things just happen for no reason

I have to write a 8 page paper on anything we have discussed during last semester but I can't seem to be able to get started because (a) I hated the class and (b) because of that, I have pretty close to no idea what the theacher is actually expecting from us. I hate post-grad school so far, and I'm not even completly in yet. Grrr.

So, I kinda have plans to go to Campos do Jordão this weekend and to my home city next week, but I haven't bought tickets to either. Besides, I feel like I shouldn't really go because of this stupid paper anyway. My mom said I should go, though. She says there's no point in staying in driving myself crazy. I don't know.

By the way... I haven't seen anyone complain, so I might as well just ask: am I the only one who's not getting emails when I get comments?

Oh, God, it's been over a week since my last update. And my last post was a numbered list, so I can't do that again. LOL. I'll just make a week highlights kind of post, I guess.
( lj-cut for lengh --- well, it is a week-worth of posts )

Sunday. Today! Finally! Grandma Mary and cousin Jorge came over for lunch. Jorge is thinking about joining me during my two weeks in England and possibily a few weeks in Spain as well. That would be nice. I spent most of the day comparing digital cameras, but I haven't really got a conclusion yet. I mean, I thought I was gonna get something around 7MP, but all online guides say I don't really need more than 5MP. I also thought it would be cheaper to wait to buy it in Europe, but comparing online prices, it seems like it doesn't make that much of a difference anyway, considering Brazilian stores throw in all kinds of extras (memory cards, bateries, recharges, etc) on the deal, and if I buy it now I would be able to play with it before I leave and, more importantly, I would be able to declare it on the imigration, so I wouldn't have to take it out of my quota. *head hurts*

I should not have left home today.

I left home at 5:10 to go to the gym. The roads were packed and the traffic was terrible, so I ended up getting there 20 minutes late for class, but I still went in. So I did about 10 minutes of it and BAM, I fell. on the floor. badly. It hurt my feet, and my knee, though I know it could have been way worse. Anyway, everybody stoped and rushed over to me. One of girls I know, went to get some ice and the instructor "examinated" my foot. It was nothing too serious, so he told me to keep the ice on it and go home afterwards.

It doesn't really hurt, only from time to time and just a little. Nothing to worry about, it just upsets me because, well, I was really on a gym kinda of mood, which I never am, and now I won't be able to go at least until wednesday. Bummer.

Other than that, I finally uploaded the last of my pictures to my online gallery, so now I have no more excuses and I will have to dig into wordpress. Though I've been thinking, and maybe all I need to work on is the stylesheet, and that realisation might make my work much easier.

Portuguese-speakers, I need help. I want a cute little domain name in portuguese for my trip. Actually, to host a site with stuff on my trip. It's gonna have a blog, that I'll hopefully update daily, with pictures when possible, but not exclusively. It's also gonna have a link to a trip photo gallery, where I'll obiviously post all pictures I take (which is gonna be great so my mom doesn't drive me crazy like she did when I was in the USA) ( and more stuff ). So, yeah, I need a name for that. I'd rather something in portuguese, but I'm open for sugestions in other languages as well.

Also, another question: does anyone here still blogs on a personal site outside of livejournal? If you do, what do you use? I'm considering just creating a community and using something like LJMagPie (or something like that), just for the sake of commodity --- I'll already be logged in here and stuff, so it seems like the easier way --- but maybe there's just this new awesome little blog script I don't know about? You tell me.

I've been doing stuff and thinking "first time in the year" all day long, so I might as well just say: first post of the year!

My New Years was better than last year's fiasco, but, really, still not that great. Basicaly, my family spent it in my sick grandpa's home. Pretty depressing, if you ask me. Oh well, next year I'm either gonna be in the USA with my little brother or in Europe alone --- but having way more fun than around here. Hey, maybe a couple of my friends will manage to go to Europe too and we can have a kickass celebration.

The night was not all spent in my grandpa's room, though. He and my grandma live at our family's hotel, and there was a party there, so we did go have dinner in there at about 10pm. We went to my grandpa's at around 11:30 so he wouldn't start the new year alone (he is very sick, he can't really get out of bed, he doesn't talk anymore I think he doesn't even understand portuguese anymore and I'm not sure if he still recognizes us). We tryed to watch the fireworks from his window, but the Hotel covered most of it and we could only see the ones that blew up way up high. We went back to the party at 1am, but we left a half-hour later, because, well, no one was in much of a party mood anymore.

So... firsts of the year:
Food: chocolate (baton)
Drink: Pineapple caipirinha
People I saw in 2007: My mom and my brother
Song: I'm not sure. Something by the band that was playing at the Hotel's party. first song I could recognize, though, was Sampa by Caetano Veloso.
Movie: Goodnight, and good luck.
TV Show: 3rd Rock From The Sun
Friend I talked to: Thaise (she was at the party as well)
Clothes: I was wearing a pretty white-blue-pink dress and golden accessories (Thaise took a picture of us, I'll post if I manage to get it.

So, my TV season so far...

( download schedule )

( midseason shows )

( TV schedule )

I still wish some stuff would just get axed soon.

Thursday will be the night of pity watch. Huh. I'm pretty sure GG is just as annoying as last season. But then again it's their last year, so it's kinda like loyalty watch or something. The OC, on the other hand, I was this close to giving up last year, but I heard the Marissa is dieing rumor and stuck around to see that. Now they got Chris Pratt (Briiiiiggghhhhttttt!!!! I miss Bright!), so it's like they're really forcing me to watch. Besides, it seems like it's their last year as well, so I can hang in there to see the end of it.