live next to rua paulo.
read more on my neighborhood, found this hammurabi justice story, a fifteen minute walk from home.
saw the words no sugar, bought it, took a sip, wondered why it tasted like shit, drank some more, noticed "concentrate" front and center. one of those foreigner mistakes, fortunately of the category that makes you stronger.
crowded onto the subway car.
huddled in the wildest urban rain.
invited alene, back from bahia, to the sambadrome. you see that word? sambadrome. in 1965 americans built the astrodome. twenty years later, brazil's gaudi one-upped us..
for samba aka chaos
for wonder woman-led orchestras
for competition: copy the float's facial expression. hard to pick a winner
human foosball #1
soccer chickens. there's a story here, but patient explanation could not penetrate my dismal portuguese
human foosball #2
impersonating chuckie (see parade), right down to the orange headgear
johnny depp launchers
impossible to focus on both subjects
the world's best-selling toy
certainly voodoo, although which way is anybody's guess
missing the misses
clocktower in the distance says 3:25am, no sign of things slowing down
the world's hardest core interpretation of that elementary school parachute game
desculpe only one straw per purchase, you'll have to wait your turn
proudly did no research. because unexpected insanity stays with you.
slowly read stephen colbert's i am america (and so can you) over the past year, just finished..
it's amazing how easy it is to make "i'm praying for you" sound like a threat
..but the show's still better, 'specially now that we're contributing to the content.
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