A Private Life (2025) shows Jodie Foster speaking in French! She is a (control freak) psychiatrist with a recently deceased patient, turns into investigating the facts behind such sudden death and finding more than she wished to know about herself and others... some truths, some fantasised realities but in the end, some balance.
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Parece que estou a ouvir #537
Another Day
Paul McCartney
Every day she takes a morning bath, she wets her hair
Wraps a towel around her as she's heading for the bedroom chair
It's just another day
Slipping into stockings, stepping into shoes
Dipping in the pocket of her raincoat
It's just another day
At the office where the papers grow she takes a break
Drinks another coffee and she finds it hard to stay awake
It's just another day
Du du du du du du, it's just another day
Du du du du du du, it's just another day, hey
So sad, so sad, sometimes she feels so sad
Alone in her apartment she'd dwell
Till the man of her dreams comes to break the spell
Ah, stay, don't stand her up
And he comes and he stays, but he leaves the next day
So sad, sometimes she feels so sad
As she posts another letter to the sound of five
People gather 'round her and she finds it hard to stay alive
It's just another day
Du du du du du du, it's just another day
Du du du du du du, it's just another day, hey
So sad, so sad, sometimes she feels so sad
Alone in her apartment she'd dwell
Till the man of her dreams comes to break the spell
Ah, stay, don't stand her up
And he comes and he stays, but he leaves the next day
So sad, sometimes she feels so sad
Every day she takes a morning bath, she wets her hair
Wraps a towel around her as she's heading for the bedroom chair
It's just another day
Slipping into stockings, stepping into shoes
Dipping in the pocket of her raincoat
Ah, it's just another day
Du du du du du du, it's just another day
Du du du du du du, it's just another day, hey
Every day she takes a morning bath, she wets her hair
Wraps a towel around her as she's heading for the bedroom chair
It's just another day
Slipping into stockings, stepping into shoes
Dipping in the pocket of her raincoat
It's just another day
At the office where the papers grow she takes a break
Drinks another coffee and she finds it hard to stay awake
It's just another day
Du du du du du du, it's just another day
Du du du du du du, it's just another day, hey
So sad, so sad, sometimes she feels so sad
Alone in her apartment she'd dwell
Till the man of her dreams comes to break the spell
Ah, stay, don't stand her up
And he comes and he stays, but he leaves the next day
So sad, sometimes she feels so sad
As she posts another letter to the sound of five
People gather 'round her and she finds it hard to stay alive
It's just another day
Du du du du du du, it's just another day
Du du du du du du, it's just another day, hey
So sad, so sad, sometimes she feels so sad
Alone in her apartment she'd dwell
Till the man of her dreams comes to break the spell
Ah, stay, don't stand her up
And he comes and he stays, but he leaves the next day
So sad, sometimes she feels so sad
Every day she takes a morning bath, she wets her hair
Wraps a towel around her as she's heading for the bedroom chair
It's just another day
Slipping into stockings, stepping into shoes
Dipping in the pocket of her raincoat
Ah, it's just another day
Du du du du du du, it's just another day
Du du du du du du, it's just another day, hey
26 junho, 2026
Coisas bonitas #250
I attended a beautiful British citizenship ceremony where tolerance and respect for others were proclaimed, respect for democratic values was defended, and contributions to a more prosperous, generous open nation were wished. These noble British values should be taught in schools.
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Palavras lidas #650
The Disappearing
by Franz Wright
There is a heartbreaking beauty
about my crummy street
tonight, at 2 o’clock
in the first snow: I stand looking out
at this window, I think
how everything seen
is something seen for the last time.
At last I turn away,
I give up. I am tired,
I can’t mourn anymore
the loss of what I never asked for
and never understood.
by Franz Wright
There is a heartbreaking beauty
about my crummy street
tonight, at 2 o’clock
in the first snow: I stand looking out
at this window, I think
how everything seen
is something seen for the last time.
At last I turn away,
I give up. I am tired,
I can’t mourn anymore
the loss of what I never asked for
and never understood.
_______________
In the middle of the latest sweltering heatwave in the UK I caught myself thinking of snow...
Etiquetas:
Palavras lidas,
Poesia-Poetry
20 junho, 2026
Numa sala perto de mim #469
Office Romance (2026) is a fun rom-com with an unconventional power relationship in an office where relationships are strictly prohibited. Of course the situation changes and you just feel sorry for the HR guy who needs to listen to everything he didn't want to hear :-D
Jennifer Lopez does not look 55!
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Foi neste dia #395 (1665)
Há 361 anos perto de Borba, deu-se a decisiva Batalha dos Montes Claros, a última grande batalha da Guerra da Restauração Portuguesa que durava há já 25 anos. A pesada derrota espanhola às mãos de forças anglo-portuguesas derrubou definitivamente qualquer pertença de invasão e deu início ao processo de reconhecimento da dinastia de Bragança, finalizado no Tratado de Lisboa em 1668.
16 junho, 2026
Parece que estou a ouvir #536
UB40
The night seems to fade
But the moonlight lingers on
There are wonders for everyone, oh
The stars shine so bright
But they're fading after dawn
There is magic in Kingston Town
Oh, Kingston Town
The place I long to be
If I had the whole world
I would give it away
Just to see the girls at play
When I am king
Surely I would need a queen
And a palace and everything, yeah
And now I am king
And my queen will come at dawn
She'll be waiting in Kingston Town
Oh, Kingston Town
The place I long to be
If I had the whole world
I would give it away
Just to see the girls at play, yeah
When I am king
Surely I would need a queen
And a palace and everything, yeah
And now I am king
And my queen will come at dawn
She'll be waiting in Kingston Town
She'll be waiting in Kingston Town, right on
She'll be waiting in Kingston Town, oh, yeah
She'll be waiting in Kingston Town, oh, yeah
She'll be waiting-
The night seems to fade
But the moonlight lingers on
There are wonders for everyone, oh
The stars shine so bright
But they're fading after dawn
There is magic in Kingston Town
Oh, Kingston Town
The place I long to be
If I had the whole world
I would give it away
Just to see the girls at play
When I am king
Surely I would need a queen
And a palace and everything, yeah
And now I am king
And my queen will come at dawn
She'll be waiting in Kingston Town
Oh, Kingston Town
The place I long to be
If I had the whole world
I would give it away
Just to see the girls at play, yeah
When I am king
Surely I would need a queen
And a palace and everything, yeah
And now I am king
And my queen will come at dawn
She'll be waiting in Kingston Town
She'll be waiting in Kingston Town, right on
She'll be waiting in Kingston Town, oh, yeah
She'll be waiting in Kingston Town, oh, yeah
She'll be waiting-
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Parece que estou a ouvir #535
Ana Faria
Desde manhã até ao deitar
Quer ir a Roma, Madrid e Berna
Londres, Bruxelas, Bona e Viena
Não pode ir a todas as capitais
Tem que escolher a que gosta mais
O Luís, o Luís quer ir a Paris
O Luís, o Luís quer ir a Paris
Um dia o pai fez-lhe a vontade
Quando achou que ele já tinha idade
Foi a Paris, andou pelas pontes
Jardins e praças, estatuas e fontes
Visitou Mont Mapfre e St. Michel
Subiu ao cimo da Torre Eiffel
O Luís, o Luís já foi a Paris
O Luís, o Luís já foi a Paris
Quando saíu do Eliseu
Foi ver o Louvre que é um museu
Estava a Geoconda Numa moldura
Ria sem mostrar a dentadura
O Luís contou-lhe uma piada
A Geoconda riu à gargalhada
O Luís, o Luís já foi a Paris
O Luís, o Luís já foi a Paris
Estava com sede no bar do teatro
Pediu um chá, trouxeram-lhe um gato
O pai desse: filho, para a outra vez
Antes de vires, aprendes Francês
Remédio santo, quando tem lição
O Luisinho já dá atenção
O Luís, o Luís já foi a Paris
O Luís, o Luís já foi a Paris
07 junho, 2026
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Coisas que não mudam #744
Com duas pilhas de exames para corrigir, esta é a altura do ano em que parece que passaremos o resto da vida a fazer isto...
04 junho, 2026
Parece que estou a ouvir #534
O ritmo roça o pimba, mas a letra não :-)
Gente Bestial Jorge Benvinda
Temos garra e tanto feito pelo mundo em geral
Nomeadamente e consequentemente
Temos dado a muita gente muita coisa e coiso e tal
Somos tão finos, finalmente conseguimos
E pr’além do que vestimos muito em nós chama atenção
Ele é bom tempo, vinho, praia e o talento
Para transformar saudade em postal p’ra exportação
Somos boa gente, genuína e diferente
Oscilando entre o valente e o choroso menos mal
Mas sobretudo tirando algum caso bicudo
Pouco temos de sisudo, mas sim coração graúdo
E derivado disto tudo somos gente bestial
À frente estamos há uma mão cheia de anos
Já até Facebookiamos, bitaitar é usual
E estou ciente que os genes desta gente
Ficarão para semente se houver juízo final
Por isso digo, sem ter medo de castigo
Se na bola somos perigo, no resto, sem exceção
Somos enormes, umas vezes nos conformes
Outras de jeitos disformes mas boa disposição
Somos boa gente, genuína e diferente
Oscilando entre o valente e o choroso menos mal
Mas sobretudo tirando algum caso bicudo
Pouco temos de sisudo, mas sim coração graúdo
E derivado disto tudo somos gente bestial
Somos boa gente, genuína e diferente
Oscilando entre o valente e o choroso menos mal
Mas sobretudo tirando algum caso bicudo
Somos povo tão sortudo, somos gente bestial
Somos boa gente, genuína e diferente
Oscilando entre o valente e o choroso menos mal
Mas sobretudo tirando algum caso bicudo
Somos povo tão sortudo, temos tremoço graúdo
Antena que apanha tudo, carnaval pelo Entrudo
Muito pouco de sisudo e derivado disto tudo
Somos gente bestial
03 junho, 2026
02 junho, 2026
Palavras lidas #649
LXI
Não temo a morte. Prefiro esse ato inelutável
ao outro que me foi imposto no dia em que nasci.
O que é a vida, afinal? Um bem que me confiaram
sem me consultarem e que entregarei com indiferença.
Omar Khayyam
Não temo a morte. Prefiro esse ato inelutável
ao outro que me foi imposto no dia em que nasci.
O que é a vida, afinal? Um bem que me confiaram
sem me consultarem e que entregarei com indiferença.
(tradução Alfredo Braga)
Etiquetas:
Palavras lidas,
Poesia-Poetry
01 junho, 2026
Ditto #641
Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to was never there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it.
--Flannery O'Connor
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