Geometric Flower

How to become a teacher

2010-02-10T06:48:00.001-08:00

"Being a teacher is always a great surprise!"

How I did it: It took me a 6 months course and a job interview to do it. I have a good level of English and really made the effort to be the best I could.

I also had to overcome my shyness, which wasn't very hard, since I've been working on it for ages.

Teaching is very surprinsing. When you plan your lesson, you never know if that activity is going to work, if your students will like it. You never get bored in this job.

I'm proud of being and ESL teacher.

Lessons & tips: You have to be sure that it's really what you want.

It took me 6 months.

It made me Surprised!

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How to get a job

2010-02-10T06:17:00.001-08:00

"I can do it."

How I did it: I never thought I was going to do it so soon. I used to expect only to get a job after I graduated in college. Actually, I don't even need a job for the money, but the experience is very worth it. Working and studying at the same time will be a challenge for me this year.

Lessons & tips: Go for it and don't leave it for later. Working is good for your spirit.

It took me 4 years.

It made me Very Happy!

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January

2010-02-01T07:05:00.001-08:00

I think I haven’t watch as many movies as I could. But…

1. Planet 51
2. Fun with Dick and Jane
3. Sherlock Holmes
4. Catch me if you can
5. Funny People
6. Sweeney Todd
7. Bride Wars
8. The Proposal

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How to write every day for 30 days.

2010-02-01T07:00:00.001-08:00

"Now I now I can do it!"

How I did it: I just decided to catch the opportunity of being on vacation to set a writing routine on my blog. I wrote for 30 days without stopping any day.

You can see it on my blog (in Portuguese):
http://uaballoons.blogspot.com/

And my Word Count Journal (also in Portuguese):
http://www.wordcountjournal.com/users/2483/journals/9188

People began commenting more on my posts and this was a great motivation.

Lessons & tips: Sometimes you may not feel inspired enough to write, it happens very often. What I did when this happened was to go to flickr and look through some pictures until I get some ideas. It worked out fine for me.

Some subjects I like writing about: daily routine, thoughts about life, interesting things that happened to me, or any sh** that came through my mind.

Don't hesitate to develop an idea. Even if it sounds stupid, it can come out as some really great stuff.

It took me 30 days.

It made me Capable

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Almost there!

2010-01-25T15:59:00.001-08:00

25 posts already on my WCJ and my blog (in Portuguese).

http://www.wordcountjournal.com/users/2483/journals/9188
http://uaballoons.blogspot.com/

5 days to go! Think I’ll make it :D

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Untitled

2010-01-25T15:53:00.001-08:00

I don’t know why I can make an effort to write everyday, but I do nothing to draw. Haven’t even bought a new sketchbook or something. I think I’ll buy a very small (and cheap!) one and begin doodling. I think that’s what I need to keep going with this goal.

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Word Count Journal

2010-01-05T08:36:00.001-08:00

It’s a very useful too for people who are trying to write everyday. You have an especific amount of words to write per day and you settle the first number, so each day is added one more word. It’s a challenge. I’ve tried it last year but only kept it for 3 months. The problem was that I began with a big amount of words (100).

So now I began writing 10 words. I think that it will be good for me to settle a good rithym of writing.

Oh, and I’m writing only in Portuguese this time. Don’t know why, just felt like only writing in my native language.

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Untitled

2010-01-05T08:31:00.001-08:00

Everyone says I complicate my life a lot. I see obstacles where there is none and rarely take some risk. I clearly need to do something about being too complicated. Try to accecpt more invitations, go to different places, stop saying no to people.

I’ll do my best to post any progress on this goal here.

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Just decided...

2009-12-22T19:48:00.001-08:00

I always tend to set a “Write every day” goal and it never works. I think that if I could write everyday for 30 days, I’d probably be able to keep the commitment of writing everyday. Let my theory be right!

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Delayed to February

2009-12-17T05:17:00.001-08:00

Due to my wisdom teeth removal surgery I will only be able to do any exercise by February. So Pilates will have to wait. That’s a shame, I wanted to begin it in January. Anyway, what’s life?

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Progress

2009-12-13T19:37:00.001-08:00

Today I did all that I was supposed to do, on time!!! So glad I did it. This was a big step. Normally, I’d just postpone things and only do them rushing on Monday morning.

However, I can’t say I’m completely “cured” from procrastination. I’ve done all my obligations and left little stuff for tomorrow morning. I don’t know how the other days are going to be.

Anyway, I’m happy. It made me feel good.

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Untitled

2009-12-12T09:20:00.001-08:00

There are two big piles of stuff in my bedroom. It is bodering me so much. But I think I’ll wait until after Monday to do something about it. I’ve many things to do, so I won’t be able to take proper care of that stuff. I might only stuff them into the wardrobe or something. And that’s not what I want to do. I might have thing to donate in there and it’s Christmas time, a great time to do some charity.

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I realised...

2009-12-10T18:05:00.001-08:00

Today I was looking through my bedroom and analyzed the big mess it always is. I think I have so many unecessary stuff that only are there to keep the dust inside. I don’t want to be like this anymore. I must get rid of a lot of stuff. It will be a very long and hard work, since I must do it by myself with no help.

I plan to do it as soon as the exams are over and before I have my surgery to get my wisdom teeth removed.

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How to read faster

2009-12-08T20:06:00.001-08:00

"Don't live a day without reading."

How I did it: I discovered that I just need to have a new book already bought or borrowed before finishing another. So I have a reason to finish faster and read more. I'm keeping this way for 2 months and I've read 4 books so far.

Lessons & tips: Just have a reason to read and you will read faster than you think.

It took me 2 months.

It made me Nerd

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How to watch 120 movies in 2009

2009-12-08T19:08:00.001-08:00

"Less than the other year, but still worth it."

How I did it: I've just noted down the name of every single movie I've watched this year. Just the same as I did last year, but less, because I knew 150 would be too much. But I've watched more than 150, I'm watching about 130 or more movied by the end of 2009.

Lessons & tips: Just make a list and carry on watching. Don't set up a goal that you know it will be impossible. Try to predict how many you will be able to watch in one month and multiply by twelve.

It took me 330 days.

It made me Happy

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How to learn to drive, again

2009-04-09T15:07:00.001-07:00

"Freedom and independence."

How I did it: I decided that it was time to be brave and face it! I asked my father, my mom and my boyfriend to help me. They really made me not feel insecure.

One day, there was no one to go with me in the car as a co-pilot, so I decided to drive to college by myself. It was such a great experience, driving alone for the first time! After that, I can go everywhere!

Of course I don't have my own car... I'm just a student, but sometimes my mother let me drive her car.

Lessons & tips: Just do it when if feel completely safe. Don't go with the flow.

It took me 2 months.

It made me Confident

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How to overcome depression and anxiety

2009-04-09T14:59:00.001-07:00

"Be brave! Feed your soul with good things!"

How I did it: It took me four years to realize that I had an spiritual issue. I didn't trust myself and I kept attracting negative things. So I decided to feed my soul with good things. Reading great books, taking photos, writing and doing things that only pleased me.

Once I realized that God put us in the world only for me to be happy and that the bad things are only an obstacle, I started to learn from it. Now I don't feel like I'm unlucky, I'm just here to be happy.

And I am happy!

Lessons & tips: Don't look for problems. They can fall from the sky on your lap anytime, so it's not worth thinking about them all the time.

It took me 4 years.

It made me Very happy!

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My fear of a lot of things

2009-02-07T20:06:00.001-08:00

I don't have only one fear. I have lots of them.

The first one is that I'm afraid of losing my mind completely. I'm afraid that sometime I'll get so stressed out that I'll do something very stupid.

I'm also afraid of viruses on the internet, and to lose all the work I've done, all my pictures. It's really strange when you need to rely on something that isn't totally reliable to save your things.

Another thing that I've always been afraid of is to share my feelings. I close myself so hard that it hurts. I'm not very talkative, I'm very shy, actually. And I never discovered how to show or talk about what I feel. It's something very difficult for me and it's always a hard process whenever I need to talk. I'm not afraid of public speaking, though. And don't ask me why. I really don't know.

And I've always been afraid was of growing up. And it's happening. I feel so lost, never know what to do, how to behave, or how to deal with people. I think I have that Peter Pan syndrome. I don't want to grow up. I often do childish things, such as collecting Hello Kitty stickers, or wearing teenagers clothes. But I'm 21! I need to overcome this fear, urgentely.

My favorite room is someone elses' room

2009-02-07T19:48:00.001-08:00

I don't have a favourite room in my home. But this prompt remind me of a picture of this room that I saw somewhere on the internet. I liked it so much I wish I could have a room like this for mee. I don't know why, but I have this thing when I see artists' places. All full of papers and pencils. Everything looks so messed up and so organized at the same time. It's cool.

I wish I were a cool artist and had a room just like this. But I'm working on mine. Some time soon I'll have my own place to organize the way I always dreamed of.

How I'd spend $1,000

2009-01-30T15:01:00.001-08:00

Right now I'd go to the mall and buy five dresses. You know, there's always that shop you keep passing in front of the shop-window and stop, staring at the wonderful dresses, wondering how they'd look on you...

With this money I could buy five dresses, one bag and three pairs of shoes. Good ones, very beautiful and comfortable ones. OMG! I feel so poor when I realize I will only be able to earn this amount of money in about five years. And I'll have to spend it not on shoes and dresses, but on bills, house stuff, etc. Terrible feelings.

If I could tame a wild animal, it'd be a hippo

2009-01-27T13:11:00.001-08:00

I love hippos since I was a young girl.

Mother hippo and calf by Tambako the Jaguar

I would definetely choose a HIPPO as a pet.

I have this 'thing' with hippos because my favorite toy as a kid, until today, was a cute hippo girl named "Branquinha". I sleep huging her every night. And sometimes I used to imagine how my life would be if she were alive.

I think we'd certainly be great friends. I would feed her with hippo food and take care of her. I think I'd probably swim with her in a big pool that would have to be built in my backyard.

If I were a superhero, I would certainly wear tights

2009-01-27T13:04:00.001-08:00

Super Sky-Opening Girl

I'm bad with choosing names. But let's see what I can do.

I would live in a huge city and I would fight against people who build very very tall buildings, so tall that people are not able to see the sky anymore.

Super Sky-Opening Girl... is that a good name? Well, maybe people could suggest a better one. My main aim as a super hero would be to give the sky back to people. So when the day starts, people would look up and see the sun rising and keep a smile on their faces for the rest of the day. And when the day finishes, people would go back home to see the sunset with their families.

I would be a very kind-hearted superhero. Don't you think? Oh, and my clothes would be glamourous. I'm a girl, you know...

Three overplayed songs I love anyway

2009-01-24T07:33:00.001-08:00

Adolescence, first rock band and depressing song. I still listen to this songs.

I want it that way by Backstreet Boys

Backstreet Boys were very famous when I were twelve. I was discovering that boys weren't really my enemies. So, I used to find them so cute, speciallt Kevin. I loved the way they danced in their videos and I kept a collection of posters of them. Oh, and I knew the coreography of their songs. I used to dance a lot at parties! Omg, such a good time!

All the small things by Blink 182

Blink 182 was just AWESOME! They made fun of everything and I loved them for that. This song is the very best of them. I still have it on my playlist and I've learned by heart how to sing it. It was the first rock band that I listened to.

Love will tear us apart by Joy Division

This song is so sad. When I was told the story of the lead singer, Ian Curtis, I felt as depressed as him. Then I saw the movie 'Donnie Darko' and this song was in its soundtrack. Now I can't help listening to it when I feel a little sad, or too overwhelmed.

My first job: architecture researcher

2009-01-24T07:18:00.001-08:00

Researching is something to love, not to do for money.

I'm still in my first work experience. I'm working on a research project about 'urban conservation' and I need to investigate values of significance in Urban Sites tumbled by UNESCO.

I started my job in August, 2008. And I hope it will be finished this July. It's hard work and I have to conciliate with my major in Architecture and Urbanism.

Money isn't about why I applyed for this scolarship. But it helps. I can buy books, clothes, bus tickets, meals and other things I need.

I'm learning a lot and having connections with teachers and researchers in my area, which is great. I'm also learning more English, since all documents from UNESCO are written in this language. What I would like to do next is to travel around the world to actually see this sites that I'm working on, live. It would be so nice! I envy my teacher because he has done that!

In defense of my vice: Big Brother Brazil

2009-01-23T15:19:00.001-08:00

I just love reality shows. But Big Brother is an epic one where I live. Brazil stops and care about nothing else until it finishes. I'm not different of them in this aspect!

I started wathing the first edition of Big Brother Brazil, about eight years ago. It is now on it's 9th edition and I intend to follow everything that goes on with those people. I don't think it's a tv show for dumb unocuppied people. It's for people who like this kind of entertainment. I don't care about what others think. I just like to watch my show and read funny blogs about it.

Since it's a tv programme it is only 3 months long. So my vice finishes when it finishes. And it begins again in the next edition, which is in January.

My road-trip mix tape

2009-01-23T14:50:00.001-08:00

Only three songs are not enough for a road trip. But, anyway, these would be the ones I would choose not only today, but every road trip I would go.

Walking in the sun by Travis

It justs sounds as if I were driving anywhere, or walking with no predetermined destination.

Hurricane by Bob Dylan

This song lasts long enough for a road trip!

Long road to ruin by Foo Fighters

This song is to speed up! "Color change in the valley skies... no tomorrow no dead-end in sight."

Untitled

2009-01-16T08:42:00.001-08:00

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Wake up, find out that it’s raining so much you can’t go to work and go back to bed. Thunder and lightning telling you to sleep again! So good!

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After a very long period of hot days, being sweety all over, all the time, it’s good to have a rainy day! I love rain! “I’m only happy when it rains…” lol

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A new tipe of blogging.

2009-01-13T07:39:00.001-08:00

http://www.wordcountjournal.com/users/show/2483

Word Count Journal. I found it somewhere (I think someone put the link on Tumblr.) and it’s a very cool site. You create an account and then you can make a journal, or more than one if you want.

I created two journals, one in English, for random phrases, quotes or anything I want to put on it. And another in Portuguese, where I can write more about my thoughts about life…

The cool thing about it is that it COUNTS. What? Words and the days you wrote since the beggining of your journal. I’ve started both of mine on 4th of January and they will end by 4th of January of 2010. It’s a one-year journal. And it counts also the number of words you write every day. You start writing, for example, 1 word, and on the second day you have to write a two-word entry and so on.

I’ve used it for ten days. So far I have written the exact amount of words in both of my blogs. It also makes me happy! If you try it, comment here with your journal link, ok?! I need friends there!

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Yesterday

2009-01-13T07:25:00.001-08:00

It was such a great day that I’ve written about it on my journal, so I won’t forget it. If I wrote it here, it would probably be forgotten for a long time…

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Having a great, awesome, super day in which I’ve done everything I was supposed to do and more! It made me so, very, super, mega, infinitely happy you can’t even imagine how!

“If you can’t see me happy, well just look the other way!” (Travis – Selfish Jean)

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Happy Things

2009-01-11T06:46:00.001-08:00

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Watch movies laying on the bed with my boyfriend. It feels so good.

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Find an old movie that I used to watch as a child and take it! I need to watch it, really. It’s waiting for me!

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Have a spiritual meeting. It makes me feel good and happy.

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Happy Things

2009-01-08T18:02:00.001-08:00

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Get to work on time! Oh, first time to work in 2009 and I get to it on time! So, so, so, happy! :D

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Do a great presentation. I needed to present something at work and I did great! Despite being nervous, but that’s comprehensible. I almost wanted to cry from happiness!

29

Get my luch paid by my teacher! Yay! Since my salary wasn’t in my bank account yet (it was supposed to be there on Monday ¬¬), it was great. I spent no money. So, I went to a shop that was selling hair stuff for -50%! Sales also make me happy (when I got money, of course).

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Wait the hole day to see my boyfriend and have a great time with him! He went to the centre with me to help solving some “problems” and then we had a snack at Mc Donald’s. But he had to work, so he took me home. Ok, work is work.

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Happy Things

2009-01-07T19:25:00.001-08:00

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Buying a new notebook. Even when the one I bought was not the one I wanted.

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Receiving unexpected messages on the cell phone in the morning. Three of them. Bonus happiness!

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My boyfriend telling me he loves me just when I’m about to leave his car… and kissing me goodbye tenderly. I almost melt! ♥

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Happy Things

2009-01-06T04:18:00.001-08:00

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Walk. Anywhere, anyhow, with anyone, alone. If it wasn’t for the very hot weather, I’d walk more. I didn’t know that I could walk long distances, but I can. Not run, walk.

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Wake up early. I don’t know if it makes me happy only because I don’t do it very often, but today it made me happy.

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Postponed meetings. I love when things are postponed. Specially when I haven’t done what I was supposed to do! Yay!

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Movies

2009-01-05T16:13:00.001-08:00

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Catch and Release

Cute movie. Supposed to be a drama, but it’s actually very funny. Jennifer Garner starring as the poor widow who tries to figure out who her dead husband really was. With the help of his three best friends!

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White Oleander

Very strong drama movie. Tells the story of a girl and her life after her mother going to jail due to murdering a boyfriend. Very nice story.

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First book

2009-01-04T17:44:00.001-08:00

Mistério de Natal (The Christmas Mystery), 1992 by Jostein Gaarder

I started reading it in 2008, but the most part I read this year. It’s such a great book, just like all of the author’s I’ve read so far. It’s about a magic Christmas calendar that a father buys to his son. Each new door that is opened reveals a new passage of the journey of pilgrims through Europe and Africa until they get to Belem to watch the birth of Jesus. It also involves the missing of a little norwegian girl with them.

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Things to do before you turn 30

2009-01-04T07:45:00.000-08:00

Bold the ones you’ve done.

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said “I love you” and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and didn’t care who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Taken a midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theatre
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on a television news program as an “expert”
83. Gotten flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. Passed out cold
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking with the windows open
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a TV game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for 30 hours in a 48 hour period
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. States
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad and The Odyssey
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone’s life

Found it here!

Happy Things

2009-01-03T21:05:00.001-08:00

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Watching a great, great movie! Even when it’s sad. And with a great, great actor as a plus. And a very handsome one as a bonus! Yeah! ♥

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Happy Things

2009-01-03T11:52:00.001-08:00

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Buying Hello Kitty stuff! I just love her. I buy anything my money can afford! Pencil, eraser, stickers, bags, wallets, suitcases, notebooks… anything! And it must be official. I don’t like false stuff.

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Search for something and finding something even better than what I were looking for!

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Have the nerves necessary to do something that I was trying to do for a long time! I just feel happly relieved.

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2009-01-02T20:27:00.000-08:00

BlogBlogs.Com.Br

Why?

2009-01-02T10:46:00.001-08:00

People send me this kind of stuff? I know it’s funny, but… yeah, that’s a funny t-shirt. I think I’ll make me one of these lol.

T-shirt link

It is so unfair! I’m really trying… not very hard, I must say, but I AM TRYING. But it’s so hot where I live, I can’t begin anything. I start sweating all over!

See more progress on: procrastinate less

Deleting things

2009-01-01T00:40:00.001-08:00

New year, so I need to move on and get over things that were making me argue with my boyfriend or bringing negativity into my life.

First to be deleted was my Orkut. I hate Orkut. I hate the way people are always trying to be something they are not using the resources this site provides. It’s just fake! Done!

The other was Plurk. I really like Plurk, but my boyfriend doesn’t. He always complains about my double-meaning posts for some boys I find cute (but are friends, and live far away from me). I know my friends there will be really upset with me and will try to make me come back, but I won’t. If some of them really want to make contact with me, they will find me using e-mail, asking each other, looking in my blog. But they will always be in my heart. It was sad, but I had to do it.

I don’t know which one will be the next of my list. Actually, I don’t even have a list. I’ll do it when things start bothering me or making people I love sad. If I ever regret, I’ll simply create a new account!

See more progress on: spend less time on the computer

Happy Things

2009-01-01T00:04:00.001-08:00

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Go for a walk with my boyfriend. We walk calmly with no destination. Along the way we talk about anything that comes to our minds, or just keep silent, enjoying the things we see.

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Watch TV with my boyfriend. Well, I don’t like to watch TV alone, anyone would make a good company, but with him is always better.

15

Buy things I like by myself and have money to pay instantly. By this, I mean not use my credit card.

16

Listen my little bird singing his beautiful song. I just feel amazed by the way a very very small bird can sing so loud and beautifully.

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How to watch 150 movies this year

2008-12-31T12:52:00.001-08:00

"This goal was to prove that I can achieve something in one year. I love movies much more now!"

How I did it: Watching movies is very easy. It's something that you don't need a mood to do. If you are sad, watch a drama; happy, a comedy; brave, an horror one. So, I just rented movies according to my mood. And I used to get four or five at once, so, if my mood changed somehow, I'd have choices.

I'd like to write a list of every movie I watched this year. I'll do it sometime and post here! But I must say that my favourite one is Brokeback Mountain, wich I saw three times only this year!

*The picture is of the best actor I've elected from my movie list! Heath Ledger really deserves this Oscar!

Lessons & tips: Watch anything, even if you think you'd hate it, watch! Don't be ashamed of getting Cinderella or Hulk. If you feel like watching, go on, don't miss the chance! Oh, and make a list, otherwise you'll probably get lost on the counting.

It took me 365 days.

It made me proud of myself

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Happy things

2008-12-27T21:45:00.001-08:00

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Travelling to my grandmother’s house. I feel like I am in another world even though my back hurts while sitting in the car for three hours.

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Spending Christmas with my mother’s family. Even though I feel confused about names and kind of relatives they are. I have so many cousins but my mother has got no brothers or sisters!

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Moments of union with my family. It can be anything, but just the fact that us four are together is enough to make me happy.

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Untitled

2008-12-27T19:43:00.001-08:00

I must print this thing and post on my wall!

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Untitled

2008-12-21T21:39:00.001-08:00

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Buying bags, big, small, any kind of bag! It’s never enough! I’m happy when I buy a new bag.

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It makes me happy to go shopping. It’s even better when I go with my parents because they always pay my things. However, when I go by myself I enter stores that my parents don’t like!

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I love going to the swimming pool with my parents at night, specially when it’s a hot day. We talk a lot and it is so refreshing, renewing! And I feel sleepy after taking the shower!

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Uaba @ Brasília

2008-12-21T20:49:00.001-08:00

I have relatives there, so it was good because I didn’t need to stay in a hotel and I had a personal tourist guide, my uncle. But he couldn’t be with me all the time. Sometimes he just left me at the places and I explored the city walking most of the time. This walking experience was great, as I could go anywhere I wanted. But, as it is said, Brasilia isn’t made for walkers, it was made for cars. The streets and avenues are so large and most of them don’t even have a traffic light.

Apart from that I could enjoy Oscar Niemeyer’s architecture and other beautiful modernist buildings. I took more tham 500 pictures and I put the best ones on my flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/uaba/sets/72157607453213578/

I do recommend people to go to Brasilia if they are interested in architecture.

See more progress on: Brasília

Learn to be quiet

2008-12-21T13:21:00.001-08:00

you need not do anything.
remain sitting at your table and listen.
you need not even listen, just wait.
you need not even wait,
just learn to be quiet, still and solitary.
and the world will freely offer itself to you unmasked.
it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.

(Franz Kafka)

Happy things

2008-12-20T22:00:00.001-08:00

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I always like to talk to my parents about anything. They always have something funny or serious to say! I just love them, so much!

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More things that make me happy!

2008-12-19T21:59:00.001-08:00

Waiting a long time to open a very good present, even though it’s a surprise! But I know it would be a great surprise after all. I just love opening presents!

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Watching television with my boyfriend. Laying on the couch, his head on my lap. And we both commenting silly things about whatever is going on the tv.

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Talking to my hamster, my bird, my parrot, my teddy bear, and the plants, using the power of my mind. And they react to whatever I “say”. I love all my pets!

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You love someone

2008-12-19T21:44:00.000-08:00

"& it is the hardest and most rewarding thing you have ever done. you ache with love. you cry sometimes, because you know two things: you know that you’ve never felt this good before. you also know that it couldn’t possibly last forever.
you want it to. you want it frozen. you want to stop time, right there, as he hands you your toothbrush, or as he pulls you back from the curb of the street for one more kiss.
you want to be able to pull them closer than the hug, into your body, so you can keep the smell of them inside you, next to you, all around you.
you love someone and it hurts. you love someone and it is very, very good. not only do you feel better about yourself, you feel better about people, life, animals, and the color orange.
you find yourself doing ridiculous things. you clean under the bookcase for her even though she probably won’t see under there. just in case. you could end up in a passionate embrace by the CD player and she’ll pull you down to the ground and you know it will be perfect. if you die right there with her, it will be clean. it will be clean for her."

Via

#2

2008-12-18T16:45:00.001-08:00

Sleeping definitely is something that makes me happy! But not when I oversleep… and I do it frequently. I feel renewed after seven or eight hours of a deep non-disturbed sleeping night. And when I sleep sometimes I have good dreams.

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If you can't see me happy...

2008-12-17T20:30:00.000-08:00

well, just look the other way!

I truly need to list all the things that make me happy in my life. It will make me know myself better and understand why I'm on Earth. Why do I live? For what and whom?

Knowing that is kind of important, but is not all. Above all it's essential that you LIVE and DO at least one thing that you like a day. You came to life to be happy! No one that made you be here wants to see you sad, either. God, your parents, your loved one... everyone needs to see you smiling and enjoying being alive. And also make a beautiful path during life and even after life.

Such things are great to know. Even the most difficult things that happens to you lead to your happiness. And it can be right by your side and you are just so worried about unimportant little problems that don't see the big thing! Please, pay more attention to what makes you happy.

Personality Quiz

2008-12-16T19:49:00.001-08:00

I took the 43 Things Personality Quiz and found out I'm a

Spiritual Self-Knowing Builder

It's 4:45am

2008-12-11T23:45:00.000-08:00

And I'm still awake. I've watched Charlie and The Chocolate Factory and made a paper toy of Venus de Milo. Now I've nothing left to do but write something in my blog. Birds are singing. I wish I were like a bird. It would be nice to wake up in the sunrise and go to sleep by the sunset. At least, in a way, I would be healthier and not look tired all the time.

I always look tired. People come to me and the first thing they notice are my eyeshadows. And then they usually ask me "are you tired? you look so tired, poor girl". Actually, I'm not tired at all, I mean, not phisically tired. I think my face reflects the fact that I am always tired of my life. That would be true. And, sometimes, I could change the `tired´ for `sick`. I'm sick of my life. I want another life.

A Picture

2008-12-11T12:02:00.001-08:00

Someone posted this picture on Tumblr. and it really made me want to see it even more! I love nature, the sky and those beautiful colours that we can only see in specific phenomenas. I hope to travel to the north one day and see the Aurora Borealis.

See more progress on: see the aurora borealis

About friends

2008-12-08T20:51:00.000-08:00

I'm a big selfish young lady, who wants everybody to answer her immediately. Just because I like to answer people's questions as soon as they ask me, that doesn't mean they will do the same to me. What a horrible feeling. Maybe that's why I don't have friends.

Ok, I've just made a friend for me! His name is Kirby and he is pink, squary and cute. He stares at me all the time as if I were above him in some way. Well, I am in a way. In fact, I'm his creator. I made him come to this cruel world. Poor Kirby. Anyway, now that you are here with me, let's do something. I'll leave this post here, for I'm taking Kirby for a walk around his new home!

I began the therapy

2008-12-07T22:50:00.001-08:00

My top goal for 2009 is to overcome depression and anxiety. I’ve developed those things in 2005 and it was the hardest year before I got caught by these feeling again this year. Since the first crisis my mother took me to a psychiatrist and it has been three years of strong medicine.

I don’t want this anymore. What I really need is to discover what I want to do for my life and just do it whithout fear.

One thing I found worth doing is a theraphy. I already found a nice one near my house and explained my problems. She said that I need to deal with my studying so much. I liked the first conversation and I’m going back there this tuesday. I hope I don’t find it hard to talk about myself. I’m really shy and closed when the subject is my feelings. I don’t like talking about them.

I hope to be myself again soon.

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I don't know

2008-12-07T21:54:00.001-08:00

If I want this anymore…

But I have to think a lot about it before taking any decision. It took me a whole year of sacrifice, suffering and sickness to get into university. I don’t want to just throw it all away. It’s so hard.

Oh, God, gimme a sign!

See more progress on: become an architect

How to buy a pro account on flickr

2008-12-07T10:27:00.001-08:00

"Now I can publish all my photos, organized and anyone in the world can see them!"

How I did it: Well, when my account on flickr reached the limited 200 hundred photos for the "normal" users I thought about buying a pro account, but I didn't have the money at the time. So, I continued taking photos anywhere I went and saved them in my computer.

By August I started receiving a scolarship as a researcher in universtity. So, the pro account was one of the first things I bought with my first money! It only took 5 minutes to make the deal at the site and I got a special three months addition for free! I was lucky there was a promotion!

Lessons & tips: I think that if you like great photography and want to organize your material in a website, flickr is perfect. I've tried DeviantArt, but I thought it was more for drawers and illustrators. I don't see many photographers there.

Also, I advise you not to buy the pro account as soon as you begin. It's more rational to understand the site, make contacts, join groups and make some friends there. So you will be recognized soon.

Resources: You can visit my Flickr by clicking HERE! I hope you like my photos!

It took me 1 day.

It made me happy!

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Is this...

2008-11-23T22:00:00.000-08:00

a new beggining? Maybe. I would better call this blog a new chance for me to practise my English. I really need to do it. I don't know what the hell I'll write about. I only now that this very first post will have to end right now beacause I'm tired and I need to sleep.

Is my blog ready?

2008-11-23T21:39:00.000-08:00

I don't think so. Let me just fix this horrible layout and then it will be very ready!