Vamos Chile MIERDA!

I’m very excited because the World Cup will come soon! I love football, I breathe football, I eat football, I feel football every day in every moment of my life. So, I'm very happy because the World Cup will come soon.

The first World Cup that I remember was in U.S. 1994. I remember that my older brother was watching the final game, Brazil against Italy, while my mother ironed clothes. That day, Brazil was crowned champion.

Also, I remember fondly the World Cup of France in 1998, with the goals of "Coto" Sierra and the great "Matador” José Marcelo Salas. At the time that television spent most of the matches, I was in school. On then I was 10 years old, and I was just a young child as nice as I’m now jajaja!

For the 2010 World Cup, I think that Italy will win the trophy. The "azzurri" are a spectacular team: Buffon, Chiellini, Pirlo, Gattuso, Rossi, they are great players. Moreover, I believe that Brazil, Spain and Argentina also will be stars of this important event.

But undoubtedly the biggest surprise of this World Cup will be my beloved Chile. Hand in hand with Marcelo Bielsa, the selection of my country will show a great display of football thanks to players like Bravo, Medel, Vidal, Isla, Beausejour, the talented Alexis Sanchez and Jorge Valdivia, and striker "Chupete" Suazo. Matias Fernandez is a "wimp colocolino" and should not be a starter. So, I think that Chile will pass 8th-final without problems.

I can only say Vamos Chile MIERDA!

Arctic Monkeys

I didn’t want to write about this topic because for me it’s very difficult to decide which is my favorite band. Whatever ... My favorite band is "Arctic Monkeys."

The band it consists of Alex Turner (vocals, guitar), Jamie Cook (rhythm guitar), Matt Helders (drums and vocals) and Nick O'Malley (bass), this latter joined the band in June 2006 following the abandonment of Andy Nicholson. They are british, specifically from the city of Sheffield, at north of London. Their music style is indie rock. Their first two singles "I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor" and "When The Sun Goes Down", went straight to number 1 on the list of UK singles. Their albúm debut, “Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not”, holds the record as the biggest selling debut album in his first weeks in the UK, beating to “Definitely Maybe”, the debut album of the legendary Oasis. The band won the "Best New Act" in the "Brit Awards" 2006, and maked history in NME Awards 2006 by becoming the first band to win the award for "Best New Band and Best Band British "in the same year.

I love this band because their sound is varied and novel. Their music is unlike anything I've ever heard before, is very special: sometimes distorted, sometimes melodic. I really like the sounds of guitar and drums.

As I don´t know english, I don’t understand the 100% of lyrics of their songs. What make me crazy is overcoat the sound. Anyway, my favorite song of “Arctic Monkeys” is "Mardy Bum". This song is about a boy who remembers the good times with a ex-girlfriend who has now become a bitter.

"Remember cuddles in the kitchen

yeah, to get things off the ground and it was up, up and away

oh, but its right hard to remember that

on a day like today when you’re all argumentative

and you’ve got the face on"

"Mardy Bum" is a great song. Go over it at this link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T0Yb7jkuME
I love it.

Pendrive mp3: the best invention of the world

My favorite piece of technology is the pendrive mp3 ... An pendrive mp3 is a small device that play music and stores all types of computer files. It’s very useful because it helps bring your favorite music everywhere you want! It was created in the late 90's by a group of experts called Moving Pictures Experts Groups or MPEG.
I love my pendrive mp3. It holds 2 GB. I have it a few months ago and, although it is not very expensive, I'm still paying it jajaja! My pendrive mp3 is black and it fit in the pockets of my pants. Moreover, it also can play FM radio. I use it mostly when I travel by bus or metro, to listen news, football games and my favorite records. My pendrive mp3 also can record voices, and this is very useful when I do interviews for the university.
I think that the pendrive mp3 is the best invention of the world! If the mp3 pendrive couldn’t exist, life would be very sad, although people would be more talkative. When I use it I don’t need to talk to people jajaja! With the pendrive mp3 people can move their computer files safely and easily. Pendrive mp3 is the best, like me XD

Niklas Luhmann

Really, I don’t have preference for any sociologist in particular. I think each has contributed a little bit of knowledge to the discipline. However, I consider very valuable the work of Niklas Luhmann.

Luhmann was born in Luneburg in 1927, and he died in December of 1998. He studied law and sociology. He was a disciple of Talcott Parsons, another famous thinker of the sociological theory.

Luhmann is a german sociologist famous for his theory systems. The theory systems is a theory with universalistic claims, it seeks to describe and explain the society and its functioning as a complex communications system. This theory considers that the social reality is fragmented in different autonomous systems, each with its own logic and operating mechanisms.

The main texts of Niklas Luhmann are "Theory of Society "(1993)," Introduction to Systems Theory "(1996)," The society of society "(1997), "The right of society "(2005) and "Science of Society" (1996).

I like this author for its innovative and controversial way of understanding the society. Luhmann is much criticized por this, but his theory is more practical than others theories. I like that his ideas have a precise and orderly logical .

Luhmann is great!

The best gift of my life

I am a fan of the soccer club Universidad de Chile, the "U"; the best gift I've received in my life was the shirt of the "U" for my 21st birthday, just a few months ago. But the interesting thing was not so much the same gift (that I love it!) but the way I got it...

On the night of December 29th I was in my room, close the window. When the clock marked 12, I heard someone singing outside my house: it was my girlfriend, and she sang "Happy Birthday" like a serenade! I got excited and very happy. Many of my friends also looked out the window to see who was singing.

Then, she gave me the gift ... this what was I always wanted! Moreover, this shirt was printed on its back the number and the name of my favorite football player: the number 7 of Diego Rivarola. Really it was a great moment.