Tom Hanks

My favourite artist.

I can't really think of any artist I really admire but if I have to pick a favourite one it would be Tom Hanks. Tom Hanks is an American actor and Film Maker mostly known for his roles in Forrest Gump and Cast Away, 2 of my favourite movies. I really like the way he acts. Personally I think he is one of the best actors in the world because he can transmit to you every emotion and it's actually pretty convincing. I don't really know if the movies he works in are specially good for me or it's just his acting but I can say with certainty that every time I see him on the screen I know I will enjoy the movie and have a really good time. I remember one of the first movies I saw of him was "Catch me if you can", a movie that tells the story of a proffesional scammer played by Leonardo Dicaprio who is constatly running and messing around with the police officer that had his case assigned who was played by Tom Hanks.

After I saw this movie which I really enjoyed I started looking for some more films of Tom Hanks and ended up watching Forrest Gump. I have a lot of friends that think Forrest Gump is extremly slow and boring, personally I liked every second of it. The acting of Hanks really got me on that movie and I just don't know how people found this movie boring, It's a beautiful story about overcoming your dificulties and never giving up. Nowadays I don't watch many movies or T.V. shows so I don't know any of his new movies. For example I didn't watch "Davinci Code" and honestly I don´t think I will. I think all artists start getting worse with time because of the media they are involved in, some of them for money will accept some roles that end up being simply bad, so I prefer to have the memory of a good actor who always maneged to get in my mind when he acted. Even though I know he is a good actor I rather stay with his earlier performances because you know:

Summer Holidays

I would like to spend my summer vacations in a little place called Matanzas. Matanzas it's a beach located in the VI region near Santo Domingo and I used to go there all summer when I was a child because my grandmother has a little cabin right in front the sea. Matanzas was a really small and unknown place until a couple of years ago so we knew everybody there. Funny thing is that my grandmother had a group of friends who used to vacation there always. My parents turned out to be friends with the sons of my granmother's friends and when I was like 7 or 8 years old I met the children of my parent's friends and we also became really good friends. I like this place because I know almost everybody there and with my friends we spent most of the day surfing, and I love surfing. It's been 2 years since I went the last time and I really want to see my friends again. It's awesome because we are 3 generations of friends so there are times we hang out like 40 or 50 people in one house and have a good time. One of my friend's dad loves to do huge barbecues for all our friends and family so I can´t wait to eat one of his famous "Cordero al palo" which is a Lamb cooked slowly on a bonfire, and have a good talk with my friends to catch up with them. Finally there's a place called Puertecillo near Matanzas that I want to visit. It has this vive of a lost beach where people never ever goes and it's awesome. The waves are perfect to surf and it's a really calm and safe place where you can go camping or just enjoy a picnic.