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I just visited my brother's-fiance's-mother's house in Indaiatuba, her brother showed me around Campinhas, and took me to Bracas. Saturday I took the overnight to Curitiba and am staying with my brothers-fiance's friends in a really nice apartment. They are very pretty. So no, I'm not roughing it the way your mother and father did in a new country with no language skills. In one month I move into a hostel. Today I'm studying Portuguese all day. Tomorrow, off to Fisk language school and *wink* It is frustrating not knowing what is going on. When in conversation, I get the jist of what they are saying. When addressed directly, I get too nervous, can't put any vocabulary together and resort to pointing. I'm sure it's frustrating for them, and I feel selfish not having learned more before moving. But, hopefully soon I can talk like an idiot in Portuguese, and then talk like a normal person. Cheers to emersion?!

Yeah, he's still an idiot but I respect the fact that in his incoherent, false argument there was the implication that there were two revolutions in Russia, he just got every part of it wrong.

Yeah but ODB was worried about the children, whereas Kanye only seems worried about himself.

Does the ethiopia one seem terrible now?/green

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 14, 2009 -> 05:22 PM) I wonder when they realized they would run out of room for the lion placement to make sense.

Is Skol good? I unfairly connect it in my mind with skol vodka in the states. I think Original is Antarctica? I might be wrong, but I've definitely had Antarctica. They have tasty beers down here, though not much variety thus far. Cachaca, cheese, meat, all good. Also funny, when describing a brazilian item to you, it's always not how you would describe it. "Pao de quejo, it's like this wonderful bread that's soft with cheese on it" "Oh so it's like cheese bread" "No it's not cheese bread its pao de quejo". "Requejaio is like this creamy spreadable cheese you put on bread" "So it's cream cheese!" "No it's not cream cheese it's Requejaio"

there's no bush league in the music industry

yeah that's the best.

I hate taylor swift.

I'm not the most traveled person, but I've been around now, I just think people forget how good looking american women are. But i'm going to a big bar festival this weekend, I'll let you know from there. Women look different here, it's a skin tone I like, but it's not millions of adriana lima's walking all around me. But, their personalities are wonderful.

man people are stupid. Everyone wants their celebrities to be polite and nice, ooh hi i'm benji from good charlotte, I know I have tattoos and dress like a punk but you'd love to take me home to your parents blah blah blah I'll take Kanye, lady gaga and ODB and any other interesting and outrageous celebrity and you can take your suburban icons and know how much fun you would have going to the mall with them and sharing a nice bubble tea!

I mean I'm sure its different in coastal towns by the beach, and I've only been in Curitiba (1.7 mill people) for a day, but i'd probably find more beautiful women in the US on a given day than I've seen here.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 12, 2009 -> 09:59 PM) fake naivety on my part. Most people have literally no understanding of Marxism, communism, socialism, nazism, Stalinism, 20/19/18/17th etc century history, capitalism/ modern economics or most other crap politicians emotionally play games with. "More czars than the USSR!" :facepalm: I recently had someone try to argue to me that the October Revolution put Marx into power with a socialist system first and then Lenin came along a while latter to install communism (socialism->communism slippery slope). :facepalm: well, I mean, in a juvenile way, very juvenile, he's closer to right than most idiots. The menschaviks who came to power in the Feb. revolution were closer to Marxists, then the bolsheviks came to power in october, who were just bats*** crazy.

Hard to believe just last Monday I was waking up in the suburbs. So, less than a week, a lot has happened. Lots of Chacaca. Lots of cheese. Lots of beer. Of interest, tiny glasses, just like Europe. As when I was in Europe, what I crave most is an absurdly large 44 oz soda packed with ice. But for beer you pay $3 reais and get a 22 oz bottle and small glasses. Milk is in cardboard boxes and not chilled when you buy it. I do find it tastier, but American milk is a bit crisper and has more of an "ahh!" factor. Cheese here is just better, probably because its less regulated. I went rafting in Bracas, i believe, beautiful town. Brazil is like the tropical version of the hidden valley ranch covers. Rafting down the river, huge bamboo trees on the sides, colorful flowers I don't know the names of. Huge birds I can't remember the names of. At the best point, theres really shallow rapids, where you get out of the raft and just slide down them. It was coupled on your right by a waterfull. Above the waterfall in the trees were monkeys, a lot, maybe 12, swinging around. This was a bit far so I couldn't tell you what type they were. Lastly, to top that off, toucans flew above and landed in the trees. And kudos to marketing, the first thing you think of absolutely is fruit loops. When we finished the rafting and they take you to the bus a big bottle of Cachaca was waiting. Everyone drank it straight. This bottle best described as raisin-flavored rum, you might even say rum raisin. A bbq on friday with wonderful cuts of meat, seasoned only with coarse sea salt, and cooked slowly over wood flames. It was wonderful. One cut, the best, picanha i believe, seemed to be a loin cut, but nonetheless was very tender and just made me want to fall over from the taste. So simple, so delicious. Meat here is very good quality and cheap. For instance, Filet mignon is about 5-6 dollars american cheaper. Beers tried: Bohemia, Original. Something else I forgot. All pilsners

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Sep 7, 2009 -> 09:29 PM) The only player on that list who I am worried about is Rios. I think Alexei will be fine (although he might be better suited back at 2B), Beckham will be fine, Getz is what he is, Q will be fine is he stays healthy, and Nix isn't all that important IMO. right, but you'd like to see these players finish with a nice line. I'd rather they not tank and finish with like .240 averages.

that was a pleasant game to watch

I do both. I win.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 7, 2009 -> 09:23 PM) You know, it's interesting, even if I think we've fallen too far out to make a serious run at the playoffs, it's still fun to watch your team win a game, or to see hope for the future from guys stepping up or making solid plays. Or Jake Peavy, whatever. That's the thing with this year. In 07, I really didn't' mind completely tanking. But now having a really s***ty September means that players important to our future (Beckham, Getz/Nix , Quentin, Rios, Alexei) are playing badly. In 07 we were so chocked full of awful it didn't matter. I didn't care if Andy Gonzalez/Erstad sucked.

how great was it when hawk and stone were talking about Tom Hanks HOME RUN CARLOS!!!

oh. yay. JD.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 7, 2009 -> 05:07 PM) We're less than a week from their first game, and Eric Mangini still won't say whether his starting QB will be Brady Quinn or Derek Anderson. He says he's keeping it under wraps so that it will surprise the other team, but really, there's no way this is a good idea. Even his 2 QB's and the rest of his offense don't know who has the job. Mangenius!

QUOTE (T R U @ Sep 7, 2009 -> 03:40 AM) I guess im the only one who thinks the Patriots are dumbasses for trading Seymour for a 2011 1st round pick. You pretty much are the only one I've seen say that. Every year the patriots have multiple firsts and second, and they are trading away a DE who is only under contract one more year and they wouldn't pay him anyway. And I'd be shocked if the raiders left the muck they are in by 2011.

i'm gonna go dark horse and say sneed.

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 7, 2009 -> 04:48 PM) I have relatives who live in St. Louis and they say the same thing. I tell them they are crazy. Shannon is ok. He is the resident homer and can be funny at times. Rooney is gone cuz the Score didn't want to give him a pay raise. The Cardinals MADE room for Rooney by letting Ricky Horton go. Smart move by Cards. I love listening to Rooney and Shannon when I can. you know what, I think it's because the weird obsession cards fans have in general for all things st. louis. Shannon, the mizzou grad came up with the cardinals. But these people don't leave st. louis and can't comprehend anything other than their city, and can only converse about what private high school they went to and the cardinals. And to them, Rooney seemed like an outsider because he came from another team. People from St. Louis are really f***in weird.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Sep 6, 2009 -> 09:59 AM) I've got nothing to say. Absolutely pathetic performance against a s***ty Missouri team (and when I say s***ty I mean this obviously isn't the same caliber team of the past couple years). Blaine Gabbert? Give me a f***ing break. I mean, I don't think we are going to be great, but to be fair, Blaine Gabbert was a five-star recruit and a major pull for Missouri. Even though he's a true sophomore, there's some expectations for him. The shocking thing is how you didn't destroy our awful defense.