In case you didnt know, cause i didnt...

Im married. or according to my bank I am. but the real question is, to whom?

lazy days...

So with it raining all day yesterday, ive kinda been in that "i dont wanna leave my room" mood. So I went and bought myself a beer and chocolate yesterday and did some studying. And then today I decided to stay home, relax and I cleaned up my room cause it was killing me not only how dirty it was, but it was getting unorganized (sp?). I prob should take some fotos to show yall, but im really feeling lazy.

*update*

My shelves...

got my lazy butt up and took some pictures. I am also going for Carurú again tonight, so im gonna have to eventually get up...

My closet

My desk

Rule 9

Do not be suprised by anything. Like a man pulling an umbrella out of his croch.

So once again...

I seem to get sick and not post on here. To be fair, my internet wasnt working for several days either. que preguiça! However after drinking some AMAZING garlic tea (eck) I was feeling better and headed out for carurú. Basically like a Bahian Bar-b-que. There was chicken, rice, beans, okra, fried bread and more. It was DELICIOUS and I love spending time with brazilians. Not that I dont love spending time with my american friends here, but it is just an entirely different experience. I have also noticed that on days when I only speak Portuguese, by the end of the day I feel like I am speaking more fluently. More updates to follow, I am starting to write down thoughts in a notebook so I dont forget something important. Like almost getting run over by a bus. Or should I say not gettting run over...
love yall!
amor meus amigos e até!

Carurú com minhas amigas. (Ignore our bluging tummies from the food....haha)

SHOOOOOW

So first I would like to point out that I actually started writing this blog in portuguese, not even thinking. haha. So I went to this free show the past two nights, and it was SUPER awesome. I mean, first off, its free. But there was some REALLY good music. plus I met a couple of brazilians there who I hit it off really well with, and I feel im gonna get to be good friends with them. You know when you meet a group of people, and just feel like you known them all your life? Like just after knowing them for one day, I was calling them crazy and joking around. And that makes me super happy. Just because its so hard for americans to make friends in brazil. Well for me at least. The language difference is hard, because communication is the way people get along, learn about each other, and grow in friendship. :)

Rule 8

So not only do people run redlights all the time, but its actually LEGAL after 10pm at night.

:)

Made a new brazilian friend last night at the concert. #awesome #score #onedownamillionmoretogo

Un fine settimana incredibile...Um fim de semana incrível...One awesome weekend!

Sorry this is so long, but I had a lot to say about the weekend! :)

So this past weekend was jam packed with fun stuff.
 First on Friday I dropped a class that my professora had never showed up to (at least the 2 times I went). It was four hours on a friday morning, and I really like having 4 day weekends. Not gonna lie. Then that afternoon I went to the local beach here in Salvador, Porta da Barra. Got some sun, ran into the ex-boyfriend of my ex-host mother, (foi interessante...) and just relaxed. Then I went with Crystal, Nora, and Sharee to Doces Sonhos to get some cake. Since we were all still hungy, we went to McDs for the first time in Brasil. Everything tasted the same as McDonalds in the states. It was just 5 times more expensive.

Saturday I went to Praia do Flamango for the first time. It is this beach right outside of Salvador that is very peaceful and beautiful. def worth the R$5 and 3 hour round trip. We ended up meeting some Italians who were traveling/working here right now. Ended up talking to them for a while and I invited them to a bar that I was going to later that night. Went to Santeira for Luize's birthday. Again, another place vale a pena (worth the money). It was only R$5 cover, had a great live band and best of all the view of the bay was breathtaking. My Italians ended up showing up, and we all went to São Jorge (its a club bar resteraunte place that has awesome live samba every Saturday night. Best of all, the Italian guys were soo sweet and payed for me. Hopefully I see them next time they come back to Salvador!

Then Sunday I slept in until like 3, since I had been up until 4 am the night before. Johnny called me and asked if I wanted to go to the gay parade with him. I decided to check it out, and boy was I overwhelemed. Think mardi gras, but way more people, louder music, the streets were so crowed sometimes I couldnt move. It was interesting, because there were just as many straight people as gay people. Everyone just wanted to have a good time.  It was a lot of fun thought. That is the kinda stuff I like, to just get out and dance in the streets. However it took a lot of willpower of mine not to start a fight with half the people out there. Men in Brasil are a lot more forward with women, and I literally had every bodypart of mine touched or grabbed or slapped. The first couple of times I would elbow or slap back, until I saw some other girls do this, and a couple of guys starting beating her up. no joke. However it was a good experience for me, because Simonique told me that this was exactly the same as Carnival. So now I know what to expect. It was too dangerous to take a camera with me, so I went on the internet to find a picture to show yall...and this is exactly what it looked like. And yes, when I say dangerous, I mean pickpocketers. Three of my friends got robbed within a couple of hours. And I felt people putting their hands in my pockets looking for stuff. Good thing I got a lot of area in my chest for that kinda stuff. hahaha.

And I was in the middle of all this....

Just Dropped a Class....

The Professor hadnt shown up for a while and I missed two classes (excused folks!) that she might have been there. So down to a wonderful 4 classes and  4 day weekends again. :)

blah blah blah

Couldn´t sleep last night. Don´t know why. But I am pretty excited for the weekend. Going to see Kid Abelha with Catarina and her friends. Yay for making brazilian friends! oh and I also made friends with a girl in my Art History class. It seems to be difficult to break into their existing groups/connotations about foreigners. But once you do, its seems that all of a sudden, all of that one persons friends are suddenly yours now. Oh and my host family is friends with a bahian designer. They´re gonna take me to meet her at some point. nbd. hahaha Super excited, her clothes are awesome! Check it out here.
Kinda random rambling. I really want to stay up and watch my novela and then the saints game, but I literally didnt sleep at all last night, and I am exhusted....plus 4 hour class tomorrow morning....yucks.

4th of July...er i mean 7 de setembro....

So I was lovingly woken up by the Brasilian government at 8 this morning. I live on the street called 7 de setembro, which is the day of Brasilian independence. So of course that is where they have the parade and anyone associated with the government was in the parade. Or maybe just eveyone in Salvador, cause it was super long! Sure you got your army guys. But then they also had lifeguards, beekeepers, miners, ect. And of course anything else those people might use. Like BOATS! Oh, and huge pictures of Dilma's face. Im putting up pictures right now on facebook (I think if I have a lot of pictures to put up, imma start doign it on fb and attaching the link.  Which should be fine, since my profile is public. Oh, a unit of dogs and then calvary went by. Followed by a unit on bikes? It was quite interesting, and def way different than anything we do in the states on independence day.
PS, sorry the pictures arnt so good. I was too lazy to come down from my apt and take pictures at ground level....
Check out the pics here

Snowballs....in BRASIL???

So I have been meaning to post for a while about the church that I go to here. As most of you know I am "very" Catholic. (Cant remember at right now whos the one that always says that about me. lol) But I have actually been going to an Evangelical Church here that two of my Brazilian friends introduced me to. I really like it because one, its a Christian church. And theres not that many differences among Christians. Two, the congergation is all young, my age. It is great for making friends and getting to know other Brazilians with the same morals as me.
Services are AWESOME! We start out with praise time in the beginning, singing for like 2 hours. Then comes the service, which I still have some problems understanding....and then fellowship time afterwards.
Then on Monday nights I go to a Bible study group in English.
Heres the funny part. The name of the church translates to Snowball Church. Many people here also call it the "surfer" church because the church uses extreme sports (mainly surfing) to keep kids out of trouble and to help adults overcome other issues.
I took some pictures, so take a look. YES the altar is a surfboard. radical man. hahaha
Unfortunally, the church recently moved locations for the expanding congergation, and I didnt get pictures of the old place which was BEAUTIFUL. People are still working on the new church, and I am sure in time it will look just as awesome.
Sorry that was so much, guess I just had a lot to say today!

Paster with the surfboard altar

Church. Yes the music is rock.

Amor e Paz

Rule 7

Your english will get better. Not just your portuguese.
esteiras= dunnage= WHAT THE HECK IS DUNNAGE?
After a quick dictionary.com
dunnage= personal effects, such as small baggage

gatinhos!

So this is what I used to do im my free time at my old house....play with kitties!

They are two cute furballs, and I thought the way they drink water was too funny.
Sorry its sideways, I dont know how to change it! :/

NEW CASA!

So some things were not working out in my old house, so I decided to move.
I LOVE my new house and family. I have a mother and a 26 year old sister. Pictures to follow!