Eu tenho problemas para comprar desodorante ultimamente. São várias opções, cada uma com uma vantagem: diminuição de pêlos, clareamento da axila, pele mais macia, enfim, uma infinidade de promessas, que a gente nunca sabe se é verdade mesmo, mas acaba pagando - literalmente - para ver.

Esse é um dos aspectos do tal marketing, a ciência que estuda as formas de convencer o consumidor.

Quando é para vender desodorante, ok, é quase inofensivo. O problema é quando essas "técnicas" invadem, de forma tão agressiva como agora, a escolha dos políticos que vão para o Senado, para a Câmara e para a Presidência da República.

No fim, seja com desodorantes ou com candidatos, a sensação é que o conteúdo é igual, só muda o perfume.

Por que eu amo ir para a Letras?

Porque em cada aula, a gente recebe pérolas como essa:

"Temos o direito a sermos iguais quando a diferença nos inferioriza. Temos o direito a sermos diferentes quando a igualdade nos descaracteriza."
Boaventura de Souza Santos

Hoje é dia de Bon Jovi!

Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
Bon Jovi

Hey, man I'm alive I'm takin' each day and night at a time
I'm feelin' like a Monday but someday I'll be Saturday night

Hey, my name is Jim, where did I go wrong
My life's a bargain basement, all the good shit's gone
I just can't hold a job, where do I belong
I'm sleeping in my car, my dreams move on

My name is Billy Jean, my love was bought and sold
I'm only sixteen, I feel a hundred years old
My foster daddy went, took my innocence away
The street life aint much better, but at least I get paid

And Tuesday just might go my way
It can't get worse than yesterday
Thursdays, Fridays ain't been kind
But somehow I'll survive

Hey man I'm alive I'm takin' each day and night at a time
Yeah I'm down, but I know I'll get by
Hey hey hey hey, man gotta live my life
Like I ain't got nothin' but this roll of the dice
I'm feelin' like a Monday, but someday I'll be Saturday night

Now I can't say my name, and tell you where I am
I want to roll myself away, don't know if I can

I wish that I could be in some other time and place
With someone elses soul, someone elses face

Oh, Tuesday just might go my way
It can't get worse than yesterday
Thursdays, Fridays ain't been kind
But somehow I'll survive

Hey, man I'm alive I'm takin' each day and night at a time
Yeah I'm down, but I know I'll get by
Hey hey hey hey, man gotta live my life
I'm gonna pick up all the pieces and what's left of my pride
I'm feelin' like a Monday, but someday I'll be Saturday night

Saturday night Here we go
Some day I'll be Saturday night
I'll be back on my feet, I'll be doin' alright
It may not be tomorrow baby, that's OK
I ain't goin' down, gonna find a way, hey hey hey

Hey man I'm alive I'm takin' each day and night at a time
Yeah, I'm down, but I know I'll get by
Hey hey hey hey, man, gotta live my life
Like I ain't got nothin' but this roll of the dice
I'm feelin' like a Monday, but someday I'll be Saturday night
I'm feelin' like a Monday, but someday I'll be Saturday night
Saturday night ,all right, all right
Saturday night