CARNIVAL 2012

This Carnival was very improvised. I decided the costume three days before... the result was: MRS. LOVETT! of Sweeney Todd's movie :)


I was talking on Messenger with my friend Pau, and I started to say some possible costumes. Finally, we decided that Sweeney Todd and Mrs.Lovett were the more feasible costumes... :) Here you are the result: 

 Pau and me as Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett

We are not professionals, so in my opinion the costumes were incredible. 

Pau was very sexy... :) I painted his hair with white spray... it was funny! Alexandra and Natàlia Varela used a lot of makeup for his face... and for mine too. Thank you girls!

We used false blood too, of course ;)

First night we went to Sant Pere Pescador, my town. During the afternoon, we listened to the music in Varela's house and afterwards we started to makeup and dress ourselves. Finally, we went to the party. We danced (and drank) a lot. I've never used a corset before and sometimes I couldn't breath! 

We met with a lot of people who said that the costumes were awesome :) we were so proud! Guillermo met us and he ask for a photo :) 

Natàlia Varela was dressed as a hippie, Fani as a peasant and Alexandra... well, I don't know. She was saying she was a person without crisis... here you are a photo to see her smile: 

When the party finished we went to a flat to sleep.  

But Carnival didn't stop there... next weekend we went to Castelló, but not as Sweeney and Mrs. Lovett. Pau didn't dress up, and I was dressed up as... George Harrison! February 25th was his birthday and I decided to honor him... I bought a Beatles wig, round glasses, I painted a white t-shirt.. and voilà! Here you are a photo of the t-shirt and another one of me with wig... 

I really love this hair *-*

Finally, we went to "sleep" at Alexandra's house. It was an incredible weekend... :)

NOW I'M RESPONSIBLE: 18 YEARS OLD. (joke)

Last February 4th was my birthday. Now I'm 18 years old! It's difficult to believe... because I'm the same irresponsible, immature and childish girl.  I think I have Peter Pan's syndrome!

Even though it was a really cold day, it was incredible. The day started with the visit of one of my best friends Víctor. He came from Barcelona only to celebrate my birthday.. I love him a lot :) After have lunch with my family (my grandparents and my uncle went too! I was so happy), we started to prepare the house for the party. A lot of drink and food, wii games,...

It was a great day for me because I met with friends who I didn't saw since ages, as Maire, Júlia, Víctor, my cousin Jean... Júlia is studying pastries and she brought me a delicious cake! 

After drink and eat we saw the three movies that Víctor and I recorded time ago. We love cinema and everytime he came to Sant Pere, we record some shortmovie... a real funny shortmovies! Afterwards we started to play with the wii games: Just Dance. It was so funny... People started to dance, to twist and shout a lot! We were very tired....

They bought me some gifts. Some wonderful gifts! They bought me a George Harrison's CD, the newest Professor's Layton game for Nintendo DS, the movie Across The Universe and a nice keychain of a yellow submarine! :D They gave me also a dedicated letter with a Cheshire Cat drawing (Meriem drew it!)

Finally, I ordered some pizzas. We were telling jokes... Víctor is the best comediant! We went to sleep in a particular flat. It was good because we didn't have neighbours! We drank and played a lot (to trivial and other funny games). That night Víctor and me almost died... because of a laughing attack! Really, I have never laughed like this before... I couldn't breath and I think Víctor neither could! I have only met with Víctor a few times... but we're always talking through Internet and we know each other very well. We are similar in so many ways and in this moment I knew what to say to make him laugh (they were only short stupid quotes!). It worked! :) 

Finally, we started to fall asleep. Next day, Víctor, Jean and me went to have lunch in my grandparents house. Oh my God, we ate a lot! (especially Víctor!!!). My grandmother cooks a lot of food and she always wants you to eat a lot... In the afternoon we accompanied Víctor, Aina and Estel to the train station. It was an incredible weekend... :)

 Across the Universe! Great movie... 

Weee all liveee in a yellow submarine, yellow submarine,...

 Alexandra and Estel dancing

 I really love him :)

Laila and Maire dancing!

PAU IS A PAST, BUT HE'S ALSO A PRESENT AND A FUTURE.

Friendship is very important. I'm pretty shy and it's too difficult for me to think about a person as a friend. I have a lot of companions, but there are few people who I consider as a real friend. One of them is Pau. I have already talked about him in this blog, I think . But some weeks ago I wrote him a little story which talks about him. I thought it would be great if I translate it in English! :)

"Pau is water. He's a drop of Jupiter, Saturn, the Moon... of everywhere. Pau is a past, but he's also a present and a future. He's a summer night, a whisper of winter, a smile of spring and a hug of autumn. He's every single day of the year and even so I need him more and more. He's part of the universe, but when I look him in the eyes I think universe is part of him. 

A star of a big constellation decided to settle down beside his left eye. She's called Van Gogh because thanks to her, Pau's face let us to remember to The Starry Night. It transmits armony and in the same time, mistery. But nothing of this can compare with the world which's hiding behind his eyes. For this reason the star decided to leave behind the grandeur of the Solar System. When I stare at him, I realise I need him every single day of my life and also it lets me to travel to places where I have never been before. It's a portal which connects the past that we have lived and the future that we'll live. It's a big burrow which lets me forget the present and also it immerses me in the called Wonderland, where everything is possible. 

I love to hear his paced breathing when I lean my head on his chest. I love when he dedicates me one of his smiles. I know him since always, but I'm discovering him yet. I'm sure there are a lot of things to know about him, but I have the rest of my life to find out... 

Externally, he seems quiet. He has an air of raccoon which defines him at the perfection. In contrary, my humour is always changing and I can't hide it. I'm always changing my mind, but in Pau I find the balance that I need. When I'm with him it seems that everything can be solved. Since always he has been part of my world and he has been always my best friend. This year I'm discovering him a little more, but I hope this friendship would never end. I'm sure I have forgot a lot of things to say or probably there are a lot of things that I have wrote which he already knows. But I only want that Pau knows my feelings are so big..."

Pau and me when we were child :)

Through thick and thin he will always be my friend... and I'll be there for him :)

DÓNA LA CARA PER LA INDEPENDÈNCIA

"Dóna la cara per la Independència" is a website where you can fight for Catalonia's Independence. You have only to put your name, surname and where you live. All this with one photo of your face. 

Objective: the objective of this website is to advance together in the achievement of an independent state. To do this, it's important to have a lot of people registrated. If you "dónes la cara", it only have a meaning: that you agree with independence and you show your opinion in public. 

We have to fight for our lives. We have been trying to live in peace with Spain, we have been trying to be a country all together. But Spain doesn't let us. If we don't fight for Catalunya, who will do it? I've already shown my face to the world... what are you waiting for? :)

WEBSITE: http://www.donalacara.cat/

You can find more information inside ;)

There are a lot of things Spain wants to steal us. And they do it. Why we have to put up with it? Really... if you love Catalunya, you have to fight for her (before it would be worst). Come on! We're all in this together... 

IRISH ACTOR DAVID KELLY DIES AGED 82

Irish stage and screen actor David Kelly, known for films such as Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, has died aged 82. (February 12th)

Dublin-born Kelly also played feckless builder Mr O'Reilly in Fawlty Towers but is perhaps best remembered for riding a motorbike naked in the comedy Waking Ned. He earned a Screen Actors' Guild nomination for the 1998 film. In a 50-year career, Kelly's roles ranged from the dramatic to the comedic.

In 2005, he received a life­time achieve­ment award at the Irish Film and Tele­vi­sion Awards. The same year, he was seen by cinema audiences as Grandpa Joe Bucket in Burton's adaptation of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, opposite Johnny Depp.

Kelly's final film role was in the 2007 British fantasy film Stardust, as a deceptively nimble, high-kicking wall guard.

His friend, Ballykissangel star Niall Toibin, told the Press Association: "He was a hilarious man. He had an outlook on life that was slightly skewed and made you laugh all the time."

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

I was very surprised when I read the news. Really, I've only seen Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie of him as an actor, but the news affected me. When you see him in the movie, he brings you hapiness and hope! He always makes me laugh. Well, in the news you can see what said his friend Niall Toibin... David had to be a real nice person. I think I will watch some of his movies! 

I really love his acting, I think it seems so natural. For me, he will always be Charlie's grandpa :) I'm so thankful for it. 

CAN INTERNET MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE?

First of all I have to say I've lost the checked opinion essay! I don't know where's my head... and where's my essay. So I'm going to put here my first write! Sorry.

Now, Internet is in our lives. The most part of people of developed countries can't live without it. Consequently, we all know the advantages, because if we don't know them we wouldn't use Internet... But what about the inconvenients?

On one hand, Internet lets you express your ideas and all the world can see them, so you can change a lot of minds. You can also a start a revolution! For example, 15M movement. You can meet new people, find old friends... and also find a job! As a result, it have a lot of power and it can change your life.

On the other hand, it has a lot of iconvenients too. People can find you through Internet and they can hurt you. At the same time that Internet can change your life, it can also destroy it. For example, it's great you can buy on Internet... although someone can also steal all the money of your bank account. Moreover, people can see all the things you're doing thus it's easy to find you anywhere. 

In conclusion, Internet can changes our lives to a positive or negative ways. It can make the world a better place, of course. However it can make the contrary... Consequently, be careful with it!

ORAL PRESENTATION ABOUT MY RESEARCH PAPER

TRANSCRIPTION:

Hello everybody. My name is Natàlia Sellés and now I'm going to talk about my Research Paper: The Art of Tim Burton. Well, first of all I have always been fascinated by Tim Burton.  When I was a child one of my favorites was The Nightmare Before Christmas (even though it is directed by Henry Selick). As I got older, my admiration has increased a lot. So my Research Project was divided in three parts: 

About Tim Burton: I talked about his biography, style, thematic, influences,.... 

Analyze of movies: I have analyzed some of his movies: Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Vincent, Beetlejuice and Alice in Wonderland.

Finally, I created a shortmovie in stop-motion with the most important characteristics of Burton.

For my shortmovie, first of all I elaborated the script and the storyboard. Afterwards I designed the set and the characters, and finally I could start to record. In parallel of my work, some friends helped my for the voices of the characters and my friend Víctor Luis made the soundtrack with piano. 

There, you can see some photos about the filming and mounting. For the characters, I made first and wire structure and after that I modeled it with clay. For example here you can see my friend Pau Jordi recording one of the voices and me preparing one of the sets. 

Well, you can see the characters of my shortmovie: Vincent's clown, Rawiora and her dog and Edward. In the shortmovie I used the names Edward, Víctor and Vincent because Tim Burton use them a lot in his movies. There you can see the monster Mr. Shawder, the dog called Tim, the Nowhere Girl, and well that's a toy I have in my home of Jack Skellington (Nightmare Before Christmas) who I decided to put in my shortmovie. And finally, Víctor.

My conclusion of the Research Paper is that the style of Tim Burton has characterized him as an artist, his own style let him to have a place in the cinematographic world and also in the story of cinema. And finally I have increased my knowledge about cinema and I have aplicated it in my shortmovie. 

Well, that's my oral presentation and now I will show you a video of some scenes of my shortmovie. 

SELF EVALUATION:

I think it's the first time I haven't read in an oral presentation in english. So for me it has been so important! But I have to improve my pronunciation a lot... Now I've just listened it and I have found some mistakes.  For example, I have said admirature instead of admiration, or I have used the past in a wrong way (As I get older -> As I got older). Moreover, sometimes I have said his instead of her. And I use a lot the word: WELL. All the time I'm saying: Well... okay, well.... 

In the end, I have said: I will show you... it should be: I'm going to show you. 

So here you are. I've done a lot of mistakes, but I think I have improved a lot too. It's so difficult for me to talk in front of people, I can't express myself very well. For me, every oral presentation is a challenge... 

ANECDOTE:

My voice was so sweet :)