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Ciao tutti! (aviso: éste es mi primer post en Italiano)

Come tutti gli anni, questa primavera si terrà a Como la tradizionale mostra d’arte a Villa Olmo.

L’anno scorso i comaschi e visitatori hanno potuto ammirare le opere di Magritte e negli anni precedenti quelle di Picasso e di Mirò. Quest’anno la mostra si intitola “Gli impressionisti, i simbolisti e le avanguardie”; infatti sarà possibile ammirare i lavori di grandi maestri, come Monet, Renoir, Degas e Gauguin.

Io non posso mancare questo appuntamento perché l’impressionismo è il mio stile di pittura preferito!!

Le opere sono circa 120 e sono state prestate dal Museo di Belgrado giacché esso chiuderà per ristrutturazione fino al 2010.

La mostra è una buona opportunità anche per visitare gli interni della famosa Villa Olmo, che si trova in riva al lago di Como ed è raggiungibile da Como centro a piedi facendo una bella passeggiata.

Non aspettate ad andare a vedere la mostra (nonostante chiuderà a Luglio) e tenete in conta che bisogna prenotare prima. Comunque l’orario di ingresso è amplio, dal martedì al giovedì ore 9:00-20:00, mentre da venerdì a domenica rimane aperta fino alle 22:00. Per ulteriori dettagli visitate il sito internet.

Paul CEZANNE, Bathers

Hello everybody!

I just came across with the “YouTube” of the Power Points!!! It is called SlideShare From now on we can share also presentations in .ppt format or similar.

I was missing something like this on the net, so I already made my account and uploaded a small presentation, although it was uploaded with some mistakes. Anyway, the web might still not work perfectly but, considering that it is still in beta version, I find it very practical.

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En mi viaje a Berlín de la semana pasada, tuve la oportunidad de ver The Da Vinci Code en versión original.
Seguro que casi todos habéis oído hablar de la película y muchos habéis leído el libro de Dan Brown.

Yo leí el libro antes de que se hiciera tan famoso, y como no se había oído mucho aún (hace más de dos años), pues me sorprendió gratamente y me enganché. Luego ya no he querido seguir leyendo más libros de Dan Brown, me da que todos (o al menos Ángeles y Demonios) el mismo patrón. Si no es así que alguien me recomiende alguna otra cosa vale?

Bueno, pues el libro lo recomiendo y la película también. Creía que no iba a estar tan lograda, las criticas no eran todas buenas; pero me encontré con un fiel reflejo del libro, aunque no me acordaba de los detalles, no tengo nada de memoria para recordar libros. Siendo tan difícil encuadrar un libro así de complejo, creo que Ron Howard ha hecho muy buen trabajo, el montaje en mi opinión es inmejorable.

La interpretación de los actores no está mal, personalmente no me gustó mucho Audrey Taotou (muy conocida por Amelie), creo que le pega más rodar en francés y no en inglés porque tiene un estilo muy francés

Así que se puede ir a verla, eso sí, si no has leído el libro, prepárate para más de dos horas de acción e información incesante.

Via miguev.net I found this test.
“What is your perfect Mayor?”
I will paste my results, although I did not do it carefully; well, my conclusion is that I like everything, as all the fiels are sharing a high percentage.

You scored as Linguistics. You should be a Linguistics major! Sociology 83% Linguistics 83% Psychology 75% English 75% Engineering 75% Philosophy 75% Mathematics 67% Chemistry 67% Dance 58% Theater 58% Anthropology 58% Art 58% Biology 58% Journalism 42%

What is your Perfect Major?
created with QuizFarm.com

Rumors that Hollywood sweethearts Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt could marry on the shores of Lake Como this weekend have transformed even quiet Italian villagers into star-struck gossip fans.

The weeks-long speculation centers on the lakeside villa of Pitt’s friend and fellow actor George Clooney, where the couple are expected to arrive on Thursday or Friday, and the nearby luxury hotel of Villa d’Este, once a romantic hideaway for stars such as Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra.

Source: Reuters

Do you want to know more?
Click here

Villa Oleandra, home of movie star George Clooney, overlooks Lake Como

Villa d’Este

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Finally I could manage to go to the cinema here in Italy, and I am so glad of the good choice, Brokeback Mountain.
Although right now I am missing a lot of cinema actuality, I had heard so much about Brokeback Mountain which has been very awarded and holds a long list of nominations to the Oscar awards. Let’s see…
The nominations are in the main categories, that are: best film, director, actors, actress, photography, adapted script and original soundtrack.

The music and photography are really good, even thought I do not like westerns, I found a great atmosphere. Ang Lee, director born in Taiwan, is very well know for films such as Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, that got recognition in an Oscar edition some years ago.

What can I say about the cast! The two main actors are amazing in their different characters. They are Heath Ledger (in the role of Ennis del Mar) and Jake Gyllenhaal (in the role of Jack Twist), and besides their beauty, through their magnificence performance you can feel the emotions they show without needing words.

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Basically, Lee is carefully telling a love story, that is a gay love story, what in the deep America of 60’s and 70’s means certainly a hidden love. Further, is a true love, long-lasting love, but impossible love. Two men living their stereotyped lives while loving each other in Brokeback Mountain.

A lot has been said about this film, even has been censured in some countries. Hopefully things are changing, might not all around the world, but at least in Spain homosexuality is currently treated better and better.

If you want to know more about, there is even a blog (in Spanish), either you can visit the official web page of Brokeback Mountain.

Hi everybody!!

I am very busy with exams but I wanted to tell you that Internet Explorer 7 is already available for trying (beta 2 version test). You can download for free, although right now is just working with Windows XP (Service Pack 2), they will widen the implementation shortly.

The main improved features are: new interface, tabbed browsing, search, RSS feed and security.
To those, like me, that normaly browse with Mozilla Firefox, you will realise that is just an imitation of its advantages. In my case, I use 90% firefox as a browser, mainly because de tabs thing, but it has broader features.

Enjoy the test!

He descubierto una web para descargarse un programita que permite hacer llamadas tipo Skype, pero que deja llamar también gratuitamente a números fijos.
El programa se llama VoipStunt y para descargarlo hay que ir aquí

La verdad esque cuando he intentado llamar he oído coger el teléfono pero al otro lado no me oían a mí, pero seguramente es porque no tengo el micro adecuado. Mis compañeras no paran de llamar a China y les funciona!

Me and you and everyone we know is the title of last movie I have watched on the cinema. Despite my companion didn’t like it at all, I went out quite satisfied. This film is just what I was expecting. A different film, ok, let’s say is a very strange film, I like this kind of films, independent cinema.

I prefer unknown movies to these comercial ones that are showed specially on Christmas. And I could see it in English, which is very unusual in Zaragoza, as all films are doubled at cinema and if you want to find something in original version is better to look for in Madrid or Barcelona.

The writer, director and main character is the same person, Miranda July, who is a contemporary artist, and this can be noticed in her film.

The summary of the plot:

Me and You and Everyone We Know is a poetic and penetrating observation of how people struggle to connect with one another in an isolating and contemporary world. Christine Jesperson is a lonely artist and “Eldercab” driver who uses her fantastical artistic visions to draw her aspirations and objects of desire closer to her. Richard Swersey (John Hawkes), a newly single shoe salesman and father of two boys, is prepared for amazing things to happen. But when he meets the captivating Christine, he panics. Life is not so oblique for Richard’s seven-year-old Robby, who is having a risqué internet romance with a stranger, and his fourteen- year-old brother Peter who becomes the guinea pig for neighborhood girls— practicing for their future of romance and marriage.

In July’s modern world, the mundane is transcendent and everyday people become radiant characters who speak their innermost thoughts, act on secret impulses, and experience truthful human moments that at times approach the surreal. They seek together-ness through tortured routes and find redemption in small moments that connect them to someone
else on earth.