Should be studying. Really.
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greenie_breizhJust because I loved it so much, I wanted to talka little bit more about Te Doy Mis Ojos. Everybody should go and see it, it's magnificent. And it pisses me off : each time I go and see a Spanish movie, I love it. I want to speak Spanish more. I need to find a way to keep the passion up... I dunno. I need a series or something. Or books. Anyone knows of really nice Spanish books?
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the_swordman, I can't remember the bad word they kept using in the movie "El bola" (I hope you've seen it)... it wasn't hijo de puta, it wasn't cuño (I think that's jerk, right?), and it annoys me not to remember. Other common bad Spanish words?
It's a wonderful movie, that really got to me, for reasons it really shouldn't have. It's basically about this woman who's married and has a son with an abusive husband, and their struggle to improve the situation. The amazing thing about the movie is that the husband is never demonized. He's scaringly violent at several points in the movie, but he's awfully human. He loves his wife so much, but he's just too insecure about himself. Yet he tries. He goes to a therapy group and to a psychologist to try to get out of this violent circle... The struggle of the woman is beautiful too, she's torn between the love she feels for her husband, her fear of being alone, and how much he hurts her and how dangerous he can be. I kept being afraid for the kid, who's also great in his childish lack of understanding. On the superficial level, I loved when people are called Angel in Spanish, I think it sounds great.
Anyway, in my lovely irrational way, I think it scared me a lot, because of the way the man abused his wife... It's like I'm so afraid I'm going to do this one day, because I'm so scared of hurting people I love but sometimes I can't help being mad. As I said, it's irrational, but it made the movie even more real for me. It was especially confusing because Pilar (the woman) clearly loved her husband so much, and they still desired each other very much. Hmm, sex scene stirred up bad stuff. Also, made me think about how much someone is willing to change, how someone can change, and where people's limits are. I was so glad Pilar gave her husband a second chance. Anyway, excellent movie.
Rode Glacier this morning. Was hard cuz we rode a lot without our stirrups, and I haven't ridden in a year, but I think I managed okay. Can't wait to ride Wednesday and Thursday afternoon to jump and gallop. I wish I could go into the woods, it's my favorite part with Glacier. Anyway, so the bell boots were exactly the good size (yay) and the saddle pad is a little short, but works fine. It's already dirty. My brother took some cool pictures and videos, and I took two really cool pics of him and Glacier. At the end I took care of my boy and went to put in his field, because he wasn't going to be ridden this afternoon. Yay. Aww. I love him.
On other levels, did I mention I should be studying? I still haven't watched Cruel Intentions and it annoys me, and I wish I had time to leisure-read, especially sincefan_elune has left me really nice sci-fi books. Argh, should also try to find time to go see Les Choristes (I don't think it's out in video just yet, scarletsky21, is it? Also, am figuring things out. Thinking. Hmmm. Sometimes I do wish my teenage years'd gone another way, except, y'know, not. I think I'll try and go read some advice books in La Fnac, though I really shouldn't, because people who read those books are pathetic. But oh well. Point is, yeah, did I mention I would really enjoy a not-long-distance relationship? Too bad we haven't seen the end of the long-distance part just yet. Oh well. Gotta do with what you have, eh? Hmmm. The La Fnac idea seems really good right now, actually. Must ignore urges and read about WW2. Must read about the Iron Pact. Muuuust study.
Oh, also, especially directed at
the_swordman, I can't remember the bad word they kept using in the movie "El bola" (I hope you've seen it)... it wasn't hijo de puta, it wasn't cuño (I think that's jerk, right?), and it annoys me not to remember. Other common bad Spanish words?It's a wonderful movie, that really got to me, for reasons it really shouldn't have. It's basically about this woman who's married and has a son with an abusive husband, and their struggle to improve the situation. The amazing thing about the movie is that the husband is never demonized. He's scaringly violent at several points in the movie, but he's awfully human. He loves his wife so much, but he's just too insecure about himself. Yet he tries. He goes to a therapy group and to a psychologist to try to get out of this violent circle... The struggle of the woman is beautiful too, she's torn between the love she feels for her husband, her fear of being alone, and how much he hurts her and how dangerous he can be. I kept being afraid for the kid, who's also great in his childish lack of understanding. On the superficial level, I loved when people are called Angel in Spanish, I think it sounds great.
Anyway, in my lovely irrational way, I think it scared me a lot, because of the way the man abused his wife... It's like I'm so afraid I'm going to do this one day, because I'm so scared of hurting people I love but sometimes I can't help being mad. As I said, it's irrational, but it made the movie even more real for me. It was especially confusing because Pilar (the woman) clearly loved her husband so much, and they still desired each other very much. Hmm, sex scene stirred up bad stuff. Also, made me think about how much someone is willing to change, how someone can change, and where people's limits are. I was so glad Pilar gave her husband a second chance. Anyway, excellent movie.
Rode Glacier this morning. Was hard cuz we rode a lot without our stirrups, and I haven't ridden in a year, but I think I managed okay. Can't wait to ride Wednesday and Thursday afternoon to jump and gallop. I wish I could go into the woods, it's my favorite part with Glacier. Anyway, so the bell boots were exactly the good size (yay) and the saddle pad is a little short, but works fine. It's already dirty. My brother took some cool pictures and videos, and I took two really cool pics of him and Glacier. At the end I took care of my boy and went to put in his field, because he wasn't going to be ridden this afternoon. Yay. Aww. I love him.
On other levels, did I mention I should be studying? I still haven't watched Cruel Intentions and it annoys me, and I wish I had time to leisure-read, especially since
fan_elune has left me really nice sci-fi books. Argh, should also try to find time to go see Les Choristes (I don't think it's out in video just yet, scarletsky21, is it? Also, am figuring things out. Thinking. Hmmm. Sometimes I do wish my teenage years'd gone another way, except, y'know, not. I think I'll try and go read some advice books in La Fnac, though I really shouldn't, because people who read those books are pathetic. But oh well. Point is, yeah, did I mention I would really enjoy a not-long-distance relationship? Too bad we haven't seen the end of the long-distance part just yet. Oh well. Gotta do with what you have, eh? Hmmm. The La Fnac idea seems really good right now, actually. Must ignore urges and read about WW2. Must read about the Iron Pact. Muuuust study.
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Date: 2004-07-26 07:16 am (UTC)about "les choristes," i haven't got to the video store yet, but i'm pretty sure we don't have it here in america. well, at least in my video store. imdb has some info about it, and it says that it's not been released in america. plus, it's new. i think that if it does well in france and some of the surrounding countries, we might get it on dvd a few months after you do. i'll definately keep my eye out for it though. :)
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Date: 2004-07-26 07:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-26 07:15 pm (UTC)And about some others pieces of badmouthing, you've got : cabron, jilipollas, capuyo, maricon...
Can't thing of nothing else right now... And I haven't seen the movie.
About Spanish books, I may have some at home but as I go directly to Rennes. We'll find something.
Tell you what, you teach me new english tricks and I'll show you some Spanish's.
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Date: 2004-07-26 10:55 pm (UTC)Thanks!!
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Date: 2004-07-27 03:43 pm (UTC)