primer paso

a propósito...bienvenidos a mi blog!!
he decidido que sería buen ejercicio obligarme a escribir algo regularmente. puesto que a mi no me gusta mucho escribir - puedo pensar en un sinfín de cosas que prefiero hacer antes de escribir - será un esfuerzo sentarme, elegir un tema y elaborarlo y sobre todo con algo de regularidad. pero estoy muy de acuerdo con que sea bueno 'expander los horizontes', experimentar algo nuevo, etc etc, y mantener un blog me parece apropriado como primer paso en ese camino..corre poco riesgo, no hace falta desplazarse a un sitio desconocido sin ninguna amistad cercana ni nada asi tan extremo.
a ver como me va!

tú sí que vales - qué propone?

veíamos ese programa de niños extraordinarios que cantan o bailan y me fue muy llamativo lo mucho que les preparaba a los concursantes para el mundo real. compiten dos parejas bailadores, una compuesta de dos crios de unos 7 años y la otra de una edad mayor, a eso de los 11 años. bailaron, cada pareja a su vez, y quedó claro que la pareja mayor dominaba mucho mejor el arte de bailar - y bueno, esto seguramente será debido a su mayor edad, pero igual lo hicieron mejor. al ser juzgados por los jurados, a los menores les escogieron para quedar y seguir concursando, su elección defendida por decir 'queremos que los menores tengan una oportunidad' - la cual obviamente quiere decir que 'vosotros, los mayores, lo hicisteis mejor, pero os condenamos por ser mayor y juzgamos no según virtud, sino según nuestra piedad' - ayn rand se pondría enfadadísima al enterarse del sistema de juzgar del concurso aquello...

anti-theft measures

Last day of class before winter break, the school day ends, decide to swing through the nearby supermarket to grab a box of brownie mix to make for xmas eve dinner - a quick five-minute excursion. first, the relative locations of the entry doors to the building and the entry-way to the supermarket force you to traverse the entire length of the building, passing by all of the cash-registers first - keep in mind that many of the assistants in the store wear rollerskates...
upon reaching the other end, i realized id have to check my backpack. they had a machine to seal your purse/bag in a plastic bag, but the attendant recommended that i put the backpack in a locker. the lockers, i come to learn, require a one-euro coin, which i dont have and she is unable to give me change for a 5-note. so to customer service i go and wait, third in line. phones are ringing, the one lady behind the desk is doing her best to keep up with everything. after a good ten-minute wait i am able to have her perform the 10-second transaction of giving change for paper money...so back to the locker room with a very negative state of mind and finally entering the store. initially i only had teh good intention of a quick purchase, now, however, after all the headache that was their anti-theft measures, the brownies were about the last thing on my mind - all i wanted to do was damage or steal something (or various somethings..). and of course the brownie mix is located back by the entry doors to the building, requiring me to hike all the way to the other end of the store another time..and, due to being in spain, theres not much of a brownie mix selection to speak of. cursing to myself in disbelief and in anger toward the store i see what is available. two options. one premixed. one showing brownies with nuts (less than ideal) but with no mention of nuts in the ingredients.. i went with the latter, which turned out to be very delicious, bordering on too-rich, but enjoyable nonetheless.
anyhow, i did manage to exercise restraint and refrained from any delinquent behavior - but was very close to being pushed to steal by the anti-theft measures..
definitely not the only case of this nature, but it definitely forces one to think about the varying approaches to security - forced bag checks and headaches vs. faith in man's good nature. i'm sure there's philosophy out there pertaining to these types of dilemmas