O terceiro lado da moeda

Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high,
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby.

Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true.

Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far
Behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me.

Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly.
Birds fly over the rainbow.
Why then, oh why can't I?

If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow
Why, oh why can't I?

Whoever aims publicly at great things and at length perceives secretly that he is too weak to achieve them, has usually also insufficient strength to renounce his aims publicly, and then inevitably becomes a hypocrite.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)

Nós não somos
o que fizeram de nós,
mas sim o que fazemos
do que fizeram da gente.

(Sartre)

"Vivemos nossas vidas, fazemos nossas coisas, depois dormimos - é simples assim, comum assim. Alguns se atiram da janela, outros se afogam, tomam pílulas; muitos mais morrem em algum acidente; e a maioria de nós, a grande maioria, é devorada por alguma doença ou, quando temos muita sorte, pelo próprio tempo. Existe apenas isto como consolo: uma hora, em um momento ou outro, quando, apesar dos pesares de todos, a vida parece explodir e nos dar tudo o que havíamos imaginado, ainda que qualquer um, exceto as crianças (e talvez até elas), saiba que a essa seguir-se-ão inevitavelmente muitas outras horas, bem mais penosas e difíceis. Mesmo assim gostamos da cidade, da manhã, e torcemos, como não fazemos por nenhuma outra coisa, para que haja mais."
Filme As horas

"Quero, um dia, dizer às pessoas que nada foi em vão... Que o amor existe, que vale a pena se doar às amizades e às pessoas, que a vida é bela sim e que eu sempre dei o melhor de mim... E que valeu a pena ."Mario Quintana

"Tão bom quanto morrer de amor, é continuar vivendo." Mario Quintana

If you're a blogger, but not even a foot soldier in your local paint-ball league, it's time you take some advice from Cody, a former stripper who's become an online legend and one of Hollywood's hottest screenwriters.

The 29-year-old Cody (real name: Brook Busey-Hunt) will see her first movie, Juno, hit U.S. screens in December. She's also executive producer and head writer for Steven Spielberg's TV series The United States of Tara, scheduled for a 2008 debut on Showtime. She's got more movies in the works, and last month the Hollywood Film Festival gave her the Hollywood Breakthrough Screenwriter of the Year Award.

Ready to taste that kind of success yourself? Follow Cody's "Five Easy Steps to Blogging Your Way to Hollywood Success." It's a foolproof system, really.

Step One: Study Writing in School

It's indisputable within the halls of higher education that every student who majors in creative writing in college goes on to be a successful celebrity scribe. Never mind that Cody's professors thought their future star would collapse into white dwarfdom soon after commencement.

"One of my teachers told me that I was lazy," Cody explained. "He said, 'I think you're the best writer I've ever taught. But I'll never hear from you again because you have no ambition.' I never intended to get my writing out there. I always thought of published writers as honor roll students -- the real overachiever types. I never intended my work as a springboard to anything else. I write because I'm addicted to it. It's my confessional."

Step Two: Start Blogging and Wait to Be Discovered

After college, Cody left her native Chicago for the romantic Twin Cities -- trading Post-it Notes for pasties while exploring the frosty Minneapolis underworld as a stripper. She described the perils of pole-dancing on the popular Pussy Ranch blog.

Because there are only a few blogs online these days (Technorati currently tracks a mere 112 million), it was a safe bet that a successful Los Angeles literary manager (Mason Novick) would find Cody's work and inquire from 3,000 miles away about her literary ambitions.

"Before Mason found me, all I'd written was the blogs for City Pages in Minneapolis," Cody said. "He asked me if I'd thought about writing something else. I started my book after that."

Step Three: Write Your Memoir at Age 24 and Publish It

After Novick stirred Cody into action in defiance of her cynical writing instructor, she cranked out a memoir documenting her experiences in the sex industry, Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper. Novick lined up a publisher for the completed manuscript, and Cody soon found herself hawking her wares to David Letterman and CNN's hosts du jour.

"Without Mason, none of this would have happened," Cody said. "I'm not awesome at self-promotion. Mostly I was just blogging in my own little bubble. I'm lucky I did what I did when I did it."

Step Four: Write/Sell Your First Screenplay

Following the success of her book, Cody took a shot at movies. Her first script (for Juno) landed director Jason Reitman on the heels of Thank You for Smoking and a cast including Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman. (Cody and Reitman are also working together on horror-comedy flick, Jennifer's Body, according to The Hollywood Reporter.)

"It's been fun, and I'm enjoying it while I can," Cody said. "I think there's room for more talented bloggers to break into Hollywood. It seemed like a fluke when I did it, but I won't be the last blogger to have a film produced."

Step Five: Produce a TV Show for Steven Spielberg

As executive producer and head writer for Spielberg's The United States of Tara, Cody is lending her quick wit and golden touch to cable television -- while waiting for the next blogging star to chase her down Sunset Boulevard.

"There are so many talented people that exist in the marketplace," Cody said. "So, don't look for a plan. Put your blog out into the world and hope that your talent will speak for itself."

See? It's just that easy.

"— É assim mesmo — eu disse. — O mundo fora de minha cabeça tem janelas, telhados, nuvens, e aqueles bichos brancos lá embaixo. Sobre eles, não te detenhas demasiado, pois correrás o risco de transpassá-los com o olhar ou ver neles o que eles próprios não vêem, e isso seria tão perigoso para ti quanto para mim violar sepulcros seculares, mas, sendo uma borboleta, não será muito difícil evitá-lo: bastará esvoaçar sobre as cabeças, nunca pousar nelas, pois pousando correrás o risco de ser novamente envolvida pelos cabelos e reabsorvida pelos cérebros pantanosos e, se isso for inevitável, por descuido ou aventura, não deverás te torturar demasiado, de nada adiantaria, procura acalmar-te e deslizar para dentro dos tais cérebros o mais suavemente possível, para não seres triturada pelas arestas dos pensamentos, e tudo é natural, basta não teres medos excessivos — trata-se apenas de preservar o azul das tuas asas."

Uma história de borboletas - Caio F.
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