While America is absorbed in the drama of the upcoming presidential elections, Brazilians (and non-Brazilians living in Brazil, ahem) are being subjected to the circus that is the mayoral elections for all of the cities in the country. I don't know much about the campaigns in other cities (other than what I've seen from the joke clips that the Brazilian version of The Daily Show, CQC, plays to make fun), but here, there are like, 379 people running for mayor, with platforms such as "I won't change the names of any social programs" and "I even care about the cows of the city." The best/worst part of the campaigns are the TV commercials. Each candidate receives a number that I guess voters have to know to write on the ballot (maybe since there are too many candidates to write on a ballot?), so candidates REALLY want you to remember their number. The commercials have little jingles with the number. These damn jingles get stuck in my head, and I can't even vote. But at least I'm perfecting my pronunciation of numbers! :D Oh yeah. All the videos also have closed captioning at the bottom, because it's PC to care about the hearing impaired. This, too, has proven helpful.
(Side note: My Mozilla spellcheck officially doesnt' recognize "proven" as a word. It tells me to change it to "proved." Do other readers agree that this has really become regularized? Is proven now archaic?! No. I think we need at least another 20 years for that.)
In other news, there is no news about the visa, so kindly please stop asking. I'll tell you as SOON as I know something!
In other other news, I'm getting a bit more agressive on trying to get more students for private classes at home, because my work schedule sucks (intermittent between 7am and 10pm) and I can make like 2-3 times more at home. It's going well so far.
Today we were joking around and pretending to take "serious cholo family portraits with our children at too early of an age." Here's the only one where I wasn't laughing:
I think the cat looks more gangsta than the both of us combined.
I'll leave you all with a couple of adorable pictures of the cat that are in desperate need of LOLcat captions!
I think the cat looks more gangsta than the both of us combined.
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Hi Honey - Sorry to hear still no answers to the Visa issue. What a pain in the butt.
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#1 "You are feeling sleepy, very sleepy"
#2 Tuh Key Luh.....Tuh Key Luh.... Tuh Key Luh....
#3 WHAT! A MOUSE! WHERE!
Not very original I know. But ahhh ahhh ahhh was not very imaginative either.
I love you
Auntie Tammy
OMG that kitty is soooo cute. I'll leave the captioning to others. That commercial is 6 minutes long. Is that how all the commercials are? I guess I shouldn't moan about two minutes worth of commercials here. :) I wish I could help you with the visa somehow. Let me know if there's anything I can do on this end. Give my love to Alex.
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Mom
XOXOXOXOXOXOXO
Danielle,
ReplyDeleteI never realized Sao Jose do Rio Preto is such a big city!
Ok, now that jingle is imbeded in my mind too!
Do they still have the infamous 1 hour per day of "political" commercials or do they just play these commercials during the regular programs?
I agree with your mom, a six minutes commercial would drive any one crazy or into a deep sleep...well not with jingle playing!
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ax5ZIdFoW1U/SM_GdsNhftI/AAAAAAAACes/XhXf7jyHqpM/s400/misc-curious-01.jpg
ReplyDeletethe family doesnt get the lolcat caption rules. number 2 could be "ded. i playz it." you need better pictures yo!
ReplyDeleteand did you get i frew up? aaaaaaaaaahahahaha
OK Danette what do you mean "The Family"? I made an effort. They might not be funny but I tried.
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