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		<title>A não ser você mesmo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elton Pacheco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quando era criança, eu adorava fazer compras com minha mãe no supermercado. A minha diversão preferida era escolher cada item, cada guloseima e encher o carrinho de compras com tudo o que eu quisesse. Um dia, em uma dessas idas, eu me perdi dela. Meus olhos ficaram cegos em meio a tantos rostos desconhecidos que [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eltonpacheco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1778850&amp;post=1313&amp;subd=eltonpacheco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Quando era criança, eu adorava fazer compras com minha mãe no supermercado. A minha diversão preferida era escolher cada item, cada guloseima e encher o carrinho de compras com tudo o que eu quisesse. Um dia, em uma dessas idas, eu me perdi dela. Meus olhos ficaram cegos em meio a tantos rostos desconhecidos que a minha primeira reação foi chorar. Chorei até que alguém me pegou pelo braço, me levou até a segurança do supermercado e anunciou meu nome no microfone. Minutos depois, lá estava minha mãe, assustada por ter me perdido e talvez mais assustada ainda pela minha reação sofrida diante do que tinha acontecido. Essa mesma sensação de desamparo e abandono se repetiu outras vezes durante minha infância. E foi assim até eu virar adulto e achar que poderia conquistar o mundo. Sem choro.<span id="more-1313"></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Agora, aos 24 anos, me vejo sozinho, sem minha mãe por perto, tendo que caminhar com minhas próprias pernas e lidar com outros tipos de desamparo que a vida adulta nos impõe. Mais que isso, me vejo com o desafio de buscar a luz do autoconhecimento me perguntando sempre quem eu sou, o que quero ser, quem já fui, e o de alcançar a maturidade &#8211; pelo menos espero que seja esse o verdadeiro sentido de envelhecer. Hoje fui ao Cineplex da Bay com o Paulo e o Dominique, que chegou essa semana em Toronto, para assistir a Iron Lady. Mais uma vez, o assunto velhice e morte deram um nó na minha garganta. Não apenas pelas grandes perdas que acumulo na vida, mas porque amanha é aniversário da minha mãe. Quão dificil deve ser envelhecer e ver suas pessoas amadas partirem? Quão dificil deve ser fechar a porta do seu quarto a noite para encerrar mais um dia de existência e ter que lidar com lembranças de quem você foi e não mais de quem você vai ser?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">No caminho de casa, o papo foi forte: quem somos nós? o quanto dos nosso pais há dentro de nós? Nossos medos são <span style="text-decoration:underline;">mesmo</span> nossos medos? Podemos ser quem quisermos? Chegar onde quisermos? Em uma das cenas do filme, Margaret Tatcher diz para seus colegas de partido o seguinte: <em>&#8220;Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny. What we think we are, we become. My father always said that, and I think I am fine. I&#8217;m just fine&#8221;.</em> Em uma tradução livre para quem não fala inglês é mais ou menos o seguinte: &#8220;Conheça seu papel para que ele se torne o seu destino. O que nós pensamos que somos, nós nos tornamos. Meu pai sempre disse isso, e eu acho que eu sou ótima. Então, sou ótima&#8221;. Imediatamente após essa cena do filme passou um outro filme, dessa vez na minha cabeça. Quem eu acho que eu sou? E se eu sou o que eu acho que sou isso me faz uma pessoa melhor? Uma pessoa que conhece a si mesma?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Eu sou o filho do meio de um casal de brasileiros, Maura e Manoel. Ele se foi cedo, porém. Tenho uma irmã mais velha, que também tem a letra E no nome, Elaine, e tive um irmão, Eudes, outro com a letra E e outro que também partiu jovem. Sou tio da coisa mais preciosa do mundo, meu sobrinho Sarkis. Tenho primos que são como irmãos e, recentemente, Deus me tirou um deles, a Wanessa, a quem ainda muito me dói a morte. Sou o filho que foge da segurança e da zona de conforto ao mesmo tempo que reclama a falta de amor e proteção. Sou o amigo que rejeita relações superficiais. Sou alguém que carece de reconhecer a si mesmo nos olhos dos outros. Sou jornalista, gosto de informar, escrever, conversar. Sou viajante do mundo para fugir de mim e também das amarras que me cercam, como se elas não me seguissem onde quer que eu vá. Além do que já sou, sou, enfim, o que eu quiser ser.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Mas o barato disso tudo é que quando a gente cresce e acha que pode conquistar o mundo se depara com tantas perguntas na cabeça, como todas essas que escrevi aí em cima, que nos faz voltar no tempo. Então percebe que choro bom é aquele que se dá quando se estar perdido, em um supermercado fazendo compras ou em qualquer outro lugar, e sua mãe está lá para ampará-lo e secar suas lágrimas. O choro triste, aquele que vem da alma, é por saber que você está perdido dentro de si mesmo, sem alguém para te puxar pelo braço, anunciar o seu nome no microfone e pedir ajuda por você. E na vida adulta a gente também descobre que lá dentro, lá no fundo da alma, não há ninguém para fazer isso, para responder suas perguntas e te puxar pelo braço, a não ser você mesmo.</p>
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		<title>A primeira matéria em inglês</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elton Pacheco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Já contei no Facebook e no Twitter dias atrás e agora compartilho aqui a novidade. Essa semana tive minha primeira matéria publicada em inglês aqui em Toronto. O texto está na edição de janeiro da revista canadense Bold Magazine. É um breve perfil do cantor brasileiro Diogo Snow que, aos poucos, tem construído sua carreira [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eltonpacheco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1778850&amp;post=1300&amp;subd=eltonpacheco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Já contei no Facebook e no Twitter dias atrás e agora compartilho aqui a novidade. Essa semana tive minha primeira matéria publicada em inglês aqui em Toronto. O texto está na edição de janeiro da revista canadense Bold Magazine. É um breve perfil do cantor brasileiro Diogo Snow que, aos poucos, tem construído sua carreira e chamado atenção dos veículos locais. Como falo português e inglês, aceitei o desafio do freela. A resolução da imagem abaixo não está lá tão boa, mas já dá pra sentir como ficou e também um pouquinho da minha felicidade. Que seja a primeira de muitas.</p>
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		<title>Um empurrãozinho</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elton Pacheco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medo. Acho que é isso que estou sentindo ao me deparar mais uma vez com uma grande decisão a ser tomada. Meu visto canadense vence em abril e eu ainda não decidi exatamente o que fazer da minha vida. Se fico, preciso arregaçar as mangas e ir atrás da papelada, que não é nada assim [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eltonpacheco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1778850&amp;post=1296&amp;subd=eltonpacheco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify;">Medo. Acho que é isso que estou sentindo ao me deparar mais uma vez com uma grande decisão a ser tomada. Meu visto canadense vence em abril e eu ainda não decidi exatamente o que fazer da minha vida. Se fico, preciso arregaçar as mangas e ir atrás da papelada, que não é nada assim tão simples. E preciso fazer isso já. Mas se, ao contrário, eu optar por retornar ao Brasil, a teia de aranha parece ser ainda mais complicada. O primeiro grande nó é aceitar a ideia de morar novamente com minha mãe que, por mais que eu sinta saudades, vai ser sempre minha mãe, com suas cobranças e todo o pacote que vem junto com isso. Além, é claro, de pensar em procurar emprego, apartamento (ou vocês acham mesmo que eu vou morar pra sempre com ela?), carro e essas coisas da vida em Brasília que eu bem conheço. <span id="more-1296"></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Começar do zero de novo me assusta. Quero dizer, foi tão dificil adaptação em Toronto há quase um ano, a conquista de um emprego legal, encontrar os amigos certos e agora que está tudo nos eixos eu tenho que deixar o país? Eu já tenho meu apartamento. Ok, meu quarto confortável com uma vista linda do west da cidade, meus horários e minha bagunça, que não é pouca. Nem a pós-graduação que eu comecei eu terminei ainda, por causa da minha inconstância e insatisfação crônica. Não por isso, nem de longe por isso, mas sinto que tenho criado raízes aqui, principalmente depois da minha ida a Brasília em novembro do ano passado. Foi tão bom sentir-me no seio da minha família, em casa, protegido, que até me deu uma balançada.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">&#8220;Que eu tenho feito longe de tanta gente que me ama e quer meu bem? Sou eu estúpido?&#8221;, me perguntei. Mas acho que não. Só sou um cara de 24 anos tentando encontrar seu caminho longe de casa. E mesmo que eu decida ficar, tudo isso que eu tenho vivido aqui já é um grande motivo para eu olhar pra trás, no fim de tudo, e dizer &#8220;eu consegui&#8221;. O medo, nem sempre, é uma coisa ruim. Em algumas pessoas, ele serve como um empurrãozinho. É o meu caso.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just watched two movies with a subject that has been a constant in my life: death. It is just&#8230; I don&#8217;t know how to explain, but that sort of movie makes me feel emotionally overwhelmed. That said, Ps: I love you (2007) and 50/50 (2011) are like on the top leading a recent list [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eltonpacheco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1778850&amp;post=1288&amp;subd=eltonpacheco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">I just watched two movies with a subject that has been a constant in my life: death. It is just&#8230; I don&#8217;t know how to explain, but that sort of movie makes me feel emotionally overwhelmed. That said, Ps: I love you (2007) and 50/50 (2011) are like on the top leading a recent list that I&#8217;m building up. I mean, they both have given me what I&#8217;m going to call here as an &#8220;overdose of quotes&#8221;. It&#8217;s not a secret. Everyone knows what I like the most in a movie, besides the lesson itself I can take from it, are both the dialogs and the quotes. I took some from these two beautiful movies and I&#8217;d like to share with you guys. Starting off with&#8230;<span id="more-1288"></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Ps: I love you</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">So now, all alone or not, you gotta walk ahead. Thing to remember is if we&#8217;re all alone, then we&#8217;re all together in that too.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">I know what I want because I have it in my hands right now.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Go on. It´s time, baby&#8230; P.S. I love you</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Because I still wake up every morning and the first thing I want to do is see your face</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Thank you for the honor of being my wife. I&#8217;m a man with no regrets. How lucky am I. You made my life, Holly. But I&#8217;m just one chapter in yours. There&#8217;ll be more. I promise. So here it comes, the big one. Don&#8217;t be afraid to fall in love again. Watch out for that signal, when life as you know it ends. P.S. I will always love you</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>50/50</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">See, but&#8230; that&#8217;s bullshit. That&#8217;s what everyone has been telling me since the beginning. &#8220;Oh, you&#8217;re gonna be okay,&#8221; and &#8220;Oh, everything&#8217;s fine,&#8221; and like, it&#8217;s not&#8230; It makes it worse&#8230; that no one will just come out and say it. Like, &#8220;hey man, you&#8217;re gonna die.&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0736622/">Kyle</a>: She doesn&#8217;t blow you?<br />
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330687/">Adam</a>: &#8230;She doesn&#8217;t like to.<br />
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0736622/">Kyle</a>: Of course she doesn&#8217;t like to. No one likes putting a dick in their mouth.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330687/">Adam</a>: That&#8217;s what everybody&#8217;s been saying: You&#8217;ll feel better and don&#8217;t worry and this is all fine and it&#8217;s not.<br />
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0447695/">Katherine</a>: You can&#8217;t change your situation. The only thing that you can change is how you choose to deal with it.</p>
<p>I just want it to be over. I’m so fucking tired of being sick. You know, if this surgery doesn’t work, it’s… That’s it. And I’ve never been to fucking Canada. I’ve never told a girl I loved her. It sounds stupid, doesn’t it? “No, it doesn’t</p></blockquote>
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		<title>O melhor lugar do mundo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Estou vivendo a mística dos retornos. Adentrei os labirintos do tempo para reacender minhas saudades. O motivo é um só: ando mais necessitado de passado do que de futuro. Enquanto o futuro imagino, o passado sabe quem eu sou. Ele é o guardião de minhas memórias. Por isso eu retorno. Para recobrar as lembranças que me [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eltonpacheco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1778850&amp;post=1283&amp;subd=eltonpacheco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify;">&#8220;Estou vivendo a mística dos retornos. Adentrei os labirintos do tempo para reacender minhas saudades. O motivo é um só: ando mais necessitado de passado do que de futuro. Enquanto o futuro imagino, o passado sabe quem eu sou. Ele é o guardião de minhas memórias. Por isso eu retorno. Para recobrar as lembranças que me confessam, para reaprender as simetrias de minha alma, para reatar o cordão de minhas origens e voltar a pisar as areias brancas da cidade que me viu nascer. Volto para reencontrar a cultura do meu povo, reassumindo com ele o compromisso de nunca me esquecer os construtores deste mosaico que me tornei. Porque depois de muito andar, depois de vasculhar estradas e destinos tantos, eu descobri que o melhor lugar do mundo sou eu mesmo. (Pe. Fábio de Melo)</p>
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		<title>Estudar ou não jornalismo?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ontem, voltando de Québec pra Montreal, recebi e-mail de uma jovem em dúvida entre cursar a faculdade de Comunicação ou tentar outra carreira. Como a viagem de trem era longa, tive tempo de elaborar a seguinte resposta para a mocinha, que talvez ajude quem esteja com a mesma dúvida. &#8220;Como pessoa formada em Jornalismo, te [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eltonpacheco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1778850&amp;post=1278&amp;subd=eltonpacheco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ontem, voltando de Québec pra Montreal, recebi e-mail de uma jovem em dúvida entre cursar a faculdade de Comunicação ou tentar outra carreira. Como a viagem de trem era longa, tive tempo de elaborar a seguinte resposta para a mocinha, que talvez ajude quem esteja com a mesma dúvida. &#8220;Como pessoa formada em Jornalismo, te digo que o curso é uma delícia. É muito bom estudar as teorias e os discursos dos meios que nos cercam. Costumo dizer que após passar pela faculdade de Comunicacão a gente se torna menos alienado, mais &#8220;IN&#8221; com o que está acontecendo de fato ao nosso redor e não exatamente o que nos contam ou vemos por aí. Jornalistas são e devem ter um senso crítico diferente. </p>
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<p>Por outro lado, como profissional, minha visão é outra: o campo está saturado, os profissionais estão sendo mal remunerados e nem obrigatoriedade do diploma nós temos mais. É muito triste. Hoje mesmo, vendo algumas vagas pela internet, me deparei com uma nomenclatura que eu nunca ouvi falar nos anos de faculdade e nem no mercado de trabalho: ASSISTENTE DE ASSESSOR DE IMPRENSA. A impressão que dá é que o mercado procura desculpas para rebaixar nossa profissão ao passo que diminui nossos salários.</p>
<p>Em relacão a QUANTO SE GANHA, realmente acho que é muito relativo. Depende de estado pra estado. Em Brasília, onde me formei, tive estágios bons que pagavam entre 500 e 800 reais. Como repórter recém formado, comecei ganhando o piso salarial no Distrito Federal que, até onde lembro, é de R$ 1.512 (sim, é muito pouco, eu sei). Depois de adquirir alguma experiência, fui pra assessoria de imprensa. Há um consenso de que os maiores salários da categoria estão nessa área. Tenho amigos ganhando 4, 6, 8 ou até 11 mil reais. Tudo depende da sua qualificacão, formacão e perfil, claro.</p>
<p>Olhando pra trás, vejo que eu não tenho o que reclamar. Escolhi a profissão que sempre tive paixão (talvez a resposta pra sua decisão esteja aqui: o que você realmente gosta e tem vontade de fazer?), fiz um bom curso, estudei idiomas e estagiei em bons locais. Depois de formado, passei por redação de jornal e assessoria de imprensa. Hoje não moro mais no Brasil, dei um tempo na carreira por aí para melhorar meu inglês, porque acredito que repórteres bilingues são melhor remunerados. E, principalmente, acredito quem quem se dedica e ama o que faz vai sempre encontrar um bom lugar ao sol. </p>
<p>Sucesso pra você.</p>
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		<title>Do lado de cá da janela</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elton Pacheco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ele passa o dia sozinho, de lá pra cá, de cá pra lá, percorrendo um caminho que por vezes parece estar seguro de onde vai, por vezes parece nem saber aonde quer chegar. Quando sente saudade, costuma ver rostos conhecidos na parede de seu quarto, enquanto toma um café. São imagens aleatórias colocadas lá propositalmente [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eltonpacheco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1778850&amp;post=1271&amp;subd=eltonpacheco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Ele passa o dia sozinho, de lá pra cá, de cá pra lá, percorrendo um caminho que por vezes parece estar seguro de onde vai, por vezes parece nem saber aonde quer chegar. Quando sente saudade, costuma ver rostos conhecidos na parede de seu quarto, enquanto toma um café. São imagens aleatórias colocadas lá propositalmente para dias tristes como esses últimos. Também mata a solidão folheando livros; não termina de ler nenhum, porém. Quando cansa, tenta escrever, mas as palavras não têm sido tão amigas assim ultimamente. Não que ele não goste delas, até sabe lidar melhor com uma folha em branco do que com o mundo real e as pessoas do lado de fora do seu quarto. Pode sair pela porta e voltar quando quiser. Ele tem a chave. Ele quer descobrir o significado de compartilhar. Mas faz frio lá fora. Há um excesso de possibilidades ali dentro do coração- e daquele quarto. Ele repetia tantas vezes que queria ser livre que se encontra agora perdido em sua própria liberdade. Sozinho, do lado de cá da janela.</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over a month ago I found an email adress on the internet. It was left on the bottom of a note written by a 16 years old little girl, in 2006. She is from France and was worried about her future. It said in french: &#8220;Doctors told me to keep fighting. I don&#8217;t know, though. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eltonpacheco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1778850&amp;post=1268&amp;subd=eltonpacheco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>Over a month ago I found an email adress on the internet. It was left on the bottom of a note written by a 16 years old little girl, in 2006. She is from France and was worried about her future. It said in french: &#8220;Doctors told me to keep fighting. I don&#8217;t know, though. Things I&#8217;m going through are getting ugly at this point. It&#8217;s not that I&#8217;m going to give up. It&#8217;s just that&#8230; I&#8217;m tired&#8221;. That kinda made me feel like I should send her a message, since Wanessa and she had the same disease. I did it in hopes to hear good news. Later on this afternoon, I decided to go back and check things up on the same blog I found her email adress and read the other comments. I never heard from her because&#8230; she&#8217;s dead. Wanessa and this little french girl died almost at the same age and with the same disease. Coincidence? I face this way: perhaps, they are now friends somewhere above us.</p>
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		<title>Flying on Christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elton Pacheco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And then it&#8217;s Christmas again. It&#8217;s not and never was an important holiday for me and my family for obvious reasons, but one thing especially: my daddy and brother died in a car accident on December 13, 1993. Since then, we are no longer big fans of Santa Claus and his white beard &#8211; I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eltonpacheco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1778850&amp;post=1260&amp;subd=eltonpacheco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://eltonpacheco.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/christmas3.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1261" title="Christmas3" src="http://eltonpacheco.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/christmas3.jpg?w=575&#038;h=460" alt="" width="575" height="460" /></a>And then it&#8217;s Christmas again. It&#8217;s not and never was an important holiday for me and my family for obvious reasons, but one thing especially: my daddy and brother died in a car accident on December 13, 1993. Since then, we are no longer big fans of Santa Claus and his white beard &#8211; I never was anyway. Last year, I chose on purpose my flight to China to be on Christmas night, so that way I wouldn&#8217;t have to worry about have dinner with a couple of friends  who were in the same boat or anything, which generally is cool, but&#8230; You know? Not the same.<span id="more-1260"></span></p>
<p>A week before Christmas 2010, I was in Paris and had dinner with Alisson, a french actress who I met in Rio de Janeiro three years ago. It was kinda hilarious. I mean, every new person I met through her and who ended up inviting me for a Christmas celebration was like schocked when I said: &#8220;No, thank you. I&#8217;ll be flying at that time&#8221;. They might have thought: &#8220;Geez, this guy is weeeeird. Who flies on Christmas night?&#8221;.</p>
<p>I fly. A lot of people do. And I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s way better than spend at home by yourself for one simple reason: although I don&#8217;t celebrate the way the others do I just don&#8217;t like to be alone at home when everyone is having fun and sharing good vibes out there. If there&#8217;s a good thing about Christmas and we do have the opportunity to make it worth is exactly how people become kind and up to help the others. I like it.</p>
<p>Anyway, as I expected, the China Eastern flight was so busy that I couldn&#8217;t even relax a lil&#8217; bit. No special dinner on flight, no special gifts at all. Absolutely nothing. When I landed in Shanghai, there were Christmas lights everywhere, though. And then I realized the the whole point about Christmas these days is nothing, but money. It doesn&#8217;t really matter if you are not Christian, Santa Claus is there for you to help save the Capitalism, buying everything you see in front of  you, even if you don`t need it. You know? Even in China.</p>
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		<title>A mid-20s crisis?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You do not often think of having a mid-20s crisis, but Geeeez, I am in one right now. And since everyone gets old, maybe you have experienced this as well. Or If you haven`t yet, just wait. You will get there at some point of your life. But how bad is that feeling? Well, I`ll [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eltonpacheco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1778850&amp;post=1255&amp;subd=eltonpacheco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You do not often think of having a mid-20s crisis, but Geeeez, I am in one right now. And since everyone gets old, maybe you have experienced this as well. Or If you haven`t yet, just wait. You will get there at some point of your life. But how bad is that feeling? Well, I`ll put this way: I cannot even look at myself in the mirror (ok, that&#8217;s a metphor..) and It seems that I`m getting older and older and this is something I can`t control. I know it might sound like I`m over dramatizing the natural order of things, but screw you. I just don`t want to get there, you know, and be like an old wise guy. Not now, at least. But at the same time, this is something you can’t deny. You will get old, maybe fat, bored… lonely? <span id="more-1255"></span></p>
<p>I haven`t actually heard about this “mid-20s crisis” until last week, when Paul and I decided to check a new bar somewhere in the West of Toronto. As we drank some beers, he was the one who diagnosed my symptoms. “Elton, you`re just having a crisis. A mid-twenties crisis”, he said, and that was like a slap in the face. “Ok, I couldn`t have done better. I already have like so many crises to deal with and I just got a brand new one. Cool”, I thought to myself. Paul is right, though. He has just experienced this as well and knows exactly how I`ve been feeling.</p>
<p>It might have been caused by the pressure our society puts in our lives. You watch TV, series, movies, read books, listen to your mama and your neighbours and all of them have the same definition for success – and how it looks like: a great job, fabulous clothes, a tastefully decorated apartment (rental doesn`t count), a good net worth, a car and some trips in your resume. You have to turn 30 with some accomplished goals, like moving out from your parents house, at least and to begin with. Yet, I know happiness doesn`t come through acquisition. So, what? Why am I suffering so much?</p>
<p>Here`s the thing: I graduated three years ago (Oh, Geeezeee, time flies) from University with a degree in Communication Studies and minor in Journalism. Since then, I worked as reporter for a while. And I strongly believe that`s exactly what I like to do for life, but It`s not worth. I mean I won`t get rich If I keep working as a journalist. It kinda brings me to a new point: I`ve always said I`d turn rich as soon as I get in my 30s. I`m turning 25 next May and nothing happened so far when it comes to my net worth. Should I suck it up and accept things like they really are? Parent`s money is not your money and that`s the first thing you learn once you grow up. Plus, all my friends from High School are getting married, others are having babies, running their own companies. Where am I standing now?</p>
<p>For now on, I will just try to answer a tough tough question: how to dig myself out of this “mid 20s crisis” hole? I don`t even know how I got here.</p>
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