Pirates!

"CSAN 319: PIRATE SOCIETIES

Organization and Assessment
The course is organized primarily around topics that focus on the more distinctive social and cultural aspects of pirate societies. Within those topics, our primary (but not exclusive) geographic focus will be the Caribbean and Latin America, with an emphasis on the seventeenth and ( Read more... )

My thesis advisor is at the top of his field, and in many ways, created certain aspects of it. His book is eloquent, fulfilling, and complete. For the record, this man is the same one who got me interested in hallucinogenic drugs, such as nutmeg, which I experimented with repeatedly and only got a hangover. With that said, here are some comments ( Read more... )

In the end, I didn't do shit for Halloween, nor in Rio, really. I was sick on both occasions. Didn't even get to see my piercer, and that was definitely the last time I'll be in the city. She had cut her leg while surfing and, as her brother told me, needs to hold her hand on the cut to keep the skin from falling off. Oh well. Hi-ho ( Read more... )

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I feel that I’m approaching the heart of the issue when I assert that a common enemy among study abroad students here is food. All can rally behind it, all can rally for it, and all can rally against it. The food prepared by our host families manages to capture the entire career arc of the average politician. It really is a marvel, albeit a ( Read more... )

I decided to get two of the most pressing issues in my life out of the way today: Updating my resume, and playing Goemon's Great Adventure on Nintendo 64 ( Read more... )

I have realized that my work ethic has changed drastically since entering Brazil. Now, instead of attempting to draw any assignment to a conclusion as early as possible, I nitpick on it and wait until the last minute. Because of this, I have three final papers that need to be begun being researched (class ends the last week of November here), all ( Read more... )

I spent all day today watching a movie in the home entertainment section of a Brazilian Wal-mart. They had this little miniature living room set-up with a plasma TV and surround sound and all, so we dragged a lawn chair from the camping department and didn't stop until Spider Man 3 had ended. The weird thing about it is that none of the employees ( Read more... )

I just sneaked out of my second strip club in Brazil. Coincidentally, this also marks the second strip club I've been to in Brazil, and even more remarkable is the fact that this is the second strip club I've ever been to in my entire life. 100% record ( Read more... )

I received this e-mail two days ago. I can imagine my counselor frantically rubbing her nose to remove all traces of the cocaine before pressing the send button ( Read more... )