Strike two.

Eu tentei reabrir este tasco...

Que ninguém duvide da minha capacidade de procrastinação.
Mas isto agora vai.
Acho.

As minhas palhaçadas habituais.
O sorriso da minha mãe. E também o da minha mana.
E o riso do meu pai.
Basta.
Nunca será o champanhe e o caviar a alimentar-me a Alma.

Já dei uma vista de olhos por 2009.
Foi um ano que não me correu de feição.
Dei 1 passo para a frente e 2 para trás.
Se a matemática não me falha, não é suposto a coisa ser assim.
Não é que tenha metido a pata na poça, acho é que há mesmo anos que não têm que ser.
Adiante.
2010 está aí a bater à porta e eu já tenho a indumentária de porteiro.
Mais do que desejos, é tempo de previsões.
Acho que é a Maya que há em mim a dizer olá mas com uma valente dose de pragmatismo.
Não há ilusões para 2010.
Vai ser um ano difícil, recheado de decisões complicadas.
De uma certa perspectiva, é uma forma de progredir tão boa como outra qualquer.
OK, não é.
Mas é a única que conheço.
Vá-se lá saber porquê, tenho uma expectativa enorme para os próximos 12 meses.
E uma certeza ainda maior em mim mesmo.
Daqui a 365 dias, falamos.


Para os melhores leitores do mundo, um EXCELENTE 2010.

Passengers stand on the wings of a U.S. Airways plane as a ferry pulls up to it after it landed in the Hudson River in New York, January 15, 2009.
Credit: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid




President Barack Obama takes the Oath of Office as the 44th U.S. President with his wife Michelle, daughters Malia (2nd R) and Sasha (R) by his side at the U.S. Capitol in Washington January 20, 2009. Obama became the first African-American president in U.S. history.
Credit: REUTERS/Chuck Kennedy/Pool




A demonstrator is seen holding a placard outside the Total Lindsey refinery during a protest over the use of foreign workers in Lincolnshire, northern England, February 2, 2009.
Credit: REUTERS/Phil Noble




Traders stand outside the New York Stock Exchange, March 27, 2009.
Credit: REUTERS/Eric Thayer




U.S. pop star Michael Jackson gestures during a news conference at the O2 Arena in London March 5, 2009. Jackson said he will hold a series of final concerts in Britain later in the year.
Credit: REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth




Demonstrators charge through a street in London during protests to coincide with Thursday's G20 summit meeting April 1, 2009. Demonstrators clashed with riot police and smashed bank windows in Britain's financial centre ahead of a G20 meeting in protest against a system they said had robbed the poor to benefit the rich.
Credit: REUTERS/Dylan Martinez




Myanmar nationals living in Thailand hold portraits of pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and shout slogans during a protest outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok May 31, 2009.
Credit: REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom

A supporter of former presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi holds a placard upside down while attending a rally in Tehran, June 15, 2009.
Credit: REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl

Gay couple Ethan Collings (L), 32, and his spouse Stephen Abate, 36, hug as they celebrate their one-year wedding anniversary in West Hollywood, California, June 16, 2009. The couple were married when same-sex marriages were first allowed last year.
Credit: REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Real Madrid's new Portuguese soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo walks onto the stage during his presentation ceremony at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, July 6, 2009.
Credit: REUTERS/Juan Medina

Janet Jackson (L-R), Paris Michael Katherine, LaToya Jackson, Jermaine Jackson and Prince Michael Jackson attend a memorial service for their brother and father, music legend Michael Jackson, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, July 7, 2009. Mariah Carey, Stevie Wonder and Usher led an emotional public memorial for Michael Jackson on Tuesday as the music world, the Jackson family and thousands of fans bade farewell to the "King of Pop."
Credit: REUTERS/Gabriel Bouys/Pool

Joint Terminal Attack Controller SSgt Clinton J. Herbison, a U.S. Airman from the 817 Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron (EASOS) takes a break during a night mission near Honaker Miracle camp at the Pesh valley of Kunar Province August 12, 2009.
Credit: REUTERS/Carlos Barria

The casket (L) of U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy is carried out of the family complex by members of a United States military honor guard in Hyannisport, Massachusetts August 27, 2009. Kennedy died August 25 at the age of 77 after a year-long battle with brain cancer.
Credit: REUTERS/Mike Segar




Abdel Basset al-Megrahi sits in a wheelchair in his room at a hospital in Tripoli September 9, 2009. The dying Libyan convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing and freed on compassionate grounds despite U.S. objections was met by African parliamentary deputies in an apparent public show of support.
Credit: REUTERS/Ismail Zetouny




Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya sleeps inside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa September 22, 2009.
Credit: REUTERS/Edgard Garrido




Ground crew members assist Canadian circus billionaire Guy Laliberte after he returned in the Russian Soyuz space capsule near the town of Arkalyk, in northern Kazakhstan, October 11, 2009.
Credit: REUTERS/Yuri Kochetkov/Pool




A student receives a H1N1 vaccine injection at a hospital in Suining, Sichuan province November 11, 2009.
Credit: REUTERS/Stringer




An Iranian woman pays her last respects to the late Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri by bowing before his body in the holy city of Qom,120 km (75 miles) south of Tehran, December 20, 2009. Montazeri, a fierce critic of the Islamic Republic's hardline leadership, died from heart arrest, official media reported on Sunday. He was 87.
Credit: REUTERS/Stringer




Graffiti art is seen on a wall next to the Regent's Canal, in Camden in London December 22, 2009. British media have attributed the new work to acclaimed British street artist Banksy.
Credit: REUTERS/Luke MacGregor





Men dressed as Santa Claus walk through the assembly hall after a meeting of the rent-a-Santa Claus service organised by the "jobcafe.de" at Munich's Universitiy November 23, 2009. The job center at the University in Munich organize the rent-a-Santa Claus service each year for Christmas.
Credit: REUTERS/Michael Dalder




Camille Ross smiles as her six-year-old son Jaiden Copeland receives a new bicycle in the LA Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California, December 20, 2009. Thousands of bicycles and toys were given away to families in need during The Dream Center Christmas in the City event. Ross waited in line for over 32 hours, including sleeping outside overnight, to ensure they were one of the families to receive the gifts.
Credit: REUTERS/Danny Moloshok




A pilgrim holds lit candles in the Church of the Nativity, the site revered as the birthplace of Jesus, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem December 23, 2009, ahead of Christmas.
Credit: REUTERS/Ammar Awad

[Quem conseguir ficar com o pé no chão que ponha o dedo no ar]

A melhor altura do ano.
Estar perto de quem se quer.
Mesmo estando longe.
Tempo de sorrisos largos.
E abraços apertados.
Ou ainda mais apertados.
Tempo de enterrar machados de guerra para quem ao longo do ano não pôs em prática a teoria da relatividade.
Ter a boa vontade em bicos de pés só porque sim.
Acreditar mais em nós.
E também nos outros.
Ter a certeza que amanhã tudo pode ser diferente, para melhor.
Tudo.
É essa a magia do Natal.

Duvido seriamente que esta tentativa de blogue consiga sobreviver em 2010.
Como em tantas outras coisas, posso estar enganado.
Vamos todos torcer para que não esteja.

Há mais alguém que faça o balanço do ano em plena época natalícia?

A parte de cima não interessa nada que foi ela que esteve a decorar.
Já a de baixo, acho que está espectacular.

Save Copenhagen: Real Deal Now!

With only 2 days left, the crucial Copenhagen climate summit is failing.

World leaders have arrived and begun 60 hours of final negotiations. Each one will have to decide whether to step forward as heroes, or fail us all. But they will only act if we do.

Around the world a global movement has been building towards this moment. Now it’s time for one last, massive push – with a global public outcry for a real deal that will stop catastrophic climate change. In the next 48 hours we can build the largest petition in history. The names of petition signers are actually being read out inside the summit. Sign below, and tell everyone:

Petition to the 110 Presidents and Prime Ministers negotiating in Copenhagen:

We call on each one of you to make the concessions necessary to meet your historic responsibility in this crisis. Rich countries must offer fair funding, and all countries must set ambitious targets on emissions. Do not leave Copenhagen without a fair, ambitious and binding deal that keeps the world safe from catastrophic global warming of 2 degrees.

Em simpatia, esta Ministra dá 10 a 0 à Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues.



[Ainda vem longe a avaliação final mas a consciência, por parte de quem ocupa cargos públicos, da obrigação de ter de prestar contas ao Zé povinho, é logo coisa para subir uns valentes pontos no meu ranking.]