The real cranky faux carioca is growing tired of talking about herself. For your pleasure she includes some photographs. You will note that she has not included photos taken out-of-doors. This is because whipping out fancy digital cameras here is an invitation to trouble unless done with great care.
The first photograph is of a showdown between the duck cleanser and the duck hairbrush one recent Friday night.
The second photo was taken from her bedroom window. In the background you can see posto 6, an old person's beach in Copacabana.
The third is completely gratuitous (unlike the others) and includes the faux carioca's towel for drying herself after the refreshing use of the bidet. You will note that the towel says, 'Mãezinha', which is an affectionate way of saying mom.
The last photo is of a delicious hunk of chocolatey goodness.
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The language program has been keeping the faux carioca very busy and has prevented her from writing charming or dull blog entries. This Wednesday the group is traveling to Salvador where no doubt people will be herded from one place to another and assured that free time is on the horizon. The excursion is a week long though sadly only several of those days will be spent in Salvador. The other days will be passed at some resorty type place staring into the sea, listening to the siren's song that beckons you to walk in and never leave.
The faux carioca grows old and wears the bottoms of her trousers rolled.
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I read this article and thought of you. Any comments? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24860437/?GT1=43001
Rachel Ray's scarf in the Dunkin' Donuts commercial resembles a Middle Eastern style of scarf. It seems likely that the choice to wear the incendiary scarf was an aesthetic one. However, the moment a public figure draws the terrorist connection--for it would seem all Middle Eastern people and culture imply terrorism from the perspective of the news commentator--the scarf's status changes. It now indexes terrorism rather than beauty and simultaneously becomes an icon for terrorism. The more this is discussed, the more the connection is reinforced. Under these circumstances, if I were Dunkin' Donuts I would yank the commercial too.
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