It's Carnivale in Sao Paolo

Sunday, February 3rd.  I went to Banfield's Westside again today.  That's twice in three days I've gone to a bar.  On weekends much less!  What is happening to me?  Anyway, tonight I went to watch the Superbowl.  Went with Ryan two of his friends, Steve and Everton.  Nice guys and I had a good time.  The game was quite good.  Did anyone think the Giants would win?  Did anyone think that the game would be so low scoring?  Not me.

I'm feeling a little more settled than yesterday.  I guess I'm just more ok with being where I am today.

The bar had a raffle for charity tonight, and I was sure that my new experience for the day would be winning something.  There were some nice things they gave away...tickets to a Red Wings game, an Adirondack chair, some grills.  But I wasn't going to get off that easily and my name wasn't called.  Just as well because that kind of thing embarrasses me.  Not sure why, but having my name called in front of a whole bar full of folks makes me nervous.  So with time running out, today's never before experienced experience was learning some Portuguese.

You see, Everton is from Brazil, and was happy to teach me some things.  Resisting the urge to have him teach me dirty words and phrases (all men are boys at heart, right?).  So what I learned was "amo vida," "o Ryan e un gato," and "cento e oitenta coisas em centa e oitenta dias."  That is, "I love life," "Ryan is a hottie," and "One hundred eighty things in one hundred eighty days."

So stay tuned to cento e oitenta coisas em centa e oitenta dias.blogspot.com for more accounts of my daily attempts at having some fun!  Later.