Viernes santo

ByGwyn Fisher

It’s every bit as quiet as last year. I took Atticus to buy the paper this morning and he didn’t even have any traffic to chase.

Anyroad, I’m going through my photos to enter them in Amour Fou’s “Cortosia de Amour Fou” competition. Rules here in Spanish. For the photography prize the theme is “anything to do with cinema”, and the prize is 2 weeks’ free rentals. So far there are no entries… Anyroad, I’ve been meaning for a while to take some shots around Gwod for a Hitchcock series, illustrating some of his most famous (and easiest to depict photographically) films; I’m looking for:

The Birds – Los Pájaros
Psycho – Psicosis
North by Northwest- Con la muerte en los talones
Vertigo – Vértigo
Strangers on a Train – ¿? Extraos en un tren
Rope – Soga, La
The 39 Steps – 39 escalones, Los
Number Seventeen – Número 17
The Lodger – El inquilino
Rear Window – Ventana indiscreta, La

Some of the Spanish titles don’t quite coincide: North by Northwest = With Death at the Heels… fr’instance.
And I so I’ll probably have a wander tomorrow completing the set. Also, if all goes well this avo I’ll join the throngs for the catholic goings on in San Martin de los Flores.

Watched Adios a Lenin, last night. Sita was initially sceptical as with my accent she thought it was going to be about the Beatles. Turned out to be a very good German film. Meanwhile, Amour Fou is projecting La Vida de Brian tonight, since it’s Easter… A fine choice of film if you ask me.

Also I learnt today it would take 38 odd cups of my favourite caffeine drink, Starbucks Grande Coffee, to kill me thanks to this helpful death-by-caffeine site (thanks StumbleUpon). Mathematicians may care to work out my weight from this. Please do not publish your findings in the comments section.

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blogging from the pocket pc!

how geeky/cool is this? i just turned the tv on with it too! v.v.happy

And back to the joys of real keyboards! Rob and Jon from TopOfThePods did a show on uses for your PDA about a year ago and apparently you can embed them as Flash, here we go:


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UPDATE: Apparently you can but only in a pinky and perky stylee… back to the drawing board
UPDATE 2: Here’s a link to the mp3

Tinto y Blanco

Last night we went to Tinto y Blanco for the first time. It’s owned by a sommalier/chef bloke and is famous for its wines, so we felt quite safe ordering carafes of the house red. Sita reckoned the Pinot was where it’s at though. The portabella appertiser was the best thing we had there, though my asparagus and mushroom crepe was well nice. Having returned recently from the British Isles it’s nice to convert the prices to pounds sterling and feel even better about what you’re eating. Anyroad, then on to bowling. Somewhere along the line, my thumb’s got bigger and thus a shot where I couldn’t let the ball go and ended up chucking it in the air and it landing somewhere half-way down the lane, amazingly without leaving some smoking crater… It was a dodgy game all round, though Monica improved 10 fold, Daniel was consistantly brilliant and Sita’s always been a great bowler. I was not on form… Any road. We’ll play the decider once our scars heal.

Concurso de Mariachis

Thanks to Flickr, and specifically El Charro Negro, we heard about a mariachi competition in the centre yesterday and arranged to meet up in La Fuente to go and see the spectacle. It fully lived up to expectations. Each band came and played just one song and then wandered off. Groups came from all over Mexico and most wore the traditional local dress. I still haven’t got the hang of the settings on me camera. Sachiel pointed out that the ISO’s too high on most, I didn’t even know how to change it. Still I’m extremely happy with me zoom lense. Well, the set’s over at Flickr and here are some faves, that will probably end up in the photoblog…

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3 Comments

  1. Anyroad…I am wary of StumbleUpon, since Dan Klass warned of its adictiveness.
    Just checking in, Gwyn.
    Later, dude.

  2. Thanks for checking in Paul 🙂

    Anyroad… I'm very impressed with the podcast production schedule round your way, keep it up! Cheers mate.

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