Thursday, November 8, 2007
Lazy as Hell (after frozen over)
Too much work.
Too many decisions to make.
Too many moral judgements.
Too much screwing up the people I love.
Not enough sleep.
Too much crap eating.
Too much of missing home.
and yet...
Lots of cuddling my cat.
Lots of friends to put up with me.
Lots of people I will never forget.
Lots of unexpected kindness gestures.
Lots of sms in my phone.
...and something good happening.
And I also managed to fall only twice went I went ice skating last week! In one of them I was knocked down by a 4 year old... And I'm blonde again! And annoyed yesterday because Benfica lost (again)! And I bought an airplaine ticket home for Christmas!
Happy!
Tired!
And waiting to see what happens...
Too many decisions to make.
Too many moral judgements.
Too much screwing up the people I love.
Not enough sleep.
Too much crap eating.
Too much of missing home.
and yet...
Lots of cuddling my cat.
Lots of friends to put up with me.
Lots of people I will never forget.
Lots of unexpected kindness gestures.
Lots of sms in my phone.
...and something good happening.
And I also managed to fall only twice went I went ice skating last week! In one of them I was knocked down by a 4 year old... And I'm blonde again! And annoyed yesterday because Benfica lost (again)! And I bought an airplaine ticket home for Christmas!
Happy!
Tired!
And waiting to see what happens...
Saturday, November 3, 2007
SOMETHING...
There is something strange in the Brussel's air these days. I can feel winds of change coming... Uhmmm...
Thursday, November 1, 2007
THE LOVELY BONES
"These were the lovely bones that had grown around my absence: the connections — sometimes tenuous, sometimes made at great cost, but often magnificent — that happened after I was gone. And I began to see things in a way that let me hold the world without me in it. The events my death wrought were merely the bones of a body that would become whole at some unpredictable time in the future. The price of what I came to see as this miraculous lifeless body had been my life."
These are the words of one of the books that touched me the most; it's a somehow unusual plot as it is narrated by a dead girl. She was murdered, and from heaven (yes, from heaven) she watches her family being torn apart after her unexpected demise.
Turns out this book, first novel by Alice Sebold and quite an acclaimed one by critics, is turning into a movie, probably coming out next year. The cast is dreamy: Rachel Weisz (The constant Gardener), Mark Wahlberg (The departed, Planet of the Apes-wow came a long way Marky Mark), and Susan Sarandon (Thelma&Louise and a zillion more). Best thing: director is Peter Jackson so I expect nothing less than a masterpiece!
These are the words of one of the books that touched me the most; it's a somehow unusual plot as it is narrated by a dead girl. She was murdered, and from heaven (yes, from heaven) she watches her family being torn apart after her unexpected demise.
Turns out this book, first novel by Alice Sebold and quite an acclaimed one by critics, is turning into a movie, probably coming out next year. The cast is dreamy: Rachel Weisz (The constant Gardener), Mark Wahlberg (The departed, Planet of the Apes-wow came a long way Marky Mark), and Susan Sarandon (Thelma&Louise and a zillion more). Best thing: director is Peter Jackson so I expect nothing less than a masterpiece!
Will be eagerly waiting for this one. Really. Really really.
Still dwelling on the same subject (masterpiece books being adapted into usually crappy films), not to miss out the adaptation of Blindness by Saramago. Directed by the hype Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles, and casting talents like Gael Garcia Benal and Julianne Moore.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
THE SHAME
It seems that a (so called) journalist Tony Parsons wrote an article on the interview of the Portuguese ambassador in London, António Santana Carlos. The ambassador was interviewed by the Times newspaper and the focus was obviously Maddie and the crashing relations amongst the 2 countries. To me it seemed an attempt to ease things up, but probably better would have been NOT to talk about it!
I've been following this case for a while, trying to understand what happened that night. Well no matter how many articles I read, no matter what side I feel is right, I will most likely never now what happened. As no one else will. It is quite sad and makes my stomach turn to see what a big circus it all has become. And also in life, after 30 fully lived years, I realized that common sense is an underrated thing, and usually the truth is the most obvious. It is very clear something is DEEPLY wrong with this whole picture. What always bothered me the most was the lying. Why do they all lie about the crucial hours? Why do the people on THAT TABLE have contradictory testimonials? If a key to this puzzle is ever found, it is surely there. In those hours.
Maddie aside the whole thing is turning into a political thing. Why did Gordon Brown gave them his PR? Why is he defending them? Doesn’t he know they are suspects??? Is it wise for a prime minister to play with fire like this? Why does the British police do not give to us the McCann’s phone registry? Something is VERY WRONG with this. Can feel it in my bones.
And I am sorry for her, because she was beautiful, because she was 4, because she deserved better. Better than being buried, kidnapped, whatever. She deserved stupid cartoons and chocolate milk. NOT THIS.
Anyway back to the main subject: the text that this lovely person called Tony Parsons and that goes by the lovely title of: "OH, UP YOURS, SENOR". First remark, it is not senor it is senhor you incompetent twat!
Then the (so called) journalist uses expressions like "The sight of locals jeering at Kate McCann as she went in for questioning made me feel as though these leering bumpkins were not from another country, but another planet. ". Damn. That’s a strong one. I even had to go to dictionary to check what a leering bumpkin is. It is a yahoo staring at something. Nice.
More: "And I would respectfully suggest that in future, if you can't say something constructive about the disappearance of little Madeleine, then you just keep your stupid, sardine-munching mouth shut.” Good one! Ten points! Creative! No one would ever think of sardines to insult a whole nation! You are one creative bastard Tony (although Tony is a name just a tad bumpkin I reckon)!
You know what you f****** asshole? Up yours. Or as we say in Portugal in a very bumpkin way: vai pó c****** filho da P***.
Read the ambassadors interview here.
Read the bag of shit article by Tony Parsons here.
I've been following this case for a while, trying to understand what happened that night. Well no matter how many articles I read, no matter what side I feel is right, I will most likely never now what happened. As no one else will. It is quite sad and makes my stomach turn to see what a big circus it all has become. And also in life, after 30 fully lived years, I realized that common sense is an underrated thing, and usually the truth is the most obvious. It is very clear something is DEEPLY wrong with this whole picture. What always bothered me the most was the lying. Why do they all lie about the crucial hours? Why do the people on THAT TABLE have contradictory testimonials? If a key to this puzzle is ever found, it is surely there. In those hours.
Maddie aside the whole thing is turning into a political thing. Why did Gordon Brown gave them his PR? Why is he defending them? Doesn’t he know they are suspects??? Is it wise for a prime minister to play with fire like this? Why does the British police do not give to us the McCann’s phone registry? Something is VERY WRONG with this. Can feel it in my bones.
And I am sorry for her, because she was beautiful, because she was 4, because she deserved better. Better than being buried, kidnapped, whatever. She deserved stupid cartoons and chocolate milk. NOT THIS.
Anyway back to the main subject: the text that this lovely person called Tony Parsons and that goes by the lovely title of: "OH, UP YOURS, SENOR". First remark, it is not senor it is senhor you incompetent twat!
Then the (so called) journalist uses expressions like "The sight of locals jeering at Kate McCann as she went in for questioning made me feel as though these leering bumpkins were not from another country, but another planet. ". Damn. That’s a strong one. I even had to go to dictionary to check what a leering bumpkin is. It is a yahoo staring at something. Nice.
More: "And I would respectfully suggest that in future, if you can't say something constructive about the disappearance of little Madeleine, then you just keep your stupid, sardine-munching mouth shut.” Good one! Ten points! Creative! No one would ever think of sardines to insult a whole nation! You are one creative bastard Tony (although Tony is a name just a tad bumpkin I reckon)!
You know what you f****** asshole? Up yours. Or as we say in Portugal in a very bumpkin way: vai pó c****** filho da P***.
Read the ambassadors interview here.
Read the bag of shit article by Tony Parsons here.
Monday, October 29, 2007
PARTY AT NAMITA'S SATURDAY 27 OCT
Namita's Cocktail: mix beautiful people, a whole bunch of different countries, liquid cheesecake and salty chocolate mousse, spicy eating thingies, shake well and then try. At your own risk!
Saturday, October 27, 2007
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING CULTURAL...
Encompassing the Globe Portugal and the World in the 16th and the 17th Centuries Friday 26.10.2007 > Sunday 03.02.2008 Centre for Fine Arts-Bozar
"By bringing together more than 180 extraordinary masterpieces, this exhibition has the purpose to explore the unity and diversity of the cultures that contributed to Portugal's trading empire. From Africa to Brazil passing trough China, Japan and the Indian Ocean, it provides a wide-ranging and unforgettable image of the new world's great age of discovery. If the centrepiece of this event will focus more on Portugal itself, on the tracks of the Portuguese conquests between old maps, navigational instruments and manuscripts, the main interest of this exhibition remains in its indubitable diversity"
Although I do believe that Portugal focuses too much on it's past, one has to admit it is a hefty past. Agreeing or not with the colonization bit, that in this day and age would most likely prompt George Bush to invade us, not to mention how un-PC it is taking another country as your own just because some king fancies spices, the historical legacy that this small garden, planted by the sea (aka Portugal) left, is huge. For appetizer can also point out that this exhibit has the hand of the Smithsonian.
I will most definitely go, also because as every Portuguese and emigrant, I suffer from an identity crisis which can only be mended by searching the historical and cultural roots of this small (but huge) nation.
"By bringing together more than 180 extraordinary masterpieces, this exhibition has the purpose to explore the unity and diversity of the cultures that contributed to Portugal's trading empire. From Africa to Brazil passing trough China, Japan and the Indian Ocean, it provides a wide-ranging and unforgettable image of the new world's great age of discovery. If the centrepiece of this event will focus more on Portugal itself, on the tracks of the Portuguese conquests between old maps, navigational instruments and manuscripts, the main interest of this exhibition remains in its indubitable diversity"
Although I do believe that Portugal focuses too much on it's past, one has to admit it is a hefty past. Agreeing or not with the colonization bit, that in this day and age would most likely prompt George Bush to invade us, not to mention how un-PC it is taking another country as your own just because some king fancies spices, the historical legacy that this small garden, planted by the sea (aka Portugal) left, is huge. For appetizer can also point out that this exhibit has the hand of the Smithsonian.
I will most definitely go, also because as every Portuguese and emigrant, I suffer from an identity crisis which can only be mended by searching the historical and cultural roots of this small (but huge) nation.
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