Instrucciones para cumplir 30.

En el fondo, no hay nada que hacer. Siempre tendrás dieciocho, porque eres joven sólo una vez, pero inmaduro para siempre. No hay instrucciones para cumplir treinta. Pero si las hubiera, serían estas:

- Haz una lista de todo lo que no te gusta de ti y luego tírala. Eres el que eres. Y después de todo, no es tan malo como te imaginas un domingo de cruda.

- Tira el equipaje de sobra. El viaje es largo, cargar no te deja mirar hacia delante. Y además jode la espalda.

- No sigas modas. En diez años te vas a morir de vergüenza de haberte puesto eso, de todas maneras.

- Besa a tantos como puedas. Deja que te rompan el corazón. Enamórate, Date en la madre, y vuelve a levantarte. Quizás hay un amor verdadero. Quizás no. Pero mientras lo encuentras, lo bailado ni quién te lo quita.

- Come frutas y verduras. Neta, vete acostumbrando a que no vas a poder tragar garnachas toda la vida.

- Equivócate. Cambia. Intenta. Falla. Reinvéntate. Manda todo al carajo y empieza de nuevo cada vez que sea necesario. De veras, no pasa nada. Sobre todo si no haces nada.

- Prueba otros sabores de helado. Otras cervezas, otras pastas de dientes.

- Arranca el coche un día, y no pares hasta que se acabe la gasolina.

- Empieza un grupo de rock. Toma clases de baile. Aprende italiano. Invéntate otro nombre. Usa una bicicleta.

- Perdona. Olvida. Deja ir.

- Decide quién es imprescindible. Mientras más grande eres más difícil es hacer amigos de verdad, y más necesitas quien sepa quién eres realmente sin que tengas que explicárselo. Esos son los amigos. Cuídalos y mantenlos cerca.

- Aprende que no vas a aprender nada. Pero no hay examen final en esta escuela. Ni calificaciones, ni graduación, ni reunión de exalumnos, gracias a Dios. Felices treinta, viejo. Bienvenido al resto de tu vida.

Efectos Secundarios (2006) por Issa López

Pulp Fiction Artwork

Uncomfortable Silences

Mia:

Don't you hate that?

Vincent:

What?

Mia:

Uncomfortable silences.

Why do we feel it's necessary to talk about bullshit in order to be comfortable?

Vincent:

I don't know. That's a good question.

Mia:

That's when you know you've found somebody special.

When you can just shut the fuck up for a minute and comfortably enjoy the silence.

Vincent:

I don't think we're there yet. But don't feel bad we just met each other.

Mia:

Well I'll tell you what, I'll go to the bathroom and powder my nose, while you sit here and think of

something to say.

Vincent:

I'll do that

Pulp Fiction (1994) by Quentin Tarantino

My Wand

Hazel and Unicorn, Ten and Three Quarter inches, Quite Bendy.

Unicorn

Unicorn hair generally produces the most consistent magic, and is least subject to fluctuations and blockages. Wands with unicorn cores are generally the most difficult to turn to the Dark Arts. They are the most faithful of all wands, and usually remain strongly attached to their first owner, irrespective of whether he or she was an accomplished witch or wizard.

Minor disadvantages of unicorn hair are that they do not make the most powerful wands (although the wand wood may compensate) and that they are prone to melancholy if seriously mishandled, meaning that the hair may 'die' and need replacing.

Hazel

A sensitive wand, hazel often reflects its owner’s emotional state, and works best for a master who understands and can manage their own feelings. Others should be very careful handling a hazel wand if its owner has recently lost their temper, or suffered a serious disappointment, because the wand will absorb such energy and discharge it unpredictably. The positive aspect of a hazel wand more than makes up for such minor discomforts, however, for it is capable of outstanding magic in the hands of the skillful, and is so devoted to its owner that it often ‘wilts’ (which is to say, it expels all its magic and refuses to perform, often necessitating the extraction of the core and its insertion into another casing, if the wand is still required) at the end of its master’s life (if the core is unicorn hair, however, there is no hope; the wand will almost certainly have ‘died’). Hazel wands also have the unique ability to detect water underground, and will emit silvery, tear-shaped puffs of smoke if passing over concealed springs and wells.