Perfectionism

“No dejes q tu perfeccionismo te vuelva loca, mi niña. Te dejo a solas con la carta.”

Said and done. Sent and archived. I deserve an ice cream or something for all the applications I have written and sent these days. Or a job.

Look, it’s Noam!

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My friend Noam from Tel Aviv is here! We met in Buenos Aires for the first time in 2008, then I was staying at his place when I was doing research in Israel in 2010. Now, exactly one year later, Noam and his friends decided to come to Barcelona to watch some football. And here we are!

The Bin Laden Hysteria ft. Com Truise

Waking up this morning, twitter informed me about the death of Osama Bin Laden. Hours later, I am still confused about all the celebrating and people acting like as if their country had just won the world championships in football.

A bad man has been executed without a trial. The leader of Al Qaeda was without any doubt a source of great hatred, but still, this man had many followers and his death most probably isn’t the end of all terrorism – or the security checks at airports. Let’s try not being too naïve about this one.

Having said that, I have to say that I am completely in love with twitter. The world was twittering about the news of the killing long before it was officially confirmed by the US Government. A man in Abbottabad unknowingly live-tweeted the action. And now #siosamafueramexicano is trending worldwide. Such a practically direct, powerful and reliable way of getting an understanding of both general opinion and that of specific people.

For those that have had enough of the Bin Laden hysteria, here’s some Com Truise. The album can be downloaded for free from his webpage, just click the name of the album below. :)


Com Truise – Slow Peels
Cyanide Sisters (2010)

Hippiesunday

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Yesterday was a great day, me and my friends from Sweden walked around Barcelona, went to the beach and spent some time in the park. In the evening my Venezuelan flatmate threw a party with friends, food and dancing, we got invited over to the rooftop party of our neighbours from across the street and later danced until the morning hours in a club.
My visitors from Sweden only got 30 minutes of sleep before they had to leave to catch their flight to Morocco.. Haha

Today is a mandatory sunday in the park with my flatmate and the one friend from Sweden that stays until tomorrow. We’re watching people juggling, hula hooping and doing advanced yoga. Like a free circus in the sun.

Undefined

So, I’m back in Barcelona with its hundreds of errands and things I need to do.. Somehow, however, without a proper Monday to-do list this week has felt kind of.. undefined.

Yesterday was the day when my curriculum, cover letters and various applications were in focus. It must be most time consuming task of all times when ambition tells you that perfection is the only option. But I did what I needed to do, while following the Barca – Real Madrid football game by listening to the shouting and singing of the neighbours and taking a look into what people all over the world were twittering. I’m really happy to have rediscovered twitter, it’s a very powerful tool for getting instant updates on whatever you are interested in and if you want to follow me, just ask! http://twitter.com/#!/carolinebach

Today is another undefined day, I have some errands to run and tomorrow I get another visit from Sweden. They stay until monday and then other people come, then I go for a trip again, then there are music festivals and summer and then who knows.. With all these visits, projects and moving around I never really feel like I manage to get into routines here, I’m not sure if it’s good or bad, but knowing me it’s probably the easiest way to save me from the darkness of boredom. haha

The picture above was taken on my street, it’s the Pakistani shopowner’s kids playing Barca football and that’s clearly a penalty kick. Barca scored that day.

Oh, and I might not have a nice to-do list this week but I do have a post it on my desktop with 10 projects and applications I need to start working on and that should be good enough for now. So.. see you around!

Settle Down


Kimbra – Settle Down
Vows (2011)

During my four days in Sweden I’ve managed to meet with 15 friends, buy the things I needed, spend some time with family and spend a lot of money on gasoline. Tomorrow I’m having breakfast with a friend and then I have my flight back to Barcelona. Back home?

Kimbra is an amazing 20 year old with a distinctive voice and I’m looking forward to listen to her new album and follow her in her career. The video above was directed by Guy Franklin and is the first single that was released from her upcoming album Vows. Hope you like it!

Goodnight :)