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RJ 11/07/1989 Tuesday Went to the bus station with Zezé in the morning and bought my ticket to Brasilia! I’m going on the 21st! Then we went to Copacabana to get my mother’s grant money with Carmen, who arrived back from London. It was 2,300 dollars. Then we went to the bureau de change to…

RJ 10/07/1989 Monday Happy Days! I feel like a feather, light and free. A flowering garden. I can’t describe this sensation of peace! I depend only on myself to be happy. I went to the Banco Mercantil after Brasas to pay for the English course. Daylight robbery! I also paid Rogerio and Paulo. I did…

RJ 09/07/1989 Sunday – I’m going to Brasilia! Luciana called last night saying I can stay at hers! Fucking hell, great news! I’m going to Brasilia on the 21st, I can’t believe it! Claudio (from the beach, last week) called yesterday inviting me to go to the cinema today (I can’t complain I don’t get…

RJ 08/07/1989 Saturday I watched lots of films, it’s mine and the family’s new favourite pastime. Gino called, we dreamt about each other last night, which happens often, but our dreams were very different. In his dream we were at the beach, together… A good dream. In my dream, as in so many, I only…

RJ 06/07/1989 Thursday I was arriving in Brasilia exactly a year ago, for the holidays. My father hasn’t called and this makes it clear that he’s NOT my father. I wrote to Luciana asking if I could stay at her house in the last week of July (when I don’t have classes at Brasas) and…