viernes, noviembre 28, 2008

El siguiente!

Fin de mes. Me fui al banco a pagar mis deudas, y fue bastante entretenida la experiencia.

Para comenzar, me sorprendí de la agilidad para atender. Es la primera vez en mi país en que veo tantos cajeros atendiendo....de 20 ventanillas, funcionaban unas 15 y eso que era la hora del almuerzo! En fin, dejé de preocuparme de que pasaría mucho tiempo en el banco.

Esta agencia tenía una de esas pantallitas que dan un timbre y muestran el número del cajero que está libre para atender, y en la fila había un caballero que se tomaba la molestia de repetir el número, por si acaso alguien lo pasó por alto. Pero de pronto me di cuenta que su favorito era el 10, porque lo decía con entusiasmo: "diezzzzzzzzz!!!"

De hecho, la chica que atendía la caja 10, era bastante rápida y en algún momento el hombre que repetía los números comenzó a irritarme. Por supuesto lo último que quería es que repitiera mi turno, como si yo no estuviera pendiente. Y se escuchaba el timbre y el hombre decía: "diezzzz!". Luego pasaban un par de números más y otra vez el hombre gritaba "dieeezzzz!".

Por suerte me tocó la caja ocho!

viernes, noviembre 21, 2008

God forbid you ever have to walk a mile in their shoes...

I've seen a rich man beg
I've seen a good man sin
I've seen a tough man cry
I've seen a loser win
And a sad man grin
I heard an honest man lie
I've seen the good side of bad
And the down side of up
And everything between
I licked the silver spoon
Drank from the golden cup
Smoked the finest green
I stroked the daddy's dimes at least a couple of times
Before I broke their heart
You know where it ends
Yo, it usually depends on where you start

Everlast - What it´s like (1998)

miércoles, noviembre 19, 2008

It all started with the big BANG!

Our whole universe was in a hot dense state,
Then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started. Wait...
The Earth began to cool,
The autotrophs began to drool,
Neanderthals developed tools,
We built a wall (we built the pyramids),
Math, science, history, unraveling the mysteries,
That all started with the big bang!

"Since the dawn of man" is really not that long,
As every galaxy was formed in less time than it takes to sing this song.
A fraction of a second and the elements were made.
The bipeds stood up straight,
The dinosaurs all met their fate,
They tried to leap but they were late
And they all died (they froze their asses off)
The oceans and pangea
See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya
Set in motion by the same big bang!
It all started with the big BANG!

It's expanding ever outward but one day
It will cause the stars to go the other way,
Collapsing ever inward, we won't be here, it wont be hurt
Our best and brightest figure that it'll make an even bigger bang!

Australopithecus would really have been sick of us
Debating out while here they're catching deer (we're catching viruses)
Religion or astronomy, Encarta, Deuteronomy
It all started with the big bang!

Music and mythology, Einstein and astrology
It all started with the big bang!
It all started with the big BANG!

Barenaked Ladies

jueves, noviembre 06, 2008

But I know this crush ain´t going away


Do you ever think, when you’re all alone
All that we could be,
Where this thing could go
Am I crazy or falling in love
Is it really just another crush
Do you catch a breath, when I look at you
Are you holding back, like the way I do
Cause I’m trying, try to walk away
But I know this crush ain’t going away, going away
Primer single de David Archuleta - Crush.