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I’ve read this book few weeks ago, and I never had the chance to review it, so here I am blogging about it, after watching the movie as well.

The book might sound similar to Harlan Cobin’s books: Crime plus thriller. But Stieg Lrasson (the author of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, who died after finishing the series) does another take and makes the book much more social and describes a reality in Sweden.  First I’m thinking to start with the plot; it’s really good, for it moves very good with no dull moment. Some events are so unexpected and totally exciting.

Now to the characters; every single character has a significant. You have to pay attention to each character that you meet, and yes there’s a lot of characters, but what’s special about them is that they are very well describes (not physically) and each plays an effective role, and its very easy to be on track with them. Some characters are so close to reality, if not all. It’s amazing how one can be connected to the characters and be sympathize or identify with some.

The reality that the book describes is very well considered; on each part of the book there are some facts written in Sweden that has to do with women as victims in the society. It shows real cases of rape and violence; Larsson being a journalist uses his knowledge in a very thoughtful way to present his ideas and his target.

As for the style, I’ve read the translated one (I don’t understand Swedish), so I have nothing to say about the language, except that the English is good. And I wonder how it would look like if it was in Swedish. And it was a bit weird to read a book in English and then watch it’s adapted movie in a complete different language.

Now finally moving to the adapted movie. I have never watched any Swedish movies so I have no idea if it follows the standards of the Swedish movies. Nor have I watched a lot of European movies. But as compared to a Hollywood

movie, I guess I can say it was good. But as compared to the book, it was really good. It’s a very well known fact that movies are not as good as the books, and this movies isn’t different, so yes, the book was way better. But as an adapted movie it was good. the characters are as I imagined them specially the female main character. The locations were the same as I imagined. And the main scenes weren’t deleted. well, of course they have cut few detailed scenes, but it’s totally comprehensible since the movie can’t be 4 hours long.

In short, I thought this book is fantastic, and even though I’ve read it a while ago, I still remember a lot of details and I still think about it. And as for the movie I would love to watch it all over again. And I don’t want to forget saying : I can’t wait to find the time to read The Girl Who Played with the Fire, which is the sequel to this book. I hope it’s as good as the 1st book of the Millennium trilogy.

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let 2010 be better than twothousandandfuckingnine.

anyone has started writing resolutions? – No. I’m not doing that again. I no longer write resolutions, for I never keep them!

Let us just enjoy the new decade.

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So here’s the end of 2009; less than 2 days left.  It’s not like I’m counting down the days as if excited for the new year. In fact I’m not that excited for 2010, but I can’t wait to get rid of 2009, which wasn’t such a successful year for me.

I  have to admit however, so many things had happened during 2009: I met new friends ( a lot of friends), I had developed my own intelligence and my character, I had met few men and got emotionally involved, and broken my heart,  I had learned a lot about life, I had survived a year at the university without failing any course (for some people that is a great achievement).

But still, I didn’t enjoy 2009 as I hoped to. thus I’m not putting my opes up too high for 2010. I just hope it goes well, at least with out any tragedies.

As for the resolutions: no thanks ! I’m done with that, they never work out for me.

And another things I’ve learned: the past is gone, think about the present and a it of the future (maximum 2 months ahead). and never expect too much, for things rae not what they seem.

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I’ve seen this movie two days ago with my friend. of course it was 3D and in short we enjoyed every moment of it.

The movie was 162 minutes and I didn’t know that, my friends and I missed the 1st 5 minutes from the movie, but still we got the whole story. I might be really smart, but I think everybody would understand the story. It takes place in another plant, another life, another creatures, a complete fictional place.  and still, the story reflects a story we all know… Pocahontas. or maybe just a story that is similar: intellectual people (living in a modern world) discovering a new place that could make them rich and they can get advantage of it, not considering the natives, which are humans… or similar to them, they might be spiritual, and still  they don’t get this idea… a forbidden love story takes place… and the rest is just action and adventure.

I have noticed that the humans in the movie, the researchers and the warriors are all Americans, white people and only white, as if it reminds us of the Europeans who came to America centuries ago. The newcomers who want to take control over a new land. about the notion of the human’s wanting to control and take. the notion of who has the power.

The feminisms in this movie was around the goddess they believe in and mother nature. a female spirit has the power.

and there was this one line that caught my attention, it was sort of like “i’m just a warrior that was fighting for peace, but I have to wake up from the dream now”. the movie literalize the notion of “waking up from the dream”.

Everybody has to watch this movie, it’s amazing. I want to watch it again!

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every single person in his life goes through depression and even if he/she lacked nothing and had every kind of happiness in life. But depression is part of nature, its part of being human. the feeling that you have regretted something or the feelings that you’ve missed something. I personally think it’s normal and being depressed doesn’t have to affect the behavior or consequences.

I am in a depression.  and I’m absolutely certain that it will pass and it’s just temporary. Other people might not agree with me, and it’s only because they enjoy the fact that they are depressed and they don’t try harder to be happy, maybe not happy but at least content or satisfied. People are too ignorant to believe that they are capable of being depressed and happy. Only they can control it.

Everybody has issues; but instead of whining why don’t we try to fix the circumstances. I’m not talking about totally fixing the circumstances but the notion of trying. as some people say “you’re not trying, you’re whining” and it’s not bad to whine, sometimes you feel like the want to cry and whine, and it does help, but think also about the limits. enough is enough.

Christmas in two days, for goodness sake, let’s be happy and give life a big smile and laugh at our problems.

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We already set and decorated the Christmas tree in our house. But still I don’t feel the spirit around me. I go to the campus and nothing related to Christmas is there (not a Christian country). I have decided just for one week I get myself to do few things that show ow much I’m into the spirit, if I act that I’m into it, I am actually into it.

Any suggestions for what I can do?

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I’m not taking too many courses in the university (only 4) and even work I have none; only a mentoring project I’m taking part of. But still I have plenty of things to put me under pressure. Basically friends and family are the ones putting me under pressure. Friends complicate things and make your life not easier to deal with, for they have plenty of problems to share with you, and I as stupid as everybody love to listen and enjoy sticking up my nose to everything. As for the family, they just keep complaining and demanding everything they have the ability to put upon you, not only they dont make life easier, but they make it harder than life.

A month before I started University I was reading The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown and I was inspired to learn about all kind of myths,  intelligent ideas philosophers thought about and interesting historical characters that brought enlightenment to the world. I was truly inspired to read more about them. I was going to read all kind of spiritual ideas. But I knew University was standing there and waiting for me to come back to it and finish my degree and I already felt lost. The university depresses me and I only like it for I can hang out there with some good friends, other than that it truly sucks. even studying mythology doesn’t help me get to know the myths I was looking for before, for I was under pressure and I couldn’t focus on them and dig more about them.

I actually wished to stay at home and never go back to the university and keep reading, teaching myself instead of letting lecturers and professors to teach me. I was going to make my self stuck in an imaginative world where I only read, get smarter and learn about things people around won’t even dare to dream about. But I have to go back to reality in order to know what’s going around me before going back to the fast to learn.

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I understood the material I read and I think Ovid is genius. If I wasn’t under pressure right now I would have found the whole book and read it slowly and enjoyed every single story and myth. All the stories represent something in real life. They are simply amazing. They reflect feelings, ideology, sociology, habits, flaws of the human being, humanity, divinity, intelligence and the existence.

So I have only one day to generate ideas and write the essay around it, not like I cant, but hate to be under pressure and I don’t get the chance to have ideas all the time, I need a muse, something to inspire an idea. But, NOTHING comes out. So I need to think about it, concentrate and arrange my thoughts; perhaps reading more material will help me. Thus I wish my self good luck with that.

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University for a start wasn’t that bad, but still stressing and depressing. I had and still have few homework to do. I can’t read books, since I have to read material instead.  the best part though is to see the friends, but to deal with them isn’t going great sometimes.  But I’m enjoying the company of some great friends that apparently I can’t live without.

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