Pope Francis, a new catholic hope?

I'm not religious but I admire what he is doing:

"I Knew Pope Francis Was Good, But When I Found Out
Everything He Did in 2013, I Was Blown Away"

The escape: Fantasy

"Fantasy is silver and scarlet, indigo and azure, obsidian veined with gold and lapis lazuli. Reality is plywood and plastic, done up in mud brown and olive drab. Fantasy tastes of habaneros and honey, cinnamon and cloves, rare red meat and wines as sweet as summer. Reality is beans and tofu, and ashes at the end. Reality is the strip malls of Burbank, the smokestacks of Cleveland, a parking garage in Newark. Fantasy is the towers of Minas Tirith, the ancient stones of Gormenghast, the halls of Camelot. Fantasy flies on the wings of Icarus, reality on Southwest Airlines. 

Why do our dreams become so much smaller when they finally come true? We read fantasy to find the colors again, I think. To taste strong spices and hear the songs the sirens sang. There is something old and true in fantasy that speaks to something deep within us, to the child who dreamt that one day he would hunt the forests of the night, and feast beneath the hollow hills, and find a love to last forever somewhere south of Oz and north of Shangri-La. 

They can keep their heaven. When I die, I’d sooner go to Middle-Earth." 

- George R.R. Martin

The Language Of Love, a short-film by The Voices Project

Just beautiful.

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23

I'm so sad that they cancelled this series, it had a refreshing new type of humour. I liked it a lot (you can say that I was practically addicted) and, let's face it, Chloe is awesome! The only thing I regret is not watching Season 2 in the right order (the order in which was aired wasn't the correct), but I'm going to re-watch it, so I guess it will be remedied.

I recommend it and I'm sure you'll have tons of fun (I did!). 

I'll leave here the correct order (according to James Van Der Beek):

"A Reunion" Episode 201 

 "It’s a Miracle" Episode 202 

"Love and Monsters" Episode 203 

 "Sexy People" Episode 204 

"Paris" Episode 205 

"Teddy Trouble" Episode 206 

"Monday June" Episode 207 

"Dating Games" Episode 208 

"The D" Episode 209

"The Seven Year Bitch" Episode 210 

"Using People" Episode 211 

"Ocupado" Episode 212 

"Original Bitch" Episode 213

Ten things she have learned about the Portuguese

Here's an article wrote by a new Portugal citizen, Dr. Erin B. Taylor, about our costumes and traditions. Very interesting and, yes, mostly very true!

See here --> Popanth

Gerês, Portugal (photo by me)

Quoting from her:
"Since I moved to Portugal just over a year ago, countless Portuguese people have insisted to me that they are not at all like the Spanish: neither in food, language, nor behaviour. Is this true? If so, what makes them distinctive? As I was to discover, quite a lot, actually – even their animals have a different culture. Here’s a list of some of the weird and wonderful peculiarities that I have discovered." 

Yes indeed!

Slutty Performances

Okay now, that's depressing.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that because it is Miley, no, I'm saying that because I'm completely astonish on how futile and over-sexualized society is becoming. I just used this example because it came across my screen today, but mostly of the other music stars we are accustomed to see have this behavior too. 

Personally, I am all in favor of sex no longer being a taboo, but I also think that there's no need to have a society focused on that. We are constantly overwhelmed with sexual images and messages, and what we get is that sex and being sexy is all that matters. I think that shows how messed up are our priorities: yes, it is important to have sex, not only we can continue as a species as it's also a pleasant activity, but we cannot evolve if we are focused on that! Where is the importance of critical thinking, scientific recognition, charity and solidarity, among many others? We have already so many problems, and I don't think sex alone is going to solve them.

In my opinion we should really start to get our priorities straight.