Today I laughed a lot! I laughed while I sorted through a new shipment of grapes. I laughed while I tried to convince Kieo, Loiva, João Pedro and Ricardo to come stay with me in Califronia. I told Loiva that if she cooked and cleaned for me she could stay as long as she wanted. I felt a little bit akward when I met a new person. She is from Rio de Janiero and works with an organic institution. With a business degree from Harvard, she and her co-workers give advice to small and medium sized organic cooperatives. We ate lunch with her; first time we used the dining room table! With a table cloth none the less. It was also the first time I ate pickles with a fork and a knife.
Later, I laughed when the only music they played on the radio was Bob Marley; Loiva says the DJs got lazy and just suck a CD in. Then I talked seriously with Mrs. Harvard (in english!) about organic agriculture, what coopernatural was doing, how hard this community of people work and her six cats in Rio. Ricardo, and coopernatural, is a little different than the other communities with whom she works with. Ricardo is eager; a meeting of organics? He's there the next day, never mind it's a 20 hour drive. The huge diversity of products they make sets them appart as well, did I mention those pickles? Yeah, theu're from the coop. If you have never had Goiaba, go find some right now. Goiaba juice is the most amazing thing ever, the most amazing tropical flavor ever with a texture of pear juice. The only problem is that when it is bottled without preservatives (a natural foods no-no) it has a tendancy to ferment. This means the bottles explode- I laughed.
I laughed when Ricardo attempted to force feed Mrs. Harvard creme de leite; hospitality over kill. I giggled when João attempted to take over Mrs. Harvard's computer. Oh man, I cracked up so hard after João threw a shit fit about having to take a shower, then refused to get out. After being forcfully removed from the water he was pissed, and threw shampoo bottles down the hall on his way to the floor behind the dining room table. Sulking insued for about five minutes, but without being given any attention this character craved it. So, out comes JP buck naked towel as a cape- I laughed.
I laughed when JP demanded a popcicle and returned from the kitchen with a cold sausage.
Loiva and I laughed at the ridiculousness that is Caminos das India- holy mother of pearl telenovelas are hilarious. I almost died of lack of oxygen when a rat came running into the livingroom. A classic reaction from Loiva and I, yelping and perching ourselves ontop of chairs. João is standing on the sofa trying to take pictures of the thing and Ricardo is chasing it down with a hobby horse. It was never discoved, sneeky rat.
The thing that caused the most humor this evening? Some photos. Old fashioned photos in round frames over the fireplace. I always assumed that these were family photos, the people looked pretty Greman after all. I finally asked. Turns out they are recent. These photos are actually of Ricardo and Loiva. Ricardo is wearing fake wire rimmed glasses and holding a bizzare looking horn, a very serious look on his face. Loiva is wearing a fancy old school dress and a hat with a fake braid attached to the back, carrying a purse and a parisol. What? That was worth about a good 10 minutes of chuckling. I'm pretty sure I will laugh a little everytime I look at those pictures now. Meaning I will go out of my way to look at them everyday while I am here.
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