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Hoje a falar ao telemóvel lembrei-me desta grande música e da maior mensagem que passa.

Podem parecer triviais, mas estes resultam sempre, quais horóscopos intemporais.

Para todos, mas em especial para quem estava do outro lado do telemóvel, aqui fica:

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’97
Wear Sunscreen

If I could offer you only one tip for the future,
sunscreen would be it.
The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists,
whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience
I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth, oh nevermind,
you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded.
But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself
and recall in a way you can’t grasp now, how much possibility lay before you
and how fabulous you really looked,
you are not as fat as you imagine.

Don’t worry about the future, or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum.
The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing everyday that scares you

Sing

Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts,
don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss

Don’t waste your time on jealousy, sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind,
the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.

Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults,
if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life,
the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22
what they wanted to do with their lives,
some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.

Get plenty of calcium.

Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.

Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children, maybe you won’t,
Maybe you’ll divorce at 40,
Maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary
What ever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either
Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s.
Enjoy your body, use it every way you can, don’t be afraid of it,
or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.

Do not read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good.

Be nice to your siblings, they are the best link to your past
and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on.
Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get,
the more you need the people you knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard,
Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander,
you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young
prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund,
Maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.

Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it.
Advice is a form of nostalgia,
dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off,
painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen

Será que falamos línguas assim tão diferentes?

Esta já tem uns dias

"Os pais portugueses são os menos brincalhões da Europa. Apenas 6% divertem-se com os filhos. (...) O sistema aniquilou as redes de comunicação que permitiam a troca de valores e a difusão dos afectos. E está a dissolver o amor."

Baptista-Bastos, "Diário de Notícias", 21-11-2007

É triste...

Eh pá, c'um catano!

Notícia de Agência Financeira

Podíamos pagar menos 38% de IRS se não houvesse fuga ao Fisco

Seria possível pagar também menos 25% de IVA.

Se não houvesse fuga ao Fisco nem fraude fiscal, os contribuintes portugueses podiam pagar menos 38% de IRS.

Os cálculos são do ministro de Estado e das Finanças, Fernando Teixeira dos Santos, e foram anunciados no discurso de encerramento da discussão do Orçamento do Estado para 2008, no Parlamento.

A inspecção interna e externa do fisco detectou em 2006 actos de evasão e fraude que deram origem à instauração de dívida fiscal de cerca de 3.300 milhões de euros. «Quer isto dizer que, se não houvesse incumprimento por parte daqueles que se evadem e procuram defraudar o fisco, os contribuintes cumpridores poderiam pagar quase menos 38 por cento de IRS ou menos 25% de IVA», afirmou.

Por isso mesmo, o ministro anunciou que 2008 vai ser «o ano da tolerância zero» no que se refere ao combate à fraude e evasão fiscais. «Se pretendemos, de facto, dar alívio aos contribuintes cumpridores não podemos, de forma alguma, dar qualquer alívio àqueles que se evadem ou recorrem à fraude», disse o ministro.

Pérolas

Provavelmente a primeira série "de gente grande" que me lembro de ter visto! Até tinha a banda sonora em k7!

UPDATE: Para quem não se lembra, em Portugal a série chamava-se "Crónicas do Crime"

Pensa lá bem!!

Esta é para todos os que andam para ai com dúvidas... Pensem lá bem!

P.S.: E viva a Rua Sésamo! Tivemos uma infância mesmo feliz, e acreditem... já não há programas com mensagens destas...

Agora deu-me para isto...

Quando tenho tempo vou praticando. Pode ser que um dia dê jeito.

Viva o Leopard

1 Semana e meia depois, já não sei como era a vida antes deste Mac OS X 10.5...

Há grandes ideias.

Grandes domingos

Finalmente!! Um domingo para dormir 10 horas, ver filmes e ficar "agrafado" ao sofá.

Gosto de ter uma vida mexida, mas sem estes dias extinguia-me de vez!..

Here's to the crazy ones...

Outono

2 versões de uma grande música, dedicada a estas folhas que caem agora.

Momentos tristes

Terça-feira relembrei o triste que pode ser ver um comboio partir...

Principalmente quando apenas metade de nós vai nele.

Olá! Consegues ouvir?

Billie Myers - Kiss the rain

[via FoxyTunes / Billie Myers]

Hoje estou numa de late 90's e deu nisto... É que já em 1997 havia namoros por telefone! "There's a laughter on the line |Are you sure you're there alone?" Eh eh eh !! Mas o importante é mesmo: "Keep in mind |We're under the same sky |And the nights |As empty for me, as for you"


"Kiss The Rain"

Hello
Can you hear me?
Am I gettin' through to you?

Hello
Is it late there?
There's a laughter on the line
Are you sure you're there alone?

'Cause I'm
Trying to explain
Something's wrong
You just don't sound the same

Why don't you
Why don't you
Go outside
Go outside

Kiss the rain
Whenever you need me
Kiss the rain
Whenever I'm gone, too long.

If your lips
Feel lonely and thirsty
Kiss the rain
And wait for the dawn.

Keep in mind
We're under the same sky
And the nights
as empty for me, as for you
If you feel
You can't wait till morning
Kiss the rain
Kiss the rain
Kiss the rain

Hello
Do you miss me?
I hear you say you do
But not the way I'm missing you

What's new?
How's the weather?
Is it stormy where you are?
You sound so close but it feels
like you're so far
Oh would it mean anything
If you knew
What I'm left imagining
In my mind
In my mind
Would you go
Would you go
Kiss the rain

And you'd fall over me
Think of me
Think of me
Think of me
Only me
Kiss the rain
Whenever you need me
Kiss the rain
Whenever I'm gone too long
If your lips
Feel lonely and tempted
Kiss the rain
and wait for the dawn

Keep in mind
We're under the same sky
And the nights
As empty for me, as for you

If you feel
You can't wait till morning

Kiss the rain
Kiss the rain
Kiss the rain
Kiss the rain
Kiss the rain
Oooooohhhhh
Kiss the rain
Oooooohhhhh
Kiss the rain

Hello
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?