Mambo Number Five

Fifth Entry: My pet

I have a pet, and his name is Cooper. I've had him for about two years, after I found him wandering through the English countryside. He's kinda big, but I haven't measured him because I think he would consider that impolite, and last time I tried to do so he almost burned me alive.

Did I mention he's a dragon? Because he totally is.

And I don't mean one of those big lizards that people call "Komodo dragons", this here is the real deal. The bastard can fly, breathe fire and kidnap princesses on a weekly basis (very handy when I desperately need a date, but now I'm technically at war with at least 6 European countries). I think dragons are good pets, since they're intelligent (we often discuss about economy and politics, although he never gives good arguments for his love of gold and hatred of the monarchy), helpful (he always tries to help me clean the house, but it's rather impractical) and a great conversation topic.

Me, last week

People say that pet lovers live longer (what a cheesy rhyme) and I'd have to agree, since I know for a fact that dragons tend to burn people alive and that's not the kind of creature I'd have as an enemy.

As a last point I think may be important, I need to mention that I'm a horrible liar and may be actually drunk at the moment.

Fourth Entry

Fourth Entry: Dinosaurs

"Select a news item connected to your area of studies / future career."
I always wanted to be a dinosaur hunter, and with the latest developments in genetic and time travel research, I could bet that this is a dream that will come true. So, related to my future career:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2009/nov/10/jurassic-park-four

"Write a summary of it."
This guy called Stuart writes a list of reasons of why nobody wants a new Jurassic Park sequel (in case you were wondering, it's because the writers are running out of ideas of what to do with the dinosaurs). They're finally making the movie, but the only idea worth our time was already dropped: Dinosaurs with guns.
Holy crap, who's the moron that axed that idea? Dinosaurs. With. Mother. (Expletive deleted). Guns. That's an Oscar-winning idea if I ever heard one. In a time of economic crisis, war on the Middle East, doubts and dispair, this is what humanity needs. A common enemy. An awesome enemy. We're tired of always having aliens, nazis, communists or the weather as enemies. We need something fresh, something scary, something so manly it will make women grow beard. Or maybe, just maybe, we can mix all of those ideas and make the ultimate movie, the film that will save mankind from it's current cultural stagnation.

Hollywood, let's make this happen.

Third Entry

Third entry: The Pope's statue

So someone thinks that making a gigantic statue of the late pope John Paul II is a good idea. Appratenly, not asking the neighbours is an even better idea! So, basically, what I know is that someone wants to make this colossus right in front of our university but didn't think that asking our opinion was worth his time, and now everyone's angry. Personally, I'm against the statue, I mean, I love the pope (who doesn't?) but I don't like the idea of him looking down on me every time I try to cheat during an exam. That's the kind of thing that drives people crazy.
I imagine this architect writing a letter to the mayor, asking for permission. If I were the mayor I would send that letter right back at him with a big fat "NO" written in bold red letters. And a video of myself saying "no" just to avoid any confusion.

Now, I don't know any technical details about the statue (I could use google but I'm lazy), but from what I heard the statue is a monstruosity of about the same size as Godzilla, and I simply can't be comfortable knowing that this giant will be in front of the university. For all I know, the statue is actually a robot and the current pope will use it control the local population (that's what a piope does, right? I have no idea).

On the bright side, though, if we do end up with this statue in front of us maybe God will love us and I'll manage to get better grades.

Second entry

Second entry: Something about Transantiago

For this second entry I must give my opinion about the Transantiago system but, the problem is, I don't have one. Before the whole ordeal began I lived in Temuco and never really used the bus on the one occasion I came to Santiago, and even today I mostly use the subway and haven't had any trouble at all the couple of times I've used the bus. So I guess Transantiago's o.k.
I can't really compare Transantiago to the previous system because, as I said, I never even used it, but I think I can manage: Everyone complains that Transantiago sucks, but since I find it to be pretty good I guess the previous system must have been perfect to make the current one look so bad in comparision. So I guess the government screwed that one up.
Ok, next question... I've got to compare my experiences when Transantiago started to how I use it now. Well, I never used the system before "now", but I remember being on the beach over at Villarrica and watching the whole thing on the news, and I love that beach so if I had to I would say that my experience when Transantiago started was much better than my current situation.
As to what I would change to make the system more efficient? I would make it free of charge so I wouldn't have to pay. But, of course, the system needs to be mantained somehow so I guess everyone else should pay even more for the tickets in order to compensate.

First entry

FIRST ENTRY: A COUNTRY I'D LIKE TO VISIT.

First, a clarification: I messed up the blog title. Sorry about that.
Anyway a country I would like to visit (again) is Germany. A couple of years ago (specifically december '07 through february '08) I was there on an exchange program with my school and had a great time. I lived in Berlin and had lots of fun making friends, visiting historical sites (such as the Reichstag or the Berlin Wall museum at Checkpoint Charlie), going to parties and skipping school. There's lots of places I didn't get to see, though (such as a couple of cities I which I had spent more time at, such as Munich and Heidelberg, or the Egyptian museum at Berlin) so it would be great if I could go back. Besides, I could once again see the friends I met there.
I know lots of Germany because my grand-grand-grandparents are from there and I went to the German school when I was younger, where I learned about German culture and language (and I learnt more the first time I went to the country itself). I would also love to study there, since one of the best law universities in the world is in Germany as well (located in Heidelberg).
So, long story short since I'm running out of space, I'd love to go back to Germany because I love the culture, the German landscape and cities, and, above all, the German girls and beer.