<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1554129291123667524</id><updated>2012-02-16T06:52:52.815-02:00</updated><title type='text'>Brief Sunday Stories</title><subtitle type='html'>Short stories and poetry for those who don't have time to read.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1554129291123667524/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Marco Dib</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13455056378314090298</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>15</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1554129291123667524.post-7069958701564682791</id><published>2011-07-17T14:12:00.001-03:00</published><updated>2011-07-17T14:13:36.161-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Sunday afternoon nonsense</title><content type='html'>So you're always running away from reality&lt;br /&gt;But nobody gives rat's ass about it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You won't reverse the clock&lt;br /&gt;You won't get born again, babe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Face reality for once&lt;br /&gt;Grow up&lt;br /&gt;Throw faith away&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Understanding human kind is lame&lt;br /&gt;And lame is what you are...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And so John put his shoes on&lt;br /&gt;Takes his pills and after 2 hours &lt;br /&gt;... 2 damn hours...&lt;br /&gt;He gets to his job&amp;nbsp;to be a&amp;nbsp;total moron&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The end&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Brief Sunday Stories - Feeds&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1554129291123667524-7069958701564682791?l=briefsundaystories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/feeds/7069958701564682791/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1554129291123667524&amp;postID=7069958701564682791&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1554129291123667524/posts/default/7069958701564682791'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1554129291123667524/posts/default/7069958701564682791'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/2011/07/sunday-afternoon-nonsense.html' title='Sunday afternoon nonsense'/><author><name>Marco Dib</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13455056378314090298</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1554129291123667524.post-2931121883714624868</id><published>2011-07-10T11:14:00.000-03:00</published><updated>2011-07-10T11:14:33.624-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Random thoughts</title><content type='html'>These random thoughts&lt;br /&gt;that float 'round my head&lt;br /&gt;They don't let me rest&lt;br /&gt;always&lt;br /&gt;tormenting me&lt;br /&gt;infecting me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About what actually was and what should've been&lt;br /&gt;Which options should I've taken?&lt;br /&gt;Which decisions should I've made?&lt;br /&gt;The same lame leading-to-nowhere questions looping over and over&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The dreaming girl resting naked on this warm afternoon&lt;br /&gt;Enjoying the our after-fuck in this stinky hotel room&lt;br /&gt;She doesn't seem to care&lt;br /&gt;Nothing seems to bother her.. but&lt;br /&gt;would this be true?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It doesn't matter&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I'm here puffing away a cigarette and&lt;br /&gt;watching the so-called life going on through the window&lt;br /&gt;Putting these random thoughts down&lt;br /&gt;in a fake attempt to cheer me up.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Brief Sunday Stories - Feeds&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1554129291123667524-2931121883714624868?l=briefsundaystories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/feeds/2931121883714624868/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1554129291123667524&amp;postID=2931121883714624868&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1554129291123667524/posts/default/2931121883714624868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1554129291123667524/posts/default/2931121883714624868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/2011/07/random-thoughts.html' title='Random thoughts'/><author><name>Marco Dib</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13455056378314090298</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1554129291123667524.post-8031342379063421682</id><published>2011-03-16T21:57:00.010-03:00</published><updated>2011-07-11T15:35:59.505-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Ao ar livre</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://happysteps.net/blog/wp-content/images/bench-berlin-shops.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://happysteps.net/blog/wp-content/images/bench-berlin-shops.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 338px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 450px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #336666;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sentado, ao ar livre, Carlos observava o passar das pessoas. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #336666;"&gt;Seus passos descoordenados&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #336666;"&gt; num ritmo sem compasso &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #336666;"&gt;Indo e vindo &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #336666;"&gt;Vindo e indo &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #336666;"&gt;Ao trabalho, aos estudos, de volta para casa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #336666;"&gt;mulheres e homens brigando por um espaço &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #336666;"&gt;No mercado, no salão, na garagem do condomínio &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #336666;"&gt;Carlos, ao ar livre &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #336666;"&gt;As pessoas não &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #336666;"&gt;Essas pareciam perder a identidade&lt;br /&gt;Naquela marcha constante em direção à rotina&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #336666;"&gt;Ao cárcere de suas vidas&lt;br /&gt;À civilização que os mantém primitivos&lt;br /&gt;Sujeitos à lei do mais forte e ao instinto de sobrevivência&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obsolescência&lt;br /&gt;Deprimência&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E assim a vida passa, Carlos pensa!&lt;br /&gt;Ele ao ar livre&lt;br /&gt;As pessoas não...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Brief Sunday Stories - Feeds&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1554129291123667524-8031342379063421682?l=briefsundaystories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/feeds/8031342379063421682/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1554129291123667524&amp;postID=8031342379063421682&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1554129291123667524/posts/default/8031342379063421682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1554129291123667524/posts/default/8031342379063421682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/2011/03/sentado-ao-ar-livre-carlos-observava-o.html' title='Ao ar livre'/><author><name>Marco Dib</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13455056378314090298</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1554129291123667524.post-913708636082830804</id><published>2011-02-02T22:29:00.008-02:00</published><updated>2011-03-16T09:52:06.517-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Warming up</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;Today I got out of the office - which is located in a commercial complex totally isolated from the world - and, as usual, it had rained a lot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, I was lucky I could get home safely and on the usual time. However, when I turned on the television I saw that several parts of the city were underwater and, once again, a lot of people suffered with the consequences of excessive rain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's easy to wonder how the global warming is affecting everybody's life and no one is doing anything about it. Then, after having dinner I turned on the computer and decided to listen to Fox News Radio. I know Fox News isn't the best vehicle if you really wanna get informed, but I did it anyway. It didn't take me long to start getting pissed off, because this Tom Sullivan was strongly advocating that global warming is a fake, just a story someone made up to blame the government and the economic system for the world disasters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At first, I was totally astonished by the fact that there is people out there who actually believe that global warming is not a real problem. I also know that there are several other problems in this world that remain unsolved. But, come on! What about all the ice melting down and increasing sea levels? What about all this rain in Australia and Brazil. Hundreds were killed because men is messing up with something I cannot fight back, which is nature.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know it is remotely possible that someday, all governments will have this wakeup call and set all these economic crap aside to really take care of their people. I'm not a hippie. I am indeed a regular citizen of this world who really expects that, someday, mankind will start using its so-called intelligence for something useful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You may find below a few videos of a man who, besides cool movies, decided to do something good for this world by supporting the electric vehicle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You don't need to be a famous actor to do something good as well. Support your family. Help your neighbors and endorse a charity entity you trust. If you got something, then share it! We never know when we're gonna be needing support. So, don't wait till something happen just to realize you've got to pass good things (and ideas) forward in order to receive them back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's all for the moment.&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for reading! ;o)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Brief Sunday Stories - Feeds&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1554129291123667524-913708636082830804?l=briefsundaystories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/feeds/913708636082830804/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1554129291123667524&amp;postID=913708636082830804&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1554129291123667524/posts/default/913708636082830804'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1554129291123667524/posts/default/913708636082830804'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/2011/02/warming-up.html' title='Warming up'/><author><name>Marco Dib</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13455056378314090298</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1554129291123667524.post-9212230931939835690</id><published>2011-02-02T21:57:00.001-02:00</published><updated>2011-02-02T22:29:33.087-02:00</updated><title type='text'>Tom Hanks and his E-Box Electric Car Part 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TZ6-LpJ1lwM?fs=1" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Brief Sunday Stories - 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Feeds&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1554129291123667524-8688193334673128462?l=briefsundaystories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/feeds/8688193334673128462/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1554129291123667524&amp;postID=8688193334673128462&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1554129291123667524/posts/default/8688193334673128462'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1554129291123667524/posts/default/8688193334673128462'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/2011/02/tom-hanks-and-his-e-box-electric-car.html' title='Tom Hanks and his E-Box Electric Car Part 1'/><author><name>Marco Dib</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13455056378314090298</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/Xw7zNrDzfwo/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1554129291123667524.post-5731306544205942052</id><published>2010-12-21T23:30:00.007-02:00</published><updated>2011-02-12T14:59:57.214-02:00</updated><title type='text'>Jack's Happy Day</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;Jack woke up a little bit earlier that day. He was excited with was coming for him. Big things. Great thinks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After a few days of pure anxiety, Jack finally got a new job - and not a lousy one, but one he was really hoping for. So, he stretched and got out of bed. The first lights of the day were shining through his bedroom window and right onto his face.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jack went to the kitchen thinking about how to get prepared for his upcoming life. He got milk from the fridge and chocolate from the kitchen cupboard and made himself a cold chocolate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jack felt the relief from all those complicated days when he felt like shit. It is very hard to be a wary person. He was a clever guy, and for several times all this cleverness was such a heavy burden. But not today. Today he was free from all that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jack took a short cold shower just to refresh his soul in that hot summer day. During these days you could start sweating even during the first morning hours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He put on soft clothes, and started watching an old movie to remember good moments with his fiancé (now they can thing about marriage).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope, belief in God, the good energies from the universe. All now made total sense to Jack.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A new life. Jack now had a reason to smile, and he was radiant!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dovesandserpents.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/eternal_sunshine_of_the_spotless_mind.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 348px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 234px; CURSOR: pointer" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.dovesandserpents.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/eternal_sunshine_of_the_spotless_mind.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Brief Sunday Stories - Feeds&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1554129291123667524-5731306544205942052?l=briefsundaystories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/feeds/5731306544205942052/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1554129291123667524&amp;postID=5731306544205942052&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1554129291123667524/posts/default/5731306544205942052'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1554129291123667524/posts/default/5731306544205942052'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/2010/12/jacks-happy-day.html' title='Jack&apos;s Happy Day'/><author><name>Marco Dib</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13455056378314090298</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1554129291123667524.post-1663210206682615989</id><published>2010-08-01T22:19:00.003-03:00</published><updated>2010-08-01T22:26:43.379-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Nada Além</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Embora eu tenha grande preferência pelo treino da escrita em prosa, um dia arrisquei rabiscar alguns versos.&lt;br /&gt;É claro que a poesia é algo muito além da minha capacidade de criação. No entanto, certo dia, decidi ousar. E cá está o resultado dessa ousadia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;--------------------------------------&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Nada além destas paredes que me cercam&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Nem deste corpo que me enclausura&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Nada além dos meus desejos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;E dessa sala vazia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Nada mais do que meus esboços de poesia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Da minha desatenção&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;E dos meus erros&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Nada mais do que a rotina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;… do que me é corriqueiro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Do que me persegue&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Do que me domina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Do que abomina o meu existir&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Se é que existo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Se é que estou vivo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Se é que isso é viver&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Nada além do nada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Do silêncio&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Da pausa eterna&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Das cenas que se repetem milhares de vezes na minha cabeça sem fazer sentido algum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Sem me levar a lugar nenhum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;A não ser o inferno dentro de mim para onde mandei tantas coisas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Nada além desta folha de papel e desta caneta pra eu escrever em alguns versos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Tudo aquilo que não paro de sentir.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Brief Sunday Stories - Feeds&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1554129291123667524-1663210206682615989?l=briefsundaystories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/feeds/1663210206682615989/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1554129291123667524&amp;postID=1663210206682615989&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1554129291123667524/posts/default/1663210206682615989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1554129291123667524/posts/default/1663210206682615989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/2010/08/nada-alem.html' title='Nada Além'/><author><name>Marco Dib</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13455056378314090298</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1554129291123667524.post-1438347028795393860</id><published>2010-07-23T07:27:00.004-03:00</published><updated>2010-07-23T07:29:58.409-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Playing Kids</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PeUHl7NpTJ8/TElu0gBR64I/AAAAAAAAAEo/PuWS52tMbG4/s1600/22932_360x270.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PeUHl7NpTJ8/TElu0gBR64I/AAAAAAAAAEo/PuWS52tMbG4/s320/22932_360x270.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497046668409957250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;All credits to National Geographic.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;Link &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/walrus-underwater-washington/?now=2010-07-23-02:01"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Brief Sunday Stories - Feeds&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1554129291123667524-1438347028795393860?l=briefsundaystories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/feeds/1438347028795393860/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1554129291123667524&amp;postID=1438347028795393860&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1554129291123667524/posts/default/1438347028795393860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1554129291123667524/posts/default/1438347028795393860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/2010/07/playing-kids.html' title='Playing Kids'/><author><name>Marco Dib</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13455056378314090298</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PeUHl7NpTJ8/TElu0gBR64I/AAAAAAAAAEo/PuWS52tMbG4/s72-c/22932_360x270.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1554129291123667524.post-4341182701024822039</id><published>2010-07-22T22:13:00.015-03:00</published><updated>2011-02-12T15:11:00.453-02:00</updated><title type='text'>Quem conta um conto...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)"&gt;Bom, apesar de normalmente ousar escrever em inglês, também decidi ousar escrever em meu próprio idioma. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)"&gt;Nessa postagem gostaria de publicar um conto que escrevi antes de entrar para a faculdade de Letras. Obviamente revisei-o inúmeras vezes (e ainda acho que esse texto carece de mais diversos ajustes) antes de criar coragem para colocá-lo aqui. Mas acredito que esta foi uma das minhas melhores tentativas de escrita e, mesmo depois de quase 2 anos após minha formatura, esse ainda é um texto do qual eu gosto bastante.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)"&gt;Sei que muitos dos rabiscos que faço são um fiasco. E ainda me é muito difícil concatenar a enxurrada de ideias que tenho ao longo dos dias, especialmente tendo de prestar atenção em tantas outras coisas que não são necessariamente do meu interesse (trabalho, compromissos, etc.).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)"&gt;De agora em diante, tentarei expor um pouco das coisas que escrevo em nossa tão bonita língua portuguesa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)"&gt;Dedico essa história ao meu querido amigo e autor do blog 'The Passed Pawn', que me encorajou a admirar e (tentar) fazer arte.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)"&gt;Obrigado pela atenção de quem quer que possa passar por aqui.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#993300;"&gt;--------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;meta content="text/html; 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COLOR: rgb(153,153,153)" class="MsoBodyTextIndent" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#993300;"&gt;Por Marco A. Dib&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; COLOR: rgb(153,153,153)" class="MsoBodyTextIndent" align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:10;color:#993300;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; COLOR: rgb(153,153,153)" class="MsoBodyTextIndent" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:0;color:#993300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,153)" class="MsoBodyTextIndent"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#993300;"&gt;O céu estava cinza e o ambiente pesado. Pensamentos de dor invadiam sua cabeça por todas as partes, e a solidão de seu apartamento ecoava como um estrondo. As horas demoravam a passar e cada minuto parecia horas inteiras. Lembranças do que ela havia lhe feito corroíam todo o seu ser. Nunca mais deveria doar tanto de sua atenção novamente ou voltaria a ser o mesmo cara ensandecido de outros tempos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 35.4pt; COLOR: rgb(153,153,153)" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#993300;"&gt;Cansava de sentir autopiedade, mas toda vez que olhava a foto daquela... Dela... Sua cabeça começava a dar voltas novamente. Acendeu um cigarro e foi até a varanda, encostou-se ao parapeito e pensou em se jogar. Uma queda do 15º andar talvez aliviasse a sua dor. Inspirou profundamente, depois expirou lentamente, sentindo a fumaça deixar seus pulmões. A nicotina trabalhava suavemente em sua cabeça, e logo se acalmou, recuou, lançou a guimba assistindo à sua queda como se fosse ele próprio despencando até o concreto da rua.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 35.4pt; COLOR: rgb(153,153,153)" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#993300;"&gt;O relógio presenciava a angústia daquele momento e jogava contra a sua ansiedade. Ao menos um telefonema, uma mensagem, talvez algum sinal, alguma voz... Algum aviso que parecia nunca chegar. Olhou novamente para o relógio, que marcava 18h. A noite começava a cair naquela tarde de outono. Decidiu sair, pegou seu casaco, calçou as botas sem pensar exatamente para onde iria.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 35.4pt; COLOR: rgb(153,153,153)" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#993300;"&gt;Antes de deixar a sala e atravessar o hall até o elevador, percebeu que havia esquecido algo. Ah! Era o seu celular, mas não foi apanhá-lo. Seu subconsciente lhe fez esse favor para andar sem ser incomodado, para perder-se na cidade, perder-se de si mesmo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 35.4pt; COLOR: rgb(153,153,153)" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#993300;"&gt;Alcançou a rua e o ar frio preencheu seu peito e gelou seu rosto. A neblina cobria sua visão como as folhas secas das árvores cobriam a calçada. Andou sem rumo durante duas quadras passando despercebido através do mar de gente que vagava pelas ruas, quando, passando os olhos por sobre as capas das revistas e jornais de uma banca de rua, uma notícia lhe chamou a atenção. Parou, olhou o jornal que trazia a foto de uma casa, aparentemente em um sítio numa cidade de aspecto interiorano. Havia uma mulher debruçada à varanda. Não olhou o título do artigo, mas logo comprou o jornal. Precisava distrair sua mente, nem que fosse com bobagens. Agradeceu e pensou em lê-lo enquanto comesse algo na cafeteria do bairro. Em períodos como esse, tinha por hábito refletir em seus próprios problemas sozinho, na mesma mesa no segundo andar, próxima a janela com vista pra rua, isso era até automático.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 35.4pt; COLOR: rgb(153,153,153)" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#993300;"&gt;Ao chegar lá, cumprimentou o dono do café – conhecia-o de vista apenas. Logo um jovem garoto que sempre lhe atendia por lá também foi cumprimentá-lo e perguntar o que desejava:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; COLOR: rgb(153,153,153); MARGIN-LEFT: 53.4pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;--&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Como vai Tom, o que pede dessa vez?!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; COLOR: rgb(153,153,153); MARGIN-LEFT: 53.4pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;--&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Me traz uma torta de banana e uma lata de refrigerante... Não esquece o cinzeiro também, por favor! -- Respondeu.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,153)" class="MsoBodyTextIndent2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#993300;"&gt;O garoto voltou ao balcão para que preparassem o pedido. Tom não conseguia relaxar. As imagens da mulher que mais amou (ou ao menos, que mais tentou amar) ainda assombravam seus pensamentos. Não havia muito tempo que tinham terminado um relacionamento que estava já muito perturbado devido ao descaso dela (dela?). Ele notara isso, mas se escondeu atrás de uma falsa realidade, acreditou que aquilo talvez fosse só uma fase, mas não era. Ela o havia deixado há muito tempo, sem avisos. Ainda se sentia como na primeira manhã que acordara sem o calor de outro corpo em sua cama. Mesmo as boas lembranças se dissolviam com a ideia de que ela talvez nunca o tivesse amado, de que ele talvez não tivesse significado nada para ela, e que era o único a sentir a perda. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,153)" class="MsoBodyTextIndent2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#993300;"&gt;Cansou de se fazer perguntas, mas não conseguia evitá-las – O que eu fiz de errado? Será que talvez não fosse eu quem, na verdade, estivesse ficando cada vez mais ausente? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,153)" class="MsoBodyTextIndent2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#993300;"&gt;Olhou para a janela e viu as pessoas do outro lado da rua, encapotadas, andando rapidamente e se escondendo embaixo dos toldos das lojas, porque uma leve garoa começava a cair. Sentiu-se perdido em meio àquelas pessoas, mas a proteção que procurava não era a da marquise. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,153)" class="MsoBodyTextIndent2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#993300;"&gt;O garoto voltou com sua torta, o refrigerante, mas não trouxe o cinzeiro, estavam todos sujos e voltou para limpar um deles e trazê-lo depois. Tom abriu um leve sorriso em gratidão, tirou o casaco e o colocou sobre a cadeira ao seu lado, reclinou-se e comeu a torta. Lembrou-se do jornal pouco depois, o garoto voltou com um cinzeiro limpo e o colocou sobre sua mesa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,153)" class="MsoBodyTextIndent2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#993300;"&gt;Tom olhou novamente a capa, viu a casa que pensara ter um ar acolhedor, era uma casa que sonhava ter quando se aposentasse ou se tivesse uma família. Era toda de madeira com janelas grandes e telhado triangular com uma janelinha no topo aparentando ser um sótão. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,153)" class="MsoBodyTextIndent2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#993300;"&gt;Passou a mão sobre a barba de alguns dias, que já mostrava alguns fios acinzentados, tal como seus cabelos. Apanhou um cigarro no bolso do casaco, mas deixou-o ao lado do cinzeiro. Começou a ler a notícia que falava apenas de casais que estavam se mudando para cidades pequenas do interior, já depois de terem criado os filhos... Terem se estabelecido na vida.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,153)" class="MsoBodyTextIndent2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#993300;"&gt;Pensou nisso por alguns instantes, finalmente acendeu o cigarro e começou a pensar noutra coisa, algo supérfluo enquanto admirava o movimento lá fora. A garoa transformou-se em chuva, e ele resolveu ficar por lá até que ela passasse.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,153)" class="MsoBodyTextIndent2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#993300;"&gt;Eram cerca de 21h quando a chuva se acalmou e Tom deixou o café. O ar estava mais frio, o vento agora era intenso e fazia com que os cabelos de Tom ficassem em seu rosto o tempo todo. Ele se encolheu, apertou o passo e retornou ao seu apartamento. Estava cansado, e o lugar uma bagunça, com algumas garrafas de bebida vazias pela sala, e a sujeira se acumulava por onde mais houvesse espaço para ela. Tom apenas acendia alguns incensos de vez em quando para livrar a casa do mau cheiro cada vez mais intenso. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,153)" class="MsoBodyTextIndent2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#993300;"&gt;Desde a partida dela, tudo se tornou um caos, seu chefe já o havia dado férias para que se recuperasse. Tom trabalhava duro e quase nunca folgava, mas dessa vez aceitou ficar uma semana em casa. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,153)" class="MsoBodyTextIndent2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#993300;"&gt;Logo ao entrar no apartamento, recolheu algumas peças de roupa que estavam no chão, colocou-as na lavadora, passou um chá, ligou o rádio que tocou alguns acordes melancólicos de uma alguma música antiga que podia bem ser trilha sonora daquele momento praticamente vazio. Voltou até a cozinha e encheu sua caneca de chá. Jogou-se na cadeira em frente ao computador e olhou para o teto, fechou os olhos... Quando voltou a si, deu um longo gole enquanto verificava sua caixa de e-mails. Não encontrou nada além de assuntos de trabalho – ela o havia esquecido totalmente como pensou. Ele deveria fazer o mesmo também, afinal já não era mais nenhuma adolescente, longe disso até.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,153)" class="MsoBodyTextIndent2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#993300;"&gt;Já fazia uma semana que estava em casa, era uma noite de sábado e nessa próxima segunda-feira retornaria à rotina habitual, precisava descansar, precisava se restabelecer, precisava limpar aquela bagunça, mas acima de tudo, naquele momento, precisava dormir. Apagou as luzes, desligou o computador e o rádio e despencou na cama ainda de botas e casaco.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,153)" class="MsoBodyTextIndent2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#993300;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,153)" class="MsoBodyTextIndent2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#993300;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,153)" class="MsoBodyTextIndent2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#993300;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,153)" class="MsoBodyTextIndent2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#993300;"&gt;Era próximo de 6h quando o telefone começou a tocar, ele o ouviu como se fosse um ruído distante, e mal conseguia abrir os olhos. Não conseguiu pensar em mais nada naquele momento, a não ser em Marta. Correu e atendeu o telefone, mas era só o serviço despertador que ele havia programado para começar a se acostumar a levantar cedo novamente.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,153)" class="MsoBodyTextIndent2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#993300;"&gt;Estendeu o braço para o outro lado da cama... Vazio... Seu estômago parecia começar a embrulhar, sentou-se na cama e levou as mãos ao rosto. Depois de começar a melhorar, e ganhar um pouco de força, foi à cozinha, abriu a geladeira, não havia muitas coisas nela, apenas um pouco de leite, restos de diversas coisas e um frasco de mostarda. Apanhou leite, abriu o armário e pegou um pouco de chocolate em pó, pois seu estômago ainda dava voltas e voltas. Lembrou-se que teria de arrumar todo o apartamento e, mais do que nunca, que teria de organizar sua vida.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,153)" class="MsoBodyTextIndent2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#993300;"&gt;Outro dia frio, o outono começava ser mais rigoroso e uma garoa intensa caía a quase todo momento. Tom despiu-se daquela roupa do dia anterior e foi tomar um banho quente e demorado, fazer aquela barba que só lhe dava uma aparência mais cansada. Quando saiu do chuveiro, sentiu-se melhor, começou a recolher todas as coisas espalhadas e as colocar em seus devidos lugares. A lavadora ficou cheia e trabalhou quase o dia todo, e, ao final da tarde, o lugar não parecia o mesmo. Ainda havia tempo de ir ao mercado para reabastecer a dispensa. Foi exatamente o que fez, desceu à garagem, apanhou seu carro e voltou com o que precisava. Ao final daquele domingo decidiu descansar um pouco, recostou-se no sofá após uma refeição - que também foi a única entre aquele achocolatado e uns tantos cigarros. Colocou uma manta sobre si e ligou a TV. Pouco depois, dormia profundamente.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,153)" class="MsoBodyTextIndent2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#993300;"&gt;Quando acordar, talvez os dias ainda lhe pareçam longos...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Brief Sunday Stories - Feeds&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1554129291123667524-4341182701024822039?l=briefsundaystories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/feeds/4341182701024822039/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1554129291123667524&amp;postID=4341182701024822039&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1554129291123667524/posts/default/4341182701024822039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1554129291123667524/posts/default/4341182701024822039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/2010/07/pesar.html' title='Quem conta um conto...'/><author><name>Marco Dib</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13455056378314090298</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1554129291123667524.post-6064204752901202771</id><published>2010-07-20T21:26:00.004-03:00</published><updated>2011-02-03T20:30:11.304-02:00</updated><title type='text'>Passerby Story (Final) - "That Bastard Money-Eater"</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;A few minutes after I noticed he had died, I lit a cigarette and walked around him. I don't know why I did that. But it was like I wanted to check him out. Now, nothing mattered. He didn't look as tall as he did when he insulted me. There, he was just a piece of rotting meat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;I didn't think much about how I should get rid of the body.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Of course someone would notice he is no longer going to the office. But I really want people to expect that he is no longer insulting anybody. Not anymore.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;A life wasted is such a terrible thing. Sometimes I think to myself how wonderful people can be to each other, but it seems that those who have some sort of power actually tend to be rude to the others.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;I know how drastic it is killing a person. But, some people just downgrade from person to scumbag. And scumbags have to be put away.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;The world is depressing. Everybody knows that, but no one takes action.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;What was the last thing you did to change the life around you?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;How do you spend your money?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;I just left the deceased inside and torched the place.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;I refuse to run from the police. I'm going to drive across the country and look for a nice place to settle down... if there is such place.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;But, right now. I don't wanna think about what I did. And I don't wanna question myself if the people who lived and worked with the guy do give a flying fuck about him, or if they are gonna thank the stranger who made the world 1 douchebag cleaner.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Time to pick up my stuff, leave my consciousness aside and hit the road.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Maybe all I ever wanted is to die in the mountains, admiring how we can stand tall up there.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Brief Sunday Stories - Feeds&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1554129291123667524-6064204752901202771?l=briefsundaystories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/feeds/6064204752901202771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1554129291123667524&amp;postID=6064204752901202771&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1554129291123667524/posts/default/6064204752901202771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1554129291123667524/posts/default/6064204752901202771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/2010/07/passerby-story-final-that-bastard-money.html' title='Passerby Story (Final) - &quot;That Bastard Money-Eater&quot;'/><author><name>Marco Dib</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13455056378314090298</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1554129291123667524.post-9177099612729418877</id><published>2010-06-13T21:18:00.007-03:00</published><updated>2011-04-17T09:43:30.891-03:00</updated><title type='text'>We are all guilty.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc9933;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #006600;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Suddenly, I woke up with the dull sound of steps all over the hall. I grabbed my pants and when I reached the door, there was nothing outside. ‘Goddamn it, can a man have a nice night of sleep after a long working day?’, I shouted. Then I realized it was Saturday. I had to go to the office to finish some stuff.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc9933;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #006600;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;These kids living in this building. Where such great energy comes from? Kellogg’s? I don’t think so.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc9933;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #006600;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;I took the elevator thinking about the best words for a five-page article my boss requested me to write. A big fat greedy officer from an international bank had made a deal where a small group of other fat greedy sons-of-bitches would make a lot of dough out of poor people. And I was assigned to write something beautiful about it. How could I find something good to write when hundreds of people would be tossed out on the street, all because of that stupid deal? This is the one question I ask myself quite often. My name would be published expressing a bunch of ideas which weren’t mine. That’s how these bastards hide themselves.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc9933;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #006600;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Then you might ask me another question: ‘So, why don’t you quit?’. Well, I've got bills to pay! And, think about the things you do. Is everything you do right? Have you ever questioned yourself if you’re not screwing someone else by doing what you do for a living?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #006600; font-family: verdana;"&gt;Yes, my brother. We’re all guilty. We’re all going to hell…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Brief Sunday Stories - Feeds&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1554129291123667524-9177099612729418877?l=briefsundaystories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/feeds/9177099612729418877/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1554129291123667524&amp;postID=9177099612729418877&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1554129291123667524/posts/default/9177099612729418877'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1554129291123667524/posts/default/9177099612729418877'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/2010/06/we-are-all-guilty.html' title='We are all guilty.'/><author><name>Marco Dib</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13455056378314090298</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1554129291123667524.post-4366029813617798172</id><published>2010-04-02T17:32:00.009-03:00</published><updated>2010-04-03T13:27:35.526-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Passerby Story (Part II) - "That  Bastard Money-Eater"</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;And then I got back to where he was. The bastard had just pissed all over himself, and he was shaking.&lt;br /&gt;I couldn't understand a word of what he was trying to say. In fact, it was more like a gurgle. Maybe I have broken his jaw.&lt;br /&gt;I just sat on the floor next to him and contemplated what I've just done to the guy. He was bleeding. Blood trickling down all over the floor. His clothes were all ripped apart and that was b-e-a-t-i-f-u-l.&lt;br /&gt;The maggot used to wear that fucking suit made of some Egyptian fabric and a blue tie every day, and now it's all gone. I'll make sure he'll die wearing his beloved clothes...&lt;br /&gt;So let me tell you how everything begun. My anger.&lt;br /&gt;I worked for the muny cleaning department for years. But then they had to cut off costs and since I was the oldest employee, they decided to start with me.&lt;br /&gt;After a while I went to a recruitment agency, and I found out about this bank in town which was hiring delivery guys. I signed up for the job and a few weeks later I was there.&lt;br /&gt;The job was easier than I thought. All I had to do was taking papers and documents from one department to another inside the building.&lt;br /&gt;And then I met him. He was the worst. He was the Senior Financial Manager and there wasn't a single person who liked him. The bastard was always putting people down, talking to them as if they were his slaves or something.&lt;br /&gt;One day I got late because I overslept as I spent the night fixing my bed that had just fell apart that night. The damn termites were eating my whole house.&lt;br /&gt;The guy didn't have his papers in time and he shouted at me in front of everyone. "You should go back to your trash, you little piece of dirt." These were his words, and I never forgot that.&lt;br /&gt;You know, I always thought he was a dick and never cared about what he said to me. But the other people... So many times I saw a few of them crying because of that dick.&lt;br /&gt;He seemed to enjoy it. Always smirking at people's disgrace.&lt;br /&gt;And so it went for a long time until I couldn't take it anymore. It was like there was a special kind of trash no-one bothered getting rid of. And I decided to begin with him.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;(to be continued)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Brief Sunday Stories - Feeds&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1554129291123667524-4366029813617798172?l=briefsundaystories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/feeds/4366029813617798172/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1554129291123667524&amp;postID=4366029813617798172&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1554129291123667524/posts/default/4366029813617798172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1554129291123667524/posts/default/4366029813617798172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/2010/04/passerby-story-part-ii-that-bastard.html' title='Passerby Story (Part II) - &quot;That  Bastard Money-Eater&quot;'/><author><name>Marco Dib</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13455056378314090298</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1554129291123667524.post-8754164605650818890</id><published>2009-10-19T22:46:00.014-02:00</published><updated>2010-04-03T13:34:46.102-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Passerby Story (part I) - "That Bastard Money-Eater"</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)"&gt;Breeze was cold, despite the burning sun outside.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)"&gt;We were 100 thousand miles from anywhere, right in the middle of the desert. Me and that poor bastard.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)"&gt;"You ain't nothing but a scumbag, you cocksucker!"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)"&gt;The bastard was shackled to a chair. I had hit him so bad he could barely look at me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)"&gt;The rat always thought he could buy the world, but now it wasn't for money. I was pure vengeance.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)"&gt;You know, nobody copes with pressure that well. Some people say they do, but the truth is - they don't. They go to psychiatrists, they smoke, do drugs, steal, they do anything you can imagine just to get rid of the burden on their shoulders. Well I pushed it a little further and... Yes! I stalked, kidnapped and now I'm going to kill this douchebag. Rich bastards, I got sick of them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="COLOR: rgb(204,204,204)" align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)"&gt;It started years ago, when I first got a job hauling trash for the city, because there was nothing else I could do... And a man has got to make a living out of something. So I started making my living out of trash.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)"&gt;I was never able to do anything else because I was born poor and never had the chance to get any qualification.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)"&gt;I went to school though. But didn't have much time for it. At least I got these strong limbs I'm now using to smash the head of this stupid asshole.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)"&gt;"Just because you're a 'boss', it doesn't mean you can shit on people!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)"&gt;Look at me, I'm still doing what I was born to do - Hauling trash out of the city.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="COLOR: rgb(204,204,204)" align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;I walked through the door and went to the porch. I was very excited and worried at the same time, and I felt my guts revolving inside of me. I couldn't go back now. I have finally reached the point of no return.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)"&gt;(to be continued)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Brief Sunday Stories - Feeds&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1554129291123667524-8754164605650818890?l=briefsundaystories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/feeds/8754164605650818890/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1554129291123667524&amp;postID=8754164605650818890&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1554129291123667524/posts/default/8754164605650818890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1554129291123667524/posts/default/8754164605650818890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/2009/10/passerby-story-part-i-that-bastard.html' title='Passerby Story (part I) - &quot;That Bastard Money-Eater&quot;'/><author><name>Marco Dib</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13455056378314090298</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1554129291123667524.post-353405027296193149</id><published>2009-10-11T20:43:00.005-03:00</published><updated>2011-02-12T14:55:14.762-02:00</updated><title type='text'>Drizzle</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;I hate drizzles. It's been like this all day long. This cold weather just annoys me; depresses me. It seems like all the weight on your shoulders gets heavier, and hazy thoughts brake into your head just because of this absence of sunlight.&lt;br /&gt;I look outside the window and there's nobody on the streets. Everyone is inside their houses, hiding from the cold. This is a real sad scenario.&lt;br /&gt;Anyway... It's a quarter past 9 pm, I fill my mug with some tea, and all I can think is what the heck am I doing tomorrow.&lt;br /&gt;I've been pretty much idling the whole week, because I couldn't think about something to write for that crazy magazine. It's just a freelance job, but anyway... I need the money. Sometimes I write about what's new in town. Last week I wrote about this nice book store that opened two blocks from my place.&lt;br /&gt;The cool thing about such store is that they were promoting a contest of young writers. Little kids from all nearby schools could present their poems or stories which would be evaluated by the store owners. They would select a few of the kids' texts and eventually publish a book. The revenue would be shared among the schools.&lt;br /&gt;This sense of charity seems to be lost these days, so no doubt I had to do my part showing this to the readers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Brief Sunday Stories - Feeds&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1554129291123667524-353405027296193149?l=briefsundaystories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/feeds/353405027296193149/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1554129291123667524&amp;postID=353405027296193149&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1554129291123667524/posts/default/353405027296193149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1554129291123667524/posts/default/353405027296193149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://briefsundaystories.blogspot.com/2009/10/drizzle.html' title='Drizzle'/><author><name>Marco Dib</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13455056378314090298</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
