tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166107202024-03-08T00:05:41.024+00:00So cosmopolitan of meTales of cultural experiments gone awry.gaZparhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08585767627907211458noreply@blogger.comBlogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16610720.post-83089756445044929822007-03-06T19:48:00.000+00:002007-03-06T20:02:35.294+00:00A cosmopolitan cheerio!<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I guess this blog is temporarily closed.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">For now the game is over.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Maybe some day I'll continue from the last saved point and choose "continue".</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">If there is a reason for it or more world travelling.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Because for now I lost all the reasons to write here.<br />Or reason lost me...<br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">It makes me sad... but life is a bitch... so... grow up Rui!<br />And learn...<br /><br />Thank you for reading me... and the blog.<br />Feel free to contact me anytime.<br /><br />Cheerio!</span></span>gaZparhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08585767627907211458noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16610720.post-27097409302637490802007-01-04T18:58:00.000+00:002007-01-04T19:00:37.230+00:002007 x 9.999<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I wish a great 2007 to the 10.000 readers of this blog.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Oh wait... 9.999! Sadam is dead...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cheers!</span></span>gaZparhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08585767627907211458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16610720.post-26785393259857560992006-12-27T17:10:00.000+00:002006-12-27T17:12:03.266+00:00Santa's dildo<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Santa doesn't exist???<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Damn... I guess that means I won't received that amazing dildo this year. </span></span>gaZparhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08585767627907211458noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16610720.post-28605591757279942982006-12-14T15:38:00.000+00:002006-12-14T15:44:36.455+00:00It's christmas... with Rufus Wainwright, French and Saunders<span> <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rEhuBvfm-1I"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rEhuBvfm-1I" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Tip: <a href="https://jonsi.wordpress.com/2006/12/13/its-christmas/#comment-2099">jonsi</a></span></span>gaZparhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08585767627907211458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16610720.post-16704452003659196702006-12-12T16:02:00.000+00:002006-12-12T16:11:02.537+00:00Exercise 1: US symbols<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">How many US symbols do you see in this picture?</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img style="width: 480px; height: 360px;" src="http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a220/gazpar/IMG_3690.jpg" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" border="0" /></a>gaZparhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08585767627907211458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16610720.post-38705644272978286532006-12-12T15:53:00.000+00:002006-12-12T16:02:12.839+00:00So cosmopolitan of me in... Pocatello<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The beauty of a city lies in (some of) the people who live in it...<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBWQhoJxxC8M2s2EoP8MTepfJgE0iLWOUVlZNx8x6w0kJAeoRL2ALCvICx8WSG5vF3AaQl9MZboIuE16t83_C7cbCZNB5Kgxx1YOFuKOYimc9MGZ6f-Of2nQgTJLubCgPL98oGhA/s1600-h/IMG_3716.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBWQhoJxxC8M2s2EoP8MTepfJgE0iLWOUVlZNx8x6w0kJAeoRL2ALCvICx8WSG5vF3AaQl9MZboIuE16t83_C7cbCZNB5Kgxx1YOFuKOYimc9MGZ6f-Of2nQgTJLubCgPL98oGhA/s200/IMG_3716.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5007670395652395122" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmn81mH6S-XA_LmBvyW99iNbObQCmTdzJ9HfN1jaKBk83vZxSPha-SQTfjZGKMqALg_DA1c6ogswuwCc9nUWh9k_foGzB0il9dnohj7JJNvY2st3jvc2M7aGhjEBxynt_lJHrSIA/s1600-h/IMG_3297.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmn81mH6S-XA_LmBvyW99iNbObQCmTdzJ9HfN1jaKBk83vZxSPha-SQTfjZGKMqALg_DA1c6ogswuwCc9nUWh9k_foGzB0il9dnohj7JJNvY2st3jvc2M7aGhjEBxynt_lJHrSIA/s200/IMG_3297.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5007670893868601474" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPIEW54RvlAwVDDSkf8E_DOap9ficapydiAY3fDjPkaf6tlMclxu4iK233V1firA4QJQjAqyj_U1euhtpXb6RTQ-KIvthj8akIWimDB1weRps6Og5iz_JPT3lseaHAif5IJlQFA/s1600-h/IMG_3715.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPIEW54RvlAwVDDSkf8E_DOap9ficapydiAY3fDjPkaf6tlMclxu4iK233V1firA4QJQjAqyj_U1euhtpXb6RTQ-KIvthj8akIWimDB1weRps6Og5iz_JPT3lseaHAif5IJlQFA/s200/IMG_3715.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5007670099299651682" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS1hjb05OFfeM11oSGYYqq07gSS9nzdk1z-JPRn758sk13drRkCJYHK8RQUDZM1yRAJW46_cwIGymlpOKUyQHs_tNBWV2AWjrtVbPdKmVurAEVCis-i3oiFRfrwDBln285Yj-dFA/s1600-h/IMG_3714.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS1hjb05OFfeM11oSGYYqq07gSS9nzdk1z-JPRn758sk13drRkCJYHK8RQUDZM1yRAJW46_cwIGymlpOKUyQHs_tNBWV2AWjrtVbPdKmVurAEVCis-i3oiFRfrwDBln285Yj-dFA/s200/IMG_3714.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5007669790062006354" border="0" /></a>gaZparhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08585767627907211458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16610720.post-37378954829721824912006-12-07T17:17:00.000+00:002006-12-07T17:23:50.374+00:0030 Ricks in the house... say yeah! YEAH!<span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >More than 30 moments of happiness, in more than 30 days, with more than 30 dinners, 30 lunches, 30 people, 30 places.<br />More than 30 songs, 30 albuns, 30 comic books and 30 more shared interests.<br />More than 30 smiles in my face, more than 30 good thoughts in my head.<br />My "other me" is 30 years old today and for that, deserves 30 smooches, 30 hugs and 30 thank you.<br /><br />Give me more 30's Mr. Rick!<br /><br />Happy birthday!</span><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img style="width: 264px; height: 399px;" src="http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a220/gazpar/husbears.jpg" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" border="0" /></a>gaZparhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08585767627907211458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16610720.post-12850552528242637702006-12-04T19:11:00.000+00:002006-12-04T19:22:22.385+00:00So cosmopolitan of me... in Madrid (night)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Lnu-YD7SoA0JbMdqRinXWDAHP-qPW1m65ux5G_RG7YyoiZEcfMi6w_hTdCNBAMDQI7NbLNj2kXWO8nn6qowGZfdK253Oi7uxOUxWPkpgzEzACEA4_etwllZiTB8p_z4jeMXQ/s1600-h/IMG_1319.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuJcueqttByvuO7odEi6FFEcximmt9jmdz8UH0ChvJX266zoja6A9uY3PVAc0fsQDogYz8lSdyeJfi27SXGE0JFmXV71FX1yaf2HW0LTt2kOVpqsqZZiyCjPbXkrSkXOFlJ0uj/s200/IMG_1363.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5004749301234733314" border="0" /></a>gaZparhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08585767627907211458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16610720.post-65366189618593594182006-11-30T23:29:00.000+00:002006-11-30T23:31:22.000+00:00AIDS<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">As posted by <a href="http://blandella.blogspot.com/">Rick</a>:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >You click on the flash-based candle. They donate $1 to AIDS research.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;" href="https://www.lighttounite.org/" target="_blank">https://www.lighttounite.org/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >World AIDS Day is this Friday. See if your area has any events going on.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span>gaZparhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08585767627907211458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16610720.post-12232477858322984562006-11-27T19:41:00.000+00:002006-11-27T19:49:04.699+00:00MAD Madrid and the cars<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">If you happen to go to Madrid and try to cross the street, just runaway as fast as you can when the pedestrians green ligth starts to flash.<br />If it goes red, the cars start moving even if you are in the middle of the avenue!!!<br /><br /></span></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img style="width: 41px; height: 63px;" src="http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a220/gazpar/pedestriangreen.jpg" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" border="0" /></a>gaZparhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08585767627907211458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16610720.post-86374146646820591022006-11-27T19:27:00.000+00:002006-11-27T19:40:07.288+00:00A perception exercise... The new James Bond in Madrid<span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >I go to Madrid and on the day I arrive, just while I was walking through the "Gran Via", I see all these people waiting near a movie theatre with pics of James Bond everywhere and the movie theme song playing.<br /><br />It didn't took me much to realize that it was the premiere of the new movie and Daniel Craig was going to walk the red carpet.<br /><br />I waited more than 1h but eventually and after douzens of famous spanish models, musicians, etc (not to me thought)... he finally showed up.<br />Wow! I am lucky bastard indeed.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br />Instead of fainting, I took some pics with my shitty mobile. He is in one but don't bother too much... it is hard to recognize.<br /><br />At least I saw him live in my first night in MAD MADRID!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/5536/2027/1600/861396/Picture%2823%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/5536/2027/320/991107/Picture%2823%29.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/5536/2027/1600/513006/Picture%2818%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/5536/2027/320/78206/Picture%2818%29.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/5536/2027/1600/748986/daniel%20criag_james%20bond.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/5536/2027/320/554253/daniel%20criag_james%20bond.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>gaZparhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08585767627907211458noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16610720.post-80068905107617297672006-11-17T16:32:00.000+00:002006-11-17T16:39:20.959+00:00Lost thoughts<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Why is that everytime I travel by plane nowadays, I always remember <a href="http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/index">LOST</a>...?<br /><br />I wonder if I would see any "white bears" if I crashed on an island...<br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a220/gazpar/lost.jpg" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" border="0" /></a>gaZparhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08585767627907211458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16610720.post-84674622447079800192006-11-15T13:19:00.000+00:002006-11-15T13:31:08.004+00:00So cosmopolitan of me... and the delicacies in Park City<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Back to the US, back to the delicacies.</span><br /><br />Pumpkin Beer. Only during halloween!<br /></span></span><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img style="width: 273px; height: 204px;" src="http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a220/gazpar/IMG_3671-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Chocolate poop... I mean... Chocolate cake from the chocolate factory!</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img style="width: 260px; height: 195px;" src="http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a220/gazpar/IMG_3676.jpg" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Apple candy, covered in chocolate, caramel and pecans!</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img style="width: 266px; height: 352px;" src="http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a220/gazpar/IMG_3679.jpg" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img style="width: 266px; height: 352px;" src="http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a220/gazpar/IMG_3681.jpg" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" border="0" /></a>gaZparhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08585767627907211458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16610720.post-86056130331013212032006-11-06T22:13:00.000+00:002006-11-06T22:32:32.678+00:00So cosmopolitan of me... on the Day of the Dead<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The "dia de los muertos" is something that is cellebrated in Mexico on November the 1st (all saints day) and 2nd (all souls day), to remember loved ones that passed away.<br />Since it is a celebration, people give food, tequilla, music to the dead and eat/drink/dance themselves, either at their homes or cemeteries.<br />The food and drink (and even cigars...) are placed on an altar, which also includes the traditional "pan de muerto" or "dead man's bread".<br /><br />This day can be seen as a mix between the catholic tradition (all saints day) with the indigenous people's tradition in a way that instead of making it a day of pain and suffering, it turns out to be a celebration of life.<br /><br />We celebrated it by drinking mexican beer and eating pan de muerto.<br />I nice day indeed!<br /><br />More information can be found <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.mexonline.com/daydead.htm">here</a>.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5536/2027/1600/altar%20de%20los%20muertos.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 200px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5536/2027/320/altar%20de%20los%20muertos.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5536/2027/1600/pan%20de%20muerto.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 175px; height: 122px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5536/2027/320/pan%20de%20muerto.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Source: <a href="http://beta.blogger.com/www.tomzap.com/tilcajetephotos.html">1</a> & <a href="http://mexico.udg.mx/cocina/postres/Pandmuerto.html">2</a><br /></span></span>gaZparhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08585767627907211458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16610720.post-39489325664545264112006-11-01T02:47:00.000+00:002006-11-01T02:54:56.806+00:00Halloween's chickens<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">If I hear one more child knocking on the door and saying "queremos dulces para Halloween" ("we want sweets for Halloween"), I will turn into a monster and eat them alive.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Ok... I don't mean that of course. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">They taste like chicken... and I am vegetarian!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">I'll eat the sweets instead.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">Bwaaaaaah ah ah!</span>gaZparhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08585767627907211458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16610720.post-63944962614346026372006-10-31T17:02:00.000+00:002006-10-31T17:09:43.367+00:00So cosmopolitan of me in... Hermosillo, Mexico<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Oh si! Me gusta!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">Here I am in Mexico again. Filling my tummy with quesadillas, sincronizadas, carne machaca, pescado and much more.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">And there is another thing... while in many parts of the world it is celebrated Halloween tonight, tomorrow in Mexico is celebrated the "dia de los muertos" or day of the dead.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">I will tell you all about it after tomorrow.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">Stay tuned for more news about dead people and mexican food... and how the two can be related. ;)</span><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5536/2027/1600/q.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="150" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5536/2027/320/q.jpg" width="222" border="0" /></a>gaZparhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08585767627907211458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16610720.post-24297484435833880842006-10-20T23:52:00.000+01:002006-10-23T00:08:01.288+01:00I love travelling<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am back to the US!</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">And what a pain in the ass it was to get here (and not the good kind of pain...).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">1) The plane left late in Lisbon.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">2) It took ages to pass through the emigration services in Newark.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">3) I had to get my luggage because although I was transfering from one flight to another, they don't do that for you now. You have to take your luggage, get past through security again and run to the gate.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">4) I got an A on the list of the products I was bringing with me. But that is not a good mark. That means that I had to go the the agriculture services, since I was bringing sun dried fruit... a weapon of mass destruction nowadays.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">5) After all this, although the company with wich I was travelling next was informed that I was in transit, they just left without me...</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">6) I was offered a stay in a Hotel near the airport with dinner and breakfast included. These seems nice? Not quite. It seemed more like a Motel than a Hotel.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">7) I got the flight at 7.30 am...</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">8) I am with a huge jet lag after sleeping in Newark (with 5h difference from Lisbon), waking up at 5am and getting to SLC with a 7h difference from Lisbon.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I love travelling...</span></span>gaZparhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08585767627907211458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16610720.post-39885575388682600352006-10-17T01:49:00.000+01:002006-10-17T02:00:06.914+01:00Jesus give me some of those Twinkies<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">After watching John Stewart's Daily Show in which he interviewed the paquistani president Pervez Musharaff and offered him some "twinkies" advertising them as one of the top 5 traditional US products... I finally believe it!</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />While I was there I never understood why they were so important. But now I understand. They are part of the North American culture and history!</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />The majority of North Americans don't know the names of all the 50 states... but they do know </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.answers.com/topic/twinkie">TWINKIES</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">!!!</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />I can see the ads already: "Twinkies. More famous than Jesus!"</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Ok.. I am going to hell for that!</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">I only hope they have twinkies there.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5536/2027/1600/300px-Twinkies.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5536/2027/320/300px-Twinkies.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span>gaZparhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08585767627907211458noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16610720.post-22712642499750785372006-10-17T01:00:00.000+01:002006-10-17T02:06:29.233+01:00Travelling<span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >Travelling often to another country for a long time has some bad consequences</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">You keep saying goodbye to your friends.<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You hope you don't cry when you say goodbye.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You keep trying to save friendships.<br />You try to convince yourself that life can be the same as before.<br />But everything changes...<br /><br />Go to one place and be with the person you love. Go to another place and be with your old friends.<br />Damn it! Can't I have both???<br /><br />Sorry... I just had to let it out!<br /></span></span>gaZparhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08585767627907211458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16610720.post-67664536174461830542006-10-10T16:14:00.000+01:002006-10-12T16:22:53.989+01:00:o)<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">1 city<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">1 night</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />1 drink</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">1 smile<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">1 hug </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />1 kiss<br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />1 year.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Thank you!<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5536/2027/1600/IMG_3620.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 205px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5536/2027/320/IMG_3620.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>gaZparhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08585767627907211458noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16610720.post-71416364321981353732006-10-08T23:11:00.000+01:002006-10-08T23:33:48.361+01:00If I was a superhero...<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">If I was a superhero... I would be </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >stressfull guy</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">!<br /></span></span><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FRDmw7Porc8"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FRDmw7Porc8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />Stephen Lynch - If I was a superherogaZparhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08585767627907211458noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16610720.post-30955643674514979742006-10-02T23:42:00.000+01:002006-10-02T23:46:15.381+01:00Good heart<span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >According to my last blood test, I have problems with my liver, cholesterol, uric acid... but at least I am a person with a good heart. The ECG says it!<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The gates of heaven will open for me!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Hmmm... actually... maybe not. ;)</span></span>gaZparhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08585767627907211458noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16610720.post-46164119663167897362006-09-23T15:30:00.001+01:002006-09-23T15:30:53.787+01:00Random thoughts<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I don't have a <span style="font-style: italic;">myspace </span>account, therefore I don't exist. </span></span>gaZparhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08585767627907211458noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16610720.post-22908002219509815412006-09-20T01:56:00.000+01:002006-09-20T02:00:16.572+01:002 hours of goodbye, kisses and bla bla bla!<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One thing that portuguese people (and many latin countries) have and north americans, english, german, etc don't have:</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">We take ages to hang up the phone... 2 hours of goodbye, kisses and bla bla bla!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yes I do that!</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I just did with the call that finished 1min ago. </span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">^_^</span></span>gaZparhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08585767627907211458noreply@blogger.com2