FRIENDS Forever...

I am a declared TV addict; everyone that knows me knows that. I have never tried to hide that fact; in fact I am proud to love the TV shows I do. However, there are only a handful of shows that I could watch over and over again and never really get tired of...

FRIENDS came into my life during it's third season. The date is not very specific for me because at the time I followed it on TV in Brazil and they were always late comparing to The US. Those six characters became part of my life so fast that I didn;t even have a chance to fight it (not I wanted to); little did I know that they would be forever in my heart. I have all the seasons and I have seen each episode at least 15 times. When it aired back in Brazil, I used to watch it at it's regular time and on both it's rerun times. I never got tired of it and I don't think I ever will. Even nowadays, whenever I see it on I have to watch it. I have to admit, watching FRIEND's reruns induces two possible reactions in me. One, I laugh like it's the first time I am watching that episode, even though I know all the punch lines And Two, I don't nearly laugh as much, but I get a certain comfortable feeling in seeing those characters that it simply puts a smile on my face. Some people like to say that the show lost its luster on it's later seasons. I don't agree with that at all. I have to say that my least favorite season is number 8, I don't really like the whole Joey-loves-Rachel thing, but the season does have some great episodes; such as: "The one with the rumor" where Brad Pitt pays a visit. However, I do believe that the 10th season is one of my favorites with Joey learning French and not sharing food, Ross dressing up as a girl and getting all worked up about Mark (AGAIN!), and Phoebe changing her name to "Princess Consuela Banana hammock" to her dear husband “Crap Bag”... Classic episodes!! Fans were divided at the finale, some hated and some loved it. I personally loved it, I thought it was a perfect ending and it still makes me cry whenever I watch it... It was the saddest goodbye I ever had with a TV show... FRIENDS will always be in my heart... MY RELATIONSHIP WITH FRIENDS: - After the Cheesecake episode in season 7, I became so obsessed with finding a cheesecake just like in the show that I nearly drove my dad mad :P (I found it years later and HATED IT... lol) - I used to show episodes in class and use the show as a teaching tool. One day I showed the Gag Reel from season 7 and got complains from classrooms on the floor beneath me because the laughs were too loud. (BEST GAG REEL EVER) - At on the school's I taught, I was known as the "FRIENDS Encyclopedia". That's because whenever any of the other teachers wanted an episode with certain vocabularies or Verb Tense to use in the classroom I could always name the best episode and it's season. - To this day everyday situations still take me back to a specific episode. I always see myself saying: "remember that episode of FRIENDS where..."

- I have this poster on my wall:

Click HERE to watch a montage shown on the last clip episode before the finale. The editing is amazing, with the images working perfectly with the great song "Walk on - U2". I just cried watching it... ENJOY...

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Saudades...

Here I am, awake at 7:13am... No, I didn't wake up early, I haven't slept yet hehe...

I decided to write this post after surfing around some old friends' profiles on Orkut. It's funny that despite the fact that I will never forget all those people that came into my life, when you change your life so radically as I did, you do leave too much behind...

Since I was a kid I always heard that "goodbyes" are easier for the people that are "leaving" or "moving on" because they are "going", they are on the move to a new adventure and those who are left behind stand still... It might not be completely true, but it is valid somehow...

Looking at some friends' pics I realize how much my life is disconnected from theirs. I know it is normal, after all the distance is so great... however, it is still painful to see that you are not really a part of their lives anymore... I am sure that they still love me as I love them... but that "day-today" relationship is over and that is when the "saudades" come in...

"SAUDADE" is a very special word and it only exists with it's intensity in the Portuguese language... the closest to it in English would be "to miss someone/something".

"SAUDADE" is an extreme sense of longing for people, places and things you love and that the absence hurts a lot...

There are so many people I miss, so many people I left behind and in different places... I know I will never forget them and they will always have a special place in my heart... I also know that I will see them all again and we will celebrate life together again...

On the mosaic above I show some of these people, in different moments of my life... Moischa, meu bebe, Mimi, Vitti, Aline, Nigga, lil' nigga, Leny, Manu, Iroca, Mammy, Flavio, Rodo...

*Some people are not there simply because I don't have their pictures (pics with me I mean)...

I lost so many files when my computer crashed...

**To name a few of the missing ones: Isabelle (my bitch), Leidy, Gaby, Fafa, Nando, Rodrigo... (sorry if I forgot anyone...)

***I didn't add any pics of my great friends in Israel... this post is about who I left behind... I do love you all...

Ps: To anonymous: I do watch a lot of TV shows, I DL about 25 a week...

Thanks for the comments: Anonymous, Gooooood girl and misfit :) keep on coming :D

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The perfect ending...

Through the years I have become addicted to a great amount of TV shows. That obsession caused me to have my "don't talk to me I'm watching..." moments. However, a show that I was never too obsessed about was "Six Feet Under". I knew the characters, I saw a lot of episodes, but it was never a comitment for me to watch the show and I was never dying to see the next season. It came as a surprised for me that "Six Feet Under" produced the best Series Finale EVER. The show ended in 2005 and I remember catching the finale by accident on HBO Brazil the following year. A couple minutes ago the finale just aired on Channel 2 here in Israel and it made me cry AGAIN. I can't help but shed tears everytime I watch it. The combination of images and the song chosen to follow them is exquisite and incomparable. The last scene follows each characters future until their deaths, cutting back and forth with Claire (the youngest of the main family) driving toward her uncertain future in NYC. Seeing each characters future and how their demise arrived is heart wrenchingly beautiful. There are no loose threads and story lines. A true end for a great show. The cast of the show was so talented that most of its actors are currently in great shows out there. Michael C. Hall (David) is Dexter, Frances Conroy is guest starring in Desperate Housewives, Rachel Griffiths is Sarah Walker on Brothers & Sisters and Peter Krause was starring in Dirty, Sexy Money. The creator of Six Feet Under has also created the season hit True Blood, which finished its first season las week and has a second season guaranteed. *if you've never seen the show, you'll probably not get the strength of the ending... Though you might still enjoy the song... which is: Breathe me by Sia Here's the video... Enjoy:

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