Seguir em frente. Avançar com as ideias. Reagir e encontrar um rumo. Normalizar e aplicar as escolhas. Esperar e decidir o melhor local a seguir. Tudo isto já feito.

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today,
Tomorrow will be dying.

Robert Herrick

Porque há coisas que infelizmente são efémeras...

Um Poema de Miguel Esteves Cardoso

TENHO OS MEUS OLHOS NOS FIGOS

Tenho os meus olhos nos figos:
Quando vai ser o tempo?
Estou tão fodido, em termos de:
Quem me me tirou
O que eu
Tinha?

E então:
…sou ou não sou?
Um cabrão?
Um amigo das estepes?
Um percebe?

A solução da manigância no meu seio,
O mundo da puta nas mãos.

Porquê agora?
Se eu não me meti com nada;
Muito menos com ninguém.

Quem pôs em causa que o Magoito?
Quem me phodeu?
Quem me phez assim?
O meu sangue, na minha pele,
Deitado mal.
Mais as hastes nos olhos.

Já não me governo
Com tão pouco.
Rendo-me à sola
Dos sapatos.
Vão-se foder todos:
Estou livre.
Ou livrem-se todos:
Estou fodido.

Vem dar ao mesmo.
Temos que ser uns para os outros.

Eu não sei o que isso quer dizer.

Adeus.

Curiosidades históricas do dia de hoje

2008 - Michael Phelps wins 8 Gold Medals in 2008 Olympics
2000 - The Democratic party nominates Al Gore to run for president
1999 - Earthquake kills 17,000 in northwest Turkey
1998 - President Bill Clinton testifies before a grand jury investigating his conduct (first president to do so), and admits an 'inappropriate relationship' with Monica Lewinsky
1997 - 79th PGA Championship: Davis Love III shoots a 269 at Winged Foot GC
1997 - First of America Senior Golf Classic
1997 - Macy's Tap-o-mania
1997 - Weetabix Women's British LPGA Open
1996 - Soyuz TM-24, launched into orbit
1995 - China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1994 - Lesotho king Letsie II fires premier Ntsu Mokhehle
1994 - New York Central park reservior officially named after Jackie Kennedy Onasis
1992 - Kevin Gross of Dodgers tosses only 9-inning no-hitter of season, a 2-0
1991 - Royals Warren Cromartie's 1st major league HR since 1983
1990 - Carlton Fisk hits White Sox record 187th HR
1990 - Phyllis Polander sues Mike Tyson for sexual harassment
1989 - 32nd Walker Cup: Britain - Ireland, 12 -11
1989 - Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken moves into 3rd place (1,208th cons game)
1988 - Butch Reynolds runs world record 400m (43.29)
1988 - LIRR says Penn station will get air conditioning in 1991
1988 - New York City 1st case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (9 year old Bronx boy)
1988 - Republicans nominate George H. W. Bush for president
1988 - U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1987 - Bunt single gives Paul Molitor longest hit streak of 1980s at 32 games
1987 - Dow Jones Industrial Avg closes above 2,700 for 1st time (2,700.57)
1987 - Mohammad Ali elected to "Ring" magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame
1986 - Bronze pig statue unveiled at Seattle's Pike Place Market
1986 - Cindy Mackey wins LPGA MasterCard International Golf Pro-Am
1986 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Nestle World Golf Championship
1986 - Rioting at DMC concert, 40 injured
1986 - Red Sox trade shortstop Rey Quinones and pitcher Mike Trujillo to Mariners for shortstop Spike Owen and outfielder Dave Henderson
1985 - 1,400 meatpackers walk off the job at a Geo A Hormel and Co plant
1985 - Rui Oliveira is born in Coimbra.
1985 - Dave Kingman hits his 400th HR
1985 - Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India
1985 - Sara Trollinger forms House of Hope in Orlando
1984 - Pete Rose returns to Cincinnati Reds as player-manager (gets 2 hits)
1983 - Hurricane Alicia, kills 17 in Texas
1982 - Los Angeles Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in 21 innings (game completed 8/18)
1982 - South Bend, Indiana jury acquits self-avowed racist Joseph Paul Franklin
1980 - "Blackstone" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 104 performances
1980 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
1980 - George Brett goes 4-for-4, raising his batting average to .401
1979 - 2 Russian passenger planes collide above Ukraine, 173 killed
1979 - Monty Python's "Life of Brian" premieres
1978 - 1st successful crossing of the Atlantic by balloon (3 Americans)
1977 - Russian nuclear sub "Artika" is 1st to North Pole
1977 - U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1977 - Thomas Wessinghage/Harald Hudak/Michael Lederer/Karl Fleschen walk world record 4x1500m (14:38.8)
1976 - An earthquake and tidal wave in the Philippines kills up to 8,000
1976 - Big win for WI at The Oval Michael Holding 14-149 for match
1975 - Jo Ann Washam wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
1973 - Lee Trevino's 1st hole-in-one
1973 - Willie Mays hits 660th and last HR (off Don Gullett of Cincinnati)
1972 - Phillies Steve Carlton wins his 15th straight game
1970 - Venera 7 launched, makes 1st softlanding on Venus
1969 - 51st PGA Championship: Ray Floyd shoots a 276 at NCR Golf Club Dayton, Ohio
1969 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Southgate Ladies' Golf Open
1969 - New York Jets beat New York Giants 37-14 in their 1st meeting (pre season)
1968 - Dick Beyers (Dr. X) beats Verne Gagne, to become NWA champ
1966 - Pioneer 7 launched into solar orbit
1966 - Willie Mays takes 2nd place on all-time HR list
1964 - Boycott scores his 1st Test Cricket century, 113 vs. Australia at the Oval
1963 - Jim Hickman becomes 1st New York Met to hit for cycle
1963 - Oriole's Dick Hall retires his 28th consecutive player in relief
1962 - Beatles replaces Pete Best with Ringo Starr
1962 - E German border guards shot and kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector
1961 - Building of Berlin Wall begins
1961 - Kennedy administration establishes Alliance for Progress
1960 - Francis Gary Powers U-2 spy trial opens in Moscow
1960 - Gabon gains independence from France, National Day
1960 - Indonesia drops diplomatic relations with Netherlands
1959 - 7.1 quake strikes Yellowstone National Park
1959 - U.S.S.R. and Iraq signs contract for building Iraqi nuclear reactor
1958 - Bonnie Hoffman wins LPGA Kansas City Golf Open
1958 - World's 1st Moon probe, US's Thor-Able, explodes at T +77 sec
1957 - Richie Ashburn, fouls hit fan Alice Roth twice in same at bat 1st one breaks her nose, 2nd one hits her while she is on the stretcher
1956 - Bundesverfassungsgericht bans KPD in West Germany
1955 - Hurricane Diane, following hurricane Connie floods Connecticut River killing 190 and doing $1.8 billion damage
1952 - Betty Jameson wins LPGA World Golf Championship
1951 - 18th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Cleveland 33, All-Stars 0 (92,180)
1951 - Hurricane winds drive 6 ships ashore, Kingston, Jamaica
1950 - Indonesia gains independence from Netherlands
1950 - Pee Wee Reese (Dodgers) and Sam Calderone (Giants) hit inside park home runs
1948 - Alger Hiss denies ever being a Communist agent
1948 - Phillies commit 8 errors in a game
1948 - Tom Henrich hits his then record tying 4th grand slam of season
1946 - Arthur Honegger's 3rd Symphony "Liturgique," premieres
1945 - Indonesia (Dutch E Indies) declares independence from Netherlands
1945 - Koreas divided on 38th parallel with U.S. occupying the southern area
1944 - 4th Canadian Armour division occupiers Trun Normandy
1944 - Canadian 2nd division conquerors Falaise Normandy
1944 - German Field Marshal Model replaces von Kluge in Normandy
1944 - Russian troops arrive at Austria-Prussia border
1944 - U.S. 12 Army corp occupies Orleans
1944 - U.S. 320th regiment infantry occupies Chateaudun
1944 - Yankees Johnny Lindell ties record with 4 consecutive doubles in a game
1943 - 498 British bombers attack Peenemunde
1943 - General Patton enters Messina, completing conquest of Sicily by Allies
1943 - U.S. 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17O at attack on Regensburg/Schweinfurt
1942 - 1st European bombing run undertaken by U.S. forces
1942 - 1st US/8th Air Force bombs Europe
1942 - Task Force 17 leaves Pearl Harbor under Admiral George Murray on Hornet
1942 - Transport nr 20 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1942 - U.S. bombers staged 1st independent raid on Europe attack Rouen, France
1941 - German raider attacks Dutch SS Kota Nopan
1940 - Franklin D. Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister William M. King agree to joint defense commission
1940 - Hitler orders total blockade of Great Britain
1939 - "Wizard of Oz" opens at Loew's Capitol Theater in NY
1938 - 1st aircraft owned by Forest Service in service (Oakland)
1938 - Henry Armstrong won his 3rd concurrent boxing championship
1933 - Lou Gehrig breaks record by playing in his 1,308th straight game
1933 - Lou Gehrig plays record 1,308th consecutive game
1933 - Soviet Union test GIRD-R1 rocket ("Object 09")
1926 - Greek-Serbian/Croatian/Slavs peace treaty signed
1924 - French-German trade agreement signed
1920 - In memory of Ray Chapman (died Aug 16), Yankees cancel game with Indians
1918 - British troops attack Baku Azerbaijan
1918 - Samuel Riddle buys Man o'War for $5,000
1918 - Turkish troops overthrow Caukasus
1917 - Italy declares war on Germany and Turkey
1916 - Bulgarian offensive in Macedonia
1915 - German troops over run Kovno Lithuiana
1915 - Hurricane strikes Galveston, Texas (275 killed)
1915 - Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Georgia after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life
1914 - French troops under General de Castelnau occupy Chateau Salins
1914 - Lithuiana surrenders to Germans
1908 - B Tarkington and HL Wilson's "Man from Home," premieres in New York City
1908 - Bank of Italy opens new HQ at Clay and Montgomery
1907 - Bishop forbids Christian membership in Dutch Textile Union
1905 - Dutch government of De Master begins
1904 - Boston's Jesse Tannehell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 6-0
1903 - Joe Pulitzer donated $1 million to Columbia U and begins Pulitzer Prizes
1897 - W B Purvis patents electric railway switch
1896 - George Washington Carmack discoveres gold in Klondike region of Yukon
1894 - Phils get 36 hits, Sam Thompson hits for cycle beating Louisville 29-4
1892 - Russian/French generals Obruchev/Boisdeffre signs Duple Alliance
1891 - 1st public bathhouse with showers opens in New York City (People's Bath)
1891 - Electric self-starter for automobile patented
1879 - Ferdinand de Lesseps forms French Panama Canal Company
1877 - Asaph Hall discovers Mars' moon Phobos
1877 - Phobos (Martian satellite) discovered (A Hall)
1876 - Opera "Gotterdammerung" premieres in Bayreuth
1870 - 1st ascent of Mount Rainier, Washington
1869 - 1st international boat race (Thames River, Oxford beats Harvard)
1866 - Bathe and Prussia signs peace treaty
1863 - Federal batteries and ships attacked Fort Sumter in SC
1863 - Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee
1862 - Confederate troops under Kirby Smith enter Kentucky
1859 - 1st air mail (in a balloon) took off from Lafayette Ind
1858 - 1st bank in Hawaii opens
1846 - U.S. fleet officer Robert F Stockton annexes California
1836 - British parliament accept registration of birth/marriage/death
1836 - HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leave South-America for last time
1835 - Solymon Merrick patents wrench
1834 - Charles Darwins reaches top of Campana Chile
1827 - Dutch King Willem I/Pope Leo XII sign concord
1808 - Napoleon asks King Louis for Holland brigade towards Spain
1807 - Robert Fulton's steamboat Clermont begins 1st trip up Hudson River
1796 - English beat Bataafs Navy in Saldanha Bay
1788 - Losantville, OH (now Cincinnati) founded
1787 - Jews are granted permission in Budapest Hungary to pray in groups
1743 - Sweden and Russia sign peace treaty
1717 - France, Russia and Prussia sign agreement
1648 - Battle at Preston, Lancashire: Henry Ireton beats Scottish
1585 - Antwerp surrenders after 8 months siege by duke of Parma
1579 - Francois van Anjou visits English queen Elizabeth I
1577 - Peace of Bergerac: Political rights for Huguenots
1563 - King Charles IX of France (13) declared an adult
1544 - Imperial/English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France
1498 - Cardinal Borgia renounced his vows and office to marry a French princess
1180 - Yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against emperor Kiyomori Taira

Eu gostava de ser bicho para comer o bicho que te come...

Tarde no parque

O céu estava limpo, limpo o suficiente para que o céu fosse quase na totalidade azul. Era um dia de Agosto, num verão cada vez mais instável no seu puro calor de outrora. Havia um caminho a fazer, havia transportes para o fazer. Mas uma necessidade de fazer mexer as ideias além do corpo, levou a que esse caminho fosse feito a pé. Estava calor mas era uma tarde agradável, corria um aprazível ar e era uma boa altura para caminhar e passear. Passos lentos, para que a digestão das ideias fosse feita em condições. Faltava apenas uma banda sonora para o momento. Não havia, mas acabou por ser melhor assim, o barulho ambiente é a melhor música de acompanhamento de viagens em certas circunstâncias, e esta era uma dessas circunstâncias. No fim da subida resolvo desviar a minha rota à direita. Tinha ali um local ideal para poder estar apenas na companhia dos meus pensamentos, e apreciar de uma forma bem tranquila o que se passa à minha volta, nas variadas esferas da minha actualidade. Um jardim. Numa sombra fico sentado, aproveitando os arbustos atrás de mim para me encostar. Observo duas das maiores árvores por lá presentes, e assim fico. O mesmo vento, o mesmo ar que sentia na minha cara estava a fazer mexer os ramos das duas imponentes árvores, e quando o vento parava, elas tranquilamente voltaram à sua posição original. Toca o telefone. Tenho que sair. Saio devagar como entrei. A razão tem de vencer sempre para o bem de quem pensa muito, por vezes demais.

i am the only one that got through
the others died where ever they fell
it was an ambush
they came up from all sides
give your leaders each a gun and then let them fight it out themselves
i've seen devils coming up from the ground
i've seen hell upon this earth
the next will be chemical but they will never learn

Harry Patch (In Memory Of), Radiohead

Hoje é uma sexta feira qualquer. Nesta sexta feira qualquer fecho os meus olhos, para quê? Preciso de ver um sorriso, a fotografia do sorriso mais que perfeito que guardo com uma moldura bem dentro dos meus pensamentos. Olho para dentro e vejo-te a sorrir, e sei que não há nada mais precioso que essa tua expressão, a sinceridade do teu rosto num terno e carinhoso olhar bem tranquilo. Nada compra essa vista que eu tenho, olho para dentro e vejo-te. O castanho dos teus cabelos, a indefinição da cor dos teus olhos, ora castanho, ora verde, ora cinzento. Caramba como és bonita, como te vejo e revejo e visito todos os lugares que visitei e visito no meu imaginário, querendo pegar em ti levar-te para lá, num refúgio só nosso. Como me despego dos sentidos das palavras para directamente te dizer que te quero, quero esse sorriso à minha frente. Despego-me de todo o consumismo e materialismo, tudo é vão. Nenhuma oferta valiosa o é tanto como te ver a sorrir bem mesmo à minha frente. É tudo de bom. E quero-o para mim. E não preciso de data nenhuma. Apenas preciso de dizer. Que:

Ela é minha menina
E eu sou o menino dela
Ela é o meu amor
E eu sou o amor todinho dela

A lua prateada se escondeu
E o sol dourado apareceu
Amanheceu um lindo dia
Cheirando a alegria

Pois eu sonhei
E acordei pensando nela

Pois ela é minha menina
E eu sou o menino dela
Ela é o meu amor
E eu sou o amor todinho dela

A roseira já deu rosas
E a rosa que eu ganhei foi ela
Por ela eu ponho o meu coração
Na frente da razão

E vou dizer pra todo mundo
Como gosto dela

Pois ela é minha menina
E eu sou o menino dela
Ela é o meu amor
E eu sou o amor todinho dela

A lua prateada se escondeu
E o sol dourado apareceu
Amanheceu um lindo dia
Cheirando alegria

Pois eu sonhei
E acordei pensando nela

Pois ela é minha menina
E eu sou o menino dela
Ela é o meu amor
E eu sou o amor todinho dela

Minha menina

Os Mutantes, A Minha Menina

Um nada povoou a minha cabeça. E assim a chuva parou.