Things going on lately...

* Last Friday I watched my first two episodes of Queer as Folk, US version, and I think I'm hooked... Gale Harold is so hot as Brian Kinney... *sigh* I found, among others this great site, Gale Online, with lots of info and pics!!

* These last days (since Sunday, actually) I haven't been around LJ as much as I usually am because I've been abducted by a book I'm reading... First of all I have to say that I haven't been reading a lot this year (apart from books about Japanese and Chinese, and fics :S) but during summer I usually read more... I'm reading some books at the same time but the one I got on Sunday, is just an easy read that asks to be finished as soon as possible... It's a romantic novel by Sue-Ellen Welfonder... Bride of the Beast, that actually is a second part of a series (yes, I'm weird that way, I don't mind) of stories about a Scottish clan... Anyway, apart from the cliches typical in the romantic novels, I'm enjoying it quite a bit... I can be so silly... *hi hi* ( more about the book and romantic novels in general )

*Last Monday, Fuji TV aired Takuya Kimura's Hero SP!! I can't wait to watch it... but I haven't so far so I don't know how it was, but I'm sure it was great since Hero was such a great dorama.

*Summer sales started here and I got totally crazy and bought some clothes and shoes (I'm really am considering to make a post about shoes-shopping addiction ;)) ( My favorite adquisitions )

*Today, yesterday, I read this great adult fic, Yellow Plastic by minisinoo featuring Cedric and Hermione as adults. She writes them so nicely, so real... that I enjoyed it a lot!

*Okay, a bit of World Cup thoughts... Today Italy made it to the final. I told mr. ginger a week ago or more than it would be cool to have an European final and we'll get one. I haven't watched the match, Germany-Italy, just bits... but a friend told me that Italy played better than Germany. Originally I wanted a Germany-Portugal in the final... but let's see if I get an Italy-Portugal instead... It would be cool anyway ;)

*Talking about Portugal. Last week I was watching tv late at night when I caught this program about Spanish culture issues, called (translated) Culture with Ñ. I was nicely surprised to see that the guest in that program was Joaquim de Almeida, my favorite Portuguese actor! But what really astonished me was the fact that he admitted he talked 6 languages and acted and worked with 5 of them... So guessing and checking movies, I think he meant he has filmed or worked in movies using English, French, Italian, Spanish, and, of course, Portuguese, since he admitted that the one he didn't master was German, although he studied in a German school as a child. Simply amazing! Now I'm admire him more than before!

( in case you wonder, he looked like this in the interview )

*And... sadly, the last thing: this news about North Korea, worries me :/

First of all... after reading thynk2much's last post, I got one of those moments where I could scream of desperation because I don't live in London :S

It seems the BAFTAS has an special about Bollywood title 'BAFTA goes Bollywood'. Here you have the program, in case you want to check it out...

The main attraction to me is the fact that they'll interview Aamir Khan, who'll be there!!, but apart from that, they'll also talk with Preity Zinta they'll show Dil Chahta Hai, Veer-Zaara and Rang De Basanti in a theatre, in big screen!!!(among others)... and also, something that will make dangermousie happy: they'll also interview Shah Rukh Khan.

*sigh*

And now a bit of World Cup now that the final is close... and that is that I'm sorry for Portugal. I can't really explain why but I really wanted Portugal to win. I wanted them to reach the final... Maybe it has to be with the fact that between Zidane and Figo, I choose Figo... can't really explain (besides he reminds me a bit of Jeremy Northam, now that I give it a bit of thought) Anyway, poor them!

This scene brought tears to my eyes... they are friends, the were together in Real Madrid... that moment has been so touching... they gave each other their shirts (all sweat, that is another issue) and hugged twice!



btw, I think the pic is from Reuters, just in case.