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MARtinha

Life, ♥ music ♥ , art, people, photography, ocean lover. Given another chance

About Me

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RIO DE JANEIRO - the view from the statue of Christ Redeemer above the city, as one of the new 7 wonders of the world.
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My nickname is "MARtinha", which is the diminutive for MARTA; I was born in BraSil (portuguese is the official language) and I live in Rio de Janeiro. I have dual nationality, sharing my heart with Italy, and I’m an eternal dreamer. That’s just it: "Society often forgives the criminal, it never forgives the dreamer" – a quote from Oscar Wilde.
Good friendships nowadays are rare. Why are so many people afraid of getting close and feeling what a hug is capable of???
I’m in love with life, which is short, too short. There’s a time to be a child, there’s a time to be an adult, there’s a time to be a clown, there’s a time to be a woman. The best of life is very simple, you just have to LIVE and take in your bag of memories only what is most “bello” (beautiful) that life gives to you.
I’ve lived in the United States (Manhattan Beach, Ca) and in Italy (Milan). I love to travel. If you invite me to go to the street corner, I’m already traveling... I'm just kidding. I know a part of the world. I hope to get to know the other half. Shall we?
Fond of good music, daily sex with all kinds of music (LOL) and I love to sing in the shower. I sing well, thank God. Amen.
I’ve played piano since I was 5. I’m not the female version of Rick Wakeman, but I’m practically “wonder-woman”, from pop to classic. I loved my first composition that I made when I was 3 years old, a one-note concert: Doh, doh, doh, doh, doh, doh, mi!!!
In gastronomy, I’m really good in the kitchen and I love my pans. You should try my TALKATIVE SHRIMPS, the DANCING BANANAS and the GAY CHICKEN. On Saturdays and Sundays I don’t leave the PC (read as “Pia da Cozinha”, meaning in Portuguese “kitchen sink” - a joke with Personal Computer).
As for art, “I can paint the town red”. Culture, I can’t live without it and cinema, just like in the Brazilian singer Rita Lee’s song, “in the little dark of the movie, sucking aniseed candies”. These are my "hobbies de chambre" (sorry, it’s a brazilian joke).
I dread cockroaches. Stay away from me, devils... monsters... aliens!!!
Another thing I dread: People that don’t know how to drink and that have no limits for alcohol and become an embarrassment. I drink socially only in special moments and I like wine, champagne and Baileys.
Yet another thing I dread: People that use lies as their truths. And the worst is that we, poor mortals and innocent creatures at the beginning of the friendship, believe all that... Ok, everybody lies, but some people are sick. I say that the behavior aimed at leveling down has its origin in feelings of imperfection or low self-esteem. IT IS A CHOICE THAT SOME HUMAN BEINGS MAKE WHEN THEY FEEL THAT THEY HAVE NOTHING TO SAY AND HAVE TO LIE, CHEAT ON PEOPLE, thinking that they are so important, when they actually are not. They’re needy. Creatures that try to make us go down to their level. All people are capable of shining because all of us have an inner light. Obviously the key is to allow people to shine without letting them use lies to call attention, THINKING THAT THEY CAN FOOL OTHERS FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. I have a very simple solution for those people that reason doesn’t seem to have any effect on. I get away from them – not in fury or scared but with neutrality. It’s so they don’t drain my energy or drag me towards the black hole that is their lives. I’m not being a coward, I’m not avoiding anything and even less am I being insensitive. I’m being brave, wise and compassionate. I don’t have to be influenced or intimidated by "negativity". I continue to affirm that I do not like liars that do it just for status or to make friends.
Paraphrasing the Brazilian poet Vinicius de Moraes, “the liars will have to forgive me, because the truth is fundamental!”
Holy smoke… I’m not a smoker and I have nothing against those who like to be a walking chimney. My lungs are fine, thank you, in the area reserved for NON-smokers.
NO TO DRUGS!!!! Drugs are NOT my cup of tea.
I love to say silly things and make friends.
Right or wrong, I cheer for Flamengo, a very popular and famous team in Brazil which is running for the first place. FLAMENGO, the best footbal (soccer) team in Rio de Janeiro. The other teams disagree LOL - of course they do. I don't sell, change nor give away my suffering and my happiness with this team. Not to mention my dear Squadra Azzurra that brilliantly won the World Cup of 2006. ITALY!!!!
I like to watch volleyball games, footbal (soccer), ice-skating. Being interested in or not, I don’t play any of them.
My activities are work, interspersed with water gymnastics (I'm a fish), work and more work, treadmill during the evening news – running from the bad news, of course, because no one is made of stone. Fan of walks on the Barra Beach (the place where I live) or on the beach sidewalk. Laziness has no place here.
Ah... I can’t forget about my therapy – The BEACH, the SEA (called MAR in Portuguese), that’s why I write my nickname as MARtinha. I come coasting in on the waves and I’ve already gone under a lot, but I don’t lose my poise, even when sneaking off with sand in my bathing suit, and more sand in my hair. To lose my poise, NEVER!!!! LOL
Other than that, during my spare time, like the good “carioca” (people born in Rio de Janeiro) that I’ve become, I work A LOT, but I won’t talk about jobs and salaries (this isn’t the time or place to talk about this...).
I'm really down to Earth. I know what I want out of life and I follow my instincts.
Stay with the holy pax-de-deux (peace of God).

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I'd like to meet:

I have been lucky to have met the people that I always wanted to. Certainly there's a few more amazing people out there, people who have interests compatible to mine.

Tony Kaye, Billy Sherwood, Alan White, Jimmy Haun

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Music:

I love "QUEEN". I have very eclectic musical taste, I appreciate all types, from CLASSICAL MUSIC to ROCK. [:o)
→ I’m listening to CIRCA, NO MACHINE and an American band called "ROCCO DELUCA & THE BURDEN".
→ Other bands that I like: Many italian and brazilian artists ♥ Genesis ♥ Pink Floyd ♥ Rush ♥ Eric Clapton ♥ YES ♥ Guns N Roses ♥ Hendrix ♥ Deep Purple ♥ Marillion ♥ BeaTles ♥ Jean Michel Jarre ♥ Kraftwerk ♥ U2 ♥ Led Zep and many others because the list is too long. [:o)
I worked for EMI and WARNER BRASIL before going to live in Italy.

Movies:

Comedy ("the party", directed by Blake Edwards is the best), adventure, thriller, sci-fi and classics (B&W). Drama, not many. Life is already enough drama. [:o)

Television:

No favorite TV show. I must say that CSI has caught my attention over the last few years, as has 24 through my brother’s influence and the show keeps me on the edge of my seat week after week.
→ I also like Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, some People+Arts shows, others on National Geographic Channel, almost everything from the History Channel, LOST and Rome. [:o/

Books:

My childhood books were all by Monteiro Lobato, a Brazilian writer, especially O Minotauro (The Minotaur) – I fell in love with the story.
→ Shakespeare is among my favorites and I’ve read all the ones that have been published in Brasil.
→ I also like Saramago, Neruda, Quintana, Gabriel Garcia Marquez. [:o)

Heroes:

Jack Bauer LOL... A true hero with no special powers and makes his mark on life. Fictional, yes, the courageous man who put his life on the line every hour. Now seriously, there are many men, fire fighters and police officers, as examples who put their lives on the line every time. All my respect to them.

My heroes are my parents. I love my family. I had the privilege of having a wonderful mother, who was also a very dear friend, and my father was a charismatic man. They are my heroes always and forever. I miss them very much. [:'oo

My Blog

LIVE EARTH IN RIO

LIVE EARTH concert in Rio will go on as planned on Copacabana Beach with events also due in London, Sydney, Johannesburg, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hamburg and New Jersey. Rio is the only Live Earth concert F...
Posted by MARtinha on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:36:00 PST

THANK YOU

My intention in creating a page in MySpace was to meet people who like music and, like me, are totally in love with these combinations of sounds. Perhaps it was for this reason that I went to work for...
Posted by MARtinha on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 01:06:00 PST

MIAMI - USHUAIA - RIO

For those who like motorbikes, my older brother, Gildo Grisolia, and two friends from when they were teens, did a journey from MIAMI to USHUAIA to RIO on their BMW 1200 bikes, to commemorate my brothe...
Posted by MARtinha on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 11:52:00 PST