RAVEN!

in my comp and con class we have to give presentations about "legends from our homeland" i though that there is probably no better legend than that of RAVEN STEALING THE SUN! so i just got out of class were i gave it and it went pretty well. i thought i would delight everyone by copy and pasting my story. it is in portuguese but i still think its funny. knock yourself out.
Raven Rouba O Sol
De acordo com a lenda do tribo dos índios do noroeste dos Estados Unidos, o tribo Haida, quando o mondo começou, nã havia nem o sol e luz. Raven, quem sempre existia, já não queria viver na escuridão.
Um dia, quando Raven estive a voar na escuridão, ele se aproximou de uma casa de um velhote quem morava com a filha dele só. Raven era muito manhoso e ele aprendeu que o velhote tinha um preciosidade muito espécial. O velhote tinha uma caixinha com todo o luz do universo. Raven decidiu roubar o luz para ele próprio.
Pensou para um tempo longo e finalamente ele descobriu um plano. Ele esperava perto do rio até a filha do velhote veio ao rio para obter água. Raven se transformou em um folha e se caiu no rio. No mesmo instante, a menina colocou sua taça na água e a folha foi na taça. A menina bebeu da taça e engolhou a folha porque ele não viu-la.
Raven foi para o estômago da menina e ele se transformou um outra vez para um humano. Raven ficou em sua estômago para um tempo breve e então a menina deu a luz a Raven na forma de um bebé. Raven cresceu muito rapido, e tão depressa como ele pôde falar, ele co meçou a pedir seu avô se ele pusesse brincar com o luz. Finalamente, o velhote permitiu-lo e trocou da caixinha uma bola de luz e atirou-lo a Raven. Enquanto a bola de luz estive na ar, Raven se transformou no pássaro. Raven apanhou a bola de luz em seu bico e voou através da janela para o céu. Deixou o bolo de luz no céu e como este é hoje temos luz no mondo.

i hate the portuguese language and people

i dont really. sometimes i just get very frustrated and thats how i feel. its been weird getting back from break and realizing how i have not very much time here but i still feel like i havent adapted that well. i can figure everythign out now and i dont do stupid shit like buying fabric softener to wash my clothes anymore but i would have a hard time describing people here other than like they all have dark brown hair and are short and can give some mean stares. and they like shopping malls. this sounds like i am having a bad time which is not true, its just frustrating sometimes.

okay, okay

spring break has been good to me.
first i went to ioannina, greece to visit steph. it took me about a day and a half to get there-leaving at 3am on saturday the 1st and arriving around noon on tuesday the 2nd. i guess it was worth it because steph and i watched little mermaid and cold mountain and i broke a glass and an empty bottle of wine. i also got to use the Internet(the spell check told me to capitalize this and i think that it is really funny) a lot. i sat next to a very cute little old greek lady on the bus to ioannina wearing the most typical little old lady clothes i have ever seen. she got really antsy (sp?) at the end of the trip and then i smelled a poopy smell and i am afraid she pooped her pants. i cant speak any greek so i couldnt help her and i felt bad. i was also tired because i had slept 4 out of 40 hours.
then steph and i took the bus back to athens and hung out there for a day and night. it was great because steph accidentally booked us our own room with a big bed and a tv and we watched some funny, random shit. we watched-2 episodes of the simpsons which i hadnt seen in forever, an episode of seinfeld which i hadnt seen forever, ben herr (sp?) which was weird and funny kinda? and awakenings which was also kinda weird but good. and we watched this greek show called spaghetti. they eat spanikopitas for breakfast in greece.
then we headed to london. i love london. it is exactly the way you picture it to be. the weird british sayings, the pubs, the big teeth, the beer-everything. i met a douche bag who said he hated muslims and i got in a fight with him bc i am studying islamic art and really like it. we saw dan radcliffe (harry potter) in a play and i we teared up and it was the best experience of my life, not only because we saw him jump around naked. hes a great actor. people in london gave my red shoes very very mean looks.
right now i am in granada staying with eric nusbaum. granada is cool. carly from portugal is here with me and its funny introducing friends. it was also funny in london when steph met carly and caleb who were there and asked if they were taking a train back to portugal.
i just started a great fantasy novel called the wheel of time. i really really like it. i am reading book one of 7, i believe, and it is called the eye of the world. its intense.