Saturday, August 2, 2008

primeiras impressões

santa teresa, rio de janeiro

keep in mind that all that follows is based upon less than 24 hours of observation.

geografia: if the geographical entities that are cape town and san francisco were to have a love child, it would be rio.

forma urbana: if miami were to impregnate the urban sprawl of los angeles, it would roughly produce rio.

linguagem:
  1. senhoras: take a female from the most remote province of china, teach them spanish until they attained fluency, and they would roughly sound like a brazilian portuguese speaker.
  2. homens: take a native finnish speaker, teach them spanish until fluency, and you would rouhly have the male equivalent.

pessoas: if the world`s beauty were to have a greatest hits collection, rio would be on the cover.

outro: if miami were to undergo reconstructive surgery (i.e. execute everyone in south beach, wrecking balls, hand title of land to residents of little haiti/little cuba, etc.), it could potentially become rio.

mistério: knowing a little about world history, one can`t help but wonder why a country filled with descendants from every continent, many of whom are living in poverty, haven`t had a massive uprising/sectarian violence?

resposta: because they`re so damn beautiful, they inhabit the most beautiful land, and have a healthy supply of soccer balls.

praia ipanema: take waikiki beach, put it next to ocean drive, enforce the alcohol policy of las vegas (minus the age restrictions, of course), and add an endless venezualan flea market.

if rio were a fourth grader, it would be the boy that has dated every hot chic in school, smokes cigarettes, and dominates field day.

if rio were a mixed drink, it would be a guava capirinha: you couldn`t quite describe its ingredients or where it came from, but you do know that it knocks you off your ass. and you`re thinking about ordering another.....

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