Book of the day. 05/02/2011

I finished reading Pride and Prejudice on my new (and amazing) Nook this saturday, and I have to say it's one of those books I kind of don't want to end. Ever.

Anyway, I have to say, I love Mr. Darcy. And I love that in the book we actually get to know more about him. Or really know him at all. It portrays his thoughts, feelings, and sometimes it explains the reason he does some things. It actually shows him change, learn to respect and love the ones he once despised. I love it!!

On the other hand, Mrs. Bennet and Kitty couldn't be more annoying...

But still, I love the book even a little bit more than I love the movie. (The new version, which is the only one I've ever watched. Though I'm thinking about watching the other ones as well. Might be fun...).

It took me about a week to get through the whole book, which is quite a nice time, considering I started it on the plane coming back from Orlando and only on the middle of the week actually started reading it for real. Which means I'm trying to make it a bit of a reading goal to read about 50 or 60 pages a day. Preferably before bed. We'll see if I'll make it through the month. March won't be so easy...

A Week in Review: 2011.1

I have to say, New Year's was great. Spending the weekend away from home with boyfriend and "in laws" turned out to be the best New Year's eve so far.
Unfortunately we had to come back on Sunday, because of the inevitable return to real life...

But the week was actually really nice. I had a friend's birthday on wednesday, which was fun as usual, started (quite slowly) my marathon of movies and set a few goals for this month. I actually realized, after having set the goals, that this month will be a lot shorter, considering I won't be home for ten days, but we'll go with it and see how it turns out.

Boyfriend was sick all week long, but I think he is now getting better, which makes me much happier. By the way, yesterday was his qualification exam for his masters. Well, QUALIFIED!! Not that we had any doubts about it, but it's always better once it's gone, right??

Yeah, I think I can say it was a good week, after all.

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Eu tenho que admitir que o ano novo foi ótimo. Passar o final de semana fora de casa com o namorado e os irmãos dele tornou esse o melhor ano novo até agora.
Infelizmente nós tivemos que voltar no domingo, por causa do inevitável retorno à realidade

Mas a semana foi bem legal. Eu fui ao aniversário de um amigo na quarta, que foi divertido como de costume, comecei (apesar de bem devagar) a minha maratona de filmes e coloquei alguns objetivos para esse mês. Na verdade eu percebi, depois de estabelecer os meus objetivos, que esse mês vai ser bem mais curto para mim, dado que eu não estarei em casa por 10 dias, mas vamos deixar rolar e ver no que isso vai dar.

O namorado esteve doente a semana inteira, mas eu acho que ele está melhorando agora, o que me deixa bem mais feliz. Por sinal, ontem foi o exame de qualificação dele no mestrado. Bom, QUALIFICADO! Não que houvesse qualquer dúvida quanto a isso, mas é sempre melhor quando essas coisas passam, não??

É, acho que eu posso dizer que foi uma boa semana, afinal.

First things first. + List #1.

I want to get blogging back to my life. I want this blog to be a way of sharing & getting to know pieces of me as much as I want it to help me document life.
I tend to forget that being MY blog this is SUPPOSED to express me and my opinions. I'm supposed to feel free to write anything I feel like here. That's the beauty of the whole thing.

It's all part of a "get it bnack under control" thing. There are certain things I want to do. Some I've wanted for quite some time. So, I 'm planning on doing some of them. And yes, there's no better time ot start things over than the beginning of the year.
Which leads us to...

List #1: THings I'll do in 2011. (Not resolutions. Not wishes. Not promises. GOALS)
*Make at least one crazy/wild decision.
*Go to São Paulo (No parents allowed. Trying to do the things I actually like.)
*Learn to sew.
*Take pictures. Document stuff I love.
*Have more days out of the house.
*Go to the plays/movies/expos/workshops/classes I want to.
*Find out more about myself.
*Eat healthy.
*Grow something.
*Blog more. (Try to set a goal number of posts.)
*Be more assertive.

There will be more goals, so I'll keep updating this every now and then.

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Eu quero trazer o blog de volta à minha vida. Quero que esse blog seja uma forma de compartilhar e descobrir mais sobre mim assim como de documentar a vida. Eu tendo a esquecer que como MEU blog ele DEVERIA expressar a mim e as minhas opiniões. Eu deveria me sentir livre para escrever qualquer cosia que me dê vontade aqui. Essa é a beleza da coisa.

Isso é tudo parte de uma coisa meio "voltando e ter as coisas sob controle". Existem algumas coisas que eu quero fazer. Algumas eu já quero há muito tempo. Então, eu estou planejando fazer algumas delas. E sim, essa é a melhor época do ano para começar tudo de novo.
O que nos leva a...

Lista #1: Coisas que eu farei em 2011. (Sem resoluções. Sem desejos. Sem promessas. OBJETIVOS)
*Tomar ao menos uma decisão louca.
*Ir a São Paulo (sem pais. Fazendo exatamente as coisas que eu gosto.)
*Aprender a costurar.
*Tirar fotos. Documentar as coisas que eu amo.
*Ter mais dias fora. Sais mais de casa.
*Ir às peças/filmes/exposições/workshops/aulas que eu tiver vontade.
*Descobrir mais sobre mim mesma.
*Comer coisas mais saudáveis.
*Plantar alguma coisa.
*Postar mais no blog. (Tentar determinar um número de posts a ser alcançado.)
*Ser mais assertiva.

Vão haver mais objetivos, então eu vou continuar fazendo updates de vez em quando.

Discipline. Week 3. + Movie of the day 16/08: Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back.

First of all, I have to say I intended to go to class today. But for the first time my boyfriend actually asked me not to go. Weird huh???
Then, going back to business, my goal this week (after a few weeks doing almost nothing) is to go to every single class I have. At college, at my course and back to the italian course too. Rain or shine, tired or not, I'm going.
I even bought a cutecutecute notebook for this semester. Let's hope it gives me some motivation.

So, why did he ask me to come home?? Because today is the 16th! 2years, 5months.
And what did we do? Continue the saga, duh!! Star Wars!!
Yeah, I may not like my college and this might make it quite challenging for me to keep with my love of studying, but I'm still quite a NERD!! And proud of it!


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