Things

A wonderful Saturday. I spent it with my brother. We went at the cinema and watched Notes on a scandal. Great movie. Then we went downtown to the bookstores of old books -I don't know if in English there's a term to call them, in Spanish they are "librerías de viejo"-. We were looking for a book named "Life in Mexico", by Frances Calderón de la Barca.

My brother is studying History, so he has to read that book.

I love downtown. It is such a beautiful, colonial place. With so much Mexican history in every building, in every store. I feel like they all embrace me and invite me to go inside and to win time.

We came back. My grandpa was watching soccer games. Then my brother and I went out again to din. We ate hamburgers. Delicious. They were not from McDonald's or Burger King, but from a place nearby.

Yesterday, I had a great day too. I went to see Pan's Labyrinth and it touched my heart. It is a really strong movie and so tender at the same time.

Then Mario and I went to pick up Sherley, and though the traffic was awful, we went to La Condesa, to a place called St. Patrick's Pub.

I had a great time. Really, really great.

Right now I'm chatting with Daffne. We are both connected in messenger.

I bought three new books. One written by Stendhal, another one is about journalism and the third one was about Spanish history. They cost me 23 pesos. I don't know. Perhaps that is like 2 dollars or so.

They are so cheap because they are old books. In my list of things I love, I forgot to mention that I love the smell of old sheets. Those bookstores smell like that. What a great smell.

Now I am listening to Mecano. Mecano is a Spanish band, really successful before they separated. I love songs composed by Nacho and José María Cano. Ana Torroja sang them and the composed them. Three really talented guys put together. They made magic. Magic they made. Even the light songs are so well armed, with so much dedication and effort. They wrote the exact words and the exact music. She had the exact voice to sing.

My favorite Mecano songs are El 7 de septiembre (September 7th), Un mundo futuro (Future world), Mujer contra mujer (Woman against woman), Naturaleza muerta (Death nature), Stereosexual, Aire (Air) and Cuerpo y corazón (Body and heart).

Well, I guess this is it. Perhaps I will write again later.