Journal of an Absence

Or "Ric Unplugged"…
You choose the version you prefer. I couldn't. It's quite apparent to me now that my kind of net connection – though quite satisfying in the city – doesn't work at all in some parts of the country. There simply is no network yet, so I've been told. This means I'll be absent for a week, which leaves me close to despair.

Monday, 13, Segunda

After doing what I was supposed to do today, the very first question on my mind was: What now? What shall I do? And all I was thinking about was blogging. Well, I guess I'll just have to get used to live without blogging for the next days… Is it so hard? As if it were an addiction? I was living before July 14.th, wasn't I? So? It is hard indeed!
Besides reading, there's a great 6-episode BBC series about Auschwitz on channel 2: starting this evening. I believe I've watched it last year when it was first released to celebrate the 60.th anniversary of the camp liberation by the Red Army. But there's so much to it! I'm sure it will be my late evening company all through this week. Oh yes, the series' name's
"Auschwitz. The Nazis and the 'Final Solution'."

Tuesday, 14, Terça

It was hard today to realise once again I'm out of the bloggosphere. Just like that. Today I would be celebrating online my fourth month on a row as a blogger… Oh well! What can I do? No candles to blow, no cake to share, no champagne to sip, no "many happy returns of the day" to thank for…
Even if all the rest is virtual, the exchange of feelings between bloggers isn't at all. And I miss that. So I guess I'm having the blues this evening. And TV won't help much either. Maybe a book will be my consolation…

Wednesday, 15, Quarta

Just to keep my mind off this unexpected absence I decided to do some wiping and cleaning… as far as my computer is concerned. So many files completely obsolete and useless. So much trash archived for no explainable reason or foreseeable purpose. It took me quite a while to go through all the stuff in store, but I did manage in the end, even if I've made some mistakes here and there, as usual… I didn't lose anything important though. I guess that's just me, that's just the way I am. And another day seems to be over and done with… I just can't wait until I'm back to the cosiness of my small big world… "See" you all back soon! Hopefully…

Thursday, 16, Quinta

Today all of you were with me. Names came to my mind as those of long missed friends: Portuguese, Brazilian, Argentinean, British, Canadian, American, New Zealand's… My work is almost done here, about 300 km away from home. Tomorrow will be my last day here. I can't believe that a week has almost gone by.

Friday, 17, Sexta

I had no idea of what a deaf-mute computer might be… Well, I guess I know now: my words will be stuck inside this computer until I get back online, and your posts are all beyond an invisible wall that will come down this weekend, I hope. This is quite an odd feeling…

And I'm back again! At last! Wow!!! Mwaaahhh for you all!!!