Best birthday comment goes to Brent.
"well i figured i would wait until it was th 18th for the both of us.
so happy birthday
did you know that tomorrow chipmunks come out of hibernation? bet you did not know you shared anything in common with chipmunks."
<3
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
It would have been the best birthday ever...
... had my family been here =)
I always have been really big on birthdays, i think it's really important to celebrate them... yet it is never as good when my family is not around.
I can, however, say that this year I fucking celebrated my birthday - A LOT.
My birthday was Tuesday, and, let me tell you, I started celebrating it on Friday (per Luiza).
On Saturday I went out a my friend and on Monday my REAL celebration started.
It just so happens that my birthday is on the 18th and St. Patric's Day on the 17th... What better combination? Me and three of my Brazilian gals (Luiza, Priscila and Fernanda) went downtown for the annual St. Pat's day blowout. Let me tell you, tava bombando!
I am putting some pictures up, but I dont think they can fully convey the madness. IT WAS AWESOME!!
Here are more pics.
On Tuesday my they bought me a cake at work, sang happy birthday, AND - SO COOL - my boss bought me GAROTO!!! (Brazilian candy) ROCK ON!
My drawer @ work:
So that is it? NOPE.
Later that day I went out with Harry to get Indian food and watch and Indiana Jones movie.
OOOOO And harry bought me the BEST cake EVER. Chocolate mousse. It was grand.
So there you have it. Miss you, Family.
I always have been really big on birthdays, i think it's really important to celebrate them... yet it is never as good when my family is not around.
I can, however, say that this year I fucking celebrated my birthday - A LOT.
My birthday was Tuesday, and, let me tell you, I started celebrating it on Friday (per Luiza).
On Saturday I went out a my friend and on Monday my REAL celebration started.
It just so happens that my birthday is on the 18th and St. Patric's Day on the 17th... What better combination? Me and three of my Brazilian gals (Luiza, Priscila and Fernanda) went downtown for the annual St. Pat's day blowout. Let me tell you, tava bombando!
I am putting some pictures up, but I dont think they can fully convey the madness. IT WAS AWESOME!!
Here are more pics.
On Tuesday my they bought me a cake at work, sang happy birthday, AND - SO COOL - my boss bought me GAROTO!!! (Brazilian candy) ROCK ON!
My drawer @ work:
So that is it? NOPE.
Later that day I went out with Harry to get Indian food and watch and Indiana Jones movie.
OOOOO And harry bought me the BEST cake EVER. Chocolate mousse. It was grand.
So there you have it. Miss you, Family.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Like a Relationship on Speed
They call us the "un" generation. We are uninterested, unconcerned, uncaring, unmoved, unresponsive, untouched and unimpressionable . We are apathetic. We are noncommittal. We are selfish and self-indulgent. We got our values all wrong. We know very little.
I see where this criticism comes from and I try my best to hold on to any evidence to the contrary. Sometimes though, you just can't avoid the truth when it's banging on your door.
The other day I was coming home from job-hunting, sitting on the bus, reading a book, when this guy comes in. He was probably on his mid to late 20s. He starts talking to people around me, asking them whether they were registered to vote, telling them about environmental issues. I take a look at him, he has a calculus book: inside a few petitions lay. "There!" I think. Here is someone from our generation, ready and willing, going to college, probably working and still making time to be socially active! Take that!"
After he collects a few signatures, I ask him, "Why are you doing this?"
(I should have stayed with my fantasy)
"They pay me a buck a signature", he says.
" I see" I say, and think, "well, a guy must pay his way through college. This is a flexible enough job that he can do it in between classes."
"So where do you go to college?" I ask.
"College? I don't think so. I am never going back to school"
"Oh.. I just saw the Calc book and I thought...."
"Oh this? Oh no. I actually just needed a clipboard and I happened to find this book on a bench..."
"..."
Eu sei que as aparencias enganam... mas po!
I see where this criticism comes from and I try my best to hold on to any evidence to the contrary. Sometimes though, you just can't avoid the truth when it's banging on your door.
The other day I was coming home from job-hunting, sitting on the bus, reading a book, when this guy comes in. He was probably on his mid to late 20s. He starts talking to people around me, asking them whether they were registered to vote, telling them about environmental issues. I take a look at him, he has a calculus book: inside a few petitions lay. "There!" I think. Here is someone from our generation, ready and willing, going to college, probably working and still making time to be socially active! Take that!"
After he collects a few signatures, I ask him, "Why are you doing this?"
(I should have stayed with my fantasy)
"They pay me a buck a signature", he says.
" I see" I say, and think, "well, a guy must pay his way through college. This is a flexible enough job that he can do it in between classes."
"So where do you go to college?" I ask.
"College? I don't think so. I am never going back to school"
"Oh.. I just saw the Calc book and I thought...."
"Oh this? Oh no. I actually just needed a clipboard and I happened to find this book on a bench..."
"..."
Eu sei que as aparencias enganam... mas po!
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Bitter Sweet
This made me smile, but I also cried a little in the inside.
I want LEGOS so bad! Any donors?
<3
I want LEGOS so bad! Any donors?<3
Easily Amused
As some of you might have noticed, I am very easily amused (whenever I am not on my period, or "on the rag", suffering a "visit from Aunt Flo", "Raining down south" ... or whatever you want to call it (God, I love the English language!)).
At risk of sounding dangerously like Hughes let me tell you about the newest addition to our house, our baby, our shinny star, our pride and joy: The Blackboard. Yes, we are now the proud owners of our very own blackboard. In fact, we have made it ourselves!
Actually, making it was the easy part. Finding chalk, on the other hand, was an arduous pilgrimage. You would think that art supply store would sell that kinda thing... you would think..
But no matter! We have found chalk and returned happily to our home, and here is one of the very things Harry wrote with the chalk we bought:
I laughed.
At risk of sounding dangerously like Hughes let me tell you about the newest addition to our house, our baby, our shinny star, our pride and joy: The Blackboard. Yes, we are now the proud owners of our very own blackboard. In fact, we have made it ourselves!
Actually, making it was the easy part. Finding chalk, on the other hand, was an arduous pilgrimage. You would think that art supply store would sell that kinda thing... you would think..
But no matter! We have found chalk and returned happily to our home, and here is one of the very things Harry wrote with the chalk we bought:
I laughed.
Meet the cast.
We've Made It!!
Twenty-two days ago Daniel, Harry and myself left Atlanta (where my good friend Phil lives) and started on our journey across country. But, after days of fast food, cheap hotels and - sigh - scarce and scattered tubes, we've made it! Dan is back at school and Harry and myself managed to get ourselves a nice place, we had an adventure involving a couch, a belt, and an elevator... we even made ourselves a blackboard (it's ok to be jealous).
As I have mentioned in previous postings, I have maintained a diary of our trip in the form of comics. Over the next few days, I'll be disseminating them via posts on this blog. Don't worry if you don't understand them - that makes you one of the lucky ones.
... now all we need is to get a job... or 2, if possible.
As I have mentioned in previous postings, I have maintained a diary of our trip in the form of comics. Over the next few days, I'll be disseminating them via posts on this blog. Don't worry if you don't understand them - that makes you one of the lucky ones.
... now all we need is to get a job... or 2, if possible.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Friday, January 11, 2008
pseudo-update
Look, voracious fans. I know I haven't updated this blog since I've been on the road...
I was going to follow it with an excuse, but I find none fitting. No worries though. I have been keeping every adventure logged in cartoon form. It will be grand.
So yeah. Blogging about not blogging. How sad.
Anyway, maybe I'll update for real tomorrow. It depends where we are spending the night.
XOXO
Julia
I was going to follow it with an excuse, but I find none fitting. No worries though. I have been keeping every adventure logged in cartoon form. It will be grand.
So yeah. Blogging about not blogging. How sad.
Anyway, maybe I'll update for real tomorrow. It depends where we are spending the night.
XOXO
Julia
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