<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Hobbit at Rivendell</title>
	<atom:link href="http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com</link>
	<description>It used to be a blog about life in Germany, but it has failed.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:11:42 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<cloud domain='hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/bd0d4540e7650a0f10b3c9fa45b0abed?s=96&#038;d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>Hobbit at Rivendell</title>
		<link>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com</link>
	</image>
			<item>
		<title>PROcrastinating</title>
		<link>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/procrastinating/</link>
		<comments>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/procrastinating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Música]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/?p=79</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?
So, here’s how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that’s playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don’t lie and try to pretend [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com&blog=3904479&post=79&subd=hobbitatrivendell&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?</p>
<p>So, here’s how it works:</p>
<p>1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)<br />
2. Put it on shuffle<br />
3. Press play<br />
4. For every question, type the song that’s playing<br />
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button<br />
6. Don’t lie and try to pretend you’re cool..</p>
<p>* Opening Credits: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKHUsLzZucY">Pink &amp; Black &#8211; Caroline Lufkin</a><br />
* Waking Up: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEtCdrgN52Y">The Sweets &#8211; Yeah Yeah Yeahs<br />
</a> * First Day At School:<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeLdF7ONGts"> Always on my Mind &#8211; Elvis Presley</a><br />
* Secondary School: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5VtWOXzj-g">Yellow Dog &#8211; Millencolin</a><br />
* Falling In Love: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsA4dZHdbg4">More for Me &#8211; Tegan &amp; Sara</a><br />
* Fight Song: <a href="Everytime We Say Goodbye  - Ella Fitzgerald">Everytime We Say Goodbye  &#8211; Ella Fitzgerald</a><br />
* Breaking Up: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7pqRCeGJz">When I See You Smile &#8211; Bic Runga</a><br />
* Prom: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH78E_xstdI">Enter Sandman &#8211; Apocalyptica</a> (hein?)<br />
* Life: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qpI9nvJnJo">Like a Stone &#8211; Audioslave</a><br />
* Mental Breakdown: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL5TVzkWPts">Noite de São João &#8211; Vitor Ramil</a><br />
* Driving: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV4vAtPn5-Q">Cálice &#8211; Chico Buarque</a><br />
* Flashback: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvC-3Jlb54s">Dukes of Hazzard &#8211; Less than Jake</a><br />
* Getting Back Together: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cmi2n5EUVY">I Want to Be Wrong &#8211; No Use for a Name</a> (hnnn???)<br />
* Wedding: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqdD4_Vhjrs">Crazy for You &#8211; Madonna</a> (diva!)<br />
* Birth of Child: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlGztHbDspg">Self Esteem &#8211; The Offspring</a><br />
* Final Battle: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgedocNHQco">Hump&#8217;em n&#8217;Dump&#8217;em &#8211; Wheatus</a><br />
* Death Scene: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLgQpjfedCU">Something to Say &#8211; Kane</a><br />
* Funeral Song: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTCYQiVc9Bs">Same Old Inocence &#8211; Architecture in Helsinki</a><br />
* End Credits: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IqpaLPIqTA">Un Amor &#8211; Gipsy Kings</a> (I can imagine an ending scene a la Kill Bill right now)</p>
<p>The End. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/79/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/79/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/79/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/79/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/79/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/79/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/79/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/79/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/79/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/79/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com&blog=3904479&post=79&subd=hobbitatrivendell&ref=&feed=1" /></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/procrastinating/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/dc7420147c44849ab4e7258e26ef872a?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Caroles</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>500 days of Autumn</title>
		<link>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/500-days-of-autumn/</link>
		<comments>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/500-days-of-autumn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brainstorming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[movie]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/?p=71</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just ended up watching one of the best surprises, in my opinion, from this year. As the narrator says in the beginning of the movie, this is not a love story. Not the typical Hollywood lonely-but-strong-girl-finds-ass-but-lovely-hunk, but it is a story about a guy, who lives a really ordinary life, alone, and has a job [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com&blog=3904479&post=71&subd=hobbitatrivendell&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-72" title="500DaysPoster" src="http://hobbitatrivendell.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/500daysposter.jpg?w=194&#038;h=300" alt="500DaysPoster" width="194" height="300" />Just ended up watching one of the best surprises, in my opinion, from this year. As the narrator says in the beginning of the movie, this is not a love story. Not the typical Hollywood lonely-but-strong-girl-finds-ass-but-lovely-hunk, but it is a story about a guy, who lives a really ordinary life, alone, and has a job just because he needs it, who meets a girl. A girl that doesn&#8217;t believe in love. And he falls in love. And the story is about the days he spend with her, since they met.</p>
<p>And she didn&#8217;t want a commitment, a relationship. And then it makes me think how true is it nowadays. You just cover yourself with lots of walls and barriers (and excuses), you don&#8217;t permit yourself to believe in love and faith. Maybe because you got hurt before, or maybe because you saw your family fall apart because your parents, your role models, they didn&#8217;t love each other anymore.</p>
<p>And what rests for the other part? The person can agree, believing that he/she can block him/herself of falling in love for the other person. This can happen, of course, but what if it doesn&#8217;t? That silly gesture of the person smiling at you, telling you how beautiful and sweet you are. And, as Gaiman said in The Sandman, <em>your life isn&#8217;t your own anymore</em>. You just gave the other person a piece of you. An unwanted piece. But it is there, on your hand, and you cannot just put it back, it sticks on your hand, and you keep waving the hand with a piece of you stuck on it, hoping that the other person will notice it. But you made an agreement, you said that you wouldn&#8217;t fall in love with the person, and everything you can do is struggle and try to hide your feelings. You try to hide your hand.</p>
<p>And then you get into a limbo where you don&#8217;t know how to act anymore. You just seem to be closer and closer from the other person, but you cannot say how much you like him or how much you wanted for this to work out. And then you are doomed. Someday, he will just walk away from you, leaving you in the darkness with the piece still stuck on your hand. And this piece will remain a little bit more there. Until the next season comes&#8230;</p>
<p><em>P.S.: I recomend the movie soundtrack. It is lovely. And I loved the IKEA scene. Just loved it.</em></p>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/71/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/71/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/71/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/71/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/71/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/71/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/71/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/71/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/71/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/71/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com&blog=3904479&post=71&subd=hobbitatrivendell&ref=&feed=1" /></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/500-days-of-autumn/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/dc7420147c44849ab4e7258e26ef872a?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Caroles</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://hobbitatrivendell.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/500daysposter.jpg?w=194" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">500DaysPoster</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>One-man-state</title>
		<link>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/one-man-state/</link>
		<comments>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/one-man-state/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brainstorming]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/?p=55</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Driver: Are there still borders? More than ever! Every street has its borderline. Between each plot, there&#8217;s a strip of no-man&#8217;s-land disguised as a hedge or a ditch. Whoever dares, will fall into booby traps or be hit by laser rays. The trout are really torpedoes. Every home owner, or even every tenant nails his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com&blog=3904479&post=55&subd=hobbitatrivendell&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><blockquote><p><strong>Driver</strong>: Are there still borders? More than ever! Every street has its borderline. Between each plot, there&#8217;s a strip of no-man&#8217;s-land disguised as a hedge or a ditch. Whoever dares, will fall into booby traps or be hit by laser rays. The trout are really torpedoes. Every home owner, or even every tenant nails his name plate on the door, like a coat of arms and studies the morning paper as if he were a world leader. Germany has crumbled into as many small states as there are individuals. And these small states are mobile. Everyone carries his own state with him, and demands a toll when another wants to enter. A fly caught in amber, or a leather bottle. So much for the border. But one can only enter each state with a password. The German soul of today can only be conquered and governed by one who arrives at each small state with the password. Fortunately, no one is currently in a position to do this. So&#8230; everyone migrates, and waves his one-man-state flag in all earthly directions. Their children already shake their rattles and drag their filth around them in circles.</p>
<p style="text-align:right;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093191/">Der Himmel über Berlin, a film by Wim Wenders</a>.</p>
</blockquote>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-60" title="himmel" src="http://hobbitatrivendell.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/himmel.jpg?w=300&#038;h=168" alt="himmel" width="300" height="168" /></p>
<p>Borderlines, limits, big walls, whatever they are called. Some are thicker, others are so thin that can be tore down with a simple blow. And they are there, to protect something. To protect themselves from the others, or to protect the others from themselves?</p>
<p>And what about passwords? What is the code to get to know someone, to just trespass the barriers of each person? Is it a smile, some dumb action, or you have to read the whole &#8220;War and Peace&#8221; from Tolstoy? Sometimes I feel that there are more than one or two passwords, there&#8217;s a whole spaghetti with puzzles and passwords that you have to resolve just to get closer someone. And sometimes, even when you try really hard, you are still in the surface.</p>
<p><em>P.S.: I&#8217;m not talking about Germany. I just thought it would fit with the all modern society situation we live. I live in a one-man-state, and I think that there are more people who also do. </em></p>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/55/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/55/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/55/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/55/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/55/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/55/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/55/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/55/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/55/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/55/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com&blog=3904479&post=55&subd=hobbitatrivendell&ref=&feed=1" /></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/one-man-state/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/dc7420147c44849ab4e7258e26ef872a?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Caroles</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://hobbitatrivendell.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/himmel.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">himmel</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>&#8220;Life should have a soundtrack&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/life-should-have-a-soundtrack/</link>
		<comments>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/life-should-have-a-soundtrack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Música]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brainstorming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/?p=48</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Life should have a soundtrack&#8221; was the name of a community in some social network that I participate. And to a music addicted like me, it isn&#8217;t different. Many moments of my  life, since I was a kid, are associated to some songs. I can remember clearly when I was a five-years-old girl and discovered In [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com&blog=3904479&post=48&subd=hobbitatrivendell&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>&#8220;<em>Life should have a soundtrack</em>&#8221; was the name of a community in some social network that I participate. And to a music addicted like me, it isn&#8217;t different. Many moments of my  life, since I was a kid, are associated to some songs. I can remember clearly when I was a five-years-old girl and discovered <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU3uImn45D0">In Between Days</a> from The Cure when looking at my aunt&#8217;s old records. The lyrics didn&#8217;t make any sense to me, but I loved how the rhythm was fun and made me want to dance. The same happened to lots of songs of <a href="http://ckuik.com/Legi%C3%A3o_Urbana">Legião Urbana</a>, a really famous Brazilian band. Most of my childhood musical experience was because of my older sister.</p>
<p>And it was not different when I was a teenager. This phase is already known as a phase that people tend to exaggerate a lot, so you can imagine how it was for me, an admitted drama queen. Lots of Bon Jovi and Roxette played at my CD-player, as well as Green Day, The Offspring and Blink-182, when I was in a more rebel <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">without a case</span> phase.</p>
<div id="attachment_49" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-49" title="roxette-it-must-have-been-love" src="http://hobbitatrivendell.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/roxette-it-must-have-been-love.jpg?w=300&#038;h=247" alt="Roxette" width="300" height="247" /><p class="wp-caption-text">&quot;It must have been love&quot; and &quot;Listen to your heart&quot; where my favorites to the platonic and dramatic loves that I had! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' />  </p></div>
<p>The thing is: for me, a song must have good lyrics. They must transmit some emotion when you listen to it. I don&#8217;t actually care if the musical arrangement is poor or something like this (or the song is really sticky), as long as it brings me good or bad feelings. And there are lots of reaaaaaally beautiful songs that I would love to have some memory associated with. But they don&#8217;t. Those are my orphan songs. The orphan songs have the most beautiful lyrics, which would be perfectly fit for that sunny Sunday with someone special. Or just a funny Saturday evening with your friends.</p>
<p>They are there, waiting to be adopted. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><em>P.S.: I just wrote this whole thing because I was listening to this beautiful song of Bright Eyes, called &#8220;First Day of My Life&#8221; and discussing with a friend how beautiful the video clip was. No &#8220;thinly veiled subtleness&#8221; intended. </em></p>
<p><span style="text-align:center; display: block;"><a href="http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/life-should-have-a-soundtrack/"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/zwFS69nA-1w/2.jpg" alt="" /></a></span></p>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/48/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/48/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/48/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/48/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/48/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/48/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/48/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/48/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/48/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/48/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com&blog=3904479&post=48&subd=hobbitatrivendell&ref=&feed=1" /></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/life-should-have-a-soundtrack/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/dc7420147c44849ab4e7258e26ef872a?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Caroles</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://hobbitatrivendell.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/roxette-it-must-have-been-love.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">roxette-it-must-have-been-love</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/zwFS69nA-1w/2.jpg" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>15 again</title>
		<link>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/15-again/</link>
		<comments>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/15-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brainstorming]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/?p=46</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The palm of your hands are sweating, your heart is beating so hard and quickly that you&#8217;re afraid that someone besides you can hear it. You breath in deeply and try to think about something nice and clever to say, but you totally forget that your brain took the first ticket to Tanzania and all [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com&blog=3904479&post=46&subd=hobbitatrivendell&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>The palm of your hands are sweating, your heart is beating so hard and quickly that you&#8217;re afraid that someone besides you can hear it. You breath in deeply and try to think about something nice and clever to say, but you totally forget that your brain took the first ticket to Tanzania and all you get is a blank thought.</p>
<p>You _are_ shaking. You wonder if he will ever notice you if you pass in front of him. You wonder about lot of things. You wonder if you have something that can actually attract his attention. You just lose all your self-confidence that you thought that you had when you see him. &#8220;There, it&#8217;s not that difficult to change a few words.&#8221; You can&#8217;t even speak three simple words in that weird language of him. Not without gagging.</p>
<p>You feel like 15 again.</p>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/46/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/46/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/46/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/46/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/46/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/46/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/46/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/46/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/46/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/46/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com&blog=3904479&post=46&subd=hobbitatrivendell&ref=&feed=1" /></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/15-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/dc7420147c44849ab4e7258e26ef872a?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Caroles</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Some comments about elections at Germany</title>
		<link>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/some-comments-about-elections-at-germany/</link>
		<comments>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/some-comments-about-elections-at-germany/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Germany]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/?p=39</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On 27th September the people of Germany will be choosing who will compose the federal parliament. It&#8217;s the 17th election since 1871, as Wikipedia says.  There are lots of posters all around the city with some acronyms that would sound pretty funny in Portuguese as, for example, FDP, which means &#8220;Freie Demokratische Partei&#8221; (Free Democratic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com&blog=3904479&post=39&subd=hobbitatrivendell&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>On 27th September the people of Germany will be choosing who will compose the federal parliament. It&#8217;s the 17th election since 1871, as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_federal_election,_2009">Wikipedia</a> says.  There are lots of posters all around the city with some acronyms that would sound pretty funny in Portuguese as, for example, FDP, which means &#8220;Freie Demokratische Partei&#8221; (Free Democratic Party), but in Portuguese is an acronym to &#8220;Filho da Puta&#8221; (Son of a Bitch). You can also find people making campaign for small parties like the Pirate Party (Piraten Partei) <a href="http://twitpic.com/iuzpy">at the middle of downtown in the evening</a>.</p>
<p>As a foreigner who used to live in a country that political campaign means garbage everywhere, the impression I have is: people here are so organized. On Saturdays, when I go to downtown, I can see tiny tents lined up side by side, each with a party symbol, people with T-Shirts, discussing about proposals and ideals. It&#8217;s not intrusive like in Brazil. In Brazil you can find lots and lots of tiny papers with the candidate photos dancing in the streets, which will of course end in some manhole and take the place where the water from the rain should go. Or maybe that noisy truck with some little devil pictures painted on that plays some soccer team hymn and makes campaign for some tires store owner.</p>
<p>Even the protests, they are organized. You can see lots of material at Internet too. They even have an <a href="http://www.wahl-o-mat.de/bundestagswahl2009/main_app.php">Internet test or so</a> that you can decide on which party to vote after saying if you agree or not with some topics.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not much into politics, I&#8217;ve never been. All I can affirm is that communism in China isn&#8217;t something beautiful as some lunatics say. But I would like to understand more about how the government here in Germany works. I have a feeling that things can actually work here. Just a feeling.</p>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/39/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/39/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/39/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/39/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/39/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/39/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/39/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/39/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/39/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/39/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com&blog=3904479&post=39&subd=hobbitatrivendell&ref=&feed=1" /></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/some-comments-about-elections-at-germany/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/dc7420147c44849ab4e7258e26ef872a?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Caroles</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>New ideas for this blog: maybe a new direction?</title>
		<link>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/new-ideas-for-this-blog-maybe-a-new-direction/</link>
		<comments>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/new-ideas-for-this-blog-maybe-a-new-direction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Música]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/?p=34</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, I know I should be posting more from my life here in Germany. I actually LOST the timing when the things were actually new and I was fascinated about how living abroad can be cool. I must confess that I still am fascinated for many aspects of living here, but it would take a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com&blog=3904479&post=34&subd=hobbitatrivendell&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>Ok, I know I should be posting more from my life here in Germany. I actually LOST the timing when the things were actually new and I was fascinated about how living abroad can be cool. I must confess that I still am fascinated for many aspects of living here, but it would take a little longer to write about it.</p>
<p>I was thinking about three main points. The first point is, as I&#8217;m <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">pretending to speak</span> speaking more German than English, my written and spoken English is worsening. I should write more, so I can exercise this sleeping part of my brain. The second point is that I spend most of my day in front of a computer and in consequence listening to music. I try to be up to date with what&#8217;s happening on the music scenario, but as I am busy with other activities, I got a little bit lost on what&#8217;s going on. I used to read blogs that bring new stuff everyday, but they&#8217;re now just accumulating unread feeds at my Google Reader. And I love music. Really.</p>
<p>The third point is that I miss writing. I&#8217;m not a good writer, not at all, but writing always kept the good ideas in my head and let me evolve them.  So I was thinking about joining those three points and <strong>try</strong> to write about new things that I hear or discover. Of course, I will try to come back with the original subject of this blog, which is life in Germany and my travels around Europe, but I thought about starting to write about one of my biggest passions: music. And maybe some other little things too. Not personal stuff. My dear diary bla bla bla will be in the same place as always: <a href="http://cchiao.livejournal.com/">here</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/cchiao">here</a>.</p>
<p>So, what do you think? Does anybody read this blog <em>at all</em>????</p>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/34/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/34/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/34/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/34/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/34/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/34/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/34/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/34/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/34/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/34/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com&blog=3904479&post=34&subd=hobbitatrivendell&ref=&feed=1" /></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/new-ideas-for-this-blog-maybe-a-new-direction/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/dc7420147c44849ab4e7258e26ef872a?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Caroles</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Shows da minha vida</title>
		<link>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/shows-da-minha-vida/</link>
		<comments>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/shows-da-minha-vida/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Música]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[O que eu fiz aqui na Alemanha]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/?p=26</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Coff, coff. Pó! Muito pó!
Aliás, gostaria de deixar registrado como tem pó aqui na Alemanha. A vassoura tem que agir pelo menos uma vez por semana, e mesmo assim é pouco. Por isso comprei um aspirador de pó.
Há dois dias de ir no show de uma das bandas que marcou minha aborrescência de drama queen, resolvi [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com&blog=3904479&post=26&subd=hobbitatrivendell&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>Coff, coff. Pó! Muito pó!</p>
<p><span style="color:#999999;">Aliás, gostaria de deixar registrado como tem pó aqui na Alemanha. A vassoura tem que agir pelo menos uma vez por semana, e mesmo assim é pouco. Por isso comprei um aspirador de pó.</span></p>
<p>Há dois dias de ir no show de uma das bandas que marcou minha aborrescência <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">de drama queen</span>, resolvi postar algo sobre os shows que já fui nesta estadia de 9 meses na terra das batatas.</p>
<p><em><strong>Vienna Teng</strong></em></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-27" title="vienna-teng" src="http://hobbitatrivendell.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/vienna-teng.jpg?w=254&#038;h=300" alt="vienna-teng" width="254" height="300" /></p>
<p>Ainda em Mannheim, eu acidentalmente descobri o show de uma artista que eu mal conhecia. Havia <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">baixado</span> ouvido um álbum chamado <em>Dreaming Through the Noise</em>, de uma tal de Vienna Teng. Lembro que quando ouvi, a voz e a melodia das canções me chamaram bastante a atenção, mas como eu ando sendo uma ouvinte de música desatenciosa (shame on me), aquilo não me marcou. Eis então, que esse nome, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/viennateng" target="_blank">Vienna Teng</a>, surge no calendário de eventos do <a href="http://last.fm" target="_blank">last.fm</a>. O show iria acontecer em Mannheim, no <a href="http://www.altefeuerwache.com/" target="_blank">Alter Feuerwache</a>, que é o antigo prédio dos bombeiros de Mannheim, agora transformado em uma casa de shows. O ingresso custava 16 euros e era o que eu podia pagar na época, pois estava ainda em curso de alemão e não estava recebendo a bolsa integral. E lá foi a moça, no primeiro show dela na Alemanha. E não se arrependeu. O show ficou para a história na memória da mocinha. A banda (Alex Wong, particularmente) arrasa no palco. A cantora é extremamente carismática e tem uma voz linda. Algumas das músicas que ela tocou no show ficarão sempre na minha memória.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Sail your sea, meet your storm. All I want is to be your harbour.&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em><strong>Snow Patrol &#8211; O show no meio da &#8220;floresta&#8221;</strong></em></p>
<p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-29" title="DSC05780" src="http://hobbitatrivendell.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/dsc057801.jpg?w=300&#038;h=199" alt="DSC05780" width="300" height="199" />Há quem torça o nariz para o <a href="http://www.myspace.com/snowpatrol" target="_blank">Snow Patrol</a>. Eu admito, eles estão fazendo um sonzinho bem malzomenos desde <em>Eyes Open (2006)</em>, mas foi uma banda que marcou bastante minha transição faculdade/vida real. Era basicamente o que eu escutava enquanto eu trabalhava na iProcess.  E mais uma vez, o last.fm me contou que eles estariam fazendo um show em Karlsruhe. E de grátis! Nem pensei duas vezes quando me inscrevi no site do <a href="http://www.t-mobile-streetgigs.de/" target="_blank">patrocinador</a>. Claro, com minha usual falta de sorte, a chance de eu ganhar os ingressos era raríssima. Nem dei muita bola. Mas eis que eu recebo um SMS dizendo que havia ganhado dois ingressos! A felicidade foi tanta que eu nem pensei como que eu ia sair pra Karlsruhe e voltar no meio da semana. (Pra quem não sabe, Karlsruhe fica a uns 150km daqui. E eu não tenho carro). E aí a besta aqui saiu desembestada pra estação de trem no dia do show. Afinal, eu ia ver Snow Patrol ao vivo! Banda que marcou uma fase da minha vida! E não me arrependi de ter ficado das 2:40 da madrugada até às 6:00 na estação de Stuttgart. Foi um show que definitvamente marcou minha vida. Ouvir eles cantando <em>Run</em>,<em> Chocolate</em> and <em>How to Be Dead</em> ao vivo, foi imperdível. E eu era a única retardada que sabia quase todas as músicas de cor.  E além disso, Gary Lightbody é muito engraçado.</p>
<p>&#8211;</p>
<p>E sim, eu fui só em todos esses shows e vou continuar indo nos seguintes também. A grande moral é não dar bola se as pessoas não têm o mesmo gosto musical que você. Pelo menos você não vai perder esse momento único que é ver o seu artista favorito tocando as músicas que marcaram a sua vida de alguma maneira. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>E agora? O que vem?</p>
<ul>
<li>02/09/2009 &#8211; The Hooters, Ulm</li>
<li>27/08/2009 &#8211; The Get Up Kids, München</li>
<li>30/10/2009 &#8211; Trespassers William, Offenbach am Main</li>
<li>03/11/2009 &#8211; Green Day, München</li>
</ul>
<p>And more to come&#8230; <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/26/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/26/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/26/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/26/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/26/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/26/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/26/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/26/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/26/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/26/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com&blog=3904479&post=26&subd=hobbitatrivendell&ref=&feed=1" /></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/shows-da-minha-vida/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/dc7420147c44849ab4e7258e26ef872a?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Caroles</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://hobbitatrivendell.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/vienna-teng.jpg?w=254" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">vienna-teng</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://hobbitatrivendell.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/dsc057801.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">DSC05780</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Notícias de Valfenda &#8212; A Saga da Sino-Brasileira em Terras Germânicas</title>
		<link>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/noticias-de-valfenda-a-saga-da-sino-brasileira-em-terras-germanicas/</link>
		<comments>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/noticias-de-valfenda-a-saga-da-sino-brasileira-em-terras-germanicas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deutschland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mannheim]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/?p=20</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Long time no see. No fim acabei vindo para cá só agora, e não em outubro como havia previsto. Percalços do monstrado. Bom, vamos ao que interessa.
&#8211;
Parte I &#8211; Despedida-surpresa no Mulligan&#8217;s
Era quarta-feira (ou quinta? Não sei bem o dia da semana), e a Millu (ou Pri) me convidou para sair e conversar, afinal eu [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com&blog=3904479&post=20&subd=hobbitatrivendell&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>Long time no see. No fim acabei vindo para cá só agora, e não em outubro como havia previsto. Percalços do monstrado. Bom, vamos ao que interessa.</p>
<p>&#8211;</p>
<p><strong>Parte I &#8211; Despedida-surpresa no Mulligan&#8217;s</strong></p>
<p>Era quarta-feira (ou quinta? Não sei bem o dia da semana), e a Millu (ou Pri) me convidou para sair e conversar, afinal eu tinha coisas para retornar a ela e ela queria me ver antes de dar tchau no aeroporto. Era <span id="more-20"></span>domingo e eu estava bem faceira na casa do Renato quando ela vem falar comigo pelo gTalk e pergunta se está tudo ok para o nosso encontro. E eu penso &#8220;Que encontro? Ai, caramba, esqueci.&#8221;. Na hora eu nem estava com muita vontade de ir. Tinha alguns trechos da dissertação que ainda estavam pendentes, mas era a última vez que eu ia poder conversar direito com ela, então decidi ir. Antes disso, eu e o Renato fomos à casa do chefe dele, e acabamos nos demorando por lá. Eram quase 21h quando chegamos no Mulligan&#8217;s. E eis que eu encontro aquele povo todo gritando &#8220;Surpresa!!!&#8221;. Foi comovente. Me segurei pra não desabar na hora, mas obviamente, quando vi a Lu chorando, eu comecei a chorar também. Foi um gesto muito carinhoso, muito querido de todos. Obrigada a todos que foram. Pri, eu quero as fotos em formato digital.</p>
<p>&#8211;</p>
<p><strong>Parte II &#8211; Despedida no Aeroporto</strong></p>
<p>Era sexta-feira, chegada a hora de partir. Procurei durante o tempo todo que arrumava as malas e ia me desfazendo aos poucos, não pensar muito em como seria estar sozinha num lugar estranho, com pessoas que não falam a minha língua. Toda vez que batia um nervoso, eu pensava &#8220;Deixa para pensar nisso quando tu já estiveres por lá. Aí não dá mais pra correr&#8221;. Cortar o cordão umbilical foi soda. Dar tchau para o meu irmão e meus sobrinhos no dia anterior me deixaram bem abalada. Quando dei um abraço no Leo, meu sobrinho, a ficha caiu: é amanhã.</p>
<p>E lá estava eu, tentando lembrar as últimas coisas que precisava colocar na mala &#8211; e eu invariavelmente esqueci algumas coisas. O pai não pôde me levar no aeroporto, pois é época de pagamento de 13º e ele tinha que estar na fábrica. Me despedir do pai foi difícil. Primeiro cordão umbilical cortado.</p>
<p>Eram 11h, o Renato chegou para me levar ao aeroporto. Era hora de ir. Fechar as malas, conferir tudo: documentos, dinheiro, passaporte. Vi a porta de casa se fechar e bateu um frio na barriga. Cortar o cordão umbilical era mais difícil do que eu imaginava.</p>
<p>Chegando no aeroporto, vi <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/cchiao/VaiPamonhaDespedidaAeroporto#">rostos amigos</a>, estavam todos lá. Eu não tinha fome, mas fomos todos almoçar. Minha mãe estava firme, nem parecia ela, tão emotiva. Ela só dizia: &#8220;Não chora, não chora porque não é para estar triste. Tu vais estar realizando o teu sonho, então fica firme.&#8221; E eu me segurava.</p>
<p>14:20, hora de embarcar. Abraços finais. Lágrimas. Cortar o cordão umbilical é dose, eu já disse isso? Mais difícil ainda é se separar de quem se está acostumado a ver todos os dias. Renato, obrigada por tudo. Tenho saudades. Ganhei um presente do pessoal, que é lindo e muito querido. Obrigada a todos, e principalmente à Millu e à Lu que se deram ao trabalho de juntar o pessoal e juntar tudo. Amo vocês.</p>
<p>&#8211;</p>
<p><strong>Parte III &#8211; Voando com Portugueses</strong></p>
<p>Vôo até São Paulo pela TAM foi bem tranqüilo, peguei a conexão para Lisboa pela TAP na hora. Bom, graças ao Kassick, que me convenceu a comprar aquela almofadinha para pescoço, eu não tive torcicolos. Em compensação minha bunda nunca esteve tão quadrada. Apesar do aperto, o vôo da TAP foi bem tranqüilo, assisti &#8220;<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1033643/">What Happens in Vegas</a>&#8221; e &#8220;<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404254/">My Sassy Girl</a>&#8220;, filme de mulherzinha, mas eu estava no clima pra chorar, então, vamos enfiar o pé na jaca. A comida do vôo era boazinha, até. De janta tivemos frango a xadrez e arroz com cebolinha. E de sobremesa tinha tortinha de limão. Nada como a comidinha da mamãe, mas, opa, estamos cortando o cordão umbilical. Quando o avião pousou, os portugueses bateram palma. Alguns não todos, mas foi bem engraçado. Aliás, todo homem português tem monocelha? E mulheres têm bigode?</p>
<p>Chegando em Lisboa pelas 7h50min da manhã, tive que passar pela imigração. Minha conexão para Frankfurt saía às 8h40min, então a funcionária da TAP me alocou na fila prioritária. A fila prioritária de prioritária não tinha nada. Acho que fiquei 1 hora de pé e a fila empacada. Obviamente, se fue meu vôo e eu fiquei. Hora de remarcar a passagem. Cheguei no guichê, minhas costas doíam, minhas pernas doíam, eu estava podre, não tinha dormido direito desde sexta-feira de madrugada, e o vôo que me alocaram saía 12h20min. Eram recém 9h15min. Me fudi. Resolvi ligar para o Ricardo. Sem moedas. Troca dinheiro, pega moeda, lê as instruções do telefone. Bota moeda, empurra negocinho&#8230; Mas e cadê o &#8216;tchin&#8217; que faz que a moeda tá caindo? Pqp, devolve minha moeda. Maior mico, ever. E lá ficou o telefone com minha monedinha de 1 euro trancada. Perdi o dinheiro.</p>
<p>Usei o cartão de crédito mesmo pra ligar pro Ricardo e pro Renato. Estou bem. Cansada, mas bem. Na sala de embarque, dormi sentada mesmo. Não podia fazer nada, não podia entrar nas lojas porque algo na minha bagagem de mão disparava os alarmes. Então é hora de sentar no banquinho e <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/cchiao/BoredAtLisbon#">botar os pés para cima</a>. E esperar.</p>
<p>Vôo da Lufthansa, saiu no horário, desceu no horário. Cheguei às&#8230; Nem lembro que horas. Estava tão grogue que nem me atinei de checar que horas eram. Hora de resgatar as malas&#8230; &#8220;Esteira 4&#8243;, disse o funcionário do aeroporto. E lá fui eu, com o carrinho, esperar as minhas benditas malas chegarem. Mas&#8230; Veja só! Elas não chegaram, como eu previ. Hora de ir no guichê da Lufthansa e pedir pelas minhas malas e rezar para que encontrassem. Obviamente não encontraram e me deram um kitzinho de sobrevivência. Que aliás, foi minha salvação.</p>
<p>Encontrei o Ric no saguão do aeroporto e fomos de <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/ricardo.wickert/FrankfurtMannheim02#5274510006254043778">T5</a> para Mannheim. Bem, o conceito é o mesmo, não? <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/ricardo.wickert/FrankfurtMannheim02#5274508096993317842">Mercedes</a> com motorista. Pegamos a autobahn e fomos. Primeira vez numa autobahn com uma Mercedes C-180 Kompressor a gente nunca esquece. Os primeiros 200km/h também não. Ser ultrapassada por Porsches, também não.</p>
<p>&#8211;</p>
<p><strong>Parte IV &#8211; Chegada em Mannheim</strong></p>
<p>Chegamos em Mannheim, liguei para o Zivi, que é uma espécie de zelador da casa de estudante. O nome do menino que me atendeu é Philip. Logo eu liguei, ele chegou e me entregou a chave do que vai ser o meu quarto para os próximos 4 meses. Estou no meu quarto, Raum 501, no prédio 5. É um quarto simplinho, porém bem espaçoso para uma pessoa só.  O quarto, além da cama de solteiro, tem uma escrivaninha, um pequeno armário, uma estante, um criado-mudo e três cadeiras. Ah, e tem uma pia, também. Essa está com problemas e não pára de pingar.</p>
<p>São 3 prédios e cada prédio tem 6 andares + porão. Cada andar, com exceção do 6º que tem 6 dormitórios, tem 10 dormitórios, uma cozinha compartilhada e uma casinha e um box para cada 5 apartamentos. O box, ao invés de chuveirão, tem um chuveirinho. Meio esquisito, mas acho que dá para se acostumar. Se eu tomei banho bêbada nele, acho que não tem muito galho. Na frente do prédio tem um bar, mas ainda não fui lá. A calefação é muito boa, chegando em casa dá pra andar de camiseta de manga curta. Aos poucos vou conhecendo os moradores. Ontem de noite chegaram mais dois bolsistas do DAAD.</p>
<p>Bom, chegamos aqui, me instalei, larguei o que havia restado das minhas malas, e fomos atrás do hostel do Ric. Pegamos o Strassebahn, que é um trem que passa bem pertinho daqui e fomos tentar achar o hostel do Ricardo. Depois que o Ricardo fez check-in, fomos dar uma caminhada. Primeira constatação: quanta sexshop. Fomos na Weinachtsmarkt e tomamos um &#8220;quentão&#8221; (Gluwein) em canequinhas em formato de botinhas de natal. A feira estava bem movimentada. Já haviam me avisado de que os alemães levam bem a sério o espírito natalino. É o primeiro Natal que vou passar com frio. Esquisito.</p>
<p>Depois disso fomos no El Diablo comer nachos rancheros e tomar CERVEJA! \o/ Algumas cervejinhas depois e colocar as conversas em dia, retornei para casa e, depois de um looooooongo dia, tomei o primeiro banho (no chuveirinho) e dormi.</p>
<p>Acordei domingo às 7h30 da madrugada, morrendo de dor de cabeça (não sei se é do pescoço ou se é da cerveja. Vou acreditar que é da cerveja.) e me vesti para ir procurar algo para comer. Aqui o comércio todo fecha aos domingos, com exceção de uma que outra farmácia, as lojinhas da estação e lojinhas de conveniência de postos de gasolina. Fui na lojinha de conveniência que é bem pertinho daqui e comprei água mineral, pães fresquinhos e frios. Às vezes arrisco um alemão, principalmente pra pedir comida, mas ainda me sinto bem perdida. Não consigo entender o que as pessoas falam na rua. As pessoas aqui do Goethe falam em alemão comigo e eu tento responder, mas travo completamente. Vou ter que soltar esta trava.</p>
<p>Quando pensei em voltar a dormir (modo fuso-horário, eram 5h da madrugada para mim!), mas logo que eu consegui pegar no sono, o Ricardo chegou. Lemos um pouco o jornal, quer dizer, eu fiquei só olhando <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/ricardo.wickert/FrankfurtMannheim02#5274508829101257538">as figurinhas dos encartes (bugigaaaaaangas)</a> e aí saímos para dar uma pernada por aí. Estava chuviscando, logo, por estar mais úmido, parecia mais frio do que normalmente. Chegamos na parada, e eu mal sentei e cochilei. Oh, maldito fuso! Entrei no trem e disse pro Ric: &#8220;se tu não te importas, vou dormir.&#8221; E ele ficou de me acordar assim que chegássemos no destino. Chegando lá, todas as lojas estavam fechadas e somente algumas coffee shops abertas. <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/cchiao/MannheimDeutschland#5274522609099785586">STARBUCKS!</a> Minha primeira vez foi inesquecível. Tomei um <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/ricardo.wickert/FrankfurtMannheim02#5274509109573321378">Caramel Macchiato</a>. Delicioso! Depois saímos para passear e conhecer alguns monumentos, como o Barokschloss, que é um castelo gigante muito bonito. Demos mais umas voltas e fomos pra estação comer alguma coisa. Comprei luvinhas (EÊÊÊÊ) e meias (ÊÊÊÊÊ!) e comemos um Fish &amp; Chips com bastante molho Remoulade. Tomamos um café e retornamos para cá. Ric foi embora logo em seguida, mas ele deixou eu andar até a ponta com o mercedão.</p>
<p>Voltei pra casa, arrumei o que restavam das minhas coisas, arranjei uma internet provisória, comprei minha janta e logo o Ric me contatou por gTalk para avisar que acharam minhas malas. Fiquei tão feliz. Elas chegaram pelas 22h. Agora sim, posso chamar isso de minha casa. Minhas coisas. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  Ah, sim, ganhei duas garrafas de uma cerveja com cachaça do Philip. Ainda não provei, mas ele diz que é bem &#8220;brasileiro&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8211;</p>
<p><strong>Parte V &#8211; A saga continua</strong></p>
<p>Bom, e cá estou, escrevendo. Hoje é segunda-feira, são 11h45min. Fui de manhã cedo até o Goethe Institut, fiz meu teste de nivelamento, recebi algumas instruções e agora devo ir ao mercado fazer umas compras.</p>
<p>Bis bald!</p>
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/20/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/20/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/20/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/20/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/20/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/20/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/20/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/20/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/20/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/20/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com&blog=3904479&post=20&subd=hobbitatrivendell&ref=&feed=1" /></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/noticias-de-valfenda-a-saga-da-sino-brasileira-em-terras-germanicas/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/dc7420147c44849ab4e7258e26ef872a?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Caroles</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Checklist</title>
		<link>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/checklist/</link>
		<comments>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/checklist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ansiedade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viagem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/?p=17</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Passaporte
Assinar termos e enviar pro DAAD do Rio
Fotos para o visto
Entrar com o pedido de visto
Decidir quando ir
Reservar passagens
Reservar hostel pros dias anteriores ao curso
Comprar uma mala grande
Fazer checklist do que levar
Fazer uma lista do que vender e publicar na internet
Marcar exame médico
Fazer o exame médico
Pesquisar sobre a cidade
Planejar festa de despedida extra-oficial
Planejar festa de [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com&blog=3904479&post=17&subd=hobbitatrivendell&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><ul>
<li><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">Passaporte</span></li>
<li><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">Assinar termos e enviar pro DAAD do Rio</span></li>
<li>Fotos para o visto</li>
<li>Entrar com o pedido de visto</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">Decidir quando ir</span></li>
<li><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">Reservar passagens</span></li>
<li><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">Reservar hostel pros dias anteriores ao curso</span></li>
<li>Comprar uma mala grande</li>
<li>Fazer checklist do que levar</li>
<li>Fazer uma lista do que vender e publicar na internet</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">Marcar exame médico</span></li>
<li>Fazer o exame médico</li>
<li>Pesquisar sobre a cidade</li>
<li>Planejar festa de despedida extra-oficial</li>
<li>Planejar festa de despedida oficial</li>
<li><strong>Escrever a dissertação (parto de burra é pouco)</strong></li>
</ul>
<p>Countdown oficial: 57 dias, 1 hora, 10 minutos e 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, &#8230; segundos</p>
<img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/categories/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/17/" /> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/tags/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/17/" /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/17/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/17/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/17/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/17/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/17/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/17/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/17/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/17/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/17/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/17/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com&blog=3904479&post=17&subd=hobbitatrivendell&ref=&feed=1" /></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://hobbitatrivendell.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/checklist/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/dc7420147c44849ab4e7258e26ef872a?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Caroles</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>