Author: Ms Editor

RJ 10/05/1989 Wednesday I started English at Brasas today. I woke up at 6:00am and went there. The class was fun. The teacher is young (around 28 years old) and really nice. I was smiling all the way through. I think I’m one of the youngest in the class. I went to the gynaecologist yesterday…

RJ 07/05/1989 Sunday rainy Sunday… Sunday tedium… Maira went out with Julia and Claudio. My aunt and uncle had a few drinks and fell asleep, it rained all day. I went to the cinema with my mum and aunt Italia to watch Gorillas in the Mist. What an amazing film! I don’t get how Rain…

RJ 06/05/1989 Saturday I woke up feeling awful, depressed… My family is crazy (uncle, aunt, grandfather), not going to Brasilia, the boredom, the loneliness… Everything at once. To avoid going mad at home I met up with my mum. We bought some things and had lunch at Palheta and we talked. What’s really getting me…

RJ 05/05/1989 Friday Crap, crap, FUCK! Now my mother came up with this one: I can’t go to Brasilia now because the IBGE strike messed up her work calendar and she can’t stay there for four days and my exams start soon. So, I can’t go anytime soon. I feel so frustrated! I’ve been expecting…

RJ 03/05/1989 Wednesday Gustavo called me unexpectedly yesterday saying he was coming here and arrived soon after. He moved to his dad’s in Botafogo on Monday and said he had no intention of ever going back to his mum’s. We hadn’t seen each other for long and it felt awkward. It’s always like this, no…