The week before last was crazy!!! I had two huge tests, math and chemistry, and I hardly slept at all cause I was studying so hard for them... I concentrated more on math because it is my weakest subject, and I think it was a big mistake, I probably didn't do very well on the math test, and if I score less than 3 I'm already on exam at the end of the semester... In chemistry though I did reasonably well, eve if I left two questions without answer, but I could've done a lot better if I had studied for it just a little more

After that the week ended perfectly, with a party to celebrate the 35th birthday of the Chemistry Academic Directory (or something like that), each course has it's own, with and elected president, vice-president, and other members. The party was great and I got just a little bit drunk, cause I went straight from the chemistry test and I hadn't eaten anything for a long time

This week we had a regional holiday only in my state, to celebrate the Gaúcho traditions. It is a crazy holiday, cause it is suppose to commemorate de Farrapos war between 1835 and 1845. People from our state fought to be independent from Brazil and lost, so I don't see the point to celebrate a lost war. But now it is more of a day to eat the Brazilian barbecue, listen to local music and celebrate the gaúcho traditions. The holiday was on Thursday but I skipped c_lass on Wednesday to rest for longer, even though I had to go to c_lass on Friday, it was a great rest and I slept most part of Wednesday and Thursday And the icing in the cake was that my in-laws are away since Tuesday, so me and the Bf have the house to ourselves for the first time in almost a year Too bad they are coming back Sunday night, and another week comes, this time with the grades from my tests!!!!

And how was your week, guys???

CAN'T BELIEVE CSI AND CSI:NY ARE BACK THIS WEEK!!!!

Huge Hugs and Kisses for all
Razzle

So Friday was our independence day! In a famous scene by the Ipiranga River on 7 September 1822, Prince Pedro, riding his horse, tore the Portuguese blue and white insignia from his uniform, drew his sword, and swore in the presence of his guard of honour: "By my blood, by my honour, and by God: I will make Brazil free." Then he cried "It is time! Independence or Death! We are separated from Portugal". Those words constituted Brazil's Proclamation of Independence. The "Independence or Death" cry would become the motto of the Brazilian emancipation. And since then, we celebrate our independence

There were big parades in every major city around the country, and unfortunately I couldn't atted the one in my town because I'm going crazy, studying for a math test I have on Wednesday But I managed to get some pictures of the Biggest parade the one in our Capital, Brasilia.

Here are the Brazilian President and the Fist Lady, Lula and Marisa.

Some policemen at the parade, making a pyramid (how can they stay that way in a moving motorcycle is beyond me )

A little of our folklore

And some aerial acrobats, the "esquadrilha da Fumaça" or the Smoke Squad

After the parade, the President received a Chopper Motorcycle, as a gift from the Senior family, from the American Chopper TV Program. They donated the Bike to be auctioned and the money is to go to the president's Fome Zero (Zero Hunger) social program.

The design of the Bike was based on the lines of the Government Palace and the Congress Towers, in Brasilia

My weekend was terrible, I studied most of the time, and to top it all I have some kind of allergy in my eyelids and they are killing me!!!! They itch so much!!!! The doctor gave me some eye drops that I have to put every two hours, day and night for six days!!!!!! So I'm even more sleep deprived than I was before

Hope everyone had a great weekend!!!!

Hugs and Kisses
Razzle

Hey guys!!!! Is everyone all right??? So I'm here to apologise for my long absence and to try to elpain what's been keeping me from blogging
As Many of you know I just started college for the third time.... and it's been mad!!!! I'm in the fourth week and it feels like it's been months!!!! I can't keep up with all the texts and exercises to read and do!!!! I hardly slept for the last few weeks and I feel like a zombie..... and my brain feels like pudding.....
But now, thankfully, I managed to get up to date with everything and I think I'll be able to pop up around here once or twice a week to say hi to everyone...

It's been crazy, but I'm loving it!!!!

Hugs and Kisses for all and see ya latter
Razzle

Yay!!!! Bought it Saturday first thing in the morning but haven't started reading it yet, I'm finishing re-reading The Half-Blood Prince first, to remember exactly what happened before and where we left Harry off

I'm so excited, but a little afraid to read it... and sad, it's the last one

Major Hugs and Kisses for All
Razzle

Well, I don't know about the rest of the world, but here in Brazil today we celebrate FRIENDS DAY... not the series.... we usually send cards, or emails to our closest friends saying how much we like to have them as friends and go out with our friends to have a drink and hang out. It's very fun, even though most ppl go out with their friends every time, today is a day to get even closer to your friends and celebrate you friendship.

So I want to share this with you all and tell all my tv.com friends how much I like you all guys, it's been really fun to meet you all here, and even though I've been absent from the forums I really love you guys and miss talking to many of you that don't come very often to my blog.

HAPPY FRIENDS DAY TO ALL!!!!

Hugs, Kisses and a round of drinks, on me, to you all
Razzle

Yay!!! I'm a college freshmen!!!!! Again!!!! And I do hope this time is the last time...
I know I've done this before, but I'm so excited!!! It is not my forst choice, I really wanted to major in Biology, but it is tougher to get into this course at most public colleges, so I'm doing Chemistry instead, and maybe if I'm really lucky I can get a transfer later on *crosses fingers*.

Let me tell you about college in Brazil and my college adventures Over here it is much tougher to get into a college than in most countries, you have to take a test, in all major subjects, Maths, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Literature, History, Geography, Portuguese and a foreign language, you have 25 questions of each subject and they are spread over four days, ou have four hours each day and two or three subjects per day this process is called vestibular - don't ask me why. As there are too many ppl for too little "vacancies", even if you score really well it's not guaranteed you'll pass, most courses have like 10 to 15 pll fighting for each opening, medicine and law have more than 20! So you have to be a genius to ge in one of those.
Biology, my dream career, have around 15 candidates per spot, I tried like five times or so to get in, but was never good enough to get it, always missed by just a few points

We have private colleges too and I tried two of them, the first time I did two semesters of journalism, just out of curiosity. I was 19 at the time, had just flunked the vestibular for the second time, and the private college didn't offer a biology course so I decided to do anything, just to keep busy I dropped out when I decided to move to London for the fist time (and because it was too expensive anyway). Moved to London and stayed there for a year and a half, I was about to start college there (colleges in London are more affordable than over here I could afford it even in a waitress salary) but then my then BF decided to move to a more expensive flat and it whipped out all my savings, a month later he kicked me out with not even a penny to move to another place. I called my dad crying and he sent me a ticket to come home, which I had to do

Back home I met a wonderful guy, my current BF and he was a freshmen in a private college, he was majoring in, guess what? BIOLOGY!!! Yes, he is my soul-mate the next semester I was in the same college, but after just two semesters there, I started to get difficulties paying the tuition, and me and my BF had to drop out (he was having difficulties even before me). As we were both unemployed and has dropped out of college, we decided to go to London! I thought this time would be easier But after four months and a series of very unfortunate events, we had to come back home...

After all this, public college is all that's left for me, and seeing as I don't want to sit and wait till I get into biology, I decided to take the vestibular for a less popular course and the chosen one was chemistry, since I can take many c_lasses that are comon to the biology course and maybe someone drops out and I can take a test or something and transfer, and until there I'm going to keep trying for biology every summer

Hugs and Kisses
Razzle

After a really looooooong time stuck with 42% on level 10, it finally updated... it wasn't much but it is a star, I'm now with 52% at level 10
Too bad I'm still waiting for my 100 contributions icon

And I lost my Drama King Icon I want it back!!!!!!!!

Hope it's all fixed up soon

OK rant over

Hugs and Kisses
Razzle

I am bored out of my mind.... after o week being in bed because of a terrible fever that wouldn't budge, I'm finally ok to be up and about, but now it's raining like there is no tomorrow and I can't even go to the garden to have some fresh air or something and to top it of, My broadband operator just called to tell me I'm thisclose to exceeding the monthly download limit they have, so no more episodes or any kind of videos for me till the 15th

Hope you guys are having a better week

Hugs and Kisses
Razzle

Hello guys!!!! How is everyone??? So I came back on Wednesday, but my computer was mad with me or something and refused to work, only yesterday night My BF was able to make it work again...
As promised, I'll tell you all about my very fruitful trip to the Magic Island

Let's star with the motive that made me go to a beach in the middle of winter some years ago when my mum died, I inherited her apartment there in Florianopolis. Since I was not sure about where in the world I wanted to live, I decided to rent the place until I decided to settle down. Seven years and many cites and countries later, I'm back in my home town and living with the in laws so I decided it was time to sell the apartment and buy one over here for me to live, since I plan to live over here for at least four years (till I graduate).
I had to go over there to have a look at what shape the place was, and talk to the real-state guys, and to get a more recent copy of all the documents from the apartment, but this doesn't mean I didn't have time to have some fun

Enough said about the boring part This is Florianopolis, it is ans island, but it is so close to the mainland that it can be crossed back and forth through a 6 Kilometers bridge as you can see on the map and in the picture below

The bridge in the left is the old one, and it is now closed it is somewhat similar to the Golden Gate bridge, but way smaller and the ones in the right are the new ones, one for each way.

This is how the Old Bridge looks like at night, it's really beautiful

What I love most about this Island, and that's why I think the natives call it the Magic Island, is the fact that you have all in the same place, you have a busy and well developed city like any other

and you have the all beaches, 42 in total, some of them almost completely untouched

and some of them bursting with activity, full of tourists

Some of them are perfect for relaxing

and some are perfect for surfing

So there is a place for every one and for every taste

And if you don't like salt water, there is the Lake

This is a panoramic view of Laoga da Conceiçao, and the arrows point to the ocean behind it, the two beaches are Joaquina and Mole

And this concludes my presentation of the wonderful Florianopolis, the Magic Island I hope you all enjoyed it, and maybe one day you can come and visit

Hugs and Kisses to all
Razzle

Hello everyone!!! It's almost 4am and I'm off to Florianopolis - the natives call it the Magic Island, for some reason - in a few minutes, it's a six hour travel by car there, so that's why I'm going so early and I just wanted to say good bye to all before I go So be good everyone and have fun while I'm gone!!! I'll tell you all about my boring trip when I come back on Wednesday.

OH!!! AND i WANT TO PROTEST ABOUT LOSING SOME OF MY ICONS!!!!!! WHERE DID THEY GO!!!!! i WANT MY ICONS BACK!!!!!!!

Hugs and Kisses,
Razzle

Yay!!!! It's been like 30 degrees centigrades the last few days, and mind you winter starts tomorrow for us south of the Equator, so temperatures were supposed to be under 10 degrees centigrades I'm so happy with this weather, too bad it won't lasst long, probably Friday or Saturday it'll be back to the freezing temperatures
Today I went shopping with my boyfriend and my cousin and I saw a gorgeous pair of boots, on sale!!!!! But since I"m going to travel next week I can't afford it now cause I have to save the money for the trip....

And how was your day, guys?

Hugs and Kisses
Razzle

Today, the 12th, here in Brazil we had our version of Valentine's Day..... the BF took me to the movies and then to a fancy restaurant, it was so good!!!! Especially because he really really hates restaurants or eating in public He is the greatest

I want my DVD remote!!!!! I can't believe it!!!! The remote control of my DVD Player just died on me.... it took a dive in a pint glass full of coke a while ago and now it just died, there is no way of repairing it!!!!! The repair guy said I'll have to get a new one!!!! And that is where it gets really complicated... I bought the DVD Player in 2003 when I was in London, so there is no replacement remote here in Brazil I managed to find a website that sells the replacement remote on-line, but they only deliver to UK addresses GREAT!!!!! So now 'll hate to track down my ex-boyfriend who still lives in London and ask him if I can order the remote and have it delivered to his house so he can then mail it to me here in Brazil and I'll reimburse him for that... WONDERFUL!!! I'll have to depend on my ex-boyfriend's willingness to help me!!!

OK, rant over

Hugs and Kisses
Razzle

So I stole the first one from Engel and the second one from groetjesgeertje

You are supposed to put you IPOD, media player, CD player, or whatever you have on shuffle. Whatever song is first you put for #1 and then so on. NO CHEATING! You have to put whatever song is next!.

Most of those are really appropriate! I'put some parts of the lyrics in the spoiler tag to show how appropriate they are! And i swear I didn't cheat!!!

Opening credits - Sugar - System of a Down
Waking Up - So Tired - Eric Clapton

Hope you enjoyed!!!! I sure did

And here is the other one, apparently I'm a slut BIG time!!!! Well let's just say I... erm... "experimented" a lot on my teen days

Your Kissing Purity Score: 17% Pure

Hugs and Kisses for all
Razzle

It's winter over here and in the first week of real cold weater, what happens?!?!? Everyone around here gets the friggin flu!!!!! My two year old nephew, them my mum in law, my BF, sister in law, and now it got to me!!!! Ahhhhh!! Everyone around me is in bed with runny noses, fever, sore throats and coughs, and now I am starting to show symptoms It is just great!!!! It's the first week of cold and I already have the flu, imagine what is going to happen later in the winter, pneumonia?!?!?!

Sorry bout the rant, it's over now... see ya guys later!!!

*blows kisses from far away so no one catches the flu too*
Razzle

So I am slowly trying to get back to the boards, but there are so many posts, and so manny new people!!! I'm totaly lost But this week you will probably see me in some thread, at least the SN pictures thread
I've putted the quiz in the spolier thingy just so it wouldn't be another mile long blog, don't be afraid to click it, it is not a spoiler, well not a TV spolier anyway

Hope you enjoyed

Hugs and Kisses
Razzle

I am bored out of my mind, so i decided to post a few pictures of my adorable cats

Here they are Snowball is the white one, for obvious reasons and the other one is Spider, because she is always climbing on everything

This is another one from Snowball, cause she's soooo cute!

And here is Spider when she was a baby (she is Snowball's daughter) she loved piglet

Hugs to all
Razzle

SUPPOSEDLY if you've seen over 85 movies, you have no life. Mark the ones you've seen. There are 238 movies on this list. Then, put x's next to the movies you've seen, add them up, change the header adding your number, and click post at the bottom. Have fun!

(x) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
( ) Boondock Saints
(x) Fight Club
( ) Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
(x) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
( ) Along Came Polly
(x)Deep Impact
( ) KingPin
(x) Never Been Kissed
(x) Meet The Parents
(x) Meet the Fockers
( )Eight Crazy Nights
( )Joe Dirt
(x) KING KONG

Total: 11

(x) A Cinderella Story
(x) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
( ) Dumber & Dumberer
(x) Final Destination
(x) Final Destination 2
( ) Final Destination 3
( ) Halloween
(x) The Ring
(x) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving X-MAS
(x) Flubber

Total: 8

( ) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(x) Practical Magic
( ) Chicago
(x) Ghost Ship
(x) From Hell
( ) Man of the House
( ) The New World
( ) Casanova
( ) Oliver Twist
(x) The Da Vinci Code
( ) Happy Feet
( )Casino Royale
( ) Borat
( ) The Departed

Total: 4

(x) The Day After Tomorrow
(x) Ten Things I Hate About You
(x) Just Married
(x) Gothika
(x) Nightmare on Elm Street
(x)Sixteen Candles
( ) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
(x) The Grudge
(x) The Grudge 2
(x) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask

Total: 9

(x) Bad Boys
(x) Bad Boys 2
(x) Joy Ride
( ) Lucky Number Sleven
(x) Ocean's Eleven
(x) Ocean's Twelve
(x) Bourne Identity
(x) Bourne Supremecy
( ) The Fog
(x) Ice Age
(x) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
( ) Curious George

Total: 9

( ) Christine
(x) ET
(x) Children of the Corn
( ) My Bosses Daughter
( ) Maid in Manhattan
(x) War of the Worlds
( ) Rush Hour
( ) Rush Hour 2

Total: 3

( ) Best Bet
(x) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x) She's All That
( ) Calendar Girls
( ) Sideways
(x) Mars Attacks
( ) Event Horizon
( ) Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
(x) Big Trouble in Little China
(x) The Terminator
(x) The Terminator 2
(x) The Terminator 3

Total: 9

(x) X-Men
(x) X2
(x) X-3
(x) Spider-Man
(x) Spider-Man 2
(x) Sky High
( ) Catch Me If You Can
( ) The Little Mermaid
(x) Freaky Friday
(x) Reign of Fire
(x) The Skulls
(x) Cruel Intentions
(x) Cruel Intentions 2
( ) The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2

Total: 13

(x) Miracle on 34th street
( ) Old School
( ) The Notebook
( ) K-Pax
( ) Kippendorf's Tribe
( ) A Walk to Remember
(x) Ice Castles
(x) Boogeyman
(x) The 40-year-old-virgin
( ) Halloweentown
( ) Wedding Crashers
(x) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
(x) Finding Nemo
( ) Sponge Bob Square Pants Movie
(x) Madagascar
(x) Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Total: 8

(x) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
(x) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(x) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Total: 6

( ) House of 1000 Corpses
( ) Devils Rejects
( ) Elf
( ) Mothman Prophecies
( ) American History X
( ) Thr3e
( ) Crash
(x) Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
( ) Kicking and Screaming
( ) The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
( ) Pride and Prejudice
(x)House of Wax
( ) Cursed

Total: 2

( ) The Jacket
( ) Kung Fu Hustle
( ) Shaolin Soccer
(x) Night Watch
(x) Monsters Inc.
(x) Titanic
(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(x) Shaun Of the Dead
(x) Willard
(x) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
(x) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(x) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(x) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Total: 10

( ) High Tension
( ) Club Dread
( ) Hulk
(x) Dawn Of the Dead
(x) Hook
(x) Chronicle Of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
(x) 28 days later
( ) Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
(x) Waterworld

Total: 5

(x) Mortal Kombat
(x) Wolf Creek
( ) Kingdom of Heaven
( ) the Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
( ) The Last House on the Left
( ) Re-Animator
( ) Army of Darkness

Total: 2

(x) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
(x) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
(x) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
(x) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(x) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
(x) Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
(x) Ewoks The Battle For Endor

total: 8

(x) The Matrix
(x) The Matrix Reloaded
(x) The Matrix Revolutions
(x) Animatrix
(x) Evil Dead
(x) Evil Dead 2
(x) Team America: World Police
(x) Red Dragon
(x) Silence of the Lambs
(x) Hannibal

Total: 10

(x) Batman Begins
(x) Fantastic Four
( ) Chicken Little
( ) The Pacifier
(x) Saw
(x) Saw II
( ) Saw III
(x) Scream
(x) Scream II
(x) Scream III

Total: 7

( ) Cheaper by the Dozen
( ) Cheaper by the Dozen 2
( ) The Dukes of Hazzard
(x) The Exorcism of Emily Rose
(x) Sin City
( ) Herbie: Fully Loaded
( ) Jarhead
( ) Cinderella Man

Total: 2

(x) Scary Movie
(x) Scary Movie II
( ) Scary Movie III
( ) Scary Movie 4
( ) Failure to Launch
( ) The Pink Panther
( ) The Santa Clause
( ) The Santa Clause 2
( )The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

Total: 2

( )World Trade Center
( )Step Up
( ) Miami Vice
( ) Flushed Away
( ) The Shaggy Dog
( ) The Benchwarmers
( ) The Guardian
( ) Nanny McPhee
(x) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
( ) The Illusionist
( ) Snakes on a Plane
( ) She's the Man
( ) The Wicker Man
( ) The Covenant
( ) The Black Dahlia
( ) Flyboys

Total: 1

So I have seen 129 of these movies, which means I am a big big dork!
I guess I'll have to admit now, I'm a movie freak I love going to the movies, and I love to watch films at home, all bundled up in my bed with a huge popcorn bowl on my lap I could spend the whole day watching series and films on my TV.

PS: Lyca, I hope you don't mind my nicking habit

Hugs
Razzle

I saw this on everybody's blog, but I actually stole it from Lyca

42 of the MOST Random Questions Ever

1. Where were you 1 hour ago?
Eating lunch
2. Who will be your next kiss?
The BF, course
3. Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you?
The duvet on my lap
4. When is the last time you went to the mall?
Don't remember the last time, it was a while ago, but I'm going to the mall later today
5. Are you wearing socks right now?
Yes, it's very cold here in Brazil now, it's Autumn
6. When was the last time you went out of the state/province?
It was ten months ago, when I was in England
7. Have you been to the movies in the last 5 days?
Last month, to watch 300
8. What was the last thing you had to drink?
Coke
9. What are you wearing right now?
My pyjamas
10. What was your last purchase?
Cat food
11. Last food you ate?
Chicken fillet with rice and tomatoes
12. Who was the last person you talked to on the phone?
My cousin
13. Have you bought any clothing items in the last week?
No, will do it today at the mall, yay!!!
14. Do you have a pet?
Two actually, my lovely cats Snowball and Spider
15. What's the last sporting event you watched?
Football or soccer, watched my team be state champions last week
16. What is your favorite ****?
What?
17. If you could be anywhere right now, where would you be?
At a sunny place, where it neither too hot or too cold
18. What is the last thing you purchased on line?
A replace for my broken remote control
20.What is your favorite pizza?
pepperoni
21. Do you miss anyone?
My mum
22. Last "play" you saw?
It's been a long time ago, I can't remember, probably one at Disney in 2000
23. What are your plans for the day?
going to the mall do some shopping
24. Who is the last person you messaged on myspace?
never used myspace
25. Ever go to camp?
When I was younger I used to go camp at the beach with friends in the summer
26. Were you an honor roll student in school?
Nope, quite the opposite, I was known for my cutting c l a s s skills
27.What do you know about the future?
It's coming whether you like it or not
28. Are you wearing perfume/cologne?
I never leave home without my CK one
30. Where is your best friend located?
In my heart
31. Do you have a tan?
I'm as white as a sheet and I enjoy my pale complexion, so in the summer I stay out of the sun!
32. How old do you want to be when you have kids?
Probably not much older than 30...
33. What's on your mind?
I need to go out and it's raining, bummer
34. Do you have any tattoos or piercings?
I have my ears pierced, four on the left one an two in the right one, my navel amd my tongue too, no tattoos yet
35. Have you ever drank your POP from a straw?
when it's in a can I still do
36. How do you like your POP?
Ice cold
37. Do you like hot sauce?
Oh yes!
38. Last time you took a shower?
Earlier today
39. Who do you like?
All my friends, virtual friends, and my family, the BF I not only like, I love
40. Where do you work?
Still unemployed
41. Are you someone's best friend?
I don't think so
42. What's the last TV show you watched?
Futurama

Hope you didn't get too bored reading my answers and feel free to steal the questionnaire from me