Jardines de Kensington

Jardines de Kensington (Kensington Gardens) is a book from Rodrigo Fresán, a guy from Argentina who writes amazingly good. Woow I'm not quite sure how this post is going to look like because I feel like having a lot of lost pieces to bring together... and I just began the reading so I guess there are also some pieces missing.

First, on the writer: I just surprisingly realized that this guy has a very poor entry on wikipedia, which I don't understand. In there it's said Jardines de Kensington has only recently been translated into english: that might be a good reason for the short entry. So, this writer is from Argentina and seems to be a friend of Roberto Bolaño's, which is a cornerstone in this story. I now see Bolaño has a larger text on wikipedia.

Second, on Jardines de Kensington: This is the book I'm reading right now. The story happens in London and has tons of references to Peter Pan and to the literary world build upon it --I mean Peter Pan's creator and all the not-growing story--. I find this book so terrificly good and metaphor-blown-up (?) that I think there won't be anything left to be written after it... so: good riddance to the never-concluded dream of mine of me becoming a writer :D for there's nothing left to be written.

I was describing the book to a friend few minutes ago and came up with a fine metaphor --which I surely made up by linearly combining the ones I've read on Jardines de Kensington so far--. This book is the closest thing to minimal techno music I've ever heard. Like being always excited, alway about to get to somewhere, but you don't get to it. I don't know exactly how much I do like this feeling. By now I love it :D!

Third, on how I got to this book: and here we have to go back to the ever-present 2666, in which, I think; it's been written everything else which was not in Jardines de Kensington; included my whole life. Thus if one book took away from me the idea of being a writer, the other one stole my free-will and sentenced me to have a fate from which I can't scape... fine, this is another story I might tell at another time.

Back to the topic, it seems to exist a strange passage in 2666 where some characters happen to be in Kensington gardens at the same time as some other characters from Jardines de Kensington do. At least those from 2666 see the others, and I'd be amazed if the same thing happened in the opposite way!! A friend of mine who I love found the relationship and just showed up with Jardines de Kensington for me.

I couldn't wait to be sinked into the reading and I hope I can write a little bit more another day... It's enough for today!

Kurihara Takuya

Maybe it was my mood, gray as the day and thus prone to little nirvanas of sadness. Anyway, today I found this painter, Kurihara Takuya, resident in Tacheles House, Berlin. His work, I've found it so amazing I almost cried in front of him. I'd like I'd talked to him, but at the moment I felt deeply shy and withdrew myself from there after staring his paintings for half an hour while he was working.

2666

I'm quite shocked at the moment, though I finished the book kind of 5 hours ago, and can't put into words all this storm of feelings... This is one of the best books I've ever read!!!!! Just wanted to share with everyone my joy!! I'll try to write more on this other day!

What were all those controls for, actually??

Last time I flew (2 weeks ago), when I arrived at SQC airport a nice poster said: "scanners can see what you can't!! Congrats: 50 years of Europe Federation of Customs. " There stayed the shadow of a bomb behind suitcases and other airport-stuff. Great!! Scanners see what I can't... shit... then why do I need to take my shoes off each time before walking into the plane??

The jest goes further, when Europe Union --without any authority (they didn't ask me and they aren't even my government!!)-- comes to a deal with the US government to share private data of the passengers! To share information which even within the Europe Union was absolutely forbidden for an airline to share with anyone but the passenger her/himself. Shit! But great! We are free from the threat of international terrorism!!

Wait a... what the hell??? Today a guy tried to blow up an airplane in Detroit? How was it possible?? To go through all those controls... maybe he was a citizen who suddenly became crazy, and thus there's no criminal record which would hold back his travel... or... no, shit... he was not!! This guy is related to Al-Qaeda and his name appears in the lists of many terrorist organizations, says FBI... shit!! What the... Maybe US government should come to a kind of deal with those terrorist organizations so that they would kindly share the names and sexual orientations of the terrorists they have available... as well as they do with the dangerous European citizens...

Eh, you guy!! Wake up! Those controls and deals between EU ad US were not to prevent international terrorism... They just wanted to hinder our freedom... Kid! Kid! You there yet?

Becoming pirate...

As I was a child my family didn't have a lot of money and access to certain culture was very exceptional. I remember my grandpa's books and a few tunes played in the radio. Some year my mother gave me one tape as birthday present, but I didn't have access to some pieces that should be compulsory for every one to listen (e.g. Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon). I figure out my life would've felt much more complete if I had discovered music as I was a child and not two years ago, as I did.
By that time it was usual --and alright-- that the kids would copy those magnetic tapes with the most popular tunes for their friends, thus more people would listen the music and more people would like to go to the concerts. The law was alright, as this chain would eventually suppose a great money for labels and artists and the phenomenon was not sooo generalized.

Sudently the labels want make us think that copying a work is to steal even when no benefit is obtained. Powerful companies want to drive the laws chosen by the people so that they can keep their benefits, although their work might not be necessary anymore.
I believe that internet might become the implementation of the democracy and the actual realization of many rights difficult to implement though other means --e.g. free access to culture.
I do so and therefore I become myself a provider of "pirate" links. According to the soon-coming Spanish regulations on maintainable economy, my web site should be censored without any need of judicial award, thus violating many fundamental rights of mine compiled in the Spanish constitution, which now seem to be of less importance than copyrights.

Please feel free to (and do it!) use the search box below to obtain as many links to downloads as you wish!!!!

Today I had one of the best moments of my life when Nano walked out the plane.

Licentiate

Today I became Licentiate on Physics :D!!!!

I feel really happy and I look forward to starting working hard, researching and all this stuff :) We've been given the greatest puzzle ever to be solved and now I have the means to deal with it!!

Nature: there I go!!! :)