Gustavo's Graduation
At Lawrence University, when it is almost time to graduate, international students get emails asking them to help with the pronunciation of their names. My dear compatriot, Gustavo, graduated last...
View ArticleCapitulo 35 -- Senior Year!
My dear friends,I am back and it is quite exciting to think that this is my Senior year at Lawrence University! To be honest I can't wait to be done. I really want to start right away my career as a...
View ArticleCapitulo 36 -- ...and I am so busy this year!
Dear friends, how are you? I am sorry it's been a while since my last post, but it is my Senior year at Lawrence University and that literally means that my life is... crazy! I see lots of homework...
View ArticleCapitulo 37 -- Fim do Outono
Ola!!Ja faz tanto tempo que eu nao escrevo um post (e ja faz tanto tempo que esse post nao eh em Portugues). Hoje, no entanto, me deu vontade de sentar e escrever na minha lingua materna, mesmo nao...
View ArticleIt's Snowing!!!
A primeira neve do ano! Hoje pela manha, quando olhamos pela janela aqui em Madison, foi o que vimos. Nevou a madrugada inteira e no video voce ainda pode ver floquinhos miudos caindo do ceu.No fundo...
View ArticleTerca-feira a Noite
Terca-feira a noite. Ja eh quase quarta-feira e Michael e eu ainda estamos acordados. Ele esta sentado perto da bancada tentando escrever um paper para a aula dele comparando Macbeth e The Tempest, de...
View ArticleMerry Christmas!
When I was little my uncle Eduardo used to tell me stories every night. Thanks to him, perhaps, I grew up so fond of books... of day-dreaming... and turned out to become a writer myself -- a writer,...
View ArticleCapitulo 39 -- Winter Term
As aulas recomecaram. O comentario principal por aqui eh "as ferias passaram rapido demais" e eu concordo! Estudar eh sempre bom e faz bem a mente e ao espirito, mas durante as ferias eu sempre tenho a...
View ArticleCapitulo 40 -- V for Vendetta?
Estava eu aqui, em epoca de implorar que algum agente literario adote essa escritora em atual estado de orfandade, quando um rapaz entrou saltitando no laboratorio de informatica e surpreendeu-me...
View ArticleA Estrada
Nesse exato momento eu estou dentro de um onibus em algum lugar entre Milwaukee e Fond du Lac. Na minha cabeca, ao observar a paisagem coberta por esse manto branco de neve, um pensamento recorrente:...
View ArticleApple-Town Congelada
Frio, frio, frio... aqui na Lawrence esta muito frio. Por toda parte, especialmente quando ando de um predio a outro, escuto os alunos reclamarem baixinho (e outras vezes ate mais alto) quando o ventro...
View ArticleNeva, Neva e Neva em Appleton
Esta nevando um bocado em Appleton. Semana passada o inverno parecia ja se despedir e dar lugar a temperaturas mais amenas, dar lugar a ansiosamente aguardada primavera. Hoje, no entanto, quando abri...
View ArticleFormatura em Junho
Agora falta bem pouco para a minha formatura. Por toda parte escuto outros alunos veteranos, como eu, falarem da ansiedade por junho se aproximar a todo vapor. Todos estamos arrumando as nossas...
View ArticleCapitulo 42 - Carros Sequestrados Numa Noite Fria de Inverno
Agora falta bem pouco ate o fim do winter term. Esse inverno foi um bocado frio e nevou tanto que mesmo o pessoal daqui, acostumado a nevascas, estranhou. Uma noite dessas fiquei ate tarde acordada...
View ArticleIt's Early in the Morning and I Can't Sleep
Seriously, why? Why can't I simply be one of those people who fall asleep a minute after they are in bed? Sometimes I wish my mind wouldn't wander away like this, but it's 6:24 a.m. and here I am...
View Article...and I bet you didn't know I look different!
Did you know my hair was short? I forgot to tell you that, for the first time in my life, I got a haircut like this. Yes, this is a rather trivial subject, but I suppose my long hair was a strong...
View ArticleCapitulo 43 - Tornado Watch
Alright, perhaps I am the most ridiculous person ever, but I really don't like storms. I also hate sirens and tornadoes. Add all that and you'll find a very scared version of yours truly. Tonight, when...
View ArticleCapitulo 43 - Tornado Watch - Part II
Today, in class, everyone was talking about the tornado that hit Appleton last night. I am posting a video I found on YouTube and the last section of it shows what Neenah, a town around 16 minutes away...
View ArticleCapitulo 44 - 'Springish' Weather
If you're in Appleton you noticed that this week the weather is finally getting better. Even cats and dolphins are befriending each other! It's warm and sunny, students forgot they have homework...
View ArticleCapitulo 45 - And this chapter is about Rebecca getting published
If you've known me since I was a kid, you'd know the one ambition I had in my life was to become a published author. I am pleased to tell you that, thanks to God, this wish came true in March, 2011. To...
View ArticleYes, I am Alive.
How did Da Vinci manage that? When I say 'that' I am referring to, of course, his thirst and eagerness to continue learning, studying, researching, being more and more productive, getting to know about...
View ArticleCapitulo 46 - What Makes You Who You Are..?
This afternoon I spent a few hours reading The Prelude, by William Wordsworth, which I highly recommend. Wordsworth poetically spoke of the time in his life that made him the poet-person he was; during...
View ArticleCapitulo 47 -- THE END
I had been postponing writing this last chapter of my life at Lawrence University... because I am silly and emotional, and I hate saying goodbye. Lawrence was my home for 3 years and at Lawrence I've...
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