Holiday

Today is Monday and it’s now 5 in the godforsaken morning. I can’t sleep at all.
I’ve just finished reading a book (High Fidelity, by Nick Hornby) and apparently there is nothing left around here but my laptop. Considering it’s been a while since I last contributed to this blog, I thought it was about time I wrote something. Anything.

Here I am.

My holiday was very... peculiar. Surreal, if I dare to say. (I shouldn’t be using a past tense now. There’s another long day ahead... Who knows what’s gonna happen?). I could easily write a sad book about my September 7th memories, but I just don’t feel like going through all the shitty events that happened to me. Not today. I’ll spare you.

Instead, I’m gonna use this top 5 idea (I’ve just read the book, for f*** sake!) to show you why I’m not suffering from the annoying I-had-tons-of-fun-for-four-days happiness. Forgive my bitterness.

Here I go:

1) I worked on Saturday. God... I can’t get used to it. I’ve been waking up early on Saturdays for the past 4 or 5 years and it’s always painful. It ruins my weekends, really. I mean... I love my students, teaching is huge part of who I am, but.... COME ON! People shouldn’t work on holidays!
2) I went to Campinas unintentionally. Ok. I didn’t really GO to Campinas, but I was on my way to doing so. Yesterday I was trying to go home after a spooky evening at Shopping Market Place (Even though THAT was my worst moment in... let’s say... 22 years, I won’t talk about it. It involves hurting the only person I would die for. My heart is broken.) and I ended up at Rodovia Bandeirantes. Shame on me.
3) The Orphan is the worst movie ever. After getting lost in my own city, I decided to watch The Orphan. I’m crazy about horror movies, I thought it would help boost my humor. I called my brother, we went to the pictures (!). I paid for both tickets. The movie hadn’t even finished when we left. Piece of garbage.
4) I’m sleepy and cranky. It’s almost 6 in the morning. No need to explain that one.
5) No plans for today. Maybe I’ll use another beautiful sunny day to prepare classes. Shame on me 2.

What about yourselves, folks? Share you happiness. Share your misfortunes. Just share whatever you feel like sharing. That’s the point of having a blog, eh?


PS: My top 5 books: 1)Hamlet by William Shakespeare. 2) Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie. 3) Othelo by William Shakespeare. 4)Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas by Machado de Assis. 5) O Xangô de Baker Street by Jô Soares.

by Débora Benedetto, CPE 1- mornings