REC, o corta, niño, que vienen los zombies



A ver, a ver ... Que he visto ultimamente ... Asi, a bote pronto, me acuerdo de Beowulf, molona, si se ve en 3D IMAX, Stardust, que no esta mal como cuento de hadas, First Snow, que me aburrio soberanamente, y, el jueves pasado, lo ultimo de Balaguero y Paco Plaza, REC. REC es como la version española (y bastante mejor, afortunadamente) del proyecto de la bruja esa de Blair, donde 3 americanos se van al bosque sin una mala muda de calcetines pero con la XBox para enchufarla en un arbol o algo, y alli que se pierden entre cuatro matojos. En este caso, hay un par de reporteros de cadena local esperando a que pase algo en un parque de bomberos para ganarse el sustento cuando reciben un aviso de un bloque de vecinos como el de Aqui no hay quien viva pero en Barcelona. Una vez que entran, sanidad, actuando rauda como nunca se ha visto, les chapa el bloque por amenaza de zombies descontrolados, pero, como buen cuerpo de administracion, no les dice na de na ... y alli que se encuentran ellos, en amor y compaña con los zombies y los vecinos, que no se sabe que es peor, camara al hombro y a grabar como unos profesionales.

Sera porque despues de Darkness esperaba mas del Balaguero, pero la peli no me mato. Se dejaba ver y tal, pero era algo lenta al principio y bastante repetitiva y la mayoria de los sobresaltos son estilo china pelua y blancuzca de esas que salen en el terror asiatico. En fin, algo que ver mejor en casa delante del DVD y con las luces apagadas, imagino. Aunque solos en la sala como estabamos tambien tenia su puntito, claro ...

Viva Las Vegas


Here I was, with nothing else to do besides the usual ton of reports, scripts and lessons so I thought to myself, There! I've got a weekend left this month, why not fly to Las Vegas? Sounded good, I had never been there and it still had not gone to the point of Resident Evil Extinction. And, also, it happened to be in the way to my next forced destination.


The stop and New York implied, as usual, to wait for a delayed plane. Nevertheless, we got to Las Vegas on time to see all the lights on. Boy, it looked like a theme park! We had managed to get a hotel close to The Strip, the Palace Station. It was okay, bur close is not enough in the US! Crossing the street is an issue even if you are not a chicken. The next morning it took us almost one hour to reach the Wynn and a little less, but a lot more of adventures to get back (including fence jumping and what not) , so we stuck to the hourly hotel shuttle service afterwards. After extensive walking, we did not see half the casinos, but I already decided that I preferred the ones with indoor skies, like Venetia, Paris or Planet Hollywood. Food was not particularly cheap -as reported by some friends- but portions were HUGE, so I would have gained a few pounds had I not walked so much those days.



I booked sunday for a trip to Grand Canyon, but it was somewhat dissappointing except for the Joshua Trees (go, U2!). I did not get the chance to walk too much, everything was so controlled that it looked less real than Las Vegas itself. Even the helicopter drive and the skywalk looked like some cheap attraction, but maybe I was expecting too much of the experience. All in all, I stick to the crevases in Iceland. And food was particularly ghastly. Along with casino hopping (I do not play, I'm too obsessive to put myself into temptations), I decided to go to as many attractions and shows as possible, and believe me, in Las Vegas deciding where to go is not as easy as it seems. There are these boots where you can buy tickets at half price if you wait for the queue and have no specific show in mind, so we went to Le Cirque du Soleil (Zumanity), the knight show at Camelot, the roller coaster at New York, New York, the pirates at Treasure Island, the acrobatics at Planet Hollywood and I'm sure I'm missing something, but it is okay. And, on top of it all, we found all clichés are true, from the dancing fountains at Bellaggio to guys in Elvis suits and people in front of coin machines that no longer carry cups of cents but credit cards in a chain. And big limos full of shouting blondes! I even bought a rock guitar handbag for my sis! Wouldn't mind going back sometime :)

Exercise is ... healthy?

So they told me, so they did. So many years on the run and I get to go back home in blue. And, believe me, I do not bruise easily :P

This are three pictures of my most recent sport acquisitions (not acquired at the same time, thankfully). Don't worry about it, though, they do not hurt ... much



Ipod list on october

Fighter (Christina Aguilera)
The kill (30 seconds to Mars)
Tourniquet (Evanescence)
Prayer of the refugee (Rise Against)
Koppelia no hitsugi (Noir)
I suggest (Marlango)
Dance me to the end of love (Madeleine Peyroux)
You're speaking my lenguage (Juliette and the licks)

Watching inconsequential things ...

Yep. I don't like profound, intellectual flicks, I'm not that deep myself. Hence, I've decided to watch anime for a while and see where it goes ...

This week, I'm partial to:

Noir


Basically, this is about a renowned assassin, Mireille Bouquet, who is contacted by a mysterious girl who claims to have forgotten about her past. All she knows is that she is named "Noir" and that she has amazing skills to kill and no trace of emotion when doing it. The girl asks Mireille's help to find out who she is, as their pasts seem to be linked somehow. Mireille agrees, but she warns the girl that, after everything is settled, she will have to kill her (quite unlikely, as soon the mysterious girl becomes her only friend). Both women start to work together as Noir, only to find out that an ancient organization known as the Soldats are behind their trace and that another lethal woman who claims to be the real Noir is toying with them. This is as far as episode 13 goes without spoiling too much of the fun. Action scenes are neat and the argument is not too complex. Characters are quite nice and animation is elegant. The best, though, is the amazing soundtrack and, specially, the main theme "Kopperia no Hitsugi".


X Clamp

This one is swords and fantasy. I'm just starting with the battles, but as far as I've watched, it goes like this. The Apocalypsis is coming. The main character, Kamui, seems to have a power beyond anything known on Earth. He is supposed to choose between being a sky dragon and saving Earth or an Earth dragon, a day X in 1999. If he decides the first, he'll join the seven seals. Otherwise, he'd join the seven angels. While the first ones believe that Earth is worth saving, the angels would rather have it destroyed so that something new, and possibly better, could start. Kamui has suffered a lot and lost everything, so he is unsure about which path to take, specially as both parts try to attract him to their sides. The only thing he is attached to are his best and only friends, Kotori and Fumaa. However, as soon as he chooses one side, his antagonist will be born, with equal force and a different alignment. And whatever he chooses, he will lost what he values more. This anime is quite fun and all characters are pretty interesting and original. It takes a while to start with the action, but moves pretty fast afterwards.

Maybe I'll go back to Bleach some time soon ...

Figure out where I was last august ...


Far away from home and ignoring what was ahead ...

A bit slow on the taking ...


... but today's conclusion, boys and girls, is that only two creatures may offer pure, unconditional love: dogs and kids. Just choose your pick; any other is basically selfish, non-constant and highly conditional.

Cold, cold islands and sudden bullfighting

Follow the three intrepid travellers (now thinner in body and temper) all the way to the
West of Scotland. A brand new issue in my absurd adventures in UK.

Mom has a new friend ...

Meet Yoruichi, neko-san. I've always liked black cats, BTW ...

Somehow it seems appropriate today ...



Two quick Bleach pencil sketches I felt like uploading today.

Lakes, monsters and very weird luck


And now, after summer break, on with the adventures in UK during my Interrail. This time, Edimburg and everything after!

40 now and on the go ...

Yep! Back from Egypt this morning and I've visited 40 countries thus far! A friend sent me this gizmo to plot in red the countries I've been to and I decided to give it a go:

Africa is mostly marked as From here there'd be monsters and Asia is pretty large to cover, but not bad, huh? Mostly because US is large, but only three countries and I've been to all three of them, even though only to four or five cities :P

Anyway, there's still time :)

Amalfi in June




Been there, drank limoncello, ate the ice cream and did the sketckes :)
Save as Draft

Ipod list on July

3 Doors Down: Kryptonite
Fort Minor: Remember the name
Jimmy Eat World: Pain
SR-71: Goodbye
Lullacry: Crucify my heart
Evanescence: Everybody's fool
Three days grace: On my own

Up, up, up, north we go ...


This is issue 2 in the Crissover in UK series. Enjoy!

My IPod playlist on June

New additions to my top compilation this last month:

-Pitch black emotions (Lullacry)
-I hate everything about you (Three days grace)
-I suggest (Marlango)
-The hem of your garment (Cake)
-Breathe today (Flyleaf)
-Ordinary Day (Dolores O'Riordan)

Mom's day


Today is my mom's day, so here comes a picture taken some (...welll, many) years ago of mommy and myself. Happy day, mom!

Inter-railing in UK!


Because all of you demanded it (well, only Javi demanded it, but you get the idea) ...
The first chapter in a brand new series on my (absurd) life!
Faraway places, staring swordfights (almost), magic spells (jinxs, more likely) and ... no prince in disguise, but bullfighting!

Follow the misadventures of Cris and her friends in ... London

Jaws!!


What would you do in a dive if suddenly you met a shark? I had guessed I'd just faint. Guess again. Luckily, my boy was just a black tip, but it was starting to get annoyed ...
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