So…what’s the purpose of this container?
Oh shit, this still feel like home….
I’ve been in São Paulo since monday afternoon( 2 1/2 days). So far:
- I have been to 4 different shopping malls. Alright, 2 of them were really small. Paulistas sure like their malls. No wonder: you can do almost anything in them.
- I have been to 2 different banks. The third one doesn’t count because I just hung out in front of it, for hours.
- I have “been” to all four regions of the city. And 3 other neighboor cities ( well, it’s like Toronto- mississauga/scarbrough). I’ve “been” to the old and new downtown core; I’ve been to poor (not miserable) neighbourhoods AND upper middle class ones.
- I already know what the basic plot of all three major soap operas are: a historical drama about the beginings of favelas, a comedy about “the battle of the sexes”, and a drama about human trafficking(?) AND Capadocian people(???).
- I think I will have an overdose of Guaraná. And, chocolate. I don’t EVEN like chocolate!
- I’ve passed by my two old schools. And I am staying at the place where I grew up( it seems so small now). Body memories so far have worked in my favour- like, keeping me from getting lost.
- Brazilians seem fatter. And ugly. That is, until I spent an afternoon in Avenida Paulista ( new downtown core, sort of)- then everyone seemed so beautiful and poetic and amazing! That avenue has a magical pulse of its own, I swear.
- ( Maybe my gaydar doesn’t work in the tropics anymore)
- Transportation is still a problem in Sampa. Trafic jams, not enough buses, etc. However, the subway is fucking amazing.
- The cost of life is high here. The minimun wage is R$678. A single subway pass is R$3.00.
- Starbucks is here. Yes, with beverages between 5.00 and 10.00 reais.
- And Portuguese: I can still speak it!
- And people. I have seen people. People that I know, and who have known me for much more than 6 years. It’s weird.
I’ll write/expand more on those topics once I’ve been here for a while longer.
Herman Munster: You ate a lion while naked.
Grandpa: The lion was naked. It seemed polite.
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Grandpa: Edward, stop playing with your food.
Eddie Munster: I will if you will.
Grandpa: The lion was naked. It seemed polite.
Grandpa: Edward, stop playing with your food.
Eddie Munster: I will if you will.
Mockingbird Lane, 2012
It is our taxpayer’s money(…) [the bill] was read 3 times! THREE TIMES! [rants more about the F****ing taxpayer’s money] . And then them trannies want to go to male gyms
He then goes off to watch a drag show. (Over)Heard at a gay (male) bar.
He was talking, of course, about the bill C-389.
And, really, if you use “Taxpayer’s money” as part of your argument, your privilege is showing.
(Source: accio--harrypotter, via ftmark)
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (called sometimes as “The Warlock from Cosme Velho”) is considered the greatest brazilian writer and the best writer of the 19th century. Mulatto (a person of mixed black and white ancestry), poor, epileptic and stutterer, Machado fought for their studies and to ascendsocially. His style has opened up a literary genre called ‘psychological realism’ unprecedented or followers. Multilingual, he learned French, English, German, and Greek later in life.
Today, for its innovation and boldness in early issues, is often seen as the Brazilian writer unprecedented production, so that, recently, his name and work have achieved many critics, scholars and admirers worldwide. Machado de Assis is considered one of the great geniuses in the history of literature, along with authors such as Dante, Shakespeare and Camões.
His most famous books are Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas and Dom Casmurro. And of course, he is my favorite writer <3
1 year ago - 
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95FACT: if you give an asexual an ugly sweater, they will melt into a valuable liquid out of sheer joy.
So, does that mean Harry Potter was asexual?
This liquid, if captured and distilled correctly, will either turn into the most delicious alcohol in the world or transmit Sherlock Holmes movies directly into one’s head.
May I introduce Richard Owen, prominent 19th century scientist extraordinaire and Darwin’s arch enemy. Seriously though, just look at those cheekbones and ‘come hither’ stare! This fine man was an influential naturalist and comparative anatomist, most famous for founding the British Museum of Natural History which we know today, making science accessible to the British public from 1881 onwards. He also first used the term ‘dinosauria’ which we use as dinosaur today. His many scientific accomplishments are usually overshadowed by Darwin’s work yet he is 19th century science’s unsung hero.
Snape!
1 year ago - 51
51Fun Fact of the Day:
Today’s Fun Fact: Intersex conditions occur in approximately 1 in every 2000 births. Anyone have any clarifying stats to put that in perspective?
Just to clarify: that number is just for intersex conditions that can be identified at birth. Other conditions may not become apparent until much later (puberty, when people want to have kids, etc) or never “discovered”.
(via fuckyeahsexeducation)
1 year ago - 9
9 I glanced over a nurse appointment card and read the name as ” Harry Potter”. I read it again- her name is Mary Potter. Maybe I should stop with the slash fiction?
PS: If i’m not mistaken, she does use glasses and has black, short hair.
Datamancer’s Steampunk Laptop
This may look like a Victorian music box, but inside this intricately hand-crafted wooden case lives a Hewlett-Packard ZT1000 laptop that runs both Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux. It features an elaborate display of clockworks under glass, engraved brass accents, claw feet, an antiqued copper keyboard and mouse, leather wrist pads, and customized wireless network card. The machine turns on with an antique clock-winding key by way of a custom-built ratcheting switch made from old clock parts.
OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
1 year ago - 20
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