{"id":104,"date":"2025-10-14T16:16:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T20:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/elisavenzon\/?p=104"},"modified":"2025-10-14T16:16:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T20:16:29","slug":"october-14th-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/elisavenzon\/2025\/10\/14\/october-14th-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"October 14th, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(<em>PT\/BR<\/em>) oi, gente!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>como voc\u00eas perceberam, vai ser bem dif\u00edcil manter isso aqui. eu juro que tento, mas ou eu esque\u00e7o ou me perco no tempo dentre tudo que tem que ser feito.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>tem sido bastante coisa. boas, mas bastante. mesmo fazendo s\u00f3 tr\u00eas cadeiras, \u00e9 bem diferente a realidade daqui (pelo menos da Temple, mas pelo que me falaram \u00e9 similar a outras faculdades nos EUA) em compara\u00e7\u00e3o com o saudoso PPGH da ufrgs. as leituras s\u00e3o bem mais numerosas (coisa de um livro\/semana pra cada disciplina), temos sempre que estar engajados em aula e cada semana \u00e9 um aluno que lidera a discuss\u00e3o (os profes s\u00f3 observam e fazem coment\u00e1rios extremamente pontuais num geral), a quantidade de cadeiras obrigat\u00f3rias \u00e9 maior tamb\u00e9m. aqui eles focam muito em toda a fun\u00e7\u00e3o de ~construir um curr\u00edculo, e isso vai al\u00e9m de publicar artigos: participar de palestras, do clube de p\u00f3s-graduandos, buscar bolsas-pr\u00eamio pra desenvolver pesquisa, viajar pra pesquisar, passar na sala de profes pra \u201cser visto\u201d, engajar nas atividades do departamento em geral &#8211; que, novamente, comparadas \u00e0s nossas s\u00e3o em maior quantidade (pelo menos 1 vez por semana tem algum professor visitante e uma \u201ccoffee hours\u201d com o clube). obviamente que \u00e9 empolgante, mas ao mesmo tempo \u00e9 \u201coverwhelming\u201d, e pra mim \u00e9 tudo mais devagar, sabem? eu tava conversando com meus colegas e comecei a ouvir alguns audiobooks e \u00e9 loucura, porque se for uma velocidade mais do que 1.0x eu n\u00e3o consigo anotar as coisas importantes\u2026 1.5x eu tenho que ler junto pra conseguir entender. Isso \u00e9 frustrante, e eu acho que muita gente deve pensar \u201cu\u00e9 mas n\u00e3o sabia falar ingl\u00eas?\u201d e a sensa\u00e7\u00e3o aqui \u00e0s vezes \u00e9 de que os anos que meus pais investiram em cursinho n\u00e3o foi o suficiente. mas n\u00e3o \u00e9 bem isso, e eu tento n\u00e3o me cobrar. \u00e9 uma leitura especializada numa linguagem formal e acad\u00eamica, e ainda n\u00e3o tenho todo o tempo do mundo pra ler e absorver. mas seguimos. os poucos feedbacks que recebi de professores at\u00e9 agora s\u00e3o de que meu desempenho t\u00e1 sendo satisfat\u00f3rio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>no resto, eu e o vic estamos relativamente bem sucedidos em manter uma rotina. a academia aqui do pr\u00e9dio parecia melhor quando visitamos do que agora que temos que usar, mas \u00e9 bem suficiente e tenho conseguido ir regularmente &#8211; me obrigo porque no fim me faz desligar do resto. o vic tem feito a maioria das refei\u00e7\u00f5es, e no fim das contas ele superou a mestra. \u00e9 loucura que quando eu conheci o menino n\u00e3o sabia fazer arroz e hoje ele faz comidas deliciosas, al\u00e9m de cuidar da casa junto, lavar as roupas e ser o carinho que eu mais preciso mesmo quando s\u00f3 o que eu consigo fazer por ele \u00e9 uma x\u00edcara de caf\u00e9 (que ele nem gosta tanto assim). essa semana que passou fizemos uma atividade de entrevistar um colega e vice-versa na aula de hist\u00f3ria oral e o meu colega me perguntou qual a coisa mais legal que eu conheci\/vi aqui, e eu s\u00f3 consegui responder que n\u00e3o era sobre o pa\u00eds ou a cidade, mas sobre estar empolgada por estar compartilhando tudo isso com o victor. pouco a pouco estamos comprando coisas pra nossa casinha, nossas malas ainda est\u00e3o espalhadas porque n\u00e3o temos arm\u00e1rio, mas nada poderia me fazer mais feliz. eu lembro tamb\u00e9m que no in\u00edcio do nosso namoro a gente se comunicava por emails e um dia eu escrevi sobre gostar de ir no super porque me fazia sentir que o mais simples poderia ser bom ao lado dele, e pod\u00edamos fingir que mor\u00e1vamos juntos. isso foi h\u00e1 8 anos atr\u00e1s e eu mal podia esperar e no fim t\u00e1 sendo muito melhor do que eu poderia imaginar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>queria contar uns extras numa se\u00e7\u00e3o rapidinha:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>depois de TR\u00caS banhos de chuva (de me ensopar mesmo, coisa de 5 minutos) consegui comprar uma sombrinha por um valor adequado;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>tr\u00eas semanas atr\u00e1s, numa sexta 14h recebi um email da universidade dizendo que eles tavam oferecendo ingressos de gra\u00e7a pra um stand-up do Adam Sandler pra quem chegasse 17h no lugar. pensamos \u201cok vamos nos aventurar\u201d e foi genial!!!!!! (exceto pelo cara que abriu, um comediante famoso que n\u00e3o vou citar mas posso falar no privado, absurdamente racista. isso foi bem trash e ver as pessoas rindo bem perturbador. mas o adam sandler pareceu ser do bem e n\u00e3o fez piadas problem\u00e1ticas!!!!)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>comemos finalmente um cheesesteak e j\u00e1 fomos no mesmo lugar de novo esse fim se semana. eu n\u00e3o sei se todos s\u00e3o bons (honestamente, j\u00e1 vimos umas reviews tenebrosas) mas o que o victor encontrou \u00e9 absurdo de bom. meu deus. uma baguete com fil\u00e9 queijo e cebola. por deus.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>eu fui chamada pra apresentar uma historiadora num evento que vai ter aqui e ir almo\u00e7ar depois!!! \u00e9 coisa simples, 1-2 minutos, mas ter sido convidada por gostar da tem\u00e1tica me fez feliz! conto depois como foi!!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>fomos no cinema ver THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL e eu sa\u00ed n\u00e3o gostando muito mas depois fui ouvir o \u00e1lbum e estou viciada no quarteto fate of opheli-a-elizabeth tayLOR-ooooo oo opalite-i am your father figure i drink the brown liquor i can make deals with the devil because.. omg. g\u00eania?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>a grazi disse que \u00e9 estranho me ler em portugu\u00eas porque parece meio anti natural e eu tenho que concordar porque n\u00e3o \u00e9!!! eu n\u00e3o sei escrever assim, falando pra ningu\u00e9m e todo mundo ao mesmo tempo, tentando falar o que pode ser interessante ou legal. sei l\u00e1 ok? to me esfor\u00e7ando!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thats the life of a showgirl babe..<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/elisavenzon\/files\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-14-at-16.00.48-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-105\" style=\"width:320px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/elisavenzon\/files\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-14-at-16.00.48-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/elisavenzon\/files\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-14-at-16.00.48-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/elisavenzon\/files\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-14-at-16.00.48.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Philadelphia, USA, 2025. Indo ver <em><em>The Official Release Party of a Showgirl<\/em><\/em> no cinema!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>(<em>EN\/US<\/em>)\u00a0Hi, guys!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you&#8217;ve noticed, it&#8217;s going to be really hard to keep this up. I swear I\u2019m trying, but I&#8217;ll either forget or lose track of everything that needs to be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s been a lot. A \u201ca good lot\u201d, but a lot. Even though I only attend three courses, the reality here (at least at Temple, but from what I&#8217;ve heard, it&#8217;s similar to other colleges in the US) is quite different compared to the much-missed PPGH at UFRGS. The readings are more numerous (about one book per week for each course), we always have to be engaged in class, and each week a student leads the discussion (the professors just observe and make extremely specific comments in general). The number of required courses is also higher. Here, they focus heavily on the whole function of ~building a CV, and this goes beyond publishing articles: attending lectures, the graduate student club, seeking research grants, traveling to research, visiting professors&#8217; offices to &#8220;be seen&#8221;, engaging in general department activities\u2014which, again, are more frequent compared to ours (at least once a week, there&#8217;s a visiting professor and a &#8220;coffee hour&#8221; with the club). Obviously it&#8217;s exciting, but at the same time it&#8217;s overwhelming, and for me, everything is slower, you know? I was talking to my classmates and started listening to some audiobooks, and it&#8217;s crazy, because if it&#8217;s faster than 1.0x, I can&#8217;t take notes on the important things&#8230; At 1.5x, I have to read along to understand. It&#8217;s frustrating, and I think a lot of people must think, &#8220;Oh, but I didn&#8217;t know how to speak English?&#8221; and sometimes the feeling here is that the years my parents invested in prep courses weren&#8217;t enough. But that&#8217;s not quite the case, and I try not to pressure myself. Listen, it&#8217;s specialized reading in formal, academic language, and I still don&#8217;t have all the time in the world to read and absorb. But we keep going. The little feedback I&#8217;ve received from teachers so far indicates that my performance is satisfactory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Otherwise, Vic and I have been relatively successful in maintaining a routine. The gym here in the building seemed better when we visited than it is now that we are using it, but it&#8217;s quite adequate, and I&#8217;ve been able to go regularly\u2014I force myself to because it helps me disconnect from everything else. Vic has been cooking most of the meals, and in the end, he&#8217;s surpassed his master. It&#8217;s crazy that when I met him, he didn&#8217;t know how to cook rice, and now he makes delicious meals, besides taking care of the house with me, doing the laundry, and being the rock I need, even when all I can do for him is make him a cup of coffee (which he doesn\u2019t even like that much). Last week, we did an activity of interviewing a classmate and vice versa in oral history class, and my classmate asked me what the coolest thing I&#8217;ve seen\/learned here is, and all I could say was that it wasn&#8217;t about the country or the city, but about being excited to be sharing all of this with Vic. Little by little, we&#8217;re buying things for our little house. Our suitcases are still scattered because we don&#8217;t have a closet, but nothing could make me happier. I also remember that at the beginning of our relationship, when communicated by email, one day I wrote about enjoying going to the supermarket because it made me feel like the simplest thing could be good with him, and we could pretend we lived together. That was eight years ago, and I couldn&#8217;t wait, and in the end, it&#8217;s been much better than I could have imagined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wanted to share a few extras in a quick section:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>After THREE showers (soaking myself in a 5 minutes rain), I managed to buy an umbrella for a reasonable price;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Three weeks ago, on a Friday at 2 p.m., I received an email from the university saying they were offering free tickets to an Adam Sandler stand-up show for anyone who arrived at the venue by 5 p.m. We thought, &#8220;okay, let&#8217;s go for it,&#8221; and it was brilliant! (Except for the opening guy, a famous comedian I won&#8217;t name but can tell you privately, who was absurdly racist. It was pretty trashy, and seeing people laughing was quite disturbing. But Adam Sandler seemed like a good guy and didn&#8217;t make any problematic jokes!)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We finally had a cheesesteak last week, and we went to the same place again this weekend. I don&#8217;t know if they&#8217;re all good (honestly, we&#8217;ve seen some terrible reviews), but the one Victor found is insane. My God. A baguette with steak, cheese, and onions. omg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I was asked to introduce a historian at an event here and go to lunch afterward!!! It&#8217;s a simple thing, 1-2 minutes, but being invited because I like the topic made me happy! I&#8217;ll tell you how it went later!!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We went to the movies to see THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL and I didn&#8217;t really like it, but then I listened to the album and I&#8217;m hooked on the quartet <em>Fate of Ophelia-a-Elizabeth Taylor-ooooo oo Opalite-I am your father figure. I drink the brown liquor. I can make deals with the devil because<\/em>&#8230; omg. Genius?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Grazi said it&#8217;s weird to read me in Portuguese because it seems kind of unnatural, and I have to agree because it&#8217;s not!!! I don&#8217;t know how to write like that, talking to no one and everyone at the same time, trying to say something interesting or cool. I don&#8217;t know, okay? I&#8217;m trying!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and that&#8217;s the life of a showgirl, babe..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(PT\/BR) oi, gente! como voc\u00eas perceberam, vai ser bem dif\u00edcil manter isso aqui. eu juro que tento, mas ou eu esque\u00e7o ou me perco no&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/elisavenzon\/2025\/10\/14\/october-14th-2025\/\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">October 14th, 2025<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":37375,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-portoalegrensephillygirl","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/elisavenzon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/elisavenzon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/elisavenzon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/elisavenzon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37375"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/elisavenzon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/elisavenzon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/elisavenzon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104\/revisions\/107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/elisavenzon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/elisavenzon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/elisavenzon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}