Hi, I'm Fernando Souza. A Bittersweet Life is my personal website, a place where I keep my own blog in which I write mainly about useless facts about my pathetic life. Nothing very interesting, really!

Iron Maiden – The Final Frontier

by Nando on March 4, 2010

Iron Maiden The Final Frontier

Iron Maiden The Final Frontier

IRON MAIDEN are pleased to announce that their forthcoming new studio album will be called ‘THE FINAL FRONTIER‘, and is expected be released late summer of this year.

The announcement comes with news of a North American Tour with Very Special Guests Dream Theater to open in Dallas, Texas, on 9th June and finish in Washington D.C. on 20th July, making it Maiden’s most extensive North American tour in many years. [click to continue…]

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The year I was born

by Nando on February 20, 2010

In 1978, the world was a different place.

There was no Google yet. Or Yahoo. Or Twitter, for that matter.

In 1978, the year of your birth, the top selling movie was Grease. People buying the popcorn in the cinema lobby had glazing eyes when looking at the poster.

Remember, that was before there were DVDs. People were indeed watching movies in the cinema, and not downloading them online. Imagine the packed seats, the laughter, the excitement, the novelty. And mostly all of that without 3D computer effects.

Do you know who won the Oscars that year? The academy award for the best movie went to The Deer Hunter. The Oscar for best foreign movie that year went to Get Out Your Handkerchiefs. The top actor was Jon Voight for his role as Luke Martin in Coming Home. The top actress was Jane Fonda for her role as Sally Hyde in Coming Home. The best director? Michael Cimino for The Deer Hunter.

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by Nando on February 18, 2010

I really hope the explanation about the lost numbers given to us by the lost writers in the last episode, The Substitute, is not the final explanation. It can’t be something like “Jacob has a thing for numbers…” It seems a lazy, lazy explanation. There’s still a lot to explain about them. Like for example, why the hell Desmond had to push those buttons in the hatch? Why Hurley was told the numbers? And what about that Valenzetti equation that predicts the end of the world? See, still a lot to explain…

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A new Iron Maiden album?

February 16, 2010

According to Kevin Shirley’s diary, a new Iron Maiden album is set to be released any time soon. He mentions that the band’s work is all done, but he still has some bits to do, which won’t take long. What I find intriguing is where the band decided to record the album. They chose no [...]

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Helloween Unarmed

February 14, 2010

I’ve read and heard really bad reviews about Helloween’s new album Unarmed. I can say that I understand those reviews but I disagree with them. The album was not made for ordinary people. It’s a 25th Anniversary album and It was made for the fans. And even if you are a Helloween fan, you still [...]

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Google Buzz

February 9, 2010

Will Google Buzz substitute Facebook? Will it replace Twitter as people’s favourite miniblog tool? Well, we shall see…
I think that’s pretty much what Google wants. To make it a stronger tool, they will integrate it to Gmail, Google Maps and Picasa, as well as launch a business version of Google Buzz later this year. So, [...]

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Can Heroes be saved?

February 7, 2010

Once upon a time there was a show about ordinary people with super powers and at the time it was one of my favourite shows on TV. There were the good guys and the bad guys. The good guys didn’t know each other, but they were all mysteriously drawn together, in a mutual objective that [...]

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An Education

February 3, 2010

Carey Mulligan, write down this name! I’ve just watched An Education, and I was extremely surprised by her performance. That’s one of the best performance from an actress that I’ve seen in the past few years. I Can’t even remember the last time I felt this way by an actress. The film, which is the first [...]

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The first four minutes of the last season of Lost

January 29, 2010

I had the feeling something like this would happen. Someone leaked the first four minutes of the last season of Lost. In this sneak peek you will see the last scene from the last season (Juliet hitting the bomb, and what happens next). If you don’t like spoilers, do not watch the video below!

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Some questions I want Lost to answer

January 28, 2010

I’m very excited about the return of Lost. I can’t wait to find out the mysteries of the famous island. However, since this will be the last season I know that they will probably not answer some of those mysteries. Here are the questions I want and feel that the writers must answer:

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