All I want is more

"There's something to be said about a glass half full, about knowing when to say when. I think it's more of a floating line, a barometer of need. Of desire. It's entirely up to the individual, and it depends what's being poured. Sometimes all we want is a taste. Other times there's no such thing as enough, the glass is bottomless... all we want is more."

Grey's Anatomy

Remember those walls I built? Well baby they just got higher...

Lost & Found

I just love it when I find quotes that seem so directed to me that it's scary...most recently I saw this one:


"You know what's wrong with you, Miss Whoever-you-are? You're chicken, you've got no guts. You're afraid to stick out your chin and say, "Okay, life's a fact, people do fall in love, people do belong to each other, because that's the only chance anybody's got for real happiness." You call yourself a free spirit, a "wild thing," and you're terrified somebody's gonna stick you in a cage. Well baby, you're already in that cage. You built it yourself. And it's not bounded in the west by Tulip, Texas, or in the east by Somali-land. It's wherever you go. Because no matter where you run, you just end up running into yourself."

Breakfast at Tiffany's

It always helps to understand myself and to see that I'm not the only one with the same freaky fears...I am afraid of cages...but mostly I'm afraid of being in there alone...and then sometimes...very rarely someone comes along and promises not to cage me but that never really lasts. So now, I say bring on the cages...let's lock ourselves inside!

Poem

Um dia a maioria de nós irá separar-se.
Sentiremos saudades de todas as conversas jogadas fora,
das descobertas que fizemos, dos sonhos que tivemos,
dos tantos risos e momentos que partilhamos.
Saudades até dos momentos de lágrimas, da angústia,
das vésperas dos finais de semana, dos finais de ano, enfim...
do companheirismo vivido.

Sempre pensei que as amizades continuassem para sempre.
Hoje não tenho mais tanta certeza disso.

Em breve cada um vai para seu lado, seja
pelo destino ou por algum
desentendimento, segue a sua vida.
Talvez continuemos a nos encontrar, quem sabe... nas cartas
que trocaremos.
Podemos falar ao telefone e dizer algumas tolices...
Aí, os dias vão passar, meses... anos... até este contacto
se tornar cada vez mais raro.
Vamo-nos perder no tempo...
Um dia os nossos filhos verão as nossas fotografias e
perguntarão:
"Quem são aquelas pessoas?
"Diremos... que eram nossos amigos e... isso vai doer tanto!
-"Foram meus amigos, foi com eles que vivi tantos bons
anos da minha vida!"
A saudade vai apertar bem dentro do peito.
Vai dar vontade de ligar, ouvir aquelas vozes novamente...
Quando o nosso grupo estiver incompleto...
reunir-nos-emos para um último adeus de um amigo.
E, entre lágrima abraçar-nos-emos.
Então faremos promessas de nos encontrar mais vezes
daquele dia em diante.
Por fim, cada um vai para o seu lado para continuar a viver a
sua vida isolada do passado.
E perder-nos-emos no tempo...
Por isso, fica aqui um pedido deste humilde amigo: não
deixes que a vida
passe em branco, e que pequenas adversidades sejam a causa de
grandes tempestades...
Eu poderia suportar, embora não sem dor, que tivessem
morrido todos os meus amores, mas enlouqueceria se morressem
todos os meus amigos!"

Fernando Pessoa

Just my imagination

Although my imagination is always wondering around and I fantasize all the time, you're actually better than my imagination could conceive and that just makes it hard for me to accept that you're real...
So I'll take this as another fantasy and enjoy it before I wake up!
See you in my dreams

I'm figuring myself out a little more everyday...

Today I see, I live less than I could because I don't except less than perfect.
In an unperfect world, where no one is perfect...how can I demand perfection in everything and make the most of it?

I see it's impossible, I must except imperfection now and then...and probably struggle to ignore my gut once in a while.

But come on....I have to keep some of my standards :P

So as of now, I think saying my wishes out loud and being honest and direct is my new way of acting. If it doesn't get you what you want....well then maybe..you weren't suposed to get in the first place! At least people know exactly what you want and some just might help you get there!

So there you go...me changing strategy. It might take a while, but I'll get there. Who knows who will be in the finnish line to welcome me. That's just the beauty of it, not knowing and being surprised.

It might not be easy but sometimes you have to endure before you get your prize, it just makes it extra special and you'll see it when it gets to you.

If you find an oasis in the middle of the desert, won't you appreciate much more than if it where in the middle of the city? I'd say so...

ERAMUS

Because it's so hard to describe this experience...I'll just put the words out there:

SORELLE______________VIA_ARCO_DI_SAN_CALISTO______________TRASTEVERE
GELATI____Whoa_BLACK_BETTY______DE_LA_PALMA_____DOLCE_VITA___GIOLITTI

SICILIA__MARATEA__PUGLIA______ROMA_______TARANTO___CALABRIA__FIRENZE
PRINCIPESE_____JOANINHA_____PIÑA_COLADA_____ART_CAFE_____BOTELLÓN

FLORALee____GILDA___MARTA___"DECORATING!"____SPIAGGIA___PANCAKES

CRAZY_DRIVER_FRIENDS_____PIZZA____GIANLUCA____SALVATORE____TERAZZO

MIê___"TELL_ME_A_STORY_TO_SLEEP"___PAPI_CHULO____ALEX____MICHAEL___AXEL
CASTELLI_ROMANI_____NUTELLA____"I_HAVE_THE_KEYS_TO_THE_CAR!"____MILLIE

BLACK_JACK_@ART_CAFE__ROMA_TRE____LA_SAPIENZA___FORD_FIESTA____TRULLI

EVE__GAVIOTE__"OVER_THE_RAINBOW"__BIO_PARCO____TRAM8___PONTE_GARIBALDI

"BLEEDING_LOVE"__"RUM_E_COCAINA"___ISOLA_TIBERINA___CORNETTO

NIGHT_DIP_IN_THE_FOUNTAIN___HOT_DAYS__HOT_NIGHTS__

ERAMUS

Adesso a Roma....dopo racconto tutto

Baci Mille

Just Because

Not divided any more...just trying to put it into words. Make a move!

Green Light

I look at you and still don't know what to think or feel. You seem so close one minute and so distant the other. I see one green light telling me to make the move but then...I look closer and it's surounded by ten stop signs. So what do I do? Go ahead and risk it all or just stay put? The sign will turn red, chances will be none and I'll be there alone, as I was.
I guess I'm just waiting for the guts to go head first...with no fear of what I'll find...if you'll break my fall or just leave.

From the O.C.

Dialogue between Ryan and Seth...love it.

Ryan: How'd you make it all the way from Newport on that little catamaran?
Seth: Hm. Well, Ryan, sit down, my son. motions for him to sit down. It was a long and torturous journey, and I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna sugar coat any details with you—
Ryan: Please don't.
Seth: —'cause we're friends. First, I sailed to Catalina. Then, I sailed to Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara, I ran out of snacks. Freaked out a little bit, pawned my boat for cash, took a Greyhound to Portland.
Ryan: You took a bus.
Seth: Yeah. But don't say it like that, cause it was a local. okay, have you ever been in one of those? Okay, not for the faint of heart.
Ryan: I can't believe after all that you took a bus.
Seth: Yeah. I think we're definitely going to have to come up with a better story for school though, that'd be good.
Ryan: I don't know, I like the bus idea. It's cool.
Seth: Okay, what about maybe... boat sank, saved by whales? It's very Whale Rider.
Ryan: What else you got?
Seth: I took a boat, boat sank, saved by a mermaid? Boat sank, stranded on a desert island...

VERY CUTE

The "CUPPYCAKE" Song
You're my Honeybunch, Sugarplum
Pumpy-umpy-umpkin, You're my Sweetie Pie
You're my Cuppycake, Gumdrop
Snoogums-Boogums, You're the Apple of my Eye
And I love you so and I want you to know
That I'll always be right here
And I love to sing sweet songs to you
Because you are so dear

SHOUT IT OUT

So how do I know you say what you feel, and that you're actions have no 2nd intentions. Or maybe it's all in my head, you tell me the truth and wear no mask. So wear do we stand? I wonder sometimes.
I know I won't talk as I feel until I know you're truth...it'll take that long. Until then I'll be the way I've always been, and I'll keep on trying to see through you.

New York

I Miss You NYC!
Let's go outside, greet the doorman, run across the street, pass that blinking red light, get a bagel on a corner and a smothie on another. Race down the subway, where are we going today? Downtown for a change! Let's try SoHo, do some shopping, spend some money. While we're there why not go to Chinatown, bargain for that designer bag! OK now we're loaded, rush down the subway, uptown again, leave our bags and go out to check the night view! It's picture perfect!
Let's go get some dinner. Don't look to far, just around the corner, Wendys', great! And now? Let's head to the night! Up and Down these streets. It's late and still the parks are full of people, just hanging out, playing some music, dancing a bit too, 'cus here you are who you want when you want, no one will stair, they just might applaud.
I know I could stay here forever, this feels like home and another 10years won't take that away!
I Love you New York, I miss breathing, hearing, seeing and feeling you!

Invisible

My special thank you goes out to you, who saw me when I was invisible. When no one else saw, no one else cared...You made me see the world with other eyes and to look at myself in another way. You saved me at a time were I was lost and for that I will always thank you. We've had our ups and downs, but you will always have a special place in my heart!
I know I've changed along the years, but so have you. I just hope that in the end we're both better people and that we never forget each other.
Any time you need a friend I will be here.

Where Is The Love?

While this happens all over the world: "1.1 billion people had consumption levels below $1 a day and 2.7 billion lived on less than $2 a day ", this is WASTED in Iraq:
The War in Iraq Costs $950,395,298,959 (this is a rapidly growing number that you can see at: http://www.costofwar.com/
Why is so much money being wasted on war, killing millions of people, when so many are starving??

Quoting Carrie

some people refuse to settle for anything less than
butterflies

Carrie Bradshaw (Sex&theCity)

Back to the origins

When you meet new people, see new places, have new experiences, it's all overwhelming...but to go back to familiar places...to be with your long-time friends, is a very comforting feeling. It's the little details that make it so special; to say just a word and have everyone knowing what you meen, the constant private joking that the whole bunch understands, a gesture that has a great story behind...these are the things that make us go back to the past, and live it today!
We could and must move on, but never forget what we had back then.

STICK TO YOURSELF!

Imagine you change yourself, for everyone that asks you to...imagine you do this along your life. In the end...who are you? Do you know? Do you even remember who you were in the beginning...where you started at?
You're just pieces of everyone you found along your way...your true you lost itself just at the beginning of your journey.
So just stick to yourself! If you change..let it be because you want to, not because someone wished you were different.

Is it?

When a feeling hits you without warning, making you want to be around someone more than usually...making you constantly be thinking of him/her...how do you know if it's a Love feeling or just a great friend...
If you can't distinguish these two you can risk either loosing a great love or your best friend. So how do you know?

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.' We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we subconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

From A RETURN TO LOVE

Marianne Williamson

When love isn't around, fall in chocolate!