My journals from 1984 to now
BSB 18/12/1984 Tuesday After much confusion it’s been decided: I’m going to Rio on Thursday, by plane. At 2 o’clock in the morning! (Because it’s cheaper). I’m going with Carmen’s sister (she’s the one paying for the ticket) and when I arrive I’m staying at her relatives’ house. The day after my aunt Zezé will … Read more
BSB 17/12/1984 Monday Today was a monotonous vacation day and I only write because I’m conditioned lo do so and I feel bad when I don’t write. In the morning I fInished recording the tape. In the afternoon I listened to music and danced. Oh, yes, in the morning I blew soap bubbles out of … Read more
BSB 16/12/1984 Sunday Woke up with a noise. My mum was reading the song I wrote last night (I left the diary open). I screamed. I thought she had read the previous page. What a fright! Renata came here and we recorded “Vereda Tropical”(Ana Amelia’s). Speaking of which, Andre still has my record “Partido Alto”. … Read more
BSB 15/12/1984 Saturday Stayed home all morning. Went down in the afternoon and in the evening too. Decided to smoke cigarettes and felt a bit sick. In the morning I was blowing some soap bubbles at home. At night (about 15 people from the 409 came here and then we went to the 402) we … Read more
I was born in 1971, in the city of Brasília, which is where I lived when these diaries were written. Prior to that I had lived in Mexico, Brasília, Goiânia and Anápolis… These have been translated from Portuguese by me. I was 12 years old when I started writing them, after reading Anne Frank’s diaries, … Read more