Bookish Review: The elegance of the hedgehog

The book I´m gonna comment to you about was written by Mauriel Barbery, a French novelist and teacher of philosophy. She was rewarded with the Prix des libraires (The bookshop prize, a remarkable prize in France) for this novel beacuse she was very ingenious making a so psichologically-charged plot, adding a pich of satirical and critical humor.

The plot focuses on two particular Parisian persons: Paloma Josse is a eight-year old girl who doesn´t care about her family because they underestimate her intelligence. The funny fact is, actually, Paloma is intelectually gifted and she realises about her family´s weak points (her father is a hypocrite minister, her mother is a woman who depends on antideppresive pills and her older sister is a fanciful and despective universitary girl).  Meanwhile the doorwoman, René Michel, is a fifty-four-year old woman who pretends to be a simple person, when in her house (or inside of her heart) is an erudite woman who loves classic literature. She acts like a brute poor woman beacuse she doesn´t want an important job or (the most important reason) she doen´t want to deal with so many hypocrite and rich people.

Paloma and Mrs. René will meet each other better and become friends beacuse they know and share really deep opinions about literature, the people who live in the building and the way to analyze and judge other people.

Paloma explains (not explicitly) that the name of the book refers to Mrs. René´s mask (the fact to protect herself) as prudent and elegant as the hedgehogs.

I recommend this book because I didn´t imagine that a little fictional girl can make us see the truth (rich people can be really intellectually ignorant, and also respect to the real value of the things) and question herself about the things who aren´t obvious either right: Just Biases!

An Impressive Image

Hi mates, this week i´ll show you a picture who captivated me.

Well, the picture that i´ve choosen was taken in 2007 Winter (in North Hemisphere) by Robert Wesselman, an independent photographer specializated in animals. He had worked for National Geographic corporation catching wolves, bears, eagles among other natural creatures.

This image inspire me so many feelings, that i`ll have to list them:

First, when i watch it i feel how the fox is contemplating the surroundings of the snowy environment. The wildlife can be harsh but i can´t deny sometimes is pretty majestic too. Specially when you´re able to live in those condictions.

A second reason would respond to my preference for some animals (foxes have been strong contenders in my favourite animals among the bats, crocodiles and wolves). I think they´re just cool for their supervivence strategies (fox´s srewdness), their slender and elegant contexture and of course, their playful nature. Don´t you think that we all have favourite animals?

My third reason is that i like so much its orange fur. I think red hair its a sign of attitude, strong emotions and relfects vitality. When the summer shines, some foxes look kinda blond which it is very colorful. Besides, they have that blacky terminations on their extremities which make them pretty distintive. That´s a personal appreciation (pretty subjetive) but it´s what it makes me feel.  

And the final reason: I think how the elementes were configurated was a magnicent coincidence. Have a deep look while you´re watching a natural place and there´s the ideal quantity of light to catch you in a picture like this it´s more than luck. The destiny wanted to capture you.   

I hope you enjoyed the photography too.

The best day of my life Sun Comes Out at 10 PM

March, 10th of the present year (2011) was the best day of my life and i don´t mean it was beacuse i skip the University “Mechoneo” rite. That was a coincidence. There´s no way that i could knew about it. The unforgettable Thursday that i´ll talk about is the Shakira´s Concert on Santiago, Chile.

When I realised that the concert was confimed at Offical Shakira Website (February) I didn´t lose time and I bought a ticket as soon as I arrived from my vacations. It was one of the most important facts of my live considering how much i love her and her songs.

Shakira was the main attraction of the Pop Festival, a event who reunited Train, Francisca Valenzuela and Ziggy Marley at Estadio Nacional, the big Coliseum of Ñuñoa. They all were ok, but it´s obvious that they were like appetizers for me. Eventually the hour of her presentation were everytime closer. When finally comes i feel i was a little piece of her. Listen to her (the real her!) was a blast!.

The most remarkable part was that she sang all the song that i´ve expected in his latin version of the Tour: “Inevitable”, “Ojos así” and “Underneath Your Clothes” were simply delicious and they shaked my heart. “Loba”, “Gitana” and “Waka-Waka” caught me with their rythm. "Sale el Sol", the song who named the tour really liked me, and i´m sure that Shakira enjoyed the song in a special way too. 

I never though see your favourite artist live would be so stunning. I´ve guessed it, but the real experience is far away than shocking, it really enter in your soul.

Sun Comes Out World Tour was a blessing for me. 

Techno-Review: My laptop

A device who has involved a lot in my life is my personal computer or laptop. It´s a piece of Dell technology for academic and entertainment functions. It was gifted to me in 2009 Christmas. I´ve never guess it, because i didn´t push my parents to buy me one. I was satisfied with the desktop family PC.

Well, it would be naive assume that laptop works without internet service. Actually, you can watch DVD´s and install computer games but you need to get information, pictures and related media (music of course!) and send document through the vitual world. I also aprecciate a lot the posibility of mix a chat window, a playlist of my favourite songs and my profile on Facebook (you can rather another social net), but i´m kinda scaried by the addictive propieties of technological things. I think i´m a little bit exposed to them.  

My life without it would be easier beacuse i´d have more time to read and focus on the real world. The temptation of a non-digital life is discarded because my new academic life-style demands use of a significative number of digital resources. But i can´t deny that i´d miss handle long-distance conversation and music playlists at the same time.