Sixth post. It should be the eighth. Abrieframbleaboutcartoonsandcomics.

To be honest, I’m not very in the mood of writing about this so I’ll be quick. As comics as cartoons were present at my childhood, because there was a time they were GREAT.

Starting with the cartoons, which have had a most notorious regression through the years, I grew up with the extinct (R.I.P.) Fox Kids and the old Cartoon Network, with the Insomnia’s nights and fantastic shows as Pinky and the Brain, Courage the coward dog among others. Not the nowadays shows that are rubbish (except for a few passable shows).  At the national channels, I watched the Simpsons and 31 minutes, which I don’t really know if it is considered a cartoon.

About the comics, I also loved to read them, and comics as Lucky Luke or Asterix and Obelix were on my bookshelf. I never have read the superhero comic’s, I guess because I didn’t get the chance. I don't remember Lucky Luke's author but the main character was a cowboy that used to wander the Western towns solving problems.  Hervé was the author of Asterix and Obelix, two village french who fought Julio Cesar's army with a secret potion that makes them invincibles. We never know why we like things, we just like it.

Nowadays, the kids play League of Legends from nine or ten years old and have lost the interest for “kid’s channels” and television in general and talking about comics didn’t make sense. I think the computer era is beating hard. And the thing goes beyond the television or books. 

7th Post: about pollution, environment and stuff like that

I think some schools have the environment care like one of the issues in early grades, but I can’t remember if my school had it, I have a dreadful memory.

I haven’t incorporated recycling into my habits directly, I mean, I don’t take my garbage into special bags or segment it for types, but I am very careful about where I let it, for example, I always keep my wastes with me until I found a dump.

I love walking. When I lived in Concón, which it’s quite littler than Santiago, I used to walk everywhere, but Santiago it’s gigantic and all of my friends live far from me. If I had my bike here with me I’ll use it always, even for coming here, but it is in Concón, so I have to take the bus (not the subway, I hate the subway). But definitely I don’t use car, but not for choice, it’s because I haven’t one.

I have never joined or officially supported any Eco-organization because I don’t use to get engaged to anything, but I support them in a symbolic way haha.

I would like to be vegetarian (for many reasons that I don’t want to explain here because I’m not in the mood), but I just can’t stop eating meat. I love it and there is no point of return.

To be honest, I do nothing to reduce my carbon footprint; in fact, I use deodorant in aerosol and much improper stuff like that, but I think that my entire life incidence in the environment can’t compare itself with the one minute incidence of big factories, so the focus should be at them.

Finally, I think that more than Santiago as a city we need policies and culture for Chile as a country, and even beyond in South America and the entire world. Especially the ones who pollute the most.

Article

The article I have chosen isn’t precisely a piece of news, but a music review. That’s because I’d like to work as a journalist related to music.

The article is about Damon Albarn’s first studio album, Everyday Robots, released April 25^th.  Albarn is better known for being Blur and Gorillaz’s front man, and after more than twenty years of career, he has finally released his first solo album.

The review it’s favorable to the album, giving it four of five stars, and the writer stands out the honesty of the singer, who shows himself finally as he really is, and stop hiding himself behind false characters that he created in his Blur and Gorillaz’s songs.

The journalist talks about the record in a holistic way such as in particular. He first talks about the context of the disc, what it means to the artist and then makes a quick summary of the most important songs, for finish giving a global sense to the record. He stares at Hostiles, which he considers the best song of the album, with Lonely Press Play, The Selfish Giant and You and Me.

An album "Beautiful but subtle, cloudy and elusive" that despite the delicacy shows that Damon Albarn is a great artist as much with a band behind his back as by his own.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/apr/24/damon-albarn-everyday-robots-review

Important/memorable party

I really have trouble for choosing a “memorable” or very significant party which I’d like to talk, so I’ll talk about my school prom party. It’s been in December 2012 in Viña del Mar.

First of all, because that day Silvio Rodríguez was playing at the Estadio Nacional and I couldn’t go to the concert because of it. Secondly, because it was the last time that I saw many classmates, because I was not very close to all of them so after college I’ve never seen them again, just my best friends. And third, because it was the last party that I went with my ex girlfriend before breaking up.

I guess those three big reasons would be enough to say that yes, my prom party has been “important” or significant for me. That day has been a kind of transition, a kind of “end of an era” for me and beginning of another. It ends many links with my school and was like the beginning of my university times. I finished a relationship and few so called friendships, in a symbolic way, that day. It’s been a kind of before and after.

A country I'd like to visit

A country I’d really like to visit is England for three big reasons: its culture, its music and its football. About the first of them, I would like to go to historical places such as the middle ages castles, the ancient constructions, etc. About the music, I love music and most of my favorite bands are English, so I’d like to visit the places where they have grown and of course, to see a concert of them, because many of its will never come to Chile. And finally about the football, it’s my favorite sport and the English Premier League it’s the best football league of the whole world, so watching a game, never mind the teams involved, just the sensation of being in their big stadiums watching a big game.

Of course, I’d really like to live, study or work there. I could study to improve my English, or making postgraduate studies. Knowing that I’d like to work in something related with music, I’d love to live in England too, near one of the most important music nests of the world.

First Post

My ideal job would be as a broadcaster in a rock music radio, or if it is no possible as a reporter, but always in a rock music radio. Even more ideal would be in London, but if it’s in Chile it’s ok. A job where I could speak about music all day and get paid for that it’s perfect.

For being good at this job I should know a lot about music, about new bands, history of rock music, Chilean rock, etc. I should be all the time knowing what’s going on in the world’s music panorama, expecting new releases and concerts.

I’d be good at this job because I spend all day listening to music, discovering new bands and sharing different points of view about some music waves with my friends. I think I have a big knowledge about rock music and that would make easier things for me.

Unfortunately, the workplace of the music radios isn’t very extensive, so getting this kind of job in Chile it’s very difficult. By other way, in countries with a bigger music culture would be less hard get a job.