Feliz Natal

Home sweet home

"Settle down, it'll all be clear
Don't pay no mind to the demons
They fill you with fear
The trouble it might drag you down
If you get lost, you can always be found

Just know you're not alone
'Cause I'm going to make this place your home"

Home
Phillip Phillips

Be kind

Porque

Porque realmente eu os amo de paixao.

Don`t you worry child

Swedish House Mafia

There was a time, i used to look into my father's eyes
In a happy home, i was a king i had a gold throne
Those days are gone, now the memories are on the wall
I hear the songs from the places where i was born

Up on the hill across the blue lake,
Thats where i had my first heart break
I still remember how it all changed
My father said
Don't you worry, don't you worry child
See heaven's got a plan for you
Don't you worry, don't you worry now
Yeah!

Don't you worry, don't you worry now
Yeah!
Ooh ooh ooh ooooh!
See heaven's got a plan for you
Ooh ooh ooh ooooh!

There was a time, i met a girl of a different kind
We ruled the world,
Thought i'll never lose her out of sight, we were so young
I think of her now and then
Still hear the song reminding me of when

Up on the hill across the blue lake,
Thats where i had my first heart break
I still remember how it all changed
My father said
Don't you worry, don't you worry child
See heaven's got a plan for you
Don't you worry, don't you worry now
Yeah!

Don't you worry, don't you worry child
See heaven's got a plan for you
Don't you worry, don't you worry now
Yeah!

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Wake

I'm wide awake
 Not losing any sleep
 I picked up every piece
 And landed on my feet
 I'm wide awake
 Need nothing to complete myself

I'm wide awake
 Yeah, I am born again
 Outta the lion's den
 I don't have to pretend
 And it's too late
 The story's over now, the end

 I wish I knew then
 What I know now
 Wouldn't dive in
 Wouldn't bow down
 Gravity hurts
 You made it so sweet
 Till I woke up on
 On the concrete

Bond, Bella and Bilbo headline our Holiday Movie Preview

By Emma Badame

As 2012 draws to a close, there's a natural tendency to reflect on the year that's past but if you're prone to doing that when it comes to movies, we'd advise you to wait a bit. With The Hobbit, Skyfall, Breaking Dawn, Pt. 2 and more still to come, we're willing to bet you've yet to see one or two that could give your top flick of the year a run for its money.

The cinematic holiday season starts off not with a bang but with a nostalgic 8-bit melody, thanks to Rich Moore's animated love letter to gaming, Wreck-It Ralph. The bang follows shortly after as 007's latest adventure starring Daniel Craig, Judi Dench and Javier Bardem arrives in theatre. It wraps up with Quentin Tarantino's latest, Django Unchained, on December 25. And that doesn't even begin to cover what hits in between!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Previews

Estava esperando por novembro, estava louca que chegasse logo afinal ha filmes interessantes chegando esse mes e as coisas so tem a melhorar, para a minha alegria.

Tudo comeca com Skyfall e Lincoln dia 09/11, louca para ver mais um filme com Bond (me happy). Depois vou para dia 21 ja que estou interessado pelo filme do Ang Lee, Life of Pi e dia 30 temo Ana  Karenina e Kill them softly, essas sao as datas de estreia em cinemas canadenses. Bom, esse e so o comeco e ainda temos mais para dezembro com The Hobbit e Les Miserables.

Be yourself

Be bold
Be thankful
Be quiet
Be original
Be spontaneous
Be punctual
Be a star
Be wrong
Be loving
Be crazy
Be loud
Be random
Be adorable
Be unique
Be daring
Be obnoxious
Be yourself

Coming home

I'm coming home

I'm coming home

Tell the world I'm coming home

Let the rain wash away all the pain of yesterday

I know my kingdom awaits and they've forgiven my mistakes

Say what you need to say

John Mayer

Take out of your wasted honor
Every little past frustration
Take all your so called problems
Better put them in quotations

Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say

Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say

Walkin' like a one man army
Fightin' with the shadows in your head
Livin' up the same old moment
Knowin' you’d be better off instead
If you could only

Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say

Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say

Have no fear for givin' in
Have no fear for givin' over
You better know that in the end
It's better to say too much
Than to never to say what you need to say again

Even if your hands are shakin'
And your faith is broken
Even as the eyes are closin'
Do it with a heart wide open
A wide heart

Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say

Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say

Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say

Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say

Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to say

Toronto !!!!!

Finalmente cheguei em Toronto!!!!! Novo comeco, novas oportunidades, cidade diferente - bem diferente - as experiencias serao novas. Devo dizer que estou muito feliz em dar esse passo em minha, acho que ate agora eh um dos melhores que ja dei porque pude colocar a minha acomodacao de lado e tudo que aconteceu de ruim esse ano para tras (pensando bem foram poucas e boas), mas o que importa estou fora de um ciclo que estava estagnado.

Agora tenho que comecar a arrumar a minha vida por aqui, lguns passos foram dados, endereco atualizado agora so falta colocar os estudos em dia e quem sabe em breve poder estar em uma sala de aula logo. Morro de saudades dos planejamentos, das aulas e dos alunos. Como tudo agora esta diferente a mente comeca a pipocar com ideias e a volta de sonhos que tinha deixado de lado e que agora, diferente de quatro anos atras, vou ter que correr um pouquinho mais para colocar em pratica.

O tempo aqui esta bem mais quentinho que em Calgary, fiquei impressionada em ver que as arvores ainda estava com muitas folhas nos galhos, a maior parte amarelada, com um clima de outono que eu amo. Infelizmente tem uma tempestade chegando por aqui, ate agora as noticias eh que uma pessoa faleceu e que algumas partes da cidade esta sem energia eletrica. A previsao eh de muita chuva e ventos fortes.

Here I go

Falta pouco para a minha mudanca e ainda falta muito papel para colocar para fora e o panico comecar a dominar. Essa eh a pior parte da mudanca e, claro, a parte que mais odeio. Na verdade, eu ODEIO mudanca, odeio ter que empacotar tudo  e depois ter que arrumar. Esse deve ser o efeito de tantas mudancas em minha vida, foram tantas que acabei ficando traumatizada. Mesmo assim, estou feliz ja que agora eh uma etapa nova em minha vida e tem que comecar de qualquer maneira.

Vida

By the way

Big change

Correnco como uma louca para organizar tudo por aqui e a razao eh bem simples: estou saindo de Calgary, finalmente. Depois de muito pensar resolvi sair, sei que o passo eh grande e tem muita coisa envolvida nisso, ha sempre o pensamento de como seradaqui em diante, afinal estou mudando de cidade em uma pais totalmente diferente, mas nao saberei de nada se nao enfrentar. Entao agora eh organizar tudo, guardar todas as boas lembrancas e todo aprendizado que tive aqui e seguir em frente e isso e o que tem feito com que eu siga sem olhar para tras.

Acho que as possibilidades agora sao enormes; poderei enfim estudar e na miha area tao amada, poderei voltar a sala de aula (que estava morrendo de saudade e chegava a  doer), vou passar um bom tempo em Toronto, e so de pensar o sorriso ja ficar escarado na minha cara, amo a cidade por demais. Pois bem, deixa eu voltar porque ainda tenho umas malinhas para fichar e muita, masi muita coisa, para organizar.

Blessing

"May the road rise up to meet you,
May the wind be ever at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face
and the rain fall softly on your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the hollow of his hand."

Happy Teacher`s Day - Feliz Dia dos Professores

Some of us know that…
…Integral Calculus determines a quantity between two particular moments…
… Brazil was given to Portugal as part of the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494…
… Unlike many substances, water expands as it freezes. An ice cube takes up about 9% more volume than the water used to make it…
…Orações Subordinadas Substantivas exercem a mesma função que um substantivo, na estrutura sintática da frase...
… The longest river in the world (6,825 kilometers or 4,237 miles) is the Nile, in Africa...
…The femur (thigh bone) is the largest and longest bone in the human body…
…The Present Continuous is mainly used to express the idea that something is happening at the moment of speaking…
But everybody knows that…
…teachers make it possible for us to become what we are.

Happy Teacher’s Day!

 



Neve

E hoje comeceou a nevar aqui em Calgary, estava esquecida como com um pouquinho de neve por se divertir tanto. So espero que esse inverno nao seja tao rigoroso.

Listen up

Listen here, girls
Take this advice, and remember always in life:

...

Into each heart some tears must fall
Though you love and lose, you must stand tall
'Cause we all got to cry sometimes
I said, sigh sometimes
Pull yourself together
No use crying forever
Because there's too many fish in the sea
Too many fish in the sea
I said, there's short ones, tall ones, fine ones, kind ones
Too many fish in the sea

My mother once told me something
And every word is true
Don't waste your time on a fella
Who doesn't love you
He'll only mislead you
Only grieve you
Don't worry about him
Do without him
Because there's too many fish in the sea
Too many fish in the sea
I said, there's short ones, tall ones, fine ones, kind ones
Too many fish in the sea

Well, if the fish isn't on your line
Bait your hook and keep on trying
Don't let him get you down
There's other boys around
Because there's too many fish in the sea
Too many fish in the sea
I said, there's short ones, tall ones, fine ones, kind ones
Too many fish in the sea

I don't want nobody that don't want me
'Cause there's too many fish in the sea
Ain't gonna love nobody that don't love me, now
'Cause there's too many fish in the sea
I don't need nobody that don't need me
'Cause there's too many fish in the sea
I don't want nobody that don't love me, now
'Cause there's too many fish in the sea

 

Achei na pagina da Vicky , amei a mensagem e decidi postar por aqui.

You`re something beautiful

Tell me, who's your angel?
Who's your shoulder
to hold your boulders?

Tell me, when it's raining,
who will warm ya?
Who will hold ya?

You might be broken with
all these cracks in your skin.
You might be broken,
that's where the light gets in.

You're something
beautiful, beautiful,
beautiful

You're something
beautiful, beautiful,
beautiful

And I just want
you to know,
you to know, you to know
That you're not alone,
you're not alone. Oh, oh.

Sombra na Parede

Familia Lima

Eu não quero ser escravo da minha opinião
Enxergar sempre a mesma razão
Ter certeza é quase sempre uma pobreza insípida
Definir é uma limitação
Eu quero ter o direito de mudar de idéia
Não me prender a essa velha inteligência cega
Acreditar no que a ciência nega
Liberdade é a felicidade
Que se sente quando consegue entender
Que nem sempre o que "é"
Vai ser o mesmo
Pra mim e pra você
Eu não tenho medo de me contradizer
Não sei se vale mais ler um livro ou assistir tv
Mas sei que exemplo eu não quero ser
Não tenho a pretensão de ensinar ninguém a viver
Se tudo que a gente vê pode ser sombra na parede
Como eu posso dizer
Quem tem fome ou quem tem sede
E se tem
Tem sede de que?

Hoje nao!

Ferias e planos

Ferias finalmente e agora e arrumar mesmo tudo o que tenho aqui e, acredite, em quatro anos morando aqui no Canada o que tenho de coisa nao e brincadeira. Uma parte ja foi organizada, agora e dar fim em muito que juntei, no uso ha temo e eso esta ocupando espaco aqui.

Mais estou mesmo feliz por participar de uns eventos da Orquestra Filarmonica de Calgary e uns eventos planejados para esse mes e que, finalmente, vou poder participar sem me preocupar com a escala de trabalho, em ver se posso ou nao participar. Nao ha nada melhor. Entao, eu sou uma pessoa feliz.

Brasileiro e assim

Porque Brasileiro e Pernambucano entao, nao pode ter evento que a bandeira seguida da sombrinh, claro, tem que aparecer.

Hang in there

Hang In There Baby!
There's No Maybe!
Everything Turns Out Alright!
Sure Life Is Up And Down,
but trust me it comes back around.
You're gonna love who you turn out to be.
Hang In There Baby!

Mudancas

Pois bem, a pequena pessoa que vos escreve simplesmente esta em fase de mudanca. Dessa vez estou realmente a mudanca sera grande, quero muito mudar tudo ao meu redor e isso quer dizer cidade nova, emprego diferente e fazer o que nesses ultimos anos nao pude fazer.

Comecei a correr atras, ja que a etapa dos pros e contras foi ultrapassada ha algum tempo, entao agora eh colocar tudo em uma bela lista e ter tudo em ordem. Isso tem me deixado bastante feliz, so em pensar nas possiblidades e portas que se abrirao e poder ensinar novamente, nao ha nada que pague isso.

Entao eh :

So assim

Tem que ser assim

UMA XÍCARA DE CAFÉ!

Um grupo de profissionais, todos vencedores em suas respectivas carreiras, reuniu-se para visitar seu antigo professor.
Logo a conversa parou nas queixas intermináveis sobre 'stress' no trabalho e na vida em geral.

O professor ofereceu café, foi para a cozinha e voltou com um grande bule, e uma variedade de xícaras: de porcelana, plástico, vidro, cristal, algumas simples e baratas, outras decoradas, outras caras, outras muito exóticas...

Ele disse:
- Pessoal, escolham suas xícaras e sirvam-se de um pouco de café fresco.

Quando todos o fizeram, o velho mestre limpou a garganta e calma e pacientemente conversou com o grupo:
- Como puderam notar, imediatamente as mais belas xícaras foram escolhidas e as mais simples e baratas ficaram por último. Isso é natural, porque todo mundo prefere o melhor para si mesmo. Mas essa é a causa de muitos problemas relacionados com o que vocês chamam "stress".

Ele continuou:
- Eu asseguro que nenhuma dessas xícaras acrescentou qualidade ao café. Na verdade, o recipiente apenas disfarça ou mostra a bebida. O que vocês queriam, na verdade, era o café, não as xícaras, mas instintivamente vocês quiseram pegar as melhores.

Então, eles começaram a olhar para as xícaras uns dos outros.

 

Trabalho, dinheiro, status, popularidade, beleza, relacionamentos, entre outros, são apenas recipientes, que dão forma e suporte à vida.

O tipo de xícara que temos não pode definir nem alterar a qualidade da vida que recebemos.

Muitas vezes, concentrando-nos apenas em escolher a melhor xícara, nos esquecemos de apreciar o café!
As pessoas mais felizes não são as que tem o melhor, mas as que fazem o melhor com tudo o que tem!

Então, lembre-se:
* Viva simplesmente;
* Aja com generosidade;

* Seja solidário e atencioso;
* Fale com sinceridade;

* Respeite a Vida e as pessoas.

O resto, deixe nas mãos de Deus, porque a pessoa mais rica não é a que mais tem, mas a que menos precisa!!! 

 

Agora, desfrute do seu café e tenha uma ótima semana!

 

Take me away

I got a pocket, got a pocketful of sunshine.
I got a love, and I know that it's all mine.

Take me away (take me away)
To better days (to better days)
... Take me away (take me away)
A hiding place (a hiding place)

There's a place that I go,
That nobody knows.
Where the rivers flow,
And I call it home.

Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketfull of Sunshine

Felicidade existe

 

The Fellowship of the Ring Performed Live with Film

Thursday, May 16, 2013 – 7:30pm
Friday, May 17, 2013 – 7:30pm
Saturday, May 18, 2013 – 7:30pm
Jack Singer Concert Hall

Join us for a thrilling journey into the realm of Middle Earth! Over 250 musicians and singers amass onstage to perform Howard Shore’s Academy® and Grammy® Award-winning score live as you watch the full-length film of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Costumes welcome!


A pequena pessoa que vos escreve eh simplesmente a pessoa mais feliz do mundo depois de ler a noticia acima no site da Orquestra Filarmonica de Calgary.

Feliz Dia do Amigo

You can`t

Don`t ...

Vida

Pra frente eh que se anda

Sempre tive que lidar com mudancas, ciclos, inicio e fim afinal desde crianca mudei algumas vezes de cidade e em cada mudanca sempre houve um novo comeco como sempre deve ser: escola nova, predio novo, etc.

Sou muito apegada a minha zona de conforto, eu a amo de paixao, mas com as mudancas pelas quais passei tive que de alguma maneira encontrar um equilibrio entre novos comecos e essa minha zona tao amada, gosto de sentir seguranca e de saber que ha um lugar onde possa ter um meu conforto, um lugar onde realmente conheca, saber onde estou pisando. Com o passar do tempo estabilzei e as unicas mudancas foram as de emprego, e por imcrivel que possa parecer algumas dessas mudancas foram bem planejadas por mim, tinha que arender mais e viver outras experiencias.

Pois bem, a maior de todas as mudancas aconteceu ha quase quatro anos tras quando sai de Recife e simplesmente desembaquei em Calgary (Canada). Desde que cheguei estou no mesmo emprego, a experiencia sempre foi promissora: chance de conhecer pessoas de paises e culturas diferentes, ter a chance de expandir a lingua inglesa, trabalhar com pessoas especiais. Mas como tudo tem um comeco e fim e pela primeira vez estou realmente puxandotudo para um limite bem antes do esperado. Aqui deu tudo o que tinha para dar. O que mais impressiona eh que dessa vez estou tao saturada que preciso sair o quanto antes. Cada vez mais a saudade esta batendo e o coracao aperta a cada vez que falo das minhas experiencias como professora e quero tanto voltar a ensinar e ter a alegria de voltar a sala de aula, it is so much fun.

100 anos

Alguns ligares aqui em Calgary (Canada) estao comemorando 100 anos de existencia, mas nao eh so aqui que ha comemoracoes especiais em torno da idade. A paramount tambem esta completando 100 anos e publicou um cartaz com os filmes ja feitos nesse tempo. Entao decidi, dar uma olhada e ver se conheco pelo menos parte deles, mas aho que vou precisar de uma ajudinha para achar todos.

Ai, ai

The new invasion: 5 Brits on the brink
By Emma Badame.

Each and every year Hollywood is faced with a new crop of talented actors and actresses looking to be plucked from obscurity via a hit movie or indie gem that could spell their big break. It's a tale as old as time...or as old as the big screen anyway. But you don't have to be an acting ingenue to take Hollywood by storm. Since the Californian dream machine started churning there has been a steady stream of British actors attempting to transform their UK success into a lasting impression on this side of the pond. That international level of success is a daunting task for even the best of actors and few manage to make the leap. But over the past year it's become clear to those paying attention (i.e. Anglophiles and casting agents) that there happen to be several very talented actors on the brink of doing just that.
Check out our list of the 5 UK successes who will soon be familiar enough to North American audiences that IMDB searches will become a thing of the past.

#5 Richard Armitage

The Leicester-born, LAMDA-trained actor is pretty much an unknown property to audiences outside of Britain, but after starring in numerous well-received UK television productions as a deliciously evil baddie ("Robin Hood"), conflicted spy ("Spooks") or brooding hero to rival even Colin Firth's Darcy ("North & South"), it's clear he's got talent and range to spare. With a co-starring role in last year's Captain America: The First Avenger and his sizable role as Thorin Oakenshield in Peter Jackson's two part Hobbit adaptation (alongside our #3 pick, Martin Freeman) on the horizon, recognition on this side of the pond is likely to change in a hurry.

#4 Eddie Redmayne

The London-born actor and model is certainly no stranger to critical accolades. After all, the 30-year-old Redmayne already has an Olivier Award, Tony Award and Critics Circle Award under his belt. Mainstream big and small screen success has been a tad more elusive but that looks to be changing in a big way. Thanks to a stand-out performance alongside Michelle Williams in My Week With Marilyn, a memorable turn in the "Pillars of the Earth" mini-series and a co-starring role as Marius in Tom Hooper's highly anticipated big-screen adaptation of Les Misérables, it's only a matter of time until Redmayne becomes a household name.

# 3 Martin Freeman

Though familiar to Anglophiles across our fine nation for his fantastic work in the original "Office", the BBC's "Sherlock" (which nabbed him a Best Supporting Actor BAFTA last year), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Love, Actually, there is still a disappointingly large number of people who would see Martin's name and shake their head while saying "I think you mean Morgan Freeman." Well, that's all about to change come a little 'indie' film called The Hobbit.

Freeman is tackling the titular role in Peter Jackson's epic two-part adventure and it's a safe bet that once international audiences get a load of the talented thesp in his role of Bilbo Baggins come December 14, the Freeman name confusion will be a thing of the past.

#2 Tom Hiddleston

As the charismatic arch-villain Loki in Marvel's wildly successful Avengers, the 31-year-old London native managed the not-inconsiderable task of stealing scenes from a laundry list of A-list actors including Robert Downey Jr. and Samuel L. Jackson. It's just the latest in a line of recent big-screen triumphs for the RADA-trained actor. Since his major-film debut in 2010's Thor, he's gone on to wow critics with performances in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris, Spielberg's War Horse, and as the damaged Freddie Page in an adaptation of Rattigan's The Deep Blue Sea. But it's his second foray as the mischievous god that's pushed the talented thesp (who's also a dab-hand at impressions - his Owen Wilson is insane) to make the leap from critical darling to fan favourite (see the masses of Tumblrs and GIFs dedicated to the actor just for a start).

Up next for Hiddleston is a starring role in Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive.

#1 Benedict Cumberbatch

The 35-year-old British actor has been impressing critics and audiences in the UK for almost a decade with roles on both the stage and small screen. But recent days have seen Cumberbatch's star rise far beyond his native land - so much so that he's created what some are (rightly) calling a fully fledged situation here across the pond.

The chameleon-like thesp with the absurdly memorable name appeared in not one but two Oscar-nominated films last year, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and War Horse, while also finding himself cast as the purported big bad in J.J. Abram’s much-anticipated Star Trek sequel. But his brink-of-international-success is truly down to one thing: the BBC's "Sherlock." In his breakthrough role as a modern incarnation of the legendary detective, casting agents and audiences worldwide have been afforded the opportunity to see something exceedingly rare - the perfect marriage of talent and part.

Next up for Cumberbatch: Star Trek 2, 12 Years a Slave, and a third season of "Sherlock."

Do: Cineplex.

Pois bem

Muita agua passou debaixo da ponte desde a ultima vez em que postei por aqui, desde estresse ate bons momentos. Pois bem, momenteos estressantes foram colocados para tras e o que ficou foi a experiencia e o aprendizado. Os bons momentos ficaram e foram bem valorizados.

Agora eh olhar para frente, afinal eh para frente que se anda nao eh verdade? Planejando uma festa junina aqui na empresa onde trabalho, esse sera o segundo ano em que organizo. Dessa vez temos mais atividades planejadas como dancas, brincadeiras e correio elegante, porque festa junina nao eh festa junina sem um bom correio elegante. E isso me da uma saudade de Caruaru, de Recife, das festas pela cidade.

Amor da minha vida

Porque eu a amo de paixao e morro de saudades dela.

Ahhhhhhh

Porque muitas vezes so assim para que eu nao saia correndo em circulos gritando.

Love means...

Manifesto

Saudades

Bateu uma saudade quando vi essa foto. 

Amei

Leão do Norte

Lenine

Sou o coração do folclore nordestino
Eu sou Mateus e Bastião do Boi Bumbá
Sou o boneco do Mestre Vitalino
Dançando uma ciranda em Itamaracá
Eu sou um verso de Carlos Pena Filho
Num frevo de Capiba
Ao som da orquestra armorial
Sou Capibaribe
Num livro de João Cabral
Sou mamulengo de São Bento do Una
Vindo no baque solto de Maracatu
Eu sou um auto de Ariano Suassuna
No meio da Feira de Caruaru
Sou Frei Caneca do Pastoril do Faceta
Levando a flor da lira
Pra Nova Jerusalém
Sou Luis Gonzaga
E sou do mangue tambêm
Eu sou mameluco, sou de Casa Forte
Sou de Pernambuco, sou o Leão do Norte
Sou Macambira de Joaquim Cardoso
Banda de Pife no meio do Canavial
Na noite dos tambores silenciosos
Sou a calunga revelando o Carnaval
Sou a folia que desce lá de Olinda
O homem da meia-noite puxando esse cordão
Sou jangadeiro na festa de Jaboatão
Eu sou mameluco...

Ah, felicidade

Pois bem, apos assistir Thor cai de amores por Tom Hiddleston (Loki). A atuacao dele no filme foi muito boa e acabei por assistir outros filmes em que ele atou, como: Cavalo de Guerra, Midnight in Paris. Embora ainda tenha mais filmes em que ele aparece que quero muito ver, o que claro deixa a pessoa aqui muito feliz.

Mais Tom Hiddleston

Hiddleston replaces Fessbender in Jarmusch`s vamp romance
By Emma Badame

From the broody baddies of Twilight and Underworld, to the popular small screen vamps from "True Blood" and "The Vampire Diaries", there's certainly no shortage of projects to satisfy your hunger for the undead these days. And lest you think you're immune to the thrall of the on-screen bloodsuckers, director Jim Jarmusch recently revealed he’ll be throwing his hat into the genre ring with a new film that may just appeal to a whole new audience. What sets this one apart? It's set to star Tilda Swinton, John Hurt and Mia Wasikowska.


The centuries-old love story between two vamps, currently titled Only Loves Left Alive , is set to start shooting later this year. Originally slated to star our breakout actor of 2011, Michael Fassbender, the romantic leading role is now in the more-than-capable hands of British actor Tom Hiddleston (Thor, War Horse). Though we have to admit we're bummed about not seeing Fassy front and center in this one, we're equally happy to see the talented Hiddleston get a chance to impress alongside the stellar cast. Did we mention Tilda Swinton? We did? Well...it bears repeating.

This one can't hit theatres soon enough for us.

And if it's more vamp action you're after, catch director Amy Heckerling's entry into the genre later this year. Vamps stars Alicia Silverstone and Krysten Ritter as two young, blood-hungry vampire friends living and enjoying the never-ending nightlife in NYC until one of them falls for a mortal. Named Joey Van Helsing (Dan Stevens). The film also stars Sigourney Weaver, Wallace Shawn, Richard Lewis, Malcolm McDowell, Justin Kirk, Zak Orth and Kristen Johnston.

Photo: Hiddleston at the U.K. premiere of War Horse. (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

Dark Shadows

Based on the gothic soap opera from the late 1960s, Dark Shadows earned a cult following. Once again, Burton has teamed up with Johnny Depp who plays the 18^th century vampire Barnabas Collins. The 200 year-old vampire Barnabas wakes up in in the early 1970s to find his manor in ruins and his strange descendants occupying his former estate. It’ll be full of retro gothic fun that Burton does best, and I for one, can’t wait!

With an amazing cast that features Burton’s real-life leading lady Helena Bonham Carter, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Lee, Chloe Moretz, and Eva Green, Dark Shadows is one film that I can't wait to see.

Opening on May 11, the film will tide Burton fans over until Frankenweenie hits theatres in October.

Para pensar II

Para pensar

Folga

Nada melhor que uns dias de folga e ir ao cinema, organizar umas coisas e, claro, aproveitar umas horas de boa conversa com algumas amigas brasileiras. Isso realmente nao tem preco.

Fiquei feliz porque finalmente esses dias foram ensolarados e quentinhos, acho que finalmente a primavera esta querendo ficar mesmo por aqui. Oficialmente a primavera comecou desde o dia 20, mas com dias de neve e frios, o que desencoraja sair por aqui.

Agora em maio dois filmes vao estrear, o que deixou a pequena pessoa aqui muito feliz e ja contando os dias para que estreiem. Um deles eh mais uma parceira do Tim Burton e o Johnny Deep - Dark Shadows - e The Avengers.

One more for my collection

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Parabens atrasado.

Pois bem, dia 12 de marco foi o aniversario de Recife e Olinda. Pena que nao estive por la para poder comemorar. O coracao ficou pequeno de tanta saudade.

Happy St. Patrick`s day

Happy St. Patrick`s Day, people!!!!

By the way

Amanha (St. Patrick`s Day) sera um bom dia para tomar uma, embora todo o dia eh um dia muito bom para tomar uma Guinness.

Awareness

Os dois textos publicados abaixo foram tirados do Cesar Millan, fevereiro foi dedicado ao pit bull, como minha familia tem uma pit bull achei a iniciativa bem interessante.

Going Pit Bull: How We Can End Prejudice

 

As I was browsing the news this week, a headline caught my eye: “Romney Takes Pit Bull Approach in Florida.” I looked at Junior and wondered if the journalist meant that Romney was going to become a calm-submissive presence, devoted to the American people. But of course, that was not they meant. They meant that Romney was going to fiercely attack his opponents, or in the journalist’s eyes, act like a pit bull.
Seeing pit bulls being referred to in this manner upset me of course, but didn’t surprise me. If any of the candidates running for office think they have image problems, they have nothing on a pit bull. There has been so much bad information spread about this wonderful breed, it’s no wonder that people get nervous when they see a pit bull on the street—people have been trained to think of these dogs as scary and dangerous.

If you watched Dog Whisperer this week, you saw me visit some of the reformed gang members in South Central Los Angeles, who work for Homeboy Industries. I greatly enjoyed meeting them and working with their dogs, many of whom were pit bulls. Now when people see a big guy, covered in tattoos, walking his pit bull down the street, they respond with fear or anxiety. They’re afraid something bad is going to happen. What they don’t know is that the guy and the pit bull are really sweet and loving and not threatening at all. It’s like I said on the show—a breed is like a suit of clothes, it doesn’t tell you anything about the dog inside.

It’s hard to blame people for being afraid of pit bulls, when all they see on the news are stories about dog fighting rings and people being attacked. They usually leave out that it’s the owner who made the dog violent, not the breed. And the news usually doesn’t report all of the amazing stories of the pit bulls making a difference as service dogs, therapy dogs, and search and rescue dogs. Did you know that Helen Keller’s pet dog was a pit bull? Or that Mary Tyler Moore’s pit bull helps her control her diabetes, by alerting her when he can sense her blood sugar is low? These are the stories that rarely get reported.

I’ve been very blessed to be able to travel the world and appear on television with Daddy and Junior and show the true nature of pit bulls. I say that I rehabilitate dogs and I train people, and I want to help educate people about pit bulls, because ending prejudice begins with education. And it’s not just pit bulls, there are prejudices about every breed. So, here at CesarsWay.com, we want to do more to help educate.

We want to spotlight a different breed every month. In February, we’re going to learn more about pit bulls. All month long, you’ll see stories about pit bulls as pets and working dogs, stories about pit bull heroes, funny and touching pit bull videos, and we’ll explore why pit bulls have such a bad reputation which they don’t deserve.

February is always a sad time for me, as it marks the anniversary of when we lost Daddy. But we hope to honor his memory by building on all the goodwill he created during his life. We hope that you will enjoy the stories and hopefully learn something, and pass them along to friends and family, so everyone will see pit bulls for the great animals they truly are.
Who knows? Maybe the next time you hear about “someone going pit bull” they’ll mean being kind, loving, and protective. I’d vote for that.

Stay calm and assertive,
Cesar

How Did Pit Bulls Get Such a Bad Rap?

By Jon Bastian

If current news reports are to be believed, pit bulls have been attacking and biting humans left and right—to the point that many communities are considering breed-specific bans on pit bulls.
Would it surprise you to learn that pit bulls used to be America’s darlings? Before the mid-80s, stories of pit bull attacks are practically non-existent. There is even some confusion over exactly which breed of dog is a pit bull—the definition includes the American pit bull terrier, the Staffordshire terrier and, at times, the bulldog. This confusion seems to have dogged the breed from the beginning, as there is some disagreement over the origin of pit bulls.
Where do pit bulls come from and how did they get such a bad rap?

History of Pit Bulls: Two Possible Histories of Pit Bulls

In one theory, pit bulls began during antiquity as the so-called Molossus, a now-extinct breed that was used by the Greeks as shepherds and guard dogs. In times of war, they marched off to battle with their humans. Eventually, so the theory goes, the Molossus made it to early Britain, where it became known as the Mastiff. In the first century CE, Rome discovered the breed after defeating the Britons, and the dogs spread all over the empire. For the next four hundred years, they were used as war dogs, and intermixed with various local breeds all over the European continent, becoming the forerunners of the modern pit bull.

A competing theory places the origin of the pit bull in England at the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066, when butchers would use large, Mastiff-type dogs as “bullenbeissers,” which translates as “bull biter.” Trained to latch onto a bull’s nose and not let go until the animal was subdued, these dogs were the only way that humans could regain control when a bull became agitated.

Unfortunately, this practical if dubious use eventually led to the “sport” of bull-baiting, where dogs were put in a pit with an intentionally riled-up bull and spectators placed bets on which dog would hold on the longest, or bring the bull down. You’ve probably guessed it by now, but this is also the origin of the terms “pit bull dog” and “bulldog.”

Still not a specific breed, the bullenbeissers were bred with Terriers, combining their intelligence with the strength of the Mastiffs. As bull-baiting came to be banned in the 19th century, dog fighting became popular as an underground and quasi-illegal activity in the UK. British immigrants to the U.S. at that time brought dog fighting, as well as their dogs, to the New World. However, as the breed spread to Americans and Americans spread across the continent, pit bulls began to be put to their original use, as general purpose herding and working dogs. Because of their fighting history, though, the American Kennel Club would not recognize the breed until 1936, although they defined it as a Staffordshire terrier, distinct from the American pit bull terrier.

Early Perceptions of Pit Bulls

Far from being considered a killing machine on legs, pit bulls seem to be an American favorite in the early half of the century—indeed, during World War I, the country itself is personified as a pit bull on army recruitment posters, and several pit bulls go on to become famous in the American military. Referring to an athlete as a pit bull is a very common sports metaphor through the 1930s, and it is meant as the highest compliment. There is also a famous racehorse in the late 1930s named pit bull, as well as a number of pit bull stars of early motion pictures. Frequently, pit bulls are associated with children, as in the Our Gang comedies, as well as with Buster Brown, both in short films and as the corporate mascot for a shoe company. The famous RCA Victor image of a dog and a gramophone also featured a pit bull terrier.

From the turn of the century until the early 1980s, there is exactly one dog attack story to make the national papers and mention pit bulls, but that’s probably because it involved a man intentionally siccing a pack of 26 dogs on a young woman. According to a 1947 article in The Independent (St. Petersburg, Florida), “Attorneys said they believed it was the first time the state had invoked a statute which would find the owner guilty of manslaughter if it were proven that he permitted vicious animals to run free and they attacked and killed a human being.” There’s no mention of pit bulls as vicious and no call for a ban of the breed, just a human being held responsible for inducing the dogs to attack. Ironically, though, it is in Florida forty years after this incident that the first breed-specific ban is enacted. In the intervening decades, “pit bull” continues to be a popular description for athletes and when the breed does turn up in newspapers, it’s more often than not in a classified ad for puppies.

The only mention during the 1960s that isn’t an ad is a rather amusing bit from gossip columnist Earl Wilson, who reported in his August 22, 1969 column, “Sonny and Cher, who used to scare people, have now been scared by people. ‘Totally horrified’ by the Sharon Tate murder case, they bought a big dog—‘a pit bull terrier’—to protect them and their little daughter Chaste [sic] at their Hollywood Home...” It is at about this time that using large dogs for personal protection becomes popular, but pit bulls are still not singled out as particularly dangerous. In 1971, a new law allows the U.S. Postal Service to bill people for injuries caused to letter carriers by their dogs, but it applies to all dogs, and the general attitude is still one of human responsibility. In a syndicated New York Times story from 1977 on dog bites, opening with the story of a seven year-old boy receiving a very minor injury from a Great Dane, author Jane E. Brody advises, “(S)imple precautions on the part of the dog owners and potential victims could prevent most of these attacks.”

Pit Bull Change in Perception and Ban on Pit Bulls

Less than a decade later, that had all changed and by New Year’s Day 1986, over thirty communities are considering breed specific legislation and ban on pit bulls. What changed? For one thing, despite being illegal in all fifty states, dog fighting made a comeback in the 80s, and the pit bull is the dog of choice. It is also the preferred guard dog for drug dealers and gangs, with a hugely publicized attack in 1987 in which a pit bull guarding a marijuana crop in California mauls and kills a two-and-a-half year-old boy. By the summer of that year, every single proposed ban has become law, but not necessarily with the support of animal professionals. Kent Salazar, head of Albuquerque’s animal control division, commented at the time of their proposed ban on pit bulls that he didn’t think a ban on pit bulls was necessary, saying, “We have all the means to protect people with clauses about vicious dogs.” He also noted that, a few years previously, Doberman pinschers were the target of such bans. His words went unheeded, and Tijeras, New Mexico, just outside of Albuquerque, passes the toughest pit bull ban of the time, allowing animal control officers to seize and destroy them on sight without compensation to the owner.

The various pit bull breed bans are decried by animal control officials as “the most concentrated legal assault on a pit bull bans they can recall,” as well as “canine racism.” The Houston Chronicle quotes unnamed officials as placing the blame for the problem squarely on humans. “(M)any of the pit bull attacks are due to a skyrocketing number of poorly bred and badly trained dogs raised by backyard breeders, who are trying to cash in on the pit bull’s growing reputation as a cheap, but deadly effective guard dog, particularly in urban areas.”

Nearly thirty years after the beginning of this anti-pit bull hysteria, the tide seems to be turning a little bit, but every step forward is followed by a step back. Even as Florida is attempting to overturn all breed-specific legislation, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin is considering imposing a new ban. Yet it only takes a brief look at the history of pit bulls to realize that the dogs are not the problem; the humans who misuse them are. For over a hundred years, holding the owners personally responsible was enough to prevent attacks, and the breed was perceived as very child-friendly. With outreach and education, it may be possible to restore that image and rehabilitate the pit bull’s reputation, restoring an iconic American dog to its rightful place among mankind’s best friends

Here, there

Ultimos dias em terras recifenses e a melhor opcao aproveitar o que resta de calor e sol antes de voltar ao frio das terras canadenses. Alias, estava bem feliz porque sabia que o inverno estava sendo generoso em Calgary, mas o inverno resolveu pegar pesado e essa semana as temperaturas chegram ou ainda vao chegar aos -30C e isso com um belo plus da sensacao termica que varia dos -33C ou -38 C. Ai, ai.
So espero que esse ano o inverno nao dure tanto quanto o ano passado.

Aproveitando

Enquanto não volto a minha vidinha de estresses (vulgo trabalho) aproveito mais uns dias na terrinha e, claro, tinha que colocar os pés no cinema. Afinal não tinha visto ainda Imortals, que teve estréia no dia 11/11/11 no Canadá e War Horse, ambos já em exibição nos cinemas brasileiros. Minha alegria foi encontrar as versões legendadas, já que não consigo assistir as versões dubladas, muito de perde na dublagem dos filmes. Por isso, não vi Muppets(estou louca para assistir, mas cópias dubladas não rolas, então é esperar chegar em terras canadenses para vê-lo).

Filmes como Hugo, The girl with the dragon tattoo, Sherlock Holes: a game of shadows já estrearam no Canadá, então vou dar uma corrida aos cinemas de lá para dar uma atualizada, pois acho que esses filmes devem demorar um pouco para aterrissar por aqui. E podem ter certeza, um cinema faz uma falta enorme no meu dia.

Das insatisfações da vida

Alguém já teve uma daquelas frustrações maravilhosas ligadas ao trabalho? Pois é, uma aconteceu comigo ontem. Não merecia o tipo de tratamento dado a pequena pessoa aqui, o que mais me irritou: a forma como tudo foi feito, simplesmente detesto ser culpada e pressionada de uma forma tão pequena como fizeram, principalmente quando a culpa não é, quando nem estive ligada a tudo. Ai que o ódio foi crescendo dentro de mim. Agora é esperar e esclarecer tudo cara a cara assim que chegar lá e com a cabeça fria. Como é fácil condenar as pessoas sem antes conhecer a estória por trás dos fatos.

Cinema em breve

Esta mais perto, poucos meses.