The Mucha crazy Journal of The Jumping Rope

weird... That's what I am

Mon, 01 Dec 2003 03:36:45 GMT

First of all... Welcome back, Madam Luçy... It's good to have you on my friends list again ;)
To all the people who has been wondering what the hell is happening with me…
Why haven't I posted anything lately?#?? Will I ever be back???
Ok... Don't worry I will :) There are a few surprises heading your way...
Still I must rephrase one thing about my work... I am sometimes outrages, portrait women's role If I have too, put some nudes in between, be sarcastic with myself and others, I might offend some people... But you must keep one thing in mind, whatever you are watching Is not reality or at least not 100% true... I am not a transvestite (If I was... I would be an offence to them, though I admire the people who are and the way they look good on photos... humm will have to look for some in the near future) or will I ever dress women's dress in my everyday life but I have done it in photos and am very proud of it because I am insane and photography breaks all my boundaries. But if one day I feel like doing it, I will :P
it's the way I have to express feelings, explore characters that I am not... Give you little bit of taste of my inner-imaginary world... So if you by any means are a conservative person or prejudice, you shouldn't be reading my journal or add me as a friend...
I'm still working on the next episodes of my comic character "the Jumping rope" (this is what this journal is about)... Also preparing my last year project "trapped"

to show it here and also my "miss Understood" future project

Also"the rebel prince"

Last but not least the damage 2ºpart

... Though I might in the future create a new journal to write about my personal life (sorry... But I wont post the dirty details, if that's what you looking for).

A month ago I decided to do an HIV test... And since today it's a reminder that this disease still exists through out the world and it will take a long time to make it disappear for good, I thought it would be interesting to show you the results (yes--- I am HIV Negative)(see it here)... But remember everyday a person dies with HIV and the worst is the way they are treated by ignorant people, and it shouldn't be just one day to make people conscious of what this disease is and of how to prevent it. I still Haven't meet any one that died with HIV but sometimes I am scared with what some of my friends tell me, who aren't that careful and trust anyone... I too did some mistakes in the past but I think I'm older and wiser and pretend to stay that way.
My thought's are with the people who have died... I hope now you can have some peace...
One moment of silence

To wrap it up, last night I meet up with someone I thought I would never talk to again... It was a sort of business meeting but we end up having a really good time like in the old days... And have made plans again... Even if we are enemies... weird I know... But that's me... I mean us :)
Oh... I bought Nelly Furtado's new album "folklore" this weekend and also miss Pink"try this"... which I must say they are both gorgeous and delicious to hear... They have raised up my spirit while I was feeling pretty shit... also I have been listening non stop to "Peter Murphy's best of" (the guy from Bauhaus), he is great :)
Adieus... ****W.A.R.N.I.N.G****this post will not be deleted any more****
PEACE

P.s.- sorry if I blow up your friends page... It is meant to be that way ;p

(((:::)))

Sun, 12 Oct 2003 14:23:20 GMT

Yeah yeah... it's my birthday and so what???

Please...
don't even ask...
I'm not telling :P
make your guess...

I'm just a year ~~older~~... T%hat's all...

Now let me go... me needs to party ...

Two more... Damage

Fri, 10 Oct 2003 00:48:35 GMT

dAmage

Sun, 05 Oct 2003 11:33:51 GMT

This is a project that I'm still finishing... sort of work in progress...

... and here is the two new one I made from my new "SEAGUL" camera... these are only tests

Damage

Let's just say I was never lucky
Lucky in meeting you
I don't feel any more
I don't beg
I'm what they call heart reckless
I suffered too much
Too much pain
But I survived
Always attracted to strangers
Hoping something would come along
But I must remember I am human
And humans are individuals
Individual???
I would like to say to you
I would like you to be mine
But who am I to possess ~~(a human)~~
Or to be possessed
I'm a no one
I only know what I feel
And what I feel hurts
Pain hurts
But it also can be a form of joy???
It reminds me that I am well alive
That my path is to go alone
You can't come with me!
Though we always make plans
But that's romance
Yes... we have a creative mind
Everything is possible for a few minutes
We can pretend to be happy
To be annoyed
To make out
To be mad at each other
In the end
We just know we are not a... we
And loneliness is not so bad
If you know how to twist it
If you can find your inner self
And talk to him
Laugh with him
Cry with him
He is the one who is going with you
Who is following you
Who will patronize you
You are you
Never forget that
Be proud of who you are
Raise your head and accept fate
Follow your dreams
You are being watched
But so is everyone
Don't regret what you did
Move along
Be a bitch if you have to
Cry if you need to
Don't hold on into despair
Your hopes are my hopes
Your heart makes me wanna byte you
But we are not a... we and I must be aware
Not to give in too much
Not to abandon you either
What can one do???
I was rejected
Laughed at
Sometimes I felt passion
Reality killed my passion
Or what they call love???
What is love??
It doesn't last...
Or does it???
Do we have to find the right person??
Does such person exist or is it us...
Again blinding our minds with useless dreams
Useless thoughts and fears
I need to go back
Feel what I missed
Touch what I don't have
Minutes of pleasure
Minutes of agony
But I can't go back!
I am not a whore
And I am not for sale
You want to know me
But you look the other way
Your fears keep us distant
What am I to do?
I don't want to struggle anymore
I am still here
But not for long
My tears are not whiling to come out
They are dry
Dry as a mouth without water
You made her thirsty
Cause she is loosing her purity
Soon it will all be over
You put this on me
Now fear the damage
Damage
Damage
Damage
Damage

YAauuuuuuuu

Wed, 01 Oct 2003 13:59:11 GMT

Yesterday... I got my first letter ever coming from Japan... from my dear friend, Megumi.
She was in Lisbon for a year studying ceramic at ar.co, where I currently study photography. She had to go back to Japan because of legal matters but she hopes she can live in Lisbon one day :)
I am the opposite... I Hope I can go to Japan one day and stay there for a long time... Learn the culture, the language and so on...

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THANK YOU, MEGUMI

mE_aS_A_pUNk_rED_hAIred_dUde

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 14:22:25 GMT

All right, all right... I must confess,
I have this weird desire in me to become a sort of a punk red haired kind of dude...
Even if it is for a few days or only in my head, It would be worth it...
I think I have this desire since I found out recently that I have an imaginary half brother,
which I'm still searching for, who is a punk freak kind of guy.
Yeah my friends... If I find him I might be able to know what happened to me in my childhood
and who my parents are... if they are still alive or not. But I think it's too soon yet.
If I decided to do this I will look similar to this images :

tHe dETails:

tHE oTher tWO:

aNd mY fAvourIte:

I'm wearing my favourite t-shirt "miss understood" which someone special gave it to me... but I only use it in the pictures ;)
THank You Natasha (will post some more pictures of that t-shirt)

nO iDea [post cards from hell]

Fri, 26 Sep 2003 12:47:07 GMT

Do not dare to copy, use or abuse any of my concepts or photos... I will hunt to death for that

Fri, 26 Sep 2003 12:37:19 GMT

Graffiti posterized_dA prOJecT

Fri, 26 Sep 2003 02:46:56 GMT

Graffiti posterized

This project is about a worldwide invasion of the streets of Lisbon and it's suburbs.
If all goes well… We will then invade Europe and America too.

A few years ago, a few friends and me had a blast gluing some of our artwork, transformed into photocopies, in a wall somewhere in Bairro alto (famous for it's night life in Lisbon)… I was never the same after that experience and I want to do it again.

The time is now… and hell! I feel ready for some exposure and action, how about you??? Care to join in?? I'm gathering some friends to go along with me and fix some posters illegally or not as a form of protest against the art business of today, where most of the unknown artists are not given any values for their work or opportunities to develop them. We will invade the streets with art either they like it or not.

I would love to have other people from around the globe (this means you) to participate in this project. All you have to do is to send me your artwork through normal mail; photography, collage, design and other stuff should have the size of a normal picture 10cm x 15cm or a similar size. You should send me by normal mail and all you have to pay is the stamp… you can send me postcards shapes… whatever you will feel like doing. After I received everybody's work I will then photocopy them (black & white
or colours) to a A4 A3 A2 size (depending on the work)… And they will be ready for the wall invasion.

In the first attack, the theme will be about "self-promotion", if you want to promote your stuff, here is your opportunity, You can do photos or collages of yourself or promote your work. Good luck.
In the end I will create a small website (in one of those free sites builders) to show how the attacks worked and turned out to be… If you are a web designer and would like to build us the website with no money in return just for the joy of art we would thank you eternality J

The address:

Luis Pereira
Praçeta António Roberto Alves,
Nº5 7ºB Paço de Arcos,
2780-562 Paço de Arcos,
Portugal

All photographs from the event were done by me
All photographs glued in the wall were done by Carla Santiago, Pitchu and me

This is the eRa of cLOnization

Wed, 24 Sep 2003 12:25:20 GMT

An old project of mine that will be kising your ass
in a few weeks... If all goes well and you can be part of it.

The magazine online that is stuck at the moment... One of my sponsers

Wed, 24 Sep 2003 12:06:04 GMT

Wed, 24 Sep 2003 01:40:06 GMT

... The begining.

Thu, 28 Aug 2003 15:18:06 GMT

What comes across my mind when I think about the eighties' is how most of the people dreamt with the year 2003, where the human race would have reach their maximum intelligent state, becoming a race of superior human beings (like super hero or something). The human brain would be well developed and earth, a peaceful place to live, without wars, greed and pollution.

All the smaller buildings would be ten times higher than the Empire state, we would have flying cars and eat pills as food. The development of home Cyber sex and cyber silicone dolls would end the loneliness of some and television would be installed inside of this "easy" contact lens "to put it on" with a microchip sending waves directly to our brains. Holographic emotions and fantasies would be available to anyone. Surfing the net would be 3D-dimentional, you could see, breathe, feel and touch.
People's favourite vacation would be to go to this "accessible to anyone" hotel, build in the moon. Yes, travelling in space would be cheap and the Universe would become a nice place to explore and export people to live there.

What a disappointment to them!!!... None of this ever happened, but really wouldn't that be to perfect??? They are still building this hotel in the moon but be shore that is not accessible to any one, the silicone Cyber dolls are still being made and tested, there is
no such thing as flying cars... Pollution as increased and the United States just provoked a almost world war III for the sake of a greedy mind for the promised oil. Higher buildings are being destroyed and jerks are still around all over the place... No one seems to be healthy and this weird flu virus is killing us all.
The real 2003 is pretty nasty. Still... Not all is lost... there are a few things ordinary people don't know about.

The power of secret spy organizations has increased and spread throughout the world... If you thought the FBI was the most powerful one in the whole planet... You were wrong. The FBI is a mere Toy compared to the one I work for. It's true... And who would have thought that this powerful organization was located right here in the center of Portugal in a town called Lisbon "Lisboa", a perfect disguise for a big corporation company to become unknown to the eyes of the greedy world. Lisbon became the perfect host due to the discreet scenery.
This big secret spy corporation goes by the name of "Deus te guie" "may God guide you" pretending to be a catholic institution, the main headquarter is disguised as a church, working regularly as a holly house for the common people on the main entrance but underground are the offices from -1 level down to -45 level, this is, of course, unknown to the common people so don't ask me for the address... Hello??? I'm not stupid!!!

I was given the code-name of "the Jumping rope" don't know why!!! But that's what they call me and it became my real name, I don't know any other.
I am an orphan; at least I think I am! I don't know my past, who my parents were or whatever happened to me while I was growing up.
I suffered from a severe case of amnesia when I was 23 (that's the age the doctors predicted at that time). All I remember is one day I woke up in a bed hospital, and some nurse told me I remained unconscious for a few month after I was found by a couple in a trash deposit in a alley, lying there almost dead. They brought me in and said they were not related to me. I had no documentation and for some strange reason my fingertips didn't exist... they were burned... so no one could identify me... And I couldn't remember a thing, not a name, not a friendly face... Nothing. I freaked out. There were no records of my mere existence and no one came looking for me. Then I was thrown out of the hospital because I had exceeded the limit of time there and if I wanted to stay, I had to pay.
Had no money and had to live in the streets for a while.

A few months later I started to have this weird flash lights in my head that made me think I had been kidnapped by aliens... I was totally fucked up and also got into trouble with some authority. They arrested me and put me into this hospital for lunatics.
There... I was a complete rebel against the doctors and their electric shock treatments; I was always getting into trouble, annoying the nurses and trying to get out and always getting caught. I was a threat to the system.
Until one day I got kidnapped by a bunch of people covered in black, which I didn't know if they were friendly or not but they made me felt good when I saw them beating the shit out of the doctors and nurses' arses.
I was afraid in the beginning, thought I was being taken by aliens again but then for no reason I was able to calm down and without knowing what was going to happen to me I felt kind of safe, somehow. Don't know why but I did.
For my surprise they covered my eyes and took me to this big mansion, somewhere in the countryside, where, after they unfolded me, revealed that I had been recruited to work for their organization of spies. I asked them "Why me?" but they didn't answered, I had nothing to loose so I decided to join them. At least now I had a place to stay and I wouldn't be starving in the middle of nowhere.
I had found a new family.

5...4...3...2...1...0... The time is now...

Thu, 28 Aug 2003 14:06:44 GMT

The new Journal pOster...

Thu, 28 Aug 2003 12:48:01 GMT

Hey!! dOn'T mIss iT...

Sun, 24 Aug 2003 21:17:48 GMT

The premier... soON

Sun, 24 Aug 2003 20:39:17 GMT

The Journal Poster

Fri, 13 Jun 2003 18:54:58 GMT

the time has come for you to be part of the jumping rope's life...
But not just yet ;P, you still have to wait a few more days...
cause this is a kind of a *journal-zine-half fiction half reality-work in progress*

I'm almost there

Sun, 08 Jun 2003 16:35:00 GMT

That's right as soon as I can I'll be hiting your screen... Watch out!!!