<?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-7244330887446829217</id><updated>2011-04-21T19:55:50.070-07:00</updated><category term='De volta a Zion ...'/><category term='Rock Canyon'/><category term='Cortázar'/><category term='Me Talk Pretty'/><category term='Latest Adventures'/><category term='Instrucciones para subir una escalera'/><title type='text'>Leandro's Corner</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>LJ</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/TOm89Ik4KkI/AAAAAAAAAhU/UD8MyoJuDJE/S220/DSC_0253.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>16</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244330887446829217.post-6576655235326527281</id><published>2009-04-03T20:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-03T21:15:27.095-07:00</updated><title type='text'>It's Been a Year ...</title><content type='html'>It's  been a year since I've written in my blog. It's a shame that I have not made the time to update the blog. It's been an intense year. Since my last post much has happened. I had a tremendously busy summer, traveled to 10 different states in 10 consecutives weeks to coach volleyball. I had the opportunity to meet the most amazing folks and enjoyed the places I got to go. Going back to Maine was fantastic. Tall green trees and the humidity of the ocean alwasy remind me of Brazil, but perhaps the most beautiful place I got to go to was Truckee, CA. Loved it all. The forest, the lakes, and most definitely the people. Lake Tahoe is the place to go: clear fresh water that looks like the ocean.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Summer Olympics went great for the Brazilian girls. After the devasting loss to the Russians (or should I say Gamova) in the 2004 Athens Olympics, they came out strong in Beijing. The Brazilian girls led by Fofao, kicked everybody's butts and claimed the gold medal for the first time in the history of Brazil women's volleyball !!!!! I was in New York City that day, unable to watch the match, I kept on calling my parents in Brazil to keep myself updated on the match. And we won! Afterso much criticism and disbelief, Fofao lifted the trophy as tears rolled down the girls' faces. It felt like closure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The boys didn't do so well. I guess a silver medal isn't so bad. The problem is that they lost to the United States! Two volleyball powerhouses ... Better for the Americans on that day. Good to see my former coach Ryan Millar, but not so good see Giba struggling to make through his block. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I got back to Utah after camps and quit the BYU volleyball team. One the hardest things I've had to do in my life. Volleyball has been a major part of who I am now. Half of my life was spent in a volleyball court - jumping, hitting balls and forgetting about anything else. I was 12 when I started my volleyball career and 24 when I ended it. In 12 years, I did what I loved and poured my heart in every match I played. In these 12 years, I was told so many times I would never be a volleyball player. But I ignored that and pursued it. My short height didn't stop me from doing what I loved. I took my career to where I wanted to be --- got a college scholarship, moved the States, and changed my life. I made something out hardships. I shot for the stars, worked hard, learned the lessons life had to teach me. Volleyball opened up many doors and I was not afraid to go in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is a feel of accomplishment when I look back. Even though I decide to end my career before I was actually done with my elegibility, it felt like mission accomplished. I needed to step out of the volleyball court, watch volleyball from the sidelines and move on with my graduation plans, with my life.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7244330887446829217-6576655235326527281?l=leandroscorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/feeds/6576655235326527281/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7244330887446829217&amp;postID=6576655235326527281' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/6576655235326527281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/6576655235326527281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/2009/04/its-been-year.html' title='It&apos;s Been a Year ...'/><author><name>LJ</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/TOm89Ik4KkI/AAAAAAAAAhU/UD8MyoJuDJE/S220/DSC_0253.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244330887446829217.post-8642065326116740616</id><published>2008-04-27T16:05:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-29T20:12:42.798-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rock Canyon'/><title type='text'>Rock Canyon</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194805487622281506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SBeoEVb52SI/AAAAAAAAARg/CZZOsldv0ek/s400/CIMG2398.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Riana&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SBeq4Fb52WI/AAAAAAAAASA/-zaaWw754zQ/s1600-h/CIMG2340.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194808575703767394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SBeq4Fb52WI/AAAAAAAAASA/-zaaWw754zQ/s400/CIMG2340.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subindo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194805466147444994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SBeoDFb52QI/AAAAAAAAARQ/0Zhc8UZN_uA/s400/CIMG2368.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Não é tão difícil como aparenta.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SBepxlb52UI/AAAAAAAAARw/j6A9vvho5tY/s1600-h/CIMG2444.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194807364522989890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SBepxlb52UI/AAAAAAAAARw/j6A9vvho5tY/s400/CIMG2444.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; Um pulo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194808571408800082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SBeq31b52VI/AAAAAAAAAR4/GMbBQBjANVI/s400/CIMG2307.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Albus, o cão escalador.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SBen_1b52PI/AAAAAAAAARI/wSxlafL-jEE/s1600-h/CIMG2322.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194805410312870130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SBen_1b52PI/AAAAAAAAARI/wSxlafL-jEE/s400/CIMG2322.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;O cão e eu.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194807355933055282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SBepxFb52TI/AAAAAAAAARo/5Gufy3nUB3A/s400/CIMG2431.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Gio, Albus e Ri&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7244330887446829217-8642065326116740616?l=leandroscorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/feeds/8642065326116740616/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7244330887446829217&amp;postID=8642065326116740616' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/8642065326116740616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/8642065326116740616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/2008/04/rock-canyon.html' title='Rock Canyon'/><author><name>LJ</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/TOm89Ik4KkI/AAAAAAAAAhU/UD8MyoJuDJE/S220/DSC_0253.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SBeoEVb52SI/AAAAAAAAARg/CZZOsldv0ek/s72-c/CIMG2398.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244330887446829217.post-950181176479325917</id><published>2008-04-16T13:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-26T01:36:46.261-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cougars in Hawaii!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt; O'ahu&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SAkXu-h4RYI/AAAAAAAAAPA/den9lHeHDAU/s1600-h/CIMG1943.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190706141347726722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SAkXu-h4RYI/AAAAAAAAAPA/den9lHeHDAU/s400/CIMG1943.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Abril 1, Terça.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A antecipação para a viagem pro Havaí era grandes. E ao chegarmos ã ilha de O'ahu, todas as expectativas foram superadas. Clima em perfeita harmonia com as paisagens tropicais e o estilo de "Aloha" de vida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193465676869261490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SBLlhFb52LI/AAAAAAAAAQo/j9FVYEuZxwQ/s400/CIMG1966.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chegamos na terça-feira às 3 da tarde, fomos recebidos muito bem pelo verdadeiro espírito havaiano. Colares de flores no pescoço e com bastante ansiedade nos dirigimos para o hotel que ficava do outro lado rua da praia de Waikiki.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Treinos no fim de tarde, treino leve pra se aclimatar ao fuso horário e então de volta pro hotel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Abril 2, Quarta.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SBK9b1b52CI/AAAAAAAAAPg/u_NSYE9rUpM/s1600-h/CIMG2026.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193421606209837090" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SBK9b1b52CI/AAAAAAAAAPg/u_NSYE9rUpM/s200/CIMG2026.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SBK9E1b52BI/AAAAAAAAAPY/ZylfrlxASsE/s1600-h/CIMG1987.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193421211072845842" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SBK9E1b52BI/AAAAAAAAAPY/ZylfrlxASsE/s200/CIMG1987.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SBK8rVb52AI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/FF8FJjZrVQM/s1600-h/CIMG1989.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193420772986181634" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SBK8rVb52AI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/FF8FJjZrVQM/s200/CIMG1989.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No dia seguinte, tivemos toda a manhã e tarde para aproveitar a praia de Waikiki. Surfe pra alguns, banhos de mar e sol broanzendo a pálida desbotada pelo inverno crítico de Utah. Treino no fim de tarde no ginásio de Univerdade do Havaí. Um ginásio que lembra o Maracanãzinho, e dispõe de assentos para cerca de 15 mil pessoas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193464452803582114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SBLkZ1b52KI/AAAAAAAAAQg/Tc284ttxd8o/s400/CIMG2062.JPG" border="0" /&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Abril 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quinta-feira é dia de jogo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193454673163049010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SBLbglb52DI/AAAAAAAAAPo/CfrskGgHSvM/s400/CIMG2071.JPG" border="0" /&gt;  Aproveitamos a manhã na área comercial de Waikiki, região requintada pelas lojas de grifes como Gucci, Armani, Prada. Depois aproveitamos o resto da manhã e início de tarde em Waikiki Beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Às 4.30 começava a nossa preparação para o jogo contra UH (University of Hawaii), analizamos videos dos jogos do adversário e partimos pra briga.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193455476321933378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SBLcPVb52EI/AAAAAAAAAPw/vDcpJS9GZP4/s400/CIMG2076.JPG" border="0" /&gt; 3 X 1 Cougars!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Abril 4, Sexta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Waikiki ! Waikiki !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193469099958196418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SBLooVb52MI/AAAAAAAAAQw/bUOj6dR7pC0/s400/CIMG1986.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E mais uma vitória, desta vez em 3 à 0.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Depois do jogo e sem compromissos no dia seguinte, nos reunimos com alguns jogadores da Universidade do Hawaii. E caimos na badalada noite de Waikiki.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193456137746896978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SBLc11b52FI/AAAAAAAAAP4/uimzbq5vLF0/s400/CIMG2088.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A noite foi longa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Abril 4, Sábado&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"The day is all yours!"&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193457915863357554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SBLedVb52HI/AAAAAAAAAQI/3rAfHg5X1mM/s400/CIMG2134.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O dia mais inesquecível de toda a viagem. Os meus companheiros de time Jeff, Andrew, Reed e eu partimos pra Hanauma Bay pra fazer snorkeling. Mais a tarde fomos ao outro lado da ilha para fazer Parasailing!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193457254438393954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SBLd21b52GI/AAAAAAAAAQA/x0-k7XDiMQc/s400/CIMG2135.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193459981742626962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SBLgVlb52JI/AAAAAAAAAQY/L1oRoc6gzwg/s400/CIMG2203.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193459178583742594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SBLfm1b52II/AAAAAAAAAQQ/P_LkxhKJe_g/s400/CIMG2196.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7244330887446829217-950181176479325917?l=leandroscorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/feeds/950181176479325917/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7244330887446829217&amp;postID=950181176479325917' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/950181176479325917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/950181176479325917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/2008/04/cougars-in-hawaii.html' title='Cougars in Hawaii!'/><author><name>LJ</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/TOm89Ik4KkI/AAAAAAAAAhU/UD8MyoJuDJE/S220/DSC_0253.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SAkXu-h4RYI/AAAAAAAAAPA/den9lHeHDAU/s72-c/CIMG1943.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244330887446829217.post-1394295631661648899</id><published>2008-03-29T22:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-14T17:57:14.374-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spring and the Utah Lake</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Utah Lake&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189263169775224082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SAP3W-h4RRI/AAAAAAAAAOI/PtVend_TSow/s400/CIMG1706.JPG" border="0" /&gt;So it is spring. The sun is shining out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The grass is greener, the snow melts. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;There's still snow on the top of the mountains, and it's beautiful! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It's a perfect day to come out of my smelly, cluttered apartment and breath the spring air.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here are some pictures I took of the Utah Lake.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SAP36-h4RSI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/nVnYOvOfhQY/s1600-h/CIMG1722.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189263788250514722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SAP36-h4RSI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/nVnYOvOfhQY/s400/CIMG1722.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189264505510053170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SAP4kuh4RTI/AAAAAAAAAOY/VVDfwFyGF10/s400/CIMG1733.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189265312963904834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SAP5Tuh4RUI/AAAAAAAAAOg/69frVmm281w/s400/CIMG1760.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189266073173116242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SAP5_-h4RVI/AAAAAAAAAOo/8NT5O_szIBs/s400/CIMG1773.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189269423247607154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SAP9C-h4RXI/AAAAAAAAAO4/VM1eC9D7E54/s400/CIMG1781.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7244330887446829217-1394295631661648899?l=leandroscorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/feeds/1394295631661648899/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7244330887446829217&amp;postID=1394295631661648899' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/1394295631661648899'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/1394295631661648899'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/2008/03/spring-and-utah-lake.html' title='Spring and the Utah Lake'/><author><name>LJ</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/TOm89Ik4KkI/AAAAAAAAAhU/UD8MyoJuDJE/S220/DSC_0253.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/SAP3W-h4RRI/AAAAAAAAAOI/PtVend_TSow/s72-c/CIMG1706.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244330887446829217.post-1716266207554107446</id><published>2008-02-02T15:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-03-10T12:07:13.049-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dezembro e Janeiro</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174366549738465122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/R88K9kbTJ2I/AAAAAAAAANk/_ZFcCbg9WbI/s400/CIMG1389.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Andei um pouco sumido. Os meses de dezembro e janeiros foram bastante interessantes, e passaram mais rápido do que eu pude assimilar:Viagem a Long Beach, CA. INVERNO de Utah. Show das Spice Girls em Las Vegas. Esquiando em Park City. Provas de fim de semestre. Natal no Brasil. Retorno às aulas. Viagem a San Diego na California. Viagem a Chicago. Voleibol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Segue um relato fotográfico de dezembro e janeiro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1 de Dezembro, 2007&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voltávamos de Long Beach, na Califórnia. A viagem marcava o início da minha terceira pré-temporada jogando vôlei universitário nos Estados Unidos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tiradas da janela do avião, essas imagens mostram a cidade de Salt Lake City coberta de neve.&lt;br /&gt;Foi a primeira nevasca que o estado de Utah experimentou neste inverno. Tive a tremenda sorte de estar a alguns mil pés de altitude, olhando pela janela do avião, olhos atentos observando a paisagem tão bela que se revelava diante das lentes da minha câmera digital . As nuvens se abriam e o sol radiava refletindo toda a brancura incostentável que cobria tudo, até mesmo o famoso lago salgado que dá nome a cidade. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Aqui estão.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163973699093811762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/R6oeuCvyUjI/AAAAAAAAAK4/wD4LU03YOsc/s400/CIMG0423.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Salt Lake City&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163976473642685010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/R6ohPivyUlI/AAAAAAAAALI/r_5AYxuue4U/s400/CIMG0435.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Great Salt Lake&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc99;"&gt;***************&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8 de dezembro de 2007. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Return of the Spice Girls.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171765120854878930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/R8XM-epPatI/AAAAAAAAALc/lporyfEDD4o/s400/CIMG0974edited.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Wannabes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Yes, eu fui. Desde o anúncio da turnê mundial, já havia planejado em conferir o tão esperado "&lt;br /&gt;Retorno das Spice Girls." O Show aconteceu em Las Vegas no Madalay Bay Resort and Casino. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;O show foi extremamente bem-produzido e embora rumores de que elas estariam cantando em playback, todas as músicas foram cantadas ao vivo. As garotas pareciam estar bem a vontade no palco apesar de terem que dar das muitas coreografias e trocas de figurino. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;O melhor momento do show foi sem dúvidas o solo da Melanie C, I Turn to You. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171765666315725554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/R8XNeOpPavI/AAAAAAAAALs/OT2ALZ3w7ZY/s400/CIMG0966.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Melanie Chisholm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171765391437818594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/R8XNOOpPauI/AAAAAAAAALk/VIkLmKX0F1k/s400/CIMG0994.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Spice&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171764893221612226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/R8XMxOpPasI/AAAAAAAAALU/hn6Mid-SbdE/s400/CIMG0816.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Socializing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#ffcc99;"&gt;**************&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;15 de Dezembro, 2007&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Skiing in Park City!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Morar in Utah e não tirar proveito das montanhas e da neve é como morar em Copacana é nunca ir à praia. Então, finalmente tive a oportunidade de esquiar. Num dia perfeito que combinava sol, powder snow e ausência de vento, tive as minhas primeiras aulas num esporte que tenho certeza que se tivesse nascido aqui nas montanhas geladas de Utah, eu jamais teria me arriscado com o vôlei.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173621159172661138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/R8xlCILuX5I/AAAAAAAAAMs/xtKdDoUlysI/s400/Underneath+the+Powder.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; Deer Valley, a town under the white powder.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171765988438272770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/R8XNw-pPawI/AAAAAAAAAL0/lcxTANgSMNY/s400/CIMG1012.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Well equipped, but not well trained.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171766954805914386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/R8XOpOpPaxI/AAAAAAAAAL8/bpkHtMUwxq8/s400/CIMG1046.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Caution: Experts only!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc99;"&gt;***************&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;21 de Dezembro, 2007&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BRAZIL, BRAZIL, BRAZIL.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheguei em casa sem muito anúncio. Ninguém sabia que eu estava voltando pra passar as festas de fim de ano em casa. Foi uma surpresa total para o Dona Vilma e Seu Antônio Carlos. É sempre bom estar de volta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No curto espaço de tempo que eu estive em casa, aproveitei o momento com a família e amigos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bons momentos com amigos de velhos tempos: Matias, Osvaldo, Wagner.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173617976601894786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/R8xiI4LuX4I/AAAAAAAAAMk/Zi02QOOUHTI/s400/CIMG1379.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Eu e Wag, posando no Hopi Hari.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#ffcc99;"&gt;***************&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;January 01, 2008.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174355442953037650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/R88A3EbTJ1I/AAAAAAAAANc/ASbP2n1L7oA/s400/CIMG0752.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First day of the year! Back to the US!&lt;br /&gt;Back to school, volleyball, work. Back to frigid temperatures. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc99;"&gt;***************&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;January 13-15, 2oo8&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Leandro goes to San Diego.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171768586893486930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/R8XQIOpPa1I/AAAAAAAAAMc/xSYmtpCJ-kE/s400/CIMG1483.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;La Jolla!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;A temporada de vôlei começou em San Diego e não poderia ter começado em lugar melhor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O condado de San Diego é um lugar extraordinário, sinômino do estilo de vida californiano. Sol, praia, gente praticando cooper à beira da praia, surfistas, carros caríssimos e peças imobiliárias de milhões de dólares.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ficamos em um hotel bastante próximo às praias de La Jolla, uma cidadezinha amistável que oferece além de paisagens lindíssimas, possui também restaurantes muito achonchegantes e infraestructura muito convidativa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171767925468523314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/R8XPhupPazI/AAAAAAAAAMM/znwCL4Z92Xw/s400/100_0077.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Curtis e Eu fazendo amigos.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Andar pela costa de La Jolla é presenciar famílias andando juntas, pessoas praticando esportes, idosos caminhando, fotógrafos a clicar as inúmeras paisagens, focas descansando de sus jornadas marítimas, gaivotas e pelicanos. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171768217526299458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/R8XPyupPa0I/AAAAAAAAAMU/d6toaZvHUcI/s400/100_0085.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Teammates.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Fui um de semana pra jogar, ganhamos da Universidade da Califórnia San Diego por 3x1 e 3x0. Mas o melhor de tudo foi simplesmente fugir dos termômetros negativos de Utah por alguns dias.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Janeiro 17-21 de janeiro, 2008.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173991994230515458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/R822TkbTJwI/AAAAAAAAAM0/SvJXklOkZEo/s400/CIMG1493.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Squeezed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Turnê ao coração dos Estados Unidos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3 jogos em 5 dias, saldo vitorioso:&lt;br /&gt;BYU 3x1 Indiana-Purdue, Fort Wayne (IPFW), Fort-Wayne, Indianopolis&lt;br /&gt;BYU 3x2 Lewis University, Romeoville, Illinois&lt;br /&gt;BYU 3x1 Loyola-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173992964893124370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/R823MEbTJxI/AAAAAAAAAM8/TORsv6PxOBU/s400/CIMG1523.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Chicago Downtown.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Durante o nossa passagem pela região central americana, tivemos a oportunidade de ir ao centro de Chicago onde está localizada a Sears Tower, a torre mais alta da América do Norte e terceiro arranha-céu mais alto do mundo, atrás apenas da torre Taipei 101 na China-Taipei, e das Torres Petrona, na Malásia. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173994390822266658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/R824fEbTJyI/AAAAAAAAANE/ru-zkfj1HFc/s400/CIMG1529.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Chicago, vista norte do 103 andar da Sears Tower.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Sears Tower reina absoluta no alto dos seus 442 metros e 108 andares. Ao leste da torre se tem uma vista muito privilegiada do Lago Michigan. Fato interessante que do topo da torre se pode ver cuatro estados diferentes: Missouri, Illinois, Michigan e Indiana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173995232635856690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/R825QEbTJzI/AAAAAAAAANM/DdJbn-pGPaM/s400/CIMG1538.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Chicago's skycrapers from the Sears Towers 103rd floor&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Se quiser saber mais sobre as maiores torres do mundo (está em inglês):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tallestskyscrapers.info/sears-tower.php"&gt;http://www.tallestskyscrapers.info/sears-tower.php&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Fotos por Leandro Justen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7244330887446829217-1716266207554107446?l=leandroscorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/feeds/1716266207554107446/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7244330887446829217&amp;postID=1716266207554107446' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/1716266207554107446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/1716266207554107446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/2008/02/dezembro-e-janeiro.html' title='Dezembro e Janeiro'/><author><name>LJ</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/TOm89Ik4KkI/AAAAAAAAAhU/UD8MyoJuDJE/S220/DSC_0253.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/R88K9kbTJ2I/AAAAAAAAANk/_ZFcCbg9WbI/s72-c/CIMG1389.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244330887446829217.post-7790834187552791568</id><published>2007-11-23T17:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-23T18:45:39.506-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Simple as Flowers</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;And there was spring, actually it was summer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I took these pictures in the summer 2006 in the Summit County Colorado, one of my favorite places in the world. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136229574030101282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/R0eNlazriyI/AAAAAAAAAKY/Xhj1vuamWn8/s400/daisies.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Leaning toward the sun&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136230733671271218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/R0eOo6zrizI/AAAAAAAAAKg/cxpsnVS4BV8/s400/burst.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Burst&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136231128808262466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/R0eO_6zri0I/AAAAAAAAAKo/-IobaGX2YTU/s400/RED.jpg" border="0" /&gt;  &lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Rojo. Rojo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136231657089239890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/R0ePeqzri1I/AAAAAAAAAKw/DvUYDgHcqOU/s400/flower1.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;and the wind blows ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7244330887446829217-7790834187552791568?l=leandroscorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/feeds/7790834187552791568/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7244330887446829217&amp;postID=7790834187552791568' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/7790834187552791568'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/7790834187552791568'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/2007/11/simple-as-flowers.html' title='Simple as Flowers'/><author><name>LJ</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/TOm89Ik4KkI/AAAAAAAAAhU/UD8MyoJuDJE/S220/DSC_0253.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/R0eNlazriyI/AAAAAAAAAKY/Xhj1vuamWn8/s72-c/daisies.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244330887446829217.post-3405295673682614400</id><published>2007-10-31T19:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-31T20:45:38.125-07:00</updated><title type='text'>El oso, la mona y el cerdo</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;En el Siglo XVIII en España, se introduce la literatura didáctica. Las normas literarias de la Península experimentan el resultado del dominio francés en Europa y la poesía pasa a tener un carácter educativo. En este período las fábulas se hacen populares pues presentan una enseñanza, la moraleza. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;**&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EL OSO, LA MONA Y EL CERDO&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Tomás de Iriarte&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127704424000583122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/RylEAYHA9dI/AAAAAAAAAKI/H38hQKnDbwk/s200/bear420%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Un oso, con que la vida &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;se ganaba un piamontés, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;la no muy bien aprendida &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;danza ensayaba en dos pies. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Queriendo hacer de persona,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;dijo a una mona: «¿Qué tal?» &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Era perita la mona, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;y respondióle: «Muy mal». &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;«Yo creo», replicó el oso, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;«que me haces poco favor. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Pues ¿qué?, ¿mi aire no es garboso? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;¿no hago el paso con primor?». &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estaba el cerdo presente, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;y dijo: «¡Bravo! ¡Bien va! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Bailarín más excelente &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;no se ha visto, ni verá!». &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Echó el oso, al oír esto, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;sus cuentas allá entre sí, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;y con ademán modesto &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;hubo de exclamar así: &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;«Cuando me desaprobaba la mona,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;llegué a dudar; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;mas ya que el cerdo me alaba, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;muy mal debo de bailar». &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Guarde para su regalo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;esta sentencia el autor: &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;si el sabio no aprueba, ¡malo! &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;si el necio aplaude, ¡peor!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7244330887446829217-3405295673682614400?l=leandroscorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/feeds/3405295673682614400/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7244330887446829217&amp;postID=3405295673682614400' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/3405295673682614400'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/3405295673682614400'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/2007/10/el-oso-la-mona-y-el-cerdo.html' title='El oso, la mona y el cerdo'/><author><name>LJ</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/TOm89Ik4KkI/AAAAAAAAAhU/UD8MyoJuDJE/S220/DSC_0253.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/RylEAYHA9dI/AAAAAAAAAKI/H38hQKnDbwk/s72-c/bear420%5B1%5D.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244330887446829217.post-5854922448187875878</id><published>2007-10-08T10:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-08T14:29:53.529-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Instrucciones para subir una escalera'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cortázar'/><title type='text'>Instrucciones para subir una escalera</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Julio Cortázar transforma la simple subida de una escalera en un ejercicio de imaginación, peldaño tras peldaño. Reconocido internacionalmente, &lt;em&gt;Instrucciones para subir una escalera,&lt;/em&gt; 1962, ultrapasa el convencionalismo literario para graduarse como uno de los ensayos más comentados de la literatura hispanoamericana. ¡Aprovechad! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;"&gt;**&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Instrucciones para subir un escalera&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119023059184979954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/RwpsWb_BD_I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/8RMh1Qzm2Ec/s320/Colorado+and+BYU+pics+332.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Nadie habrá dejado de observar que con frecuencia el suelo se pliega de manera tal que una parte sube en ángulo recto con el plano del suelo, y luego la parte siguiente se coloca paralela a este plano, para dar paso a una nueva perpendicular, conducta que se repite en espiral o en línea quebrada hasta alturas sumamente variables. Agachándose y poniendo la mano izquierda en una de las partes verticales, y la derecha en la horizontal correspondiente, se está en posesión momentánea de un peldaño o escalón. Cada uno de estos peldaños, formados como se ve por dos elementos, se sitúa un tanto más arriba y adelante que el anterior, principio que da sentido a la escalera, ya que cualquiera otra combinación producirá formas quizá más bellas o pintorescas, pero incapaces de trasladar de una planta baja a un primer piso.&lt;br /&gt;Las escaleras se suben de frente, pues hacia atrás o de costado resultan particularmente incómodas. La actitud natural consiste en mantenerse de pie, los brazos colgando sin esfuerzo, la cabeza erguida aunque no tanto que los ojos dejen de ver los peldaños inmediatamente superiores al que se pisa, y respirando lenta y regularmente. Para subir una escalera se comienza por levantar esa parte del cuerpo situada a la derecha abajo, envuelta casi siempre en cuero o gamuza, y que salvo excepciones cabe exactamente en el escalón. Puesta en el primer peldaño dicha parte, que para abreviar llamaremos pie, se recoge la parte equivalente de la izquierda (también llamada pie, pero que no ha de confundirse con el pie antes citado), y llevándola a la altura del pie, se le hace seguir hasta colocarla en el segundo peldaño, con lo cual en éste descansará el pie, y en el primero descansará el pie. (Los primeros peldaños son siempre los más difíciles, hasta adquirir la coordinación necesaria. La coincidencia de nombre entre el pie y el pie hace difícil la explicación. Cuídese especialmente de no levantar al mismo tiempo el pie y el pie). Llegado en esta forma al segundo peldaño, basta repetir alternadamente los movimientos hasta encontrarse con el final de la escalera. Se sale de ella fácilmente, con un ligero golpe de talón que la fija en su sitio, del que no se moverá hasta el momento del descenso.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7244330887446829217-5854922448187875878?l=leandroscorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/feeds/5854922448187875878/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7244330887446829217&amp;postID=5854922448187875878' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/5854922448187875878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/5854922448187875878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/2007/10/instrucciones-para-subir-una-escalera.html' title='Instrucciones para subir una escalera'/><author><name>LJ</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/TOm89Ik4KkI/AAAAAAAAAhU/UD8MyoJuDJE/S220/DSC_0253.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/RwpsWb_BD_I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/8RMh1Qzm2Ec/s72-c/Colorado+and+BYU+pics+332.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244330887446829217.post-7192129447175865726</id><published>2007-10-01T10:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-01T10:36:37.711-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Rima XI</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RIMA XI&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116422095709999026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/RwEuyb_BD7I/AAAAAAAAAJc/4gaiTm6cTP4/s200/becquer.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;—Yo soy ardiente, yo soy morena, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;yo soy el símbolo de la pasión, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;de ansia de goces mi alma está llena. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;¿A mí me buscas?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;— No es a ti, no.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;—Mi frente es pálida, mis trenzas de oro: &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;puedo brindarte dichas sin fin, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;yo de ternuras guardo un tesoro.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;¿A mí me llamas? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;—No, no es a ti. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;—Yo soy un sueño, un imposible, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;vano fantasma de niebla y luz; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;soy incorpórea, soy intangible: no puedo amarte. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;—¡Oh ven, ven tú!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7244330887446829217-7192129447175865726?l=leandroscorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/feeds/7192129447175865726/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7244330887446829217&amp;postID=7192129447175865726' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/7192129447175865726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/7192129447175865726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/2007/10/rima-xi.html' title='Rima XI'/><author><name>LJ</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/TOm89Ik4KkI/AAAAAAAAAhU/UD8MyoJuDJE/S220/DSC_0253.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/RwEuyb_BD7I/AAAAAAAAAJc/4gaiTm6cTP4/s72-c/becquer.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244330887446829217.post-6173198501686700759</id><published>2007-09-15T13:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-28T15:39:15.419-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Me Talk Pretty'/><title type='text'>Me Talk Pretty One Day</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Me Talk Pretty One Day&lt;/em&gt; Book Review&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5110538568436518898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/RuxHwE6Xj_I/AAAAAAAAAJE/v008dyvl9n0/s320/me+talk+pretty+one+day.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Back in 2005, I had a book called “50 Essays” for my rhetoric and composition class. The book was a compilation of essays that we had to respond on. Among those essays, there was one entitled &lt;em&gt;Me Talk Pretty One Day&lt;/em&gt;, from David Sedaris. It was my second semester as a college student in the United States and although I liked literature, I read the essays just for the grade. No pleasure on reading those. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But that story in particular caused me to read it a second time. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;In &lt;em&gt;Me Talk Pretty One Day,&lt;/em&gt; Sedaris writes about his attempts to learn French. He describes the frustation of trying to learn a foreign language when simple daily tasks become a great challenge. Struggling. Trying to talk pretty. Perhaps, writing pretty one day. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two years passed by and one day, at 5 am, while zombiying around in the Salt Lake City, I decided to run to the bookstore in search for anything to entertain myselft. I was waiting for a flight that would take to Portland, Maine.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;As I complete my search through the magazine section unsuccessfully, I approach the book shelves and soon enough I saw a title I immediately recognized, &lt;em&gt;Me Talk Pretty One Day&lt;/em&gt; by David Sedaris, sitting just next to Al Gore’s &lt;em&gt;An Inconvenient Truth&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I flipped through the pages and although I had long wanted to read Al Gore’s book, I decided to purchase Sedaris’ instead. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was tired, under rested and had a book on my hands and a pillow hanging off my backpack. Reading the book at that time did not seem like good idea, but I opened the book and read the first paragraph of an essay entitled “&lt;em&gt;Go Carolyna.”&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;What a funny book! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5110547154076143634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/RuxPj06XkBI/AAAAAAAAAJU/WZav6WO8P-o/s200/sedaris+pic.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div align="justify"&gt;Sedaris stories are so personal. He welcomes you into his family recounting tales with effortless wit. The stories contained in &lt;em&gt;Me Talk Pretty One Day&lt;/em&gt; are unconventionally funny, yet simple and captivating. At the same time, Sedaris’ essays explore the human condition and family ties.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;He has the ability of making you think you are one of his closest friends. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;It’s like stumbling into a grocery shop in Manhattan and asking,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Hey David, How’s Hugh doing?”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Me Talk Pretty One Day&lt;/em&gt; is the culmination of artistic spontaneity, quality writing and humor at its best. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Favorite tales include:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go Carolina&lt;br /&gt;Giant Dreams, Midget Abilities&lt;br /&gt;See You Yesterday&lt;br /&gt;Me Talk Pretty One Day&lt;br /&gt;Jesus Shaves&lt;br /&gt;The Tapeworm Is In&lt;br /&gt;The Late Show&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;..:..:..:..:..:..:..:..:..:..:..:..:..:..:..:..:..:..:..:..:..:..:..:..:..:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy the reading of “Big Boy.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Big Boy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;by David Sedaris &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;(excerpt from &lt;em&gt;Me Talk Pretty One Day&lt;/em&gt;) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;It was Easter Sunday in Chicago, and my sister Amy and I were attending an afternoon dinner at the home of our friend John. The weather was nice, and he'd set up a table in the backyard so that we might sit in the sun. Everyone had taken their places, when I excused myself to visit the bathroom, and there, in the toilet, was the absolute biggest turd I have ever seen in my life - no toilet paper or anything, just this long and coiled specimen, as thick as a burrito. I flushed the toilet, and the big turd trembled. It shifted position, but that was it. This thing wasn't going anywhere. I thought briefly of leaving it behind for someone else to take care of, but it was too late for that. Too late, because before getting up from the table, I'd stupidly told everyone where I was going. "I'll be back in a minute," I'd said. "I'm just going to run to the bathroom." &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;My whereabouts were public knowledge. I should have said I was going to make a phone call. I'd planned to urinate and maybe run a little water over my face, but now I had this to deal with. The tank refilled, and I made a silent promise. The deal was that if this thing would go away, I'd repay the world by performing some unexpected act of kindness. I flushed the toilet a second time, and the big turd spun a lazy circle. "Go on," I whispered. "Scoot! Shoo!" I turned away, ready to perform my good deed, but when I looked back down, there it was, bobbing to the surface in a fresh pool of water. Just then someone knocked on the door, and I stated to panic. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Just a minute."&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;At an early age my mother sat me down and explained that everyone has bowel movements. "Everyone," she'd said. "Even the president and his wife." She'd mentioned our neighbors, the priest, and several of the actors we saw each week on television. I'd gotten the overall picture, but natural or not, there was no way I was going to take responsibility for this one. "Just a minute." I seriously considered lifting this turd out of the toilet and tossing it out the window. It honestly crossed my mind, but john lived on the ground floor and a dozen people were seated at a picnic table ten feet away. They'd see the window open and notice something dropping to the ground. And these were people who would surely gather round and investigate. Then there I'd be with my unspeakably filthy hands, trying to explain that it wasn't mine. But why bother throwing it out the window if it wasn't mine? No one would have believed me except the person who had left it in the first place, and chances were pretty slim that the freak in question would suddenly step forward and own up to it. I was trapped. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"I'll be out in a second!"&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;I scrambled for a plunger and used the handle to break the turd into manageable pieces, all the while thinking that it wasn't fair, that this was technically not my job. Another flush and it still didn't go down. Come on, pal. Let's move it. While waiting for the tank to refill, I thought maybe I should wash my hair. It wasn't dirty, but I needed some excuse to cover the amount of time I was spending in the bathroom. Quick, I thought. Do something. By now the other guests were probably thinking I was the type of person who uses dinner parties as an opportunity to defecate and catch up on my reading. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Here I come. I'm just washing up."&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;One more flush and it was all over. The thing was gone and out of my life. I opened the door, to find my friend Janet, who said, "Well, it's about time." And I was left thinking that the person who'd abandoned the huge turd had no problem with it, so why did I? Why the big deal? Had it been left there to teach me a lesson? Had a lesson been learned? Did it have anything to do with Easter? I resolved to put it all behind me, and then I stepped outside to begin examining the suspects&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7244330887446829217-6173198501686700759?l=leandroscorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/feeds/6173198501686700759/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7244330887446829217&amp;postID=6173198501686700759' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/6173198501686700759'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/6173198501686700759'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/2007/09/me-talk-pretty-one-day.html' title='Me Talk Pretty One Day'/><author><name>LJ</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/TOm89Ik4KkI/AAAAAAAAAhU/UD8MyoJuDJE/S220/DSC_0253.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/RuxHwE6Xj_I/AAAAAAAAAJE/v008dyvl9n0/s72-c/me+talk+pretty+one+day.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244330887446829217.post-790088961841076583</id><published>2007-09-01T15:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-28T15:44:56.007-07:00</updated><title type='text'>From West to East</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;On Getting to Redding, CA&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Redding, CA August 6-9&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;The flight 6360 to San Francisco is scheduled to take off at 6:30 pm, but at about 6:00 they announce the flight would be delayed due to the weather.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Ok.”&lt;br /&gt;So I sit down, make a couple of calls, start some small-talks and wait.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About 7:00 pm, it is announced that flight 6360 was indefinitely delayed until further notice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At that point, passengers started to freak out, and the airport became a real mess. The flight to Los Angeles had also been delayed and the Denver airport had been shut down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Looking around, I see a legion of hopeless business freaks with their Blackberries ringing mercilessly as they tried to accommodate the latest call, e-mails, and airport updates. Coffee shops were packed with I-don’t-know-what-to-do backpackers. A Mormon mom chases her six kids around. A German girl sits down and wonders when she’d make to Germany.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I keep myself calm. There’s nothing more unattractive than stressed over-reactive people like the lady in front of me who had lost her flight for her own incompetence but tried to blame on the Asian girl who worked at the airport.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Let me talk to your supervisor,” she insists. “I did not hear anyone calling my name for the flight.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“But I called the passenger many times before the plane took off,” said the Asian lady whose patience meter was about to call it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The complainer hung one of those fancy designer bags on her skin-over-bone left arm. She had probably puked her lettuce sandwich and diet Coke just before she lost her flight. She wore big glasses for the sun that had long hidden behind the Rockies. She laughed sarcastically at the Asian lady as if she didn’t know who she was talking to, her attitude as big as her pushed-out boobs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I observed it all and laughed at the situation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At around 8 o’clock, the same Asian lady announces that flight 6360 was now scheduled to take off at 9.30 pm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Thank God, at least I will be stuck in California.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I call Tom, my boss, and suggest him that once in San Francisco I could rent a car and drive north to Redding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the middle of the multitude of pissed-off passengers, a small framed, short-haired lady with glasses who sat in front of me kept looking at me as I talked to Tom. She was dressed like she was about to go on a hike and had just finished talking to someone on the cell phone she borrowed from someone else. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;“Hi, you are going to Redding?,” she asks. “I’m going to Chico.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since I didn’t know where Chico was, I stared at her like I had nothing to do with that. &lt;/p&gt;“Redding is about one hour south of Chico,” she continues. “Maybe we could rent a car and split the bill, we drive to Chico, you drop me off there and then you continue your trip to Redding.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Well, I still have to make a couple of calls, but we if nothing works out …” I pause attempting to think a little more of what to say, “that could be our last resource.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“By the way , I’m Sherry,” she says with a smile.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“I’m Leandro.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Le-what??”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“LE-AN-DRO.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Nice to meet you,” she says as we shake hands. “Where are you from?”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although the idea of engaging on a night five-hour drive with someone that I had just met in the airport seemed very awkward at first, I realized I had no choice and after talking to Sherry she was for ten minutes she was no stranger to me. She seemed a very positive person that no delayed or cancelled flights would ruin her day. Sherry looked like one of my first art teachers, Vera. Funny enough, later she tells me she taught art at a college in Chico, Sherry was a sculpture professor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At 9.30 pm, with a half-moon shining outside the plane’s window, we take off over the Great Salt Lake. Short flight, at 10.20 pm we land at the foggy SFO. I check the screens to get any information about my connecting flight and realize the plane of my stand-by flight that was supposed to have taken off at 9.50 pm was not even in the airport yet. Another Asian lady told us that the flight would probably be cancelled.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sherry looks at me. I look at her. “We'll drive!”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We take a crowded train toward the Rent-a-car place. As get there we realize we are not alone, lines of I-wanna-get homes trying to get a car.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I approach the lady from Avis and say, “I want to rent a car to Redding.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“ID please,” she says.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I proudly hand her out my very own Texas driver’s license as my almost dead cell phone insisted to ring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“I’m sorry, but you can’t rent a car,” She said straightforwardly, “You have to be 25 to rent a car.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pissed off with my underageness I pick up the ringing the phone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Hey Tom.”&lt;br /&gt;“Where you at,” he asks.&lt;br /&gt;“I’m in San Francisco airport trying to rent a car, but I can’t because I’m underage.”&lt;br /&gt;“Underage?" ... “I’m sorry about that, what are you going to do now”&lt;br /&gt;“Hold a sec Tom, I call you back in a bit,” I finished the conversation before my cell phone gave its life up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;“Here’s the deal,” she pauses with the tranquility of a monk. “I rent a car on my name, we head to Chico and you can stay over at my house. Tomorrow morning we find a way to get you to Redding.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I call Tom back and tell him that I was going to Chico and that I would stay overnight at this lady’s house that I’d just met at the airport and that in the morning I’d try to find a way to Redding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Really?,”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;it’s 11 pm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“I'm actually from Chico, but I am now here in the San Francisco area for a camp,” Tom says.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sherry and I get the car and head out the airport. The drive begins on the jammed traffic outside the airport. Try to shortcut this way, turn left and then right. Stop at a traffic light ask some random people on the streets for direction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“So, tell me how you ended up in the United States,” Sherry asks as we cross the San Francisco Golden Bridge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trapped inside the small white chevy for the next five hours, we had no choice but to engage in a long, prolific conversation that included my whole life story, metal sculptures, Japan, photography and walnut trees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At around three in the morning we arrive at her beautiful house that hid behind storage facilities in the middle of nowhere. I saw no neighborhood houses nearby, the wind blowing making the trees look like it would be behind them I would be murdered.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Here’s your room.” &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;At 7 pm I wake happy to be alive. &lt;/p&gt;I would never think Sherry would be able to kill anyone. I actually thought of how crazy she was for letting a stranger that looked like a foreign terrorist and was called LE-AN-DRO stay over her house. There’s always a haunting feeling that installs in the back of your head telling you you are about to be part of terror movie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the morning, I walk downstairs toward the kitchen. As I enter the room, I see this big wall that looked it had been vandalized by thousand teenagers that were high on pot. Unfinished drawings, some sort of graffiti artwork that didn’t make sense to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I look out the window and see a man picking up some dead tree branches in the backyard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“He must be Sherry’s husband,” I thought.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The man enters the kitchen not noticing that I was there. As he sees me, he jumps off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Hi, you scared me,” Paul says a little embarrassed. “I’m Paul.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It turned out Paul had been to Brazil several times, listened to Brazilian popular music and eaten cheese in Belo Horizonte. We chatted for a little while until they drove me to Tom’s house where his wife, Julie, waited to take me to Redding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;++++&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Once in Redding, I can concentrate in coaching volleyball. But obviously I would force our hosts to take us to the world-famous Sundial Bridge over the Sacramento River. The Sundial Bridge, built by renowned Spanish architect Santiago Calatravas, is a beautiful architectural art piece that has become the milestone of Redding. Tons of visitors stop by the Turtle Bay Park to take a few shots of the bridge and enjoy the beautiful scenery and outdoor activities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105383209343451186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/Rtn2-rspADI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ohw1DlfwjQI/s320/sundial+bridge+redding.com+lucas+mobley.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://web.redding.com/specials/sundial/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;http://web.redding.com/specials/sundial/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt; - photo by Lucas Mobley&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;One a pleasant evening our hosts take us coaches to see the famous bridge. We watch the people walk by and the transparent waters of Sacramento river run off.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;In this trip, I also “learned” how to play poker. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;San Ramon, CA – Aug. 13-17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seeing the Oakland Bay through the plane's window is entertaining. Beautifull views and perfectly squared neighborhoods, hills covered with million-dollar houses. I land to Oakland at the scheduled time. This time there was no delays or driving through the night. Nechia, the Dougherty High School coach and two other camp coaches were waiting to pick me up at the airport. We pass by a sign that says San Leandro. Eyes catching every single detail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;San Ramon is a very wealthy area, big houses and perfectly manicured lawns that looked like painting. Dougherty Valley High School was the most expensive High School ever built in the United States, with a bill going over 600 million dollars you can imagine what type of neighborhood you’ll would have there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this camp I work with Kevin Ring who's the head coach of University of California San Diego men’s volleyball team. We have a great time in San Ramon and work pretty well together. It took us a great deal of effort to make the girls understand what working hard really mean. They were mostly freshmen and sophomores, some of them had never played volleyball before. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Our host Nechia made our stay much more comfortable. She is one of those people who have genuine interest in you, she makes you feel special, is very enthusiastic about her job and works really hard to ensure all is going great. &lt;/p&gt;I get back to Provo on Friday night thinking on how Maine would be like.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Eating lobsta in Maine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Biddeford, ME - Aug 20-24&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108739395572793410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/RuXjabspAEI/AAAAAAAAAI8/4Et_xxMzx_c/s320/City_Hall_Biddeford,_ME_2005.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;City Hall - Biddeford, ME&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;What to expect from Maine? Well, I had to google it to see where it was located on a map. All I knew that I was in the east coast, but wouldn’t have thought that it was almost in Canada, in the extreme northeast part of the US.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was a long journey. I left the Salt Lake City airport at 7.05 am and flew in to Phoenix, Arizona. Then I took a connecting flight to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and from there to La Guardia airport in New York. At 11.30 pm, I arrive in Portland, Maine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The state of Maine is quite unique. It’s covered with tall dark-green trees that reminded me of the Atlantic forest in Brazil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I went to Maine also determined to eat lobster, which the locals call lobsta. I tell our host that I’d had never eaten lobsta before with hopes of being offered one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Wednesday lunch, I had my first Maine lobsta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s quite a messy meal. Suck the meat out the lobsta’s legs. Break their claws, devour the pinkish-white meat. Remember to save the tail for last as it has the best of it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyday after camp, the coaches were invited to one the campers’ house for dinner. It was another opportunity to get to know them. We played games and ate good food. &lt;p&gt;The girls were crazy! They had so much energy that made me wonder if that was normal. There were many characters in that high school team. Laurie the “English girl”, SKINNY, T-ankle, The Sistas, Borboleta, Sasha Powerhouse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On our last camp day, we were taken to the Saco Bay. There I ate my first Haddock Sandwich, burned my tongue on hot seafood soup and spilled my Coca-cola over the rocks. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7244330887446829217-790088961841076583?l=leandroscorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/feeds/790088961841076583/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7244330887446829217&amp;postID=790088961841076583' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/790088961841076583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/790088961841076583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/2007/09/from-west-to-east-coast.html' title='From West to East'/><author><name>LJ</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/TOm89Ik4KkI/AAAAAAAAAhU/UD8MyoJuDJE/S220/DSC_0253.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/Rtn2-rspADI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ohw1DlfwjQI/s72-c/sundial+bridge+redding.com+lucas+mobley.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244330887446829217.post-4234417808409877715</id><published>2007-08-11T19:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-11T22:02:00.154-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Caolha</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="right"&gt;Um conto que revela não somente as minúcias incompreensíveis do amor incondicional de mãe, mas as dimensões do sentimento humano, complexos e contraditórios.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;Júlia Lopes de Almeida revela porque consagra-se como uma das maiores escritoras brasileiras.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;Em "A Caolha", escrito em uma época quando escrever era uma arte masculina, Júlia se estabelece pioneira, a abrir caminho para um prolífero legado literário brasileiro. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;Disfrutem!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A CAOLHA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;por Júlia Lopes de Almeida&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097668996583385250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/Rr6O8Zvf6KI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/Ob02-WIU9qM/s320/An+Open+Window+on+a+Frozen+Day.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; foto por leandro justen &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;A caolha era uma mulher magra, alta, macilenta, peito fundo, busto arqueado, braços compridos, delgados, largos nos cotovelos, grossos nos pulsos; mãos grandes, ossudas, estragadas pelo reumatismo e pelo trabalho; unhas grossas, chatas e cinzentas, cabelo crespo, de uma cor indecisa entre o branco sujo e o louro grisalho, desse cabelo cujo contato parece dever ser áspero e espinhento; boca descaída, numa expressão de desprezo, pescoço longo, engelhado, como o pescoço dos urubus; dentes falhos e cariados. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;O seu aspecto infundia terror às crianças e repulsão aos adultos; não tanto pela sua altura e extraordinária magreza, mas porque a desgraçada tinha um defeito horrível: haviam lhe extraído o olho esquerdo; a pálpebra descera mirrada, deixando, contudo, junto ao lacrimal, uma fístula continuamente porejante.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Era essa pinta amarela sobre o fundo denegrido da olheira, era essa destilação incessante de pus que a tornava repulsiva aos olhos de toda gente. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Morava numa casa pequena, paga pelo filho único, operário numa fábrica de alfaiate; ela lavava a roupa para os hospitais e dava conta de todo o serviço da casa inclusive cozinha. O filho, enquanto era pequeno, comia os pobres jantares feitos por ela, às vezes até no mesmo prato; à proporção que ia crescendo, ia-se a pouco e pouco manifestando na fisionomia a repugnância por essa comida; até que um dia, tendo já um ordenadozinho, declarou à mãe que, por conveniência do negócio, passava a comer fora... &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Ela fingiu não perceber a verdade, e resignou-se. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Daquele filho vinha-lhe todo o bem e todo o mal.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Que lhe importava o desprezo dos outros, se o seu filho adorado lhe pagasse com um beijo todas as amarguras da existência? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Um beijo dele era melhor que um dia de sol, era a suprema carícia para o triste coração de mãe! Mas... os beijos foram escasseando também, com o crescimento do Antonico! Em criança ele apertava-a nos braços e enchia-lhe a cara de beijos; depois, passou a beijá-la só na face direita, aquela onde não havia vestígios de doença; agora, limitava-se a beijar-lhe a mão! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Ela compreendia tudo e calava-se. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;O filho não sofria menos. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Quando em criança entrou para a escola pública da freguesia, começaram logo os colegas, que o viam ir e vir com a mãe, a chamá-lo - o filho da caolha. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Aquilo exasperava-o; respondia sempre: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;- Eu tenho nome! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Os outros riam e chacoteavam-no; ele se queixava aos mestres, os mestres ralhavam com os discípulos, chegavam mesmo a castigá-los - mas a alcunha pegou. Já não era só na escola que o chamavam assim. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Na rua, muitas vezes, ele ouvia de uma ou outra janela dizerem: o filho da caolha! Lá vai o filho da caolha! Lá vem o filho da caolha! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Eram as irmãs dos colegas, meninas novas, inocentes e que, industriadas pelos irmãos, feriam o coração do pobre Antonico cada vez que o viam passar!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;As quitandeiras, onde iam comprar as goiabas ou as bananas para o lanche, aprenderam depressa a denominá-lo como os outros, e, muitas vezes, afastando os pequenos que se aglomeravam ao redor delas, diziam, estendendo uma mancheia de araçás, com piedade e simpatia: &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;- Taí, isso é para o filho da caolha! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;O Antonico preferia não receber o presente a ouvi-lo acompanhar de tais palavras; tanto mais que os outros, com inveja, rompiam a gritar, cantando em coro, num estribilho já combinado: &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;- Filho da caolha, filho da caolha! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O Antonico pediu à mãe que não o fosse buscar à escola; e muito vermelho, contou-lhe a causa; sempre que o viam aparecer à porta do colégio os companheiros murmuravam injúrias, piscavam os olhos para o Antonico e faziam caretas de náuseas. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A caolha suspirou e nunca mais foi buscar o filho. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Aos onze anos o Antonico pediu para sair da escola: levava a brigar com os condiscípulos, que o intrigavam e malqueriam. Pediu para entrar para uma oficina de marceneiro. Mas na oficina de marceneiro aprenderam depressa a chamá-lo - o filho da caolha, a humilhá-lo, como no colégio. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Além de tudo, o serviço era pesado e ele começou a ter vertigens e desmaios. Arranjou então um lugar de caixeiro de venda: os seus colegas agruparam-se à porta, insultando-o, e o vendeiro achou prudente mandar o caixeiro embora, tanto que a rapaziada ia-lhe dando cabo do feijão e do arroz expostos à porta nos sacos abertos! Era uma contínua saraivada de cereais sobre o pobre Antonico! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Depois disso passou um tempo em casa, ocioso, magro, amarelo, deitado pelos cantos, dormindo às moscas, sempre zangado e sempre bocejante! Evitava sair de dia e nunca, mas nunca, acompanhava a mãe; esta poupava-o: tinha medo que o rapaz, num dos desmaios, lhe morresse nos braços, e por isso nem sequer o repreendia! Aos dezesseis anos, vendo-o mais forte, pediu e obteve-lhe, a caolha, um lugar numa oficina de alfaiate. A infeliz mulher contou ao mestre toda a história do filho e suplicou-lhe que não deixasse os aprendizes humilhá-lo; que os fizesse terem caridade! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Antonico encontrou na oficina uma certa reserva e silêncio da parte dos companheiros; quando o mestre dizia: sr. Antonico, ele percebia um sorriso mal oculto nos lábios dos oficiais; mas a pouco e pouco essa suspeita, ou esse sorriso, se foi desvanecendo, até que principiou a sentir-se bem ali. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Decorreram alguns anos e chegou a vez de Antonico se apaixonar. Até aí, numa ou outra pretensão de namoro que ele tivera, encontrara sempre uma resistência que o desanimava, e que o fazia retroceder sem grandes mágoas. Agora, porém, a coisa era diversa: ele amava! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Amava como um louco a linda moreninha da esquina fronteira, uma rapariguinha adorável, de olhos negros como veludos e boca fresca como um botão de rosa. O Antonico voltou a ser assíduo em casa e expandia-se mais carinhosamente com a mãe; um dia, em que viu os olhos da morena fixarem os seus, entrou como um louco no quarto da caolha e beijou-a mesmo na face esquerda, num transbordamento de esquecida ternura! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aquele beijo foi para a infeliz uma inundação de júbilo! Tornara a encontrar o seu querido filho! Pôs-se a cantar toda a tarde, e nessa noite, ao adormecer, dizia consigo: &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;- Sou muito feliz... o meu filho é um anjo! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Entretanto, o Antonico escrevia, num papel fino, a sua declaração de amor à vizinha. No dia seguinte mandou-lhe cedo a carta. A resposta fez-se esperar. Durante muitos dias Antonico perdia-se em amarguradas conjecturas. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Ao princípio pensava: - É o pudor. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Depois começou a desconfiar de outra causa; por fim recebeu uma carta em que a bela moreninha confessava consentir em ser sua mulher, se ele se separasse completamente da mãe! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Vinham explicações confusas, mal alinhavadas: lembrava a mudança de bairro; ele ali era muito conhecido por filho da caolha, e bem compreendia que ela não se poderia sujeitar a ser alcunhada em breve de - nora da caolha, ou coisa semelhante! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;O Antonico chorou! Não podia crer que a sua casta e gentil moreninha tivesse pensamentos tão práticos!&lt;br /&gt;Depois o seu rancor se voltou para a mãe. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Ela era a causadora de toda a sua desgraça! Aquela mulher perturbara a sua infância, quebrara-lhe todas as carreiras, e agora o seu mais brilhante sonho de futuro sumia-se diante dela!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Lamentava-se por ter nascido de mulher tão feia, e resolveu procurar meio de separar-se dela; iria considerar-se humilhado continuando sob o mesmo teto; havia de protegê-la de longe, vindo de vez em quando vê-la à noite, furtivamente... &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Salvava assim a responsabilidade do protetor e, ao mesmo tempo, consagraria à sua amada a felicidade que lhe devia em troca do seu consentimento e amor... &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Passou um dia terrível; à noite, voltando para casa levava o seu projeto e a decisão de o expor à mãe.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;A velha, agachada à porta do quintal, lavava umas panelas com um trapo engordurado. O Antonico pensou:&lt;br /&gt;"Ao dizer a verdade eu havia de sujeitar minha mulher a viver em companhia de... uma tal criatura?" Estas últimas palavras foram arrastadas pelo seu espírito com verdadeira dor. A caolha levantou para ele o rosto, e o Antonico, vendo-lhe o pus na face, disse: &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;- Limpe a cara, mãe... &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Ela sumiu a cabeça no avental; ele continuou: &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;- Afinal, nunca me explicou bem a que é devido esse defeito!&lt;br /&gt;- Foi uma doença, - respondeu sufocadamente a mãe - é melhor não lembrar isso!&lt;br /&gt;- E é sempre a sua resposta: é melhor não lembrar isso! Por quê?&lt;br /&gt;- Porque não vale a pena; nada se remedeia...&lt;br /&gt;- Bem! Agora escute: trago-lhe uma novidade. O patrão exige que eu vá dormir na vizinhança da loja... já aluguei um quarto; a senhora fica aqui e eu virei todos os dias saber da sua saúde ou se tem necessidade de alguma coisa... É por força maior; não temos remédio senão sujeitar-nos!... &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Ele, magrinho, curvado pelo hábito de costurar sobre os joelhos, delgado e amarelo como todos os rapazes criados à sombra das oficinas, onde o trabalho começa cedo e o serão acaba tarde, tinha lançado naquelas palavras toda a sua energia, e espreitava agora a mãe com um olhar desconfiado e medroso. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;A caolha se levantou e, fixando o filho com uma expressão terrível, respondeu com doloroso desdém: &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;- Embusteiro! O que você tem é vergonha de ser meu filho! Saia! Que eu também já sinto vergonha de ser mãe de semelhante ingrato! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;O rapaz saiu cabisbaixo, humilde, surpreso da atitude que assumira a mãe, até então sempre paciente e cordata; ia com medo, maquinalmente, obedecendo à ordem que tão feroz e imperativamente lhe dera a caolha. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Ela o acompanhou, fechou com estrondo a porta, e vendo-se só, encostou-se cabaleante à parede do corredor e desabafou em soluços. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;O Antonico passou uma tarde e uma noite de angústia. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Na manhã seguinte o seu primeiro desejo foi voltar à casa; mas não teve coragem; via o rosto colérico da mãe, faces contraídas, lábios adelgaçados pelo ódio, narinas dilatadas, o olho direito saliente, a penetrar-lhe até o fundo do coração, o olho esquerdo arrepanhado, murcho - murcho e sujo de pus; via a sua atitude altiva, o seu dedo ossudo, de falanges salientes, apontando-lhe com energia a porta da rua; sentia-lhe ainda o som cavernoso da voz, e o grande fôlego que ela tomara para dizer as verdadeiras e amargas palavras que lhe atirara no rosto; via toda a cena da véspera e não se animava a arrostar com o perigo de outra semelhante.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Providencialmente, lembrou-se da madrinha, única amiga da caolha, mas que, entretanto, raramente a procurava. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Foi pedir-lhe que interviesse, e contou-lhe sinceramente tudo o que houvera. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;A madrinha escutou-o comovida; depois disse:&lt;br /&gt;- Eu previa isso mesmo, quando aconselhava tua mãe a que te dissesse a verdade inteira; ela não quis, aí está!&lt;br /&gt;- Que verdade, madrinha? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;- Encontraram a caolha a tirar umas nódoas do fraque do filho - queria mandar-lhe a roupa limpinha. A infeliz se arrependera das palavras que dissera e tinha passado a noite à janela, esperando que o Antonico voltasse ou passasse apenas... Via o porvir negro e vazio e já se queixava de si! Quando a amiga e o filho entraram, ela ficou imóvel: a surpresa e a alegria amarraram-lhe toda a ação. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;A madrinha do Antonico começou logo:&lt;br /&gt;- O teu rapaz foi suplicar-me que te viesse pedir perdão pelo que houve aqui ontem e eu aproveito a ocasião para, à tua vista, contar-lhe o que já deverias ter-lhe dito! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Cala-te! - murmurou com voz apagada a caolha.&lt;br /&gt;- Não me calo! Essa pieguice é que te tem prejudicado! Olha, rapaz! Quem cegou a tua mãe foste tu! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O afilhado tornou-se lívido; e ela concluiu:&lt;br /&gt;- Ah, não tiveste culpa! Eras muito pequeno quando, um dia, ao almoço, levantaste na mãozinha um garfo; ela estava distraída, e antes que eu pudesse evitar a catástrofe, tu o enterraste pelo olho esquerdo! Ainda tenho no ouvido o grito de dor que ela deu! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;O Antonico caiu pesadamente de bruços, com um desmaio; a mãe acercou-se rapidamente dele, murmurando trêmula:&lt;br /&gt;- Pobre filho! Vês? Era por isto que eu não queria dizer nada! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7244330887446829217-4234417808409877715?l=leandroscorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/feeds/4234417808409877715/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7244330887446829217&amp;postID=4234417808409877715' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/4234417808409877715'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/4234417808409877715'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/2007/08/caolha.html' title='A Caolha'/><author><name>LJ</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/TOm89Ik4KkI/AAAAAAAAAhU/UD8MyoJuDJE/S220/DSC_0253.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/Rr6O8Zvf6KI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/Ob02-WIU9qM/s72-c/An+Open+Window+on+a+Frozen+Day.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244330887446829217.post-1298163155411312030</id><published>2007-08-05T14:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-11T16:59:52.821-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sujeito</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sujeito&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;por leandro justen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095326179609177122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/RrY8KgZabCI/AAAAAAAAAIA/N4Zq7v0wQbw/s320/CIMG1670.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;Voracidade do tempo que passa mas que não deixa resquícios dos segundos passados, das rugas na testa, da oxidação do portão da frente de casa. O tempo passa sem a interrogação do que pode ser. De uma indagação desnecessária. De um sentimento jamais expressado. De um orgasmo reprimido. Da gente feia que se penteia, maquia e tenta esconder os dentes mal formados, o formato inexpressivo do rosto, o nariz quase inexistente. De um olhar que não atrai atenção e que se esconde num esboço de sorriso demasiadamente singelo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O sujeito jamais fora bonito de nada. Um rabisco no papel. Amassado. Jogado fora. Sem natureza que evoluciona. Sem a coragem dos épicos mentirosos. Nada, absolutamente nada lhe fazia sorrir de alma. Sorria por conveniência diante daquilo alheio. E andava, andava. Sem permissão de gente humana, ele seguia chorando a vida que caíra por casualidade e infortúnio naquele corpo cariado, esquelético. Sem cores que lhe desse ar de alegria. Não era branco, nem preto. Opaco por DNA. Feio por destino e às vezes feliz sem motivo. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;O sujeito anda sem paradeiro aos passos curtos e rápidos dessa multidão asombrada que se apressa para não perder o coletivo das duas horas da tarde. Pára no semáforo que anseia um verde sangue, de libertade e desoclusão. O verde é para os carros que aceleram os motores ruidosos desta metrópole de muitos donos. A multidão pára assustada, apressada, no vermelho do semáforo. Alguns cortam a avenida expressa por entre os carros acelerados, sobre o asfalto quente das quase duas horas da tarde de uma segunda-feira atrasada. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;O sujeito, logo ali, a um passo de uma mãe que segura o seu recém-nascido nos braços, não pára, seguindo adiante, passos curtos. Os carros tentam desviar daquele corpo franzino, feio, que se projeta continuamente para o centro daquela avenida expressa, onde às 10 horas da noite as prostitutas cuidam dos trabalhadores da construção civil. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Mas um passo, mais outro. O sujeito, sem muita objeção, atropela um carro que vinha à velocidade dos dias contemporâneos. Aquele corpo sem dono, sem desejo, sucumbe ao impacto do carro vermelho, que vinha sendo conduzido por um senhora professora que jamais houvera sentido o cheiro de morte tão presente, tão vivo. O automóvel vermelho ainda tivera audácia de passar por cima daquele monte de pele sem uso, manchando a avenida que leva nome de presidente e que fora palcos de muitos contos, muitos destes inacabados. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;A multidão aproxima-se do corpo ensanguentado, imóvel, olhos parcialmente abertos olhando pro céu que se escondia acima dos prédios antigos do centro da cidade. Anônimos respiram o sangue ralo que exalava e fritava no asfalto quente. O sinal abre aos pedestres que se desagregam e instantes depois se esquecerão da imagem crua da carne humana.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7244330887446829217-1298163155411312030?l=leandroscorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/feeds/1298163155411312030/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7244330887446829217&amp;postID=1298163155411312030' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/1298163155411312030'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/1298163155411312030'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/2007/08/sujeito.html' title='Sujeito'/><author><name>LJ</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/TOm89Ik4KkI/AAAAAAAAAhU/UD8MyoJuDJE/S220/DSC_0253.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/RrY8KgZabCI/AAAAAAAAAIA/N4Zq7v0wQbw/s72-c/CIMG1670.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244330887446829217.post-8498240609377332971</id><published>2007-07-28T21:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-30T22:40:56.291-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Latest Adventures'/><title type='text'>My Latest Adventures in America ...</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Colorado, Beautiful Colorado ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Montrose, Colorado (June 4-8, 2007&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092512223562222498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/Rqw84tPCy6I/AAAAAAAAAHw/3hh2QOu_Xlw/s320/80191888_iBGQLQ8Z_IMG_0069.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Black Canyon National Park&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Not even a week have I had to get used to Provo again and I am already taking off to Colorado. It’s my very first volleyball camp. It’s an eight-hour drive up to Montrose. In the car, we are in four: Chris, Josh, Dan and Me. I don’t know them very well. I had seen Chris watching one of the volleyball practices, I knew he’d played for BYU in previous years winning two national titles, but that was all. Josh was in the team in the beginning of the year, but left without I had the opportunity to meet him more closely. Dan is from New Zealand, he’s spending some of his summer in the States. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Colorado is perhaps my favorite state in the U.S. I've been there countless times and it always feels good to come back. I love the mountains, the aspen trees, the lifestyle. In Montrose, our daily routine is simple: during mornings and afternoons we coach volleyball, after that the fun really started. Chris, Dan, Josh and I head out to the fields in search of prairies dogs, Chris had brought guns and he taught Dan and I how to use it. While looking for prairies dogs, we jumped the rental jeep we were driving, and laughed our bellies off. With no luck and plenty of fun, we come back to the house.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092472636848655090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/RqwY4dPCyvI/AAAAAAAAAGY/DB_7eLSbj9M/s320/80191475_nxrBCP0y_IMG_0048.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Josh, Leandro, Dan, Chris&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;On one of the last days of the trip, our hosts took us to the Black Canyon National Park in the Gunnison Valley. The views blew me away. The precipice makes you dizzy and the rock formations take your breath away. &lt;span style="color:#ffffcc;"&gt;_____________________________________________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Watching the sun set in the Glacier National Park&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; ...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Conrad, Montana (July 25 - 28, 2007&lt;/strong&gt;) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Driving across the state of Montana revealed a path of many different landscapes. First all we see is an endless road that seems to take you nowhere. Grass fields on the right. Grass fields on the left. As we progress in our nine-hour journey, we see slightly elevated hills with few trees and cattle here and there. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092473216669240066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/RqwZaNPCywI/AAAAAAAAAGg/ODwqTXGocJo/s200/montana.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;9-hour drive&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Continue on driving and you will see crystal clear rivers, fly-fishing boats, a pace of life that seems unreal, a silence that makes you wonder. You’ll pass by some lonely houses. Keep going and will see wheat and barley crops all over on a multitude of green. You’ll see the Budweiser brewing its beer somewhere on your left. Take a nap! More wheat and barley ahead. Later, more cows eating grass. Seagulls flying by. You'll pass through a path of mountains. Keep going and you will see more wheat and barley and soon you will be in Conrad, a farming town of 2,000 people.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;In this trip, Chris leads the way, then there is Rodnei and me. Once in Conrad, we teach volleyball to Conrad High School girls, mingle with the locals.Chris brought two guns, it doesn't take long for us to we head out to the fields to shoot some gophers. It was my first time, didn’t know what to expect. Shooting gophers feels cruel at first, but I soon understand that gophers have become an agricultural pest. I was told that the gopher's population needs to be closely monitored.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffcc;"&gt;______________ .&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;In Montana, I feel like a farm boy. No worries. No papers due the next morning. The sun sets around 10 pm. The sky fades in pastel shades. The Rocky Mountains are far north. Antelopes run around, a herd of white-tail deer on the distance. There are mountain lions out there. Pelicans swim in a pond nearby.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092473547381721874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/RqwZtdPCyxI/AAAAAAAAAGo/RfL964VKMoE/s320/sunset+glacier.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sunset at the Glacier National Park&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Our trip ends up in the Glacier National Park. Rivers and waterfalls. You don’t know where to look, if you glimpse right to try to spot a Grizzly Bear, you’ll miss the stunning waterfall on your left. Ice melting everywhere, forming long-chained waterfalls hitting the boulders down the mountain. A mountain goat, white as the snow, eats weeds somewhere up above. We sit down and watch the sun set. It feels like you are part of an explorer’s painting. Orange shades give up to a pastel pink that vanishes away giving place to a large full moon hiding behind the mountains. It’s almost 10 pm and it’s time to head back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffcc;"&gt;________________________________________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Independence Day in the Summit County ...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dillon, CO (July 1-5, 2007&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092476236031249202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/RqwcJ9PCyzI/AAAAAAAAAG4/3ZyoMRGASds/s320/Colorado+and+BYU+pics+051.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Lake Dillon&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Coming back to Dillon brings great memories. I am excited to see Jan, Erin and Captain Riley. It’s been almost a year that I’ve been there. The mountains. The Lake. The rivers and creeks. All combined make of Summit County an unforgettable place. With the altitude of 9,000 feet, the air is drier than usual, the sun hits harder on your skin. It’s summer time. It’s time for a bike ride. 6 miles from Dillon to Keystone, then, 6 more miles from Keystone to Lake Dillon. Dillon. Enjoy the breeze and work out your legs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092475493001906978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/RqwbetPCyyI/AAAAAAAAAGw/Vi8gtypAN5Q/s320/Colorado+and+BYU+pics+141.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/Rqwcu9PCy0I/AAAAAAAAAHA/-YvINQd3d6o/s1600-h/kokonee+salmon.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092476871686409026" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/Rqwcu9PCy0I/AAAAAAAAAHA/-YvINQd3d6o/s200/kokonee+salmon.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Sean, Leandro, Jan in Breckenridge,&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;CO&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;On a warm summer morning, I go fly-fishing with Sean in the Blue River. Fresh water. Thousands of trouts waiting to be caught. Sean is patient, teaches me lessons, I cast the pole, reel in nothing. Try again, try to improve the technique. Watch the master do it once again. Soon enough I catch my first rainbow trout. Then my second, and third. 21 is the number. 20 rainbows and one kokonee salmon. Pretty happy with the catch, we come back to the house and the salmon becomes dinner.&lt;span style="color:#ffffcc;"&gt;________________________ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;On the 4th of July, streets are filled with blue and red. Fifty stars. The elderly and the young gather together to celebrate the most important American holiday, the Independence Day. Veterans are applauded and the thousands of voices sing the sing-along songs. Freedom is rejoiced. This is the land of the free. Orchestra playing in the background, violins and cellos, clarinets and trumpets. The maestro leads the show. &lt;span style="color:#ffcc66;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffcc;"&gt;________________________&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;It’s quite hot, but people stand strong singing the hymns of freedom and bravery. It’s the American pride. Beautiful to see. There’s little patriotism in my home country, Brazil. I wish we could fly our flamboyant flags proud to be Brazilians on the Brazilian Independence Day. I only see such thing during the World Cup. Soccer is the Brazilian pride. That’s it! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc66;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffcc;"&gt;________________________&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;After some music, we decided go to the Frisco Parade, Uncles Sam with big patriotic hats march on the streets. Corvettes line up, honking their horns. They throw candy to the crowds. Gangs of kids fighting for sweets, filling up their bags. Sweat running their down their faces. Some many Americans flags. Beer drinkers. Families and dogs. On the Independence Day, everybody becomes one.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;I fly back on the 5th, rested and refueled.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Many Movies in Wyoming ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wright, Wyoming (July 16-20, 2007&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We land on the smallest airport I've ever been in. Three gates and small commuter planes take care of business in Casper, Wyoming. It fells good to touch the ground, two hours flying on a small, shaky, Embraer plane, scares the hell out of me. Stomach's turning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092480316250180434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 144px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 111px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="119" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/Rqwf3dPCy1I/AAAAAAAAAHI/zqb7j0ap2D0/s200/wright.jpg" width="161" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;In Wright, there isn’t much to do besides coaching volleyball. In cattle country of northeastern Wyoming, small towns reign absolute. Wright has a population of approximately 1,500 people and its economy is based on agriculture, oil, gas and coal. There are buffalo ranches, antelopes run freely around the town. All is plain in Wright. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Our hosts have a great collection of movies, from comedy to horror. It doesn't take long for us, Rod, Tyler and I, to pop the first one. Here's the list (BEST to NOT SO GOOD!):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Closer&lt;br /&gt;Babel&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/RqwgxdPCy2I/AAAAAAAAAHQ/ulppsqkVZFo/s1600-h/closer.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092481312682593122" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/RqwgxdPCy2I/AAAAAAAAAHQ/ulppsqkVZFo/s200/closer.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Munich&lt;br /&gt;Constantine&lt;br /&gt;Hannibal&lt;br /&gt;Garden State&lt;br /&gt;Fast Food Nation&lt;br /&gt;Click&lt;br /&gt;Children of Men&lt;br /&gt;House of 9&lt;br /&gt;Anchorman&lt;br /&gt;V for Vendetta (asleep before movie ended)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Again, Colorado!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Buena Vista, Colorado (June 23-28, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Buena Vista is a bit of heaven and maybe that’s why it is called Buena Vista which in Spanish means “Pleasant, Beautiful View”. Mountains both sides of the road. The Arkansas River fast flowing, an ideal place for rafting and kayaking. It was one the most beautiful rides I’ve ever taken. Rock mountains and the Colorado River. Pines trees and cool weather.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Buena Vista, or (Byoona Vista) as the locals say, is based on the foot of the Collegiate Peaks that take the names of some of most notorious Ivy League Universities – Mt. Princeton, Mt. Columbia, Mt. Harvard. It is a charming little town of approximately 2,500 people. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092510183452756850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/Rqw7B9PCy3I/AAAAAAAAAHY/UTjYmIIUqaY/s320/IMG_2083.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Buena Vista High School Girls&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Josh, Tyler and I, come to Colorado trying to make the most out of this trip. Our host, Jamie, is an incredibly chill, down-to-earth lady, she takes us the hot springs in Mt. Princeton. A nice treat after a long day of volleyball. Build a little pool by the river, sit down and let the muscles relax.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The camp goes exceptionally, the girls work hard and we all have tons of fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the way back, we drive up to Aspen, stop at the Independence Pass at an altitude of 12,095 feet to take pictures, shoot some video. Aspen is beautiful as expected. Million dollar houses. More mountains and pine trees. I can only imagine all of that covered with snow.&lt;br /&gt;I’ll be back!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092511098280790914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/Rqw73NPCy4I/AAAAAAAAAHg/-Rj6w2d2WXc/s320/IMG_2106.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt; Tyler, Leandro, Josh&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div align="justify"&gt;_________________________________________________________&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7244330887446829217-8498240609377332971?l=leandroscorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/feeds/8498240609377332971/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7244330887446829217&amp;postID=8498240609377332971' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/8498240609377332971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/8498240609377332971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/2007/07/my-latest-adventure-in-america.html' title='My Latest Adventures in America ...'/><author><name>LJ</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/TOm89Ik4KkI/AAAAAAAAAhU/UD8MyoJuDJE/S220/DSC_0253.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/Rqw84tPCy6I/AAAAAAAAAHw/3hh2QOu_Xlw/s72-c/80191888_iBGQLQ8Z_IMG_0069.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244330887446829217.post-3423080878055029489</id><published>2007-07-14T17:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-15T09:16:17.773-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='De volta a Zion ...'/><title type='text'>De volta a Zion, digo Provo, assim se procedeu ...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/Rpl3HMxafNI/AAAAAAAAABc/ckcBxFA7Lrc/s1600-h/Colorado+and+BYU+pics+219.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087228219662957778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/Rpl3HMxafNI/AAAAAAAAABc/ckcBxFA7Lrc/s400/Colorado+and+BYU+pics+219.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Comment vas tu?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; Aqui encontro-me novamente, ainda um tanto deslocado, sigo a colocar as pendências em dia e a tentar estabelecer uma rotina. Resta ainda um apertãozinho que vem e que vai, sem mais nem menos, neste dias que se passam. Há tantas coisas nas entrelinhas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A viagem foi longa. Trago nas malas os sorrisos, os abraços, as palavras. Revisitar transforma. E são nas quase 10 horas de vôo que muito me vem a mente. Imagens tão nítidas aparecem do lado de fora da janela do avião.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sigo a longa estrada que me leva onde hoje estou, uma viagem retrospectiva , e bifurcações nas quais não sei bem onde vão me levar. Sigo em frente, comigo mesmo, da minha forma. Penso na família, tão singela, dos tempos que já não voltam, na infância do bairro do Nova Michigan, dos jogos de vôlei na rua, de bola caindo na casa do vizinho. Lembro-me de pessoas cujos nomes me falham, mas no entanto, suas faces vezes me vêm a mente. Lembro-me das aulas e dos meus alunos do Yazigi, de momentos toscos de importância cuja, muitas vezes, não sabemos reconhecer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dormi durante quase todo o vôo. Acordava, já dormindo. O avião aterrizava no aeroporto international de Dallas/Forworth, aeroporto de proporções gigantescas, às 6 da manhã. E então me dei conta de que realmente havia chegado; fila para imigração, implicância com o meu I-20. Cheguei.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Durante as 4 horas de conexão para Salt Lake City, matava o tempo com iPod nas orelhas, músicas aleatórias e Carolyna, alternava o passar do tempo com com livro do Bernardinho e observava o fluxo de pessoas. Aviões partiam. Gente chegava. Crianças loiras brincavam. Abria. E fechava o livro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ao desembarcar no aeroporto de SLC, missionários partiam com os seus crachás e ternos pretos. Cheguei a Utah! Pensei e ri comigo mesmo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mas ainda me restava uma viagem em terra até Zion, digo Provo. Embora cansado, decidi pegar um ônibus convencional, embora não soubesse as linhas que me levassem pra Provo. Arrisquei. Seguindo a intuição e fazendo uso do dom da fala, finalmente cheguei ao centro de Salt Lake City. Ao longe pude ver o templo e o famoso tabernáculo Mormon. Contemplei por um momento e então peguei um trem que me levou até a cidade de Sandy. No caminho observava a movimentacão das pessoas, que as duas horas da tarde, enchia o trem de com pessoas de todos os tipos; típicos caucasianos, trabalhadores, hispânicos, estudantes, ciclistas, missionárias, punks e desvairados.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Desci no ponto final e peguei um ônibus que me levava a Provo. Sentei-me ao lado de uma senhora que carregava muitas sacolas, aparentemente simpática, essa senhora sorriu para mim e começou a falar descontroladamente sobre coisas muitas estranhas. Percebi que se tratava de uma senhora louca. Minha única saída era ou saltar do ônibus em movimento ou tentar ignorá-la. Mas ignorá-la não foi o bastante, e sem energia para saltar do ônibus, fiquei ali sentado a olhar pros lado, e ela continuou a falar e falar e falar, mas desta vez, sozinha. Eu voava longe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Ao chegar em Provo, uma placa dizia,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“WELCOME TO PROVO”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087220424297315490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/RplwBcxafKI/AAAAAAAAABE/iE-MjtDEYn0/s320/Colorado+and+BYU+pics+205.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Alugo um quarto. Room #15. Dois roomates dividem comigo o apartamento, um americano, Mike, e um jovem de Bangladesh, Ujal, cujo tio ganhara o prêmio nobel da paz. Ambos aparentam ser pessoas tranquilas. Trocamos algumas palavras e nada mais. O americano, 22 anos, vai se casar em agosto com uma garota de 19 a quem "namora" a apenas 3 semanas. Escolhem as alianças e o terno a ser usado, parecem mais amigos que qualquer outra coisa, não vejo abraços ou beijos. Assim é como as coisas acontecem em Utah.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Já em Provo, aprecio a temperatura amena desta primavera em Utah. Cores explodem nos inúmeros jardins, montanhas agora verdes, céu azul, e uma tranquilidade que impacienta. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Guardo na memória e em fotos danificas e perdidas a viagem ao Rio, 4 amigos se reencontram, Copacana, Pousada Girassol, Photoshoots, Travessa Angrense ... &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Guardo na memória o cuidado e amor da dona Vilma, a quietude e o bom coração do pai, os sobrinhos a brincar e a brincar, a Tita que já não liga pra mim, o reencontro com pessoas que significam muito. Revisitar faz &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;bem&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E assim foi. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;29 de Maio de 2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7244330887446829217-3423080878055029489?l=leandroscorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/feeds/3423080878055029489/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7244330887446829217&amp;postID=3423080878055029489' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/3423080878055029489'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/3423080878055029489'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/2007/07/de-volta-zion-digo-provo-assim-se.html' title='De volta a Zion, digo Provo, assim se procedeu ...'/><author><name>LJ</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/TOm89Ik4KkI/AAAAAAAAAhU/UD8MyoJuDJE/S220/DSC_0253.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/Rpl3HMxafNI/AAAAAAAAABc/ckcBxFA7Lrc/s72-c/Colorado+and+BYU+pics+219.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244330887446829217.post-3547852128404230386</id><published>2007-07-14T11:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-14T17:23:20.673-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Wilkommen!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/RplotMxafHI/AAAAAAAAAAs/02AGZ9H03IM/s1600-h/cropped+blog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087212379823570034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/RplotMxafHI/AAAAAAAAAAs/02AGZ9H03IM/s200/cropped+blog.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/RpkrhcxafFI/AAAAAAAAAAc/9GiA5JPd230/s1600-h/CIMG0427.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wil&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/Rpkpt8xafEI/AAAAAAAAAAU/LCyQqLlGNlQ/s1600-h/cropped.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;kommen!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Depois de algum tempo pensando, resolvi lançar um blog. A idéia nasceu da minha necessidade de escrever tanto em português como em inglês e espanhol. Este espaço representa um link no qual grandes amigos e família, especialmente para aqueles que estão a milhares de milhas longe de mim, possam saber um pouco do que acontece comigo. Este é um espaço onde vou postar contos, alguns escritos por mim, mas muitos outros compostos pelos grandes da literatura e outros textos que valham a pena. É também um espaço para discussões de temas atuais. Mas acima de tudo, este é um espaço de encontro e espero que vocês passem por aqui . Seus comentários são muito bem vindos. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;After a while of debating with myself, I decided to launch a blog. The idea came out of my necessity of writing in Portuguese, English and Spanish. This space represente a link to my great friends and family, especially for those special ones who are miles and miles away from. Here, you’ll be up to date of what goes on with me. This is a space where I will post tales, some written by me, but many others composed by the greatest of literature and other writings that are worth being here. It is a place for discussions of current issues as well. But most of all, it is a place for exchange of what we have best and I truly hope you stop by some time. Your comments are well welcome. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Desde hace bastante tiempo he estado pensando en lanzar un blog. La idea nació de una necesidad mía de escribir tanto en portugués como español e inglés. Este es un pequeño espacio representa un link para mis amigos y familia para que sepan un poco de lo que pasa conmigo, especialmente para aquellos que están a millares de millas lejos de mí. Además, es también un rinconcito literario, de cuentos, algunos escritos por mí, pero muchos otros compuestos por los grandes de la literatura y otros textos que valgan la pena. Es también un espacio de discusión de temas presentes. Más que todo, es un rincón de intercambio de lo que tenemos de mejor, y yo honestamente espero que vosotros paséis por aquí. Vuestros comentarios son muy bien venidos. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Sinceramente,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Leandro Justen&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7244330887446829217-3547852128404230386?l=leandroscorner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/feeds/3547852128404230386/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7244330887446829217&amp;postID=3547852128404230386' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/3547852128404230386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7244330887446829217/posts/default/3547852128404230386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leandroscorner.blogspot.com/2007/07/wilkommen.html' title='Wilkommen!'/><author><name>LJ</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='15' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/TOm89Ik4KkI/AAAAAAAAAhU/UD8MyoJuDJE/S220/DSC_0253.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W3UyMW649-k/RplotMxafHI/AAAAAAAAAAs/02AGZ9H03IM/s72-c/cropped+blog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry></feed>
