Getting worse

The b**** is screaming her head off, the hommies are stomping on the hardwood floor...

Chamem a Policia

Nao consigo dormir...nao, nao e insonia. E uma bruta festanca em casa do vizinho. E 1.30 da manha. Nunca ouvi tanta f word junta. Parece que estou num filme do Tarantino.

Jules: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa... stop right there. Eatin' a bitch out, and givin' a bitch a foot massage ain't even the same fuckin' thing.
Vincent: It's not. It's the same ballpark.
Jules: Ain't no fuckin' ballpark neither. Now look, maybe your method of massage differs from mine, but, you know, touchin' his wife's feet, and stickin' your tongue in her Holiest of Holies, ain't the same fuckin' ballpark, it ain't the same league, it ain't even the same fuckin' sport. Look, foot massages don't mean shit.
Vincent: Have you ever given a foot massage?
Jules: [scoffs] Don't be tellin' me about foot massages. I'm the foot fuckin' master.
Vincent: Given a lot of 'em?
Jules: Shit yeah. I got my technique down and everything, I don't be ticklin' or nothin'.
Vincent: Would you give a guy a foot massage?
[Jules gives Vincent a long look, realizing he's been set up]
Jules: Fuck you.
Vincent: You give them a lot?
Jules: Fuck you.
Vincent: You know, I'm getting kinda tired. I could use a foot massage myself.
Jules: Man, you best back off, I'm gittin' a little pissed here.

Pulp Fiction, 1994

A sorta fairytale

The executive coach way = the right way

"Be as neutral as Switzerland and as repetitive as a broken record".

Done it before. Will do it again. Yes.
So...
Same thing tomorrow.
Same thing.
Tomorrow.
Got it.

Uffff, I'm already tired and I haven't even started.

Disclaimer: I borrowed the executive coach notes. So no, I am not the one being groomed for greatness. I live vicariously through other people's achievements. Kinda sad...

Pasta?

Esta visto, mesmo depois de 10 anos de estados unidos, jantar as 6 da tarde nao e coisa a que eu me habitue. Estas aberracoes acontecem por causa de seres minusculos (mas cheios de poder) que tem de ser mimados, entretidos e alimentados (tudo em simultaneo) para que nao aconteca uma tragedia em tres actos, capaz de moer a paciencia a um santo recem beatificado. A mesa estava eu, a chinesa de hong kong casada com um hibrido italo-bulgaro e respectiva uni-prole, uma sueca casada com um holandes e respectiva bi-prole, os pais e o irmao do holandes (de visita), este ultimo solteiro e pai de dois gatos rafeiros. Bem, as seis da tarde apetece-me um cocktail, um cosmopolitan (bebida de gaja), um hemingway ou um basico kir royal. Nao me apetece carpaccio e muito menos pasta. E como se nao estivesse biologicamente preparada para ingerir hidratos de carbono que nao venham do alcool. Mas eu deixei da beber alcool a noite. Sou uma alien, um monstro de duas cabecas. Toda a gente a olhar na minha direccao como se de repente tivessem reparado na segunda (cabeca). Uma Janus ou uma Cerberus menos um. O jantar acabou a oito ja com os mini-humanos a chiar de sono e de rabugisse. "Better to have cats, hein?" perguntei ao mano. E depois foi cada um para a sua rua. Eu fui a livraria do bairro (no coffee today, tambem deixei de tomar a noite) buscar uns guias turisticos da Toscana mais um livro para o chefe que faz anos na quinta feira. Saramago. So depois e que vim para casa, um ventinho cortante a justificar o wrap quente com que decidi enrolar o pescoco antes de sair. Agora internet, cha de camomila, mais umas paginas do "talk talk" e vale de sonhos, espero eu, de cor rosa com pintinhas azul bebe.

Goodbye Lola

"A little more than 1 month ago, Lola and Ngozi learnt how to negotiate (and share) the back seat of my car for a better good - being driven to the beach for a couple of blissful hours of sniffing and running and bonding.
Having experienced the loss of pets before, I don't have to just imagine the pain you are feeling. I feel it too. What helped me most during those though times was the sense that I had the opportunity to be, at least once, as selfless as they were their whole lives: letting them go in peace is our last tribute to our pets."



Dear Lolita:
We had so much fun the day this picture was taken. The weather was not great but who cares? It was all about being out, smelling new smells, running and meeting new dog friends. I hope you are eating all the "galletas" your little stomach desires. Be good my sweet girl.

Another one...

"Let me give you a little inside information about God. God likes to watch. He's a prankster. Think about it. He gives man instincts. He gives you this extraordinary gift, and then what does He do, I swear for His own amusement, his own private, cosmic gag reel, He sets the rules in opposition. It's the goof of all time. Look but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste. Taste, don't swallow. Ahaha. And while you're jumpin' from one foot to the next, what is he doing? He's laughin' His sick, fuckin' ass off! He's a tight-ass! He's a SADIST! He's an absentee landlord! Worship that? NEVER! "

Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury...

"You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of cathedrals; fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse; grease even the dullest dreams with these dollar-green, gold-plated fantasies, until every human becomes an aspiring emperor, becomes his own God... and where can you go from there?"

One of the many fantastic lines in "The Devil's Advocate".
Al Pacino as John Milton.

Finalmente

Quase que nao acontecia. Literalmente mais 1 dia e perdia (de novo) uma oportunidade para ver "in the mood for love", o filme que antecede o "2046". O Tony continua a falar o seu cantones que nao combina nada com a suavidade e delicadeza do filme, mas enfim, esta perdoado porque esteve sublime a falar um mandarin decente (dizem-me) em "Lust, caution". O Ang Lee, verdade seja dita, faz filmes bonitos, etereos. Mas estereis, chatitos ate. O Wong Kar-Wai utiliza o nosso tecido cerebral para completar os planos, adensar as emocoes, comunicar a continuidade dos silencios. Estava em casa de um amigo, sem vontade de o acompanhar na noitada ao Slide e etc. Pedi licenca e abri uns quantos envelopes do netflix. Um deles era "in the mood for love", decididamente nao o tipo de filmes que o R. ve, mas parte de uma lista minha de filmes a nao perder que ele copiou. Fez muito bem. Duvido muito que tenha gostado tanto quanto eu. Mas isso nao me interessa nada. Nadica de nada mesmo.
Agora e que eu quero comprar pelo menos um cheongsam.