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<title><![CDATA[Christmas lunch]]></title>
<link>http://kikitran.wordpress.com/2009/12/25/christmas-lunch/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kiki</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kikitran.wordpress.com/2009/12/25/christmas-lunch/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ăn tiệc trưa Giáng sinh là theo lệ của bên nội nhưng năm nay làm ở nhà mình. Đáng lý mẹ làm đêm trướ]]></description>
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Ăn tiệc trưa Giáng sinh là theo lệ của bên nội nhưng năm nay làm ở nhà mình. Đáng lý mẹ làm đêm trước Giáng Sinh theo lệ của bên ngoại nhưng cuối cùng đổi lại theo lịch bên nội cho dễ. Thời gian chuẩn bị thư thả hơn nhưng lại mất đi buổi sáng yên tĩnh thức dậy nhìn thấy quà của Santa Cò để ở lò sưởi rồi đi nhà thờ về nhà thay xmas pj ra ăn sáng thật no nê và thoải mái. Ngược lại con được một bữa sáng nô đùa đến bỏ cả bữa ăn. Mẹ làm jamon Serrano cuộn xoài, xúc xích hun khói cuộn thịt muối chưng đường, bánh quiche rau dền nấm, đậu cô ve xào nấm tỏi, thịt thăn cuộn bát bửu nướng, gỏi bắp cải trộn táo, gà nấu bia và tôm hùm nướng. Cô Ba làm bánh buche mang đến.<br />
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Mà tối hôm trước con ngoan lắm, ngồi chơi thật yên ắng không quấy rầy mẹ trong lúc mẹ chuẩn bị thức ăn. Sau đó con chỉ nhỏ nhẹ nói mẹ &#8220;ah oh, hư cụa mẹ rồi&#8221;. Mẹ nhìn nguyên cái laptop bị lột sạch nút phím tưởng mình bị hoa mắt.<br />
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Lúc mở quà như chợ vỡ, con được ba &#8220;giao&#8221; cho cái máy quay phim (có lẽ là ba bị con buộc phải giao máy hay sao đó). Con cầm máy lăng xăng đi quay phim khắp nhà sau khi mở được 2 món đồ chơi, còn lại quần áo con giao khoán hết cho mẹ.<br />
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Sáng hôm sau vừa thức dậy là tót ngay ra đống quà bươi đồ chơi ra nghịch.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[20 de ani]]></title>
<link>http://hatchet88.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/20-de-ani/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hatchet88</dc:creator>
<guid>http://hatchet88.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/20-de-ani/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Se apropie Craciunul. Nu-mi pasa! Cred ca mai importante sunt evenimentele de acum 20 de ani&#8230; ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:left;">Se apropie Craciunul. Nu-mi pasa! Cred ca mai importante sunt evenimentele de acum 20 de ani&#8230; So ba&#8217;bye Santa!</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Iubesc Tara in care m-am nascut! Iubesc Romania! Nu am fost adeptul <strong>extremitatilor</strong> niciodata, m-au interesat si cam atat&#8230; am inchis si capitolul acela. Ce am observat in ultima perioada la anumiti <strong>omuleti</strong> si <strong>omulete</strong> (pluralul feminin de la omuleti) pe care ii cunosc, e ca&#8230; dupa ce Domnul Presedinte a iesit Presedinte&#8230; toti s-au suparat, toti vor sa plece din tara, toti comenteaza, toti o duc &#8220;rau&#8221; si &#8220;mor de foame&#8221;&#8230; Cum se face ca inca sunteti aici? Plecati! Eu raman in TARA MEA! Oameni au murit ca noua si voua sa va fie mai bine. Nerecunoscatorilor!Vreau sa cred ca si in Tara mea poti sa o duci bine, dar dac<a href="http://hatchet88.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/memento-eroii-nu-mor-niciodata.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-398" title="eroii-nu-mor-niciodata" src="http://hatchet88.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/memento-eroii-nu-mor-niciodata.jpg" alt="" width="162" height="162" /></a>a voua va este frica de viata, fie ea si grea sau nu aveti vise sau nu va doriti cu adevarat sa duceti o viata mai buna&#8230; Drum Bun si sa ne auzim cu bine! Eu vreau sa mor in Romania&#8230; cauze naturale <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> . M-am saturat de oameni care vor totul pe tava, chiar daca, cateodata stiu ca si eu sunt asa&#8230; dar m-am saturat de mine de mult, asa ca&#8230; asta e. Respect evenimentele din &#8216;89&#8230; Respect persoanele care au ajutat la &#8220;surparea&#8221; comunismului din Romania, respect familiile care si-au pierdut copiii, fratii, parintii, rudele si imi pare foarte rau&#8230; Chiar daca am fost prea tanar atunci (1 an si 7 luni), nu inseamna ca nu pot sa vars o lacrima de fiecare data cand vad o poza, un filmulet despre acele evenimente&#8230; vars o lacrima alaturi de voi.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Sunt mandru ca sunt student in Timisoara, sunt fericit ca mi-e mai dor de Timisoara decat de &#8220;casa&#8221;! Sunt fericit ca am parte doar de <strong>OAMENI</strong> in Timisoara, la care tin foarte mult si pe care nu as vrea sa-i pierd, chiar de mi se ofera un loc in Rai in schimbul lor&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Incheierea: <span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/1lmKP4CTxO0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/1lmKP4CTxO0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[A beleza do anonimato]]></title>
<link>http://estradadosol.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/a-beleza-do-anonimato/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>estradadosol</dc:creator>
<guid>http://estradadosol.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/a-beleza-do-anonimato/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Assisti o filme sobre Vinícius, em homenagem aos seus 90. Eu já tinha o CD que, durante algum tempo,]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Assisti o filme sobre Vinícius, em homenagem aos seus 90. Eu já tinha o CD que, durante algum tempo, foi vendido em conjunto com o DVD. Além de uma seleção sensacional de músicas, em uma das faixas do CD, está &#8220;O Haver&#8221; &#8211; declamada pelo próprio Vinícius. Confesso que ouvir o CD foi bem menos angustiante que ver imagens de Vinícius bêbado e trocando oito vezes de &#8220;esposa&#8221;. Não porque eu fique chocada por ver auto-degradação ou porque eu pense que Vinícius é um grande puto-boemio-louco-desvairado, mas porque fiquei pensando na terrível frustração na qual <em>o branco mais preto do Brasil</em> esteve mergulhado durante toda a sua vida. Seus surtos de paixão pelas mulheres eram o combustível para sua produção. Vinícius necessitava do perfume feminino, do sorriso metálico das loiras, das saias curtas das morenas, do bom papo daquela mulher de meia idade ou da idiotice natual da moça de 16 anos. E, em cada nova aventura, Vinícius parecia querer ser arrebatado pelo amor e, amando, chegar a um estágio de nirvana espiritual e perfeição estética-literária. E aí, as duas coisas pareciam se misturar. Para escrever, precisava da inspiração focada no seu afeto descontrolado pelas fêmeas. Daí, surgiram os escritos que necessitavam da apreciação do público. E, então, para sustentar o reconhecimento, o poeta corria, loucamente, atrás de suas inspirações: as mulheres (ou o amor?). Nesse ciclo, doses industriais de whisky, cigarrinhos, baseados, cafés, viagens e amigos &#8211; tudo isso para que Vinícius vivesse de forma arrebatadora atrás do único objetivo de sua vida: amar e ser amado. E, nesse ponto, o <em>Poetinha</em> sucumbiu. Por mais paradoxal que seja, o fracasso de Vinícius por não ter amado e por não ter sido amado de forma plena foi responsável pela beleza e intensidade de toda sua obra. Pode parecer absurdo, mas os verdadeiros amantes estão no anonimato e não deixaram nada escrito &#8211; a não ser cartas guardadas, em local secreto, pela amada. Eles não têm tempo para pensar o amor porque eles vivem o Amor, com todos os inconvenientes da convivência. Desprezar Vinícius? Nunca. Certamente, seus sonetos serviram de inspiração para que seu pai se declarasse à sua mãe e, assim, após muita lábia do coroa e muito charme da véia, transformaram-se em dois desconhecidos, amantes autênticos, andantes pelas ruas de Ipanema e casados há 25 anos. E, numa esquina qualquer, uma voz masculina e rouca com sotaque de carioca cantarola, bem baixinho: &#8220;Vou te contar/Os olhos já não podem ver/Coisas que só o coração pode entender/Fundamental é mesmo o amor/É impossível ser feliz sozinho&#8230;&#8221;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[There's no place like home]]></title>
<link>http://camilafelix.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/theres-no-place-like-home/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Camila Felix</dc:creator>
<guid>http://camilafelix.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/theres-no-place-like-home/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[the selby]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.theselby.com/9_21_09_DanM_Shannan/index.html">the selby</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[A lot to be thankful for]]></title>
<link>http://kikitran.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/a-lot-to-be-thankful-for/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kiki</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kikitran.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/a-lot-to-be-thankful-for/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Corinna Avraamidou's big love ]]></title>
<link>http://misirina.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/corinna-avraamidous-big-love/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>misirina</dc:creator>
<guid>http://misirina.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/corinna-avraamidous-big-love/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hello! The European Union Film Festival starts in Vancouver at Cinematheque on Howe Street. Many gre]]></description>
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<p lang="en-US">Hello!</p>
<p lang="en-US">The European Union Film Festival starts in Vancouver at  Cinematheque on Howe Street. Many great movies are going to be screening during next two weeks. I have had a chance to interview with Corinna Avraamidou, director of  “The Last Homecoming” (Cyprus). This film screens on November 30.</p>
<p lang="en-US"><a href="http://misirina.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/the-last-homecoming.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-799" title="The Last Homecoming" src="http://misirina.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/the-last-homecoming.jpg?w=203" alt="" width="203" height="300" /></a>“The Last Homecoming” won several awards in 2009 – for Best Feature Film at the London Greek Film Festival and for Best Newcomer Director at the Alexandria International Film Festival. This film was also an official finalist at the Canada International Film Festival in 2009.</p>
<p lang="en-US">I would like to share now some of my interview with Corrinna Avraamidou. The entire interview  has been published in the Russian newspaper <a href="http://www.vancouverexpress.ca/archives/1423">Vancouver Express</a>.</p>
<p>- <em>The “Last Homecoming” is your first feature film. Tell me a little about your previous work.</em></p>
<p>- In 2001 I wrote and directed a 25 min short film with the title “The Secret of the First Day” which was a psychological study of a young man’s frustrated life and his complex relationship with his disabled mother. It won Best Screenplay at the Cyprus Short Film Festival. Since 1992 until today I have been working in the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation as a director, mainly of serials and television movies. So my strongest experience comes from the background of television.</p>
<p>- <em>What prompted you to make this film?</em></p>
<p>- I always wanted to make films, ever since I can remember. Also, when growing up, the sorrow and memories of the 1974 events in Cyprus “haunted” my childhood, in such a way, that artistically I needed to find a way to “exorcise” my country’s tragedy through my work. My mother’s family house was in Kyrenia; she was born and raised in that beautiful seaside town that has been under Turkish occupation ever since. So the idea of a family reuniting just before the break up of war during that specific summer of 1974 started to develop, with the characters becoming more and more alive, full of their own passions and secrets.</p>
<p>-<em> How long did it take to complete “The Last Homecoming,” from the time you began to write the script? Did you experience any difficulty during making the film?</em></p>
<p lang="en-US">- I wrote the script in 2003 and went through script development until the day I shot it in the summer of 2007. The main difficulties we experienced had to do with the funding of the project. Cinema is a very expensive “hobby” and especially in Cyprus where the funds are limited and Cyprus cinema is at its early stages we fought some difficult battles in order to be able to gather the amount to start production. In 2008 the film was completed and was ready to face the world!</p>
<p>-<em> Producer Kyriacos Tofarides said in one of his interviews that movies are made either with big money or big love. If this movie wasn&#8217;t made with big money what was your big love? Cinematography? Cyprus? Something else?</em></p>
<p>- Our great love was and will always be the art of making films. That and our need to make films that are Cypriot, that have the smell, colours and “taste” of the Mediterranean island that we call home. As Theo Angelopoulos once said the more specific and local one film is the more universal it becomes.</p>
<p>-  <em>Tell me about the name of the film? Why is it the last homecoming?</em></p>
<p lang="en-US">- Because for the characters it signifies the end of their life as they had known it up to that moment. The war changes their country, their home forever. It draws a dividing line between the two communities, nothing is the same after the disaster.</p>
<p>-  <em>Why don&#8217;t we know what happened with Alexandra and the two brothers<a href="http://misirina.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/1.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-801" title="11" src="http://misirina.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/1.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="203" /></a> after the war? Were these also their final days in the homeland?</em></p>
<p>- It is open to interpretation. The fact is that the betrayal, both in their personal life and in the level of their country was what had such a strong impact on them. What happens after, will always have the dark shadow of their loss haunting them. They can never be innocent again, the way both Cyprus and their youth were innocent. They have matured, pain has made them stronger, maybe more sad, but definitely wiser. So they are not the same and their choices would be more unpredictable.</p>
<p>- <em>Despina Bebedeli said that art in Cyprus today is a weapon, both offensive and defensive, of a peaceful attack. She also thinks that art works as a tool of enlightenment. Is the The Last Homecoming a weapon, or a lesson, or both?</em></p>
<p>- I would hope as Despina Bebedeli says that the film is seen as a way to open a window, to make a point in the peaceful way that art makes a point, to be able to let people in Europe and elsewhere understand what happened in Cyprus, the way it affected our world and hopefully help us find a way to resolve our differences and move on. That would be a real blessing…</p>
<p>- <em>In the end of the film one of heroes said “The world is sometimes so beautiful that my heart aches”. Are these your words: is it your heart that aches?</em></p>
<p>- Yes, indeed, my heart aches for a world that is no longer…</p>
<p>- <em>What are your future plans? Are you currently working on any other films? (If so: Would you care to share anything about your next project?)</em></p>
<p>- For now me and Kyriacos Tofarides are working as co-directors in the development of a new feature film called “Home, Sweet Home”, which is a political comedy. We are working with the development of the script as well as trying to find money for the production-again! It is a never ending struggle, but… it’s great!</p>
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<p lang="en-US">To see you.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[We Two]]></title>
<link>http://sharavati.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/we-two/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>swaps</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sharavati.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/we-two/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8230; and our sweet home!]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Modern communication]]></title>
<link>http://strategy2c.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/modern-communication/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hikingartist</dc:creator>
<guid>http://strategy2c.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/modern-communication/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Working from home&#8230; modern communication - after the internet Download the free illustration he]]></description>
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<div id="attachment_510" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://hikingartist.com/art/Free_print_versions_g79-Nano_office_technology_p825.html"><img class="size-full wp-image-510" title="pc-office-box" src="http://strategy2c.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/pc-office-box.jpg" alt="working from home" width="500" height="293" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">modern communication - after the internet</p></div>
<p><a href="http://hikingartist.com/art/Free_print_versions_g79-Nano_office_technology_p825.html">Download the free illustration here</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Pendientes Hogar, dulce hogar-VENDIDOS]]></title>
<link>http://pontecosasenlasorejas.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/pendientes-hogar-dulce-hogar/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pendientera</dc:creator>
<guid>http://pontecosasenlasorejas.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/pendientes-hogar-dulce-hogar/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Pendientes Hogar, dulce hogar_12€+gastos de envío. De metal y amatistas. Pendientes con el lema: Hom]]></description>
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<strong>Pendientes Hogar, dulce hogar_</strong>12€+gastos de envío.<br />
De metal y amatistas.<br />
Pendientes con el lema: Home, sweet home (Hogar, dulce hogar).</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Especial Games de Terror]]></title>
<link>http://gamesmaneiros.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/89/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>André Leonardo</dc:creator>
<guid>http://gamesmaneiros.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/89/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bom galera o Halloween já passou, muita gente já curtiu festas sobre esse tema que nada  tem a ver c]]></description>
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<p>Bom galera o Halloween já passou, muita gente já curtiu festas sobre esse tema que nada  tem a ver com nossa cultura, mas que sempre acaba se fazendo presente nos finais de Outubro principalmente por motivos comerciais.</p>
<p>Escrever sobre games de terror em épocas perto da comemoração do Halloween ou em uma sexta-feira 13 é bastante oportuno ou clichê. Mas aproveitei o embalo e também o fato de ter terminado a pouco tempo o excelente Silent Hill 3, para escrever um pouco sobre os games de terror, o gênero chamado “Survival Horror” que é composto por games que tem a intenção de assustar o jogador, assim como filmes já fazem a muito tempo.</p>
<p>Muitos gamers mais novos podem achar que o gênero de games  Survival Horror surgiu com o lançamento de Resident Evil em 1996. De fato  Resident Evil  foi um game que marcou, teve grande popularidade ajudou a definir um gênero de jogos. Porém o mundo dos games começou a explorar o tema “terror” desde o começo da década de 1980, ainda no Atari 2600, ou apenas Atari  nós brazucas.</p>
<p>A idéia desse especial é mostrar vários games que surgiram em diversas épocas  com objetivo dar sustos  e ao mesmo tempo entreter os jogadores. Então é hora conferir a primeira parte desse especial e encarar uma viagem por cemitérios,criptas,mansões esquecidas, cidades abandonadas e se preparar para encarar zumbis, vampiros , demônios e mais um monte de criaturas das sombras.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-91" title="hallowcvgkg8" src="http://gamesmaneiros.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/hallowcvgkg8.jpg" alt="hallowcvgkg8" width="270" height="365" /></p>
<p><strong>Produção: Wizard Games</strong></p>
<p><strong>Lançamento: 1983</strong></p>
<p><strong>Plataforma: Atari 2600</strong></p>
<p>Pois é , embora os games de terror só tenham recebido uma classificação própria na geração 32 Bits ,  fato é que desde o Atari 2600, os fabricantes aproveitam para lançar games explorando esse segmento. Na minha pesquisa para esse especial , descobri coisas que nem esperava e uma delas é o game Haloween, lançado em 1983 para o Atari 2600, o jogo é baseado no filme homônimo de 1978, que tinha como destaque o assassino Michael Myers. O jogo foi produzido  pela Wizard Games, uma divisão da Wizard vídeo, empresa que possuía os direitos de distribuição em VHS das séries Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Massacre da Serra Elétrica) e Halloween.</p>
<p>Claro que com o crescimento da indústria de games e o Atari 2600 em alta, os  nossos amigos da Wizard Videos não poderiam deixar de capitalizar em cima do público que assistia aos filmes e o logo criaram um divisão da empresa para produzir jogos baseados nos filmes. Sim !  Mais de 20 anos atrás empresas já tentavam lançar games baseados em filmes e o resultados em geral  são como os de hoje,  games de medianos a ruins.</p>
<p>No jogo  você assume o controle de uma garota que trabalha como babá  e terá que salvar crianças que estão espalhadas pelas salas de uma casa, antes que nosso amigo serial killer Michael Myers acabe com elas. O game segue desta forma até que jogador perca todas as suas vidas, pois como vários games do Atari, a dificuldade aumentava e o game seguia infinitamente, assim como o clássico enduro.</p>
<p>Quando o jogador era pego, a garota tinha sua cabeça cortada e ficava com o corpo correndo e jorrando sangue (Sim a violência está nos games desde os primórdios!).</p>
<p>Por aqui o jogo foi chamado de Sexta- Feita 13(????????).  Não entendi como  colocaram o título dos filmes de Jason no game de  Michael Myers. Mas enfim, devido aos “incríveis gráficos” do game, não faria diferença se fosse Michael Mayers, Jason Voorhees, um carregador de mudanças ou qualquer mané de vestindo um macacão cinza.</p>
<p>Engraçado que mesmo nos Estados Unidos o game foi lançado de forma bastante sem vergonha, pois nem ao menos uma ilustração do game havia no cartucho, apenas havia  um papel escrito “Halloween” em um pilot cor de abóbora.  Mas sério a embalagem do game tão era safada  que parecia até aqueles DVDs/CDs que todo mundo já comprou no camelo pela grande oferta de 3 por R$ 10,00.</p>
<p>Porém havia também uma  versão que possuía capa, embora depois de muito analisar não conseguir entender  do que se trata a imagem na capa do game, se alguém tiver uma idéia pode falar.</p>
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<p>Mas brincadeiras a parte, o game até que funcionava bem para época que foi lançado, tinha a inconfundível trilha sonora do filme e também por ter uma das primeiras cenas de violência da história dos games e explorar o tema terror.</p>
<p>Review do Angry Video Game Nerd</p>
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<p><strong>Sweet Home</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Produção: Capcom</strong></p>
<p><strong>Lançamento: 1989 </strong></p>
<p><strong>Plataforma: NES </strong></p>
<p>Agora vamos falar do game que segundo Shinji Mikami, foi a fonte de inspiração para o projeto  Resident Evil, no game o jogador assume o controle de 5 personagens vão até a mansão de um famoso pintor para fazer um documentário  sobre sua vida e  suas obras de arte que permanecem no local, mas acabam sendo pegos pelo espírito da esposa do pintor e aí que começam os problemas para os personagens.</p>
<p>O game apresenta uma visão aérea  é possível escolher  entre vários personagens, cada um com uma habilidade distinta que ajudará o jogador a encarar as dificuldades do game , como a enfermeira que carrega kits médicos que ajudam a curar o seu time ou ainda a menina carrega uma chave especial que pode abrir diversas portas especiais, os combates são feitos por no estilo RPG, por turnos com o jogador podendo selecionar opções como atacar , defender e fugir.</p>
<p>Interessante as semelhanças entre Resident Evil e Sweet Home, o fato de ambos passarem em uma mansão no meio da floresta, aqueles “loads safados” disfarçados de cenas de portas abrindo. E  claro zumbis também aparecem nos dois games, interessante  ver como  a Capcom quase 10 anos após o lançamento de Sweet Home usou muitas influências desse game antigo em Resident Evil , que foi o game qual definiu e popularizou o gênero Survival Horror.</p>
<p>Sweet Home nunca foi lançado fora do Japão, por isso quase ninguém conheceu o game, ainda mais aqui no Brasil. Mas se tem curiosidade vale a pena pegar um emulador de NES, pois hoje não é difícil encontrar uma ROM de Sweet Home traduzida para inglês.</p>
<p>Dê uma olhada em como é o game</p>
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<p><strong>Sexta- Feira 13</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Produção: Galoob</strong></p>
<p><strong>Lançamento:1988 </strong></p>
<p><strong>Plataforma: NES </strong></p>
<p>Se games baseados em filmes de terror estavam ficando populares nosso amigo Jason, o apreciador de grandes facas afiadas não poderia ficar de fora disso. Pois se Michel Myers tinha um game, porque o assassino de Cristal Lake também não teria um? Toda a ação do game acontece no acampamento do Lago Cristal, morada de Jason, onde o jogador deverá andar por diversos caminhos do parque para salvar seus amigos do afiado facão de Jason.</p>
<p>O game tem uma jogabilidade 2D, dividida duas partes,em  uma delas em que o jogador anda  por várias trilhas do acampamento do Parque Cristal  procurando chalés onde possa resgatar seus amigos de Jason. Essa parte lembra um pouco o clássico Ghosts and Ghouls, porém com gráficos mais coloridos. Já a outra parte da jogabilidade acontece  dentro dos chalés onde a visão muda para as costas do personagem e o jogador resolve pequenos quebra cabeças antes de enfrentar Jason.  O jogo foi considerado por muita gente na época bem difícil, destaque para as aparições extremamente apelonas do Jason que muitas vezes surgia de repente e com uma velocidade 10 vezes maior que a de seu personagem.</p>
<p>Video</p>
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<p><strong>Nightmare on Elm Street</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Produção: Rare</strong></p>
<p><strong>Lançamento:1990 </strong></p>
<p><strong>Plataforma: NES</strong></p>
<p>Nightmare on Elm Street é o título original de  “A Hora do Pesadelo”, série de filmes criada por Wes Craven, que tem como vilão e principal personagem o  vilão Freddy Krueger, imortalizado pelo ator Robert Englund.</p>
<p>Bom, se Michel Myers e Jason Voorhees tinham seus jogos,obviamente  Freddy Krueger como ícone de filmes de terror da década de 80 também deveria  também deveria ter o seu.</p>
<p>O game colocava o jogador na pele de um jovem que deve  encarar Freddy, para sair do pesadelo . O game tem a jogabilidade voltada para o gênero plataforma e ação porque é necessário ser bastante preciso nos pulos, principalmente para recolher os itens que muitas vezes ficam em lugares difíceis de alcançar e para terminar as fases era necessário coletar todos os ossos de Freddy espalhados pelo local. No início você conta apenas com socos para encarar  inimigos como aranhas gigantes, ratos, morcegos, esqueletos e zumbis , mas com o passar do game o jogador pode conseguir power ups que podem transformar seu personagem em feiticeiro ou ninja para tentar facilitar as coisas.</p>
<p>Nightmare on Elm Street mostrou alguns conceitos interessantes como em fases dentro das casas do rua Elm onde se sua energia , chegasse a zero o game iniciava o modo pesadelo, onde os inimigos mudavam e a fase ficava bem mais difícil, tudo bem que algo semelhante já havia sido feito em Castlevania II: Simons Crest, outra característica interessante era o fato de até 4 pessoas poderem participar das partidas.  O game tem alguns problemas principalmente ligados a falta de precisão nos saltos e poder muito ruin de encarar os inimigos sem os Power ups.  Mas caso tenha um emulador de NES no seu PC vale a pena dar uma conferida no game e encarar mais um pesadelo de Freddy.</p>
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<p><strong>Alone in the Dark</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Produção: Infogrames (Atualmente Atari)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Lançamento 1992 </strong></p>
<p><strong>Plataformas: PC , MAC , 3DO</strong></p>
<p>O primeiro game desta série é considerado o pioneiro do gênero survival horror por ter características como cenários pintados e personagens em gerados em 3D. Ok os personagens eram feios pra caramba, mas lembrem-se, estávamos em 1992 com PCs 386/486, então isso pode ser considerado um grande feito.</p>
<p>A história conta que Jeremy Hartwood cometeu suicídio na Mansão Decerto na Louisiana, você assume o controle de Edward Carnby, um detetive particular e Emily Hartwood , sobrinha de Jeremy , para tentar descobrir o que aconteceu  e desvendar os mistérios do local. Durante o game vários elementos  que se tornaram populares com Resident Evil e viraram padrão estão lá, como criaturas quebrando janelas, inimigos surgindo de repente, itens encontrados em um lugar e utilizados em outro lugar distante, câmeras colocadas em lugares estratégicos, além da parte sonora que funcionava muito bem, colocando músicas tensas nos momentos onde surgiam as criaturas.</p>
<p>Primeiro Alone in the Dark era baseado nos livros do escritor H.P Lovecraft e ainda teve duas continuações produzidas pela mesma equipe da Infogrames Alone in the Dark 2 que embora tivesse gráficos melhores,  não foi muito bem recebido pela crítica e por jogadores por causa de seus problemas de jogabilidade, principalmente com o sistemas de câmeras ruin.  Já Alone in the Dark 3 manteve os mesmo gráficos, porém com o game mais fluído e com mais velocidade, mas com poucas inovações apenas repetindo o que já havia sido feito nos episódios anteriores da série.</p>
<p>Alone in the Dark mais tarde ainda teve o episódio The New Nightmare lançado para PS1 e PS2 e uma nova versão chamada apenas Alone in the Dark, que foi lançada para PS3, X360 e PC, mas falarei dessas versões em outra oportunidade.</p>
<p>Vídeo</p>
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<p>Isso aê , essa foi a primeira parte do especial galera, espero que tenham curtido e podem postar pra dizer o que acharam,  até a próxima.</p>
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<link>http://reffine.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/home-furnishing-2009/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>reffine</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[After all reno and painting works finished, it&#8217;s time to furnish our house hehe.. It&#8217;s b]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>After all reno and painting works finished, it&#8217;s time to furnish our house hehe.. It&#8217;s been quite fun to browse the furnitures, mix and match it to decor our house hehe <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Our house main theme is simple, space, flowery, and one more thing is walnut haha.. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' />  you can see the wood colours that I chose usually a dark chocolate or walnut colour hehe.. :p</p>
<p>The furnitures and electric appliances we got mainly from the vendors below:<br />
1. Best Denki &#8211; rated ****<br />
2. Audio House &#8211; rated ****<br />
3. Cellini furniture &#8211; rated ****<br />
4. Nova furniture &#8211; rated ***<br />
5. Bed and Bedding at Paya Lebar &#8211; rated ***<br />
6. Wihardja &#8211; rated ****<br />
7. IKEA &#8211; rated ***</p>
<p>Overall we quite satisfied with the services.. all vendors quite easy to deal with so far.. hmm maybe we are quite a nice non-fussy customer hehe.. :p</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s our home furnishing photo gallery:<img title="gallery" src="http://reffine.wordpress.com/wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wpgallery/img/t.gif" alt="" /><img title="gallery" src="http://reffine.wordpress.com/wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wpgallery/img/t.gif" alt="" /></p>
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<link>http://reffine.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/home-renovation-2009-ii/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>The following is the list of things included in the minor renovations we done for our house..<br />
1. Hacking of the kitchen tiles, to lay the new tiling, and construct the fridge and waching machine base.<br />
2. Hacking of the 2 bathrooms&#8217; tiles, lay the new tiling, including the installation of the toilet accesories.<br />
3. Supply/install shower kerb and shower screen c/w swing door in master toilet.<br />
4. Furnish or refurbish old kitchen cabinet.<br />
5. Installation of 3 bedrooms&#8217; doors and 2 toilets&#8217; doors.<br />
6. Supply construct cornices in 3 bedrooms&#8217; ceiling.<br />
7. Build laminated feature wall in master room c/w low cabinet below window.<br />
8. Chemical cleaning of whole house.     </p>
<p><strong>Before reno works started:</strong>     </p>
<p>This pic description from top left to right, the selection of tiles for toilet and kitchen while below left to right show the script planning for feature wall and low cabinet below window at master room.     </p>
<div id="attachment_102" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-102" title="planning" src="http://reffine.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/planning.jpg?w=300" alt="planning" width="300" height="240" /><p class="wp-caption-text">part of the planning process</p></div>
<p>The grey tiles we chose for our bathroom toilets and the white tiles are for our kitchen.     </p>
<p>The feature wall was planned according to our ideas and being visualized with drawing consept by Henry.     </p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>During reno works was in progress:</strong>     </p>
<div id="attachment_104" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-104" title="planning2" src="http://reffine.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/planning2.jpg?w=300" alt="planning2" width="300" height="185" /><p class="wp-caption-text">covered living hall and hacking of kitchen tiles and bathroom tiles</p></div>
<p> The second pic description from top-bottom left, other rooms were covered to avoid any destruction, and top-bottom center shown the new tiles sample in the kitchen floor after hacking the old tiles and the unfurnished kitchen cabinet.     </p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>After reno works finished</strong>     </p>
<p>After all reno works had done, then the painting process of the whole house was started. The paint colours for each room is different, we had been helped by our designer from the ID firm which we only took their painting services to mix &#38; match the colours.    </p>
<p>Here&#8217;s some pics of the whole house after the painting works finished:    </p>
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<div id="attachment_348" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://reffine.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0088.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-348 " title="Main door and gate " src="http://reffine.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0088.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Our maindoor and gate. The left one is the meter reading room.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_353" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://reffine.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0081.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-353 " title="Living and dining" src="http://reffine.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0081.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Living and Dining room</p></div>
<div id="attachment_354" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://reffine.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0084.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-354 " title="balcony door" src="http://reffine.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0084.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Our balcony glass door. Last time we planned it to be removed but luckily we didn&#39;t </p></div>
<div id="attachment_349" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://reffine.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0087.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-349  " title="Store room" src="http://reffine.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0087.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Kitchen Store Room, the paint colour is the same as the main door gate</p></div>
<div id="attachment_350" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://reffine.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0085.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-350 " title="kitchen cabinet" src="http://reffine.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0085.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Our refurbished kitchen cabinet, does it look new? hehe</p></div>
<div id="attachment_364" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://reffine.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0070.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-364  " title="common room1 " src="http://reffine.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0070.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">This is the painting in common room 1</p></div>
<div id="attachment_366" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://reffine.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0072.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-366 " title="common room2" src="http://reffine.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0072.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">This is the painting in common room 2</p></div>
<div id="attachment_371" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://reffine.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0077.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-371  " title="master room " src="http://reffine.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0077.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The 2-tone colours of wall painting for our room</p></div>
<div id="attachment_372" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://reffine.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0078.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-372 " title="TV feature-wall " src="http://reffine.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0078.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">We got our TV feature-wall mounted in our room</p></div>
<div id="attachment_373" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://reffine.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0079.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-373   " title="master bathroom door" src="http://reffine.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_0079.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Our master bathroom door with the toilet accessories installed</p></div>
<p>We got our toilet accesories from Genova, and we also got the tempered glass cooker hob - Fujioh 3 burner &#8211; from there too.. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  </p>
<p>My next pending post is the home furnishing series.. Had been pending it for so long coz quite busy with my Jakarta wedding preparation and some office works.. Hoping to finish the home series soon as I couldn&#8217;t wait to start my wedding preparation stories <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<title><![CDATA[November Stamp of the Month Blog Hop]]></title>
<link>http://houseostamps.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/november-stamp-of-the-month-blog-hop/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>houseostamps</dc:creator>
<guid>http://houseostamps.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/november-stamp-of-the-month-blog-hop/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Welcome to our Blog Hop featuring the Close To My Heart November Stamp of the Month &#8211; Around t]]></description>
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<p>This 26 piece stamp set has adorable, whimsical house images and warm greetings. </p>
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<td>Each month Close To My Heart offers you a specially designed My Acrylix<sup>®</sup> D-size stamp set at a great discount or even free, available only through the Stamp of the Month program. The set, which retails at $22.95 US / $28.50 CAN, is available to qualifying customers for that month only. It&#8217;s our way of saying thank you for purchasing Close To My Heart products! So, how do you get in on the deal and snag our cute Stamp of the Month sets? Simple&#8230;</p>
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<li>You spend $25, you save 25% and pay only $17.21. </li>
<li>You spend $50, you save 50% and pay only $11.48. </li>
<li>You spend $75, you save 75% and pay only $5.74. </li>
<li>You spend $100 and you get your stamp of the month for FREE!</li>
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<p>The pewter clips from the Pewter Mini-medley&#8217;s remind me of a doorplate for a door so I used that for my door.  The door swings open thanks to the  cute hinges and behind the door I stamped the sentiment &#8220;Home is where the heart is.&#8221; </p>
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<p>November Stamp of the Month &#8211; Around the Block, Sweet Home paper pack, Pewter Mini-Medleys, Hinges, pewter brads, Colonial White Ribbon rounds, 3-D foam tape, Barn Red stamp pad and Indian Corn Blue stamp pad.</p>
<p>Now please go to <strong><a href="http://eimmap.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Pam&#8217;s Blog</a></strong> to continue on your blog hop journey.  Enjoy!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Halloween Special: Sweet Home]]></title>
<link>http://videogamesarerad.com/2009/10/30/halloween-special-sweet-home/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
<guid>http://videogamesarerad.com/2009/10/30/halloween-special-sweet-home/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In the spirit of Halloween I thought I would really dig into on of my favorite little import gems, a]]></description>
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<p>In the spirit of Halloween I thought I would really dig into on of my favorite little import gems, a quirky horror-based RPG called Sweet Home. Sweet Home has a fascinating history unto itself, not to mention the impact it had on the formulation and development of the Resident Evil franchise and to the survival horror genre itself.</p>
<p><strong><em>From Cinema to Console<br />
<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;">Sweet Home is actually a licensed game. Based on a Japanese film called &#8216;<em>Sûîto Homu&#8217; (which translated, as you may have guessed, is </em><em>Sweet Hom</em><em>e)<span style="font-style:normal;"> which was written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, whose other film credits include Tokyo Sonata and Cure.</span></em></span></em></strong></p>
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<p><em><span style="font-style:normal;">The film follows a group of documentary filmmakers as they enter the sprawling, decrepit mansion of infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro. Once inside they are attacked by supernatural forces and must to try and escape the unspeakable evil within the cursed mansion. It&#8217;s basically a haunted house story punctuated by startling scenes of terror and gore. The game was released to coincide with the premiere of the film in Japan.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-style:normal;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-906" title="japanesecart" src="http://iheartyuna.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/japanesecart.jpg" alt="japanesecart" width="450" height="296" /><br />
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<p><em><span style="font-style:normal;">Unfortunately, due mainly to the fact that the movie never saw a western release, the game was never translated and localized for release outside of Japan. It also didn&#8217;t help that the RPG style of Sweet Home resulted in a fairly text heavy script, and translation and localization was very expensive and risky undertaking in the late 80&#8217;s, a time when audiences outside of Japan had yet to latch onto the console RPG genre.</span></em></p>
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<p><strong><em>Development of Sweet Home<br />
<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;">The game itself was developed and published by Capcom, and released in 1989. With Capcom&#8217;s numerous previous successes on the Famicom such as Mega Man 1 &#38; 2, Ghosts n&#8217; Goblins, DuckTales, and Destiny of an Emperor, the company&#8217;s reputation was all but cemented as one of the elite third party developers for Nintendo&#8217;s 8-bit juggernaut. Development of Sweet Home was helmed by an internal Capcom team with the music composed by Junko Tamiya, whose other memorable video game soundtracks include 1943: The Battle for Midway and Little Nemo: Dream Master.</span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-903" title="hallway1" src="http://iheartyuna.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/hallway1.jpg" alt="hallway1" width="450" height="408" /><br />
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<p>The game very closely follows the plot of the film on which it&#8217;s based. You control a team whose task is to enter the mansion of Mamiya Ichiro in order to document the many frescos (paintings) that adorn the mansion walls. Upon entering the mansion the doors close, trapping you within the confines of the run-down estate. You decide to split into two teams and explore the mansion in hopes of discovering clues to the mystery in which you are now entangled.</p>
<p><strong><em>The First Survival Horror Game?<br />
<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;">A very unique aspect of the game is that each character has a specific tool that only they can use. For example, one character possesses a vacuum which is used to get rid of other wise impassable broken glass strewn about the mansion floors, another has a medical kit which is the only way to cure status ailments. Another interesting obstacle that really puts you on the edge of your seat is that if a character falls in battle, there is no way to revive them. You must continue on in the game and find alternate routes, if possible. In some instances you may have to use the &#8216;restart&#8217; feature from the menu window and basically reset the game to the beginning.</span></em></strong></p>
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<p>It is this element that adds unnerving tension to each and every battle. It is also this feeling of tension, as well as the mansion setting, and even the ominous door opening animation that Shinji Mikami would borrow heavily from when he began development on his first game for Capcom nearly 6 years later. Unlike Sweet Home, Mikami&#8217;s creation would make it to the North American shores&#8230; and it would also become not only a huge success, but also spawn one of Capcom&#8217;s signature franchises. We would play it as Resident Evil.</p>
<p>Shinji Mikami himself freely admits that he took a large amount of inspiration from Sweet Home, which could be argued as being the first survival horror game. Earlier games such as the Atari 2600 titles Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Haunted House definitely share in the survival horror lineage, but the most copied of the 80&#8217;s horror games is still Sweet Home, with its primitive character development, environmental puzzles, reliance of the use of specific weapons and tools, and frightening visuals, it was the first scary game that attempted to not only challenge your thumbs, but to also mess with your psychological well being. Games such as the obviously influenced Resident Evil series, Eternal Darkness, and Silent Hill would build upon these basic concepts and continue to refine and improve them.</p>
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<p>Sweet Home is still worth a play through today. The uniquely Japanese RPG battle mechanics and level building combined with what would unknowingly (at the time) be the fetal stages of modern survival horror make for an interesting look at the evolution of a genre.</p>
<p>You can purchase the reproduction cart at <a href="http://www.gamereproductions.com" target="_blank">Game Reproductions</a>, or find the patched ROM at any number of websites.</p>
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<link>http://creativevalerie.com/2009/10/26/ctmh-%e9%97%9c%e6%96%bcworkshop-on-the-go/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>creativevalerie</dc:creator>
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<p>一直都沒有時間來跟大家聊一下 Close to my Heart 從今年秋冬目錄以來所做的新改變</p>
<p>以往每一季的目錄都會有5套新的紙張 原因不解也不可考 但是每一季度是4個月 所以秋冬開始就便成了4套紙張</p>
<p>而每一套紙張 公司都會設計初不同風格的scrapbook layout 和卡片 一方面方便我們安排課程 一方面則是提供客戶們更多樣化使用產品的方法</p>
<p>這一系列的課程就是<a href="http://val.myctmh.com/MyCTMH/WOTG.aspx" target="_blank">Workshop on the Go</a> 在這裡 甚至可以追朔到2008年的秋冬作品</p>
<p>但是Workshop on the Go在秋冬目錄的時後  公司也做了一個小小的變化 就是每一套紙張的Workshop on the Go 都會有搭配的一套印章(如下圖)</p>
<p>而這套印章是目錄裡面沒有的 未來也很可能買不到的印章 如果有興趣買紙張的朋友 不妨參考看看這個套餐的方式 就是Level 2紙張加上這套獨一無二的特色章</p>
<p>只要29.95  另外還送巧克力設計家系列緞帶還有Workshop on the Go guide（一份三摺Tri-fold的教學 內有卡片和layout示範還有紙張裁切等等）</p>
<p>每一套Workshop on the Go所附的套餐內容除了紙張和印章之外略有不同</p>
<p><a href="../files/2009/10/twitterpated-image-1.jpg"><img title="Twitterpated US SFlyer.indd" src="../files/2009/10/twitterpated-image-1.jpg?w=300" alt="Twitterpated US SFlyer.indd" width="300" height="245" /></a></p>
<p>Website for layout/Layout示範 : <a href="http://val.myctmh.com/MyCTMH/WOTG.aspx?url=/en/GWOTG/Autumn%202009/Twitterpated%20Layout/MyCTMH.aspx" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a></p>
<p>Website for cards/卡片示範 :<a href="http://val.myctmh.com/MyCTMH/WOTG.aspx?url=/en/GWOTG/Autumn%202009/Twitterpated%20Cards/MyCTMH.aspx" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a></p>
<p>Click here for Twitterpated (套餐訂購編號G1000)Workshop on the Go flyer /請按下方連結下載Twitterpated</p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-724" href="http://creativevalerie.com/2009/10/26/ctmh-%e9%97%9c%e6%96%bcworkshop-on-the-go/twitterpated-flyer/"> twitterpated-flyer</a></p>
<p>Click here for Grace(套餐訂購編號G1001) Workshop on the Go flyer /請按下方連結下載Grace</p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-741" href="http://creativevalerie.com/2009/10/26/ctmh-%e9%97%9c%e6%96%bcworkshop-on-the-go/grace-flyer/">Grace-flyer</a></p>
<p>Click here for Jingle(套餐訂購編號G1002) Workshop on the Go flyer /請按下方連結下載Jingle</p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-740" href="http://creativevalerie.com/2009/10/26/ctmh-%e9%97%9c%e6%96%bcworkshop-on-the-go/jingle-flyer/">Jingle-flyer</a></p>
<p>Click here for Sweet Home(套餐訂購編號G1003) Workshop on the Go flyer /請按下方連結下載Sweet Home</p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-739" href="http://creativevalerie.com/2009/10/26/ctmh-%e9%97%9c%e6%96%bcworkshop-on-the-go/sweethome-flyer/">Sweethome-flyer</a></p>
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<link>http://reffine.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/home-renovations-2009-i/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>reffine</dc:creator>
<guid>http://reffine.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/home-renovations-2009-i/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As promised, in this post I will share about my home renovation which conducted around February this]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>As promised, in this post I will share about my home renovation which conducted around February this year.. After we confirmed our house on August last year, got our housing loan approved then began to process the handover of the flat. Our agent settled all the mandatory things, from paperworks, dealing with HDB officer and intro us to a lawyer..</p>
<p>The processing of the flat handover with HDB took around 3 months time. I forgot exactly when was the first appointment, think around early or mid September last year. While the handover of keys, should be around late December but our ex-owner had requested to extend the stay till another 1 month as they prepared to moving out.</p>
<p>We started to look around for our home reno vendor early October last year, during one of the home exhibition at Singapore Expo.. Actually just wanted to see and look around first, but end-up we signed with one of the interior design firm and put our first deposit which later can be used for whole house painting services.. maybe we&#8217;re both too naive, we quite amazed with their design idea and the 3D images they showed us hehe.. when I came home, I begin to do research about the company.. we heard about the renovation forum, &#8220;renotalk&#8221;.. and to my surprise, so many bad words about this firm.. o.O</p>
<p>I still continue doing more researches in renotalk about which vendor is recommended.. then from that I got ask few quotations too from another contractors.. Thanks to the forumers, quite a lot info I can get from there regarding the first time renovation.. We decided to do minor renovation only, as this is only our first home..</p>
<p>After so much arguing with my hubby, whether wanna give them a chance or don&#8217;t wanna use them to continue the renovation, we decided to keep our peace of mind.. we dropped the firm and only use their painting service.. for the renovation work, we decided to use one of the recommended contractor in the forum.. the decision had been made after we&#8217;ve been comparing the quotations and met him in person and we think that was quite a reasonable price he gave us.. as usual, my hubby was the one who did the negotiation hihihi <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>We made the right decision, the renovation works was done smoothly.. the contractor was good in followed-up the progress with us.. After the reno finished, then we continued with the whole house painting service that we got from the interior design firm.. luckily the interior designer that we rejected, still helped us to choose the wall combination colours for our house and gave some suggestions too.. hehe <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Some of our own conclusion about the firm, we think that the person in office and the actual person who do the reno works were not in synch.. the designer may have a wonderful idea and talent.. but lack of control and management with the workers.. too bad.. compared with the contractor, himself who manage the workers and know the actual works on the field.. the painting was done a bit messy.. but we couldn&#8217;t say much, the designer also acted like he couldn&#8217;t do anything.. so we just accepted it.. a bit sympathy to the designer though..  I felt relieved didn&#8217;t take their renovation service intead trusted the reno works to our contractor <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>oh btw, our contractor is Henry Goh from Impress 21 <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Here&#8217;s some pics of the rooms before renovation started, when we went to view the house with Henry to get the first quotation..</p>
<div id="attachment_83" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-83" title="Before reno (1)" src="http://reffine.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/before1.jpg?w=300" alt="Before reno (1)" width="300" height="240" /><p class="wp-caption-text">main door, living &#38; dining room, master room</p></div>
<div id="attachment_88" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 234px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-88" title="before reno (2)" src="http://reffine.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/before21.jpg?w=224" alt="before reno (2)" width="224" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">master toilet, 2 common rooms, and kitchen</p></div>
<p>To be continued in my next post &#62;&#62; <a href="http://reffine.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/home-renovation-2009-ii/">Home Renovation 2009 (II)</a>.</p>
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<link>http://reffine.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/our-home-sweet-home/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>reffine</dc:creator>
<guid>http://reffine.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/our-home-sweet-home/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This time I&#8217;m going to share my experience about finding and building our &#8220;nest&#8221; i]]></description>
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<p>We bought our sweet HDB home last year around August 2008.. After gone thru house viewing for a number of times already, I think since mid of last year and been dealing with 2 different housing agents.. Finally we set our heart to this home..</p>
<p>We purposely chose to find a house in the middle area between my hubby&#8217;s working place and mine, for the first time we decided to focus on Serangoon area, considering that there will be an interchange MRT station built there.. After few times viewing with the first agent, we almost dealt and set our heart to one of the HDB flat there.. The place is not bad, only walking distance to MRT, got eating places, and the neighbourhood seems not bad.. We&#8217;ve put our first deposit with the agent.. but for some reasons, the owner couldn&#8217;t sign and make a deal on that day.. so we need to wait for the next day as the owner&#8217;s wife not around to sign..</p>
<p>I didn&#8217;t know why, my feeling was so-so only, but it seemed that there was something that was not right. Looked like I was not satisfied enough hehe.. somemore it was an old HDB building, around 20+ yrs.. So I discussed with my hubby about my feeling, then after few times thinking I felt like the house a bit dark.. maybe coz the place was in corridor area so the owner only opened half of the window the other half was shielded.. so hurriedly we decided to cancel the deal.. a bit paiseh with the agent, but somehow it should be a nice place for us to live mah, how to live there if we didnt feel comfortable at the first place..</p>
<p>Thankfully the agent still managed to help us to cancel the deal with the owner.. fiuhh.. hehe <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' />  so I guessed it&#8217;s not our destiny with that place hehe <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>After that one, we looked around more areas as Serangoon area not really much new HDB flats.. By then we tried to look around Hougang area with the same agent.. but still couldnt find the suitable one till the agent didn&#8217;t feel to follow up more I think hehe.. there was one nice HDB flat but we couldnt manage to get the deal as there was another buyer dealt earlier..</p>
<p>There&#8217;s a friend who intro us to another housing agent, from this agent we quite like with the houses that he brought us.. There was a couple of nice houses, some it was too exp for us and some I didn&#8217;t really like the location as it was just in front of the main street.. so I thought that might be a bit noisy and can get dirty easily.. hmm looks like I was a bit choosy hehe..</p>
<p>Luckily this agent is patient enough to deal with us hehe.. after going through 2-3 houses, finally we found our dream house hehe <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>The place is without afternoon sun coz it&#8217;s facing north east and it&#8217;s located a bit inside from the main road, just beside the small shopping mall.. so just nice I think hehe.. even a bit far from MRT, but there is a nearby bus stop hehe..</p>
<p>When we first came in to view the house, we were greeted with the nice Malay owner.. I like the open space and it&#8217;s quite windy in the living room, as the main centre of the house.. the owner was not fussy at all, same like us hehe.. they said we were the first buyer to view the house.. they were going to sell the house coz their family is growing so they&#8217;re going to move in to a bigger place.. which is a 2-storey mansionatte&#8230; wow.. &#62;,&#60;</p>
<p>I think I have fallen my heart with this place.. so told my hubby and he negotiated with our agent to deal with the owner&#8217;s agent.. then finally we got our own place to live hehe.. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>I will continue my story regarding the minor renovation we&#8217;ve done for the house in my next post.. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>PS: here&#8217;s some sneak preview of my living room, taken with my new camera Canon IXUS 200IS hihihi <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<div id="attachment_58" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 480px"><img class="size-full wp-image-58 " title="@ living room" src="http://reffine.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/img_01162.jpg" alt="did u see my hubby there?" width="470" height="264" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Did u see my hubby there?</p></div>
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<title><![CDATA[There are many things in your heart you can never tell to another person. They are you, your private, joys and sorrows, and you can never tell them. You cheapen yourself, the inside of yourself, when you tell them. ]]></title>
<link>http://estradadosol.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/caros-amigos-isto-e-o-que-se-aprende-com-o-parlamento/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Hablar es incurrir en tautologías&#8221; (J. L. Borges). Essa frase-bilhete, num pedaço de pa]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>&#8220;Hablar es incurrir en tautologías&#8221; (J. L. Borges). Essa frase-bilhete, num pedaço de papel que já havia sido usado para anotar dados pessoais, chegou até mim no meio de uma palestra. O bilhete continua colado em alguma página do meu moleskine vermelho e, desde então, tem servido como cláusula do meu código pessoal. Cerca de três meses antes de ter recebido esse bilhete, Captain, my captain sugeriu a leitura de &#8220;A rebelião das massas&#8221; do Ortega y Gasset. Este livro inclui  o &#8220;Prólogo para Franceses&#8221;, uma das melhores coisas breves que já li. Além de ter aprendido a origem histórica da expressão <em>snob (= sine nobless, sem nobreza)</em><em>, </em>fiz questão de decorar um trecho que também passou a habitar o meu código pessoal: &#8220;Acreditando no arraigado preconceito de que falando nos entendemos, acabamos por nos desentender muito mais do se procurássemos nos compreender, mudos&#8221;.</p>
<p>Essas duas assertivas &#8211; que costumam guiar os meus diálogos (ou a falta deles) e que têm cara de auto-ajuda-para-sobrevivência-social - passaram por várias provações tensas. Continuo tendo a impressão de que a maioria das coisas não precisa ser conversada, discutida, debatida, principalmente, no que se refere às relações interpessoais. Se se ficar atento (e nem tão atento) aos sinais que são dados, as palavras são inócuas; elas dispensam-se a si mesmas.</p>
<p>Quando eu digo isso, alguns tentam rebater afirmando que os interlocutores não podem, constantemente, fazer as vezes de magos ao se esforçarem para adivinhar já que os sinais comportamentais também são capazes de nos enganar. Ora, ora. Vê-se, então, que o imbróglio é a enganação e, nem tanto, as palavras ou o comportamento. Isto é, o que incomoda é a incoerência entre aquilo que se diz e como se age. Ou, ainda, a enganação quase metalingüística &#8211; quando se diz algo que não é capaz de se sustentar pela mera linguagem e, tampouco, pelos gestos.</p>
<p>De qualquer forma, tenho tentado sair da falácia que costumo me envolver ao afirmar, para mim mesma, que não gosto de me comunicar. Não é isso. Em verdade, eu não desgosto das palavras, apenas atribuo uma força sobrenatural a elas, capaz de ver um vínculo real e inquebrável com seus pronunciadores. Como conseqüência, eu acredito que elas - seu sentido literal, semântico e estrutural - funcionam como índice de caráter.</p>
<p>Como eu não quero ser cobrada da mesma forma que cobro do meu interlocutor e também não acredito que seja dotado de muita veracidade esbravejar que tenho um caráter firme e belo (ó, que gracinha), eu abstenho-me de dizer qualquer coisa. E, quando digo, tenho a sensação de já ter feito um pacto de semi-escravidão com o que sai da minha boca. A solução que tenho encontrado consiste em escutar, fazer meia dúzia de perguntas e, depois, deixar pairar um silêncio interior e mortal.</p>
<p>Nessas horas, tenho que admitir, sinto um orgulhosinho de mim mesma. A idolatraria pelas palavras já me rendeu bons boicotes pessoais necessários ao ato de &#8220;serenar&#8221;. Isto ocorre quando quero compreender tudo &#8211; absolutamente tudo &#8211; o que está acontecendo com o meu interlocutor e comigo e com o mundo, mas me vem à cabeça o significado de minha honradez por manter o meu interior intacto e por ser alguém egocêntrica o suficiente para não me interessar pelo que há atrás das palavras soltas.  Não vou negar que bate um desespero por querer saber o que passa com aquele que mantenho contato (e as palavras são necessárias para decodificar), mas é pura curiosidade. É difícil: porém, não tem nada a ver com preocupação pelo bem-estar alheio e, talvez, nem com o bem-estar próprio. A palavra, os gestos, o silêncio, a dissimulação &#8211; isto tudo misturado é o que está em jogo.</p>
<p>O bom boicote é isso: viver o código pessoal capitaneado por Borges e Ortega y Gasset. No sentido menos teórico, é ser forçada a ouvir o eco do que já fora dito, de outras formas, em outras circunstâncias e fazer meia dúzia de quaisquer ruídos embora já esgotada e já ciente dos signos e significados que serão ardilosamente reproduzidos.</p>
<p>Trocando em miúdos, PALAVRAS, com toda a força que carregam, são bem-vindas. Mas, o silêncio, sem nenhum significado, também. O resto, independentemente de ter ou não razão de ser, beira charlatanismo, no sentido mais geral, tosco e feio do termo.</p>
<p>***</p>
<p>Diálogo permitido. Lição 01: aprendendo o nome do que há no mundo.</p>
<p>- Qual é o nome daquela coisa que os exotéricos chamam de ajuda dos astros, vozes de fadas ou conspiração do universo, hein?!</p>
<p>- Intuição</p>
<p>- Ah, i-n-t-u-i-ç-ã-o. E como faz para tê-la?</p>
<p>-  Não faz nada. Você já nasce com ela, mas não sabe.</p>
<p>***</p>
<p>Sério, cala a boca. Eu mal acordei e você já está falando sem parar.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Margaret Nothiger Morse reflects on her 100 years ]]></title>
<link>http://newsdeskinternational.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/margaret-nothiger-morse-reflects-on-her-100-years/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>newsdeskinternational</dc:creator>
<guid>http://newsdeskinternational.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/margaret-nothiger-morse-reflects-on-her-100-years/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Written by Janet Margaret Nothiger Morse was born and raised on a farm in Sweet Home back in the day]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Un homme et une femme]]></title>
<link>http://estradadosol.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/un-homme-et-une-femme/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>estradadosol</dc:creator>
<guid>http://estradadosol.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/un-homme-et-une-femme/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[É bom livrar-se de si mesmo, ter a alma simples e, por isso, mais tranquila. Mesmo sabendo que, por ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>É bom livrar-se de si mesmo, ter a alma simples e, por isso, mais tranquila. Mesmo sabendo que, por óbvio, esses pensamentos têm prazo certo de validade, é gostoso tê-los.</p>
<p>Eu só gostaria de dizer que estou me sentindo a Anne Gauthier.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-294" title="anouk aimee 2" src="http://estradadosol.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/anouk-aimee-21.jpg" alt="anouk aimee 2" width="500" height="350" /></p>
<p>***</p>
<p>Só EU que penso que a Anouk Aimée é linda de morrer? (eu e meu ego&#8230;)</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-296" title="anouk aimee" src="http://estradadosol.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/anouk-aimee1.jpg" alt="anouk aimee" width="400" height="220" /></p>
<p>O charminho dos óculos.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-297" title="anouk aimee" src="http://estradadosol.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/anouk-aimee.png" alt="anouk aimee" width="203" height="320" /></p>
<p>E dos cabelos ao vento&#8230;</p>
<p>***</p>
<p>Já que estou na fase &#8220;uma imagem vale mais que mil palavras&#8221; (clichê?!), fotografia de Irving Penn (que Deus o tenha) abaixo.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-300" title="irving penn" src="http://estradadosol.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/irving-penn.jpg" alt="irving penn" width="500" height="348" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Bittersweet]]></title>
<link>http://estradadosol.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/my-sweet-heart/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>estradadosol</dc:creator>
<guid>http://estradadosol.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/my-sweet-heart/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Passei os últimos trinta dias com uma nuvem sobre a minha cabeça. Nada de pensamentos muito úteis, d]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Passei os últimos trinta dias com uma nuvem sobre a minha cabeça. Nada de pensamentos muito úteis, decisões incisivas, momentos de desespero ou de riso fácil. Esses dias muito mornos me deram a sensação de perda de tempo. E eu fiquei pensando o quão estranha eu sou. Primeiro porque eu me queixo da instabilidade do meu humor, mas aí, quando as coisas estão relativamente estáveis, eu faço birra porque está tudo muito linear. Essa inconstância é responsável por causar uma sensação de &#8220;eu não me suporto&#8221;. E como dói não suportar os defeitos frívolos, as qualidades ainda não descobertas, os sentimentos confusos, os fatores incontroláveis, um certo mau humor que não vai embora. Dói ter que suportar o tempo, a provisoriedade e dói ter que admitir que isso é coisa de criança mimada que chora quando é contrariada.</p>
<p>***</p>
<p>No entanto, há certas coisas pelas quais meus ouvidos clamam independentemente de todo o resto.</p>
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<p>***</p>
<p>E há, também, conselhos dados na penumbra.</p>
<p>&#8220;Ainda é cedo, amor<br />
Mal começaste a conhecer a  vida<br />
Já anuncias a hora de partida<br />
Sem saber mesmo o rumo que irás tomar<br />
Preste atenção, querida<br />
Embora eu saiba que estás resolvida<br />
em cada esquina cai um pouco tua vida<br />
Em pouco tempo não serás mais o que  és<br />
Ouça-me bem, amor<br />
Preste atenção o mundo é um moinho<br />
Vai triturar teus sonhos tão mesquinhos<br />
Vai reduzir as ilusões a pó<br />
Preste atenção, querida<br />
De cada amor tu herdarás só o cinismo<br />
Quando notares estás à beira do abismo<br />
Abismo que cavaste com os teus pés&#8221;. (Angenor de Oliveira)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Computet]]></title>
<link>http://spacesleep.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/computet/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>spacesleep</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Tissue Boxes]]></title>
<link>http://spacesleep.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/tissue-boxes/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>spacesleep</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Antique Light]]></title>
<link>http://spacesleep.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/antique-light/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>spacesleep</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Noren]]></title>
<link>http://spacesleep.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/noren/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>spacesleep</dc:creator>
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