An Old but Good Read.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/magazine/06Soccer-t.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

Haven't posted in a while

cheers

And here goes...

As I sit here watching the intro to the Mexico, South Africa game and seeing the beautiful views of soccer city, I can't help but to cry like a little bitch. I have been looking forward to this day ever since my brother went to France '98 to support our beloved Albirroja. I did rearrange quite a bit in my life so that I could have this privilege, namely graduating in 4 years (I never would have tried that hard otherwise, honestly) and saving up thousands of dollars, but my work is nothing compared to that of the South Africans. South Africans have been waiting for this day for 6 years. They have been waiting to prove the world wrong and show that they can be the first African nation in history to host the World Cup. They faced setbacks that left many people doubting, but here we are today seeing these aerial shots of soccer city packed with 90,000 beautiful people. I feel honored to soon be one of the attendees! I won't get into how excited I am from a development perspective, but I do hope the World Cup is just a step towards the great things to come. Unfortunately, Nelson Mandela can't make the game or the opening ceremonies due to the tragic death of his 13 year old granddaughter, but his hard work leading up to this day will never be forgotten.

So now... South Africa versus Mexico.

Good luck, Bafana Bafana!

kudi

me: he's actually my dream

Andrew: a black dude built like a skinny spic?

who raps about weed?

and is moderately good at it?

i love barcelona

I am SO UVa

i just got these

The Cutest Rattie Ever

R.I.P. Ladron "droniez" Paredes

Mommy luvz u and will miss you.

My Mom Still Loves Me

So over x-mas break, I accidentally took home my friend's bowl. I thought my mom had found it and confiscated it (which I'm still pretty sure is exactly what happened.) The kid was finally like, "I need my bowl back... if you can't get it, you can just buy me a new one." So I was like, fuck, time to pay up. But then I decided to just shame myself in front of my mother and be like, MOM, I need that back or I have to pay this kid. Because Latinos understand $$ as much as they do anger (and she's probably somewhat happy that it didn't actually belong to me,) she was like, okay I'll get it to Bernice for her to take tomorrow. I was like, LOL, thanks mom.

LUV U!!!

and she's sending me some veggie lasagna along with it.

LUVZ MY MOM!

Pictures of the Day

For your daily dose of SEXY.

The patron saint of narcs... on some uñas.

Some hard partiers.

MY AMBITIONS

post graduation...

I'm not your typical UVa kid.

I'm not thinking about grad school.

I'm not even thinking about a job ('sup PIETANZA.)

I hope everyone is not planning on taking things too seriously...

cause the summer of 2010 will be tight as shit.

and it better be somethin' like this

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Enjoy whatever you're doing.

It's probably better than the paper I'll be writing all day.

LOL @ UVa

http://www.cavalierdaily.com/2010/02/09/june-bug/

Sometimes I am offended by the lack of awareness people have at this "prestigious" university.

Sometimes I laugh out loud at what some of the (privileged) people here consider an "enlightening" experience.

“Cape Town is in Africa — and yet it is Europeanized. There are cheetahs but they are in cages.”

Geniuses up in here.

Hope I get some of that AFRICAN MAGIC in 4 months... when my Beloved Paraguayan National Team plays the defending campioni del mondo with the miraculously recovering Salvador Cabañas leading the offense.

PARAGUAYAN MAGIC

I love...

sailors.

swimmers and divers.

nerds with swagger.

Which Lily Allen picture is most representative of me?

i am an expert on

soil

Today's LOLs in Pictures

update: this one's good too.

I dunno how to make this fit so just clickey.

That's it for now.

My last night in Arlington...

was fantastic.

I went over to Jacy's and had some delicious vegetarian tacos, sat around and LOLed @ politics, yuppies, shitty movies, and of course my "dear ol' UVa."

UVa might be the second best public school in the U.S., but it's pretty horrible at this thing called "school of life." All those spoiled suburbanites go to UVa and learn just about nothing about the world and what people are really like because UVa is a gigantic bubble of assholes who are exactly the same. Tragic, no?

After Jacy's, I headed over to O'Sullivan's, most definitely my favorite bar in Clarendon. The bartender is the best I've ever had and it's usually pretty mellow on Monday nights. There's always soccer on TV and the music is nothing I particularly hate. We met a bunch of "blokes" from the U.K. who tried to talk us (Cami and me,) out of going to class/work tomorrow. They were hilarious. We talked about everything from driving in Arlington to the Falkland Islands War to how Arsenal is still the greatest football team in the UK (fuck Chelsea.) It was a great night, and I got a free Shock Top (or 2,) my favourite beer at the moment.

I'll be back in Charlottesville in less than 14 hours. NOOOOOOOOo

Stress/No stress

My life is pretty easy right now... no joke. Looking forward to graduating and not doin' SHIT. Trying to party really hard this summer and say goodbye to my youth... 'Cause let's be real, it's gonna be over quite soon.

The only thing stressing me out is my mother. She makes my life pretty difficult without even knowing it. UVa degree, no arrests, no pregnancies... I'm a huge disappointment, right? Sorry Ma, UMMA DO ME.

I gotta go back to school in 2 days. Not looking forward to it. My housing is overpriced, one roommate is pissed at me, the other moved out cause of her dumbass boyfriend, now I'm living with a rando-new age-natural juice detox- type from Seattle. WTF?

It's all good though 'cause I'm taking a soccer class, I joined a bball team, working too many hours a week, my classes are tough, I'm gonna be goin' hard (partying.) So, I'll be too busy to give a F about anything.

I'm gonna go appease the beast by trying to learn how to make sopa paraguaya...

Another successful night of social networking...

at 2 dollar Tuesdays...

I actually like Bailey's. I think they have a great beer selection and I don't mind the ambiance. I also think it's entertaining seeing everybody from Arlington that I haven't seen in a while. It's not "douchebags" or "losers," (I mean, some are,) but sometimes I see people I genuinely want to see but I wouldn't really see anywhere otherwise. I don't see the problem with that. Thank you Bailey's.

I GOT NEW EYEBROWZ

First time ever... this Indian bitch talked me into threading my eyebrows. I was like...aiiiiight. I look GATA.

I feel weird tho!

Don't got a cam, or there would be pix.

I heard...

Italians are some sleazy shit...

but I'm still excited about

WORLD CUP, SOUTH AFRICA, 2010

I cried, whined, and (oh) paid my way to WCSA tickets. Praise the Lord Almighty.

Italy v. Paraguay. June 14th, 2010!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

May the world champions meet their match!!!

ALBIRROJA!!

FELIZ DIA DE REYES...

If I were in Paraguay, I would have put my shoes outside last night then I would have woken up this morning and stuffed my face with chocolate...

Unfortunately, I'm in Arlington, Virginia and I'll be heading over to Rock Bottom to stuff my face with beer.

Same shit, right?

If anyone has an extra old verizon phone, LEMME KNOW!!! I'm going for a record: how many cell phones can I lose in a week?

Today I...

Went commando in court.

WHAT? I'm out of laundry and I used my last clean pair last night in Gabby's hot tub.

When I was taking the elevator down to the metro, some yuppie goes "it's another cold day. when will this be over?" and I go "I dunno. I have a permanent cold cause of it."

Then, sounding like I destroyed her or something, she's like "I was hoping for a more optimistic reply."

...

I'm like... uhh you just tried to make conversation with a stranger on the metro. WTF did you expect? If I didn't suspect she was some new-to-arlington-yuppie, I would have been like "YEAH IT'S FUCKIN FREEZING, JESUS. I GOTTA GET MY ASS BACK INTO GABBY'S HOT TUB. You goin' to work? That SUCKS."

But I didn't.

Back to SVU (on 2 channels... decisions, decisions.)