Ehhh, winter's backi!!!

Nooooo, it wasn't his fault this time :P


NP: WHITESNAKE – DON’T FADE AWAY


YAY, apparently I’m keeping this blog up! ^^

I had to post here today anyway, as it’s the first day of my favorite season: WINTER! As Rage says “Don’t you fear the winter, I will keep you safe and warm”. I think it’s quite cute for such a powerful band as Rage. :P

This winter promises to be as powerful as Rage! It started by killing my new bird today! :’-( It was such a cute Calopsita (according to my dad it was a she –always too nervous! :P). Apparently it was too cold for it last night, so it passed away right after lunch (???). Poor thing! :(

Well, at least we were able to look up for it since its fall in the garden last Saturday. Thanks to the gods, Moisette, Morrowline, Wendy and Sophia decided not to ‘play’ with it. Pity it didn’t survive, it was a really sweet bird. Here’s a link to what a Calopsita is http://www.petbrazil.com.br/en/pets/birds/100.htm .

I’ve always felt pity for arrested birds, so I only had them when I was still a kid. I wouldn’t buy or like to have a bird at home in a cage (as Sonata says, wisely, ‘you can’t tame me!!!’ :P). This one that fell in my garden was just an accident, and unfortunately we couldn’t take good care of it. *sigh* R.I.P., pretty bird. :(

Anywayyyyy… WINTER!!!
Here I am, wearing a woolen sweater, boots and being really happy because of these 12C!!! Really hope it snows this time, but if it doesn’t, then I hope at least it gets real close to snowing. :P

Oki, I guess it’s all for today. I’ll end this post with a cold hug to each of you who read the blog. :)
Stay cool and see you soon! :-***


*AND FROM TODAY ON, HOWL AND DREAM PROUDLY PRESENTS*

SFOTDTMAG:P (“STUPID FACT OF THE DAY THAT MAKES ANA GO ‘:P’ ”)

¨STARRING¨:

- THE TRICKY UNIVERSE - as itself

- ANA – as ‘The Idiot’

EPISODE I – ‘THE REVENGE OF THE UNIVERSE – PART I’

There was I coming backi home from work in the middle of a crossroads … thinking of life and its complications, appreciating the trees’ leaves and branches dance in the wind, drinking my 2873467823647823th sip of water of the day… when I noticed the light going yellow (while I was still blocking the way for the cars coming in the opposite direction). Since I was already screwed and still blocking the way for the other cars, I decided to change the radio station… and this is what I hear:

‘As I staaaaaand at the crosssrooooads, I see the suuuuun sinking looooooow’.

After this, I’m probably the only girl in the world who laughs aloud in the middle of the crossroads, while blocking the way for the other cars. :P

‘As I stand at the crossroad,
I see the sun sinking low...
With my cross of indecision,
I can't tell which way to go...

Now I have seen the seven wonders
And I have sailed the seven seas,
I've walked and talked with angels,
And danced all night with gypsy queens...

All in all it's been a rocky road,
Twists and turns along the way...
But, I still pray for tomorrow,
All my hopes, my dreams
Don't fade away... Don't fade away...

I have painted many portraits,
Memories of love and pain,
Though cut down by life's deceptions
I found the strength to start again...

All in all it's been a rocky road,
Twists and turns along the way...
But, I still pray for tomorrow,
All my hopes, my dreams
Don't fade away... Don't fade away.

Heaven help a man
Trying to make up his mind,
With the darkness closing in,
I feel I'm running out of time...
Shine a light for me,
Help me find the way to go,
And take me where I've never been before...

And so I stand at the crossroad,
Watching the sun sinking low...
With my cross of indecision,
Trying to find the way to go...

All in all it's been a rocky road,
Twists and turns along the way,
But, I still pray for tomorrow
All my hopes, my dreams
Don't fade away...’

Lucy & Schroeder...

Lucy & Schroeder...


NP: EDGUY - KEY TO MY FATE


...AND THE BLOG IS BACKI WITH PICTURES!!! :D

*eh, nostalgic mode on*

So time is supposed to be a series of moments, be it good or bad. That’s where memories come from, right? This small part of the brain (or heart) that shows us a series of good or bad memories. So that’s supposed to make us smile when we go back in time.

Today I’m gonna talk about Bruno, a dear friend of mine from school who I haven’t seen for about 10 years.

Bruno was a bright kid, lovely little boy who used to be really nice to me. He had a short light brown curly hair, brown eyes, white skin and a sweet and tender smile. I fell in love with him on the 5th grade, but I’ve always considered him a really nice friend. I used to sit right in front of him (place determined by our teacher – which I loved, btw!) and I just couldn’t concentrate, since the boy I was in love with sat right behind me.

I used to turn around to talk to him all the time. I have a funny memory of this, as we seemed to be Peanuts/Snoopy characters (Lucy & Schroeder :P). We never talked about important issues such as life, family or work. Our most beloved subjects were pen colours, notebook covers (nope, he wasn’t gay! :P) and music.

We used to chat while he was taking notes about the lectures in class (I wouldn’t write anything… erm, I was busy watching him write!) and I was mainly impressed by the way he held the pen. He used to hold the pen with his thumb, pointing and middle fingers, only his ring finger was the one to support all the other fingers and this was the finger which would have the main contact with the paper – therefore he always had some sort of a wart on the ring finger. I found that so wonderfully weird that my ‘5th grade love’ only grew stronger for him due to this ‘exotic’ curiosity.

So because I was always turned to him, chatting and analyzing his behavior, I, for the 1st time among so many, almost failed the year (never actually failed though – I was a bright kid myself.... only mega lazy! :P) – had to make recuperation exams to pass the year while everyone else was on vacation, including Bruno. :P

We became good friends though, and during the next years of school until our last year of high school, we were always chatting, even though we were not always in the same class. We were in love with the same kind of music (heavy metal, alright! \m/), and he used to borrow his friend’s cds and lend them to me 1st ( I was not supposed to let the owners know about that, but I always found it really cute from Bruno to let me hear the albums before he did ^^).

Over the years I fell in love with other guys (almost one a year – apart from a guy who’s already married and who’s bald and fat today – at that time he was skinny and long haired and I was in love with him for 3 years. Since he never cared about me I must confess I’m happy he’s bald and fat!). Bruno also fell in love with other girls (not that he was ever in love with me – at least not that I know of), like Karen – one of the most beautiful girls in school – and they even dated for about 1 year. That was fine by me, as we were always friends.

So last weekend I dreamt of Bruno. Can’t remember the dream well enough, but we were meeting after years! That was such a wonderful feeling to see him again. I don’t know where he’s living today, or what he does for a living, but I certainly would love to find out and meet him again.

There’s nothing to do with being in love or anything like that anymore, it’s all about good memories and old friendship. I don’t know if he still remembers me, although I think he does. I don’t know if he’s still bright, if he still writes with all those fingers and if his fingers still get hurt when he writes. I don’t even know if he’s still into heavy metal, or if he still remembers the lyrics of ‘Carry on’ (angra) , ‘Afraid to shoot strangers’ (maiden) or ‘Down in a hole’(alice in chains), or if he’d still sing any of those with me like we used to do at school. But I do know I’d definitely give him the greatest hug if I met him again. ^^

Damn, this Orkut thingy is useless. :P
I guess I’ll just keep those good old moments in my memory till I find him again. :)

*eh, nostalgic mode off*

Now I’d like to thank Manangela for such a cool Friday at Fran’s Café, Ness for this surprise pack (I’m still ‘WOW’ing), Wiwi for the Shaaman videos and nature for throwing a really cute bird in my garden. I’ll take care of it and soon I’ll come up with a name for it. Still don’t know if it’s a she or a he. :D

Have a nice week and take care, all! Love ya!
AND HAPPY FATHER’S DAY, TITIIIIII!!! :P Love you! :-***


'Am I totally blind this time
As I'm dreaming the dreams that I fear,
Some call it nightmare And some call it life
What is the sense of existence here
And I think of the sadness
When I'm dreaming of leaving my pain
I don't get all the madness And it drives me insane’

I definitely want more.

NP: SHAAMAN – BORN TO BE


… And I’m backi again! And again I’m sorry for the delay! I’ve been alright, although I’ve been also very tired. I’ll heal soon, I promise. :) I also hope you’ve been well too. ^^

So again I’m happy and again it’s all to do with music. Shaaman this time.

So yesterday it was Shaaman’s first gig in Sampa for the Reason tour at the wonderful Credicard Hall – one of my fave venues in town.

Reason is their second album, and it’s really different to the 1st one, Ritual. I would even dare to say there’s a hint of Rammstein in it. It’s powerful, beautiful, the words are meaningful and make you think. I love that in a band. I love it when with only by words and melody they make you fly away in the darkest hours.

And the gig was fabulous! I ended up watching it alone, as the friend who went with me got a different ticket and had to stay at another area (the one with champagne), but it was wonderful!!! They played all the cool songs EXCEPT the best new one: 'Born to be'. It’s unanimous among English, French, Argentinean and Brazilian fans; it’s one of the album’s best songs. I went there to see that song mainly, and they never played it. Pity. I also don't understand why 'Lisbon' is so asked, but that's the only Angra's song they played. Apart from that, the gig was wonderful and those guys are getting great day by day.

I have no comments about Hugo or Luis. Hugo played wonderfully well; all the riffs and stuff were absolutely perfect! Then they showed Luis playing the bass at one time and the song seemed to be so easy, but the camera was showing his fingers moving SO mega fast! So I caught myself nodding like with my eyes close, as if that was outrageous to look at. Superb!!! Ricardo and his solos are always impressive and he moves the sticks just like Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater's drummer), and that's just so amazing to watch, for he never makes a mistake or lets the stick fly away (not anymore at least); and Andre...

Bah! Andre's my favourite man, and I think he'll always be. He's so charismatic and talkative! Plus he sings well. :P

At one time he said: 'How many of you have 'Reason', the new album?' and we all went 'Meeeeeeee', and then he said, looking tricky (but with a smile), ‘…And how many of you downloaded it from the net?' and we all went ' MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :D' and we all laughed so much. So he said 'That's fine, really! The important thing is that you always support us, and you're here tonight, so fuck off the net download and keep on doing that, as long as you support us!' and we all went 'YEEEEEEAAAAAAH \M/'. :P

He was also very nice and sweet to us. Maybe because today is Valentine's here (Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you, cute people :-*)! ^^ So in the end of the gig he said: 'You sound amazing tonight! You really do! You're singing better each day! ' and we thought 'He's probably tired by now', so he went 'This next song I'd like you to sing! Not because my voice's already gone, but because you're singing reeeeeally well tonight! ' and we thought 'Yep, he's tired! '... but then he made it up to us by giving one of his best screams ever, so it paid off to sing the song by ourselves! :)

Hehehehe, another good time of the gig was when he was going to play the piano and it didn't have the right tune for him, so he called Fabio (the k-player), as if just to ask him something! Since he was not wearing glasses at the gig, he just needed Fabio to tune it right to him. :P Very funny though, as we thought it was something serious. :P

I also think he's getting Tobias Sammet’s disease! He's been making mistakes during his own songs!!!!! :O We did correct him and he was a bit lost hehehe. But it's tricky how we always know it and he doesn't! It’s as if he doesn’t pay attention to his own songs!!! Oki, they’re still new songs, but who cares? :P It's always fun nevertheless.

Then he made a duet with Fabio on the keyboards, playing with 4 hands ^^. They played the beginning of 'Carry On' only in the piano!!! I must confess that although it was just the start of it, it was superb! I had tears in my eyes!!! *Valentine’s Day mood on* Gosh, he plays so well... wish I had a bf like him to trip away when he plays.^^ *Valentine’s Day mood off*

The stage was beautiful, the lights and colours were perfect and that’s it; that’s what I want to do for the rest of my life: stage design for concerts! I’d do great, I bet! I just need to learn more about the whole system, but it sounds great. I’m always so in love with that atmosphere… doing that for good would be great!

They had about 3 huge screens on the stage and 2 on each side right next to the stage. They were showing images of snow while they were recording the album in Germany and also scenes from the RituaLive DVD and people like Sascha Paeth, Hugo on the snow for the first time (that was cute! Makes me remember the first time I see snow, which is yet to happen in a MEGA NEAR future, hopefully! ^^), Timo Kotipelto (Gonzalez, hahaha ^^), and stuff like that. It was a bit weird to see the snow images while it was about 28C inside the venue, but I guess it’s fine by them. *Ana stage designer mood on* I think I could do better than that :PPP * Ana stage designer mood off* ^^

I guess the best song of the gig was 'Pride'; we all jumped so much! Of course they played all the cool songs like: Ancient Winds, Here I Am, Distant Thunder, For Tomorrow, Time Will Come, Fairy Tale, Ritual and Pride from ‘Ritual’ album. From ‘Reason’ were: Turn Away (being the very first of the gig – SUPERB!), Reason, More, Innocence, Scarred Forever, In the Night, Rough Stone (I guess :S) , Iron Soul and Trail of Tears. Apart from those, there was just Lisbon, and no other Angra or any other band’s cover song. Prety good set list, imo, but BORN TO BE lacked! I thought he was ‘born to be the man’, but I guess I’ll have to wait a bit more. Anyway I don’t care because, of course, I want MORE! ^^

The whole lyrics are worth posting today. Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! :-*

‘I looked inside me, to find myself
To purify me, to cease the pain
Across the river a life goes by
Look inside the mirror and you will find out

In solitude I was born
It terrified me
A veil of mist right before my eyes

I walked in shadows, I drowned in rain
I met the desert and I’m born again
Across the river a life goes by
Look inside the mirror and you will find out

In solitude I was born
It crucified me
Wearing a crown of thorns

I am free now, born to be a man
Emptiness made me understand
What lay hidden deep within

I am free now, born to be the man
Loveliness brushed away the sand
From what’s hidden deep within
Shapeless dream without a name
Wrapped in frozen layers of life
Sings the song of what we all are’