This post is not about books, or films, or music, or wines. It's about how far we've gone in terms of technology and tools to help us in our everyday life.
Yesterday, I got a call from my wife who's in Paris for a conference. She left the airport and took the subway to go to the hotel. And after half an hour looking for the hotel she called me and asked for directions. Never having been to that part of Paris was not an obstacle to the way in which I could help her. I turned on the computer, went to google maps and all she had to tell me was the street she was in. And there I was, 1000 kms from Paris giving directions about what she should be seeing and where she should turn without ever having been in that place. This is amazing. And the most amazing thing: it is completely natural to us and we don't even talk about it anymore. I just wanted to remind us about it.
quinta-feira, 29 de outubro de 2009
segunda-feira, 19 de outubro de 2009
Back in Nijmegen
And I'm back in the Netherlands. I haven't written here for a long time, mostly because of all the work of moving to a different country and get settled in.
Since I've arrived (more than two weeks ago), I still haven't had the chance to go to the movies, listen to new artists, read good books and try different wines.
But I can tell you this: yesterday, I saw What's eating Gilbert Grape (1993) and there was something about it worth writing about in here. In this film with Johhny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio and Juliette Lewis, DiCaprio plays an unforgettable role as Arnie Grape, a seventeen years old boy with a severe mental condition. His performance is absolutely flawless. I was really amazed. Though I've always been able to appreciate his acting skills in other movies like The Departed and others, the fact is that I always have trouble to take him serious because of his babyface. Now, in this character he lands it perfectly not because of that young appearance but it sure doesn't harm him.
I'm sure I'll see a lot of movies in the following months. I'm going to enjoy more and more to be indoors while I'm in Nijmegen. I leave you with a picture of the view from my house in one of these mornings so you can understand my passion for indoors right now.
Since I've arrived (more than two weeks ago), I still haven't had the chance to go to the movies, listen to new artists, read good books and try different wines.
But I can tell you this: yesterday, I saw What's eating Gilbert Grape (1993) and there was something about it worth writing about in here. In this film with Johhny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio and Juliette Lewis, DiCaprio plays an unforgettable role as Arnie Grape, a seventeen years old boy with a severe mental condition. His performance is absolutely flawless. I was really amazed. Though I've always been able to appreciate his acting skills in other movies like The Departed and others, the fact is that I always have trouble to take him serious because of his babyface. Now, in this character he lands it perfectly not because of that young appearance but it sure doesn't harm him.
I'm sure I'll see a lot of movies in the following months. I'm going to enjoy more and more to be indoors while I'm in Nijmegen. I leave you with a picture of the view from my house in one of these mornings so you can understand my passion for indoors right now.
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