August, 2003

• 27.08.03 Dial-up

  We are having a “broadband blackout” by our ISP mistake!
  They say it will take like a MONTH to restore it!!!
  Yes… we’re in Italy…

  By the way… now that we are connecting by dial-up I’m thinking how was possible to navigate in internet with 56kps…

• 26.08.03 The geisha world

  
  I have just finished to read Geisha, a Life, by Mineko Iwazaki, which turned out to be a delightful night reading.

  Mineko was one of the most successful geisha (geiko as it is called in Kyoto) of her generation. In this auto-biography she presents the fascinating Japanese geisha world, and makes clear the real function of geisha: artist women instead of mistress.

• 21.08.03 Saudade do samba!

  Hoje fui para o trabalho de carro, aproveitando que esses dias est

• 20.08.03 Pizza Cora

  E para encerrar o tema pizzas… aqui vai a pizza cora

• 20.08.03 Pizza Vaquinha 2

  Eis aqui uma posterior reapari

• 19.08.03 Tom Jobim

  Clube do Tom is an official meeting point for fans.

  You can find the discography, lyrics, curiosities, and even original recordings to listen.

  I found Jobim’s original handwriting for the song “Aguas de Marco” interesting and graphically beautiful. Published in 1972 in occasion of its first recording, in the “Pasquim” newspaper, Rio de Janeiro.

• 17.08.03 Final Destination 2

  Final Destination 2, 2003, by David R. Ellis
  An effective thriller… with creative and good-quality death scenes… ;)
  A girl has a premonition of a highway accident and prevents a group of people from dying. But Death had already made up its mind…

• 16.08.03 The Italian Job

  The Italian Job, 2003, by Gary Gray. With Mark Walberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton.
  Action movie, the perfect entertainment, as its meaning: “something diverting or engaging” (Merrian-Websters Online).
  Thieves, gold, speed, traitor, explosions, car chases, with a nice screen play and famous actors.

• 11.08.03 The Big One

  The Big One, 1998, by Michael Moore.
  It is the third of Moore’s films that we see. We started with the blockbusting Bowling for Columbine (2002), that was a punch in the face. A portrait of contemporary american behavior and (for me) an introduction for their politics.
  We liked Moore and his serious-critique-with-irony-and-fun style so much that we ended up seeing Roger&Me (1989) a couple of months later. Also a really good movie.
  Finally yesterday we saw The Big One. As we could expect, he is simply genius the way he presents his cause, and you feel completely involved. The dirty things you always knew that surrounded us gets more clear.

• 11.08.03 Italian vacation

  Milano in August is completely deserted. Everybody is out of town, everything is closed including shops, bakeries, and bars. Almost every company closes its doors and doesn’t even answer its phones. All workers take their annual vacation at the same time!

  It is incredible how in the year 2003, Italy - a G7 member - can sustain a 20 day “general-strike” once a year!

• 06.08.03 Pizza da vaquinha

  Como fazer pizza de vaquinha em 23 passos.
  Inicia-se com a massa, depois os condimentos, o pizzaiolo (esse

• 04.08.03 Fondue para convidado online!

  Semana passada teve um fondue na minha casa…. em S

• 04.08.03 Jazz Night

  Yesterday we went to see Kurt Elling at Blue Note Milano!

  He is a nice jazz singer from Chicago.
  And Blue Note Milano is one of NY’s original franchising!

• 03.08.03 Moebius

  Moebius, 1996, by Prof. Gustavo Masquera R.
  Interesting movie by the students of Universidad del Cine, Argentina.
  Buenos Aires metro has missing train inside its net. A mathematician will help findind out were is it.

• 03.08.03 Site upgrade.

  I’ve been away because I was changing blog system from Blogger to Movable Type.
  The never-ending improvements…

• 03.08.03 F

  *por deserto leia-se: vazio+quente

  Ponto 1: vazio.
  Agosto