, 2008
Barack Obama: The 50 facts you might not know
By Jon Swaine
• He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics
• He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball
• His name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili
• His favourite meal is wife Michelle's shrimp linguini
• He won a Grammy in 2006 for the audio version of his memoir, Dreams From My Father
• He is left-handed – the sixth post-war president to be left-handed
• He has read every Harry Potter book
• He owns a set of red boxing gloves autographed by Muhammad Ali
• He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand ice cream
• His favourite snacks are chocolate-peanut protein bars
• He ate dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper while living in Indonesia
• He can speak Spanish
• While on the campaign trail he refused to watch CNN and had sports channels on instead
• His favourite drink is black forest berry iced tea
• He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president – he didn't
• He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia
• He can bench press an impressive 200lbs
• He was known as Barry until university when he asked to be addressed by his full name
• His favourite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
• He visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party of his half-sister's fiancé, but left when a stripper arrived
• His desk in his Senate office once belonged to Robert Kennedy
• He and Michelle made $4.2 million (£2.7 million) last year, with much coming from sales of his books
• His favourite films are Casablanca and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• He carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck
• He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee.
• His favourite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees
• He took Michelle to see the Spike Lee film Do The Right Thing on their first date
• He enjoys playing Scrabble and poker
• He doesn't drink coffee and rarely drinks alcohol
• He would have liked to have been an architect if he were not a politician
• As a teenager he took drugs including marijuana and cocaine
• His daughters' ambitions are to go to Yale before becoming an actress (Malia, 10) and to sing and dance (Sasha, 7)
• He hates the youth trend for trousers which sag beneath the backside
• He repaid his student loan only four years ago after signing his book deal
• His house in Chicago has four fire places
• Daughter Malia's godmother is Jesse Jackson's daughter Santita
• He says his worst habit is constantly checking his BlackBerry
• He uses an Apple Mac laptop
• He drives a Ford Escape Hybrid, having ditched his gas-guzzling Chrysler 300
• He wears $1,500 (£952) Hart Schaffner Marx suits
• He owns four identical pairs of black size 11 shoes
• He has his hair cut once a week by his Chicago barber, Zariff, who charges $21 (£13)
• His favourite fictional television programmes are Mash and The Wire
• He was given the code name "Renegade" by his Secret Service handlers
• He was nicknamed "Bear" by his late grandmother
• He plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds
• His favourite artist is Pablo Picasso
• His speciality as a cook is chilli
• He has said many of his friends in Indonesia were "street urchins"
• He keeps on his desk a carving of a wooden hand holding an egg, a Kenyan symbol of the fragility of life
• His late father was a senior economist for the Kenyan government
Taken from an article here
I find it interesting that he speaks Spanish and likes Pablo Picasso, but there is an Ecuadorian connection in this list as well. Can you guys find it?
By Jon Swaine
• He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics
• He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball
• His name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili
• His favourite meal is wife Michelle's shrimp linguini
• He won a Grammy in 2006 for the audio version of his memoir, Dreams From My Father
• He is left-handed – the sixth post-war president to be left-handed
• He has read every Harry Potter book
• He owns a set of red boxing gloves autographed by Muhammad Ali
• He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand ice cream
• His favourite snacks are chocolate-peanut protein bars
• He ate dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper while living in Indonesia
• He can speak Spanish
• While on the campaign trail he refused to watch CNN and had sports channels on instead
• His favourite drink is black forest berry iced tea
• He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president – he didn't
• He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia
• He can bench press an impressive 200lbs
• He was known as Barry until university when he asked to be addressed by his full name
• His favourite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
• He visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party of his half-sister's fiancé, but left when a stripper arrived
• His desk in his Senate office once belonged to Robert Kennedy
• He and Michelle made $4.2 million (£2.7 million) last year, with much coming from sales of his books
• His favourite films are Casablanca and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• He carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck
• He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee.
• His favourite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees
• He took Michelle to see the Spike Lee film Do The Right Thing on their first date
• He enjoys playing Scrabble and poker
• He doesn't drink coffee and rarely drinks alcohol
• He would have liked to have been an architect if he were not a politician
• As a teenager he took drugs including marijuana and cocaine
• His daughters' ambitions are to go to Yale before becoming an actress (Malia, 10) and to sing and dance (Sasha, 7)
• He hates the youth trend for trousers which sag beneath the backside
• He repaid his student loan only four years ago after signing his book deal
• His house in Chicago has four fire places
• Daughter Malia's godmother is Jesse Jackson's daughter Santita
• He says his worst habit is constantly checking his BlackBerry
• He uses an Apple Mac laptop
• He drives a Ford Escape Hybrid, having ditched his gas-guzzling Chrysler 300
• He wears $1,500 (£952) Hart Schaffner Marx suits
• He owns four identical pairs of black size 11 shoes
• He has his hair cut once a week by his Chicago barber, Zariff, who charges $21 (£13)
• His favourite fictional television programmes are Mash and The Wire
• He was given the code name "Renegade" by his Secret Service handlers
• He was nicknamed "Bear" by his late grandmother
• He plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds
• His favourite artist is Pablo Picasso
• His speciality as a cook is chilli
• He has said many of his friends in Indonesia were "street urchins"
• He keeps on his desk a carving of a wooden hand holding an egg, a Kenyan symbol of the fragility of life
• His late father was a senior economist for the Kenyan government
Taken from an article here
I find it interesting that he speaks Spanish and likes Pablo Picasso, but there is an Ecuadorian connection in this list as well. Can you guys find it?
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
E(leciones)
Gano el cambio. Una victoria clara y cantada considerando que la mayoría (demócratas, republicanos, conservadores, independientes, liberales, el perro y el gato) estamos cansados de la política existente de los últimos 8 an~os. Cambio necesario para virar la pagina y buscarle salida a este legado Bushiano de 2 guerras y la peor crisis económica desde los an~os 30.
Para mi, ganaron los mejores. Gano el partido político que pudo unirse detrás de un solo candidato. El partido que busco la mejor opción para vicepresidente. El partido que no se olvido, y aprendió del conteo de votos en Florida en el 2004. Del otro lado de la acera, se fracturaron al no poder 'tapar el sol con un dedo', al buscar una candidata que les garantizaba ciertos votos y les termino costando muchos votos mas. Para presidente, gano el candidato mas capacitado, con ideas concretas, y quien demostró mas energía para afrontar los próximos 4 an~os. Por cierto este nuevo presidente electo es negrito también.
Gano el cambio. Una victoria clara y cantada considerando que la mayoría (demócratas, republicanos, conservadores, independientes, liberales, el perro y el gato) estamos cansados de la política existente de los últimos 8 an~os. Cambio necesario para virar la pagina y buscarle salida a este legado Bushiano de 2 guerras y la peor crisis económica desde los an~os 30.
Para mi, ganaron los mejores. Gano el partido político que pudo unirse detrás de un solo candidato. El partido que busco la mejor opción para vicepresidente. El partido que no se olvido, y aprendió del conteo de votos en Florida en el 2004. Del otro lado de la acera, se fracturaron al no poder 'tapar el sol con un dedo', al buscar una candidata que les garantizaba ciertos votos y les termino costando muchos votos mas. Para presidente, gano el candidato mas capacitado, con ideas concretas, y quien demostró mas energía para afrontar los próximos 4 an~os. Por cierto este nuevo presidente electo es negrito también.
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