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31.8.02

VIDEO MUSIC AWARD

Que tal se eu usasse esse cabelinho?


E esse modelito?


Biita!!


Ele, o motivo dos meus tormentos nos últimos dias, o Demo em pessoa:
De algum lugar no mundo, ela vai dar um pulinho aqui e ver que eu lembrei do aniversário dela e firmei pensamentos auspiciosos na felicidade (muita) que ela merece.

Para o novo amigo João Teixeira a quem andei causando preocupações vãs:

TUDO PELA METADE
(Marisa Monte - Nando Reis)

Eu admiro o que não presta
Eu escravizo quem eu gosto
Eu não entendo
Eu trago lixo para dentro
Eu abro a porta para estranhos
Eu cumprimento
Eu quero aquilo que não tenho
Eu tenho tanto a fazer
Eu faço tudo pela metade
Eu não percebo
Eu falo muito palavrão
Eu falo muito mal
Eu falo muito
Eu falo mesmo
Eu falo sem saber o que estou falando
Eu falo muito bem
Eu minto

30.8.02

Carolzinha já deve estar em solo jordaniano. Nunca pensei que fosse conhecer alguém que morasse, mesmo que temporariamente, em Aman. Fiquei tão impressionada que sonhei com minha amiguinha à noite.

Ela, com sua classe e elegância de sempre, aquela de verdade, bem simples e nada esnobe, convidava para um tipo de reunião que só poderia sair mesmo de meu subconsciente doentio. Além de servir drinks e petiscos, muitas de suas amigas estavam reunidas em uma belíssima sala de banho para que lhes fossem servidos diversos cosméticos. Assim, suas convivas se deliciavam experimentando mil creminhos, podendo aproveitar as pequenas banheiras individuais com óleos de banho exóticos e outros pequenos luxos maravilhosos. Todas podres de chic em seus roupões brancos, turbantes feito de tolha e biquinis coloridos.

Estávamos todas esperando por um hair stylist que depois cuidaria das cabeleiras de todas as belas e mais um maquiador. Obviamente a "festa" acabaria na night, porque não tem graça se produzir para ficar em casa, sozinha, olhando para as paredes.

Mas o bom desse sonho era que eu estava perto da minha amiga e a gente se divertia muito.

Saudade é coisa doida.

Desconheço sensação mais angustiante do aquela que dá quando seu marido sai cedinho para uma pequena viagem de avião e você ouve que aconteceu um acidente aéreo mas não consegue chegar a tempo para ouvir detalhes da notícia.

Evidentemente nessa hora ele não atende ao celular (claro, ora, ele está dentro de um avião, afinal). Nenhuma outra emissora de rádio ou TV fala sobre o assunto, especialmente no momento em que você a está sintonizando.

Demora muito tempo até que ele ligue só para dizer alô. Você fica quieta e não fala nada sobre sua paranóia delirante, porque ele ainda tem que pegar o vôo de volta.

Necessidade urgente de terapia, amor ou falta de um bom tanque de roupa para lavar?

29.8.02

Ela olha sua cara pela manhã. Chorou a noite inteira e agora está terrivelmente inchada. Aquele horror de imagem piora ainda mais sua percepção do mundo que já estava péssima.

É preciso fazer aquele telefonema hoje, apesar de tudo. Todos os seus temores se confirmam. Não demora para que a conversa que começou amistosa recaia sobre o mesmo tema infeliz. Não fosse a promessa feita a um moribundo ela já teria mandado a outra enfiar tudo no cu.

Sim, hoje ela fala palavrão. Ao menos pensa neles. Seus pensamentos hoje são violentos. Ela pensa em malas. Talvez precise simular um suicídio para que as pessoas parem de varrer suas declarações definitivas para debaixo de um tapete rubro-negro. Ou não. Talvez fosse suficiente parar de engolir sapos e palavras e tentar ser feliz bem longe dali.

Ela procura o botão do foda-se. É difícil encontrá-lo sob o dever de casa do filho, as providências para o jantar, aquele trabalho chato que já deveria estar pronto há uma semana.

Quanto será que custa a hospedagem num apart-hotel?

Não, ela não está gorda, nem é chata, nem é louca, ansiosa, histérica e burra. Ele apenas enjoou. Acontece, ué. Pronto! O jeito é deixar ele babando pela loirinha do escritório recém saída da adolescência e seguir com um dos outros que acham que ela é o máximo. Ou só.

Só resta torcer para que um dia o filho entenda.

Mas antes é preciso recorrer ao mesmo expediente que usou depois daquela tentativa de estupro, daquele aborto, daquela outra separação, daquela gravidez de solidão e tumulto, daquela descoberta de traição...

Cadê o batom?

28.8.02

Socorro!

Comecei a receber de repente umas coisas esquisitas por e-mail. Claro que spam é sempre uma merda, mas agora estou começando a ficar com medo.

Primeiro foi um convite para ingressar em uma pirâmide formada por evangélico. Não sou evangélica nem otária, queridos.

Agora um tal padre de Anápolis me escreve denunciando um projeto que tramita na Câmara dos Deputados incluindo a "opção sexual" entre os "direitos natos, absolutos, ilimitados, imprescritíveis" etc., e abrindo as portas ao "casamento homossexual". Caro Padre Lodi, sabe o que significa GLS? Pois é, eu sou o "S".
RIO SESC INSTRUMENTAL 2002
Idealização e Produção Artística - Marcos Souza & Driká Loureiro - Atelier Cultural
Realização SESC RIO DE JANEIRO


Carlos Malta e seu convidado Márcio Montarroyos sobem ao palco do Espaço Copacabana abrindo o 2º semestre do projeto Rio Sesc Instrumental 2002 com o tema ?Sopro Brasil?. Mais três encontros com nomes de fôlego musical apurado se apresentam em cada semana.

E em outubro, um marco inédito, músicos de São Paulo, Belo Horizonte e Rio representando 13 gravadoras de música instrumental brasileira, fazem parte do tema ?Selos Independentes?. Do violão de Turíbio Santos ao piano de Benjamim Taubkin, mesclado aos sons de Curupira, Gilvan de Oliveira, Marcus Santurys, Quito Pedrosa, entre muitos outros, ouviremos a cada semana a diversidade da música brasileira com mais de um show num só espetáculo!

A música instrumental está no ar!

Setembro/Outubro ? Espaço Copacabana
Novembro ? Sesc Campos, São Gonçalo, Madureira, Engenho de Dentro,
Nova Friburgo, Teresópolis, Petrópolis e Barra Mansa.

RIO SESC INSTRUMENTAL 2002
Toda TERÇA-FEIRA - 19:30hs
Espaço COPACABANA
Rua Domingos Ferreira 160 ? Copacabana / Tel: 25470156
Ingressos R$ 10,00 / R$ 5,00 (comerciários, estudantes e maiores de 65 anos)


Em Setembro um festival com os melhores músicos do Sopro Brasil!

Em Outubro Selos Independentes que gravam, divulgam e
distribuem a música instrumental realizarão uma mostra de seus artistas.


SETEMBRO ? Sopro Brasil

03/9/2002: CARLOS MALTA(sax,flauta)
Convida MÁRCIO MONTARROYOS(trompete)

10/9/2002: LEO GANDELMAN(sax)
Convida SERGINHO DO TROMBONE

17/9/2002: NIVALDO ORNELAS(sax,flauta)
Convida PAULINHO TROMPETE

24/9/2002: VÍTTOR SANTOS(trombone)
Convida MARCELO MARTINS(sax)



OUTUBRO ? Selos Independentes

01/10/2002: ROB DIGITAL, CPC Umes e Selo MEC

Turíbio Santos(Rob Digital)
Ricardo Amado & Flávio Augusto(CPC)
Chapéu de Palha(MEC)


08/10/2002: NÚCLEO CONTEMPORÂNEO & PAU BRASIL

Benjamim Taubkin, Teco Cardoso(Núcleo)
Rodolfo Stroeter(Pau Brasil)


15/10/2002: VISOM, BISCOITO FINO & KUARUP

Cristina Braga & Ricardo Medeiros (Visom)
Quito Pedrosa(Biscoito Fino)
& Paulo Sérgio Santos e Caio Márcio(Kuarup)


22/10/2002: LUA DISCOS, YB & JAM MUSIC

Carlinhos Antunes(Lua Discos)
Bolão(YB)
Curupira(JAM ? participou do Free Jazz 2001)


29/10/2002: KARMIM, MEC & MCD

Gilvan de Oliveira(Karmim)
Marcus Santurys(MCD)

27.8.02

O PULSO
Arnaldo Antunes / Marcelo Fromer /Tony Bellotto


O pulso ainda pulsa
O pulso ainda pulsa
Peste bubonica câncer pneumonia
Raiva rubéola tuberculose anemia
Rancor cisticircose caxumba difteria
Encefalite faringite gripe leucemia
O pulso ainda pulsa
O pulso ainda pulsa
Hepatite escarlatina estupidez paralisia
Toxoplasmose sarampo esquizofrenia
Úlcera trombose conqueluche hipocondria
Sífilis ciúmes asma cleptomania
O corpo ainda é pouco
O corpo ainda é pouco
Reumatismo raquitismo cistite disritmia
Hérnia pediculose tétano hipocrisia
Brucelose febre tifóide arteriosclerose miopia
Catapora culpa cárie cãimbra lepra afasia
O pulso ainda pulsa
O corpo ainda é pouco
Você já chegou naquele ponto que considera irrelevante qualquer assunto sobre o qual não consiga informações adicionais em uma busca rápida pela internet?
Volta e meia leio, ouço e vejo referências à decadência cultural da velha urbe que até o início dos 60 foi a capital desta nação. Pois bem, o que eu observo é que há cada vez mais coisas para se ver e fazer na flechada São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro. E, se você não for fissurado no circuitão de peças e shows, muita coisa barata. (o restante do papo está aqui)
As reações sobre o maldito artigo no Washington Times que diz que o Brasil está formando um eixo do mal que deve ser combatido pelos EUA (veja abaixo) está provocando diversas reações. Veja nos posts a seguir algumas cartas enviadas ao autor do artigo e ao jornal que teve a cara de pau de publicar tamanho absurdo.

Se você tiver alguma coisa a dizer sobre o assunto e quiser também manifestar seu repúdio, aqui estão os e-mails do autor e do jornal:

Mr. Menges: menges@hudsondc.org ou (202)-974-2410 ou (202)-223-7770

Editor of Washington Times: letters@washingtontimes.com

Quero agradecer à Leila e ao seu marido Peter (as cartas deles também estão incluídas abaixo) por ter participado da indignação e ajudado a acabar com esse absurdo.



SOME LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (WASH. TIMES)
August 19, 2002

Next stop for war on terror: Brazil?
Constantine C. Menges' column "Blocking a new axis of evil" (Commentary, Aug. 7) is an outrage to all Brazilian people.
First, I do not sympathize with presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva because I don't think he's really prepared for that office. Even so, I cannot imagine all the unnamable horrors predicted by Mr. Menges would happen if Mr. da Silva were elected. Indeed, Mr. Menges' column is like a jigsaw puzzle with no matching pieces: lots of old and inaccurate information (such as Mr. da Silva's connections to Cuban leader Fidel Castro) rearranged to make Brazil look like a potential terrorist threat to America.
Brazil has its own problems battling narcotics traffic, so tell me one good reason why would it help the Colombian terrorist outfit FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), which is financed with drug money? Also, Mr. Menges' speculation about Brazil developing nuclear weapons is ludicrous; we hardly have a decently working nuclear power plant.
If this column was meant to turn Brazil into an enemy in your readers' eyes, it seems as if reverse propaganda has occurred. If more Brazilians are thinking like me at this moment, they are thinking that the United States has been behaving in a paranoid manner since last September, seeing terrorist threats everywhere.

PEDRO GIGLIO
Rio de Janeiro


It is bad enough that the international financial community has seen fit to punish Brazilians for expressing dissatisfaction at the polls. Now neo-Cold Warriors such as Constantine C. Menges are playing the terrorism card to discredit one of Latin America's most distinguished champions of democracy, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Mr. da Silva gained notoriety on the front lines of the democracy movement in the late 1970s and was pivotal in the dismantling of Brazil's military rule. People may disagree with his policies, but there is no doubt about his commitment to democratic principles. He is no Hugo Chavez of Venezuela or Fidel Castro.
His party leaders have proved themselves skilled managers of Brazil's largest cities, and they have promised to clean up Brazil's notoriously corrupt government. Even current President Fernando Henrique Cardoso respects Mr. da Silva and his Labor Party and has
vowed to endorse him in a runoff election against the populist Ciro Gomes.
The people we should fear in Brazil are Mr. da Silva's enemies. Armed with an ideology of fear, they may overthrow the government and remilitarize Brazil. Mr. Menges' essay plays into the hands of the real enemy, an enemy that is far more dangerous than Mr. da Silva
ever could be.

MARK ANDREWS
Student
Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies
University of California in San Diego
San Diego
Reply to Prof. Menges,

I appreciate your prompt reply and the polite tone of your note, Professor Menges, but the strength of my beliefs and the absolute abhorrence I have for your absurd positions do not allow me to reciprocate so kindly. You say that you have always been a strong opponent of dictatorships: Am I to understand that you spoke out as vociferously against the military dictatorships in Brazil that proceeded their transition to "democracy"? Somehow I doubt that. After all, those were "our boys." It seems you're just another anti-left hypocrite, hiding behind the cloak of " pro-democracy" and fighting a futile battle against events and processes of which you have very little true grasp.

I'm sorry, professor, but your alarmist views simply aren't based in reality. I lived in Brazil under Cardoso for three years, I'm married to a politically astute Brazilian, and I know what the typical Brazilian thinks; there is no way Brazilians are going to tolerate a return to dictatorship, unless, of course, the U.S.--as it has done so many times in the past in Latin America, and always with counterproductive results--isolates the country and effectively sows the seeds for the type of scenario you warn against. Various representatives of the banking community just held talks w/ Lula and came away reassured; that alone questions the validity of your views. The best policy for the U.S. is to start preparing for the
possibility of a Lula victory and do whatever it can to ensure mutually productive relations between the two nations. In other words, the U.S. should exert its influence in a positive, not
negative, way--for once. Co-option, not confrontation, is the way to ensure that Brazil stays on a reasonably straight path. (I, for one, fear that too many Brazilians, already hypersensitive about the fragile state of their economy, will at the last minute have knee-
jerk reactions to all this foreign-generated crap being heaped on Lula--then they will vote for the "safe" candidate, the one that will not bring them change but will simply continue to bleed them dry with continued corruption, ineptitude, and inaction.)

You say it is your view that "the future of Brazil is up to the citizens of Brazil." Then why don't you leave it up to the citizens of Brazil? If the Brazilian electorate chooses their candidate
democratically, what right do you have to subvert that choice from afar? I am forwarding your article, message, and "strategic warning" to all my Brazilian friends here in the U.S. and in Brazil; I will also post them on various Brazilian forums that my wife and I participate in. (One response I have already received, from my very close friend who works for KPMG Consultants in Rio, is telling: Fucking lies!" she writes). I have yet to hear from a Brazilian who is not absolutely disgusted and alarmed with your views. And don't hand me that tired old "freedom of speech" line--I'm not saying you aren't entitled to your views. But disseminating agenda-driven misinformation is not something that should be taken lying down; it should be met with a loud and passionate objection. And I'm sure that you will be hearing those objections very soon via e-mail, phone calls, etc.

You say, "I hope that Brazil maintains its political freedom and has more social justice." First of all, this current state of affairs may very well represent a defining moment in Brazilian history, where Brazilians are finally exercising their political freedom to the maximum extent! And why do you think people are leaning toward Lula? Because those neo-liberal bozos that have held the reigns of power for the past several years have failed, like so many Brazilian governments before them, to deliver ANY real progress in social justice and stability.

After forty years of service, perhaps it's time for you to hang up your spurs (along w/ that dinosaur thinking of yours) and make way for some new blood that demonstrates more contemporary ideas and doesn't rely on divisive and exclusionary scare tactics. Forty years
of wrongs do not make a right (although, in your case, it has most assuredly made you "Right"!). People like you have done a hell of a job promoting misguided, damaging, and ultimately counterproductive foreign policies vis-a-vis Latin America. Your work is doing
absolutely no good for the citizens of this country or for those living outsider our borders. Despite what you and that cowboy in the White House might think, the Golden Age of commie/liberal-bashing is OVER! The "radical threat", you say? Christ, man, it's not the
1950s anymore. Do the world a favor and retire before you do any more damage.

Peter Castles


Dear Dr. Menges,

I am Mr. Castles' wife and he sent me a copy of your prompt response to his e-mail regarding your article published on The Washington Times, which is wreaking havoc among Brazilians all over world via Internet.

Please pardon some of my grammar mistakes since English is my second language, but I did want to write to you in order to give you a Brazilian's point of view of Lula and the left-wing movements in Brazil.

As a Brazilian journalist who witnessed several so-called left-wing meetings with international
attendants in Brazil, I can assure you that it is very common in this kind of forum that parties and organizations that deeply disagree with one another will gather with one common objective -- be it to demonstrate against world neoliberalism, be it to protest against the Area of Free Trade of the Americas, which they consider a bad deal for every country except the US. Like with the Social Forum of Porto Alegre and other meetings, any international
organization is free to attend and they will not be denied participation. Usually the atmosphere in this meetings is festive, democratic and pacific, and the most radical organizations are looked upon as a curiosity rathen than taken seriously. These events
are usually sponsored by several non-governmental organizations, and not by one party only. Political parties prefer not to be involved in these events' organization, even though their militants and some of their polititians will be present, depending on the prestige or visibility (for the public or press) of the event.

Now, regarding Luís Inácio Lula da Silva and the Workers Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores-PT), you have no reason to be afraid. Both Lula and PT have come a
long way since the party was founded in 1980. The ideologic naiveté and administrative inexperience has given place to a much more mature program of ideas and administration proposals and experiences that are receiving compliments from all segments of society,
including international bankers that met with Lula earlier this week. The Workers Party's constituents range from grassroots unionists to enterpreneurs, professionals and intelectuals. PT has had several members elected governors and mayors all over the
country in the last 15 years, and they pretty much stuck to the orthodox ways of management, with conservative budgets and all. It was NEVER in the PT
program the idea of revolution, armed violence or the like. By the way, the Brazilian people have the most absolute aversion to violent radicalism, guerrilla-like movements, etc. Most Brazilians would rather stay poor for the rest of their lives than having to fight with arms to change their political situation. They will try to improve the economy by voting for the candidate they consider the most promising, and every once in a while take part in
pacific street demonstrations, period. Brazilians love their happy-go-lucky lifestyle too much to jeopardize it by engaging in war games. Therefore, rest assured that Brazilians will NEVER be doctrinated to become terrorists, as you state in your article.

PT has even deleted the word "socialism" from their programs and principles statements. PT is for a capitalist society that is capable of promoting better income distribution, through moderate changes in the taxing system, incentive to industrial production and employment, etc. PT and Lula are even supporting the current Government's agreement with the IMF.

If Lula ever showed afinity with Castro or Chavez, it was only regarding some of their policies that were directed to improve the poor population healthcare, education, or to guarantee national sovereignty, etc. Lula does not support the antidemocratic way those men rule their countries, but he does want to make the point that there are some positive aspects in their administrations that should be noted. It's as if an American radical Republican who hated Clinton would recognize that at least he did a great job with the
economy. But anyway, Lula would never try to emulate Castro's or Chavez's government style in Brazil, because the Workers Party is a very ethic and democracy-oriented party, and so are their voters. Populism is definetly not the PT style.

Anyway, since you are a Portuguese speaker I would suggest that you should read the Brazilian newspapers coverage of the presidential elections, so you would have a more accurate scenario of our political situation. Good websites of Brazilian news are:

www.uol.com.br/folha

oglobo.globo.com

www.jb.com.br

I would rather rely on the daily coverage of the election facts and the analysis of competent Brazilian political columnist's articles (such as the ones at Folha On Line "Pensata" and Jornal do Brasil's Dora Kramer) than on the opinion of other scholars that might not be really up-to-date with recent Brazilian history.

Thank you for your attention.

Leila Costa


26.8.02

No início, fiquei na dúvida se ela estava trocando meu nome o tempo todo porque é mesmo muito limitada intelectualmente ou se ela estava tentando me irritar já que em nenhum momento dei chance para ela dizer a que veio.

Fiquei com a opção óbvia: a primeira.