Inglês - Dia 133

"So the friends began to walk towards the West and away from the Emerald City. Soon, Dorothy's green dress turned white and Toto's green ribbon went white too."
The Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum

Inglês - Dia 132

"The friends walked as fast as they could. As they walked, they looked at all the beautiful things around them. Brightly colored birds were flying about and singing in the trees. The ground was covered with yellow, white, blue and purple flowers. There were lots of bright-red poppies too."
The Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum

Inglês - Dia 131

"In the afternoon, they came to the end of the forest. There was a wide river in front of them. On the other side of the river were beautiful green fields wich were covered with flowers. The yellow brick road went on through the fields. On each side of the road there were trees too, with many kinds of fruit."
The Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum

Inglês - Dia 130

"She was not looking at the gray prairie anymore. The house was in a beautiful country that was covered with green grass and tall trees. There were flowers of every color in the grass and the trees were full of delicious fruit. Birds sang and there was a little stream of clear water."
The Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum

Inglês - Dia 129

"The heroine is the brave and sensible Dorothy, who lives with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry in a little house on the gray Kansas prairie. Their life is hard and simple, but Dorothy is happy to help her aunt and play with her little dog, Toto."
The Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum

Inglês - Dia 128

"Where else would I possibly find such good friends? Such nice boys?! Speaking of wich...do you two have anything sweet? Any dessert on you?"
Monica's Gang #41 - She's Just a Kid

Inglês - Dia 127

"Think about it! You might not have the toy car to play with right now, but you can still have fun in other ways."
Monica's Gang #41 - She's Just a Kid

Imaginary Place of the Day:
Atvatabar- a vast subterranean country lying exactly under the American continent and stretching from Canada to approximately Ecuador.

Inglês - Dia 126

"The crowd loved King's speech. They shouted happily when Rustin spoke about the purpose of the march. They wanted no more segregation in schools, higher pay, and more jobs for African-Americans. Morehouse College President, Benjamin Mays said the final words and the march ended."
Martin Luther King - Coleen Degnan-Veness

Imaginary Place of the Day:
Atlantis- a vast island-continent submerged under the waters of the Atlantic towards the year 9560 B.C.; parts of it are still inhabited and can be visited.

Inglês - Dia 125

"Another bus was arriving in Birmingham immediately after this one. The police wanted to help the KKK. They gave them fifteen minutes to attack the Freedom Riders. Blacks and whites were very badly hurt and were taken to the hospital. The KKK followed and angrily attacked them again inside the hospital."
Martin Luther King - Coleen Degnan-Veness

Imaginary Place of the Day:
Atlantic Tunnel- an underwater railway tunnel some 4,700 kilometres long that used to join Europe and America and was designed by the French engineer Adrien Géant.

Inglês - Dia 124

"Segregation in schools was illegal by that time, but segregation on buses in the South continued. Many blacks were angry, but what could they do? The black leaders of Montgomery knew that boycotts were helping blacks in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. They wanted to start a boycott in Montgomery, too."
Martin Luther King - Coleen Degnan-Veness

Imaginary Place of the Day:
Atlante's Castle- in the Pyrenees, between France and Spain, set upon a steep rock pitted with caverns and terrible chasms, in a wild and uncultivated valley.

Inglês - Dia 123

"Two young men once lived in a small town beside the sea. The town was in the south-west of England, on the coast. There was a harbour in the town. Every day, ships and fishermen's boats sailed in and out of the harbour."
Tales of Horror- Bram Stoker

Imaginary Place of the Day:
Atlanteja- an underwater city built by settlers from Atlantis, discovered by the shipwrecked survivors of the Atlantic Tunnel some one hundred and fifty miles from the coast of Brittany.

Inglês - Dia 122

"The oldest building in Nürnberg is the castle. The castle stands high above the centre of the city. From the castle, visitors can look down and see the city below them. There is a moat at the foot of the castle walls. At one time, the moat was filled with water. The moat kept the people in the castle safe from their enemies."
Tales of Horror- Bram Stoker

Imaginary Place of the Day:
Astragalus Realm- high in the Alps, inhabited by Astragalus, king of the snowy regions. Astragalus is attended by the Alpine spirits and is always ready to help travellers in distress.
Ferdinand Raimund

Inglês - Dia 121

"In the early evening, he came back to the Judge's House. He heard the rats as soon as he opened the door. They were already running about and making a noise. Malcolm lit a fire and made his supper. After supper, he sat down in the big chair by the fire and smoked a cigarette. Then he sat down at the big table and went back to work."
Tales of Horror - Bram Stoker

Imaginary Place of the Day:
Astowell- the easternmost island of the Earthsea Archipelago, sometimes referred to by the inhabitants as Last-Land. There is only one port on this small island - a creek between high rocks, on the northern shore.
Ursula K. Le Guin

Inglês - Dia 120

Mais um dia perdido por pura distração. Mas vou seguir em frente!

"Look! The ice cream vendor down the street won the lottery and is giving away his ice cream to everyone!"
Monica's Gang #44 - Mother's Scarf

Imaginary Place of the Day:
Aslan's Country- high up and beyond the End of the World. Little is known of this country, but as seen from the World's End, it seems to consist of mountains of extraordinary height, always free of snow, clad in grass and forests which stretch far into the distance.
C.S. Lewis

Dieta - Inspiração

Dieta - Voltando

Faz muito tempo que não escrevo sobre a dieta aqui. O mês de dezembro foi extremamente puxado e estressante, para mim. Acabei deixando a dieta de lado e extrapolando de diversas formas. Esses foram os motivos de eu não ter escrito mais, a falta de tempo e ter deixado a dieta de lado.

Hoje tomei coragem para recomeçar, então decidi me pesar para ver o tamanho do estrago. Para minha total surpresa, não engordei nenhum grama; pelo contrário, emagreci 400 g. Não tenho ideia do que aconteceu! A única coisa que me ocorre é que isso se deva ao stress, e eu mesma não acredito muito nessa possibilidade. De qualquer forma, fiquei aliviada.

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Estou muito próxima de atingir a nova meta que me impus. Preciso perder 800 g para chegar aos 53 Kg. Vamos ver como meu organismo reage agora que recomecei a dieta. Tenho um pouco de medo que o metabolismo desacelere. Nesse momento, mais do que tudo, preciso de motivação para continuar na linha já que, graças a essa pausa, voltei ao estágio mais difícil em que ainda sinto fome ao longo do dia.

Inglês - Dia 119

"He swam quietly and easily across the moat, and climbed up by the gate to the new castle. I heard him unlock the door, and then he disappeared inside. Clearly there were other plans as well as mine being acted on in the castle that night."
The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope

Imaginary Place of the Day:
Ash Grove, Castle- an ancient Elfin realm in a valley beneath Mynnydd Prescelly, the most westerly mountain in Wales. The kingdom's name refers back to its early history, when its inhabitants did not build houses and simply flew up into the boughs of the ash trees to sleep at night.
Sylvia Townsend Warner

Inglês - Dia 118

"Then came the most daring thing I have seen in my life. My friends were only thirty yards away. Rupert called a servant to bring up his horse. As he was about to get on, he turned to me, putting out his right hand; the left was resting on his belt."
The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope

Imaginary Place of the Day:
Ashair - also known as the Forbidden City, deep inside the Tuen-Baka volcano in Africa. It is entered through an underground river that leads to the volcano and a beautiful vaulted lake. Ashair is small, walled, and ruled by a ferocious queen who leads an army of saurian man called ptomes.
Edgar Rice Burroughs

Inglês - Dia 117

"Several days passed. My secret was still kept, though I had some bad moments and made some mistakes. I escaped discovery, though, and I think the reason was the daring of the plan. I believe it is easier to pretend to be a king successfully than to pretend to be one's next-door neighbour."
The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope

Imaginary Place of the Day:
Asbefore Island - once part of Baladar Archipelago and now attached to Europe; it retains, however, its designation as an island. The name of Asbefore has been changed several times: it has been called  Trifle Island, Treasure Island, and Leastimportant Island.
Jacques Prévert

Inglês - Dia 116

"Well, we rode on, and in a few minutes the Marshal gave an order, and the guards on horseback closed round me. We were entering the poorer area loyal to Duke Michael. This action showed more clearly than the words of Sapt the state of feeling in the town."
The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope

Imaginary Place of the Day:
Arthur, Palace of - situated high above a city surrounded by a distant chain of mountains. From the top of the palace the visitor can enjoy a panoramic view of the frozen sea that encircles the footings of the city, reflecting its smooth, transparent walls.
Novalis

Inglês - Dia 115

"The next day I discovered that by walking ten miles through the forest, I could come to the railway again at a small station. So having said goodbye to my kind friends, I set out to climb the hill that led to the castle, and from there to the forest of Zenda. The oldest part of the castle was still in good state of preservation. Round it was a moat, deep and broad, and on the other side a fine modern building put up by the last King. It was now the country house of the Duke of Strelsau."
The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope

Imaginary Place of the Day:
Arroy- a forested area some eight days' ride from Camelot, consisting mainly of oak and beech, and laced with whitethorn. Tangled briars seem to guard it from outsiders. At the centre of the forest is a valley where travellers can see the ruins of an ancient building of unknown origin and purpose on the edge of a stream.
Sir Thomas Malory

Inglês - Dia 114

"And so my promise was given; but six months is a long time, and I wanted to find something interesting to do in that period. It suddenly came to my mind that I would visit Ruritania, as I saw in the papers that Rudolf the Fifth was to be crowned at Strelsau in the course of the next three weeks, with great ceremony."
The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope

Imaginary Place of the Day:
Arnor - the northern kingdom of the Dúnedain, founded in the north of Middle-Earth. At its height the kingdom included most of the lands between the River Lhûn and the Misty Mountains excluding Rivendell and Hollin. The capital, Annúminas (Tower of the West), stood on the shores of Lake Nenuial, to the north of the area now known as the Shire.
J.R.R. Tolkien