Whooping myself and Illamasqua

I'm soooo sorry i haven't been updating my blog !! ( self whooping sound, katxxxx) Oddly enough, people are complaining, not many to be true, but nevertheless they are. 

I have been studying for exams and with all kinds of trouble to solve, and let's face it...I'M LAZY.

I'm sick and on holidays now, thank you God, thank yyyoooou. Not the sick part but hey...

What brought me here today is one of my latest passions and curiosity of the moment : ILLAMASQUA. I know i'm so late, but i have been eyeing this for quite a few months now. It's freaking fantastic! OMG, finally a 100% creative brand that has a wonderful concept and almost all of the eyeshadows are matte, i'm so tired of glitter and shimmer in every single thing we look at. I have to have a haul of this soon! Some friends of mine from university are going on the Erasmus program to Manchester, and i'm so asking them to buy some stuff for me there. It's a bit expensive so i'll ask them to bring them back and save some money on the shipping. HAAA! I'm so excited, maybe i'll even pay them a visit and do a shopping spree of all the stores i don't have here in Portugal.

P.S. Please Illamasqua, remember Portugal we are european and have lots of sun and beaches and very nice to people :D (wink Wink). Or at least the gods of Sephora Portugal to choose you as a brand here.

Em Português,Jornadas na UM

Nos dias 20 e 21 de Abril vão decorrer as XII Jornadas de Ciências da Comunicação da Universidade do Minho. Eu vou. Aprendo muito mais em 10 minutos de qualquer painel do que numa aula de Teorias de Análise e Discurso por exemplo (que me perdoe o professor Miguel Gonçalves que já tem ouvido as minhas opiniões).

O que achei mais interessante acerca do programa é a diversidade profissional que o curso de Ciências da Comunicação tem para oferecer, e que foi relembrada aqui. Não se cingiram ao cliché de tempos idos do"Comunicação Social". É para isso que muitas pessoas têm que acordar, não mudamos de nome só porque é mais giro. É realmente muito MAIS do que Comunicação Social, e isso é que lhe dá a graça toda. Temos que ser realistas e acompanhar o que se passa lá fora, temos que sair das quatro paredes da Faculdade e usar os dois olhinhos que a terra há-de comer, os ouvidinhos também. 

Ouvir e assimilar os que estão por aí, acordar para o mundo, apreender as oportunidades profissionais que este curso nos dá e esticá-las até ao limite: esta é a nossa responsabilidade como alunos. É agora. Não podemos adiar até mais tarde com a desculpa que ainda não é hora, ainda faltam não sei quantos meses, anos, ou é chato como infelizmente já ouvi. De repente, o menino ou a menina acordam finalistas e acabaram-se as borgas de quarta feira à noite. E agora? O que vamos fazer? Por onde é que me vou mexer? A palavra C não permite descuidos. É agora que tens que mexer o rabinho.

21 de Abril 

9h30 - Sessão de abertura 

Miguel Bandeira (Vice-Presidente do Instituto de Ciências Socias) 

Helena Sousa (Directora do Departamento de Ciências da Comunicação) 

Teresa Ruão (Directora-adjunta do 1º ciclo de Ciências da Comunicação) 

Rosa Cabecinhas (Directora do 2º ciclo de Ciências da Comunicação) 

Cidália Barros (Presidente do GACSUM) 

10h45 - Pausa para café 

11h00 - Relações Públicas: por onde vamos? 

Gisela Gonçalves (Docente da UBI) 

João Pedro Sousa (Vice-presidente da APCE) 

José Albuquerque (Director de Comunicação do Grupo Auto Sueco) 

Luísa Bessa (Directora da Imago - Porto) 

Rui Oliveira Marques (Director-adjunto da revista Meios e Publicidade) 

Moderador: Paulo Salgado (Docente da UM) 

14h30 - Fotojornalismo em Portugal: O que andamos a ver? 

Alfredo Cunha (Fotojornalista do JN) 

Amândia Queirós (Fotojornalista do Record) 

Joana Bourgard (Colaboradora do JN) 

Nuno Lopes (Fotojornalista do FCPorto) 

Moderador: Luís Santos (Docente da UM) 

16h15 - Pausa para café 

16h30 - Ficção Nacional 

António-Pedro Vasconcelos (Realizador) 

António Reis (Membro da Direcção do Fantasporto) 

Jorge Cramez (Realizador de curtas e longas-metragens) 

Moderador: António Branco da Cunha (Docente da UM) 

21h30 - Associativismo no meio universitário: experiências e competências 

(noite na Velha-a-Branca) 

22 de Abril

9h30 - Jornalismo: Regulação do ciberespaço: como? 

Daniel Catalão (Jornalista da RTP) 

Manuel Molinos (Editor do JN online Porto) 

Pedro Leal (Director adjunto da Rádio Renascença) 

Pedro Cunha (Jornalista do Maisfutebol) 

Moderador: Joaquim Fidalgo (Docente da UM) 

11h00 - Pausa para café 

11h15 - Onde está a criatividade? * 

Jorge Matos (Director de arte da IARB) 

Mário Mandacaru (Presidente Clube de Criativos) 

Moderadora: Sara Balonas (Docente da UM) 

14h30 - Estás online para que vida? 

Leonel Morgado (Docente da UTAD) 

Luís Sequeira (Beta Technologies) 

Pedro Rodrigues (twitter global advisor) 

Rita Falcão (Docente da UP) 

Moderador- Nélson Zagalo (Docente da UM) 

16h00 - Pausa para café 

16h15 - Ciências da Comunicação: que diferenças? 

18h00 - O que mudou com Bolonha? 

(apresentação e breve comentário de trabalhos realizados por 

alunos de AV/MM) 

(Docentes das especialidades de Ciências da Comunicação da UM) 

19h30 - Divulgação do vencedor do Concurso Literário do TUM. 

Apresentação do livro de Luís Ferreira Oliveira (1º vencedor do concurso) 

José Manuel Mendes( Representante do Júri do Concurso) 

José Luis Costa(Representante do TUM) 

Moderador: Mikaela Silva 

*painel sujeito a alterações

Bunny mess

My bunny gnawed my internet box's electric cable...don't laugh its not funny. 

Its ruined! Matilde snaped that thing in half with those little sharp teeth!!

Damn it...now i'm with the cable form our tv box. Something is about to explode i'm sure of it. But i don't care.

IN-spiration

This is my new "In-spiration": The Rodarte sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy. I must admit that i haven't been paying much attention, to what's going on, since i got into my degree in Comunication Sciences. But boy let me say they reaallly inspire me. Amazing style and imagery. Beautiful combination of feminine and hardness, trashy-chic. They are the ones i'll be glued on, dreaming about their deconstructed flowy dresses...hhmmwhat i would do with one of those. And simply because that's who i am, i analyze originality and design innovation to the core, i studied it, no wonder.

A friend of mine once asked me if fashion could be considered art. Sometimes it does, This is one of those cases: wearable art.

The Mulleavy sisters came from Pasadena California to New York in 2005 with 10 looks in their bags. It took very little time for someone to notice their talent and take off  like a rocket!     

Their inspiration for the 09Spring collection were the works by Smithson, earth, and site specific art, a little bit of science fiction and films like Star Wars. The also genius like 09 Fall collection was inspired by japanese horror films....c'mon, aren't they the coolest thing?!

Milagre Photoshop|Photoshop miracle

I've been using for some time now this wonderful tool of blurred imperfection. Just one more of the countless products that shout out the ultimate effect of "pits" disappearance. Ok, a little far fetched i know...the word is pores. The Clinique Pore Minimizer Refining Serum is what it claims to be. I usually apply it on my T-Zone, unfortunatelly i have one of those battered, "modern" types of skin. I have a strange mix of sensitive, dry, oily everything in between. By Clinique standards, i'm a type II. I use their skin care routine, the infamous 3 steps, with sometimes the Gamila's Secret in between ( my skin moans and groans with the tonic now and then) and after the moisturizer there comes the serum. 

A "Multi-tasking oil-free formula smooths, clears away debris to instantly minimize the look of pores. Goes on to strengthen pore walls over time, so they snap back into shape, remain smaller and less noticeable." I'm not ready to confirm if overtime my pores will do this, but for now its doing wonders. My skin gets smotther than a baby's butt and after i go through my makeup routine the crytical areas remain tight and oil free forever. I notice immediately that my pores get tight, i can feel it, and the appearance and texture of the skin is much more uniform and "pits" free. I truly recomend it to those of you that suffer the same sign of the modern times like i do, and even more to those with really oily and acne prone skin. As for the long run i'll keep you all posted about how my pits of shame are doing. Have a nice evening and don't forget to pee and moisturize before bed.

Twitterworld!

A friend of mine just showed me this youtube video. I think its very interesting to say the least lol. its making fun of the sucking void that Twitter can become. Don't get me wrong, i'm a recent twitter, just getting used to it, trying it out. Its growing on me day after day, 'till now i've just been using it to be updated minute by minute on the world's chaotic swirl. Ironically, i decided today that i should be more interactive with the people i'm following, a lot of them youtubers i already watch and admire. So please keep this in mind - nothing, i mean NOTHING can replace a live face to face (smelly or not) contact of what we call friends. A smile, a hug, even a laugh is a thousand times better and not comparable to a computer screen. 

So twitter away for all its worth, don't be a twittersnob and i really don't care if you're taking a dump right now :D

Mildly tipsy, sugar overkill and such Easter effects

Today i need a big shot of guronsan. Easter lunch was as always a big chunk of bad baaad things that go straight to my ass and thighs. Laughs at the table were helped by the always, the greatest, the wonderful Moet Chandon (Veuve Cliquot is better).

 A big bottle of it, bigger than the regular ones, i don't have a clue of how much it has in it. After that, the little house fairies sleepy or not, groguy maybe, had to clean up while the boys were snorring satisfaction through their nose and belly. Despite all of the lazyness, things were done and the big sister went to Torres Vedras (near Lisbon). At last, the Castro's mansion was quiet...and i have an empty nest syndrome pounding with the champagne bubbles in my head. Oh almost forgot, didn't mention the easter goodies my dad gave us. Sugar buzz all around its like an IV of caffeine.