some thoughts out of context

• timoteo is too small for my taste, but i find the perfect remedy when i get tired of being there is to come to the greatest city in the world, belo horizonte, for some good old fashioned exchange student fun, like i´m doing this weekend.
• pedestrians don´t have right of way in timoteo, or all of brasil for that matter, and this sucks, because it results in getting hit by a car on your bike because some asshole can´t look both ways before he turns, then having to deal with the driver shaming you for not being careful, on top of a broken bike. luckily, i knew enough portuguese to tell the guy that i´m not the one who should be more careful, as i´m not the one in a car that weighs however many kilos, that can kill somebody, and if you can´t look before you turn, perhaps you should go back to driving school.
• i want to be good at capoeira, because it is awesome. in bh, they have capoeira on the streets sometimes, it´s awesome.
• oh my god, the bugs here are far too large, and far too bold, because they have no problem crawling on you.
• portuguese is not that hard, except it stinks having words have gender, because i never remberer to use the correct possive pronoun or article for it.
• i really dislike school here, but at least it´s made me a master of ipod solitare, as that´s all i do for five and a half hours.
• pre-paid phones are the worst. honestly, i could kill whoever came up with the idea, or alternatively, my cell phone provider, TIM. i bought FIFTEEN reais worth of credit yesterday, because even though i just paid my bill last week, and have not used 45 minutes yet, i was out of minutes. i used my phone to call maybe three times, and then i was out of credit again. que isso!