Category: Introspection
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Writer’s “Block”
For a few years now I’ve been having a certain difficulty writing stuff for this blog. It’s not like “back in the day”: I just didn’t went through the trouble of sitting down to write anything. It wasn’t lack of things to talk about: I just didn’t care. With everything going on with me during…
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Why I root against
The World Cup has kicked off last week – and here we are again, in this weird mood that takes over Brazil every four years. To me, the difference is that my circles have actually expanded since last time, and therefore some people might find it weird that I’m not “in the mood” for rooting…
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Evolving means leaving the past behind
Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about a former University mate. Back then, those of us who had a less developed class consciousness would laugh at him. I don’t remember the exact words he used, but it went somewhat like this: If you’re not a leftist, then you’re alienated, and that’s not up for debate.…
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Empathy, Friendship and Common Sense
2009 was a very complicated year in my life. A lot of people know that. But almost nobody knows the story of everything I went through that year. Context I think it’s important to list some of the things that helped 2009 become such a horrible year. Of all that happened in 2008, most of…
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Pending subject
There are several subjects that have been floating around in my head, abouth which I’d like to write here. But one thing that I have realized the last times I have sat down to write is that I always begin at some point and let the text flow, and it ends up in a completely…
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Going backwards to move forward
Some time ago I posted here how were my plans for the future. Back then I was still undecided about what do do; I had just become very disappointed with some people and so I was wondering what I could do from then on. Since then, my mind has changed several times. On the personal…
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Closing Time and Relativity
Almost three months ago, last time I posted anything here, I talked about writing about music. And when I published that, I was thinking specifically of the playlist I shared in that post. The idea was to do one post for each song in it, talkking about what the song represents to me, how it…