And if you do, lie

martes, marzo 28, 2006

The Nottingham Experience: the movie (Intro)





The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just like Honey

So, for the first time, I'm going to change the way I express myself. I'm leaving the keyboard and taking my mouse to spread what I feel in other kind of words.


I've always thought that music and images mixed in a proper way can be considered as art. Some people rather write or draw, but I know I'm not good at these things. I want you to see what I see, I want you to hear what I feel.

This is the first release of the movie. It is just the intro, but I hope you like. At least let me know posting your messages.

Regards.

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martes, marzo 21, 2006

The Nottingham Experience: the month

It's 9 o'clock
I'm getting tired
I'm sick of all my records
and the clothes I bought today.

Am I cracking up
or just getting older?

I'm staying in
I can't be bothered
making conversation with the friends that I don't know.

Am I cracking up
or just getting older?

And I bet that this is how life turns out when you're finally grown.
And you know if this is my life I'll sit around all day and I'll moan

I'm half way up to the bottom of another bottle of my next best favourite friend.

I'm not cracking up
I'm just getting older

No I'm not cracking up
I'm just getting older

No I'm not cracking up
I'm just getting older

Oasis - Just Getting Older


So, this is it. A month away from home. And another year to carry on my back. You never know how life can change in a year. Mine did.

- I passed fourth year at uni (with some difficulties)
- I got the Most Valuable Coach and the Most Valuable Player prizes in different clubs the same day (though I didn't deserve them)
- I spent the most awful holidays in my life in London between bomb attacks (but not because the bombs ;-))
- I cracked the CCD system to enrol the Data Transmission laboratory sessions. I got caught by a funckin' sneak, who, by the way, every single person hates him at uni (machacaurbon).
- I quit my job (and the Spanish government gave me 6 months of unemployment wage!)
- I left the team I'd been playing last 5 years.
- I left the best players a coach could ever have...
- I took the chance to live an experience I'm never going to forget with two mates. Better than I could ever imagined, after a month.

And I'm sure there are lots of things waiting for us in the next months. It's just a question of time. Isn't it?

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lunes, marzo 13, 2006

The Nottingham Experience: week 3

"you look fine
there's nothing to worry
take your time
baby there's no hurry
for once just enjoy the ride"

Marlango - Enjoy the ride


Keepin' busy is all I want to do. It seems, though, that someway, somehow,it is pretty hard. The project is currently in its first phase: documentation, first contact... I sometimes have the feeling it's never going to attract me. But I actually know it's not possible. The programming environment looks capable, although the documentation is not very encouraging. All I need to do is to get deep in my mind and try to travel through the magic world of colours...

So, I wake up. 30 minutes later, I get up. Have breakfast. Work a little. There's no food. Tesco is the solution. Why? 2 minutes walking and you'll know. Have lunch. Then have dinner (oh my! always thinking in the same!). Maybe a pint somewhere with friends later. The night came 2 hours ago... is the day finished? Why does it always rain on me? My friend Jordi said: "we have to put our batteries on..."

Anyway, everything is not as "stressing" as it seems. We do work, we do have some spare time, we do take it seriously. Living alone is just the experience I always wanted. It's kind of a self-test. Am I ready to something like this? All the answers in the next episode...

People here is nice. We've met lots of people since last post. Surprisingly (or not), there's a lot of Spanish people. But anyway it is always great to meet new friends, wherever they come from. We can't lie. We're partying quite a lot. In fact, the most important thing is we're enjoying this experience that just started (despite what some people say).

There are night when you just play a role. You know it from the begining. Once you start the first line, everything is already written. The crowd will be disappointed if you finish before the end. Critics are going to kill you. Then you choose between keep playing your role or quit, hoping that you'll never hear whatever critics shout. What you actually don't know is that you don't realize the play is already written, so the decision was actually taken from the begining. But don't say it loud: critics still don't even know...

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