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Currently Reading: some Portuguese novel, Historia da Sexualidade, Collapse, Chronicles of Narnia (I just started the first one)
Currently Anticipating: UCLA grad school
Currently Dreading: getting up really early to take my car to the shop so that I can make it to my doctor's appointment on time tomorrow
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half a fortnight
Two weeks. In two weeks I will be leaving Brazil. The truth is that I do not want to. It will be awesome to see my family and friends, but I have family and friends here too and it will be hard to leave. I guess that's a good thing, though, to feel that way. Maybe it's the language thing: knowing that language skills go away and that the next ( Read more... ) -
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Angola was a Portuguese colony for over 500 years. Today Angola and Portugal match up in the World Cup for each of their first games.
What would happen if the United States and Iran, by some stroke of God's hand, were to match up in the World Cup?
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Something I just thought worth noting. For years after summer league swim meets, everyone went to Burger King or McDonald's afterwards. I think that's why I have an aversion now. Everyone Tuesday and Thursday night for more than a month is WAY too much. However, a change. Tomorrow night, the pool will be serving hot dogs and hamburgers and ( Read more... ) -
pepto bismal
Well, since last Thursday, in order to take advantage of my limited time here in Brazil, I decided to get a stomach virus and basically lie in bed for a week. It was great! (extreme sarcasm) The good thing, I guess, is that it made me miss my Mommy and as much as I wasn't wanting to come home, now I think it'll be okay. At least if I get sick, ( Read more... ) -
the unbearable likeness of being
So, today I have been increasingly conscious that I come inside a body. This may seem obvious, but sometimes I still have those naive ideas that adolescents have about being invincible and thinking that the body is separate from life somehow ( Read more... ) -
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So, yesterday I went into São Paulo and to the Avenida Paulista to the São Paulo Museum of Art. On May 16th a Degas exhibit opened. It was absolutely incredible. Two floors of Degas and what inspired him and who he inspired, in addition to the permanent collections. Look and see what I saw (this link is Portuguese, but there are some pictures ( Read more... ) -
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Hmmm, today I decided to do work here at the house instead of going to UNICAMP. I wasn't crazy about getting on the bus today anyway. Why, well, here's why http://www.gringoes.com/articles.asp?ID_Noticia=1233, and the violence hits the greater São Paulo area, which includes Campinas. Today buses quit running at 6pm. Honestly, it's not like it's ( Read more... ) -
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I have lots of good stories and experiences that I should share, but for some reason, I have no real desire to post all of them on livejournal. Some stories are just better in person. Here's a quick update ( Read more... )