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A philosofer I like

I like many philosophers but I don’t have a favorite one. What I like to do is reading different books from different authors and after that I taking my own opinions about what they say. I think that mixing ideas of different philosophers in order to use them in different situations is the best thing one can do in order to put his mind into order. Despite that, I never put my philosophical ideas into practice.

The philosopher I’m going to is Alexander Berkman, mainly because I’ve the ABC of Libertarian Communism, probably his best book, right here. I read that book during the summer and I find it interesting enough to be recommend; it’s quite simple and enjoyable too. When reading that book, just remember that you don’t have to agree with everything he says.

My Favourite Shoes

Yay! Finally someone has asked me about the shoes that I usually wear at home! You can see a picture of them at the end of this composition.

I know they are pretty old and old-fashioned, but why should I throw them away if they still can be used? No way, I am definitely not going to do that. I love my shoes and I’m really proud of them.  Unlike many people think, they are extremely comfortable. In fact, they are the only reason I spent so many hours at home; because I am the happiest boy in the world when I wear them.

They look beautiful, don’t they? They are the perfect shoes. As you can see, they are totally brown, as I like. I really don’t understand why people say that they are ugly. They think they are extremely old, but from my point of view that’s what makes them so special.

This boots are unique in the world. They were made by grandmother’s best friend’s hairdresser eighty five years ago. It is said that he spent more than two years to make them, but when he had finished them, he realized that they were so ugly, that he gave to my grandmother’s best friend, who didn’t like them either and as result he gave them to her. I received them five years ago as a birthday present. That is the best present I’ve ever received.

My Daily Routine

I usually get up at eighth o’clock and I immediately have a shower and I have breakfast five minutes later. As school starts everyday at nine o’clock, so I left home at ten to nine at I usually arrive five minutes later.

Classes finish at three o’clock, so I go back home at that time. As soon as I arrive, I have lunch. I don’t really know what to say about the meals I usually have; I not really keen on traditional food.

After lunch, I relax for a while and then I start doing my homework. On Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays I go to a Language School from half past four to ten to six. At eight o’clock I usually have already finished my homework, so I play computer games until nine o’clock, when I am used to have dinner, and I continue playing computer games until I go to bed, around twelve o’clock.

My place at home

My favorite room is my bathroom. It may sound strange to a foreign person, but here in Spain bathrooms are considered the most important part of a house, as Spaniards are usually really stressed and the only moment of peace we have in all day is while we are there.

Bathrooms are so important here that they are used to determinate our social status: rich people like to have a big one in order to make everybody know that they have enough money to afford them, while the poorest Spaniards are obligated to share them with their neighbors.

Bathrooms are used to guess how much work we usually have to do: busy people have extremely dirty bathrooms because they simply do not have enough time to clean it. People who own a clean bathroom are considered to be lazy.

Unfortunately, as my mother is currently using my bathroom I can’t take a photo of it, so I’m going to show you a picture of a typical Spanish bathroom.

(I can’t unload the image. An error is produced >_<. Doesn’t mind, as you can imagine, the picture wasn’t really nice).

It is one of the most worrying pictures I’ve ever seen, indeed. I don’t know what’s more funny: that this so dirty bathroom has got two toilet brushes or that there is the chain’s shadow but there is no chain!

A painter I like

Although painters aren’t my favourite artists, I really admire them. Expressionism has always has always been especially interesting for me. The best known expressionist picture is The Scream, which you can see above. It was painted by Edvard Munch, a Norwegian painter, between 1893 and 1910.