Adele is back!
I've been waiting for this moment for so long, I can't believe this day has come.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, check out her new single :

To be frank, I have mixed feelings about this song. She looks stunning, her voice sound better than ever, still something's bothering me. Maybe I have to listen to if few more times, or it takes time to like this song, but it's definitely not the same feeling I had when I heard "Rolling in the deep" of "Hometown glory". What is more, I love her down-to-earth attitude, the way she comes up on a stage and talks about how much her feet hurt and how manic it was for her to meet Beyonce, and now there she is, in the middle of a forest, like a model posing for a beauty magazine. I know it's a role she's playing in the video, maybe I exaggerate, and I know you probably hate me already for saying there's anything wrong about Adele, but I'm still waiting for her album (4 weeks and two days left!!!) and I still think she's wonderful.

Anyway, if you miss the "old Adele" as much as I do, here's something for you ;)

Did you get to see  "Everest" movie?
It's a new film that tells a story of the most tragic season on Everest.
I was afraid to see this American production, I would never want to watch the story of this great tragedy presented in a Holywood way, with many special effects and swift action. That's what it looked like in the trailer but fortunately "Everest" is not a complete failure.
The mountain is presented in a exceptionnaly detailed way. I always wanted to get a better idea of what this mountain looks like on the way to the top and that's what I got to see in this movie. I've read many descriptions of ledges or gutter ice, but I finally got a chance to see it in all its glory and it made me understand better every journey and accident I've read about in different books.
The only problem of this movie is that it's not that interesting for people who have never read anything about the accidents described there. I mean, surely, everyone understands that if a guy spends one night all by himself on the top of the mountain in the middle of a storm, it is not likely for him to get back to his tent.  But there is no explanation of the circumstances that made him stay there, no one says anything about the reason why there were no bottles with oxygen left that could have saved at least few people coming down to the camp...everything that made all this stories so touching and frustrating is not mentioned. It's the dark side of mountain climbing that should have been presented in a more clear way. If you want to see this movie, I recommend you reading "Dark Summit" first. It's a very interesting story of this terrible season on Everest, with many explanations and descriptions of what should have been done better and why so many people died that year. Not a very uplifting topic, but undoubtedly facinating.

Do you guys like tennis?
I used to play it for few years, but my arms are so weak right now that I can play no longer than 30 minutes. I still love watching it, though. That's why I've decided to read Agassi's autobiography "Open". My friend recommended it to me few years ago but I've never come across this book when I was in the library and somehow over the years I forgot about it. But 3 weeks ago I visited my friend in Warsaw and found this book on a flee market. The great thing is that I bought an English version, so that I don't miss out on anything that could have been lost in translation. Agassi is one of the best tennis players of all time, and one of the most controversial ones as well. I don't want to get into details as I would love for you to read this book, I just want to say that it's fascinating to read what tennis looks like from players' perspective.