I'm glad it's over!
Happy New Year!
31.12.14
29.12.14
24.12.14
23.12.14
Happy birthday, Eddie!
I saw this photo here
Looking great, doing great and sounding great at 50. Well done!
Please come back with your band to Brasil next year. Or alone, I don't mind.
20.12.14
What did I learn on the show last night, Craig?
No one lives forever
This business here I've got to finish
Since Craig said he was quitting the LLS all the guests, or at least the ones who appears once a year in the show, said goodbye like the man was retiring or worst, dying.
So last night he said best than any other time he's not giving up on anything, he's moving on.
That's a very difficult thing for the most of us to do, to me especially. I don't know if it's a cultural behavior or just our survival mode screaming, but to "close a door", to end up something always reminds us of death.
But quitting, finishing or ending can be the exactly opposite of death.
Maybe people like Craig can do it with a little bit of more courage and faith than the rest because he once had to quit something infinitely harder: drinking. It took a huge amount of time, pain and nearly everything he had back then, as well described in his biography (which I love!) but he did it. And I believe that beating all that pain and shame can give someone a different perspective of life. A real sense that you're not gonna be here forever so you gotta live right now.
Anyone can and will tell you that many many times in your life: family, friends, teachers, therapists, partners, bosses, TV shows and movies but only in experience we can finally understand it.
To grow up and to live has much more to do with moving than standing at the same place.
So move your fucking butt right now!
I wish you all the best, Mr. Ferguson!
This business here I've got to finish
Since Craig said he was quitting the LLS all the guests, or at least the ones who appears once a year in the show, said goodbye like the man was retiring or worst, dying.
So last night he said best than any other time he's not giving up on anything, he's moving on.
That's a very difficult thing for the most of us to do, to me especially. I don't know if it's a cultural behavior or just our survival mode screaming, but to "close a door", to end up something always reminds us of death.
But quitting, finishing or ending can be the exactly opposite of death.
Maybe people like Craig can do it with a little bit of more courage and faith than the rest because he once had to quit something infinitely harder: drinking. It took a huge amount of time, pain and nearly everything he had back then, as well described in his biography (which I love!) but he did it. And I believe that beating all that pain and shame can give someone a different perspective of life. A real sense that you're not gonna be here forever so you gotta live right now.
Anyone can and will tell you that many many times in your life: family, friends, teachers, therapists, partners, bosses, TV shows and movies but only in experience we can finally understand it.
To grow up and to live has much more to do with moving than standing at the same place.
So move your fucking butt right now!
I wish you all the best, Mr. Ferguson!
14.12.14
Time to say goodbye
Today HBO airs the final episode of The Newsroom.
And this week is the very last one of Craig Ferguson as the host of The Late Late Show.
I'm sad. There's not many things on TV I feel like watching lately.
I am not in the mood to write about these shows right now but it seemed important to do something to mark the day, so it occurred to me that Jeff Daniels and eventually Emily Mortimer have appeared on LLS in the last three years promoting The Newsroom, so here's a collection of these interviews
2012
2013
2014
And this week is the very last one of Craig Ferguson as the host of The Late Late Show.
I'm sad. There's not many things on TV I feel like watching lately.
I am not in the mood to write about these shows right now but it seemed important to do something to mark the day, so it occurred to me that Jeff Daniels and eventually Emily Mortimer have appeared on LLS in the last three years promoting The Newsroom, so here's a collection of these interviews
2012
2013
2014
3.12.14
Memories
Since I had to runaway, every time I leave home brings some sort of revival from that day, a sense of loss and fear.
I wasn't ready and it seems I will never be.
25.11.14
20.11.14
20 de novembro
Só o fato deste dia não ser uma unanimidade como feriado a todos os estados brasileiros já exemplifica o desinteresse de conferir legitimidade política à questão. Mas mesmo onde a data é reconhecida, talvez não passe disso que a imagem diz.
30.10.14
12.10.14
This Sunday
Today it's a very special day in my city.
I'm not there but I can still feel the magic
I hope you all have a peaceful and beautiful Sunday.
Feliz Círio!
I'm not there but I can still feel the magic
I hope you all have a peaceful and beautiful Sunday.
Feliz Círio!
6.10.14
15.9.14
I love Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche
There's no special reason for this. I just felt like saying it
And that first photo is so so beautiful...
It would be wonderful to see them together again in another film.
9.9.14
Dear u2
Thank you for answering so fast and for bringing me back so many good feelings and memories today.
It's been a long way alone in the dark. I'm surprised. I'm crying. I'm mesmerized.
"Song for someone" it's already my mantra.
Much much love to you all.
8.9.14
6.9.14
Dear U2
I need that new album now.
I don't care if it's not the-best-one-ever-made-by-the-best-band-in-the-world.
I don't bother if it's not that good, if the riffs sound the same, if Bono's voice goes wrong.
I don't even mind if it's terrible, boring and like a big effort to sound new.
Just, please, release this record right away.
I feel lonely and lost, stuck in a endless writer's block.
I need hope, inspiration, sunshine and good vibes.
I need to put your CD on repeat and dance around my place in the middle of the day.
I need a easy line that I can sing over and over, I need a smile on my face.
I need that guy with a white flag. (Or better, that hot guy in leather and sunglasses)
I need to feel at home, to believe again.
I need my old friends.
I need you.
I don't care if it's not the-best-one-ever-made-by-the-best-band-in-the-world.
I don't bother if it's not that good, if the riffs sound the same, if Bono's voice goes wrong.
I don't even mind if it's terrible, boring and like a big effort to sound new.
Just, please, release this record right away.
I feel lonely and lost, stuck in a endless writer's block.
I need hope, inspiration, sunshine and good vibes.
I need to put your CD on repeat and dance around my place in the middle of the day.
I need a easy line that I can sing over and over, I need a smile on my face.
I need that guy with a white flag. (Or better, that hot guy in leather and sunglasses)
I need to feel at home, to believe again.
I need my old friends.
I need you.
16.8.14
12.8.14
RIP Robin Williams
This character has always been an inspiration and Dead Poets Society is definitely my favorite movie with Robin Williams.
I'm truly sad about his death and hope he's now in peace.
But it's incredibly sad.
I'm truly sad about his death and hope he's now in peace.
But it's incredibly sad.
27.7.14
Coldplay still got some Magic
I've got to admit to myself I really like Coldplay. It's not the band of my life and in the last albums I had some disappointment, some songs were far from great... but when they are, they are. Just put on repeat and go.
I don't drive and don't have a car since 2010 but songs like this one make me miss driving around the city on weekends, just to listen to music. That was good.
25.7.14
Breathing
Every once and a while you gotta stop what you're doing and look around.
Especially when you're lucky to live so close to a place like this.
5.6.14
A short comment
What a little teenager depressed journal this blog has become!
Sorry, dear visitor. I thought by this time I'd had figured out life. That's a post-anniversary tradition.
Sunshine will be back soon.
4.6.14
A place called home
For the first time I wonder if there's really a place for me in this world or if I've got here by mistake.
I've spent most of my 34 years wanting to be somewhere else. And now even when I decide to calm down, life keeps changing the plan for me.
Will this next step finally be home?
Thirty-four. I can't believe I still don't have a kid. But sometimes I think is for the best. At least Today it seems a good thing. For the kid.
20.5.14
I need a break
From work, from my thesis, from the city I live, from my students, from the TV shows I've been watching, from eating pasta and cookies as I didn't care for my hips, from drinking Coke zero, from instagram...
I'm tired. No, I'm exhausted!
14.5.14
8.5.14
The mind is a funny thing...
Today I woke up with this song in my mind. It's not only my favorite MJ song but also the one that has marked the most my childhood. I think my mother had it on tape.
Maybe it's because Mother's Day it's this next Sunday, who knows?
So for all the good flashes from the past, here we go.
Oh and one bonus: it's almost Friday.
Maybe it's because Mother's Day it's this next Sunday, who knows?
So for all the good flashes from the past, here we go.
Oh and one bonus: it's almost Friday.
5.5.14
pre-birthday thoughts on a Sunday night (part 1)
Since I'm incapable of boss my pets and my students, it's best to never have children.
(And I think my new cat is the worst ADD case ever. The second one it's me)
(And I think my new cat is the worst ADD case ever. The second one it's me)
2.4.14
About the HIMYM Finale
As the majority of viewers, I totally hated it.
I could make an huge text about all the things I didn't liked, but I was so angry yesterday I want avoid going to deep on this matter again. I only want to say two things:
1. to the ones who defend Robin regretted not choosing Ted, that doesn't mean she loved him. I understood at the Halloween scene she was jealous when she realized that destiny and "finding the one" was something that happened for Ted (who spent 9 years of our lives defending this truth) and not for her (who never believed anyway). Through the whole show Robin represented that side of all of us that likes to know or to keep someone always waiting, believing and loving us, even when we know it's never gonna happen or work out. To put she and Ted together again in the end is a big consolation prize for her and maybe to many of us, especially like that without any kind of effort, but kills the very essence of Ted's conception for love, which was to find someone who's ready and open to give as much love and devotion as he could.
2. If you don't agree with this and liked the final episode, I'm happy for you. I actually envy you because life goes on and these 9 years were not in vain for you. But if you think like me, I highly recommend you to watch this alternative version made by a fan and take this, from now on, as the real finale.
I could make an huge text about all the things I didn't liked, but I was so angry yesterday I want avoid going to deep on this matter again. I only want to say two things:
1. to the ones who defend Robin regretted not choosing Ted, that doesn't mean she loved him. I understood at the Halloween scene she was jealous when she realized that destiny and "finding the one" was something that happened for Ted (who spent 9 years of our lives defending this truth) and not for her (who never believed anyway). Through the whole show Robin represented that side of all of us that likes to know or to keep someone always waiting, believing and loving us, even when we know it's never gonna happen or work out. To put she and Ted together again in the end is a big consolation prize for her and maybe to many of us, especially like that without any kind of effort, but kills the very essence of Ted's conception for love, which was to find someone who's ready and open to give as much love and devotion as he could.
2. If you don't agree with this and liked the final episode, I'm happy for you. I actually envy you because life goes on and these 9 years were not in vain for you. But if you think like me, I highly recommend you to watch this alternative version made by a fan and take this, from now on, as the real finale.
19.3.14
17.3.14
16.3.14
12.3.14
8.3.14
International Women's Day
Las Dos Fridas, by Frida Kahlo
I know this painting is about her broken marriage, but we can use the image to go further on the idea of being torn, on how being a woman is not one whole defined experience. If it ever was once, culture and society are making more and more difficult for us to reunite our sense of integrity again.
20.2.14
Frost/Bernal
All the 5 of you that come here frequently know I'm a little obsessed.
So, continuing the GGB Week, I was very surprised to discover that this was the last interview of David Frost.
Since I'm terrified about the idea of "the end" of anything, it would be extremely touching to me if I were the last interviewed of someone, even more of someone with the magnitude of Frost.
I hope you enjoy it.
18.2.14
News from Mr. Dulli
First I had a new EP and the announcement of Paul Thomas Saunders first full album. Now Afghan Whigs are promising one too, after 16 years... and maybe something more than "Invisible" from u2. The musical prospect for 2014 is good.
17.2.14
15.2.14
I have this fear...
of dying without meeting a man like Gael García Bernal.
(I know it's too much to ask for the real thing.)
***
I was about to publish this then I remembered I have met someone like him, so long ago... wow!
I wish I could meet him again. Re-meet him.
Or maybe I'm just ready for Gael himself.
***
I think I woke up in a good humor today. Let's hope it last.
(I know it's too much to ask for the real thing.)
***
I was about to publish this then I remembered I have met someone like him, so long ago... wow!
I wish I could meet him again. Re-meet him.
Or maybe I'm just ready for Gael himself.
***
I think I woke up in a good humor today. Let's hope it last.
14.2.14
11.2.14
29.1.14
28.1.14
I was looking for inspiration...
so I did one new search for my personal muse: Daniel Brühl.
*sigh*
OK, let's go study now...
Wishing a great week to us all.
20.1.14
Her
I don't know if I'll manage to watch this film, since I feel like crying just with the trailer...
There's a chance this one will finally overcome Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as my favorite love story.
5.1.14
Songs of 2013
1. 10 days in Lisbon
2. Who I am and how I feel
3. The concert I've been waiting for 3 years finally happened
4. Two hearts beat as one
5. Someone said this was the song of the year... And I agree
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