"What?"
"I lost my ticket!"
It wasn`t in any pocket. Mariana looks in her purse, in every possible place. She finds nothing.
"I had it just now! I had both tickets, mine and yours. I gave you one. Isn`t mine with you?"
"No, it`s not."
He had only one ticket. The concert was near there, on the beach, close to the sea. Electronic music, to dance until dawn. The ticket wouldn`t show up.
"Mariana, wouldn`t it have fallen somewhere?"
She looks around and starts walking back from where she came from. John, from the distance, was looking at her as she took something from the ground. She comes back smiling and hopping on her high heels.
"I found it!"
***
"I don`t wanna know of any concert! You`re nothing to me! I`m going home!"
"No, wait!"
Sad, Emanuel sits on the beach. He looks at the sky and at the sea, and how they seem to mirror each other. In despair, he says: "I`d like to not have done what I did, I love her so much!"
The concert was about to begin as he cries. He cries and the pain he feels in his chest is louder than the bass of the subwoofers. He was in panic. He threw away his ticket to the concert. With his head on his knees he tried to hide from himself. The ticket didn`t matter. Nothing else did matter.
He raised his head once more to look at the sea. There was no one around, everyone was on the line to enter the concert. He felt even more alone than before. Only then he noticed a girl was coming closer. It wasn`t his love. He only listened her saying three words:
"I found it!"
10 de nov. de 2004
22 de out. de 2004
Ideology
It's part of the american culture - and I mean the continental culture, not only the folks out there in the US - the search for a leader. Not an entity that represents leadership, but indeed one leader, the predestinated, the guy that saves the country from disgrace.
In Brazil's last presidential election, Lula, a former communist, was elected by the great majority the country. The reasons aren't really clear, since Fernando Henrique, ex-president, was reelected after 4 years of presidency. It seems that Lula was the guy from opposition. During his campaign, he used to say that "hope must win from fear". And that pure opposition doesn't work for the country, yet it has its points when it comes down to Ideology.
As the world watches what is happening in the US, issues like national security or national economy come up all of a sudden. Most people don't think about it as much as when it is time to vote again.
In Europe, people choose their prime ministers according to their parties. In the US (or in Brazil, for that matter) people don't seem to choose a president accordingly to the parties' ideology. Their options are made through the appearance of the candidates. The way they speak or behave in public. Their ideas are not part of the game. The game is decided through their expressions better than through their objectives. That's the mistake.
It is hard to tell, for most americans, who's gonna do the best job in America right now. Bush can be good or evil - although, to me, Bush is gonna crash the country economically if he wins again. But Kerry is an enigma. His agenda sounds like the democrats' speech, but he is for the war on terror that Bush also defends. Therefore we can't say what is gonna happen to the world if any of them wins.
As an outsider, I could tell that Kerry is much less harmful than Bush. And that he has good intentions for the general public - and not specific plans for specific companies. Let's wait and see what will come next.
In Brazil's last presidential election, Lula, a former communist, was elected by the great majority the country. The reasons aren't really clear, since Fernando Henrique, ex-president, was reelected after 4 years of presidency. It seems that Lula was the guy from opposition. During his campaign, he used to say that "hope must win from fear". And that pure opposition doesn't work for the country, yet it has its points when it comes down to Ideology.
As the world watches what is happening in the US, issues like national security or national economy come up all of a sudden. Most people don't think about it as much as when it is time to vote again.
In Europe, people choose their prime ministers according to their parties. In the US (or in Brazil, for that matter) people don't seem to choose a president accordingly to the parties' ideology. Their options are made through the appearance of the candidates. The way they speak or behave in public. Their ideas are not part of the game. The game is decided through their expressions better than through their objectives. That's the mistake.
It is hard to tell, for most americans, who's gonna do the best job in America right now. Bush can be good or evil - although, to me, Bush is gonna crash the country economically if he wins again. But Kerry is an enigma. His agenda sounds like the democrats' speech, but he is for the war on terror that Bush also defends. Therefore we can't say what is gonna happen to the world if any of them wins.
As an outsider, I could tell that Kerry is much less harmful than Bush. And that he has good intentions for the general public - and not specific plans for specific companies. Let's wait and see what will come next.
Spit
Spit fire, just like the war dragon
burn and fly all over your own burning.
You aim your target, but your aim is missing
and when you miss it, you just can`t go on.
Because if you burn everything on Earth
You will burn even your place of birth.
Just like the stupid man that only cries
loud enough to deaf, in his catharsis.
burn and fly all over your own burning.
You aim your target, but your aim is missing
and when you miss it, you just can`t go on.
Because if you burn everything on Earth
You will burn even your place of birth.
Just like the stupid man that only cries
loud enough to deaf, in his catharsis.
19 de out. de 2004
Drink.
Drink because time will pass,
soldier, you have your uniform to dress.
With the same fire you prepare your food
wants everything burning for good.
They want everything blowing up some
woods, lives, families, homes!
With loud and histeric explosions
along with tests from the belic fissions.
And if there`s no enemy to attack
don`t hesitate: throw bombs on Iraq!
soldier, you have your uniform to dress.
With the same fire you prepare your food
wants everything burning for good.
They want everything blowing up some
woods, lives, families, homes!
With loud and histeric explosions
along with tests from the belic fissions.
And if there`s no enemy to attack
don`t hesitate: throw bombs on Iraq!
12 de out. de 2004
Two Campaigns, Two meanings, Two places
In Brazil, specifically in São Paulo, Marta Suplicy and José Serra are both running for mayors this year. Current mayor Marta Suplicy's been doing bad on the newer polls. Her opponent, José Serra, from the Social-Democrat Party (PSDB) is showing his strength now, after having lost the Presidency for Lula two years ago.
Until now the campaign for mayor on the biggest South American city has been being weird. Marta Suplicy did a great job on the city, but she's being criticized exactly for her job. São Paulo is a dirty city. Since its growth wasn't planned, there are places which are fully disorganized. The traffic jams every single day, even on weekends. To take cars out of the street, there are days in which cars cannot be driven according to the license plate number. Garbage collecting is now being taxed. São Paulo has become not only the biggest city in Brazil, but the most expensive too.
José Serra campaign focuses on the opposite what Marta's been doing. He pledges not to create anymore taxes. And he says he's gonna invest on public transportation as a way of getting our traffic better. His ideas are pretty much the same as Marta's for most fields. But he's gonna win because Marta, according to his campaign, invested on palm trees instead of any other thing.
I believe it is important to live in a nice city, where there are trees to process all the carbon dioxide we throw on the atmosphere. But certainly Mr. Serra doesn't believe on that. He believes that São Paulo deserves to stay as an ugly city as it has always been. And that's because Mr. Serra was part of the prior presidency ministery, in which they raised the brazilian debt with higher rates. He lost last election for presidency and now he wants to become a mayor. For some these would be a major drop on a political carreer. For him it is one of the best things on his life. He's never been elected for any administrative position. He'll have the opportunity to show whether he's competent as a mayor now, since polls are showing he's gonna win.
In the same continent, up north, Bush and Kerry debate about who's going to be the next USA president. That debate is a little more complicated. Both candidates have a similar plan for most areas. The difference is not on the words, but on the actions. Democrats has shown their effort on reducing the USA debts during Clinton government. But during that period, the big frauds caused by big companies like Enron and MCI brought the american economy to one of the biggest debts on their History. As a fact, Bush lost the track on the number of job positions opened on the marketing. That is undeniable.
But he says he did it on the sack of the War on Terror. As a brazilian, I should say I don't believe in such thing as a "war on terror". That's totally useless. What should be done is investment on intelligence, that is, investing on good spies who can actually seek real terrorists and act before they do. That would be the War on Terror Bush should have done. Invading Iraq and Afghanistan certainly did make this world any better.
John Kerry is out there to show better results. I believe that american people should try to balance their positions and, from time to time, put a conservator as Bush out there to see if it is good. But at this time, if you look at it carefully, Bush is not going to be able to lead USA for a good future. Actually, under his hand US is probably going to pass through a time of indefinition and moneyspending with useless wars who seems now be more for oil than for anything else.
Let's wait and see.
Until now the campaign for mayor on the biggest South American city has been being weird. Marta Suplicy did a great job on the city, but she's being criticized exactly for her job. São Paulo is a dirty city. Since its growth wasn't planned, there are places which are fully disorganized. The traffic jams every single day, even on weekends. To take cars out of the street, there are days in which cars cannot be driven according to the license plate number. Garbage collecting is now being taxed. São Paulo has become not only the biggest city in Brazil, but the most expensive too.
José Serra campaign focuses on the opposite what Marta's been doing. He pledges not to create anymore taxes. And he says he's gonna invest on public transportation as a way of getting our traffic better. His ideas are pretty much the same as Marta's for most fields. But he's gonna win because Marta, according to his campaign, invested on palm trees instead of any other thing.
I believe it is important to live in a nice city, where there are trees to process all the carbon dioxide we throw on the atmosphere. But certainly Mr. Serra doesn't believe on that. He believes that São Paulo deserves to stay as an ugly city as it has always been. And that's because Mr. Serra was part of the prior presidency ministery, in which they raised the brazilian debt with higher rates. He lost last election for presidency and now he wants to become a mayor. For some these would be a major drop on a political carreer. For him it is one of the best things on his life. He's never been elected for any administrative position. He'll have the opportunity to show whether he's competent as a mayor now, since polls are showing he's gonna win.
In the same continent, up north, Bush and Kerry debate about who's going to be the next USA president. That debate is a little more complicated. Both candidates have a similar plan for most areas. The difference is not on the words, but on the actions. Democrats has shown their effort on reducing the USA debts during Clinton government. But during that period, the big frauds caused by big companies like Enron and MCI brought the american economy to one of the biggest debts on their History. As a fact, Bush lost the track on the number of job positions opened on the marketing. That is undeniable.
But he says he did it on the sack of the War on Terror. As a brazilian, I should say I don't believe in such thing as a "war on terror". That's totally useless. What should be done is investment on intelligence, that is, investing on good spies who can actually seek real terrorists and act before they do. That would be the War on Terror Bush should have done. Invading Iraq and Afghanistan certainly did make this world any better.
John Kerry is out there to show better results. I believe that american people should try to balance their positions and, from time to time, put a conservator as Bush out there to see if it is good. But at this time, if you look at it carefully, Bush is not going to be able to lead USA for a good future. Actually, under his hand US is probably going to pass through a time of indefinition and moneyspending with useless wars who seems now be more for oil than for anything else.
Let's wait and see.
11 de out. de 2004
No time to escape
There is time for everything.
Time to follow the wind
- with an open wing!
Time to cry and remind.
Sometimes we press forward,
sometimes we press rewind
In our life videotape.
There is time for the peace of mind,
but from mind there`s no time to escape.
Time to follow the wind
- with an open wing!
Time to cry and remind.
Sometimes we press forward,
sometimes we press rewind
In our life videotape.
There is time for the peace of mind,
but from mind there`s no time to escape.
10 de out. de 2004
Turn on the world
The world only seem
that it's not turned on
when it forgets the key
and desperately
wants everything locked
wants to be paralyzed
just like in a spider web
walking from side to side
just like a crab.
The world is just a moment
between lunch and dinner.
We are just yawning
until love comes as winner.
that it's not turned on
when it forgets the key
and desperately
wants everything locked
wants to be paralyzed
just like in a spider web
walking from side to side
just like a crab.
The world is just a moment
between lunch and dinner.
We are just yawning
until love comes as winner.
Rules and norms
"You must not leave the house today."
And then he left, leaving me alone in that big house. What could I do? I felt like I was arrested, I felt like I did something wrong, but I couldn't figure out what it was. Rules and norms, he used to say. Rules are laws that must be obeyed . Norms are rules you must obey so that everything stays normal. But that is just too boring.
I decided to leave. I took my car and drove out. I felt in the wind in my hair the smell of freedom. I cried when the wind went into my eyes. I cried when I felt under my skin the taste of the abnormal.
I found out I should go to some place far away. I went to a park on the other side of the city. Why not? See new people, see their pets, their lives, their vibrations would feel good, I thought.
I got there and started to look around. I parked my car somewhere and went for a stroll. I walked around a big lake. Then I saw ducks, I saw people feeding fishes, I saw pigeons eating everything people dropped, I saw little kids running from one side to another - never on a straight line - I saw young and old people walking together, I saw dogs and dog owners, each one with their own collars, I saw dreams, plans and ideas on the eyes of lovers. And then I saw my dad.
"I'm glad you came!"
"Dad, I'm sorry... I left the house, I know that I shouldn't but..."
"It is ok, my dear daughter. To go against the rules is part of our life ritual. And in that ritual you are only beginning your initiation".
I walked around the lake with my dad. He then showed me a tree. On it there was an inscription that he and my mother left there twenty years ago. A heart with their initials and a date. January 20, 1984. January 20 is the day my mother died, four years ago. With tears all over his face, he then said.
"In that day we ran away too."
And then he left, leaving me alone in that big house. What could I do? I felt like I was arrested, I felt like I did something wrong, but I couldn't figure out what it was. Rules and norms, he used to say. Rules are laws that must be obeyed . Norms are rules you must obey so that everything stays normal. But that is just too boring.
I decided to leave. I took my car and drove out. I felt in the wind in my hair the smell of freedom. I cried when the wind went into my eyes. I cried when I felt under my skin the taste of the abnormal.
I found out I should go to some place far away. I went to a park on the other side of the city. Why not? See new people, see their pets, their lives, their vibrations would feel good, I thought.
I got there and started to look around. I parked my car somewhere and went for a stroll. I walked around a big lake. Then I saw ducks, I saw people feeding fishes, I saw pigeons eating everything people dropped, I saw little kids running from one side to another - never on a straight line - I saw young and old people walking together, I saw dogs and dog owners, each one with their own collars, I saw dreams, plans and ideas on the eyes of lovers. And then I saw my dad.
"I'm glad you came!"
"Dad, I'm sorry... I left the house, I know that I shouldn't but..."
"It is ok, my dear daughter. To go against the rules is part of our life ritual. And in that ritual you are only beginning your initiation".
I walked around the lake with my dad. He then showed me a tree. On it there was an inscription that he and my mother left there twenty years ago. A heart with their initials and a date. January 20, 1984. January 20 is the day my mother died, four years ago. With tears all over his face, he then said.
"In that day we ran away too."
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