WE CAN, AND WE HAVE

"Podemos" is this year's slogan thanks to Cuatro. For once, it might be true.

After some years paying little attention to football, this catchy phrase has led me back to it, and I must admit, I'm enjoying the games much more than I could have predicted. Can't believe howwell they've played the second half tonight , or "vaya repaso le han dado a los rusos". Humiliating, indeed.

There's something I don't quite agree about with the Uefa: the players that they have selected as the "best of the match" in the quarter and semi final: Casillas and Iniesta. To me, David Silva is the man: powerful, collaborative, energetic, tireless, and today he's even scored. What else can we expect?

To beat the Germans. We can, and we will.

DEL PORQUÉ DEL NOMBRE DEL BLOG

Some people have asked me why "vueloycaigo". Some of them have known me for years and they might think it has to do with my ups and downs... they could be right. But in this case, it's much more simple than that, and more optimistic than it sounds. If I knew how to upload a f*** video, you'd understand what I mean, but I don't, so I can only suggest that you have a look at youtube's video of La Vacazul, "Vuelo" and you'll see: this is one of my favourite songs. By the way, this band's cover of "Ojalá" is wonderful. (Girls, apart from listening, have a look at Jairo, the singer, and then comment!)

SUMMER'S HERE

AND I'M SO GLAD IT IS! MY FRIEND IRMA SAYS THAT THIS SUMMER IS ONE FOR MEETING AND ICE-CREAMS. NICE AND WEIRD WAY TO PUT IT, BUT IT ACTUALLY REPRESENTS THE RIGHT MOOD FOR ANY SUMMER. STILL, I'M MORE INTO GIGS. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO 17 JULY TO SEE THE BOSS FOR THE SECOND TIME, AND THE SUMMERCASE IN BOADILLA. I SAW BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 10 YEARS AGO AND I WAS A BIT DISAPPOINTED, WHAT WITH U2 BEING MUCH MORE IMPRESSIVE, BUT I REALLY THINK HE'S SO MUCH WORTH IT. SUMMERCASE LAST SUMMER, NOT BAD, ACTUALLY, SO I'LL GIVE IT ANOTHER GO. THIS YEAR, PRIMAL SCREAM, MAXIMO PARK, KAISER CHIEFS, THE KOOKS, THE VERVE, AND MANY OTHERS ARE COMING! FOR THOSE WHO FANCY IT, LOS TRES COLEGAS, DELUXE, IVAN FERREIRO AND QUIQUE GONZÁLEZ ARE PLAYING IN SANTIAGO NEXT SATURDAY. HAVEN'T MADE UP MY MIND ABOUT IT YET, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE.
AND THAT'S ALL SO FAR. CAN ANYBODY SUGGEST ANYTHING ELSE? IF NOT, I'LL GO AND HAVE SOME ICE-CREAM.

BLOODY LITERATURE.. BLOODY LIFE

TWO MORE READS FOR THE SUMMER, BUT ONLY IF YOU'RE READY TO PEEP INTO SENSELESS LIFE, MEANINGLESS DESTINIES. MONZÓ PRESENTS US WITH SOME SUPERB STORIES WHICH RENDER YOU NUMB. (OTHERS ARE JUST SNAPSHOTS OF EVERYDAY LIFE).
AS FOR McEWAN, HE PRESENTS US WITH SOME OF THE MOST DISTURBING STORIES YOU'LL EVER READ. TRAGIC, BLOODY.

LISTEN TO HER!

The last CD I've bought and one of the best this year. She's said to remind Amy Winehouse, but it's just one of the many different voices she displays. Different songs, varied melodies and lyrics, to dance, to feel, to identify with. Powerful voice that gets to your bones.
Plus the song in the latest heineken's commercial.

AND NOW.. MUSIC AGAIN

MAYBE BECAUSE I'M STRESSED OUT WITH SO MUCH MARKING AND SO MANY ORAL EXAMS, I REALLY NEED RELAXING MUSIC, AND THAT'S JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN, FEATURING IN ONE OF THEIR SONGS ANOTHER MASTER, ANTONY. BEAUTIFUL.

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN, Robert Frost

1. The Road Not Taken


TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;


Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,


And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.


I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

ENTRE TONTOS ANDA EL JUEGO

Everyday life offers the opportunity to meet an endless number of fools. The work space increases the number tremendously. Be afraid of fools, mainly when they believe they are not. Al menos eso es lo que dice Carmen Posadas en el artículo al que podeis acceder "premendo" ahí arriba! Firma: una fool más.

COLDPLAY ARE BACK

AND LET'S HOPE IT'S FOR THE BETTER. THEIR LAST ALBUM WAS POORER THAN THE OTHERS AND I WISH THEY WROTE SOMETHING LIKE "YELLOW" AGAIN. YOU CAN READ THEIR LATEST INTERVIEW.