talk to her

so i just felt like writing about a really interesting movie i saw the other day: "Talk to her", or the original title, "Hable con ella" by Pedro Almodóvar. those of you who have seen an Almodóvar film, know that they are quite original, and often a bit "strange", in the lack of a better word. of course in a good way (at least that is my opinion). and this movie is no exception.
well, "Hable con ella" is about two men who meet because they both have women they love who are in a coma. the movie goes back and forth in time a lot, and by that gives you a clear image of their relationships. i fell in love with the overall mood of the film, and also the fact that they speak spanish. i definitely recommend you watching it, especially if you are into films that are a bit different or if you are just tired of all the mainstream and often shallow hollywood films.

synesthesia

okay, so i have gotten quite a few questions about synesthesia. for those who don't know, i'm pretty sure i have something called synesthesia, which is a "neurologically-based condition in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway" according to wikipedias definition. which, in my case, is that i associate numbers, letters and names with colors, and can "feel" and "see" colors.
if i for example see the letter C, i see and feel the color yellow, and the number 3 is green, and the name Lauren is peach colored. odd numbers are uncomfortable color combinations, mostly green, white and orange combined, meaning i get an uncomfortable feeling from it. so i'm not that fond of odd numbers. and even numbers are soft colors like dark blue, purple and red. yellow is also an uncomfortable color, and it is shaped like a ball with long, cone shaped spikes.
i guess this sounds a bit strange. i didn't know experiencing this was unusual, i though everyone else did too. i figured out i most likely had it when we read an article about synesthesia in my english class and it pretty much described what i experienced. everyone talked about how strange it was. the funny thing was that only a few days before i had started suspecting that maybe not everyone experienced seeing colors like i did. i heard a name on the tv and asked my mom that "wasn't it strange that some names are yellow?" and she just looked at me like i was crazy.

it's not like i see a clear, and long lasting color inside my head. it is more like with dream that seems very clear when you dream it, but the minute you wake up you can hardly remember anything, no matter how hard you try. you can still feel the feeling you got from the dream, but you can't see or remember anything from it. well, that's how i sometimes experience synesthesia. when i see the letter, i see the color flash in my head, but when i try to think of the color, it is sometimes impossible to remember it, i only remember the feeling the color gave me. sometimes i can remember the color, other times not. not sure why, but it varies. so if you ask me for the color of your name for example (many people have) i can't necessarily answer you.
so, i don't know if this makes much sense. but maybe when you read this, you'll realize you might have synesthesia too? i only found out by a coincidence, if i hadn't read that article i probably wouldn't be aware of there being anything called synesthesia.