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Sep. 29th, 2009

p!atd - gooddawnm door

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I'm a horrible, horrible LJer. Do I ever post anything worth reading? I have the impression I keep losing track of people, my flist seems so much smaller. But then... I'm a horrible, horrible LJer.

May. 26th, 2009

p!atd - gooddawnm door

question

How does one customize an LJ theme? Do you have to be pro to have your own theme? I know, stupid question, but I don't pay much attention to my home when I log in here.

I'll b back with a proper post.

May. 3rd, 2009

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it's called FOOTBALL!!!

Yup, football. The one you play with FEET, for God's sake... LOL

I am happy =] The team I support just won the State Championship. For the 26th time in history! Next year we celebrate 100 years of foundation, what better way to celebrate than winning a bunch of championships until then? Way to go, Corinthians! Congratulations for a flawless campaign. We did NOT lose any games!

AQUI TEM UM BANDO DE LOUCO! LOUCO POR TI, CORINTHIANS!!!

Mar. 6th, 2009

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unbreakable tour - são paulo march 5th

YES, I DID IT AGAIN!!! After almost eight years, I went to a Backstreet Boys concert again! And I loved it again!

So, the show was scheduled for 9:30 pm. 5:30pm and I was already there to meet a friend from another city that had been at the queue since noon. The line was insane, huge, full of crazy fans. The gates opened an hour later, but I waited around for another 90 minutes for another friend. She arrived, picked up her tickets and we had a snack. We got into the venue at 8:30 pm and still got pretty good paces to watch, but the stage was a bit too low. When I went to the Black and Blue tour concert, the stage was insanely high, but everyone from anywhere could see the boys onstage. The venue fit 15 thousand people, but I don't think there were that many people there. And it was HOT! Oh God, did I sweat there. I was dripping at the end of the concert.

The set list was as following:

* Larger Than Life / Stronger (Medley)
* Everyone
* Any Other Way    
* You Can Let Go
* Unmistakable    
* I Want It That Way
* Howie Dorough solo - She's Like the Sun
* Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely
* More Than That   
* Trouble Is     
* Incomplete
* A.J. McLean solo - Drive By Love
* Panic       
* Nick Carter solo - I Got You
* Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)
* As Long As You Love Me 
* All I Have To Give
* I'll Never Break Your Heart
* Inconsolable
* Brian Littrell solo - Welcome Home (You)
* The One       
* Treat Me Right
* The Call      
* Everybody (Backstreet's Back)
* Encore: Shape of My Heart 

The beginning was insane, people jumping and screaming and singing. I was out of breath very quick, because I'm so out of shape! I couldn't see anything onstage for 5 or 6 songs, but then people calmed down, put their cameras aside and we could see something.

The solos were nice, but I still prefer stuff from the Home Coming concert (1999). I only remember Howie's solo because he was very cute to the audience, he's very nice and because he did the booty shake dance. AJ is becoming Homer Simpson: fat and bald, but he's still a great singer and a sexy dancer. Nick barely spoke to the audience and his song was the best known. After all, he finally found a use for his solo work! Brian was the cutest one because he did baby talk to us and joked around before his song. Although it's a gospel song, it's very touching.

I screamed hard there, specially when they sung stuff from the Unbreakable cd, which were the songs I wanted to listen to the most. I was disappointed by the public that went quiet on Panic, the best song of the show!

When they hit Everybody everyone thought it was the last song, but I knew the set list and knew there'd be an encore. Which was good, because it brought a lot of people to tears, including my friends. I was disappointed that they ended this new show with the same song they did in 2001 with the B&B tour...

I liked this set list better, in the B&B tour concert I barely knew the newest songs and now I know them all, but the production for B&B was way better. And let's admit it, Kevin is deeply missed, his presence was so... Strong.

Dec. 5th, 2008

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(no subject)

Your rainbow is slightly shaded indigo.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

What is says about you: You are a proud person. You appreciate cities, technology, and other great things people have created. Friends count on you for being honest and insightful.

Find the colors of your rainbow at spacefem.com.

Nov. 5th, 2008

p!atd - gooddawnm door

yes, they can

My friends, mark this moment in your minds: we're part of history. Even though we are not all Americans, what America decides for them ends up fucking influencing our lives as well.

I heard once that in fact, for International Relations, Mc Cain would have been a better choice, specially when it comes to trading. But Obama is a better choice for people in America and I think he will handle this financial crisis better that Mc Cain would.

I just watched his speech, and this man knows how to say the necessary things. He also seems grounded and knows very well how to deal with the power he's been given. I hope he'll really use it wisely and that we see growth again. And more understanding. I would really be happy to see gay marriage approved finally.

Nov. 2nd, 2008

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formula 1

Ever since Ayrton Senna died in one of the grad prix, in 1994, formula 1 hadn't been so thrilling. I know you britons must be celebrating, but with the championship ending in our country, we hoped Felipe Massa would win the race AND the championship. But the race was very good, although I don't think Lewis Hamilton drove so well. I think the pilots in between Massa and Hamilton raced far better, I mean, they had worse cars and still managed to keep the pace so well.

Now we wait until the next year. I hope they still race well next year!!

Oct. 29th, 2008

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Celebrity Collage by MyHeritage

MyHeritage: Celebrity Collage - Family tree picture - Vintage images

Jul. 21st, 2008

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help others help those in need!

I'm a huge Hello Kitty fan, having been the youngest of cousins who went to work in Japan in the early 90's I often got Hello Kitty stuff through mail. I love her, but it doesn't stop me from laughing from remarks of people who think she is trying to conquer the world. I follow this blog about a man who lives with a true Hello Kitty fanatic and now he has this bet with his wife: if he gets a thousand different people to comment on his blog, his wife will donate 200 Hello Kitty themed items to those in need. If he fails to bring people to comment on his thread, he'll be forced to go on a Hello Kitty trip without complaining. I thought the idea of donating the items really cool, so I figured you could go help him. Just read this entry and eave a comment;)

Jul. 12th, 2008

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through wise words of friends

What [info]lirycaldelirium said some posts ago about letting go of people you care about because they want freedom and feeling like there's nothing left to be done or argued holds true to me too. She said everything I feel and think but my own situation, but with beautiful words. She's like a poet, I'm hanging to that to feel strong and try not to feel like a failure. Because I feel like no matter how much I struggle, it's not enough. No matter how well I think I'm doing, it's not enough to make the significant other happy. The best I can do is not enough. What am I supposedly doing wrong?

I've done a lot of thinking these days and really, all I can think of is either how stupid he is, how he's cheating on my feelings or how incapable of making someone love me I am. I think it's very frustrating that I fail on something that only depends on being me. But... I have friends, don't I? I mean, I must be at least nice. What's missing for making someone like me? Looks? Intelligence? Well, not intelligence, definitely...

They say if you've not got luck on love, you must be lucky on games, but really, I barely make ONE single number on the lottery... Is it God telling me I should finally quit on love and focus on what's really important in life?

I don't know, I think and re-think and I either get angry or frustrated.

Really, what's wrong with me? I feel like quitting this life and starting a new one... Away from everything. THIS everything...

Jul. 11th, 2008

p!atd - gooddawnm door

(no subject)

Stolen from [info]buildyourwalls


[x] I am shorter than 5'4.
[ ] I think I'm ugly sometimes.
[ ] I have many scars.
[X] I tan easily. (More like not at all.)
[x] I wish my hair was a different color.
[ ] I have friends who have never seen my natural hair color.
[X] I have a tattoo.
[X] I am self-conscious about my appearance.
[x] I have/I've had braces.
[ ] I wear glasses
[X] I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free
[X] I've been told I'm attractive by a complete stranger.
[ ] I have more than 2 piercing.
[ ] I have piercing in places besides my ears.
[ ] I have freckles.

Family/Home Life
[X] I've sworn at my parents.
[ ] I've run away from home.
[ ] I've been kicked out of the house.
[ ] My biological parents are together.
[ ] I have a sibling less than one year old.
[ ] I want to have kids someday.
[ ] I've lost a child.

School/Work
[x] I'm in school
[ ] I have a job
[X] I've fallen asleep at work/school.
[ ] I almost always do my homework.
[ ] I've missed a week or more of school.
[ ] I've been on the Honor Roll within the last 2 years
[ ] I failed more than 1 class last year
[X] I've stolen something from my job
[ ] I've been fired

Embarrassment
[ ] I've slipped out an "lol" in a spoken conversation.
[X] Disney movies still make me cry.
[ ] I've peed from laughing.
[ ] I've snorted while laughing.
[ ] I've laughed so hard I've cried.
[ ] I've glued my hand to something.
[ ] I've had my pants rip in public.

Health
[ ] I was born with a disease/impairment
[X] I've gotten stitches/staples.
[ ] I've broken a bone
[ ] I've had my tonsils removed.
[X] I've sat in a doctor’s office/emergency room with a friend.
[x] I've had my wisdom teeth removed.
[x] I had a serious surgery.
[X] I've had chicken pox.
[ ] I've had measles

Traveling
[X] I've driven over 200 miles in one day.
[X] I've been on a plane.
[X] I've been to Canada.
[ ] I've been to Mexico.
[ ] I've been to Niagara Falls.
[x] I've been to Japan.
[ ] I've celebrated Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
[ ] I've been to Europe.
[ ] I've been to Africa.

Experiences
[X] I've gotten lost in my city.
[X] I've seen a shooting star.
[X] I've wished on a shooting star
[ ] I've seen a meteor shower.
[X] I've gone out in public in my pajamas.
[X] I've pushed all the buttons on an elevator.
[x] I've kicked a guy where it hurts.
[ ] I've been to a casino.
[ ] I've been skydiving.
[ ] I've gone skinny dipping.
[X] I've played spin the bottle.
[ ] I've drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour.
[ ] I've crashed a car.
[x] I've been skiing.
[ ] I've been in a play.
[X] I've met someone in person from MySpace.
[ ] I've caught a snowflake on my tongue.
[ ] I've seen the Northern lights.
[ ] I've sat on a roof top at night.
[ ] I've played chicken.
[X] I've played a prank on someone.
[X] I've ridden in a taxi.
[X] I've seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
[X] I've eaten sushi.
[ ] I've been snowboarding.

Relationships
[X] I'm single
[ ] I'm in a relationship
[ ] I'm engaged.
[ ] I'm married.
[ ] I've gone on a blind date.
[X] I've been the dumped more than the dumper.
[X] I miss someone right now.
[X] I have a fear of abandonment.
[ ] I've gotten divorced.
[X] I've had feelings for someone who didn't have them back.
[ ] I've told someone I loved them when I didn't.
[ ] I've told someone I didn't love them when I did.
[X] I've kept something from a past relationship.

Sexuality
[ ] I've had a crush on someone of the same sex.
[ ] I've had a crush on a teacher.
[X] I am a cuddler.
[ ] I've been kissed in the rain.
[x] I've hugged a stranger.
[X] I have kissed a stranger

Honesty/Crime
[X] I've done something I promised someone else I wouldn't.
[X] I've done something I promised myself I wouldn't.
[ ] I've snuck out of my house.
[X] I have lied to my parents about where I am.
[X] I am keeping a secret from the world.
[x] I've cheated while playing a game.
[X] I've cheated on a test.
[ ] I've run a red light.
[ ] I've been suspended from school.
[ ] I've witnessed a crime.
[ ] I've been in a fist fight.
[ ] I've been arrested.

Drugs/Alcohol
[X] I've consumed alcohol
[ ] I regularly drink.
[x] I've passed out from drinking.
[ ] I have passed out drunk at least once in the past 6 months.
[X] I've smoked weed
[ ] I've taken painkillers when I didn't need them.
[ ] I've eaten shrooms.
[ ] I've popped E.
[ ] I've inhaled Nitrous.
[ ] I've done hard drugs.
[ ] I have cough drops when I'm not sick.
[x] I can't swallow pills.
[ ] I can swallow about 5 pills at a time no problem
[ ] I have been diagnosed with clinical depression.
[ ] I have been diagnosed with one or more anxiety disorder.
[ ] I shut others out when I'm depressed.
[ ] I take anti-depressants.
[ ] I'm anorexic or bulimic.
[ ] I've slept an entire day when I didn't need it.
[ ] I've hurt myself on purpose.
[ ] I've woken up crying.

Death and Suicide
[X] I'm afraid of dying.
[X] I hate funerals.
[ ] I've seen someone dying.
[ ] Someone close to me has attempted suicide.
[ ] Someone close to me has committed suicide.
[ ] I've planned my own suicide.
[ ] I've attempted suicide.
[ ] I've written a eulogy for myself.

Materialism
[ ] I own over 5 rap CDs.
[X] I own an iPod or MP3 player.
[ ] I have an unhealthy obsession with anime/manga.
[ ] I own multiple designer purses, costing over $100 a piece.
[ ] I own something from Hot Topic.
[ ] I own something from Pac Sun.
[ ] I collect comic books.
[x] I own something from The Gap.
[ ] I own something I got on e-bay.
[x] I own something from Abercrombie.

Random
[ ] I can sing well.
[ ] I've stolen a tray from a fast food restaurant.
[ ] I open up to others easily. You ask me a question I'm most likely going to answer it.
[x] I watch the news.
[x] I don't kill bugs.
[x] I hate hearing songs that sacrifice meaning for the sake of being able to rhyme.
[X] I curse regularly.
[ ] I sing in the shower.
[ ] I am a morning person.
[ ] I paid for my cell phone ring tone.
[ ] I'm a snob about grammar.
[ ] I am a sports fanatic.
[ ] I twirl my hair.
[ ] I have "x"s in my screen name.
[ ] I love being neat.
[ ] I love Spam
[ ] I've copied more than 30 CD's in a day
[ ] I bake well.
[X] My favorite color is either white, yellow, pink, red or blue
[ ] I've worn pajamas to school.
[ ] I like Martha Stewart.
[ ] I know how to shoot a gun.
[ ] I am in love with love.
[ ] I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS.
[X] I laugh at my own jokes.
[ ] I eat fast food weekly.
[X] I believe in ghosts.
[X] I am online 24/7, even as an away message.
[ ] I've not turned anything in and still got an A in a certain class.
[X] I can't sleep if there is a spider in the room.
[x] I am really ticklish.
[ ] I love white chocolate
[ ] I bite my nails.
[ ] I play video games.
[X] I'm good at remembering faces.
[ ] I'm good at remembering names.
[X] I'm good at remembering dates.
[X] I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.
[X] All of those are answered honestly

Feb. 25th, 2008

p!atd - gooddawnm door

27 dresses

I love a romcom, so I might sound a little suspicious when talking about "27 dresses" with the girl from "Grey's Anatomy"... But it IS a lovely movie! Ever since "4 wedings and a funeral" I'm enchanted by movies that talk about weddings in a fun way. This is not simply a "always a bridesmaid, never a bride" movie. Katherine Heigl doesn't play a girl desperate for a wedding of her own. She's a girl who believes in love and wants it to be the perfect way for everyone she loves too.

Of course there's the part in which she sings for everyone with another man, and that she has a hidden crsh on her boss and all the other cliches you may think of, but this one is worth watching, you feel good throughout the whole movie and leaves the cinema feeling like there's hope for everyone=)

Feb. 23rd, 2008

p!atd - gooddawnm door

(no subject)

Stolen from [info]handsomewoman

A) Four jobs I have had in my life (other than current job)
As I'm jobless now, I can count my last job=D I was a recepcionist at a small scale hotel, which was super fun afterall... Also I've worked at Disney World one summer... And have worked in 2 travel agencies before, not to mention Japan when I worked in assembly lines (pretty dumb stuff).

B) Four movies I would watch over and over
Clueless, Love Actually, Notting Hill and Enchanted.

C) Four places I have lived
Santos (where I was born), Mogi das Cruzes (where my mum's fam is from), São José dos Campos (where my parents set roots afterall) and São Paulo (where I loved to live, study and work) - not to mention Canada, Japan and the US=D

D) Four TV shows that I watch
I'll watch mostly any news program on tv, then the 7 o'clock soap, as mini-series at night and on sundays I'll watch Without a Trace, The Closer and probably Heroes straight, hehehe...

E) Four places I have been
Rio de Janeiro, Ouro Preto, Quebec Ville, NYC

F) Four people who e-mail me regularly
People don't email me much, we usually exchange a few scraps over Orkut.com...

G) Four of my favourite foods
Potatoes, pasta, seafood, bbq.

H) Four places I would rather be right now
Canada, NYC, Disney, my boyf's bed=D

I) Four things I am looking forward to this year
Graduating, going to the US, my friend's baby, the beginning of a whole new life...

J) Four favourite authors
Jane Austen, JK Rowling... I love to read, but not because of the authors necesseraly...

Feb. 16th, 2008

p!atd - gooddawnm door

non sense talk

Strange how what pisses me the most is not jealousy, but... Anger? Words that don't match atitude... Really, I wouldn't feel so betrayed it words had been true from the beginning. Feels like... Falling apart? That's what I've been thinking for sometime now. I don't know. Guess I'm just tired. Of everything.

Feb. 4th, 2008

p!atd - gooddawnm door

taken from donna

Just because I missed her and doing these=D

MOUTHOLOGY

Q. What is your salad dressing of choice?
A. I don't ike salads, thus I'm not used to dressings, but if I have to choose anything, I'd go for lemmon or olive oil (plus salt, of course).

Q. What is your favorite fast food restaurant?
A. Mc Donald's and Burger King. I mean, I prefer BK's burgers, but the atmosphere at Mc D's restaurants is better.

Q. What is your favorite sit-down restaurant?
A. I love to eat out, be adventurous with my limited taste for food or just try new restaurants. I really enjoy Outback, I loved the food at Arkeshus @ Epcot, as well as Alfredo di Roma, in said park, too.

Q. On average how much of a tip do you leave at a restaurant?
A. As I live in Brasil, I don't tip, but if I have to when I'm abroad, it'll be usually something like 10-20%.

Q. What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of?
A. Barbeque!!! Steaks, yummi, I love meat!

Q. What are your pizza toppings of choice?
A. Peperoni, calabreza and loads of thin slices of onion!!!

Q. What do you like to put on your toast?
A. Butter. I like to eat toasts with scrambled eggs.


TECHNOLOGY

Q. What is your wallpaper on your computer?
A. One of the pictures we took when we walked to North Hartley-QC on my exchange in 2006. It was a great experience and that specific day was so lovely!

Q. How many televisions are in your house?
A. 4, but we are not using one of them.

Q. What kind of cell phone do you have?
A. A Samsung X650.


BIOLOGY

Q. Are you right-handed or left-handed?
A. Right.

Q. Have you ever had anything removed from your body?
A. Wisdom teeth.

Q. What is the last heavy item you lifted?
A. Good question, I avoid this kind of situation, hahaha! Probably a box of 12 milk cartons. That was heavy!

Q. Have you ever been knocked unconscious?
A. Nops.


BULL[CRAP]OLOGY

Q. If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die?
A. Nops, I'd worry too much.

Q. If you could change your name, what would you change it to?
A. There was this time when I hated my name, it's kinda old, but I don't think I ever really considered another name. Maybe Victoria, I guess I kinda got used to being called Vi.

Q. What color looks good on you?
A. Black and grey.

Q. Have you ever swallowed a non-food item by mistake?
A. Not that I can remember!

Q. Have you ever saved someone's life?
A. Nope.

Q. Has someone ever saved yours?
A. Nope.


DAREOLOGY

Q. Would you kiss a member of the same sex for $100?
A. No! I'm not homophobic, but I'll leave this stuff for people that really enjoy it!

Q. Would you allow one of your little fingers to be cut off for $200,000?
A. Nope, unless I really needed the money.

Q. Would you never blog again for $50,000?
A. No! Unthinkable, life without blogging is almost life without being able to ever talk again!

Q. Would you pose naked in a magazine for $250,000?
A. No, too little money... Hahahaha!

Q. Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1,000?
A. No! That's disgusting...

Q. Would you, without fear of punishment, take a human life for $1,000,000?
A. Well, depending on who...


DUMBOLOGY

Q: What is in your left pocket?
A. Nothing.

Q: Do you have hardwood or carpet in your house?
A. Hardwood.

Q: Do you sit or stand in the shower?
A. Stand, things get slipery when wet.

Q: Could you live with roommates?
A. I have done so many times...

Q: How many pairs of flipflops do you own?
A: I think 2 now. I left a pair in my old apartament...

Q: Last time you had a run-in with the cops?
A. Never.

Q: Who is number 2 on your top 8
A. I don't know, I kinda have MySpace.

Q: Last Friend you talked to?
A. Cristina, via Orkut.

Q: Last person who called you?
A. Good question. I never use the phone. Maybe... My mother? Or Bruno. But I think it was last week, so ong ago.

Q: Person you hugged?
A. Good question. It's been quite sometime I don't hug or get hugged=(


CURRENTOLOGY

Q: Missing someone?
A. Hell yeah. Boyfriend, friends, dad...

Q: Mood?
A. Sleepy, as usually=D

Q: Listening to?
A. The traffic down the road and some tv from the living room.

Q: Watching?
A. Nothing.

Q: Worrying about?
A. Nothing, although I should...


RANDOMOLOGY

Q: First place you went this morning?
A. Bathroom.

Q: What do you want to do right now?
A: Sleep.

Q. What's the last movie you saw?
A. As it's Carnaval now, all there's on tv is Carnaval, parades, parties, etc. So I was randomly zapping the tv the other day and there was this odd film on tv, it looked like a terror film, but it was strange, there was something odd about it. Turns out it's a porn film about a girl who moves to this new apartament and starts to have visions and dreams about a girl who was murdered there. The ghost sort of tries to make the girl find who murdered her. In the visions, of course, there is some sex. And this new girl is in this new job and starts an affair with her boss. Turns out the ghost was her boss' lover. I sort of forgot it was porn in the middle because there was little sex involved (Basic Instinct has faaaaar more sex than this one), but it was funny to see them tryng to make it a serious movie, hahaha!

Q. Do you smile often?
A. I guess so... Evn a memory can make me happy=)

Q: Are you a friendly person?
A. I think I am, although shy=D

Dec. 30th, 2007

p!atd - gooddawnm door

(no subject)

Happy 2008! May all your wishes come true, my friends!

Dec. 9th, 2007

p!atd - but it's better if you do

(no subject)

I SWEAR I don't mind him going out, what really pisses me off is that if I don't ask, he won't even tell me! And that's reason enough for me to ask whether it's just that or something else, it makes me paranoid that people hide stuff from me!

Really, I don't know if I'm more angry or sad or what.

Nov. 26th, 2007

p!atd - gooddawnm door

(no subject)

You live and you learn you can't just trust people because you like them, they do have to earn that.

I'm frustrated with a few things, but so so pleased with others. It's time to renovate and focus on what's really important and keep faithfull to things that trully should matter.

But it's just that you expect people to be good and when they fail not because they are mean, but just because you wanted them to be the best and they just aren't and then you get utterly frustrated.

I miss the butterflies and the joy and I'm so sick of worrying and not being recognized. I will be brave and I will be better! I will see the light again, sun will shine upon me again, I'm sure!

And I do need to graduate. six years and a half, who would have thought I'd take so long?

Nov. 19th, 2007

p!atd - gooddawnm door

memoirs of a geisha (not!)

Why the movie "Memoirs of a geisha" is SO worng in many many disturbing ways:

- for one, it's too emotional. Japanese and Chinese movies can be terrible tearjerkers, but not because of the emotins shown in the movie. It's the contrary that gets the people, showing how emotion should always be surpressed. Of course nowdays it's not like that, but still, Japanese and Chinese are not exactly known for being emotional, let alone in the middle of the 20th century...

- for God's sake, it should be a movie about a Japanese tradition! What the hell was casting thinkng when they decided to cast Chinese women for the most important roles? By the way, what was production thinking when they decided to "take liberties", make them speak English with fake and poor Japanese accent?

- yeah, like you can become the best known geisha of all time in a few months. Even with the strongest will at heart, behaving like one is something you have to incorporate to your life. You don't incorporate expressions and body language like that in less than 6 months...

- I've always hated the character of Sayuri. She is so dumb and naive beyond belief! Little Chiyo promised so much more that that...

The book is no better. Against it:

- Sayuri is even dumber in the book. It's unbelievable a person as dumb as she is would become such a fine geisha. She would never be as smart as to say the things she say to the patrons if she were so dumb.

- for heaven's sake, it's an American writing about Japanese culture! It's and American who never emerged in that culture, the closest he ever got to it was the interview he used for the base of the book.

- it's an American trying to WRITE AS Japanese. He never got to the subtlety of the Japanese language. Japanese is very poetic, quite like Spanish, but sometimes even more, it's very smooth, sometimes it bares childish but it's not. It's quite ethereal.

- it's an American GUY trying to write as a Japanese GIRL. Even if he were fluent in Japanese, he would have to emerge so deeply in the language to know the differences between women and men in Japan. It shows in the language, not only the vocabulary, but the way things are said, how they are said and why they are said the way they are said. Arthur Golden NEVER got around to that, ever. Having read "Geisha, a Life", prior to "Memoirs" did help emphasize this discrepancy, but even if I had never read anything like that before, I guess I would be able to tell it.

Even though I say very bad things against the movie, I watched it today for the second time. The first time I wasn't pretty much able to understand what they were saying, so I had to get the help of subtitles this time. It's certainly a beautifully shot movie and all, of course I cried a little bit, but that's because I'm so westernized. I guess what I'm trying to say is that the movie can be enjoyed, as far as you know these things and have in mind Japanese are not really like that. Oh, most important is that miyzuage does NOT exist, it was totally made up by the author of the book and it's so sad because it casts such a bad light onto woman in general...

Nov. 12th, 2007

p!atd - gooddawnm door

i can see a whole new world!

To make good use of this LJ, I think I'd better post? Yeah, that'd be a good idea. I don't know, I love to read my flist, they, you all write so incredibly well, but I barely feel like writing. My writing has become quite bad actually, I think I need to read more. I feel insipred when I read Jane Austen, for some odd reason.

Anyway, big news. I got my eye surgery and it all went well! I'm not seig perfectly yet, but it's said to take a few months to have 20/20 vision. The surgery itself was so easy, fast and tranquil! Really, they drop anesthesics on your eyes, then prepare it for the flap cut. You can see the doctor wiping your eye, but you can't feel, so you have the impression it's not on your eye he is messing! Then for the cut the equipament makes such a pressure that your eye black out and you don't see it cutting your retina. Then after the cut you see the light again, but it's much blurrier than usual, but your ready for the laser shots. The laser shots take just few seconds and then they are closing the flap on one of the eyes to start it all over on the other eye. Talking about it sounds quite yikes, but really, it's 100% pain free and it's worth the uneasy feeling, to see like never before!

They gave me a relaxant before the surgery at the clinic, so after the 15 minutes the surgery takes, I was a bit numb and when I got home I just colapsed and woke up about 3 hours later feeling perfectly ok. The surgery was booked for 6pm, but as I was going from SP to my mothers and it rained stupidly much, I was about 15 minutes late. But at 7pm I was home already, so fast it is.

When I force my eyes too much things get blurrier, but then I rest my eyes and everything is fine again. Again, it'll take a few months for perfect viewing, but it's already much better! Sad ting is, I found the perfect glasses about 2 days after the surgery... Oh well, I'll just have to pass it, hahaha!

I need to get going to work now. Even work seems better than it already is with good vision=D

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