This year, Rio got some pretty awesome cows. Take a look here to see a bunch of beautiful pieces of art.

And here, have a Frida Cowlo:


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It takes real talent to take this (an admittedly nice pop song, great beat):

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And come up with this:

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Dame Shirley Bassey, ladies and gentlemen.

Brazil's first female president Dilma Rousseff (whose old prison picture is my icon for this post) took office today in Brasilia. Regardless of political affiliation, of having voted her, I think that every Brazilian woman should feel proud today. Twenty years ago, electing a mere city counsellor was difficult if the candidate was a woman. Female ( Read more... )

So, the other day I saw that Bon Jovi was going to make a concert in São Paulo, in the middle of the week, and i was all 'damn it! If only they came here ( Read more... )

So, Spain won the World Cup (pretty impressive, since every damn cup they arrive as favorites and perform abysmally). Go Spain! Deserved, because in the finals Netherlands behaved like it was a wrestling match instead of football. Also, my classes finally ended! I had to do a final exam on Modern History 101, but it went well and I passed. Passed ( Read more... )

Dear flist,

I returned from Brasília a month ago and did not post my impressions of the trip. I stayed there five days and really liked it, even though I worked like hell most of the time. It's a very nice city to spend some time in, and I wish I'd had more time to explore it.

For those who don't know, Brasilia was built in the fifties to be Brazil's ( Read more... )

I am a nerd, I am a queen, and I am cool. So how come I don't have a boyfriend?


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