É Carnaval...

... nesse dia de folia ninguém chora.

Lembro de quando o Império Serrano desfilou com esse samba-enredo. Aliás lembro do tempo que os sambas do Império eram inesquecíveis.

Carnaval para mim era pensar na fantasia que minha mãe ia preparar pra mim e para uma prima, sempre saíamos com fantasias iguais. Até que minha prima, mais velha que eu, em um determinado ano ia ao baile de noite e eu não entendia porque não podia ir junto. Até que dois anos depois finalmente pude ir e dormi quase o baile todo. Achei meio chato. Já no ano seguinte, cheguei em casa todos os dias às 7 da manhã. E assim foi por alguns anos.

Carnaval de cidade pequena, de rua, de amigos, primos, paqueras, banho de piscina no clube depois do baile, meu irmão brigando na rua, mesa de lanche pronta em casa para quando chegássemos acabados de tanta folia.

Depois, o legal era viajar no Carnaval. Para o Paraná (várias vezes, Manguinhos, Caiobá, Ilha do Mel), para Búzios, para NY (duas vezes, uma delas para tentar amenizar uma dor que vai sempre estar comigo), e agora confesso que Carnaval para mim deixou de ser sinônimo de quatro dias de muito samba, suor e folia, para ser sinônimo de um bom feriado para esquecer o trabalho, fazer uma boa viagem, ou aproveitar para ir à praia ou ao cinema (normalmente menos concorrido) quando fico no Rio.

Hoje, me deu um pouco de saudade daquela época quando pulava o Carnaval. Hoje não sinto mais essa vontade. Mudei. Ou será que o Carnaval de hoje não tem o mesmo significado para mim que tinha antes? Tudo muda, algumas pessoas mudam, as realidades mudam, e mudam nossos pontos de vista. Nossa referência muda. Nossos interesses mudam. É, com certeza a Renata mudou.

Sábado de sol

Acordar cedo, ir para a praia, encontrar com os amigos, almoçar em Ipanema.
Calor de 40o.
Minha amiga não vai mais voltar para o Haiti.
2007 acabando.
Altas expectativas para 2008.
Feliz Ano Novo!

December is...

... Renata's birthday,

Kim in Rio,

Summer & Ipanema,

Party with friends,

Ana Luisa smiling.

Live from NY!

Hey guys, just arrived in NYC and went straight to the Apple store at 5th Av. I have to admit that it's being very difficult to resist to buy a new iPod touch. I've bought a classic one through Amazon, but the touch is really awesome. 

I'll have only two days here and I'm glad I will finally be able to see the Central Park with leaves!!! Tonight I'll go to Cyrano de Bergerac, with Kevin Kline and Jennifer Garder. I'm really excited for that, can't wait for tonight!

Will let you know how it goes!

See you!

My weekend at the TIM Festival

This was my first time at TIM Festival. I can't believe I worked at TIM for 5 years and only after I left I decided to go to the festival. This is one of the most important music festivals in Brazil, if you consider the kind of artists it envolves.

It's a mix of jazz-rock-punk-techno and each year everyone waits to see who is coming. So, this year I decided to attend it, and went both Friday and Saturday. The first day we saw Hot Chip and Arctic Monkeys. It was a night dedicated to UK rock (even if the first band was more related to eletronic music). I will not dedicate many words to them; after the third music I thought it was all the same and wanted to kill time until the Monkeys started.

It was a shame that the concert started so late. It was around 01:30AM when Arctic Monkeys appeared at the stage. The concert was good. They are really good. But we only waited for Fluorescent Adolescent and then went home. Marcos had to work on Saturday, so we did not wait for the end of the concert.

The next day was even better. Starting with Juliette and The Licks, followed by The Killers. I must say: I always liked Julliette Lewis as an actress. Most of the characters she played were deep, troubled, giving her space to show her talented. But I never thought of her as a rock'n'roll star. She impressed me. And all of us who were at Marina da Glória on Saturday. Even Marcos who is not a rock fan, like it so much that was downloading their songs the day after.

It was a great responsibility for The Killers to take over Juliette's performance. They were fine, of course, everybody knew their songs and all, but for me, and according to some critics, that was The Lick's night. I'm glad I was there.

Call The Police!!!

Yes! Finally they are coming... This morning we bought our tickets for The Police's concert in december!!! We wanted the premium seats but they opened the sales yesterday only for HSBC customers and the premium seats sold out.

Anyway, this year I will have a different birthday celebration: at Maracanã with Sting, Andy and Stewart.

Alive and kicking!

Hi, I'm still here. Been absent for a while, busy with work.
Nothing much going on, except the possibility of spending 11 months in São Paulo.
Can't say I'm happy about it...