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April 24th, 2010 by Cornflakegirl

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Miguel and I have tickets for Iron Maiden’s gig. This will be the first time that I attend any of their concerts and I’m looking forward to it (I already saw Bruce Dickinson’s lives twice); so Up the Irons!

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I´m sorry by Evergrey

April 17th, 2010 by Cornflakegirl

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I like this song but the video clip is just amazing. I love the way the story is been told. It´s shocking!

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My 20 books

April 10th, 2010 by you

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Hunter S. Thompson

Between my new year resolutions  were to enrol a creative writing course and I did. This course is focused on novel. I´m delighted to have enrolled it because my novel was stuck for few months and now I´m more motivated and full of new ideas. I think it´s working!
This week, we were told to make a 20 book list to recommend to the class. I´ve searched for different voices and they should be in English. Here it goes..
Wyoming by Barry Gifford. This novel is written in dialogues only. There is nothing but dialogues. It´s easy to read and very emotional though.
Moon Palace by Paul Auster.I like Auster like narrator and especially with his secondary plots.
The trial by Kafka. The best psycho-thriller ever. I love how Kafka makes you feel uneasy with daily common things.
Foam of the daze by Boris Vian.A surrealist love story. How the impossible sounds so real.
Clara by  José Carlos Somoza.This  novel shows a future where people can be used as canvas by painters.
The Catcher in the Rye by Salinger.What can I say? One of the most important novels in the modern literature.

Mark Z. Danielewski

House of Leaves by  Mark Z. Danielewski. A very  experimental way of telling a story with two different narrators.
El tunel de  Ernesto Sabato. Argumento contado en primera persona siendo un asesino quien la narra. [/es][en]The tunnel by  Ernesto Sabato. A story told on first person but it´s a killer who´s talking.
At the Mountains of Madness by  HP Lovecraft.Lovecraft is  one of the best horror writers. He has influenced almost all the horror contemporary authors.
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.A very important novel full of symbolism.
1984 by George Orwell.A disturbing dystopian novel.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson.A Gonzo Journalism novel.
Women by  Charles Bukowski.The American author of the poor neightborhoods (an emphasis on the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work).
Death in Venice by  Thomas Mann. A different  point of view: the relationship between body and mind.
The heart is a lonely hunter by  Carson McCullers.She has a  very special voice for the unforgiven.
Crime and Punishment by  Fyodor Dostoevsky.This  novel is a trip to the main character´s mind.
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.This novel is called the modern picaresque and its main character: Ignatius Reilly, the new Don Quixote.
American Gods by Neil Gaiman.It is impressive how a main simple plot develops so many secondary ones (and sometimes they are better than the main one).
Songmaster by Orson Scott Card.This one could the step forward of an Andersen´s fairy tale.
Nomads by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro.Although it´s not a novel but a screenplay novelization, it´s a good example to see how the way to tell a story sometimes is more important than the story.

Charles Bukoswki

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Banks in Ireland II

April 2nd, 2010 by Cornflakegirl

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Last November, I was delighted with my new bank but now because of its closure, I´ve had to change to a new bank.  While with  Halifax everything was easy and quick; on the contrary Permanent is making everything confusing and hard. Although it was quite easy to open the account, now it´s getting more difficult and less efficient. The most important aspect is that the services that I require from my bank, I can´t get them although I was told that  I would.In addition, the quality of the service is poor.

So if the situation doesn´t improve in the next few weeks, I would be forced to change to a new bank.

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