Friends is a TV show that lasted ten years. In my opinion, it’s the best TV show ever. For two reasons:
it has great characters, and thanks to it I met one of the most special people I’ve ever known.
Let’s start by the amazing characters:
Monica, Chandler, Rachel, Ross, Phoebe and Joey compose the most incredible cast. Monica is a pretty selfish person, she always wants to be the best at everything, she likes cooking and she loves cleaning. Chandler marries her in the eighth season. His main characteristic is that he likes making jokes of everything. Joey is his roommate, and he is known for being the guy who loves eating and taking girls out. He’s a soap opera actor. Both Chandler and Joey have a great friend Ross -Monica’s brother- who is a paleontologist and so loves dinosaurs. He is in love with Rachel in most of the seasons, and they do end up together. Rachel is very keen on fashion, and dreams about working at Calvin Klein. Finally, there is Phoebe who is a pretty weird character. She has the crazy ideas, and tells weird stories. She does massages for a living.
They are characters that fit perfectly together and work in a way that touches millions of people. No wonder so many people cried in that last episode!In second place, I would like to talk about something that has really nothing to do with the show itself, but how it became a socializing instrument. Friends represents everyday scenes, and it illustrates perfectly how friends treat each other, and what real life really is. So, in every moment of the day, there is always something that reminds us FRIENDS. Consequently, when you’re with somebody who watches FRIENDS, you always have something nice and fun to talk about.
This is how I met a great friend. We were in English class, and he mentioned the TV show, and I was so happy to know that someone else also loved the show, we started talking and talking. And every time we saw each other, we had something to talk about, and we would remember funny moments, and laugh… We used to say I had a lot of Monica’s personality, and that he had a lot of Chandler’s. They married each other later on. And now, after 4 years of Friendship, he became my boyfriend. And, let’s say, it’s all thanks to Friends…And if you want to know why Friends is so good, just turn on the TV and watch an episode. There is no way you don’t relax and laugh while you watch it. It’s perfect for every single moment.
FRIENDS June 25, 2007
Ballet June 5, 2007
I danced ballet during 5 years. My little girl dream was to become the best ballet dancer, and the two dancers inspired me were Alessandra Ferri and Barishnikov. When I was around 6 years old, I used to cut pieces of my pillow to fill my ballet shoes and pretend I could go on my tip toes like “grown up dancers”. It was almost like my greatest dream, to be able someday, to dance like real dancers.
Many people don’t really enjoy ballet, specially nowadays. I think that life is becoming more and more agitated that it is difficult for us to realize that quiet and delicate things can be extremely touching, it just takes a little bit of sensitivity.
To me, dancing is one of the most efficient ways of putting out hard feelings. Its better than painting and singing. You just move, you put yourself in harmony, you concentrate in imaginary figures your making with your hands, with the shapes you do with your body… When I dance I feel energy traveling to the point of my fingers, and when I make moves with the arms, it’s as if this energy slip slighty out, and as if I was dancing right in the middle of my own little world.
I quit ballet when I had to move back to Brazil. I danced in the Washington School of Ballet, until I was 11. I danced the nutcracker (even though it was a little part) in the Warner theater, and I used to dream of being the principal dancer, named ”Clara”. Unfortunately, I went back to Brasilia, and I did try different classes of ballet, but I didn’t like any of them. So I gave up, there weren’t many choices. I think stopping ballet was one of my biggest mistakes. It’s a pitty because now it’s to late for me to start again. I regret it.
As I mensioned before, Alessandra Ferri is a ballerina that I really admire. She’s an Italian dancer, born in Milan. Alessandra was named the Principal Dancer of the American Ballet Theatre, which is one of the great ballet schools in the United States (it’s located in New York). She also danced in the Royal Ballet -previously, where she danced in many performances; and participated to the Ballet National de Marseille. She danced in many important perfomances and for many important coreographers.
Here bellow I’m attaching a video of her dancing, and Sting plays a piece written by Bach. The song, the dancing, the scenario… It is all amazingly beautiful.
