GLAUCIA@BCL

ZÉ RAMALHO CHÃO DE GIZ

2011-10-23T19:37:00.002-04:00

Fernando Pessoa

2011-07-21T19:41:00.012-04:00

Ao volante do Chevrolet pela estrada de Sintra,
Ao luar e ao sonho, na estrada deserta,
Sozinho guio, guio quase devagar, e um pouco
Me parece, ou me forço um pouco para que me pareça,
Que sigo por outra estrada, por outro sonho, por outro mundo,
Que sigo sem haver Lisboa deixada ou Sintra a que ir ter,
Que sigo, e que mais haverá em seguir senão não parar mas seguir?

Vou passar a noite a Sintra por não poder passá-la em Lisboa,
Mas, quando chegar a Sintra, terei pena de não ter ficado em Lisboa.
Sempre esta inquietação sem propósito, sem nexo, sem conseqüência,
Sempre, sempre, sempre,
Esta angústia excessiva do espírito por coisa nenhuma,
Na estrada de Sintra, ou na estrada do sonho, ou na estrada da vida...

Maleável aos meus movimentos subconscientes do volante,
Galga sob mim comigo o automóvel que me emprestaram.
Sorrio do símbolo, ao pensar nele, e ao virar à direita.
Em quantas coisas que me emprestaram eu sigo no mundo
Quantas coisas que me emprestaram guio como minhas!
Quanto me emprestaram, ai de mim!, eu próprio sou!

À esquerda o casebre — sim, o casebre — à beira da estrada
À direita o campo aberto, com a lua ao longe.
O automóvel, que parecia há pouco dar-me liberdade,
É agora uma coisa onde estou fechado
Que só posso conduzir se nele estiver fechado,
Que só domino se me incluir nele, se ele me incluir a mim.

À esquerda lá para trás o casebre modesto, mais que modesto.
A vida ali deve ser feliz, só porque não é a minha.
Se alguém me viu da janela do casebre, sonhará:
Aquele é que é feliz.
Talvez à criança espreitando pelos vidros da janela do andar que está em cima
Fiquei (com o automóvel emprestado) como um sonho, uma fada real.
Talvez à rapariga que olhou, ouvindo o motor, pela janela da cozinha
No pavimento térreo,
Sou qualquer coisa do príncipe de todo o coração de rapariga,
E ela me olhará de esguelha, pelos vidros, até à curva em que me perdi.
Deixarei sonhos atrás de mim, ou é o automóvel que os deixa?

Eu, guiador do automóvel emprestado, ou o automóvel emprestado que eu guio?

Na estrada de Sintra ao luar, na tristeza, ante os campos e a noite,
Guiando o Chevrolet emprestado desconsoladamente,
Perco-me na estrada futura, sumo-me na distância que alcanço,
E, num desejo terrível, súbido, violento, inconcebível,
Acelero...
Mas o meu coração ficou no monte de pedras, de que me desviei ao vê-lo sem vê-lo,

À porta do casebre,
O meu coração vazio,
O meu coração insatisfeito,
O meu coração mais humano do que eu, mais exato que a vida.

Na estrada de Sintra, perto da meia-noite, ao luar, ao votante,
Na estrada de Sintra, que cansaço da própria imaginação,
Na estrada de Sintra, cada vez mais perto de Sintra,
Na estrada de Sintra, cada vez menos perto de mim...

Álvaro de Campos, in "Poemas" Heterónimo de Fernando Pessoa

Canção do Exílio

2011-06-07T14:38:00.007-04:00

Minha terra tem palmeiras,
Onde canta o Sabiá;
As aves, que aqui gorjeiam,
Não gorjeiam como lá.

Nosso céu tem mais estrelas,
Nossas várzeas têm mais flores,
Nossos bosques têm mais vida,
Nossa vida mais amores.

Em cismar, sozinho, à noite,
Mais prazer encontro eu lá;
Minha terra tem palmeiras,
Onde canta o Sabiá.

Minha terra tem primores,
Que tais não encontro eu cá;
Em cismar sozinho, à noite
Mais prazer encontro eu lá;
Minha terra tem palmeiras,
Onde canta o Sabiá.

Não permita Deus que eu morra,
Sem que eu volte para lá;
Sem que desfrute os primores
Que não encontro por cá;
Sem qu’inda aviste as palmeiras,
Onde canta o Sabiá.

Gonçalves Dias

Ganhamos!

2010-11-02T12:54:00.001-04:00

Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Their Giving Pledge program

2010-08-23T14:18:00.010-04:00

Forty individuals and couples promise to donate at least half of their fortunes to charity.
See link to site below:
http://givingpledge.org/

Vacation_Brazil

2009-08-06T15:40:00.009-04:00

I've just came back from vacation in Belo Horizonte; my hometown.
It went so fast. When I was starting getting use to laziness it was time to come back to work. I had a great time visiting my folks and eating good home food every day.
Until next time...

Susan Boyle

2009-04-16T20:13:00.010-04:00

Amazing performance
by Susan Boyle!
Unfortunately YouTube is not allowing it to be published.(Embedding disabled by request.)

Click on the link below to watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3qvCJNSwSM

flickriver

2008-10-13T21:47:00.002-04:00

Flickr

2008-09-13T20:16:00.012-04:00

Adding borders to all my pictures on . I think it looks nicer now. I have already got comments on some of the pictures!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/_glaucia_/

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/_glaucia_/

Face Your Manga

2008-09-05T10:47:00.026-04:00

This is one of my faces or Avatar on: FaceYourManga

. . .

It was fun creating a few caricatures of myself.

I think it looks like me.

08.08.08_Olympic Games

2008-08-08T10:52:00.010-04:00

Beijing welcomed the world to the Games of the 29th Olympiad on August 8 with an Opening Ceremony that began at 8:00 p.m. (1200GMT). Athletes from 205 National Olympic Committees marched through the Bird's Nest led by the flags of countries from around the world.

Pink Floyd

2008-07-30T16:06:00.001-04:00

Belo Horizonte

2008-07-28T13:39:00.005-04:00

Missing my city today, the mountains, the air...

Brazil/NYC

2008-07-25T17:15:00.011-04:00

I just came back from my country. I had such a good time! Here in Florida is so hot right now and it was cold out there. I like the cold better. My husband loves Florida though; he does not miss New York City at all. I do miss NY always! I lived in NYC for eight years and my quote is: "You leave New York, New York never leaves you!" It is like a lover that you will never forget no matter what.

Marc Chagall

2008-07-07T17:55:00.009-04:00

It is Marc Chagall’s birthday today. What a beautiful painting this one is! I admire so many painters from that era!

Summer Solstice

2008-06-21T10:11:00.007-04:00

??????

2008-06-16T14:24:00.011-04:00

I have just had my first troubleshooting issue on my brand new laptop computer. I decided to uninstall all the junk they pre- installed in it in order to make more room for Photoshop, Dreamweaver, etc…
Next thing I know after removing Picasa 2 the DVD player stopped working and two drivers had been disabled in the process. It took me a while to fix it, as I had to run regedit in order to correct the problem. I get very angry when such programs act like that. I sent an Email to Google complaining about it.

Google Today

2008-05-22T09:54:00.014-04:00

This cute little girl won the contest for Google's logo. I saw her today on the news this morning, she was adorable and talked like an adult about her creation, she said:
" My doodle, "Up in the Clouds," expresses a world in the sky. This new world is clean and fresh, and people are social and enlightened. Every person here is treated as family no matter who they are. The bright sun heats this ideal place with warmth, love, and brightens everyone's day."
Grace Moon, Canyon Middle School, Castro Valley, California

Jon Anderson & Vangelis

2008-05-02T21:25:00.015-04:00

I just heard a song when browsing on YouTube that I haven't heard in 30 years. It felt so incredible! It was like going back to the 70's in a time machine. I love this song and watching the video is a plus!

New Computer

2008-04-18T12:35:00.030-04:00

My old computer crashed for good two days ago. It was kind of sad to trash it, I kind of had a love/hate relationship with it. The computer was a Millennium when I first bought it, later it was upgraded to XP. It crashed so many times before! I can say that I learned everything I know about computers through those experiences. I diagnosed and fixed many complex problems including reformatting the hard drive a few times. Now I have a brand new laptop with Vista in it and I love it! I am like a kid in a candy store!

Albert Einstein

2008-04-18T12:22:00.006-04:00

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.

Albert Einstein

Spring Cleaning

2008-04-08T09:46:00.015-04:00

I have just changed the carpets in the bedrooms in my house. That meant that I had to move everything to the living room. It is amazing how much things you can accumulate over the years. I am still sorting everything out like the show "Clean Sweep" on TLC. Nothing that I don't need is going back to those rooms. It feels so good now that is freshly painted and clean.

Earth Hour

2008-03-29T10:23:00.011-04:00

Tonight I will be turning the lights in my house out at 8:00 pm for one hour. I hope you will to. Join millions of people around the world in making a statement about climate change by turning off your lights for Earth Hour, an event created by the World Wildlife Fund.

Teeth

2008-03-25T14:25:00.007-04:00

I have been healing from an operation I had two weeks ago. My two bottom wisdom teeth were finally removed. This is been due for a long time but I was so scared that it took me twenty years to do it. I was right, it has been the most excruciating pain I have ever had post operation since I am limited on the use of pain killers. I am glad is over and it is behind me.

Navbar Back

2008-03-07T12:15:00.007-05:00

I have been trying to get the navbar back on this customized template (Design by: FinalSense ) on my blog for weeks. I found the way just by accident. It looks like everybody wants to remove it, but I find the navbar very useful, people can find your blog by just clicking on "Next Blog". I myself get a bit frustrated when browsing other Bloggers and suddenly I stumble upon a page that doesn't let me continue.

Election

2008-03-05T14:30:00.001-05:00

My candidate winning again!

Flickr/Slideshow

2008-03-04T11:39:00.006-05:00

Finally! I have just added my photos from my Flickr as a Slide Show on the side panel. It took me a while to figure this one out.

Blade Runner

2008-02-22T13:39:00.015-05:00

My husband bought me Blade Runner/The Final Cut on DVD as a present; it comes with three DVDs and all different finals. This is one of my favorite movies ever; I love all the actors in it:
Harrison Ford
Rutger Hauer
Sean Young
Daryl Hannah
Edward James Olmos

Rio Acima

2008-02-17T15:58:00.012-05:00

The picture above has been taken in Brazil; Rio Acima last time I went there. My grandparents once had a cottage in that county. I love that region because is unchanged since it is located in an area of environmental protection.

Facebook III

2008-02-17T15:19:00.005-05:00

Looking for friends (Selma, Monica, Angela) that I had in the company (SUDECAP)I worked before I left Brazil in 1988. Can't find then. Maybe I will look into other directories.

Valentine's Day

2008-02-14T16:08:00.002-05:00

2008-02-10T16:48:00.005-05:00

It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.
Henry Ford

Election 2008

2008-02-10T15:56:00.000-05:00

Who is going to be? I am getting a little worried about my candidate! You never know! In the New York Times that is what they think:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/us/politics/10superdelegates.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

Fettuccine Alfredo Tonight

2008-02-08T12:10:00.001-05:00

Normally before I came to work, I watch the Brazilian channel on TV. Today an Italian Chef in São Paulo was teaching how to make Fettuccine Alfredo and I got the recipe. That will be dinner tonight, yummy!!! I love Italian food!
INGREDIENTS:
1 pound fettuccine
4 pound unsalted butter
2 cup heavy cream
2 cup of the best parmesan cheese you can get, Parmigiano Reggiano if possible, grate it yourself.
DIRECTIONS:
Place the butter in a shallow serving dish over the pot the fettuccine water is heating in. When it is melted, add the warm cream, mix gently and stir in about 2/3 of the cheese. Remove the serving dish from the pot, cook the fettuccine, drain, and pour immediately into the serving dish. Toss well. Top with the remaining cheese, and serve immediately.
Note: You can use linguine if you want or fusilli for a fun look. Do not use spaghetti; it will not hold enough sauce.

Carnaval Brazil

2008-02-06T14:08:00.000-05:00

Ash Wednesday is the last day of Carnaval in my country and in many states people still party until 12:00 pm today. After that time it is forbidden as Brazil is a country with a majority of catholics.Tonight we also get the results for the Samba School winner of 2008. I hope is Mangueira, my favorite.

Wednesday post Super Tuesday

2008-02-06T13:09:00.001-05:00

My candidate is still winning with most delegates in the race.
So far so good!

Super Tuesday!

2008-02-05T09:19:00.001-05:00

This is it. I hope my candidate wins most delegates today. Such a moment in history! Let us see at the end who will make it through the end. CNN.com is where I go to check the 2008 Election in progress.

Chinese New Year

2008-02-04T17:55:00.001-05:00

The Chinese New Year falls on February 7th in 2008, the year of the Rat. Two years ago the Chinese community came to our library and a Dragon with dancers paraded through the whole building playing the drums and dancing for good luck. To me it was very exicinting, it reminded me of the samba schools in Brazil for Carnaval. Some sites that I like about the subject are:

http://chinese.astrology.com/

http://www.proastro.com/

http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/

Facebook II

2008-02-03T20:37:00.000-05:00

A friend of mine from Brazil just connected with me today through Facebook. It was a nice surprise since I didn't have anybody on my list yet.

Fast internet (DSL)

2008-02-03T19:54:00.003-05:00

I just connected to AT&T fast Internet on my computer at home today. I don't use the computer that much at home, just to pay bills, but having it fast at work I couldn't take Dial-up any more. Halleluiah!

Hit Counter

2008-01-25T09:51:00.000-05:00

After looking everywhere on the net for a free hit counter that would match to my page I found this blinking one on:
http://www.c-o-u-n-t.com/

Facebook, THE END, 23 hooray!

2008-01-04T19:00:00.004-05:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR !

I am from Brazil so all my friends are there.
I hope people in my country are already in Facebook
so I can get in touch with classmates from High School and College. Very exiting exercise for being the last and fun!

OverDrive Audiobooks

2008-01-04T18:43:00.002-05:00

I browsed the OverDrive software as soon as it was installed in our computers in the library.

It is interesting but I rather listen to Books-On-CD when I drive to work. I love it, although I am only 15 minutes away from work.

Podcasts

2008-01-04T18:05:00.003-05:00

This exercise about Podcasts was not the best for me!
I would say that I have not discovered anything I have a use for.
YouTube just fits my needs.

YouTube

2008-01-04T17:32:00.011-05:00

Even before my first post for the TLC 2.0 challenge, I already had this Beatles Video frompublished on my page. I love it !

Web 2.0 awards list

2008-01-04T16:55:00.001-05:00

Among all first place winners on Web 2.0 Awards 2007 I want to mention some of my favorites:

http://www.lulu.com/

http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites.html

http://colorblender.com/

Productivity Tools

2008-01-04T16:38:00.003-05:00

Not having access to MS Excel or MS Word when you need must be frustrating.

Zoho is an office productivity software, most of which is free to use and easily accessible online.

PBWiki

2008-01-04T15:27:00.002-05:00

On PBWiki I created my own page but didn't have time to edit it yet, hopefully after I finish publishing my 23 Things on TLC 2.0

http://planetfuture.pbwiki.com/

Wiki

2008-01-04T14:26:00.002-05:00

Another nice project.
I am looking forward to explore more.

Rollyo

2008-01-04T14:11:00.002-05:00

I think Rollyo is a good tool for people on the reference desk.
I will keep on using Google.

Tags, Technorati, Etc...

2008-01-04T13:38:00.003-05:00

The blog Geeks on Tour did not help me instead I took a tour on Technorati and got this nice widget that displays a real-time feed on my post. I also changed the settings so there is a Label Colunm listed as well as under each post.

View technorati.com

Library Thing

2008-01-04T12:56:00.005-05:00

It was nice to know and connect with people that like the same type of books I read. Random books from my library:

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

Emma (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen
Steppenwolf: A Novel by Hermann Hesse
Pride and Prejudice (Bantam Classics) by Jane Austen
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

Image Generator

2008-01-02T20:04:00.002-05:00

This "thing" was really fun! I could go on forever playing !
There are simply hundreds of sites with links you can go to get all this images:
http://www.imagegenerator.org/
http://www.slide.com/
I have been gettting a lot of help/ideas from other bloggers.
Here I go:

Web 2.0 & Library 2.0

2008-01-02T16:19:00.005-05:00

Interesting Sites I found about the subject:
http://www.sirsidynixinstitute.com/seminar_page.php?sid=56
http://www.infotoday.com/online/may06/OnTheNet.shtml
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6365200.html

I went to Wikipedia to see the right definition of Web 2.0 & Library 2.0 and found this banner/picture.

del.icio.us

2007-12-28T09:28:00.004-05:00

It is del.icio.us!
Just knowing that I can access my favorites sites on any cybercafé, laptop, computer lab etc... anywhere on the planet, is worth it!

iGoogle

2007-12-27T09:34:00.000-05:00

I love my iGoogle page. It is the first thing I open in the morning. I read the news from my country on BBC Brasil and I go to Photo of the Minute by Flickr to get great wallpaper pictures that I change on my computer everyday.

Flickr Photo Show

2007-12-17T19:36:00.005-05:00

My Flickr Pictures

2007-12-17T18:37:00.007-05:00

These are some photos that I uploaded to Flickr for the TLC 2.0 Project. Click on the picture.

Library Links

2007-12-14T09:55:00.003-05:00

http://libraryblogs.suprglu.com/

http://schoollibraryblogs.blogspot.com/

http://blog-bib-liblogs.blogspot.com/

Bloglines/RSS

2007-12-12T20:14:00.008-05:00

I have just signed up with Bloglines.com. I can see I will use this side a lot in the future. Pretty cool!
Just click:

My City

2007-12-10T20:02:00.004-05:00

Bh é notícia no jornal de niviorqui... nóis é chique dimais gente!‏
"Vanessa Lima Pimenta Braz"
See Link below:
http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/10/28/travel/28next.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1193595682-FODdQMKUo34cdsdjDQfMHQ

Hoje

2007-12-04T12:39:00.000-05:00

"Só existem dois dias no ano que nada pode ser feito.Um se chama ontem e o outro se chama amanhã, portanto hoje é o dia certo para amar, acreditar, fazer e principalmente viver."
Dalai Lama
"Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival."
Dalai Lama

Beatles

2007-12-03T14:55:00.000-05:00

Does anyone else love the Beatles' rooftop concert, their last? I love the vibe of the sixties...Wish I had been there!

First

2007-12-02T15:03:00.000-05:00

Canção do Exílio"Minha terra tem palmeiras,Onde canta o Sabiá;As aves, que aqui gorjeiam,Não gorjeiam como lá.Nosso céu tem mais estrelas,Nossas várzeas têm mais flores,Nossos bosques têm mais vida,Nossa vida mais amores.Em cismar, sozinho, à noite,Mais prazer encontro eu lá;Minha terra tem palmeiras,Onde canta o Sabiá.Minha terra tem primores,Que tais não encontro eu cá;Em cismar — sozinho, à noite —Mais prazer encontro eu lá;Minha terra tem palmeiras,Onde canta o Sabiá.Não permita Deus que eu morra,Sem que eu volte para lá;Sem que desfrute os primoresQue não encontro por cá;Sem qu’inda aviste as palmeiras,Onde canta o Sabiá."
Gonçalves Dias