WILLPOWER

Dear all,

The Spanish league is about to end,it's just 90 minutes away.As you probably know,only two teams can win,Barcelona and Real Madrid.Barcelona has led (=ha liderado)the league all through the championship.All along,Real madrid has been doing their best to catch up with (=seguirle el ritmo a) Barcelona, they didn't want to fall behind (=quedarse rezagado).You all know how I support Atlético,who have also done a very good season (we may end up winning more titles than anyone else in Spain!!!).As a result,I couldn't care less (=no me puede importar menos) about who wins the league.

Nevertheless,one thing is for certain; Whoever (=quienquiera que) wins, they will deserve it.Both teams have fought really hard,and it takes a lot of willpower (=fuerza de voluntad) to keep on fighting when you see that you competitor wins every single match.Therefore,even if they lose,I would like to congratulate Real Madrid for their fabulous season.However,as you know,only one team can be the champions.I truly think that that team must be F.C.Barcelona.They've played a much more spectacular football than Real Madrid.It wasn't as good as last season,but still they played much better and, as a result, they deserve the championship.

UNTITLED

Don't look for an answer.No one's to blame.we definitely aren't.No one is.Sometimes I think we've been thrown into this mayhem and chaos for no reason at all.Some days I think it's just a matter of chance.Really hard to understand,I know,but that's the way it is. Don't look around,don't look back...not even in anger.

NO DUMBER THAN YOU,PARTNER

Dear dudenesses,

Nobody will say up front "I'm dumb". Nobody will ever recognize they are dumb,even though we all know (or by this time you should've already seen) there are thousands out there.I've met many,in all walks of life,really.I've been one actually.In fact...I AM one.Yes,I am dumb.Believe it or not,those who don't like you think you are dumb.I know there are some people who don't like me,and I'm sure they have a blast (=to have a good time) criticizing me or calling me dumb.

Mike Tyson once said: "Everybody thinks they're more intelligent than me...until I punch them in the face". To a certain degree I agree with him,please don't understand this as an apology of violence,I will always condemn firmly all kinds of violence and even violent sports...wink,wink.My point is,I think I'm not dumber than anyone around me,nor am I smarter than them,of course.I'm just the way I am,which,believe me,is something hard to do.Far too many people will show you a face,many times something similar to a character from a TV series...sad but true.Whenever I meet one of these actors....D'you know what I think???

"I'm no dumber than you,partner!!!"

PROM KING

Dear All,

Prom night's getting closer.For Americans,it's one of the most important nights of their lives and,even if you deny it,I know you are excited about it too.One of the most famous American traditions is choosing a Prom King and a Prom Queen who, as you must have seen in many teen movies (=pelis de adolescentes yankees), head the ball (=encabezan el baile) after their names have been announced.Now,many questions pop up (=surgen) in my mind.Who's the prom king and queen in 2º Bachillerato B??? you can vote here. I've attached a photograph of my prom night, that's me when I was 17,believe it or not....

MY OWN PRIVATE TRIBUTE TO HANK

a smile to remember ,by Charles Bukowski

we had goldfish and they circled around and around

in the bowl on the table near the heavy drapes

covering the picture window andmy mother, always smiling, wanting us all

to be happy, told me, "be happy Henry!"

and she was right: it's better to be happy if you

can

but my father continued to beat her and me several times a week while

raging inside his 6-foot-two frame because he couldn't

understand what was attacking him from within.

my mother, poor fish,wanting to be happy, beaten two or three times a

week, telling me to be happy: "Henry, smile!why don't you ever smile?"

and then she would smile, to show me how, and it was the

Saddest smile I ever saw

one day the goldfish died, all five of them,

they floated on the water, on their sides, their

eyes still open,and when my father got home he threw them to the cat

there on the kitchen floor and we watched as my mother

smiled

THE J-TEAM

Dear All,

I don't know if you remember the A-team.You are far too young to rememeber,when this TV series came out you were just a foetus, or just an idea in your parents' minds. Well,this was about four guys who did good and either captured the bad guys or punished them.In every single chapter there was a massive shootout (=intercambio de disparos), but nobody ever (and I mean EVER) died or even get injured.They also invented a tank or a fighter jet(=avión de guerra) out of rubble (=escombros).Now my colleagues Javier (Matute), Julio and Juanjo and I have been baptized (=hemos sido bautizados) by our colleagues 'the J-team' (our names start with 'J') in analogy with the TV series.My question is...who is who????Who's Hannibal Smith? (the mastermind)????Who's Templeton 'Faceman' Peck (in Spanish 'Fénix'),who's Mr.T Baracus???And...most importantly....Who's Murdock (the dumb/ crazy guy)????Looking forward to your answers...I got it pretty clear,by the way.

WEIRDO MAGNET

I'm a magnet for weirdos.I know,I've said this a thousand times,but I'm starting to get sick and tired of being the gutter of many people's psychological issues.STOOP ITTTT!!!!!!Yes, I'm talking to you,you think you are sooo intelligent,so clever that you have to speak with secret and profound words."Nobody knows anything" or things like that.Well,Mr.Smartash...guess what???I do know something,there it goes:"I like drinking coffee in the morning",don't go around telling people what they haven't asked you.."don't talk unless you are talked to", used to tell me my father, and he sure was right,partner.Don't patronize me with words you don't even understand,words you've borrowed from a movie about teen vampires or God only knows where you've taken them from.You sure need a hobby to make you stop being so weird!!!!Well,guys,this is my shot of morning ranting.Now,look up all the words you didn't understand,do me that favor....do yourselves that favor.