some interesting web sites.

I browsed in the internet for a while and I found some interesting web sites. I had a surprise when I found that there are all kinds of web sites about anthropology and there are a lot of universities around the world that research many interesting subjects. So, I chose this two web sites for different reasons:

The first one is http://www.ethnologue.com
This is an encyclopedic reference work that catalogues all the living languages in the world. You can search for something specific or just see a complete list of all the languages that exist and choose one. You can also choose to view the different languages in a world map. When you select a language the web sites gives all the information about it: from which country it is, how many people speak it, etc. You can also see some of the work and research that has been done about that language or culture. I think it's interesting because personally I never imagined there were so many and the information is very specific and useful, at least for me because I really love languages and one my goals for the future is to learn more of them.





The second one is the well known http://www.nationalgeographic.com
I think almost everybody is familiar with this magazine and TV channel. I chose it because it has very valuable information, great researches and papers. I remember when I was little my father used to buy it every month. We had a big collection of magazines that my father gave to my older brother later, when my brother first went to college to study anthropology. I think it's a very interesting magazine, they study so many different topics and they always take beautiful pictures. For me this magazine has been very inspiring. I also like the TV channel but I'm not going to be cynical: I don't always watch it :)










So, two different ways to get close to anthropology in a very wide sense of the word. Two interesting web sites to visit, for different reasons of course, one is kind of an index and the other is a type of entertainment, but both captivating. I hope somebody will agree with me.

Just another weekend

So, I have to talk about my last weekend. What did I do? Let's recall...
On Friday night I met with two friends I know from Bachillerato. We went to the house of one of them and watched "Pretty woman" because none of them had ever watched it. On Saturday I got up late (as usual) and helped my mother cooking (as usual). After we had lunch a friend I know from High School picked me up and we went out. We went to a store because she wanted to get new socks and then we went to her house. Later at night she gave me a ride back home and I got into bed and watched a movie. On Sunday, I got up late again (as usual) and I helped my mother cleaning the house. After that, I went to Homecenter with my parents to buy a new desk for my bedroom. When we got back home, we spent all afternoon trying to assemble the desk. After that, I had to clean my pets cages (as usual) because I have a hamster and a hedgehog and they get very disgusting, so every 5 days I have to clean their cages.
So that's it. That was my last weekend. A normal weekend.