“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” ~Anais Nin

Some good recipes I tried out today ( Read more... )

So...bored...oh my God please help me.

Design is NOT always exciting. I can't sit at this desk for 8 hours a day and not talk to anyone and be glued to a piece of technology without going nuts. Gah!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lent is over, and I survived living without Facebook nor meat (with breaking the rules only about 3 times each). I am really proud of myself. Facebook doesn't own me anymore like it used to - I like that feeling. And meat isn't as appealing to me either - except when I think of meatloaf and burgers. Yum.

School is almost over for a year. Halle-

I'm watching Obama's inauguration right now, witnessing history as people are saying. This is the first time I've watched one. I don't think the importance of this has hit me yet. Julia is in DC right now watching it live. Mom was saying that she remembers watching Nixon's inauguration, and she can't believe all of the political changes that have ( Read more... )

Semba music in Pellerinho is really amazing.

Yes I got to have faith.

Today was good...first full day of classes (and I mean, full: 10 - 5PM with a one hour break ( Read more... )

So, I finally made it here. It only took almost two days, but I'm here at the hotel in Salvador. We met at the JFK at 6:30AM yesterday, and didn't get into Salvador until 10:00AM this morning. One flight got delayed so we missed our connecting flight in Sao Paulo. So, we stayed at a hotel at 1:00AM and got on the shuttle at 3:30AM to go back to the ( Read more... )

-Finished school, got As in both of my classes ( Read more... )