<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797767849006182699</id><updated>2011-08-02T14:19:54.818-07:00</updated><category term='pensamientos'/><category term='vida'/><category term='blog youtube pandora web browsing videos movies hobbies'/><category term='running'/><category term='welcome'/><category term='languages population culture global changes globalization education'/><category term='talk'/><category term='books'/><category term='luis leante'/><category term='momento'/><category term='mira si yo te querre'/><category term='new'/><category term='seville spain travel back to the blog dreams'/><category term='amor'/><category term='spain'/><category term='blog'/><category term='love'/><title type='text'>Idées et Poisson</title><subtitle type='html'>For the love of travel, culture, books, languages, happiness and spirituality.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Valeria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06033310152204685363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SmShg6TPl0I/AAAAAAAAACY/ZvCrSE13dMc/S220/Calle_de_Estrellas_y_Bohemia_by_Opera_Gypsy.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>18</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797767849006182699.post-482524878930067144</id><published>2009-08-26T14:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-26T14:15:28.605-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Idées</title><content type='html'>Agarro el primer bolígrafo o lápiz que encuentro y comienzo a escribir para escapar de mi mente. Es lista, y me controla hasta el punto de no dejarme dormir. Sí, me controla, a veces la siento aparte, fuera de mí, como si fuera otra, no yo. ¿Y quién sabe quién soy yo? Ni yo misma sé. Aún cansada me siento extraña. Ella gobierna sobre mi cuerpo. De día actúa como sombra etérea y automática; de noche como destello, continuo, incoherente, imparable. Si quiere agradarme lo hace. Si no, recuerda cosas que no vienen al caso, evoca imágenes que me atormentan y me recuerdan una especie de vacío interior que mi estado medio dormido ha tratado de olvidar. Menuda compañera. Es muy poderosa, acaso mucho más que mi cuerpo. No me deja dormir. Si lo que querías era que escribiera algo, ya lo lograste. Aunque no sé si sea bueno lo que he escrito, pero al menos es algo. Un paso más hacia ese “sueño”. En comillas, sí. Sabes que desde algún rincón de tu conciencia dudas (¿ella o tú?). Mmm, escribir libros y crónicas, cuentos y relatos. Memorias disfrazadas en ficción. Alguien que se identifique con ellas. No todos viven las buenas vidas como Neruda, ni las trágicas. Algunos las viven siendo humanos solamente. ¿Merecen ellos ser leídos? Pensaré esto después.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5797767849006182699-482524878930067144?l=bohemianwood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/feeds/482524878930067144/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5797767849006182699&amp;postID=482524878930067144' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/482524878930067144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/482524878930067144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/2009/08/idees.html' title='Idées'/><author><name>Valeria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06033310152204685363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SmShg6TPl0I/AAAAAAAAACY/ZvCrSE13dMc/S220/Calle_de_Estrellas_y_Bohemia_by_Opera_Gypsy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797767849006182699.post-7245082350728365751</id><published>2009-08-26T13:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-26T13:54:06.029-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Historias II</title><content type='html'>Se ponía sentimental y se iba a correr para calmarse. La respiración acelerada, el corazón saliéndosele del pecho, sudor en las manos, axilas, frente, espalda baja, la ponían en un estado de excitación que no podía describir. Era como un orgasmo, si hubiese conocido alguno. Era, claro, todavía muy joven para eso. Paraba cuando creía desmayarse. Dolor. Se tiraba entonces a un lado de la carretera, revolcándose de malestares ocasionados por un cuerpo no acostumbrado a esas afanosas demandas.  Se movía y estiraba para sacar los gases del estomago, para sosegar sus músculos endurecidos e hinchados, para calmar los deseos de vomitar el almuerzo. Vómito.  Sabía primero a papas y té; al final a ácidos. La próxima vez no correría así de fuerte. Se iba a morir de la asfixia.  No soplaba la brisa, y había un silencio inusual para esos días de verano. Sofocación. Era lo único que la liberaba de la melancolía y del dolor del alma. Dolía eso, la soledad. No entendía que era en ese tiempo, pero sabía lo que se sentía la falta de amor. Para los románticos que viven sin amor, la vida es una constante espera. Espera para que llegue el líquido que llene el alma, espera para que el murmullo de la pasión calme los rabiosos y vorágines sentidos. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Al día siguiente se levantaba y le daba otro arranque de melancolía. A la mierda el amor de los demás. ¿Por qué dejo que me afecte, entonces? Que no es tu vida, coño. No tiene nada que ver con ella. Tú eres diferente. Para ti, otra cosa. Se miraba al espejo, se tiraba el pelo para un lado, para el otro. Se mordía los labios. Se miraba a los ojos.  A la mierda todo. Estiro, respiro, uno dos tres. Vuelvo a estirar y respirar. No puedo con esto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tiró la puerta y se fue a correr. El viento seguía meciendo la puerta que se volvía a abrir y cerrar. Las hojas de las palmas rozaban unas con otras y a lo lejos se escuchaba el mar. Respiración, sudor.  Calor punzante en los músculos de las piernas. Mejor. Se olvidaba de todo. Podía con esto. Podía seguir subiendo. Su vida le pertenecía. Miró hacia arriba. Todo estaba en armonía, en paz. Respiró. Ese día, ya no le dolía nada.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5797767849006182699-7245082350728365751?l=bohemianwood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/feeds/7245082350728365751/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5797767849006182699&amp;postID=7245082350728365751' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/7245082350728365751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/7245082350728365751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/2009/08/historias-ii.html' title='Historias II'/><author><name>Valeria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06033310152204685363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SmShg6TPl0I/AAAAAAAAACY/ZvCrSE13dMc/S220/Calle_de_Estrellas_y_Bohemia_by_Opera_Gypsy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797767849006182699.post-2691670612312322639</id><published>2009-08-26T09:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-26T14:49:59.288-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Choses pour écrire IV</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SpWt1_NJcZI/AAAAAAAAADg/dXem_JSkUT0/s1600-h/valewheelpose.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SpWt1_NJcZI/AAAAAAAAADg/dXem_JSkUT0/s320/valewheelpose.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374392873347805586" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;¿De qué escribiría? Era evidente que no podría contar mucho sobre mi vida, pues poco me había sucedido. ¿Cómo comenzaría esa carrera literaria, como me uniría al seductor mundo de las letras, que siempre había tenido presente, pero que había ignorado? Leía, pensaba…debía encontrarme. En mis libros, los autores y sus personajes habían encontrado su voz.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;La mía seguía escondida en mi cabeza.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5797767849006182699-2691670612312322639?l=bohemianwood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/feeds/2691670612312322639/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5797767849006182699&amp;postID=2691670612312322639' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/2691670612312322639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/2691670612312322639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/2009/08/choses-pour-ecrire-iv.html' title='Choses pour écrire IV'/><author><name>Valeria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06033310152204685363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SmShg6TPl0I/AAAAAAAAACY/ZvCrSE13dMc/S220/Calle_de_Estrellas_y_Bohemia_by_Opera_Gypsy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SpWt1_NJcZI/AAAAAAAAADg/dXem_JSkUT0/s72-c/valewheelpose.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797767849006182699.post-2607651097439987702</id><published>2009-08-25T17:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-25T17:19:53.711-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Histoires</title><content type='html'>“Vivir sin amor es como vivir sin aire”- le dijo la vieja Inés a María Emiliana mientras le tomaba las últimas puntadas a la cortina esmeralda que pondría en su cuarto. Hacía calor. El sudor de ambas corría por sus pieles acarameladas y les mojaba los cabellos de la frente y encima de las orejas. El sol se colaba por las ventanas, dividiendo el suelo y las paredes de la sala en franjas oscuras y asoleadas. El pequeño abanico de la esquina hacía más ruido de lo que refrescaba; llevaba años allí, María Emiliana lo había recordado siempre.  Pensó que sonaba como a canción eso, a poema. Le gustó.  Su abuela siempre le decía cosas bien bonitas. Cuando era pequeña, a Inés le gustaba que Emiliana le leyera los cuentitos de la escuela. Después, mientras fue creciendo, la ya no tan niña le leía las novelas que le mandaban a leer en la clase de español. Era mejor, lo hacía todo de una vez. Complacía a su abuelita y leía todo para los exámenes. A veces se sorprendía cuando la abuela le preguntaba, de forma muy seria, las descripciones de los personajes, los lugares, quién había dicho que cosa. La abuela se vivía esas historias como si tuvieran que ver con ella, especialmente si eran de viajes y amor. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-“¿Y de dónde son Mercedes y Edmundo, nena?”&lt;br /&gt;- “Pues de Marsella, en Francia, abuela. Imagínate como será ir allá. Ay abu, ¡Francia!”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vivir sin amor…. -“Pero abuela, yo no estoy enamorada”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-“Nena, claro que lo estás. Lo que pasa es que aún no lo has conocido. El día que lo conozcas, te darás cuenta que el tiempo pasado en realidad nunca existió, porque en este momento no existe,  el pasado nunca existe. Existes ahora. No lo conoces pero lo tienes. Tu vida siempre ha tenido amor. Lo has tenido y siempre lo tendrás. No te olvides de mí, oye. ¡Vas a estar tan envuelta que te vas a olvidar de esta pobre vieja!  Pero no te culpo, no.  Así son los amores de los jóvenes. Así me pasó a mí, y cuando se me tenía que ir, sentía que no podía respirar. Acuérdate de lo que te digo, nena. Pero ya, olvídate de eso. Sigue leyendo, que me parece que algo malo le va a pasar al Edmundito con ese Danglars!”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Emiliana leyó unas cuantas páginas más y se levantó para despedirse de su abuela.  Ya era tarde. La volvería a ver pronto, en dos días, quizás. Este libro sí que era grande. La abuela siempre con sus cuentos, siempre adivinaba  los problemas y los finales. Parecería que ya los hubiese leído todos. Pero obviamente la literatura que conocía era gracias a ella. O quizás, pensó, todas las historias de alguna forma u otra se repiten. Quizás, ya en su larga vida, hubiese escuchado todas las historias que hay por conocer. ¿Sería eso posible?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5797767849006182699-2607651097439987702?l=bohemianwood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/feeds/2607651097439987702/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5797767849006182699&amp;postID=2607651097439987702' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/2607651097439987702'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/2607651097439987702'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/2009/08/histoires.html' title='Histoires'/><author><name>Valeria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06033310152204685363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SmShg6TPl0I/AAAAAAAAACY/ZvCrSE13dMc/S220/Calle_de_Estrellas_y_Bohemia_by_Opera_Gypsy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797767849006182699.post-7557580130729262249</id><published>2009-08-25T13:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-25T13:46:55.493-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Choses pour écrire III</title><content type='html'>Esperar era un proceso más bien doloroso para Dolores. Su nombre hacia honor a sus múltiples vivencias. Parecería que el destino le avisó desde su nacimiento lo que debía esperar por vida. Dolores. Si, había sufrido. Pero no tanto como pensaba. ¿O faltaba más y ya lo sospechaba? Dolores sabía muy bien, por algo de experiencia, que para conseguir lo que quería, para experimentar lo que deseaba, tenía que aprender a esperar. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esperar. La gente se desesperaba. Dolores también, pero ya no. Ese era el secreto de sus planes, o mejor dicho, el secreto del éxito de ellos. Infame, tal vez. Pero la vida era corta, y para alguien cuyo nombre es Dolores, era necesario aprender a utilizar el tiempo en que se espera lo mejor posible.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5797767849006182699-7557580130729262249?l=bohemianwood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/feeds/7557580130729262249/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5797767849006182699&amp;postID=7557580130729262249' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/7557580130729262249'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/7557580130729262249'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/2009/08/choses-pour-ecrire-iii.html' title='Choses pour écrire III'/><author><name>Valeria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06033310152204685363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SmShg6TPl0I/AAAAAAAAACY/ZvCrSE13dMc/S220/Calle_de_Estrellas_y_Bohemia_by_Opera_Gypsy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797767849006182699.post-7778155800933610537</id><published>2009-08-25T13:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-25T13:16:01.031-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Choses pour écrire II</title><content type='html'>“Debo ir a París”- escribió en su diario mientras leía, en su nuevo libro, la vida de otro escritor creando literatura en la Ciudad Luz. No podía ser coincidencia. Todos se inspiraban en París. Libros, arte, cultura. Creía que había comenzado a aprender francés por que era uno de los idiomas más utilizados del mundo. Ignoraba que el conocimiento de ese idioma cambiaría su vida para siempre. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Así debía de ser. Primero, libros. Después arte, francés y París. Pensaba al principio que no eran afines, (ella y el francés) que eran diferentes. Se hubiese reído, incrédula. Pero qué cosa más cliché. Je n’ai pas de l’idée, que ma vie aurait changée le jour que j’ai décidée d’apprendre le français.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5797767849006182699-7778155800933610537?l=bohemianwood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/feeds/7778155800933610537/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5797767849006182699&amp;postID=7778155800933610537' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/7778155800933610537'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/7778155800933610537'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/2009/08/choses-pour-ecrire-ii.html' title='Choses pour écrire II'/><author><name>Valeria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06033310152204685363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SmShg6TPl0I/AAAAAAAAACY/ZvCrSE13dMc/S220/Calle_de_Estrellas_y_Bohemia_by_Opera_Gypsy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797767849006182699.post-3203327157585438649</id><published>2009-08-25T13:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-25T13:02:21.190-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Choses pour écrire</title><content type='html'>"No sé que rodaba por mi mente a los diecinueve años. Fantaseaba mucho, siempre sobre mí y cómo sería mi vida. No me daba cuenta, pero lo de las demás personas poco me importaba. Yo quería salir y comenzar a formar esa vida que tanto quería…en una ciudad con amor, libros y luz. Sí, mucha luz para poder escribir bien."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5797767849006182699-3203327157585438649?l=bohemianwood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/feeds/3203327157585438649/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5797767849006182699&amp;postID=3203327157585438649' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/3203327157585438649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/3203327157585438649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/2009/08/choses-pour-ecrire.html' title='Choses pour écrire'/><author><name>Valeria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06033310152204685363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SmShg6TPl0I/AAAAAAAAACY/ZvCrSE13dMc/S220/Calle_de_Estrellas_y_Bohemia_by_Opera_Gypsy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797767849006182699.post-2161478557375987217</id><published>2009-07-22T20:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-22T21:50:49.544-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mira si yo te querre'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='luis leante'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><title type='text'>Mira si yo te querré</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SmfW84C8q1I/AAAAAAAAADI/Fq7Ux7EAmSo/s1600-h/mira-si-yo-te-querre.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SmfW84C8q1I/AAAAAAAAADI/Fq7Ux7EAmSo/s320/mira-si-yo-te-querre.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361490222733110098" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I finished my classes on May, I was very, very worried of what I was going to do with four looong months that awaited me, in home, waiting for the glorious and awaited September to arrive. Fear invaded me: “I can’t be home so many time!”, “I’ll get crazy”  (Sorry, mother!) The thing is, I live in a very isolated place, close to the beach. Yes, it is beautiful, but if you spend too much time here you tend to forgot that more human beings apart from you and your family exists.  “People on the supermarket: weird specimens!”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, I got in my hands some amazing books that have got me absent minded from the reality. I love books, but for some reason, the ones that I buy always end being not what I expected and the ones I borrow from my dad or friends are devoured in hours of me desperately reading.  One of them, &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;“Mira si yo te querré”&lt;/span&gt;, by Spanish writer &lt;a href="luisleante.blogspot.com"&gt;Luis Leante&lt;/a&gt; is a book that has captivated me dearly.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;The story starts with Monsterrat Cambra, a Barcelona native doctor who is unconscious at a hospital in the Sahara desert. She is hallucinating, and soon we find out why she has traveled to Africa all by herself, and the reasons that placed her in that state. Her story intercalates with that of her first love, the also Spaniard Santiago San Román, whose story is told between his time at Barcelona and Algeria, in the last Spanish colony in Africa. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Wow...what a beautiful book! Leante’s writing style is smooth, and with short, fast-paced sentences. The love story gets through your mind and veins instantly, experiencing Monste’s pain and Santiago’s uncertain and lonely journey. These two people’s lifes controlled by destiny makes you think about your own life...That so-called destiny, that threw them between romantic Barcelona and unforgiving Sahara, without even advising if they shall ever meet again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Leante, your story have stolen my heart. I’ll definitely read more of your books now.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5797767849006182699-2161478557375987217?l=bohemianwood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/feeds/2161478557375987217/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5797767849006182699&amp;postID=2161478557375987217' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/2161478557375987217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/2161478557375987217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/2009/07/when-i-finished-by-classes-on-may-i-was.html' title='Mira si yo te querré'/><author><name>Valeria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06033310152204685363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SmShg6TPl0I/AAAAAAAAACY/ZvCrSE13dMc/S220/Calle_de_Estrellas_y_Bohemia_by_Opera_Gypsy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SmfW84C8q1I/AAAAAAAAADI/Fq7Ux7EAmSo/s72-c/mira-si-yo-te-querre.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797767849006182699.post-1613240624952788625</id><published>2009-07-20T10:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-20T10:42:08.869-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Postcrossing cuteness</title><content type='html'>I love Postcrossing. The wait, the cards, the stamps. My day is made when one card arrives, and when another I sent arrived. The postcards dominate my mood right now. Imagine my pleasant surprise, when this charming postcard from Hamburg, Germany arrived:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SmSr7PjhSKI/AAAAAAAAADA/7RBX6mBOadw/s1600-h/031.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SmSr7PjhSKI/AAAAAAAAADA/7RBX6mBOadw/s320/031.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360598490753878178" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Awww! Thank you, my dear Mina! I hope you meet a lot of new friends and play a lot! Ahh, those good times!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5797767849006182699-1613240624952788625?l=bohemianwood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/feeds/1613240624952788625/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5797767849006182699&amp;postID=1613240624952788625' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/1613240624952788625'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/1613240624952788625'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/2009/07/postcrossing-cuteness.html' title='Postcrossing cuteness'/><author><name>Valeria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06033310152204685363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SmShg6TPl0I/AAAAAAAAACY/ZvCrSE13dMc/S220/Calle_de_Estrellas_y_Bohemia_by_Opera_Gypsy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SmSr7PjhSKI/AAAAAAAAADA/7RBX6mBOadw/s72-c/031.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797767849006182699.post-4921432070576052534</id><published>2009-07-20T10:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-20T10:19:43.131-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seville spain travel back to the blog dreams'/><title type='text'>Back to the forgotten diary</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SmSm89cz2EI/AAAAAAAAAC4/QiLYxdq86LU/s1600-h/046.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SmSm89cz2EI/AAAAAAAAAC4/QiLYxdq86LU/s320/046.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360593022695495746" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm updating this blog after more than a year of absence. When I created it in 2007, things were very different as they are now, but I am still the same and wanting the same things. So, I'll try to leave some love in here now more often,  and  write things that I can come back and remember in the future. Several weeks and days are left for my big trip. The one I've dreamed of endless nights. The one I have desired since I was in school and we studied Spanish influence in our history. I had to do it. I had to go...I am going.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5797767849006182699-4921432070576052534?l=bohemianwood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/feeds/4921432070576052534/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5797767849006182699&amp;postID=4921432070576052534' title='1 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/4921432070576052534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/4921432070576052534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/2009/07/im-updating-this-blog-after-more-than.html' title='Back to the forgotten diary'/><author><name>Valeria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06033310152204685363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SmShg6TPl0I/AAAAAAAAACY/ZvCrSE13dMc/S220/Calle_de_Estrellas_y_Bohemia_by_Opera_Gypsy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SmSm89cz2EI/AAAAAAAAAC4/QiLYxdq86LU/s72-c/046.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797767849006182699.post-8390810605830758705</id><published>2008-03-13T14:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-13T15:56:10.442-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='languages population culture global changes globalization education'/><title type='text'>Languages of the World</title><content type='html'>Browsing through the vast world of never-ending information that is the Internet, some time ago I encountered this amazing blog/website: Benetton Talk. As they say, they are a "blog, space to ponder global themes and stuff we think we should care about".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In one section of their blog there is a part called Babelwords. Interested in learning and studying languages, I found this post so interesting, I wanted to share it. Enjoy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Languages in the road to extinction&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Languages die when they are no longer spoken. This happens for various reasons. First of all when those who speak the language die because of natural disasters or genocide. When Europeans eradicated the inhabitants of Tasmania, in the nineteenth century, many languages died with them. Just like, within two hundred years from the arrival of the Europeans in America, many, many languages died together with 90 percent of the indigenous population killed by diseases imported by the colonizers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/R9mwVanTHEI/AAAAAAAAABI/Iw6XsBl6Wss/s1600-h/how_do_you_say.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/R9mwVanTHEI/AAAAAAAAABI/Iw6XsBl6Wss/s320/how_do_you_say.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177363128606989378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;War and dispersion can rapidly destroy a linguistic community within a few generations. Political choices can also lead to the death of a language: it happens when the dominate group in power opts for assimilation (cultural, religious, linguistic) of the minority groups and so bans languages different from theirs – in schools, in public- in the name of national unity and of a single language. There are many examples: it happened to the Kurds in Turkey, to the Australian Aboriginals-when the government and the church, for almost the whole twentieth century, removed their children so that they could be raised “the right way”- to native Americans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The market also plays a part, in the sense that if a minority language isn’t used for economic exchange it is not likely to survive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the market is now global, with communities that have become like the stronger ones. It’s the end of geographic isolation. Urbanization and globalization create a scene made of global languages for global markets and dominant cultural models, to which new generations aspire and adapt, often preferring to abandon their origins, from cultural to linguistic identity, because that model is perceived as better.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Languages that are really in danger are those spoken only by old people and no longer taught to children – due to external causes or internal circumstances of the community dictated by the modification of the socio-economic context in which the languages were born. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(This post can be found in his original format here: http://www.benettontalk.com/opencms/opencms/benettontalk/en/min_0001/con_0006.html)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5797767849006182699-8390810605830758705?l=bohemianwood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/feeds/8390810605830758705/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5797767849006182699&amp;postID=8390810605830758705' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/8390810605830758705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/8390810605830758705'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/2008/03/languages-of-world.html' title='Languages of the World'/><author><name>Valeria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06033310152204685363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SmShg6TPl0I/AAAAAAAAACY/ZvCrSE13dMc/S220/Calle_de_Estrellas_y_Bohemia_by_Opera_Gypsy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/R9mwVanTHEI/AAAAAAAAABI/Iw6XsBl6Wss/s72-c/how_do_you_say.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797767849006182699.post-4660701286835756078</id><published>2008-03-12T18:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-12T18:39:44.380-07:00</updated><title type='text'>La esquina es y seguirá siendo de la puta....</title><content type='html'>Wow. Palabras indudablemente fuertes. Resuenan.... imágenes vienen a la cabeza. ¿De dónde proviene la frase? Estaba leyendo un nuevo site-blog LaJota (lajotapr.com) aparentemente creado por estudiantes de Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de Río Piedras (¿Dónde está su "About Us"?)(¿Quiénes son?...) De cualquier manera, decidí visitar la página despues de tan presente publicidad en la universidad. Me topé con este artículo; &lt;em&gt;La mujer de...  &lt;/em&gt; escrito por Nibia M. Pastrana Santiago. Lo pueden leer en lajotapr.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"La mujer a lo largo de la historia&lt;strong&gt; ha sido definida en relación con el espacio y el lugar que ocupa.&lt;/strong&gt; Entre los apodos más comunes están &lt;strong&gt;la mujer de la casa, la esposa de tal, la madre de aquellos, la hermana de la iglesia, y finalmente, la puta de la esquina."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Circunscrita a una relación de posesión con lo que la rodea, el rol de la mujer se ha ido redefiniendo al pasar de los años. El término “mujer” de ser casi el adjetivo (ej. La mujer de la casa, siendo la mujer lo que le pertenece a la casa), ha pasado a ser propiamente individual. Tenemos nombres y al fin podemos decir o escuchar, otros tipos de enunciados como la casa de María. Sin embargo, &lt;em&gt;esta diferencia de cómo las mujeres asumen su posición en su cotidianidad hoy, versus hace veinte años, es el resultado de luchas ideológicas y debates de género que han transformado nuestra sociedad."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"...la celebración de la Mujer ha tomado su propio rumbo. Algunas esperan hasta el mismo día para recordarlo, &lt;strong&gt;pero otras lo viven diariamente&lt;/strong&gt;. ¿&lt;em&gt;Cuándo? Cuando la mujer de la casa está en el trabajo, la esposa de tal mantiene su hogar, la madre de aquellos también es el padre, la hermana de la iglesia es la pastora y &lt;strong&gt;finalmente la esquina es y seguirá siendo de la puta.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5797767849006182699-4660701286835756078?l=bohemianwood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/feeds/4660701286835756078/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5797767849006182699&amp;postID=4660701286835756078' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/4660701286835756078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/4660701286835756078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/2008/03/la-esquina-es-y-seguir-siendo-de-la.html' title='La esquina es y seguirá siendo de la puta....'/><author><name>Valeria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06033310152204685363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SmShg6TPl0I/AAAAAAAAACY/ZvCrSE13dMc/S220/Calle_de_Estrellas_y_Bohemia_by_Opera_Gypsy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797767849006182699.post-2022256574144163208</id><published>2008-03-12T17:22:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-16T17:15:34.516-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog youtube pandora web browsing videos movies hobbies'/><title type='text'>Stuff that navigates my mind....</title><content type='html'>Because nobody reads my blog, I want to make this a space where I paste all the information on the Internet that I find useful, entertaining; stuff that I like. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PANDORA!!! Pandora.com is radio HEAVEN. You write one song, and depending on instrument sounds and voice it matches similar random songs and plays it all together. Is like having the perfect radio station, without commercials and stupid annoying songs! VOILA!! (OK Pandora doesn't pay me for promoting them. So natural that I'm studying Advertising. :P)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;YOUTUBE!!! youtube.com is.... video HEAVEN!! (OK I'll stop)I enjoy the sweet taste of free and fast videos now. I had dial-up Internet. Not pretty. Now I have this super-mega-fast broadband Internet!! Woohoo!! I can watch any shit I want. Is there. Anytime I want.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TVUPLAYER!!! tvuplayer.com is.... you guessed it TV HEAVEN!! (well not really) TVUPlayer is really fun and free, there's a lot of channels to choose from. It doesn't have Travel Channel (my fave channel with the best shows) BUT it has TV channels from all over the world; China, Spain, Italy, India.... As a communication student I love watching news from all places. I know, what a dork. But I love news. Weird obsession. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Talking about news... Time Magazine has the best blogs ever. There so good and informative, I can spend hours reading them. Not good when I have 3 tests the next day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Naturally, I love all travel-related information. Websites(lonelyplanet.com) Blogs (Lost Girls, Nat Geo Traveler, Brave New Traveler)Blogs are the best thing. I really can't complain.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5797767849006182699-2022256574144163208?l=bohemianwood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/feeds/2022256574144163208/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5797767849006182699&amp;postID=2022256574144163208' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/2022256574144163208'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/2022256574144163208'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/2008/03/stuff-that-navigates-my-mind.html' title='Stuff that navigates my mind....'/><author><name>Valeria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06033310152204685363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SmShg6TPl0I/AAAAAAAAACY/ZvCrSE13dMc/S220/Calle_de_Estrellas_y_Bohemia_by_Opera_Gypsy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797767849006182699.post-1898291455974827424</id><published>2008-03-06T13:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-03-06T13:37:25.809-08:00</updated><title type='text'>No worries.......</title><content type='html'>La verdad es que no me puedo quejar. La vida me va bien. Estudio lo que quiero. Como lo que me da la gana (si eso implica que a veces me arrepienta, pero eso queda aparte) Salgo si quiero y si no no. Me levanto a la hora que quiera y nadie me molesta. Arreglo mi pelo como quiero, y si no me quiero peinar pues así se va. Quiero y me quieren. No estoy sola. Mis sueños siguen ahí, fuertes, esperando a ser alcanzados, y nada me lo impide.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Life's good. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5797767849006182699-1898291455974827424?l=bohemianwood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/feeds/1898291455974827424/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5797767849006182699&amp;postID=1898291455974827424' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/1898291455974827424'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/1898291455974827424'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/2008/03/la-verdad-es-que-no-me-puedo-quejar.html' title='No worries.......'/><author><name>Valeria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06033310152204685363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SmShg6TPl0I/AAAAAAAAACY/ZvCrSE13dMc/S220/Calle_de_Estrellas_y_Bohemia_by_Opera_Gypsy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797767849006182699.post-6674338285852312788</id><published>2008-03-06T13:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-03-06T13:25:55.559-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vida'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pensamientos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='momento'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='amor'/><title type='text'>No pensando lo suficiente</title><content type='html'>¿Por qué no he actualizado más este blog? No lo sé. Será por algun arrebato de vagancia. Por que mi mente no quiere pensar más allá para escribir algo. Por que no hay argumento válido sobre el cual quiera descargar mis emociones. Será que no estoy lista para expresar mi sentir. Será que me falta mucho por aprender. Me faltan vivir cosas, sentir lugares, oler momentos, escuchar palabras que me cambien, que cambien mi manera de pensar, que me saquen del mundo próximo que vivo, que cambien mis prejuicios e ideales, que me hagan más esa ciudadana del mundo que aspiro a ser.&lt;br /&gt;Me falta amor por experimentar. Me falta poesía por escribir. Faltan (oh! tantos!) libros por leer. Ensayos que escribir, besos que dar, fotos que tomar. Faltan tantas risas. Faltan derramar lagrimas, sentimientos de culpa, de arrepentimiento. De sentirme completa. De ser agradecida. De decir que te quiero, amor mío. De no querer que este momento pase jamás. Puede ser, que después de todo lo vivido, pueda contar mi vida paulatinamente por aquí de una manera madura, enriquecedora. Espero que así sea. Hasta entonces, me quedare aquí pensando que pienso; pensando que no he pensado lo suficiente.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5797767849006182699-6674338285852312788?l=bohemianwood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/feeds/6674338285852312788/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5797767849006182699&amp;postID=6674338285852312788' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/6674338285852312788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/6674338285852312788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/2008/03/no-pensando-lo-suficiente.html' title='No pensando lo suficiente'/><author><name>Valeria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06033310152204685363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SmShg6TPl0I/AAAAAAAAACY/ZvCrSE13dMc/S220/Calle_de_Estrellas_y_Bohemia_by_Opera_Gypsy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797767849006182699.post-1499531149889829642</id><published>2007-12-24T08:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-24T13:20:20.562-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Suad al Attar</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/R2_wwbg-a2I/AAAAAAAAAA4/QBEew0HfFGc/s1600-h/Paradise+Garden.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/R2_wwbg-a2I/AAAAAAAAAA4/QBEew0HfFGc/s320/Paradise+Garden.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5147597613918219106" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Browsing through my new World Art book my eyes stop in one particular painting: &lt;em&gt;Paradise in Blue&lt;/em&gt; by Suad al Attar. The painting is gorgeous: from indigo to cerulean to baby blue, forms like camels, palm trees , birds and fountains reminds you a new rich, fascinating Islamic world. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The artist's life is what have impressed me the most. There is not much information about her online but for what I found Suad was born on Baghdad, Iraq, but left the country with her husband and children to settle in London, aware of the problems that Hussein's regimen brought to her homeland. She studied art both at London and California, also making a degree in printmaking. In 1965 she became the first female Iraqi artist to have a solo exhibition in Baghdad!! She has traveled and received numerous awards from international exhibitions in Cairo, Brazil, London, Madrid, Poland and more. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I felt so inspired by her. Is a shame she is not that known, and that there isn't too much information about her online. Al Attar's work ranges from figures to still life, landscapes and decorative works which combine classical Islamic art forms of the Middle East, her roots, with modern Western influences, her new home. I imagine how strong, smart, and driven this woman must be to have obtained so much, in a country where women aren't able to have dreams, to live by their own rules. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She's an inspiration to all of us that have seemly impossible dreams, to know that things can be done, that everything is possible, that opportunities are there, waiting to be taken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. I have searched exhaustively for the painting &lt;em&gt;Paradise in Blue&lt;/em&gt;, but I can't find it anywhere! Instead I posted another wonderful work of hers, titled &lt;em&gt;Paradise Garden&lt;/em&gt;. If I find it , I'll post it promise!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5797767849006182699-1499531149889829642?l=bohemianwood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/feeds/1499531149889829642/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5797767849006182699&amp;postID=1499531149889829642' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/1499531149889829642'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/1499531149889829642'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/2007/12/suad-al-attar.html' title='Suad al Attar'/><author><name>Valeria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06033310152204685363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SmShg6TPl0I/AAAAAAAAACY/ZvCrSE13dMc/S220/Calle_de_Estrellas_y_Bohemia_by_Opera_Gypsy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/R2_wwbg-a2I/AAAAAAAAAA4/QBEew0HfFGc/s72-c/Paradise+Garden.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797767849006182699.post-2507666553631839323</id><published>2007-12-23T17:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-24T13:32:16.912-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='talk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='running'/><title type='text'>Running Odyssey</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/R28oK7g-a1I/AAAAAAAAAAw/DsCSFNelp6c/s1600-h/WomanRunner.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5147377067347569490" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/R28oK7g-a1I/AAAAAAAAAAw/DsCSFNelp6c/s320/WomanRunner.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;OK so I've never been the athletic type of girl. Far from that. When I was little I was more on the chubby side, but was ok with it. When I got older, I magically lost that extra weight and was at a very healthy weight through junior and senior year of high school. But something EVIL happened. I started gaining weight again. I guess it was a normal way of developing after all that hormonal mess that you through as a teenager. I never did any kind of exercise. My uncle (shame on you! :P) has a family joke about one time when I was at his house he needed to go to the bathroom and was in a hurry and accidentally wore my flip flop instead of his and he couldn't move and almost s**ts himself. LOL. It proved I was considered the most nonathletic and lazy of the family. But it doesn't end there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My father and brother are avid endurance runners. My Lil' 16 year old bro can run for hours non stop, and not in easy tracks, but on hills that are like mountains. Dad have been running for like 20 years know, so he knows his stuff. One day I talked to him about my brilliant idea: Dad, I want to start to run! Teach me how! He said, yeah Valeria. Stay were you are. He never took me seriously in that aspect. I got great grades, was a good girl, why I was bothering with boy's stuff? He didn't want his little girl all sweaty in the streets, because men have it more easy. They don't get harassed. I mean, who cares if a man is running? There are other thousands. But if a women runs (&lt;em&gt;BEEP!!! Miraaaa mamacitaaaa blaaaaa blaaa) &lt;/em&gt;Is not fair. I gave up running outside and started in the lonely and boring exercise of stationary bike. Ugh. But I kept at it. Twenty five minutes a day. In three weeks, I saw results. I felt great. But then college started, and with that late-night take out food, snacking anytime of the day, drinks, brownies from the neighbours and exercise what? Who had time for exercise in college? Not me! So again, I saw &lt;em&gt;great&lt;/em&gt; results. Everything was screwed up. Running in college seems impossible. One thing I have is that I don't like people to see me exercise. And to get to the track in the university you have to walk the campus (OMG people can see you) and walk around some buildings. I know, I know, that's just excuses.  But the 10 k have me more motivated than ever. Even if I'm not running it all, I want to finish it. I've done two 5ks already, and felt great. I'll be posting more on my progress and my thoughts. Till then nos vemos!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5797767849006182699-2507666553631839323?l=bohemianwood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/feeds/2507666553631839323/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5797767849006182699&amp;postID=2507666553631839323' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/2507666553631839323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/2507666553631839323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/2007/12/running-odyssey.html' title='Running Odyssey'/><author><name>Valeria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06033310152204685363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SmShg6TPl0I/AAAAAAAAACY/ZvCrSE13dMc/S220/Calle_de_Estrellas_y_Bohemia_by_Opera_Gypsy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/R28oK7g-a1I/AAAAAAAAAAw/DsCSFNelp6c/s72-c/WomanRunner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797767849006182699.post-832367565232800265</id><published>2007-12-23T17:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-23T19:50:21.591-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='welcome'/><title type='text'>Who knew?</title><content type='html'>I always wanted to write. It was like a bug-bite that kept me itching. When I was little I had various diaries from Hello Kitty (!) and I used to write all sorts of stuff, like if my mom had send me to clean my room, if I had a fight with my brother etc etc. But then my parents divorced, and somehow this diaries pages were blank, I stopped writing on them completely. I thought there was nothing worthy to write about. But then I got to high school, for my English class the love started again. I started to write for the school newspaper (that was very cheap lol) but I loved it anyways. I've wanted to start a blog but I'm not sure I'm mature enough to write interesting stuff people want to read. I'm sure I'm boring you already with my bla bla blog. Sorry!! I just had to get it out of my system.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well who am I??&lt;br /&gt;I'm a college girl living in the coasts of Puerto Rico. (Huh? Where? Is that Costa Rica? No, no. Is the land of Ricky Martin) I think sometimes too much, read probably too much, and complain maybe too much. Ha ha. Over-analyzer but positivist. Spiritual. Live with lot of desires... I want to: run World's Best 10 k in Feb; manage to get my butt to running more often; live in peace with myself; make arrangements to make my study abroad experience more approximate (I'm &lt;em&gt;dying&lt;/em&gt; to go!!!) Raise money to make that happen; keep studying etc etc&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to meet you who are reading this. (hope theres someone there. mmm ok no. well you never know) I'm new to this blog world so if there's something I'm doing wrong feel free to tell me. I'm open to learn. Also, if you want to know something about my beautiful island, Puerto Rico, you can also reach me. I'll be more than happy to tell you anything!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nos vemos!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5797767849006182699-832367565232800265?l=bohemianwood.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/feeds/832367565232800265/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5797767849006182699&amp;postID=832367565232800265' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/832367565232800265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5797767849006182699/posts/default/832367565232800265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bohemianwood.blogspot.com/2007/12/who-knew.html' title='Who knew?'/><author><name>Valeria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06033310152204685363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eP1OPH83Mp8/SmShg6TPl0I/AAAAAAAAACY/ZvCrSE13dMc/S220/Calle_de_Estrellas_y_Bohemia_by_Opera_Gypsy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
