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MARCH 31, 2012 @ 09:46 AM | 4 COMMENTS


I did my graduation on Niteroi, a city on the other side of Guanabara Bay. Every day I used to take a bus or a boat to go to Niteroi to Study. People from Rio use to prank, saying that the best part of Niteroi is the vision they had of the city of Rio de Janeiro. I have to agree. From my University, I used to take wonderful pictures from Rio de Janeiro (i need to find them).

This one is Rio de Janeiro seen from the Toca da Seabra, a place in Niteroi.
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DECEMBER 18, 2011 @ 07:27 AM | 15 COMMENTS


It was an intense week, which began with the now traditional annual gathering of former students of cinema from my film school college. I call it Traditional because we created this event three years ago as an excuse to gather those ex-classmates that due to work commitments, etc., we not see so easily.

The first event was at a bar near my home, and managed to gather only a few former classmates. The second one was largest than the first and took place already at the house of a friend of mine even here in Rio. For this year, we got the beach house of another former colleague, and we could spend a whole weekend together, drinking some beers, eating a barbecue (sorry my vegan friends) and playing soccer. And best of all, two days together with very important people in our lives.

zoom image the entire class gathered in front of the pool

zoom image Fabricio swimms, I think he's training for the crossing of the Forts (traditional swimm event here in Rio), while Tania rests at the sun.

zoom image Fabricio and Tania

zoom image The barbecue

zoom image The beer is almost over.

zoom image Some of them working on the barbecue while some looking for beers.

zoom image Tania sunbathing and Claudio... I don't know.

zoom image the fabulous four.

zoom image Another version of the fabulous four.

Monday I started my training process for a new job. Nothing too exciting, a telephone operator service customer service. The salary, not fabulous, but the fact that it was only 6 hours a day and it gives me some money to buy books and still have time to read and work on my screenplays and other texts make me accept to do the job.

At last, on thursday night I went to another friend apt. to drink some beers and listen some rock'n roll. On the next day, all of us went to a restaurant here and my the price of my dish was a big surprise.

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zoom image The price of my dish.

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I believe that I will return to write a new blog journal before the new year's eve.
NOVEMBER 14, 2011 @ 09:31 AM | 5 COMMENTS


As many here know, I live in Rio, but was born and raised in Bahia. Bahia is a state in northeastern Brazil, and is among the all 27 states the one which have a greater presence of Afro-brazilian heritage, either in the presence of culture, religious, etc..

Salvador, my hometown and capital city of Bahia, it is the second city in the world with afro inhabitants (Lagos from Nigeria is the first one). And Salvador, used to be famous because of its syncretism, an academic umbrella used to describe the symbiotic relationship between the christian (Catholic) religion and the candomble (pronounce Kan-Don-Bleh), the afro polytheistic religion which was brought to Brazil through the slaves. This syncretism used to be so powerful that Salvador which has 395 catholic temples, in many of those temples, the catholic saints images in fact are the represantations not of the real saints, but the Orixas, gods of the candomble religion.

But now, the stuffs in my country are very sad and dangerous. The neo-pentecostal moviment, a neo-born-christians movement are becaming more and more strong. And they are prejudice with the afro religion. They acuse the afro religion of devil worship. And many places of cults are destroying and suffering violence of all kind. The current mayor of Salvador is a neo-born christian who prefer to ignore the cry for help of the afro religion.

In this obscurency days. I remenber of the late writer Jorge Amado, he was born in Bahia as me. He was an atheist, but all the brazilian laws that protects the religious freedom was created by him when he was a congressman in 1950's. It is in honour to him, to one of the best man my country had, one of the best writers my country had, I will put this song made by Caetano Veloso, which was made in honor to Jorge Amado in the 80's. There is the lyrics in portuguese and a translation in english below the video. And that the gods put some sense in the mind of the people here:



Milagres do povo
Folk Miracles!

by Caetano Veloso

Quem é ateu
Who is atheist

E viu milagres como eu
and saw miracles like I did

Sabe que os deuses sem Deus
knows that the Gods without God

Não cessam de brotar
don't stop sprouting,

Nem cansam de esperar
neither get tired of waiting.

E o coração que é soberano e que é senhor
And the heart that is sovereign and is the Lord

Não cabe na escravidão
doesn't fit in the slavery.

Não cabe no seu não
Doesn't fit in its NO.

Não cabe em si de tanto sim
Doesn't fit in itself of so much YES.

É pura dança e sexo e glória
It is pure dance, sex, and glory,

E paira para além da história
and stays hung beyond History.

Ojúobá ia lá e via
Ojúobá would go there and would see

Ojuobahia
OjuoBahia

Xangô manda chamar
Xango ordered to call

Obatalá guia
The spiritt of Obatalá

Mamãe Oxum chora
Mother Oxum cries

Lágrimalegria
Tears of happiness

Pétala de Iemanjá
Petals of Iemanja

Iansã-Oiá ia
Iansã would go

Ojuobá ia lá e via
Ojuobá would go there and would see

Ojuobahia
OjuoBahia (Bahia is a state in Brazil)

Obá



É no xaréu
It is in shoal

Que brilha a prata luz do céu
That shines the silver light from heaven

E o povo negro entendeu
The african brazilian people understood

Que o grande vencedor/ Se ergue além da dor
that the big winner raises himself beyond of pain,

Tudo chegou sobrevivente num navio
when all survived arrived in a ship.

Quem descobriu o Brasil/Foi o negro que viu/ A crueldade bem de frente e ainda produziu milagres/De fé no extremo Ocidente.

Who discovered Brasil/was the african brazilian who saw cruelty right in front their eyes,/ and still was able to make miracles of faith in the extreme occident.



Some notes about the song: This song was composed in homage to Jorge Amado. And the first verses make references to a famous speech made by Jorge Amado, who said once that he was an atheist who saws miracles made by the folk.

In the video, there are a collage of images from the Candomblé and its gods.

Africans was brought to Brazil as slaves in 1600. They came with their faith.
Their religion is candomblé
These are some of their Gods (Orishas)

Ojúobá, yorubá language word that means the eyes of the king or the eyes of King Shango is a oye (African honorific title given to those who become high priests and dignitaries of the Shango cult in Africa and Candomblé in Brazil).

Xangô, King of Oyo (Africa) became a guia (spirit) His manifestation is thunder, thunderlighting. He is the son of Obatalá.

Obatalá = Warrior! The high spirit, good spirit below Orogum. Father of Xangô.

Oxum Is the youngest of Xango's wives. It is the spirit of sweet waters.

Iemanjá It is the Goddess of Sea. Wife of Oxalá. She drove Oxala crazy until he got sick of her complaints. She was tired of being slave. When he was sick, Iemanja did some teas that she invented with herbs and she cured Oxala. Today she is the spirit who helps ease the mind.

Iansã (the goddess of war) was wife of Ogum but chose Xango instead.

Obá Warrior. She fought with Ogum. Ogum won the fight and made love with her when she was tired of fighting. Later she chose Xango over Ogum.


You can see a good explanation about Candomble here. Not complete, but good.
NOVEMBER 14, 2011 @ 09:26 AM | NO COMMENTS


As many here know, I live in Rio, but was born and raised in Bahia. Bahia is a state in northeastern Brazil, and is among the all 27 states the one which have a greater presence of Afro-brazilian heritage, either in the presence of culture, religious, etc..

Salvador, my hometown and capital city of Bahia, it is the second city in the world with afro inhabitants (Lagos from Nigeria is the first one). And Salvador, used to be famous because of its syncretism, an academic umbrella used to describe the symbiotic relationship between the christian (Catholic) religion and the candomble (pronounce Kan-Don-Bleh), the afro polytheistic religion which was brought to Brazil through the slaves. This syncretism used to be so powerful that Salvador which has 395 catholic temples, in many of those temples, the catholic saints images in fact are the represantations not of the real saints, but the Orixas, gods of the candomble religion.

But now, the stuffs in my country are very sad and dangerous. The neo-pentecostal moviment, a neo-born-christians movement are becaming more and more strong. And they are prejudice with the afro religion. They acuse the afro religion of devil worship. And many places of cults are destroying and suffering violence of all kind. The current mayor of Salvador is a neo-born christian who prefer to ignore the cry for help of the afro religion.

In this obscurency days. I remenber of the late writer Jorge Amado, he was born in Bahia as me. He was an atheist, but all the brazilian laws that protects the religious freedom was created by him when he was a congressman in 1950's. It is in honour to him, to one of the best man my country had, one of the best writers my country had, I will put this song made by Caetano Veloso, which was made in honor to Jorge Amado in the 80's. There is the lyrics in portuguese and a translation in english below the video. And that the gods put some sense in the mind of the people here:

[YOUTUBE]http://youtu.be/eiF7JcgLtxM[/YOUTUBE]

Milagres do povo
Folk Miracles!

by Caetano Veloso

Quem é ateu
Who is atheist

E viu milagres como eu
and saw miracles like I did

Sabe que os deuses sem Deus
knows that the Gods without God

Não cessam de brotar
don't stop sprouting,

Nem cansam de esperar
neither get tired of waiting.

E o coração que é soberano e que é senhor
And the heart that is sovereign and is the Lord

Não cabe na escravidão
doesn't fit in the slavery.

Não cabe no seu não
Doesn't fit in its NO.

Não cabe em si de tanto sim
Doesn't fit in itself of so much YES.

É pura dança e sexo e glória
It is pure dance, sex, and glory,

E paira para além da história
and stays hung beyond History.

Ojúobá ia lá e via
Ojúobá would go there and would see

Ojuobahia
OjuoBahia

Xangô manda chamar
Xango ordered to call

Obatalá guia
The spiritt of Obatalá

Mamãe Oxum chora
Mother Oxum cries

Lágrimalegria
Tears of happiness

Pétala de Iemanjá
Petals of Iemanja

Iansã-Oiá ia
Iansã would go

Ojuobá ia lá e via
Ojuobá would go there and would see

Ojuobahia
OjuoBahia (Bahia is a state in Brazil)

Obá



É no xaréu
It is in shoal

Que brilha a prata luz do céu
That shines the silver light from heaven

E o povo negro entendeu
The african brazilian people understood

Que o grande vencedor/ Se ergue além da dor
that the big winner raises himself beyond of pain,

Tudo chegou sobrevivente num navio
when all survived arrived in a ship.

Quem descobriu o Brasil/Foi o negro que viu/ A crueldade bem de frente e ainda produziu milagres/De fé no extremo Ocidente.

Who discovered Brasil/was the african brazilian who saw cruelty right in front their eyes,/ and still was able to make miracles of faith in the extreme occident.



Some notes about the song: This song was composed in homage to Jorge Amado. And the first verses make references to a famous speech made by Jorge Amado, who said once that he was an atheist who saws miracles made by the folk.

In the video, there are a collage of images from the Candomblé and its gods.

Africans was brought to Brazil as slaves in 1600. They came with their faith.
Their religion is candomblé
These are some of their Gods (Orishas)

Ojúobá, yorubá language word that means the eyes of the king or the eyes of King Shango is a oye (African honorific title given to those who become high priests and dignitaries of the Shango cult in Africa and Candomblé in Brazil).

Xangô, King of Oyo (Africa) became a guia (spirit) His manifestation is thunder, thunderlighting. He is the son of Obatalá.

Obatalá = Warrior! The high spirit, good spirit below Orogum. Father of Xangô.

Oxum Is the youngest of Xango's wives. It is the spirit of sweet waters.

Iemanjá It is the Goddess of Sea. Wife of Oxalá. She drove Oxala crazy until he got sick of her complaints. She was tired of being slave. When he was sick, Iemanja did some teas that she invented with herbs and she cured Oxala. Today she is the spirit who helps ease the mind.

Iansã (the goddess of war) was wife of Ogum but chose Xango instead.

Obá Warrior. She fought with Ogum. Ogum won the fight and made love with her when she was tired of fighting. Later she chose Xango over Ogum.

You can see a good explanation about Candomble here. Not complete, but good.
JULY 16, 2011 @ 12:49 PM | 9 COMMENTS


DONE!!!!!!!

Last tuesday, I went to my college for the last appointment in my academic process (now, I only have to wait for the moment when I will receive my degree).

As many here know, I spend a lot of time writing and re-writing my graduation thesis on american porn cinema from the 70's. In fact, I should finished early, but I am a procrastinator. Finally, the process was finished, I sent the thesis, and made my lecture on the theme (Actually, I expand many of the subject on my lecture, I talk a lot about porn history and porn culture). I had a 9,5 from the maximum 10 for my work.

zoom image That is me, talking to the Teachers about the porn history

zoom image "So Denmark legalized the pornography in 1969 and change the world"

zoom image "There are plenty of porn stories on the bible, lol"biggrin

zoom image Time to drink some beers with friends and the best teacher in the university.
JUNE 7, 2011 @ 08:33 PM | 4 COMMENTS


Happy Birthday to Myself
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MAY 8, 2011 @ 12:35 PM | 9 COMMENTS


There is an expression in Portuguese, Inferno Astral. Do not know if it exists in English or another language. I searched my books on astrology and found nothing similar. In fact, I do not know for sure whether the term refers to an actual astrological phenomenon or just a typical myth of Brazilian culture. The term refers to a period of one month before the Birthday of a person, where a succession of misfortunes are common (Yes, exactly one month from now will be my Birthday). But I do not know if it's really unlucky the succession of apparent "misfortunes" that often happen to me during that period. And to me, hurtful things always occur within 30 days before my Birthday. Painful yes, but I've been noticing that things that occur to me has always put me on the right path of my journey. Something like a transition. A transformation in the true Self. I do not know what will happen this year, it will be an astral hell as 2006 or as of last year, which was period of painful change. Or it will be like previous years, more calm. Certainly, as I still do not fully meet the right track, something will happen.

Changing the subject somewhat. As many know, I have a strong passion for the pornographic movie made ​​in the USA during the 70s. It is the theme of my thesis. in fact, I have a strong passion for pornography, but my narrative side of a fan of cinema, and kind of wannabe writer / filmmaker (at least I'm trying to be) make me be interested and do something different. In both areas, both in mainstream cinema as in pornographic features. I've said something similar before. But my interest is growing stronger. I have seen things that show me even more what I want to do. Old things made ​​in the period of the Golden Age of the pornographic cinema. As new things too, made ​​by people like Maria Beatty (my passion for bdsm is strong). The so-called feminist porn has me aroused increasing interest. Do porn, but tell a story, go back to making movies. Doing what I always thought, how look some of the movies I like, if the sexual part was more explicit. And here I do not mean the infamous parodies, I really meank about how the films would be bolder if they really were dare sexually. Cronenberg's Crash is an awesome movie, but what if the parts where there are sex in the film, what if the sex was explicit? What about Love and Human Remains? And etc, etc, etc. Do you understand what I mean? It is a challenge, first because few even have the courage to embark with me on these daring goal. Second, something like this has to be done in a independent way, producing porn company in Brazil only want to do gonzo videos. And finally, none of performers in Brazil has acting skills, and given the Brazilian society that only seems to be liberal, but is not actually, I still can not see any girls willing to embark on this project. But I will not give up, I never give up. But that would be great if I could find around here people like James Deen Sensi or Pearl, or Bobbi Starr, certainly would be.

Well, as I know that many people here would like to see blog journals with pics, I will put some of related pictures here:





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The man who is a huge influence to my future work, the erotic filmmaker Radley Metzger.

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A missing scene from "The Opening of Misty Beethoven" (the best porn movie ever made), I always think if this movie is released in Blu Ray, in a correct remastered way, if they will try to find this scene to put on the disc.

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Two scenes from another master piece by Radley Metzger, The Image.
MAY 5, 2011 @ 10:30 PM | 1 COMMENT


I am procrastinating, a huge post about my life, my thoughts...my fears. And also about porn, cinema...

I believe that soon, I will give up of my lazyness and I will write it.
APRIL 20, 2011 @ 08:49 PM | 4 COMMENTS


I am speechless. My team is capable of doing stuffs that challenges the logic. Before today, the last day of groups journey in Libertadores cup, we had only 8% of chance to going ahead: we need that in Montevideo Mexican's America at least tie with Nacional from Uruguay (nothing impossible), and in Buenos Aires, we need to win the Argentino Juniors with the difference of two goals.
Two years ago, we had 99% of going down to second division, and in last match, scaped.
Today, Argentino Juniors 2x4 Fluminense and we advanced to the round of 16 in Libertadores Cup. We never give up. My team is the simbol of Hope. The same hope that our Hynm says that The green colour in our Jersey represents.

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I don't know with we gonna fight for title. But today, we fought like giants.
APRIL 18, 2011 @ 01:51 AM | 1 COMMENT


this is My favorite episode ever of Kimagure Orange Road.



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