Eu Voltei!!!

I am back! For good this time!

I was without internet at my apartment for 2 months. But now I have it. Lucky us. =)

So before I begin my culture discussions, I am sure you are probably a little curious about what has gone in my life recently. Well, I will tell you straight up- and I like my coffee black so don't expect a sugar-coated summary.

-I lived in the ghetto- no, seriously, I lived in the ghetto, for half of a month and I was alone most of the time (unless you count the cockroaches) because my roommates either moved out or were traveling, unable to cook food, without chairs, couches... the only thing I had was four walls and an air mattress... oh and that man who walks around at 7 in the morning yelling, "OKAYYYYYYYYYY". There was music blasting from my neighbor's at all hours (either American pop music or Northeastern Brazilian music like Calypso, though on Friday nights there would be a television set up in the street playing Funk Carioca music). It was so humid I had a package of Oreos that turned into mush within two days. The place smelled of mold and I woke up with a sore throat every morning. There was no mirror in the place so I used my tiny makeup compact mirror to get ready when I went out at night. There were so many stairs leading up to my apartment that I was sore the entire first week I lived there. The good news? The guy at the internet place had a crush on me so I got free internet a lot of the time. However, he would always send me administrator messages asking me to kiss him. Awkwardddd. But it was a cool, if not entirely depressing, experience and I am glad for it. I now know that someone can be happy without anything, literally.

Let`s see... What else. Let's mention something wonderful that happened to me.

-I fell head over heels in love with the most amazing man I have ever met in my life. Yes, I know, that is pretty high praise. If I had dreamed a "perfect" man, he would have fallen short of this guy. The name is Guilherme. Brazilian. I have never met anybody more my type- lindissimo (the handsomest, seriously), kind, interesting, has super cool nice friends, creative, intelligent, sweet, and COMPLETELY FUCKING CRAZY.

Which leads us to the next update in my life.
-He broke my heart. Shattered is more like it. I didn't eat for days. Why did he leave me? Because he is crazy. No. Really. Or he has severe depression problems. I haven't quite figured it out. When we were together it was the happiest time of my life, hands down, so I don't regret a thing even though he turned out to have issues, but damn. Sucks to meet Mr. Right and then realize that Mr. Right is a crazy. But it figures, let's admit it, my Mr. Right would be completely off his rocker. Normal people are just too boring. Either way, there are more fish in the sea and I have met my share of them.

My Suitors in the Past Week
-some guy I don't remember except that he asked me out
-a brazilian DJ who told me he was gay and was joking but I believed him and when he asked me to be his girlfriend I said "Of course!" and held hands with him and everything and then mentioned something about him being gay and he was like NOOOO I am NOT GAY I was JOKING. Oh. Ouch. He told me that if I didn't want to date him anymore, he would understand. "Will you still call me sometime?" Oh gosh. What a blunder.
-a 60 year old cab driver named Edivaldo. I wish I was joking.

Well I think that sums it about up!