Sunday, November 26, 2006
OPÇÕES
A pouco e pouco, vemos as nossas escolhas tomar forma e vida. E entre breves momentos, lentos, sentimos que essas direcções tomadas são reais. Constroem-se realmente. As dúvidas,pequenas forças que fazem olhar para trás e tornar o passo mais pequeno, vão tornado-se nas certezas que desde sempre conheciamos. Que palete tão grande de vidas existe, que universo de sabores. Neste emaranhado vamos andando, até chegarmos á ponta do novelo. Não há nada mais libertador que a acção de optar.
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
great quotes II
It matters not
Who you Love
Where you Love
Why you Love
When you Love
or How you Love.
It only matters That you Love.
- John Lennon
Who you Love
Where you Love
Why you Love
When you Love
or How you Love.
It only matters That you Love.
- John Lennon
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
great quotes I
“Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.”
— Plato
— Plato
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Thursday, September 14, 2006
best practices EVER
yeps... estive em formação nos últimos dois dias, e sinceramente, posso dizer sem qualquer margem para dúvidas de que se tratou da melhor formação que já tive nos últimos 5 anos (não digo mais porque como a maioria saberá - ou não - não sou um prodígio no que diz respeito a memória :)).
para quem quiser ver do que estou a falar: Perl Best Practices
Não só o interlocutor é do melhor que existe na área, como é acessível/interactivo, bom comunicador e acima de tudo tem um sentido de humor fantástico.
Em duas palavras: Gostei imenso.
Obrigada à Log e ao meu chefe Edgar Costa, uns por tornarem possível a formação e outro por ter tornado possível a minha participação nela.
para quem quiser ver do que estou a falar: Perl Best Practices
Não só o interlocutor é do melhor que existe na área, como é acessível/interactivo, bom comunicador e acima de tudo tem um sentido de humor fantástico.
Em duas palavras: Gostei imenso.
Obrigada à Log e ao meu chefe Edgar Costa, uns por tornarem possível a formação e outro por ter tornado possível a minha participação nela.
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
brave new world
Costuma se dizer, "Não faças aos outros o que não gostarias que fizessem a ti.".
E se a partir de agora se dissesse: "Faz aos outros aquilo que gostarias que fizessem a ti!".
Não seria muito melhor?
E se a partir de agora se dissesse: "Faz aos outros aquilo que gostarias que fizessem a ti!".
Não seria muito melhor?
Sunday, July 02, 2006
AS GOOD AS IT GETS
ZOE
I can't resist. You usually move through here so quickly and I have so many questions I want to ask you. You have no idea what your work means to me.
MELVIN
What's it mean?
ZOE
That somebody out there knows what it's like to be... (taps her head and heart) in here.
MELVIN
Oh God, this is like a nightmare.
ZOE
Aw come on, just a couple of questions -- how hard is that?
As he hits the button, wipes his fingers, hits the button etc.
ZOE
How do you write women so well?
MELVIN
(as he turns toward her) I think of a man and take away reason and accountability.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAROL
Uh, Udall?
MELVIN (O.S.)
Carol the waitress?
CAROL
Yes.
As we hear him unlock the door, Carol looks at her breasts and gasps. She grasps the fabric and holds it straight out just as Melvin opens the door. His hair is
static city, standing on end as he periodically gives it self-conscious pats.
CAROL
The doctors had your billing address. I'm sorry about the hour.
MELVIN
I was working... can't you just drop me a thank-you note?
CAROL
That's not why I'm here... (tearing suddenly)
... though you have no idea what it's like to have a real conversation with a doctor about Spencer...
MELVIN
(very uncomfortable) Note. Put it in the note.
CAROL
Why did yo do this for me?
MELVIN
To get you back at work so you can wait on me.
CAROL
But you do have some idea how strange that sounds??? I'm worried that you did this because...
She pauses -- the beginning of an extraordinarily long silence. Finally.
MELVIN
You waiting for me to say something?
(as she shakes her head) What sort of thing do you want? Look, I'll be at the restaurant tomorrow.
CAROL
I don't think I can wait until tomorrow. This needs clearing up.
MELVIN
What needs clearing up?
CAROL
(strong and true) I'm not going to sleep with you. I will never, ever sleep with you. Never. Not ever.
Melvin's reaction? Well, he'll never get credit for the brief but intense inner struggle -- the struggle not to scream --
-- not to cry -- to process the sudden and stunning hurt during his half turn away from her -- and then answer hoarsely.
MELVIN
I'm sorry. We don't open for the no-sex oaths until 9 a.m.
Carol is amused, surprised... maybe, in some small way ever taken by his style... but top priority is clarity.
CAROL
I'm not kidding.
MELVIN
Okay!!!! Anything else?!?
CAROL
Just how grateful I am.
Her mission completed -- she turns.
MELVIN
So you'll be at work?
CAROL
Yes.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAROL
Hi.
MELVIN
Thanks for being on time... Carol, the waitress, this is Simon, the
fag.
CAROL
Hello... Oh, my God, who did that to you?
SIMON
I, uh... I was... attacked. Walked in on people robbing me. I
was hospitalized. I almost died.
MELVIN
Let's do the small talk in the car. Load up.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MELVIN
Can I ask you a personal question?
Simon laughs loudly in apprehension squared.
MELVIN
Do you ever get an erection for a woman?
SIMON
Melvin...
MELVIN
Wouldn't your lie be a lot easier if you were not...
SIMON
You consider your life easy.
MELVIN
I give you that one...
(eyes suitcase)
Nice packing.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MELVIN
(to Carol)
Okay, I got a real great compliment for you and it's true.
CAROL
I am so afraid you're about to say something awful...
MELVIN
Don't be pessimistic. It's not your style. Okay... Here I go... Clearly a mistake. (this is hell for him) I have this -- what? Ailment... And my doctor -- a shrink... who I used to see all the time... he says 50 or 60 percent of the time a pill can really help. I hate pills. Very dangerous things, pills. "Hate," I am using the word "hate" about pills. My compliment is that when you came to my house that time and told me how you'd never -- well, you were there, you know what you said... My compliment is, the next morning I started taking these pills.
CAROL
(a little confused) I don't quite get how that's a compliment for me.
Amazing that something in Melvin rises to the occasion -- so that he uncharacteristically looks at her directly -- then:
MELVIN
You make me want to be a better man.
Carol never expected the kind of praise which would so slip under her guard. She stumbles a bit -- flattered, momentarily moved and his for the taking.
CAROL
That's maybe the best compliment of my life.
MELVIN
Maybe I've overshot here just a little 'cause I was aiming at just enough
to keep you from walking out.
I can't resist. You usually move through here so quickly and I have so many questions I want to ask you. You have no idea what your work means to me.
MELVIN
What's it mean?
ZOE
That somebody out there knows what it's like to be... (taps her head and heart) in here.
MELVIN
Oh God, this is like a nightmare.
ZOE
Aw come on, just a couple of questions -- how hard is that?
As he hits the button, wipes his fingers, hits the button etc.
ZOE
How do you write women so well?
MELVIN
(as he turns toward her) I think of a man and take away reason and accountability.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAROL
Uh, Udall?
MELVIN (O.S.)
Carol the waitress?
CAROL
Yes.
As we hear him unlock the door, Carol looks at her breasts and gasps. She grasps the fabric and holds it straight out just as Melvin opens the door. His hair is
static city, standing on end as he periodically gives it self-conscious pats.
CAROL
The doctors had your billing address. I'm sorry about the hour.
MELVIN
I was working... can't you just drop me a thank-you note?
CAROL
That's not why I'm here... (tearing suddenly)
... though you have no idea what it's like to have a real conversation with a doctor about Spencer...
MELVIN
(very uncomfortable) Note. Put it in the note.
CAROL
Why did yo do this for me?
MELVIN
To get you back at work so you can wait on me.
CAROL
But you do have some idea how strange that sounds??? I'm worried that you did this because...
She pauses -- the beginning of an extraordinarily long silence. Finally.
MELVIN
You waiting for me to say something?
(as she shakes her head) What sort of thing do you want? Look, I'll be at the restaurant tomorrow.
CAROL
I don't think I can wait until tomorrow. This needs clearing up.
MELVIN
What needs clearing up?
CAROL
(strong and true) I'm not going to sleep with you. I will never, ever sleep with you. Never. Not ever.
Melvin's reaction? Well, he'll never get credit for the brief but intense inner struggle -- the struggle not to scream --
-- not to cry -- to process the sudden and stunning hurt during his half turn away from her -- and then answer hoarsely.
MELVIN
I'm sorry. We don't open for the no-sex oaths until 9 a.m.
Carol is amused, surprised... maybe, in some small way ever taken by his style... but top priority is clarity.
CAROL
I'm not kidding.
MELVIN
Okay!!!! Anything else?!?
CAROL
Just how grateful I am.
Her mission completed -- she turns.
MELVIN
So you'll be at work?
CAROL
Yes.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAROL
Hi.
MELVIN
Thanks for being on time... Carol, the waitress, this is Simon, the
fag.
CAROL
Hello... Oh, my God, who did that to you?
SIMON
I, uh... I was... attacked. Walked in on people robbing me. I
was hospitalized. I almost died.
MELVIN
Let's do the small talk in the car. Load up.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MELVIN
Can I ask you a personal question?
Simon laughs loudly in apprehension squared.
MELVIN
Do you ever get an erection for a woman?
SIMON
Melvin...
MELVIN
Wouldn't your lie be a lot easier if you were not...
SIMON
You consider your life easy.
MELVIN
I give you that one...
(eyes suitcase)
Nice packing.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MELVIN
(to Carol)
Okay, I got a real great compliment for you and it's true.
CAROL
I am so afraid you're about to say something awful...
MELVIN
Don't be pessimistic. It's not your style. Okay... Here I go... Clearly a mistake. (this is hell for him) I have this -- what? Ailment... And my doctor -- a shrink... who I used to see all the time... he says 50 or 60 percent of the time a pill can really help. I hate pills. Very dangerous things, pills. "Hate," I am using the word "hate" about pills. My compliment is that when you came to my house that time and told me how you'd never -- well, you were there, you know what you said... My compliment is, the next morning I started taking these pills.
CAROL
(a little confused) I don't quite get how that's a compliment for me.
Amazing that something in Melvin rises to the occasion -- so that he uncharacteristically looks at her directly -- then:
MELVIN
You make me want to be a better man.
Carol never expected the kind of praise which would so slip under her guard. She stumbles a bit -- flattered, momentarily moved and his for the taking.
CAROL
That's maybe the best compliment of my life.
MELVIN
Maybe I've overshot here just a little 'cause I was aiming at just enough
to keep you from walking out.
Thursday, June 29, 2006
for everyone I love
Cyndi Lauper
True Colors
You with the sad eyes
don't be discouraged
oh I realize
it's hard to take courage
in a world full of people
you can lose sight of it all
and the darkness inside you
can make you fell so small
But I see your true colors
shining through
I see your true colors
and that's why I love you
so don't be afraid to let them show
your true colors
true colors are beautiful
like a rainbow
Show me a smile then
don't be unhappy, can't remember
when I last saw you laughing
if this world makes you crazy
and you've taken all you can bear
you call me up
because you know I'll be there
And I'll see your true colors
shining through
I see your true colors
and that's why I love you
so don't be afraid to let them show
your true colors
true colors are beautiful
like a rainbow
True Colors
You with the sad eyes
don't be discouraged
oh I realize
it's hard to take courage
in a world full of people
you can lose sight of it all
and the darkness inside you
can make you fell so small
But I see your true colors
shining through
I see your true colors
and that's why I love you
so don't be afraid to let them show
your true colors
true colors are beautiful
like a rainbow
Show me a smile then
don't be unhappy, can't remember
when I last saw you laughing
if this world makes you crazy
and you've taken all you can bear
you call me up
because you know I'll be there
And I'll see your true colors
shining through
I see your true colors
and that's why I love you
so don't be afraid to let them show
your true colors
true colors are beautiful
like a rainbow
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Mafalda Veiga
Mafalda Veiga | |
---|---|
"A cor da fogueira", 1986 | "Tatuagens", 1999 |
Em toda a Parte a distancia é um fogo onde vou chegar num abraço fechado para te levar por campos abertos por onde puder levar-te por dentro para não te perder nem com mil tormentas que arrasem o mundo em qualquer lado onde quer que eu vá levo no corpo o desejo de te abraçar em toda a parte onde quer que o sonho me leve hei-de lembrar-me de ti por outros caminhos hei-de vaguear num abraço fechado para te levar e há uma canção que um dia aprendi eu hei-de cantá-la a pensar em ti em qualquer lado onde quer que eu vá levo no corpo o desejo de te abraçar em toda a parte onde quer que o sonho me leve hei-de lembrar-me de ti | Escuro e Luar Feitos de chão, de chuva e sonho Fora do tempo Despedaçado o que fica de nós Nas batalhas sentidas cá dentro Por isso é que eu sigo esse brilho da noite Que é estrela ou chama Olhar ou mar E vou procurar essa luz Mas só quero lá chegar contigo Feitos de tempo em mil pedaços De escuro e luar Há uma noite que é escolhida pra ser Essa noite que se há-de guardar Por isso é que eu sigo esse brilho ou calor Que é estrela ou chama Ou tu em mim E vou pra poder descobrir Quem é que ainda sou contigo Dispo o cansaço e recomeço Mais uma vez Há um sorriso que nos salva do frio E recolhe o que a vida desfez Se me desarmo noutro feitiço Num outro olhar Há um abrigo que não deixa morrer Quem nós somos e o que temos pra dar Por isso é que eu sigo esse brilho da noite Que és tu em mim Ou quem eu fui E vou pra poder descobrir Quem é que ainda sou contigo |
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
RAIVA
Raiva. Raiva, raiva, raiva de tantas coisas, situações, raiva de tudo. Raiva que vem do estômago e sobe pela garganta. Raiva, que chega das 'lições de vida' que alguém quer impingir. Lições de vda? Da minha vida? Que presunção atroz, que presunção. Raiva de obcessões que põem pessoas cegas, estupidas. Raiva do pretenso saber, raiva dos que pensam saber, e só eles, o que é sofrer. Raiva de queixumes de quem tem tudo para ser completo. Raiva dos eleitos. Raiva da incultura. Raiva da soberba. Raiva da constante hipocrisia, desta que parece reinar em todo o lado. A raiva é um pecado mortal? Vou arder no inferno.
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
passagens saudosas...
ontem vi o passado. já nem me lembrava do seu sorriso, como me fascinou em tempos. pergunto-me como é possível passar tanto tempo e continuar a deixar este travo de nostalgia na boca como se fosse ontem que tivesse bebido o último golo de ansiedade. quando ouço outros falarem de reencarnações, vidas passadas lembro-me: sim, já vivi várias vidas e ainda gosto de todas elas... e tu foste uma delas.
foi bom rever-te.
espero que sejas feliz nesta tua nova vida sem mim.
Monday, June 05, 2006
Monday, April 24, 2006
Peter Murphy - Crystal Wrists
Peter Murphy
Deep (1989)
Crystal Wrists
I can't see the light
I'm thrown in disgust
They speak of feats
The housed forever
A howling wind
Changed my course
It blew me out
Of bounds so sore
All the walls
All the walls that bound me
Descending bleak and put upon
I chew my cheeks
To wake up from
The vase grows bigger
To my eyes
These eyes that snigger
And despise
The wall grows taller up to doom
Shoes in my room
Thrown in disgust
At how I fall
To my worst
Of course you say
You don't understand
Your words your fiction
Your crooked hands
But clearly now
I tell you man
That all I say
Is all I can
For I am nothing
But my sin
Until I learn
To caste them in
While young girls fangs
And crystal wrists
Wait patiently
For me to twist
I look away
To distant rains
To water falls
And honey days
And boys in black
And blue rinse eyes
Gaze whistly at my slender thighs
I twist a shade to my right
And spit at beelzebub on sight
And go on loving all I see
For here I live on patiently
Clerarly now I tell you man
That all I say is all I can
For I am nothing but my sin
Until I learn to caste them in
Deep (1989)
Crystal Wrists
I can't see the light
I'm thrown in disgust
They speak of feats
The housed forever
A howling wind
Changed my course
It blew me out
Of bounds so sore
All the walls
All the walls that bound me
Descending bleak and put upon
I chew my cheeks
To wake up from
The vase grows bigger
To my eyes
These eyes that snigger
And despise
The wall grows taller up to doom
Shoes in my room
Thrown in disgust
At how I fall
To my worst
Of course you say
You don't understand
Your words your fiction
Your crooked hands
But clearly now
I tell you man
That all I say
Is all I can
For I am nothing
But my sin
Until I learn
To caste them in
While young girls fangs
And crystal wrists
Wait patiently
For me to twist
I look away
To distant rains
To water falls
And honey days
And boys in black
And blue rinse eyes
Gaze whistly at my slender thighs
I twist a shade to my right
And spit at beelzebub on sight
And go on loving all I see
For here I live on patiently
Clerarly now I tell you man
That all I say is all I can
For I am nothing but my sin
Until I learn to caste them in
Friday, April 14, 2006
The Political Objectives Test
Social-Liberal
You scored 57 Equality, 64 Liberty, and 42 Stability!
Your commitment to both liberty and equality puts you in the hazy area that exists between the Liberal and the Socialist. You value liberty particularly in cultural and personal life. You also value government intervention to promote equity in economic life while still supporting private enterprise. For you liberty and equality are two parts of the same condition. Everyone has to be free to pursue their own way-of-life but in order for that it happen everyone must start with a similar basic standard of living.
My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
You scored higher than 59% on Equality
You scored higher than 16% on Liberty
You scored higher than 59% on Stability
My results: http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=16378307404171364367
You scored 57 Equality, 64 Liberty, and 42 Stability!
Your commitment to both liberty and equality puts you in the hazy area that exists between the Liberal and the Socialist. You value liberty particularly in cultural and personal life. You also value government intervention to promote equity in economic life while still supporting private enterprise. For you liberty and equality are two parts of the same condition. Everyone has to be free to pursue their own way-of-life but in order for that it happen everyone must start with a similar basic standard of living.
My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
You scored higher than 59% on Equality
You scored higher than 16% on Liberty
You scored higher than 59% on Stability
My results: http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=16378307404171364367
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
TABACO MATA!!!!!
Projecto luso-espanhol mediu concentração de nicotina no ar
Oito horas numa discoteca podem representar 15 cigarros para não fumador
11.04.2006 - 09h11 Alexandra Campos PÚBLICO
É nas discotecas e nos bares que os níveis de contaminação do ar ambiental com nicotina são mais elevados. Nestes locais, um não fumador pode chegar a "fumar" o equivalente a 15 a 16 cigarros por cada oito horas, média que, nos restaurantes, desce para cerca de cinco a seis cigarros por dia de trabalho.
Estes são os primeiros resultados de um projecto de investigação que está a ser efectuado pela Agência Nacional de Saúde de Barcelona e o Instituto Catalão de Oncologia, em colaboração com a Universidade do Minho (UM).
Portugal e Andorra fazem parte do grupo de controlo deste estudo experimental, que visa avaliar o impacte da legislação antitabágica em vigor em Espanha desde Janeiro passado, explica José Precioso, do Instituto de Educação e Psicologia da UM, responsável pela parte portuguesa do projecto.
Mas como conseguiram os investigadores chegar a estes números? No ano passado, colocaram 50 medidores de concentração de nicotina no ar em várias instituições públicas, empresas, restaurantes, bares e discotecas de Braga. Em Espanha, onde o campo de acção é mais vasto, foi espalhada por estabelecimentos públicos e privados de dez comunidades autónomas cerca de meia centena de monitores de nicotina. Os resultados da avaliação desta monitorização anterior à entrada em vigor da lei espanhola foram agora conhecidos.
Com base num "cálculo complexo", que leva em conta a concentração de nicotina no ar e o volume de ar aspirado durante determinado tempo de exposição, é possível estimar a quantidade média de cigarros "fumados" pelos não fumadores nos locais testados. São resultados médios, adverte José Precioso, sublinhando que, nos edifícios da administração pública, os valores encontrados são bem mais baixos, o que indica que aí já há "mais parcimónia" e um maior cuidado com os fumadores passivos.
Proteger os trabalhadores
Ainda durante este mês será feita uma nova avaliação, estando mais duas acções deste tipo previstas para Dezembro de 2006 e 2007. O objectivo é perceber até que ponto a nova lei em Espanha está ou não a surtir efeito na melhoria da qualidade do ar nos locais fechados, comparando com a situação em Portugal e em Andorra.
"É preciso criar leis que protejam os trabalhadores no seu local de trabalho", defende José Precioso, que pede ao ministro da Saúde português para não cometer o "erro espanhol". Em Espanha, foi dada a possibilidade de opção aos proprietários dos restaurantes com menos de 100 metros quadrados. Resultado: "nem 15 por cento são restaurantes para não fumadores", lamenta.
O anteprojecto de decreto-lei sobre o tabaco colocado em discussão pública no final da semana passada pelo ministro Corrreia de Campos prevê a proibição de fumar em locais de trabalho, bares, discotecas e restaurantes, permitindo que sejam criadas áreas para fumadores só nos estabelecimentos com 100 metros quadrados ou mais. Mas o diploma, que entra em vigor em 2007, está ainda aberto a sugestões e alterações.
Oito horas numa discoteca podem representar 15 cigarros para não fumador
11.04.2006 - 09h11 Alexandra Campos PÚBLICO
É nas discotecas e nos bares que os níveis de contaminação do ar ambiental com nicotina são mais elevados. Nestes locais, um não fumador pode chegar a "fumar" o equivalente a 15 a 16 cigarros por cada oito horas, média que, nos restaurantes, desce para cerca de cinco a seis cigarros por dia de trabalho.
Estes são os primeiros resultados de um projecto de investigação que está a ser efectuado pela Agência Nacional de Saúde de Barcelona e o Instituto Catalão de Oncologia, em colaboração com a Universidade do Minho (UM).
Portugal e Andorra fazem parte do grupo de controlo deste estudo experimental, que visa avaliar o impacte da legislação antitabágica em vigor em Espanha desde Janeiro passado, explica José Precioso, do Instituto de Educação e Psicologia da UM, responsável pela parte portuguesa do projecto.
Mas como conseguiram os investigadores chegar a estes números? No ano passado, colocaram 50 medidores de concentração de nicotina no ar em várias instituições públicas, empresas, restaurantes, bares e discotecas de Braga. Em Espanha, onde o campo de acção é mais vasto, foi espalhada por estabelecimentos públicos e privados de dez comunidades autónomas cerca de meia centena de monitores de nicotina. Os resultados da avaliação desta monitorização anterior à entrada em vigor da lei espanhola foram agora conhecidos.
Com base num "cálculo complexo", que leva em conta a concentração de nicotina no ar e o volume de ar aspirado durante determinado tempo de exposição, é possível estimar a quantidade média de cigarros "fumados" pelos não fumadores nos locais testados. São resultados médios, adverte José Precioso, sublinhando que, nos edifícios da administração pública, os valores encontrados são bem mais baixos, o que indica que aí já há "mais parcimónia" e um maior cuidado com os fumadores passivos.
Proteger os trabalhadores
Ainda durante este mês será feita uma nova avaliação, estando mais duas acções deste tipo previstas para Dezembro de 2006 e 2007. O objectivo é perceber até que ponto a nova lei em Espanha está ou não a surtir efeito na melhoria da qualidade do ar nos locais fechados, comparando com a situação em Portugal e em Andorra.
"É preciso criar leis que protejam os trabalhadores no seu local de trabalho", defende José Precioso, que pede ao ministro da Saúde português para não cometer o "erro espanhol". Em Espanha, foi dada a possibilidade de opção aos proprietários dos restaurantes com menos de 100 metros quadrados. Resultado: "nem 15 por cento são restaurantes para não fumadores", lamenta.
O anteprojecto de decreto-lei sobre o tabaco colocado em discussão pública no final da semana passada pelo ministro Corrreia de Campos prevê a proibição de fumar em locais de trabalho, bares, discotecas e restaurantes, permitindo que sejam criadas áreas para fumadores só nos estabelecimentos com 100 metros quadrados ou mais. Mas o diploma, que entra em vigor em 2007, está ainda aberto a sugestões e alterações.
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Sem futuro
Nós não temos futuro.Neste ano de 2006, apesar de centenas de anos de civilização, cultura e educação, continuamos os mesmos animaizinhos donde supostamente evoluimos. Os mesmos, não, bem piores porque agora estamos armados desta nossa consciência inteligente. Neste ano de 2006, tudo continua a girar à volta de sexo e poder.Continuamos a matar-nos em massa, porque as nossas conciências indiferentes permitem justificações hipócritas. Continuamos a matar e a deixar matar, mentes e corpos, com uma violência atroz, dor e mais dor. Como é possivel, neste anos de 2006, hoje, agora, morrerem crianças de fome em todos os minutos que passam?Como é possivel eu deixar isto acontecer?
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
ser ou não ser: otária
Pois bem... tenho um amigo meu que diz: "Não és otária, digamos que tens excesso de confiança nas pessoas. És optimista e tens bom coração. É uma qualidade.".
Ao que respondi: "Eu também acho. Mas não deixo de ser otária... no mundo em que vivemos temos de nos adaptar à realidade e não adaptar a realidade a nós.".
A conclusão deste pequeno interlúdio foi:
Oh well... thank God for good friends :)
Ao que respondi: "Eu também acho. Mas não deixo de ser otária... no mundo em que vivemos temos de nos adaptar à realidade e não adaptar a realidade a nós.".
A conclusão deste pequeno interlúdio foi:
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.by Bernard Shaw.
Oh well... thank God for good friends :)
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
corpos trocados
Hoje cheguei a uma brilhante, se bem que ridícula, conclusão. A minha gata é um cão.
Por mais que isto possa parecer estranho é a única explicação lógica.
Ora vejamos: sempre que aparece alguém - ou algum ser estranho ao normal - lá em casa, bufa que nem uma parola, já que como gato não pode ladrar; depois sempre que ando dum lado para o outro segue-me; e mais incaracterístico para gatos, quando a chamo ela vem ter comigo.
Ah! E não é um cão normal... é um cão de guarda... sim, porque que ouve algum barulho ou algo vê algo a mexer bufa.
e eu que achava que era só atrasada....
Por mais que isto possa parecer estranho é a única explicação lógica.
Ora vejamos: sempre que aparece alguém - ou algum ser estranho ao normal - lá em casa, bufa que nem uma parola, já que como gato não pode ladrar; depois sempre que ando dum lado para o outro segue-me; e mais incaracterístico para gatos, quando a chamo ela vem ter comigo.
Ah! E não é um cão normal... é um cão de guarda... sim, porque que ouve algum barulho ou algo vê algo a mexer bufa.
e eu que achava que era só atrasada....
Sunday, March 19, 2006
everyday away I....
I Miss You (Incubus)
To see you when I wake up
Is a gift I didn't think could be real
To know that you feel the same as I do
Is a three-fold utopian dream
You do something to me that I can't explain
So would I be out of line if I said
I miss you?
I see your picture
I smell your skin on the empty pillow next to mine
You have only been gone ten days
But already I'm wasting away
I know I'll see you again
Whether far or soon
But I need you to know that I care
And I miss you
To see you when I wake up
Is a gift I didn't think could be real
To know that you feel the same as I do
Is a three-fold utopian dream
You do something to me that I can't explain
So would I be out of line if I said
I miss you?
I see your picture
I smell your skin on the empty pillow next to mine
You have only been gone ten days
But already I'm wasting away
I know I'll see you again
Whether far or soon
But I need you to know that I care
And I miss you
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out - All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
All we ever wanted was everything
All we ever got was cold
Get up, eat jelly
Sandwich bars, and barbed wire
Squash every week into a day
The sound of drums is calling
The sound of the drum has called
Flash of youth shoot out of darkness
Factorytown
Oh to be the cream
Oh to be the cream
Oh to be the cream
Monday, March 13, 2006
PJ Harvey - Is this desire?
Joseph walked on and on
The sunset went down and down
Coldness cooled their desire
And Dawn said, 'Let's build a fire'
The sun dressed the trees in green
And Joe said, 'I feel like a King'
And Dawn's neck and her feet were bare
Sweetness in her golden hair
Said, 'I'm not scared'
Turned to her and smiled
Secrets in his eyes
Sweetness of desire
Is this desire
Enough enough
To lift us higher
To lift above?
Hour-long, by hour, may we two stand
When we're dead, between these lands
The sun set behind his eyes
And Joe said, 'Is this desire?'
Is this desire
Enough enough
To lift us higher
To lift above?
Is this desire
Enough enough
Enough inside
Is this desire
The sunset went down and down
Coldness cooled their desire
And Dawn said, 'Let's build a fire'
The sun dressed the trees in green
And Joe said, 'I feel like a King'
And Dawn's neck and her feet were bare
Sweetness in her golden hair
Said, 'I'm not scared'
Turned to her and smiled
Secrets in his eyes
Sweetness of desire
Is this desire
Enough enough
To lift us higher
To lift above?
Hour-long, by hour, may we two stand
When we're dead, between these lands
The sun set behind his eyes
And Joe said, 'Is this desire?'
Is this desire
Enough enough
To lift us higher
To lift above?
Is this desire
Enough enough
Enough inside
Is this desire
Thursday, February 23, 2006
está frio...
está escuro...
está a chover...
está vento...
...tudo sinais de uma segunda-feira tenebrosa...
está a chover...
está vento...
...tudo sinais de uma segunda-feira tenebrosa...
Monday, February 20, 2006
BAUHAUS uma grande noite
Vivam os bons concertos, vivam os grandes espectáculos, viva tudo o que é consistente e verdadeiro. Vivam os Bauhaus.
'I dare you, to be real
To touch a flickering flame
The pangs of dark delight
Don't cower in night fright
Don't back away just yet
From destinations set
I dare you to be proud
To dare to shout aloud
For convictions that you feel
Like sound from bells to peal
I dare you to speak of your despise
For bureaucracy, hypocracy- all liars
I dare
I dare
I DARE - YOU'
'I dare you, to be real
To touch a flickering flame
The pangs of dark delight
Don't cower in night fright
Don't back away just yet
From destinations set
I dare you to be proud
To dare to shout aloud
For convictions that you feel
Like sound from bells to peal
I dare you to speak of your despise
For bureaucracy, hypocracy- all liars
I dare
I dare
I DARE - YOU'
Monday, February 06, 2006
Alma
Quem acredita na alma? Quem acredita não podermos ser somente fruto de descargas electricas? Que a dor, o amor, a alegria, a tristeza, a criatividade, o gosto, eu, tu, ele, a individualidade, não podem ser só definidas por ligações neurais? Alma que se experimenta em cada vida incorporada carnalmente. Não há pessoas banais, nem vidas comuns, mas sim experiências únicas de vivência. Propósitos desta existência, da nossa própria conciência? Não sei. Mas também se soubesse, que raio andaria cá a fazer? A procura é o que nos move, mesmo que na maior parte do tempo nem nos demos conta desse desejo de encontrar. E que melhor intermediário que este corpo sensitivo, formigueiro na ponta dos dedos, olhar e ver, saborear, ouvir, cheirar? Sentir tudo assim e dar de comer á alma. Eu acredito na alma. No meu corpo e na minha alma.
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
O outro lado da "lua" (em inglês)
I don't think it's necessary to flaunt your sexual preference whether straight or gay. Maybe it's just my ignorance on this but I do know that I don't judge a person on their sexuality. It's the personality that counts. I know gays who are evil, manipulative and liars and who are hateful racists and I wouldn't want my kids - male or female around them. I also know gays who are honest, hard working and treat people fairly and I would trust my kids - males and females around them. So it's not the sexual preferences - it's the other part of what matters - how they treat others and themselves. However as far as flaunting it or making a declaration - I don't think it's necessary. I am straight but don't throw it in peoples faces!
Posted by Leo on November 24, 2005 09:54 AM
Yeah Leo, it's your ignorance talking.
Let's pretend for a moment that everyone was gay and that you are straight. We all assume you're gay. We're always asking you about your husband or boyfriend or if you've met any nice guys lately. Please note that if you tell us the truth that we may decide to ostracize you entirely, kick you out of our church, disown you from our family... Meanwhile, in your own little straight world you know young straight teens who are committing suicide because they can't take being all alone and dealing with the stigma of being straight anymore. And then you go to your favorite straight website and even there the gay assholes show up to tell you how you need to think and be.
On another hand, answer these questions for yourself.
1. What do you think has caused you to be heterosexual?
2. When and how did you first decide you were a heterosexual?
3. Is it possible your heterosexuality stems from a neurotic fear of people of the same sex?
4. If you've never slept with a person of the same sex, how do you know you wouldn't prefer it?
5. Isn't it possible your heterosexuality is just a phase you may grow out of?
6. Isn't it possible that all you need is a good gay lover?
7. If heterosexuality is normal, why are a disproportionate number of mental patients heterosexual?
8. To whom have you disclosed your heterosexual tendencies? How did they react?
9. Why do heterosexuals place so much emphasis on sex? Why are they so promiscuous?
10. Do heterosexuals hate and/or distrust others of their own sex? Is that what makes them heterosexual?
11. If you were to have children, would you want them to be heterosexual knowing the problems they'd face?
12. Your heterosexuality doesn't offend me as long as you don't try to force it on me. Why do you feel compelled to seduce others into your sexual orientation?
13. The great majority of child molesters are heterosexuals. Do you really consider it safe to expose your children to heterosexual teachers?
14. Why do you insist on being so obvious, and making a public spectacle of your heterosexuality? Can't you just be who you are and keep it quiet?
15. How can you ever hope to become a whole person if you limit yourself to a compulsive, exclusively heterosexual lifestyle, and remain unwilling to explore and develop your homosexual potential?
16. Heterosexuals are noted for assigning themselves and each other to narrowly restricted, stereotyped sex-roles. Why do you cling to such unhealthy role playing?
17. Even with all the societal support marriage receives, the divorce rate is spiralling. Why are there so few stable relationships among heterosexuals?
18. How could the human race survive if everyone were heterosexual like you, considering the menace of overpopulation?
19. There seem to be very few happy heterosexuals. Techniques have been developed that could help you change if you really wanted to. Have you considered trying psychotherapy or even aversion therapy?
21. Could you really trust a heterosexual therapist/counsellor to be objective and unbiased? Don't you fear he/she might be inclined to influence you in the direction of his/her own preferences?
22. How can you enjoy a full, satisfying sexual experience or deep emotional rapport with a person of the opposite sex when the differences are so vast? How can a man understand what pleases a woman, or vice-versa?
Posted by Rita on November 25, 2005 10:55 AM
URL: Daqui
Posted by Leo on November 24, 2005 09:54 AM
Yeah Leo, it's your ignorance talking.
Let's pretend for a moment that everyone was gay and that you are straight. We all assume you're gay. We're always asking you about your husband or boyfriend or if you've met any nice guys lately. Please note that if you tell us the truth that we may decide to ostracize you entirely, kick you out of our church, disown you from our family... Meanwhile, in your own little straight world you know young straight teens who are committing suicide because they can't take being all alone and dealing with the stigma of being straight anymore. And then you go to your favorite straight website and even there the gay assholes show up to tell you how you need to think and be.
On another hand, answer these questions for yourself.
1. What do you think has caused you to be heterosexual?
2. When and how did you first decide you were a heterosexual?
3. Is it possible your heterosexuality stems from a neurotic fear of people of the same sex?
4. If you've never slept with a person of the same sex, how do you know you wouldn't prefer it?
5. Isn't it possible your heterosexuality is just a phase you may grow out of?
6. Isn't it possible that all you need is a good gay lover?
7. If heterosexuality is normal, why are a disproportionate number of mental patients heterosexual?
8. To whom have you disclosed your heterosexual tendencies? How did they react?
9. Why do heterosexuals place so much emphasis on sex? Why are they so promiscuous?
10. Do heterosexuals hate and/or distrust others of their own sex? Is that what makes them heterosexual?
11. If you were to have children, would you want them to be heterosexual knowing the problems they'd face?
12. Your heterosexuality doesn't offend me as long as you don't try to force it on me. Why do you feel compelled to seduce others into your sexual orientation?
13. The great majority of child molesters are heterosexuals. Do you really consider it safe to expose your children to heterosexual teachers?
14. Why do you insist on being so obvious, and making a public spectacle of your heterosexuality? Can't you just be who you are and keep it quiet?
15. How can you ever hope to become a whole person if you limit yourself to a compulsive, exclusively heterosexual lifestyle, and remain unwilling to explore and develop your homosexual potential?
16. Heterosexuals are noted for assigning themselves and each other to narrowly restricted, stereotyped sex-roles. Why do you cling to such unhealthy role playing?
17. Even with all the societal support marriage receives, the divorce rate is spiralling. Why are there so few stable relationships among heterosexuals?
18. How could the human race survive if everyone were heterosexual like you, considering the menace of overpopulation?
19. There seem to be very few happy heterosexuals. Techniques have been developed that could help you change if you really wanted to. Have you considered trying psychotherapy or even aversion therapy?
21. Could you really trust a heterosexual therapist/counsellor to be objective and unbiased? Don't you fear he/she might be inclined to influence you in the direction of his/her own preferences?
22. How can you enjoy a full, satisfying sexual experience or deep emotional rapport with a person of the opposite sex when the differences are so vast? How can a man understand what pleases a woman, or vice-versa?
Posted by Rita on November 25, 2005 10:55 AM
URL: Daqui
Monday, January 30, 2006
Casamento, adopção, e outros que mais....
Quando vejo reacções sobre o casamento entre casais homossexuais, em que se questiona o tipo de lar/família que pode ser construido por pessoas do mesmo sexo, questiono-me: Qual é o problema? Será o facto de serem duas pessoas do mesmo sexo, e portanto numa sociedade hipócrita e discriminadora, uma coisa horrível e anormal? E será que essas pessoas que decidem formam um lar/família têm de se conformar com a mente limitada dos outros? Será que têm de se limitar às limitações alheias? Será que não têm o mesmo direito a serem felizes junt@s?
Depois vem a questão da adopção e então aí temos dois cenários típicos: um que afirma convicto que uma criança precisa de modelos masculinos e femininos. Até concordo, mas até que ponto esses modelos são os pais e mães? Então e os avós e avôs? E tios e tias? Não existem modelos familiares onde a figura parental masculina ou feminina é representada por outro elemento da família sem ser o pai ou a mãe? As famílias em que por tragédia (viuvez) ou dissolução (divórcio) não têm modelos masculinos e femininos?
Outro são aqueles que afirmam que tipo de educação podem ter os filhos adoptados por casais homossexuais. Ora, como qualquer outro casal, quando duas pessoas decidem partilhar a adopção de uma criança, fazem-no de livre espontanea vontade e com a noção da responsabilidade que isso implica. E caso não apresentem condições socio-económicas então serão rejeitados pelo sistema de selecção das instituições governantes. Mas apenas assim é que será admissível essa rejeição. Porque a educação de uma criança não se basea na orientação sexual dos elementos parentais, e sim pelo caracter, educação, valores morais e principalmente afecto e carinho que estes podem, devem e dão às suas crianças. Quando falam que estas crianças na escola, na rua ou na sociedade em geral serão marginalizadas/discriminadas/gozada pergunto-me se não será por falta de educação das outras crianças e/ou da sociedade preconceituosa.
E pergunto-me como se sentiram as crianças nas décadas de 70 e 80 de pais divorciados, numa época em que o divórcio era quase que infame? Serão estas crianças, hoje adultos, participantes na sociedade, marginais nos dias que correm?
E depois ainda há a questão da concepção medicamente assistida. Não terá uma mulher solteira (homossexual ou não) direito a conceber por si só? Se tiver condições sócio-económicas? Não será um dos direitos mais fundamentais à condição feminina a concepção de uma nova vida?
Quando vejo reacções sobre o casamento entre casais homossexuais, em que se questiona o tipo de lar/família que pode ser construido por pessoas do mesmo sexo, questiono-me: Qual é o problema? Será o facto de serem duas pessoas do mesmo sexo, e portanto numa sociedade hipócrita e discriminadora, uma coisa horrível e anormal? E será que essas pessoas que decidem formam um lar/família têm de se conformar com a mente limitada dos outros? Será que têm de se limitar às limitações alheias? Será que não têm o mesmo direito a serem felizes junt@s?
Depois vem a questão da adopção e então aí temos dois cenários típicos: um que afirma convicto que uma criança precisa de modelos masculinos e femininos. Até concordo, mas até que ponto esses modelos são os pais e mães? Então e os avós e avôs? E tios e tias? Não existem modelos familiares onde a figura parental masculina ou feminina é representada por outro elemento da família sem ser o pai ou a mãe? As famílias em que por tragédia (viuvez) ou dissolução (divórcio) não têm modelos masculinos e femininos?
Outro são aqueles que afirmam que tipo de educação podem ter os filhos adoptados por casais homossexuais. Ora, como qualquer outro casal, quando duas pessoas decidem partilhar a adopção de uma criança, fazem-no de livre espontanea vontade e com a noção da responsabilidade que isso implica. E caso não apresentem condições socio-económicas então serão rejeitados pelo sistema de selecção das instituições governantes. Mas apenas assim é que será admissível essa rejeição. Porque a educação de uma criança não se basea na orientação sexual dos elementos parentais, e sim pelo caracter, educação, valores morais e principalmente afecto e carinho que estes podem, devem e dão às suas crianças. Quando falam que estas crianças na escola, na rua ou na sociedade em geral serão marginalizadas/discriminadas/gozada pergunto-me se não será por falta de educação das outras crianças e/ou da sociedade preconceituosa.
E pergunto-me como se sentiram as crianças nas décadas de 70 e 80 de pais divorciados, numa época em que o divórcio era quase que infame? Serão estas crianças, hoje adultos, participantes na sociedade, marginais nos dias que correm?
E depois ainda há a questão da concepção medicamente assistida. Não terá uma mulher solteira (homossexual ou não) direito a conceber por si só? Se tiver condições sócio-económicas? Não será um dos direitos mais fundamentais à condição feminina a concepção de uma nova vida?
Friday, January 27, 2006
O Primeiro Passo
A Teresa e a Lena vivem juntas há quase três anos.
O amor que a Teresa e a Lena vivem e que sentem uma pela outra levou-as a
projectar e a planear uma vida conjunta pelo resto dos seus dias.
Por isso, e como é natural, querem constituir uma família em plena comunhão
das suas vidas.
Querem celebrar um compromisso formal e solene entre ambas, que as vincule
reciprocamente tanto do ponto de vista patrimonial como do ponto de vista
moral.
Querem formar uma sociedade familiar que integre todos os seus bens, e querem
celebrar um compromisso mútuo de respeito, fidelidade, coabitação, cooperação
e assistência.
Querem também que a família que pretendem formar seja reconhecida e tenha
plena eficácia jurídica na sociedade em que vivem.
Querem, numa palavra, casar-se!
Por isso, no próximo dia 1 de Fevereiro de 2006 pelas 14,30 Horas a Teresa e a
Lena vão apresentar-se na 7ª Conservatória do Registo Civil de Lisboa (sita na
Avenida Fontes Pereira de Melo, nº 7 - 1º andar em 1050-115 Lisboa), onde
requereram já a abertura do respectivo processo de publicações, precisamente
para se casarem.
A Teresa e a Lena têm todo o seu processo legal de casamento perfeita e
legalmente instruído junto daquela Conservatória do Registo Civil. Como
cidadãs gozam de total e inequívoca capacidade matrimonial para se poderem
casar.
Mas, acontece que "um pequeno detalhe" se interpõe entre elas e os seus planos
de uma vida familiar livre e de uma plena comunhão de vida legalmente
reconhecida:
É que o artigo 1.577º do Código Civil português ainda define o casamento
como «o contrato celebrado entre duas pessoas de sexo diferente que pretendem
constituir família mediante uma plena comunhão de vida».
Ou seja, apesar de o casamento não ser mais do que um simples e mero contrato,
de natureza exclusivamente civil, o que é facto é que a lei civil
inexplicavelmente ainda restringe e limita a sua celebração a pessoas de sexo
diferente.
Mas, no entanto, acontece que o artigo 13º da Constituição da República
Portuguesa estabelece de forma perfeitamente clara o princípio da igualdade
entre todos os cidadãos, e a absoluta interdição de qualquer forma de
distinção entre eles:
«1. Todos os cidadãos têm a mesma dignidade social e são iguais perante a lei.
«2. Ninguém pode ser privilegiado, beneficiado, prejudicado, privado de
qualquer direito ou isento de qualquer dever em razão de ascendência, sexo,
raça, língua, território de origem, religião, convicções políticas ou
ideológicas, instrução, situação económica, condição social ou orientação
sexual».
Então, a conclusão só pode ser uma:
A expressão «de sexo diferente» contida no corpo do artigo 1.577º do Código
Civil é, absoluta e inequivocamente INCONSTITUCIONAL!
Por isso, a Teresa e a Lena não têm qualquer dúvida nem hesitação em se
apresentarem naquele dia na 7ª Conservatória do Registo Civil de Lisboa, para,
como duas cidadãs livres e no gozo pleno dos seus direitos, procurarem exercer
um direito de cidadania tão simples como é o de celebrarem um mero contrato de
natureza exclusivamente civil.
Mas, se a sua pretensão vier a ser recusada pelo Conservador do Registo Civil,
com base precisamente no facto de serem do mesmo sexo, a Teresa e a Lena não
se conformarão: de imediato interporão recurso judicial dessa decisão, se
preciso for até ao Tribunal Constitucional.
É que a inconstitucionalidade do artigo 1.577º do Código Civil, que restringe
a celebração de contratos de casamento a pessoas de sexo diferente é tão
óbvia, que a decisão jurisdicional que vier a decidir sobre o caso só poderá
ser uma: permitir o seu casamento!
Ao contrário do que acontece em tantos países por esse mundo fora, e mesmo até
aqui na nossa vizinha Espanha, em Portugal os cidadãos ainda não podem
celebrar livremente contratos de casamento sem quaisquer restrições ou
discriminações em razão da sua orientação sexual.
A Teresa e a Lena sabem que até que isso aconteça, muitos passos terão ainda
de ser dados.
Mas uma coisa é certa:
- Este é o primeiro!
Fonte: http://rprecision.blogspot.com/
Da minha parte, parabéns às duas e boa sorte.
A Teresa e a Lena vivem juntas há quase três anos.
O amor que a Teresa e a Lena vivem e que sentem uma pela outra levou-as a
projectar e a planear uma vida conjunta pelo resto dos seus dias.
Por isso, e como é natural, querem constituir uma família em plena comunhão
das suas vidas.
Querem celebrar um compromisso formal e solene entre ambas, que as vincule
reciprocamente tanto do ponto de vista patrimonial como do ponto de vista
moral.
Querem formar uma sociedade familiar que integre todos os seus bens, e querem
celebrar um compromisso mútuo de respeito, fidelidade, coabitação, cooperação
e assistência.
Querem também que a família que pretendem formar seja reconhecida e tenha
plena eficácia jurídica na sociedade em que vivem.
Querem, numa palavra, casar-se!
Por isso, no próximo dia 1 de Fevereiro de 2006 pelas 14,30 Horas a Teresa e a
Lena vão apresentar-se na 7ª Conservatória do Registo Civil de Lisboa (sita na
Avenida Fontes Pereira de Melo, nº 7 - 1º andar em 1050-115 Lisboa), onde
requereram já a abertura do respectivo processo de publicações, precisamente
para se casarem.
A Teresa e a Lena têm todo o seu processo legal de casamento perfeita e
legalmente instruído junto daquela Conservatória do Registo Civil. Como
cidadãs gozam de total e inequívoca capacidade matrimonial para se poderem
casar.
Mas, acontece que "um pequeno detalhe" se interpõe entre elas e os seus planos
de uma vida familiar livre e de uma plena comunhão de vida legalmente
reconhecida:
É que o artigo 1.577º do Código Civil português ainda define o casamento
como «o contrato celebrado entre duas pessoas de sexo diferente que pretendem
constituir família mediante uma plena comunhão de vida».
Ou seja, apesar de o casamento não ser mais do que um simples e mero contrato,
de natureza exclusivamente civil, o que é facto é que a lei civil
inexplicavelmente ainda restringe e limita a sua celebração a pessoas de sexo
diferente.
Mas, no entanto, acontece que o artigo 13º da Constituição da República
Portuguesa estabelece de forma perfeitamente clara o princípio da igualdade
entre todos os cidadãos, e a absoluta interdição de qualquer forma de
distinção entre eles:
«1. Todos os cidadãos têm a mesma dignidade social e são iguais perante a lei.
«2. Ninguém pode ser privilegiado, beneficiado, prejudicado, privado de
qualquer direito ou isento de qualquer dever em razão de ascendência, sexo,
raça, língua, território de origem, religião, convicções políticas ou
ideológicas, instrução, situação económica, condição social ou orientação
sexual».
Então, a conclusão só pode ser uma:
A expressão «de sexo diferente» contida no corpo do artigo 1.577º do Código
Civil é, absoluta e inequivocamente INCONSTITUCIONAL!
Por isso, a Teresa e a Lena não têm qualquer dúvida nem hesitação em se
apresentarem naquele dia na 7ª Conservatória do Registo Civil de Lisboa, para,
como duas cidadãs livres e no gozo pleno dos seus direitos, procurarem exercer
um direito de cidadania tão simples como é o de celebrarem um mero contrato de
natureza exclusivamente civil.
Mas, se a sua pretensão vier a ser recusada pelo Conservador do Registo Civil,
com base precisamente no facto de serem do mesmo sexo, a Teresa e a Lena não
se conformarão: de imediato interporão recurso judicial dessa decisão, se
preciso for até ao Tribunal Constitucional.
É que a inconstitucionalidade do artigo 1.577º do Código Civil, que restringe
a celebração de contratos de casamento a pessoas de sexo diferente é tão
óbvia, que a decisão jurisdicional que vier a decidir sobre o caso só poderá
ser uma: permitir o seu casamento!
Ao contrário do que acontece em tantos países por esse mundo fora, e mesmo até
aqui na nossa vizinha Espanha, em Portugal os cidadãos ainda não podem
celebrar livremente contratos de casamento sem quaisquer restrições ou
discriminações em razão da sua orientação sexual.
A Teresa e a Lena sabem que até que isso aconteça, muitos passos terão ainda
de ser dados.
Mas uma coisa é certa:
- Este é o primeiro!
Fonte: http://rprecision.blogspot.com/
Da minha parte, parabéns às duas e boa sorte.
o novo ipod
http://www.apple.com/ipod/ipod.html
Bolas, o lerdo comprou um e não resisti a ir vê-lo. Bolas bolas bolas... é um espectáculo. Lá vou eu ter de deixar de almoçar durante 1 mês para comprar um!
Bolas... é um caganhoto da mínimo, com uma resolução de ecrã melhor que do meu portátil (ou quase), som bestial (não experimentei mas julgo que sim), com 30 Gb para músicas, fotos, videos. Tem agenda de contactos, calendário, etc etc...
Raios para estas cenas...
*vou jogar no euromilhões*
http://www.apple.com/ipod/ipod.html
Bolas, o lerdo comprou um e não resisti a ir vê-lo. Bolas bolas bolas... é um espectáculo. Lá vou eu ter de deixar de almoçar durante 1 mês para comprar um!
Bolas... é um caganhoto da mínimo, com uma resolução de ecrã melhor que do meu portátil (ou quase), som bestial (não experimentei mas julgo que sim), com 30 Gb para músicas, fotos, videos. Tem agenda de contactos, calendário, etc etc...
Raios para estas cenas...
*vou jogar no euromilhões*
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Estados Unidos contra LGBT nas Nações Unidas
Estados Unidos contra LGBT
(em inglês)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH United Nations: U.S. Aligned With Iran in Anti-Gay Vote Rice Must Explain Repressive UN Ban on LGBT Rights Groups (Washington, D.C., January 25, 2006) - In a reversal of policy, the United States on Monday backed an Iranian initiative to deny United Nations consultative status to organizations working to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. In a letter to Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, a coalition of 39 organizations, led by the Human Rights Campaign, Human Rights Watch, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, called for an explanation of the vote which aligned the United States with governments that have long repressed the rights of sexual minorities.
"This vote is an aggressive assault by the U.S. government on the right of sexual minorities to be heard," said Scott Long, director of the LGBT rights program at Human Rights Watch. "It is astonishing that the Bush administration would align itself with Sudan, China, Iran and Zimbabwe in a coalition of the homophobic."
In May 2005, the International Lesbian and Gay Association, which is based in Brussels, and the Danish gay rights group Landsforeningen for Bøsser og Lesbiske (LBL) applied for consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council. Consultative status is the only official means by which non-governmental organizations (NGOs) around the world can influence and participate in discussions among member states at the United Nations. Nearly 3,000 groups enjoy this status.
States opposed to the two groups' applications moved to have them summarily dismissed, an almost unprecedented move at the UN, where organizations are ordinarily allowed to state their cases. The U.S. abstained on a vote which would have allowed the debate to continue and the groups to be heard. It then voted to reject the applications.
"The United States recklessly ignored its own reporting proving the need for international support for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people," said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese. "The State Department's 'Country Reports on Human Rights Practices' show severe human rights violations based on gender identity and sexual orientation occur around the world."
As the U.S. government acknowledged in its 2004 country report on Iran, Iranian law punishes homosexual conduct between men with the death penalty. Human Rights Watch has documented four cases of arrests, flogging, or execution of gay men in Iran since 2003. In its 2004 country report on Zimbabwe, the U.S. government noted President Robert Mugabe's public denouncement of homosexuals, blaming them for "Africa's ills." In the past, Mugabe has called gays and lesbians "people without rights" and "worse than dogs and pigs."
The U.S. has reversed position since 2002, when it voted to support the International Lesbian and Gay Association's request to have its status reviewed. Officials gave no explanation for the change.
"It is deeply disturbing that, at the UN, the United States has shifted gears toward an aggressive stance against human rights for LGBT people," said Paula Ettelbrick, executive director of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission. "Unfortunately, denying LGBT groups a voice and a presence within the United Nations - the world's most important human rights institution - is fully in keeping with the U.S.'s assault on basic human rights principles worldwide."
In voting against the applications to the NGO committee, the U.S. was joined by Cameroon, China, Cuba, Iran, Pakistan, the Russian Federation, Senegal, Sudan, and Zimbabwe. Votes in favor of consultative status came from Chile, France, Germany, Peru, and Romania. Colombia, India, and Turkey abstained, while Côte d'Ivoire was absent.
"It is an absolute outrage that the United States has chosen to align itself with oppressive governments - all in an effort to smother the voices of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people around the world," said Matt Foreman, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. "It is deeply disturbing that the self-proclaimed 'leader of the free world' will ally with bigots at the drop of a hat to advance the right wing's anti-gay agenda."
In addition to the Human Rights Campaign, Human Rights Watch, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the organizations signing the letter are:
Advocates for Youth
Al-Fatiha Foundation for LGBT Muslims
Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic, Yale Law School
Amnesty International USA
Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE)
Center for Women's Global Leadership
Colombian Lesbian and Gay Association (COLEGA)
Congregation Beth Simchat Torah
Equality Now
Family Care International
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
Gay Men's Health Crisis
Global Rights
Immigration Equality
International Women's Human Rights Clinic, City University of New York School of Law
Ipas
Jan Hus Church
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
Latino Commission on AIDS
L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center
Legal Momentum
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (New York City)
MADRE
Mano a Mano
Metropolitan Community Churches
National Black Justice Coalition
National Center for Transgender Equality
National Coalition Building Institute Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Caucus
National Center for Lesbian Rights
New Hampshire Freedom to Marry Coalition
Open Society Institute
Queer Progressive Agenda
Queers for Economic Justice
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S.
Women's Environment and Development Organization
---------------------------------
Related Material
More work on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender rights
Thematic Page
Letter to Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice
Letter, January 25, 2006
---------------------------------
From: http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/01/25/iran12535.htm
© Copyright 2003, Human Rights Watch 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor New York, NY 10118-3299 USA
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice January 25, 2006
The Honorable Condoleezza Rice
Secretary of State
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20520
Dear Secretary Rice,
On behalf of forty U.S.-based organizations advocating for human rights, including the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, we write to express deep disappointment at the United States' actions this week in the Non-Governmental Organization Committee of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
As you may be aware, both the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA), and the Danish national gay and lesbian organization Landsforeningen for Bøsser og Lesbiske had applied for consultative status with the ECOSOC. The United States abstained on a virtually unprecedented motion to deny these organizations a fair hearing on their application. Still more disturbingly, the United States supported a separate motion to summarily dismiss their applications. The motion to dismiss passed by a vote of 10 to 5 with three abstentions.
Monday's vote represents a reversal of U.S. policy. When the ECOSOC voted on ILGA's previous application for consultative status in 2002, the United States joined sixteen other nations in supporting ILGA's application for consultative status.
We hope you will provide the reasons for this reversal. Is it now the policy of the U.S. government to oppose consultative status for all organizations working to promote the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people?
As the State Department's own reporting demonstrates, severe human rights violations based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression take place in many countries around the world. Arbitrary arrest, torture, and extrajudicial killing are common. We are grateful for the State Department's effort to include these incidents in its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. We find it incomprehensible that the U.S. government would recognize these human rights abuses-while denying the people subject to them the right to make their case, alongside other respected human rights organizations, before the U.N. It is, moreover, widely recognized that persecution based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression drives populations vulnerable to HIV/AIDS underground, and contributes substantially to the spread of HIV/AIDS.
As long as human rights abuses against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people occur, it is vital that non-governmental organizations working on their behalf are given a place and voice at the United Nations. Applications of three other such organizations are pending before the ECOSOC: the European Region of the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA-Europe), Coalition Gaie et Lesbienne du Québec (CGLQ) from Canada, and Lesben- und Schwulenverband in Deutschland (LSVD) from Germany. We urge you to support these applications. In this week's vote, the U.S. ranged itself on the side of severely repressive governments. As U.S.-based organizations working in the fields of human rights and sexual rights, we are dismayed-and we expect better.
Please reply to Scott Long, Director, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Program, Human Rights Watch, 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th floor, New York, NY 10018-3299 (tel: 212-216-1297).
Sincerely,
Advocates for Youth
Al-Fatiha Foundation for LGBT Muslims
Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic, Yale Law School
Amnesty International USA
Catholics for a Free Choice
Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE)
Center for Women's Global Leadership
Colombian Lesbian and Gay Association (COLEGA)
Congregation Beth Simchat Torah
Equality Now
Family Care International
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
Gay Men's Health Crisis
Global Rights
Human Rights Campaign
Human Rights Watch
Immigration Equality
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
International Women's Human Rights Clinic, City University of New York School of Law
Ipas
Jan Hus Church
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
Latino Commission on AIDS
L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center
Legal Momentum
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (New York City)
MADRE
Mano a Mano
Metropolitan Community Churches
National Black Justice Coalition
National Center for Transgender Equality
National Coalition Building Institute Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Caucus
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
National Center for Lesbian Rights
New Hampshire Freedom to Marry Coalition
Open Society Institute
Queer Progressive Agenda
Queers for Economic Justice
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S.
Women's Environment and Development Organization
Cc: The Honorable John Bolton, United Nations Ambassador for the United States
The Honorable Richard G. Lugar, Chair, United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee
The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Ranking Member, United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee
The Honorable Henry J. Hyde, Chair, United States House of Representatives International Relations Committee
The Honorable Tom Lantos, Ranking Member, United States House of Representatives International Relations Committee
The Honorable Mitch McConnell, Chair, United States Senate Appropriations Committee
The Honorable Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member, United States Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs
The Honorable Frank Wolf, Chair, United States House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Science, State, Justice and Commerce and Related Agencies
The Honorable Alan B. Mollohan, Ranking Member, United States House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Science, State, Justice and Commerce and Related Agencies
---------------------------------
Related Material
United Nations: U.S. Aligned With Iran in Anti-Gay Vote
Press Release, January 25, 2006
---------------------------------
From: http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/01/25/iran12536.htm
© Copyright 2003, Human Rights Watch 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor New York, NY 10118-3299 USA
(em inglês)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH United Nations: U.S. Aligned With Iran in Anti-Gay Vote Rice Must Explain Repressive UN Ban on LGBT Rights Groups (Washington, D.C., January 25, 2006) - In a reversal of policy, the United States on Monday backed an Iranian initiative to deny United Nations consultative status to organizations working to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. In a letter to Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, a coalition of 39 organizations, led by the Human Rights Campaign, Human Rights Watch, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, called for an explanation of the vote which aligned the United States with governments that have long repressed the rights of sexual minorities.
"This vote is an aggressive assault by the U.S. government on the right of sexual minorities to be heard," said Scott Long, director of the LGBT rights program at Human Rights Watch. "It is astonishing that the Bush administration would align itself with Sudan, China, Iran and Zimbabwe in a coalition of the homophobic."
In May 2005, the International Lesbian and Gay Association, which is based in Brussels, and the Danish gay rights group Landsforeningen for Bøsser og Lesbiske (LBL) applied for consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council. Consultative status is the only official means by which non-governmental organizations (NGOs) around the world can influence and participate in discussions among member states at the United Nations. Nearly 3,000 groups enjoy this status.
States opposed to the two groups' applications moved to have them summarily dismissed, an almost unprecedented move at the UN, where organizations are ordinarily allowed to state their cases. The U.S. abstained on a vote which would have allowed the debate to continue and the groups to be heard. It then voted to reject the applications.
"The United States recklessly ignored its own reporting proving the need for international support for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people," said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese. "The State Department's 'Country Reports on Human Rights Practices' show severe human rights violations based on gender identity and sexual orientation occur around the world."
As the U.S. government acknowledged in its 2004 country report on Iran, Iranian law punishes homosexual conduct between men with the death penalty. Human Rights Watch has documented four cases of arrests, flogging, or execution of gay men in Iran since 2003. In its 2004 country report on Zimbabwe, the U.S. government noted President Robert Mugabe's public denouncement of homosexuals, blaming them for "Africa's ills." In the past, Mugabe has called gays and lesbians "people without rights" and "worse than dogs and pigs."
Com declarações destas será ou não necessário explicitar o direito à diferença na constituição? Ainda há dúvidas?
The U.S. has reversed position since 2002, when it voted to support the International Lesbian and Gay Association's request to have its status reviewed. Officials gave no explanation for the change.
"It is deeply disturbing that, at the UN, the United States has shifted gears toward an aggressive stance against human rights for LGBT people," said Paula Ettelbrick, executive director of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission. "Unfortunately, denying LGBT groups a voice and a presence within the United Nations - the world's most important human rights institution - is fully in keeping with the U.S.'s assault on basic human rights principles worldwide."
In voting against the applications to the NGO committee, the U.S. was joined by Cameroon, China, Cuba, Iran, Pakistan, the Russian Federation, Senegal, Sudan, and Zimbabwe. Votes in favor of consultative status came from Chile, France, Germany, Peru, and Romania. Colombia, India, and Turkey abstained, while Côte d'Ivoire was absent.
"It is an absolute outrage that the United States has chosen to align itself with oppressive governments - all in an effort to smother the voices of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people around the world," said Matt Foreman, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. "It is deeply disturbing that the self-proclaimed 'leader of the free world' will ally with bigots at the drop of a hat to advance the right wing's anti-gay agenda."
In addition to the Human Rights Campaign, Human Rights Watch, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the organizations signing the letter are:
Advocates for Youth
Al-Fatiha Foundation for LGBT Muslims
Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic, Yale Law School
Amnesty International USA
Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE)
Center for Women's Global Leadership
Colombian Lesbian and Gay Association (COLEGA)
Congregation Beth Simchat Torah
Equality Now
Family Care International
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
Gay Men's Health Crisis
Global Rights
Immigration Equality
International Women's Human Rights Clinic, City University of New York School of Law
Ipas
Jan Hus Church
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
Latino Commission on AIDS
L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center
Legal Momentum
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (New York City)
MADRE
Mano a Mano
Metropolitan Community Churches
National Black Justice Coalition
National Center for Transgender Equality
National Coalition Building Institute Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Caucus
National Center for Lesbian Rights
New Hampshire Freedom to Marry Coalition
Open Society Institute
Queer Progressive Agenda
Queers for Economic Justice
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S.
Women's Environment and Development Organization
---------------------------------
Related Material
More work on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender rights
Thematic Page
Letter to Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice
Letter, January 25, 2006
---------------------------------
From: http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/01/25/iran12535.htm
© Copyright 2003, Human Rights Watch 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor New York, NY 10118-3299 USA
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice January 25, 2006
The Honorable Condoleezza Rice
Secretary of State
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20520
Dear Secretary Rice,
On behalf of forty U.S.-based organizations advocating for human rights, including the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, we write to express deep disappointment at the United States' actions this week in the Non-Governmental Organization Committee of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
As you may be aware, both the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA), and the Danish national gay and lesbian organization Landsforeningen for Bøsser og Lesbiske had applied for consultative status with the ECOSOC. The United States abstained on a virtually unprecedented motion to deny these organizations a fair hearing on their application. Still more disturbingly, the United States supported a separate motion to summarily dismiss their applications. The motion to dismiss passed by a vote of 10 to 5 with three abstentions.
Monday's vote represents a reversal of U.S. policy. When the ECOSOC voted on ILGA's previous application for consultative status in 2002, the United States joined sixteen other nations in supporting ILGA's application for consultative status.
We hope you will provide the reasons for this reversal. Is it now the policy of the U.S. government to oppose consultative status for all organizations working to promote the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people?
As the State Department's own reporting demonstrates, severe human rights violations based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression take place in many countries around the world. Arbitrary arrest, torture, and extrajudicial killing are common. We are grateful for the State Department's effort to include these incidents in its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. We find it incomprehensible that the U.S. government would recognize these human rights abuses-while denying the people subject to them the right to make their case, alongside other respected human rights organizations, before the U.N. It is, moreover, widely recognized that persecution based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression drives populations vulnerable to HIV/AIDS underground, and contributes substantially to the spread of HIV/AIDS.
As long as human rights abuses against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people occur, it is vital that non-governmental organizations working on their behalf are given a place and voice at the United Nations. Applications of three other such organizations are pending before the ECOSOC: the European Region of the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA-Europe), Coalition Gaie et Lesbienne du Québec (CGLQ) from Canada, and Lesben- und Schwulenverband in Deutschland (LSVD) from Germany. We urge you to support these applications. In this week's vote, the U.S. ranged itself on the side of severely repressive governments. As U.S.-based organizations working in the fields of human rights and sexual rights, we are dismayed-and we expect better.
Please reply to Scott Long, Director, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Program, Human Rights Watch, 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th floor, New York, NY 10018-3299 (tel: 212-216-1297).
Sincerely,
Advocates for Youth
Al-Fatiha Foundation for LGBT Muslims
Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic, Yale Law School
Amnesty International USA
Catholics for a Free Choice
Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE)
Center for Women's Global Leadership
Colombian Lesbian and Gay Association (COLEGA)
Congregation Beth Simchat Torah
Equality Now
Family Care International
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
Gay Men's Health Crisis
Global Rights
Human Rights Campaign
Human Rights Watch
Immigration Equality
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
International Women's Human Rights Clinic, City University of New York School of Law
Ipas
Jan Hus Church
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
Latino Commission on AIDS
L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center
Legal Momentum
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (New York City)
MADRE
Mano a Mano
Metropolitan Community Churches
National Black Justice Coalition
National Center for Transgender Equality
National Coalition Building Institute Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Caucus
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
National Center for Lesbian Rights
New Hampshire Freedom to Marry Coalition
Open Society Institute
Queer Progressive Agenda
Queers for Economic Justice
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S.
Women's Environment and Development Organization
Cc: The Honorable John Bolton, United Nations Ambassador for the United States
The Honorable Richard G. Lugar, Chair, United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee
The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Ranking Member, United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee
The Honorable Henry J. Hyde, Chair, United States House of Representatives International Relations Committee
The Honorable Tom Lantos, Ranking Member, United States House of Representatives International Relations Committee
The Honorable Mitch McConnell, Chair, United States Senate Appropriations Committee
The Honorable Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member, United States Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs
The Honorable Frank Wolf, Chair, United States House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Science, State, Justice and Commerce and Related Agencies
The Honorable Alan B. Mollohan, Ranking Member, United States House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Science, State, Justice and Commerce and Related Agencies
---------------------------------
Related Material
United Nations: U.S. Aligned With Iran in Anti-Gay Vote
Press Release, January 25, 2006
---------------------------------
From: http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/01/25/iran12536.htm
© Copyright 2003, Human Rights Watch 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor New York, NY 10118-3299 USA
Monday, January 23, 2006
Air
Moon Safari (1998)
You Make It Easy
never been here - how about you?
you smile at my answer
you've given me the chance
to be held and understood
you leave me laughing without crying
there's no use denying
for many times i've tried
love has never felt as good
be it downtown or way up in the air
when your heart's pounding
you know that i'm aware
you make it easy to watch the world with love
you make it easy to let the past be done
you make it easy
how'd you do it? how'd you find me?
how did I find you? how can this be true?
to be held and understood
keep it coming - no one's running
the lesson i'm learning
'cause blessings are deserved
by the trust that always could
be it downtown or way up in the air
when your heart's pounding
you know that i'm aware
you make it easy to watch the world with love
you make it easy to let the past be done
you make it easy
you make it easy to watch the world with love
you make it easy to let the past be done
you make it easy
Moon Safari (1998)
You Make It Easy
never been here - how about you?
you smile at my answer
you've given me the chance
to be held and understood
you leave me laughing without crying
there's no use denying
for many times i've tried
love has never felt as good
be it downtown or way up in the air
when your heart's pounding
you know that i'm aware
you make it easy to watch the world with love
you make it easy to let the past be done
you make it easy
how'd you do it? how'd you find me?
how did I find you? how can this be true?
to be held and understood
keep it coming - no one's running
the lesson i'm learning
'cause blessings are deserved
by the trust that always could
be it downtown or way up in the air
when your heart's pounding
you know that i'm aware
you make it easy to watch the world with love
you make it easy to let the past be done
you make it easy
you make it easy to watch the world with love
you make it easy to let the past be done
you make it easy
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
The Gift
Film
Five Minutes of Everything
Give me please five minutes of everything
Those days when you wake up
And there's no one by your side
My arm slides slowly to my left side
And to my right side, there's no one there
To kiss you or to hear you
And you go out of bed
Thinking in those days that you need
You used to talk and talk about
And everything that stops your attention
You used to talk, talk about
Everything
Those days when you walk at the bar
And try to keep a conversation with somebody else
And no one out there you could sit down or walk
There's no one there.
Five minutes of love
Five minutes of hate
Five minutes I try to call your name
Five minutes of passion
And no one knows the right place to go
No meaning or just self-control maybe
And you walk out of there
You need to talk with somebody else
And to know the problems are waiting for
Outside the door
Are waiting for
The clock won't stop
And even if it stops
Five minutes of love
Five minutes of hate
Five minutes I try to call your name
Of passion
Five minutes of everything
Of everything
Maybe you want to talk about old questions
Right next to my ear
But I don't care about those silly things
Cause all I need is five minutes of everything
Film
Five Minutes of Everything
Give me please five minutes of everything
Those days when you wake up
And there's no one by your side
My arm slides slowly to my left side
And to my right side, there's no one there
To kiss you or to hear you
And you go out of bed
Thinking in those days that you need
You used to talk and talk about
And everything that stops your attention
You used to talk, talk about
Everything
Those days when you walk at the bar
And try to keep a conversation with somebody else
And no one out there you could sit down or walk
There's no one there.
Five minutes of love
Five minutes of hate
Five minutes I try to call your name
Five minutes of passion
And no one knows the right place to go
No meaning or just self-control maybe
And you walk out of there
You need to talk with somebody else
And to know the problems are waiting for
Outside the door
Are waiting for
The clock won't stop
And even if it stops
Five minutes of love
Five minutes of hate
Five minutes I try to call your name
Of passion
Five minutes of everything
Of everything
Maybe you want to talk about old questions
Right next to my ear
But I don't care about those silly things
Cause all I need is five minutes of everything
Annie Lennox
Bare
The Saddest Song I've Got
Darling are you feeling
The same thing that I'm seeing
The troubles of the day
Took my breath away
Took my breath away
Now you're no longer talking
And I'm no longer listening
There's nothing left to say
Said it anyway
Said it anyway
And I want you not
And I need you not
I'm dying
Cos this is the saddest song I've got
The saddest song I've got
Darling are you healing
From all the scars appearing
Don't it hurt a lot
Don't know how to stop
Don't know hot it stops
Now there's no sense in seeing
The colours of the morning
Hold the clouds at bay
Chase them all away
Chase them all away
And I'm frozen still
Unspoken still
Heartbroken
Cos this is the saddest song I've got
The saddest song I've got
Monday, January 16, 2006
A Verdade - parte II
Mentiras, omissões e afins, outra vez. Pensamento meu recorrente, considerações sempre recontempladas. A verdade como limpeza da consciência. A verdade, essência de uma moral ensinada como bastião último da evolução. Evolução do ser, evolução do sentir, do amar, de dar, de nos dar-mos. A verdade como bem supremo, sem olhar a meios nem a consequências. Seremos sempre seres maiores ao dizer a verdade? Ou será a verdade fruto da nossa geral incapacidade de não aguentarmos a mentira? Será o acto de mostrar a verdade realmente o nosso querer consciente? Ou consequência do medo de não sabermos lidar com a mentira? Mas quantas vezes o problema é realmente o oposto, quando objectivamente não conseguimos é lidar com a verdade, quando esta nos é posta de bandeja aos pés. Confusos? Ainda bem.
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