Sao Luis and tourism (Estudante?)

[Gato_olhos_verdes]

What and where did you study in college and are you using your education to establish your career path?

I got my degree as a French Teacher first, then went to the School of Librarianship and Information Sciences, to get my degree as a Librarian/Dcoumentalist.
While I was studying #2, I worked as a French Teacher. But it was a field with no real future, given the fact that people are poor here, and that when having to pick one language to learn (what lessons to pay for) they choose English. I always loved working in translations, but I have given up on working in that field, well, not totally, but decided to focus my energy elsewhere, because the market is too small and I can't make a living out of it.
I started working in the Library/Research field in the context of a scholarship in my second year at the University. Have worked in my field (Librarianship, Information Sciences, Information Consultant9 ever since. I specialized in the medical field.
But mine is not a well-recognized profession. We get paid very little, even if we studied just as much as any other people with an University degree .
I like my work, though.

I still want to study other things... but I have to wait to have more time and more money to afford going to University/College again.[/quote

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Where did you study Librarianship?

[Marina]

The shadow of your smile, when you are gone,
will color all my dreams, and light the dawn.
Look into my eyes my love and see,
all the lovely things you are to me...


More later...gotta go.

I'll take both versions, 'brigada!

[Marina]

Gato, no, no, from the way you approach this subject, it is clear that you don't possess the "colonial mentality" Marina refers to. I tend to agree, strongly, by the way, on the fact that this mentality and the enumeration of considerations she made below represent what MANY, many "gringos" do, but I am certain that she was not referring to you in particular. It is clear that your motivations and preferences are based on mose simple and positive reasons to feel attracted for certain racial characteristics. I guess she didn't even clarify that she was not referring to you because from the way you have been speaking, it is clear that you are too smart to be like that.

Thanks, Elena!

I'd like to add, I don't think he's necessarily attracted to racial characteristics, I think he relates to aesthetic traits that certain groups share. The gringos that I referred to sexualize some traits, esp brunette hair, dark skin- as if darker complexion= "warmer" personality, which is just polite talk for easy, looser, slutty, etc.

[Gato_olhos_verdes]

The shadow of your smile, when you are gone,
will color all my dreams, and light the dawn.
Look into my eyes my love and see,
all the lovely things you are to me...


More later...gotta go.

I'll take both versions, 'brigada!

It's from "The Sandpiper" a mid-sixties Richard Burton/Elizabeth Taylor vehicle about opposites that attract. Directed by Vincente Minnelli (a favorite of mine) it cronicles the relationship between a young hipster (Taylor) and a conservative minister (Burton). An interesting period piece.

[SPINAROONI]

HEY MARINA YOU DONT HAVE DARKSKIN AND YOUR STILL A LOOSE SLUT.

[Elena]

Gato, I studied Librarianship at the Escuela Universitaria de Bibliotecologia y Ciencias Afines of the Universidad de la Republica. It's a five year degree.

[Elena]

I'd like to add, I don't think he's necessarily attracted to racial characteristics, I think he relates to aesthetic traits that certain groups share. The gringos that I referred to sexualize some traits, esp brunette hair, dark skin- as if darker complexion= "warmer" personality, which is just polite talk for easy, looser, slutty, etc.

That is exactly how I "read" and understood it. We all have our own particular aesthetical preferences, and some things we like happen to be linked to a certain race common features, that's all. It's not all that different than preferring thin guys over big guys, etc.

And yes, I am afraid that because of cultural and social stereotypes perpetutated by the media, many gringos associate darker hair or skin with some of the personality and SEXUAL attributes those stereotypes first make them "all" darker women have.

[Elena]

Oops, meant to say that "because of cultural and social stereotypes perpetutated by the media, many gringos associate darker hair or skin with some of the personality and SEXUAL attributes those stereotypes first make them *assume* "all" darker women have"-

[Marina]

HEY MARINA YOU DONT HAVE DARKSKIN AND YOUR STILL A LOOSE SLUT.

Dark is relative. Use the toilet next time you want to take a shit, instead of coming to this forum.

[SPINAROONI]

GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULL MARINA,THE ONLY THANG DARK ABOUT IS YOUR HAIR YOU STUPID SLUT YOU ACT LIKE A DUMB BLONDE BUT INSTEAD YOUR THE DUMBEST MUTHAFUCKING BRUNETTE I HAVE EVER SEEN.

[Marina]

GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULL MARINA,THE ONLY THANG DARK ABOUT IS YOUR HAIR YOU STUPID SLUT YOU ACT LIKE A DUMB BLONDE BUT INSTEAD YOUR THE DUMBEST MUTHAFUCKING BRUNETTE I HAVE EVER SEEN.

Look, who's calling the Berkeley grad student dumb- an ignorant community college dropout who can only speak Ebonics!

[Pedro.]

I'd like to add, I don't think he's necessarily attracted to racial characteristics, I think he relates to aesthetic traits that certain groups share. The gringos that I referred to sexualize some traits, esp brunette hair, dark skin- as if darker complexion= "warmer" personality, which is just polite talk for easy, looser, slutty, etc.

Hi Marina,

Yes, no doubt this is true for some people. For others, "warmer" personality can mean someone who likes romance, open to meeting new people without being distant, likes to flirt... for me when I think of a "warm" person I don't necessarily think of a slutty personality type.

[Brazuca]

for me when I think of a "warm" person I don't necessarily think of a slutty personality type.

Oh, but of course you do!

[Elena]

It is interesting how there is actually two sorts of concepts associated with warmth.
I agree with Pedro, in the sense that we all have one concept in our mind of what makes a person approachable, friendly, heart-warming to be around, etc. That's the kind of warmth I think we all think of when talking of relationships and of feeling truly -honestly- attracted to someone (by "honestly", I mean attracted to the whole person, not just the person's looks or sensuality).
I see Brazuca's point too (if I read his answer's intention ok, not sure), in the sense that there seems to be another "definition" of "warmth" that seems to be more associated to how otugoing, open, playful -even flirtatious and somewhat sensual- a person can be.
It is indeed common to find people who are authentically "warm" to be outgoing, approachable, demonstrative of their feelings, etc. The problem is that not all "warm" people are all that outgoing, but that there's this idea that a person who is outgoing and flirtatious is more approachable and open in a sexual way too, which might but MIGHT NOT be true.
Since some personality traits and ways to appear to others "from the go" seem to be very linked, it is hard to see, sometimes, what is a personality trait and what is a simple attitude or tactic at approaching social situations.

[Brazuca]

I see Brazuca's point too (if I read his answer's intention ok, not sure), in the sense that there seems to be another "definition" of "warmth" that seems to be more associated to how otugoing, open, playful -even flirtatious and somewhat sensual- a person can be.

I was being sarcastic, in that to some people, the use of that adjective, when applied to any people or women, or brasileiras in particular, must only have lecherous connotations. Apparently every male (particularly when showing the slightest interest in somewhere like Brazil) has only a one-track mind.

[Marina]

I see Brazuca's point too (if I read his answer's intention ok, not sure), in the sense that there seems to be another "definition" of "warmth" that seems to be more associated to how otugoing, open, playful -even flirtatious and somewhat sensual- a person can be.

I was being sarcastic, in that to some people, the use of that adjective, when applied to any people or women, or brasileiras in particular, must only have lecherous connotations. Apparently every male (particularly when showing the slightest interest in somewhere like Brazil) has only a one-track mind.

No, Brazuca- it holds true for some men, most of whom are on this board.

[advogadoEUA]

I arrive in Sao Luis on Sunday. It would be great to get a beer with you. Mind sending me a PM with your phone number?

Ate mais.

[Estudante do Brasil]

What a pity! i am not in São Luí­s right know, i am in Bacacal! How long you will stay in São Luí­s?

[Estudante do Brasil]

Pessoal, olha o que eu achei !

Padre Antonio Vieira

SERMíƒÆ’O DA QUINTA DOMINGA DA QUARESMA NA IGREJA MAIOR DA CIDADE DE SíƒÆ’O
LUíS NO MARANHíƒÆ’O. ANO DE 1654

(...) No Maranhão a corte da mentira. O galante apólogo do diabo. O M de
Maranhão. No Maranhão atí© o sol e os cí©us mentem.
Si dixero quia non scio eum, ero similis vobis, mendax (Se disser que o
não conheço, serei como vós, mentiroso).
A este Evangelho do Domingo Quinto da Quaresma chamais comumente o
domingo das verdades. Para mim todos os domingos tíªm este sobrenome,
porque em todos prego verdades, e muito claras, como tendes visto. Por
me não sair, contudo, do que hoje todos esperam, estive considerando
comigo que verdades vos diria, e, segundo as notí­cias que vou tendo
desta nossa terra, resolvi-me a vos dizer uma só verdade. Mas que
verdade será esta? Não gastemos tempo. A verdade que vos digo í© que no
Maranhão não há verdade. (...) Os ví­cios da lí­ngua são tantos, que fez
Drexí©lio um abecedário inteiro e muito copioso deles. E se as letras
deste abecedário se repartissem pelos estados de Portugal, que letra
tocaria ao nosso Maranhão? Não há dúvida, que o M. M - Maranhão, M -
murmurar, M - motejar, M - maldizer, M - malsinar, M - mexericar, e,
sobretudo, M - mentir: mmentir com as palavras, mentir com as obras,
mentir com os pensamentos, que de todos e por todos os modos aqui se
mente. Novelas e novelos, são as duas moedas correntes desta terra, mas
tíªm uma diferença, que as novelas armam-se sobre nada, e os novelos
armam-se sobre muito, para tudo ser moeda falsa. (...)

[Randy828]

I just returned from 4 of the most wonderful days of my life in Maceió. The beaches...the people!!! What a wonderful time....I am wishing now that I was still there..Gunga Beach!