about life, or its end...

Many interesting people died in 2012:
(in chronological ordem)

Etta James, U.S. singer 
(January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012);

Wisława Szymborska-Włodek, Polish poet 
(2 July 1923 – 1 February 2012);

Ben Gazzar, U.S. actor and director 
(August 28, 1930 – February 3, 2012);

Wando, Brazilian singer-songwriter 
(October 2, 1945 – February 8, 2012);

Whitney Houston, U.S. artist 
(August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012);

Chico Anysio, Brazilian comedian 
(12 April 1931 – 23 March 2012);

Millôr Fernandes, Brazilian cartoonist, humorist and playwright 
(August 16, 1923 – March 27, 2012);

The Lord of Loud, Jim Marshall, British businessman 
(29 July, 1923 – 5 April, 2012);

The sambaman Dicró, Brazilian artist 
(February 14, 1946 – April 25, 2012);

Tinoco, Brazilian sertanejo music artist, singer-songwriter 
(November 19, 1920 – May 4, 2012);

The Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, U.S. artist 
(August 5, 1964 – May 4, 2012);

The disco diva Donna Summer, U.S. singer-songwriter 
( December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012);

The Bee Gee Robin Gibb, British singer-songwriter 
(December 22, 1949 – May 20, 2012);

Tony Scott, British film director and producer 
(June 21, 1944 – August 19, 2012);

The moonwalker Neil Armstrong, U.S. astronaut 
(August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012);

The "gracinha" Hebe Camargo, Brazilian television artist 
(March 8, 1929 – September 29, 2012);

The entity of Marxism Eric Hobsbawm, British historian 
(June 9, 1917 – 1 October 2012);

The Deep Purple Jon Lord, British music artist 
(June 9, 1941 – 16 July 2012);

Dave Brubeck, U.S. jazz pianist and composer 
(December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012);

The (almost) immortal Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect 
(December 15, 1907 – December 5, 2012);

The Indian influence of Beatles, Ravi Shankar, Indian musician and composer 
(April 17, 1920 – December 11, 2012);

There is still time for more...  Unfortunately. Even more along current prediction for the end of the world in December 21 2012. I hardly believe that many people may commit suicide due to that.


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On the other hand, there was many childbirths:

(in alphabetical ordem)

Adriano;

André Luis;

Antonia;

Antonio;

Beatriz;

Caetano;

Cecília;

Chaytón Hendrix;

Isabelle

João Vicente;

Julia;

Leonardo;

Luiz;

Maria;

Vicente;

besides a boy and a girl I still don't know the names chosen.

There is still time for others... Fortunately, in this case!

*On the top of others who are comimg, probably only in 2013:

Cristal;

Francisco;

Olívia;

Otávio;

Sebastião;

two Valentinas;

two other boys and one girl whose parents haven't choose their name yet;

and two others we are expecting to know the sex.

The best of all these babies and pregnancies is that they are of friends. From important people to me. Real, close.

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the last kiss

 

to the future!

I'm not stuck in old memories, bygone loves.

I don't want back in my life failed stuff of yore. Overcome, I turn the page, clear the stage.

Alternatively, I prefer to move on, try something refreshing, find new people...

A start from scratch is thriving, full of different possibilities!

While others look for their past, receding, I go forward. 

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I avoid anchors(men - not saying sailors or presenters), I'm all for balloons (ones).

mais amor, menos rancor

O quanto podemos suportar desajudados?

Alguns dizem que quando falamos algo, isto ganha força ao exteriorizarmos.

Ao mesmo tempo, pergunto-me quão mal nos faz o fato de remoer sentimentos interiormente, sem desabafar a respeito. Com o tempo, podem tomar conta da gente!

Compartilha-los parece-me ser afim de aliviar as tensões, as agonias e transtornos pessoais, não?! Uma vez divididos, penso que enfraquecem dentro de nós.

Se fôssemos capazes de superar sozinhos tais problemas, creio que seria dispensável o trabalho dos colegas psicólogos e psiquiatras. E não é o caso... Ombros e ouvidos amigos se fazem igualmente necessários.

Bom, o que eu sei é que as coisas tem a dimensão e importância que damos a elas. Independemente. Só tememos o que (a)creditamos.

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resolução

O primeiro a pedir desculpas é o mais corajoso.
O primeiro a perdoar é o mais forte.
E o primeiro a esquecer é o mais feliz.

a hora é agora

pró vidência

pró

Em defesa de, a favor de.
De modo favorável a.
Vantagem, proveito, conveniência.
Aspecto positivo;

vidência

Qualidade ou faculdade de vidente.
Visão sobrenatural.

Fim de ano, fim do mundo, a data de hoje... Nesse momento, tudo se mistura:
 
providência

Medida, atitude necessária.

A vontade rege o mundo. Do resto, o universo se encarrega.

Sem medo... Destino: conspiração do bem.

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"Quando uma criatura humana desperta para um grande sonho e sobre ele lança toda a força de sua alma, todo o universo conspira a seu favor." Goethe

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♪ "Existe aqui uma mulher, uma bruxa, uma princesa uma diva, que beleza!
Escolha o que quiser, mas ande logo.Vá depressa.
Nem se atreva a pensar muito.
O meu universo ainda despreza quem não sabe o que quer..." ♫ Ana Cañas

la douceta

= 

a buceta doce (portugais)
+
la douce chatte (français)

L'amour s'utilise d'un vocabulaire propre. 

La langue du sexe est particulière. 

perfection

Seeking mine, our peace. 

a breath of air

The time comes, even for those who we have thought be immortal.

Oscar Niemeyer, one of the last communists, died leaving much more than his architectural curves, embellishing cities (as the Contemporary Art Museum in Niterói, the Copan Building in São Paulo, the French Communist Party Headquarters,  in Paris, the Mondadori headquarters in Milan, among other postcards...), or "simply" being an entire one, in the case of Brasília. These concrete symbols have another implicit message, that life must be enjoyed, even if it is not fair.

This is exactly what he did during his almost 105 years in this world.

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More about his life, in the documentary A Vida é um Sopro, or on his website.

Hooray!

Today it's HIS day! 

Although it's said Noël, in French, that means 'day of birth', the occasion we celebrate the saint is on the day of his death....

The first time he was cited stablishing his relation with Christmas, was in 1822 by Clement Clark Moore.

In the poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" the patron of children, was described as Santa Claus, giving them gifts in the Eve Christmas. Maybe that's why this opus is also called "The Night Before Christmas".

In fact, he hadn't wear yet a red suit. Created by Haddon Sundblom, this image we all know nowadays: the fatter figure of a old man, came in 1920, with Coke (Coca-Cola) advertisings.

The biginning with conspicuous consumption linked with Christmas Holiday!

Anyway...  

I have just to thank him for giving me graces ♥

Long live to this legend!

é melhor ser alegre que ser triste

photo by Nicole Nandes

Just a solace for being a guest of Bebel Gilberto's live DVD shooting (happening now, at Arpoador beach, in Rio), and not be there...

I miss the beach, my friends and family, besides all cultural Brazilian buzz and our well-known human-warmth.

Furthermore, I love bossa nova!
(isto é muito natural ♥)

cinq étoiles

La prison fictive de Unité 9 semble un hôtel de luxe! Et je ne mets pas en compairison avec Carandiru ou même pas avec la prison de Sağmalcılar, en Turquie (de l'«Express de minuit»)...

Équipée d'appareils électroménagers en acier inoxydable, de dernier cri, leur cuisine est meilleure que chez nous, par exemple! Ses vastes cellules, propres et individuelles, ont plutôt l'air de chambres de condos du Plateau! Ou je me suis trempé d'émission, et ce que je vois n'est que la vie riche des protagonistes de Tu m'aimes, tu?. 

J'ai aucune doute que cela n'est pas la réalité de plusieurs contribuables qui payent pour ce privilège (service de VIP) à ceux qui ont commis un crime (ou plus) à la société. Donc, je pose la question: 

Si vraisemblable, à quel point c'est juste?

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vraisemblance

Trop rigide, la nouvelle “IPL'' de la série TV pénitentiaire, Nancy Prévost, jouée par Debbie Lynch-White, ressemble énormément (pas de jeux de mots!) à inoubliable matricule 728 du SPVM (Service de police de la ville de Montréal), Stéphanie Trudeau.

Comme dans la vrai vie, un personnage remarquable! Toutefois, pas pour son charisme, évidemment. Tous ceux qui ont vécu le «Printemps Érable» se souviendront!

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Malgré tout, je suis vraiment contente qu'on va revoir Marie Lamontagne et sa gang bientôt! Cette intrigue à couper le souffle poursuit l'année prochaine. ⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆

lusarab

It's impressive how similar we, Brazilian people, descendants of Portugueses, are in relation to Arabs. Namely concerning gastronomy.

Some ties I've noticed:

- Cabagge;
- Condensed milk;
- Esfihas;
- Kibes;
- Lentils;
- Olive oil (in Portuguese: azeite, from the Arabic az-zayt);
- Oranges (in Portuguese: laranjas, from the Arabic naranj);
- Rosemary (in Portuguese: alecrim, from the Arabic al-iklil);
- Sirup (in Portuguese: xarope, from the Arabic xarab);
- Sugar (in Portuguese: açúcar, from the Arabic as-sukar)

More:

- Blue (in Portuguese: azul, from the Arabic al-lzaward);
- Cotton (in Portuguese: algodão, from the Arabic al-kutun);
- Custom (in Portuguese: alfândega, from the Arabic al-funduq);
- Market/warehouse (in Portuguese: armazém, from the Arabic al-Makhzan);
- Migraine  in Portuguese: enxaqueca, from the Arabic xaqiqa)
- Tile (in Portuguese: azulejo, from the Arabic al-zuleij)

Among lots of other examples...

Well, it's natural. Moors invaded Portugal from 8th century... Something always remains, in different branchs.

Actually, even in both languages we detect a huge association. Probably, the fact of living abrod has enabled me to distinguish and recognize such parity more easily.

at home, anywhere...

Forget twitter, facebook or any other social media... 

My real and most loyal daily follower is my cat.

No matter what I do, my kitty is always there(!), moving behind me.

For many others, dogs. 

Unconditional love. True one ♥

be mine

I found it, hung on the handrail of a bar, missing. Perfect for me! At that moment and then.

About a year and half ago, I don't know how, when or where, I lost it. Unfortunately.
 

Brown, warm, versatile, basic... I confess that, many times, it was hard to manage without it.
 

One fine day (yesterday, to be more accurate), I went to a second hand shop, looking for something similar to wear under the coat. I even told my husband about that... Surprisingly, there was one! I-d-e-n-t-i-c-a-l. 

What a goog luck! Amazing. So far... So good! 

Well, it's said "If you love something set it free. If it comes back to you, it's yours. If it doesn't, it never was". Thus, more than never, I pretty think that it REALLY belongs to me. 

my life without me

No, it's not about the movie, despite having enjoyed it... It's about life, the real one. Mine.

Everything I've planned has become of others. On the side, at the time when I'm not there anymore.

It's just strange... Being a beholder of my old dreams which are finally coming true. However, too late for me.

Out of complaints, regrets or even sad unpleasant griefs, I can say, proud, loud and clear: so much the better!

Before, only possibilities; now, detachment.
 
Things happens when they should. It's not by chance the way they do... All in good time.

Otherwise, I'm pretty sure that everything it would be different. That is to say no changes. And, in the end, that's not what I've wanted.

All told: Away, I'm better. New aims! 

breakfast

Mealtime is something! Probably, it also means being the thermometer of many relationships.

Coffee and sandwich in the morning are not that important, as long as partners still care about each other. After all, the relevant is love. 

Although once I heard the story of a nice couple who split because of egoism in preparing their breakfast, I honestly feel that small details may be easily overcome.

Albeit it is built and keep by little things which make all the difference. Thus, I understand the end since there is a lack of affection.

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A surefire recipe to save you of these dark moments:

- heat the approach to start;

- grease the feelings with tenderness; 

- flour enough sincerity and respect;

- blend double full measure of love; 

- add a good dose of willingnes;

- beat everything in regular intercourses;

- bake your relationship to keep it always hot;

- cool you in water bath sometimes; 

- caresses, to taste.

hello kitty!

Uma invasão do bem. 

Meu coração está repleto.

Transbordo satisfação, espirro felicidade.

Esse é o amor de Lis bela.

for well

I tip my hat to Ryan Hreljac. 

Aged of only six years old, this praiseworthy Canadian kid was determinated to help people in Africa, building a well for them. Touched by a class in which his teacher Cathy Prest talked about water problems in African continent, he decided to do something. 

It started with $70, charged by doing some home services for his parents. Later, he raised the amout of $2,000 with neighborhood contribution. His first well was built in 1999, when he was seven. Today, he has his own Foundation, which has raised millions of dollars, contributing a total of 518 water and sanitation projects in 16 countries serving over 640,000 people.

How only a single person  can change the world? With will (whatever the age). Small initiatives, anyone, count.

Watch a little passage of Ryan's Well, a documentary about this inspiring story.

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*This is just another reason to be pround of Canada. 

 

against frost weather

I used to dream about a winter black jacket of Benetton. Fluffy, with many buds. A little undue for the tropical cold of Porto Alegre city, I confess. All the same, during several years of my teenages, I went there just to check the price. Something about US$160.

Impossible for me, at that moment, buy it. Too expensive for a luxury. Nevertheless, in 2010, travelling in Europe, I found a similar one. New... for US$ 50! A bargain. I nearly bought two! No, not in a store, in a street market. A generic one. F*ck Benetton!
 

Maybe, I always knew one day I would live in a freezing place, where I will really need it. Today, it's a necessity in my current life. 

Lucky, I received from my step sister a pretty good long one. For very low temperatures, coat the ass is required (we quickly realize that!). 

Not even - 30°C scares me anymore...

en français, S.V.P.

How to avoid boring mobile phone companies calls, being in Montreal?

- Pourriez-vous parler en français, svp?

- Sorry, M'am, but I can't... However, I will ask someone else able to call you later, ok?!

Nevermore disturbed.

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By law, services must be offered primordially in French in Quebec, using English as an alternative. After all, their official language should be respected.

This is not the case, though, in real, pratical daily life here. Unfortunately. 

damn it

They insist to gnaw me...

What a hell of nightmares!

Real life is better, in the way it is.

exorcising ghosts

Spreaded wings against bother! 
(ou, o pulo da gata... )

Care and sweetness prevail, aim higher in heart.

Nothing better than a a new love to replace an old one.

Bye!

experience

Bizarre.

for every thing there is a season

When we are in our twenties, we love to be always surrounded by friends, to share everything with... even our room, the apartment, our entire lives and home. However, growing up, things change. Mates too. 

Privicy is required, then. Being in forties, in couple, married, with a family formed, it's not the ideal live in some kind of tree house, accomodated like in a camping, as teenagers, in an eternal immature party(life). 

Time passes... Ok, unless you are an indian, a hippie, a member of alternative communities, a junkie, or if you are VERY broken to have autonomy, you are not going to agree. It's nonsense, com'on!

Helloooo! Welcome to adult normal life. 

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Divorced, with kids, as showed in La Galère (a big house divided by four women and their children), I sincerely suspect that it doesn't work anyway... After all, in fiction everything looks great.

Maybe, in the seventies, in a place as Les Résidences Soleil, community life might be a coherent option.

Canadian

I really don't know if they realize that their country (where they were born, live, moved... whatever!) is fantastic! Without false modesty.

Of course it's not perfect (there are many problems, a lot of points to improve). Anyway, though, it's perfect in the imperfect way it is: too cold and so far, (or even 'that smooth!') - as almost all suppose.

For me, five stars: a d-r-e-a-m!

That's how I honestly see it: with much love. After all, I fell of it! I own... Here, I'm very warm in that I am in my lover arms.

I'm immensely glad for coming. I feel myself welcome here, "home".

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Furthermore, their goal (at leat in Quebec) seems not be the same of their neighbors. Overall, hey don't partake of American Dream, not even their crazy fears (ironically presented by Michael Moore in this funny video of Bowling for Columbine). 

that's true!

Imagination is something. Who is not able to imagine the characters, the main or  secondary ones, from the books? 

Even with some suggested illustrations, eveyone has his own way to bild all personages in his mind. Furthermore, the environement, clothes, objects, furniture and other accessories. Nothing is let aside by our creativity. Even about the future of each story, (fairy)tale or novels don't end, sometimes, as author propose...

Often, we go forward. Writing better, is just one of the advantages of reading.

In a time of babysitter television, short ciphered sentences online or in texts traffic sent by youngs, parents should think about and take it as a tomorrow investment. Beyond doubt: very prosperous. Not only for kids, though...

Knowledge is priceless! It makes all difference. 

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I simply loved this add from Toronto Public Library!

arousal

Everything a man dream about his wife, girlfriend, affair, lass, date (or whatever!), is that she loves sex. Maybe, being so much optimist, hitting the jackpot (as used to say a pervert old friend): someone who doesn't disgust anything under the sheets!

Albeit, sometimes, are just men who doesn't keep the pot boiling. Perhaps because of fatigue, a mistress, drugs (or alcohol) problems, monotony, or for not coming out... Unlucky! - man, woman, couple; unfortunate relationship.

One way or another, leaving much to be desired... 

(besides she, still horny, at a loss what to do)

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Read an article about. 

on the other hand...

Nothing. For good or ill.
 

feLIZ

Comme peut être simple (et, en même temps, majestueux) le combustible du bonheur, de la joie:

Des câlins avec les pattes, des frôlements sinueux, le miaulement naïf en demandant pour jouer, des regardes qui finissent pour un doux clin d'œil, le ronronner qui n'arrête pas, l'envie de faire dodo ensemble, collée, un 'me suit partout'... 

Tout ça veut dire 'Je t'aime' en "miaowais".

la tentative

La mienne.

J'essaye fort fort. Je le jure.
 
Toutefois, c'est pas facile.

Petit à petit, je me perds en le perdant. 

En fait: il me perd.

by now

The only possible change is letting my hair grow.

For me. For love.

Probably, for the last time.

My choice, as a last sigh of youth. To end a long life stage.

It worths it. 

 

gorgeous silver

Once, I asked my mother why she had her hair dyed. Then, I suggested her to leave it natural, grey. Finally, she said to do that with my own hair, by myself, when graying start on me.

Not at that moment, but, now, I undertand her being on the defensive. It's a delicate situation for many women witnessing their hair lose colour; thus, being obligate to dye hair constantly. Many, in fact, the majority, opt for keeping their young hues artificially.

Alternatively, I honestly feel that ladies as Françoise Hardy, Carmen Dell’Orefice, Jamie Lee Curtis, Helen Mirren, Vanessa Redgrave, and last but not least, Meryl Streep (as Miranda Priestly, in The Devil Wears Prada), are glamorous in the way they are: both old and chic.

Their look, a choise, despite thousands of advertisings selling hair dye, as I see it, means a victory, an embrace of the natural changes, an acceptance of lifecycle. Without a doubt, it's an audacious one.

Furthermore, of course, having beautiful gray hair also requires special cares - expensive too! Olden with vanity, a challenge!

Mine, in a few years. Decided!

love it

Soup is the salad of winter.

(Sorry, Mafalda, but your mom is right about that... It's good!) 

bee careful

Take it easy, it's not an attack by them!

Actually, lately, watching diverse documentaries (thanks Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec!), I realized just the opposite: that is to say, we are striking them! Gradually.

Little by little, they are disappearing! Maybe because of pesticides, or due to global warming... This phenomenon is called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Causes haven't been discovered yet.

I admit I haven't been abreast about problems concerning this insect. However, now, informed and esteeming their fundamental importance role in nature (beyond hooney production), I'm immensely worried about the future.

And you? Just bee!

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Learn about what is happened to them by these two good movies:

Colony

La Reine Malade (trailer)