Dead Peasants Life Insurence

Posted on 21:25:00 by Livi Gerbase | 0 scraps

And again, its all about the money. money money money
I recentlly saw the new Michael Moore's movie 'Capitalism, a Love Story' (I recommend, really good), and, among lots of creepy and disgusting stories, this one is the one that surprise me the most:

Companies are actually taking advantages of their employers deaths!

I would write everything here, but I watched this video on You Tube that describes everything in a easy and fast way. Watch it, its worth it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cLrXYmUurE
(sorry, it's impossible to put the video here,I don't know exactly why)

Some things that the video doesnt say
The most famous companies that profit with this Dead Peasants policy are:
Wall-Mart (the worst one), Nestle USA, Wall Disney (VERY SAD to know that, really :T) and Coca Cola Company.

Related Links - to read more about it
http://deadpeasantinsurance.com/
http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/insurance/p64954.asp

I think that's it
Kisses and Hugs for everyone
Livisita

Whaling

Posted on 22:08:00 by Livi Gerbase | 1 scraps


They are big, gorgeous, quiet and totally harmless for human beings, but they are almost desappearing from earth. Cows, fishes and chickens arent enough for the human race? Do we really have to eat whales to survive? The japonese people think we do.
Whaling is something so ridiculous that deserves to be the first to be written about.

Since the dawn of men, men chase and hunt whales. In the past, I can kind of understand this habit, but now, with internet and its tons of information about extinction of species and ecology, some countries [mainly Japan (that is responsable por over 50% of whaling and have the guts to say that its all for science) and Norway] keep hunting these adorables animals. And its just for the food, because the oil doesnt have the value nowadays that it used to have.
The worst is that over 2 millions of whales were killed in this century. Therefore, this disgusting habit has followers and buyers.
The main issue is the enormous quantity of pain they suffer because of all this: first, they are chased for hours. When they are finally exausted and give up, harpoons penetrate for almost 30cm on their skin. This horrible pain can last for over an hour, because they can survive with only their main organs working.

I really cant belive that in the 21th century we still torture animals in this ancient and horrible way. Really stupid =P
So.. SapiensSapiens?


Sapiens Sapiens?

Posted on 14:27:00 by Livi Gerbase | 0 scraps

Ladies and Gentlemen =)
Im here today to start a sequence of posts about some things that makes me wonder if we can really be called Homo Sapiens Sapiens.
We know that we know, but in some situations we really forget to think racionally about what are we doing and about the consequences of our actions.
Blinded by money, consumerism, instint, fanatism and many other things, the human race forgets compassion, friendship, love and faith to fight for they’re own stupid goals.

Related to that, I’ve just finished to read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a great science fiction comedy written by Douglas Adams. Take a look at this quote, in chapter 23:

"For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much - the wheel, New York, wars and so on - whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man - for precisely the same reasons."

Maybe we're not the smartest after all =) In these posts, I may show you why o/

Imagine

Posted on 18:06:00 by Livi Gerbase | 1 scraps

You are alone. You lie down in a place when the floor is warm and soft. Your eyes are close and you can't even feel your body. You are surrounded by nice and soft sounds and clean air. It doesn't matter where you are exactly, in a city full of lights or a rainy forest, but you are where you are suppose to be. You are free. Completely free. Free from your problems and responsabilites. There's no one watching you.

If you really want to, you can share this moment with a person. Just put her/him in your imagination, just let her/him be next to you, quietly.

You are finally calm, with a confortable sense of happiness (not the material sense, the one that is always with you). And it's like you had always known why there's life, why you are breathing. after all.

And you just be. No rush. Just because =)

Let the seasons begin

Posted on 15:59:00 by Livi Gerbase | 1 scraps

If I was young, I'd flee this town
I'd bury my dreams underground
As did I, we drink to die, we drink tonight
Beirut - Elefant Gun

argh... 2010 o.o
I'm feeling old already
Saying goodbyes to classmates and friends, studying like a pig. :P
Reading boring books
and some hidden itens that I shall not explain
someone please give a good side of 2010
(Only one: Arctic in 29 days :D)

Some Photos of the trip
1th in front of the museum of art and history (you can't take pictures inside o.o)
2th in a very cute village that I forgot the name :P




ps: Don't worry: more polemic and deep posts in 2010 xD

Swiis!

Posted on 15:35:00 by Livi Gerbase | 2 scraps


My uncle and my aunt (owners of the house) and my sisters

Bonsoir!
Geneve is so wonderful! My sister and I traveled (plane+airport) for 36 hours, because of the snow (our flights got canceled) , but all worth it. I just can`t be mad with the snow, I LOOOOVE her! I defnitly will live in cold place with lots of snow when I grow up.
Au revoir

The Story of Cap & Trade

Posted on 23:22:00 by Livi Gerbase | 0 scraps



Kind of the second part of "The story of stuff" (Four posts below). It's more difficult to understand,
(for dummies, like me :P), but it's cool and very informative.

Au bientot, Livi

News

Posted on 19:29:00 by Livi Gerbase | 0 scraps

Hey! How are you, my beloved readers? I’m very excited, because my blog has changed, and so have I. I had the same template since I first started here, but I’m not the same. Therefore, it was time for a change =).
I know this template is very simple, but the old was was so cluttered that I had to go with a basic template.
I don’t know if I’ll continue with the URL “foreeveryoung”. I really want to change it, but I have no ideas. I think I’ll change for something like “livigerbase” (Yes, VERY creative).

Meanwhile, I have something to show you:
http://chickencrap.com/specials/evolution.htm
I love talking about genetics and evolution (especially with my father), and this picture shows almost everything with graffiti. I think it’s very interesting and nice picture, and I hope you will like it too =).
I loved the final message of the picture.

byebye

Teenagers

Posted on 17:57:00 by Livi Gerbase | 4 scraps

Not in the mood for English, sorry.
Aaaaa! Aaaaaa! Aaaaaa! Entenderam?
Eu finalmente to conseguindo entender muito mais o que é ser uma adolescente, pois fui sempre mais decidida do que confusa, e sempre achava as respostas pros meus problemas. Eu sempre via em filmes aquelas jovens completamente confusas, seja quando o assunto é personalidade ou amor. Se achar nesse mundo tão caótico é muito difícil. Como uma pergunta tão fácil de fazer, como “WHAT THE F. DO I WANT?” é tão difícil de responder? Culpo a adolescência.
Uma criança: eu quero o que me der vontade. (puro sentimento)
Um adulto: eu quero o que for melhor pra mim. (pura razão)
Um adolescente: não sei. Eu quero o que eu quiser. E o que não machucar ninguém. E o que eu sentir. E o que me faça uma pessoa mais feliz. AAAA!
Agora acha uma solução que preencha todas as colunas. Impossível.
Os adolescentes estão constantemente numa bola de emoções, de diferentes curiosidades e desejos, e escolher entre eles é, no mínimo, difícil.
Resumindo: se alguém quiser me dar o sentido da vida, ou o que é realmente importante, ou o que eu devo fazer, ou qual dos dois planetas, opostos agora pra mim, devo seguir (razão e emoção), be my guest. Enquanto isso, a depressão e a plena alegria estão a um passo de distancia. Instabilidade infernal.

Some things we really can't control

Posted on 22:41:00 by Livi Gerbase | 3 scraps

Hi :)
Just a little question:
You are a kid, 3/4 years, and you have to point at the color you like the most, pink or blue
But you have no influence of society whatsoever to choose one of the colors
What would you point at?
It’s kind of impossible to know, isn’t it? (I think I would have chosen blue... 'oh god, i'm a boy'!)
Your room is pink, your dolls are pink and YOU ARE PINK (boys, blue), why would you choose blue (boys, pink)?
Yes, we have been manipulated by stereotypes since a doctor took us out of our mommies and slap in our tushies .

Story Of Stuff

Posted on 20:41:00 by Livi Gerbase | 2 scraps



I love this video! It tells you everything that you need to know about GreenStuff nowadays and more. Everyone should watch it, and help not to contribute to consumerism.
I think that not everyone needs to actually save the planet, because every person has his own way to help others, but it’s important to do the best to not be totally in the way of the ones who want to help.

Judgment

Posted on 21:10:00 by Livi Gerbase | 1 scraps

Today, I wanna talk about flaw I have and that I’m ashamed of: I, sometimes, judge by appearance, and that first impression stays for a long time, even if I talk with that person after. However, I want to defend myself. I think that the look of a person, the way he/she dresses like may tell a lot about a personality (or a lack of it). Of course it doesn’t say everything, and it’s not right to make false conclusions by only the way a person is dressed, but some first impressions of mine were right, and that’s what I’m going to talk about.
Nobody can deny that judgment, sometimes, is necessary. For an example, it can protect you from getting robbed or stolen.But how far can we go judging people by their first looks? I think everybody has already made mistakes because they were too worried about security. How can we tell who are the good and who are the bad guys by looking at them?
Unfortunately, nowadays, with globalization and lack of personality, everybody dresses the same. Then, how can we judge by appearance people who dress the same as everybody else? Or even people who dresses different? If that ‘different look’ was in, everybody would use it! Maybe, in the new future, people will use that awkward outfit, nobody can tell.
To sum up, we can’t judge, but, sometimes, we must. (?) You were right, Einstein, everything’s relative, even good judgment. It’s up to us to realize which is necessary and which can block us from knowing the reality.

The blog is giving me problems. I can change neither the place of the text nor the spaces between paragraphs. :) Bye!

Religion

Posted on 23:48:00 by Livi Gerbase | 0 scraps

That’s me, touching in one of the most controversial topics ever. Religion is so polemic that people are dying everyday because they have a different idea about who God is. Even though we are in a materialistic society, everyone has already stopped once to think who God is, or even if they believe in him after all. Sometimes, God just shows up when the person really needs him, like a lost or an illness. For me, it’s not important how they enter; the important is for him to never leave.
Does He care if you go to a church every Sunday or if you sing a little song for him everyday? We can’t forget that we, humans, are the ones who invented that, with God’s intervention on not. Will He really be mad at you if you don’t wear a turban or a veil? Does all this matter? Isn’t the important your soul? Or the good deeds that you realize during your life? Is your place guaranteed in heaven or in god knows where because you act like a religious guy, even though you don’t have any respect with the world around you? (Oh gosh, so many questions, so little answers).
Why religions have to be so separated from each other? Or you are A or you are B, you CAN’T believe in both, or in neither. One religion could compliment other or explain things that the first one can’t explain. The problem also is when the religion is already chosen for you by your country or your family. Everyone should study about all religions and acquire knowledge about them before decide what they’ll believe. The important, when the subject is religion, is to BELIEVE, having faith and hope, and, because of that, have a more pleasant life. For Bob, even love can be a religion.
Some religions were invented by men with some controversial interests, like fortune or society’s alienation. They were created and recreated as the period of history requires. That, for me, is just very, very wrong. But some others have an old and good tradition, and these ones have some truth inside them.
I’ll have doubts if I had to answer which religion is mine. And all this is my opinion, feel free to disagree, and let’s make that an exchange of points of view. Ok, I think that’s it for today.
Namaste

ps: horrible English; it’s midnight, and I’m sleepy and with too many ideas in my head.

Let it be

Posted on 22:40:00 by Livi Gerbase | 0 scraps

The Beatles, in one of their most beautiful songs, sum up my text today: people have got to let it be! Life is much simpler than it looks like (for people with basic life conditions, obviously). One of the reasons life’s good is because you never know what will happen, or how you are going to face a fact or an embarrassing situation. There’s no need to arrange everything or be mad when a little situation don’t follow your plans. Of course some things need to be organized, but the ‘not knowing’ what’s going on is very good as well, just go with the flow or play in the hey. (friends addition).
There are things in life that you just can’t control then. There are not your fault, of mine, or anyone’s, they just happen. Can you control what people think of you, the weather, or the traffic? That’s my point, you can’t. So how are you going to be mad of something that is not you decision?
Things fall from tables or buildings, it rains when you just don’t want to, people keep on knocking you out or gossiping about your best friends and that outfit won’t fit. There’s no need to be mad or angry.
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be :D

ps: Inspiration- two days ago I was really pissed of, walking in the rain, at night. But when I looked to the shy I realized how beautiful the night was (the moon was perfect) and how I was loosing all this because of my anger.

Who are you?

Posted on 00:55:00 by Livi Gerbase | 0 scraps

Are you your first name, or the last one? Are you what is written is your profile or you fast description on your diary? Are you the way you act when you are with your friends, or with your family? With your coworkers? Or even with yourself, reading some comic books? Are you the things you wish for, the ones you hope? The ones that you love or that you hate? Are you your likes and dislikes? The description you make of yourself to your friends? Are you the things you say?
Who you are is what you want to be when you grow up? Or when you grow old? Or when you just grow? Are you your ideals, your aims in life? Are you the money you make? The latest wardrobe you have? Are you your family? Are you your personality? Are you your point of view?
No. Those things are not you. Maybe a mix of all those thigs, but it's hard to say. If you think about it, they are just your first name, and last one, your characteristics, your job, your fortune, your preferences, and then it goes. They are not you.
The scientists could say you are Homo sapiens. Besides, for the rest of the world, we are all just stereotypes. But inside you, your soul and your prejudice, do you know who you really are? Cause I don’t.

Recipe for happiness

Posted on 21:32:00 by Livi Gerbase | 1 scraps

There are sometimes in life that we forget how to be happy. So, here I am to remind all of us little things that anyone can do to be happier, and to, specially, upgrade their self esteem. I did some research in some magazines, this is not all mine.

1) Stick to your personality, always. Everyone loves a band that you hate? Everybody uses an outfit that you think it’s horrible? Whatever! Don’t apologize for being who you are. You need to know who you are to love yourself.
2) Change! Your look, your room, your hairstyle. New things bring new energies to your life
3) Remember your achievements. Do you finally got an A+ in a biology test? Al last, you are in a relationship? Congratulations to you!
4) Since you have remembered your achievements, it’s high time for you to do new goals. These goals doesn’t have to be big ones, but something to fight for, like ‘make 5 new friends this year’, or ‘learn how to play piano’. The feeling of achieve something new is amazing.
5) Smile: for your family, for your friends, for yourself.
6) Make a list of your qualities. You can ask your close friends for some of then, because it’s so important to know why you are so special and wonderful the way you are.
7) Spend some quality time with yourself. You don’t need to be alone all the time, but it’s not necessary to be with someone to be happy. If your friends stood you up for one day at the movies, go by yourself!
8) Remember all the people that are in a much worse social position in life than you are. You have food, a house, friends, family, school/job, and so many other things that millions of people in this planet don’t have.
9) Make some good deeds. The feeling of help others is fantastic.
10) Make some new tips! You know things that make you happy, don’t think, just do it!

Enjoy

Posted on 03:39:00 by Livi Gerbase | 1 scraps

Some days ago, I was reading a magazine called “Mundo Estranho” (Strange World) and a particular article shock me: prophecies about the end of our planet. I don’t know how much I believe in those, but some of them, like the ‘Maya’ one, are very impressive. But the real problem is that that prophecy said that the end of the world is in 2012! That’s four years from now! There are others, like an Egyptian one, that gave us more time, but all of them were saying that the end is near!
I’m not saying that the world will end in four years, but this article made me think a lot about how every single day is so important in our life! The world could end tomorrow, and I don’t know if I would have done everything that I wanted to before I died. Actually, there are lots of personal achievements that need to be realized after I leave this life.
Until some days ago, I really though that we can let some days just go away, and do nothing about it, but what if this ordinary day was our last one? We are here, in planet Earth, not just to survive, but to grow, to enjoy this present that was given to us!


"Benjamin Button: For what it's worth: it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again"

''So this is Xmas...

Posted on 17:30:00 by Livi Gerbase | 1 scraps

and what you have done?
Another year over
and a new one just begun ''
\o/
Hello! After some months, here I am! I really miss writing in this blog! I can't say that I’m with no time, because I have timem but it doesn't matter, the important is that I’m back!
As long as is the end of 2008, I’ll write about my whole year. It was a very good year, with a lot of transformations. The trip in the beginning of the year changed my life, it was perfect. The short hair made a huge difference as well, I started to feel better about myself and care about my appearance more. The normal friends became big ones and the BESTS became normal ones. Reason? Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll, literally :D
I’m now in 2nd grade at ‘Ensino Médio’, high school. The 1st grade wasn’t easy, however my grates were great. In the third part of the year I wasn’t as good as the other parts, but nothing horribleJ, I wouldn’t change anything.
The party was awesome! I’ll put some photos here. The biggest problem was the temperature, because the air conditional broke and I almost die melting. Another little problem was that, since November is a busy month, there were a lot of other parties in the same day. Therefore, the number of people at the party decreased a lot. The important people were there, making a huge difference though.
The music style changed a lot. I had a Beatles time, but it was too much, I think. Now, because of anothers, I’m lessening to new things, from these past years, not from the 60’s or the 80’s, for a change! The influence was gave by a special someone, hihihi, who came into my life and changed everything! After some years desiring, wondering about it and making ‘some’ wishes, I have found a relationship! A really good one, actually. It’s so strange to talk about this in here, since people can read anytime, so this is it, you don’t have to know anything else :P
I think this is it. I’ll write more, manly about polemic stuff, which a love to write about.
See you later, innovator!



I danced Mambo number 5 with roller-skates!
So perfect...My sisters, "Sami e Suli" and me


Floating dress

Salt Lake / California :)

Posted on 18:15:00 by Livi Gerbase | 1 scraps

Best trip ever. The most kindness people i've ever known.

Vacation!

Posted on 18:19:00 by Livi Gerbase | 1 scraps

I remember the first time i saw this word. I was doing the final presentation, a theater of my English school, in the first level, the Magic Links 1.My role was a girl who needed to say 'how was your vacation?’ in the first day of school to a friend. The moment I asked how is “ferias” in English, and I received the vacation word, me and my friend, Barbara, started to laugh a looot! It was a very strange word, that didn’t remembered vacation at all. However, after lots of years had passed by, this different word is an ordinary one, and I say it a lot.

All this blablabla was just to say I’m on vacation!!! Bye school, bye homework, bye rules and tests for a while! At least for a couple of weeks. For this special vacation, I did a list of everything that I needed to do to make this vacation unforgettable. I have already seen a whole season of a new series (24 hours), almost red a book, gone to my grandparent’s and another cool things. And tomorrow, I’m going to Canela with my friends, a city on the countryside which my family has a house.

15 birthday’s stuff is going very well! I have already done almost everything, and the party will be amazing! I’m so excited. A model of the invitation had came here, and I have loved it! Everyone has to go!!

And more good news! I don’t know why, but I took an A+ in my English! The final test in his on I took 95,4, and my teacher gave me an A+ and sad that I was excellent!! This is so good!

That’s it, I already wrote to much crap for today. Kisses, Livi