A vida e um carimbo de Playcenter.Essaspessoas que vivem dizendo nao da pra generalizar sao tudo um bando deidiotas.Caio Fernando Abreu: Quando eu estava na faculdade, eu saia e ia aFeira do Livro para roubar livros com o Joao Gilberto Noll. E ele era bemmelhor que eu pra dar a elza.Na mesmasemana fiz um teste de HIV e um de QI. Ambos deram negativo.70% dos casamentos terminam em divorcio. Os outros 30% dos casaiscontinuam infelizes.Eu sofro de uma severa desordem alimentar: eu sempre como a sobremesaantes do prato principal.Eu: Ta, mas vamos falar de voce agora. Ela: O que tu quer saber? Eu: Porexemplo, o que voce acha de mim?Hoje dormi no onibus e quando acordei ja estava em outra dimensao."Uma imagem vale mais do que mil palavras". Isso foi naquelaepoca, se corrigir a inflacao, hoje uma imagem vale em torno de 320 palavras. Eu tenho uma seriamania de perseguicao. Tenho que tratar isso, se nao um dia alguem vai seincomodar e acabar chamando a policia.Esperanto nao e uma lingua, e um disturbio da fala.Acabei de descobrir umremedio excelente para diminuir o apetite: comida.Onde termina o pescocode uma cobra?Desculpe ai se soumeio grosso quando estou acordado.Soube que uma ex minhaanda dizendo por ai que se arrepende muito por ter me deixado. Vivo. The excerpts below were taken from the book Brazil - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture, a book for anyone who wants to travel around Brazil and know a bit more about its culture. It surprised me how accurate the informations are and how honest the writer allowed himself to be, unlike other travel guides that usually sell a country and a culture that for the most part don't exist in real life.(photos by Antonelo Veneri)Short termismMaybebecause of this sense that it is fate and not rigorous planning that bringsbetter days, Brazilians are not enthusiastic advocates of long term projects.The short-termism mentality applies to business, political matters, collectivememory and personal life alike. Living forthe momentItsometimes amazes foreigners how present time based Brazilians are. They mightorganize a party for later the same day, or go out but decide where to go onlywhen they are already on the move. Forward planning does not apply to much ofsocial life, except on a few exception occasions. An outsidercan be misled into thinking that living for the moment means that this is acarefree society, which is not exactly true. Brazilians, even without a lot ofplanning ahead, do worry about the future. It is just not so noticeable atfirst.Focus onrelationshipsThis is arelationship focused and not system oriented society. Together with the senseof immediacy, this means that, in both personal and business life, contacts aremade face-to-face rather than through written communication. Phone calls are considerablylengthy too. Time is spent on establishing and maintaining relationships. Inbusiness good personal contacts are important because, given the choice, Braziliansput people they know first and, if necessary, even bend the rules toaccommodate their needs.The countryof tomorrowBraziliansare mainly optimistic, even though sometimes this can come to mean that theyhave a passive attitude to life. Sayings such as Everything works out