Dude, did you just steal my boxers?

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  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Saturday, December 22, 2007

Maladic:  whoa, you know portuguese?  How do you know this, did you travel to Brazil before?  Yes, very impressive. 

Koz:  Thanks for the scientific update.  And no, I don`t keep up to date on any new progresses made in the area of physics or cosmology, so ya, if something interesting pops up, let me know.  The source for antimatter huh, I have a feelilng eventually every unexplained circumstance in terms of cosmology will end up being explained by blackholes.  So, where did time originate from?  Oh I don`t know, ya I don`t know either, well, lets just say it originated from a blackhole..........Brilliant.  Seiously, very interesting though.  Thanks.  Funny, I feel as though I kind of met the antiparticle of Sean Jensen on this trip. 

Ok, I have to comment on the game between the Pats and the Chargers tomorrow.  If I was coaching the Chargers I would run triple I and wishbone formations out of the backfield like in college.  I mean, Turner (not the coach, the rb) and Tomlinson are the Chargers two biggest weapons, may as well use them with Lorenzo Neal lead blocking.  The chargers need to slow this game down to a snails pace which means they need to run run and run some more.  It`s like in a football game on Playstation or whatever, if you are a crap team against a good one, the only way for you to win is by taking as much time off the clock on every single play.  It`s weak, but you have to snap the ball with 1 second left because you have to shorten the game as much as possible, it`s the only chance you have.  I`m not saying the chargers are a crap team, but they need to do something different and they need to eat up the clock.  Why not run wishbone, triple I and even double back sets (without Neal)?  It would totally screw up the Patriots, they won`t be prepared for it.  I mean, nothing else has worked this year, nobody has beaten them, you have to try something different.  Out of this formation, fake handoffs and play action could be huge esp to get tomlinson open in the flat.  And every now and then you can try to hit gates on a seam route or Jackson on a deep post or fly as the linebackers and safeties creep up.  I think it is a million dollar idea and I should coach the chargers next year.  You could even run some crazy gadget plays out of this formation.  I would give it a shot, that`s all I am saying. 

I go to Ipanema today (btw:  Mel went to her parent`s house for xmas and stuff, I am supposed to come back to Rio for New Years to kick it with her, but we`ll see, Rio is sort of out of the way) to see what`s going on with my favorite beach.  I decide to try to play some beach volleyball as I feel pretty good today.  I find a group of guys playing who are maybe a little below my skill level but whatever, I need a victory and plus I probably suck right now as I haven`t been playing and I`m probably out of shape.  And yes, I finally win.  Two straight games and then it starts to rain a bit.  The guys are super cool and tell me to come back tomorrow as they will be setting up at 1:00.  Man, I wish I could but I jet to Belo tomorrow. 
Meet another new roomie at the hostel and this guy is nuts.  He has more energy than the energizer bunny and he talks more than Fraser does, by far.  For every 100 words he spits out I maybe say 5.  Seriously.  He`s an interesting dude, but a bit annoying.  He loves all my American slang, which I don`t even realize is slang anymore ie. I`m going to knock that out real quick etc.  He`s Brazilian but he lives in France if I remember right.  He`s super intelligent and has a bigger vocabulary than most Americans.  But, he`s also a bit strange.  Of all his eccentricities this is the biggest, he wants a pair of my boxers.  Seriously.  He wants to make a trade in order to "keep the good vibe between us flowing for eternity".  He thinks if we exchange gifts or whatever the bond between us will forever be sealed.  This is how he talks and thinks, seriously.  So he gives me some Brazilian tea and tells me that it will cause an explosion of flavor among my taste buds.  Yeah, great.  I don`t even like tea and my taste buds work about as good as those balsa wood airplanes that had a rubber band tied to a propeller that you would wind up and then let fly (like 8 feet) that you had as a kid (you know what I`m talking about? I would get one every year for Easter, and at the time I loved them but now I realize better).  So he tells me I have to give him something.  Seriously dude, I`m not traveling for like 3 weeks, I have no superfluous items, everything I have I really need.  He tells me to give him a pair of my underwear.  What, are you kidding?  Nah, apparently he has a collection of other dude`s underwear from people he has met in his travels.  This is the oddest thing I have ever heard of, even more odd than that time Hempen thought he was having a heart attack, checked himself into the hospital and then none of us even bothered to go see if he was Ok because we all knew he was (like that time George thought he was going into cardiac arrest and Jerry just made fun of him).  Why does he want other people`s underwear, is he like an underwear salesman, or does he perform vodoo rituals with them or what.  It is so strange.  I tell him I don`t really have any extra draws to just be giving away.  Plus, tea for a pair of draws, what a rip.  This tea probably cost like 80 cents while my boxers cost like $10USD.  Anyways, I don`t give him a pair and I leave in the morning while he is still sleeping, thank god.  I went out for a bit but I couldn`t drink.  I love Rio but I am ready to move on.  When I get to Belo the next day I find I am missing a pair of boxers.  That mother fucker stole my draws.

BTW:  I am totally not going to miss people throwing their soiled toilet paper in the trash can.  No matter how accustomed I get to Brazil I will never get used to that.  It`s not really Brazil, but I think more the hostels in Brazil where you aren`t supposed to throw paper in the toilet.  As much as it has become customary for me to accept less than clean surroundings I really look forward to not dealing with this particular aspect of traveling in Brazil in any longer. This reminds me of that hotel in Cancun, what was it called the Mex Hotel I think (Ewee, Cletus etc, let me know if I am wrong) and you had to throw toilet paper in the trash there because the pipes blew.  Then the hotel ran out of water but we needed to shower because it was getting close to going out time and like 5 of us went down into the pool and took a bath and the water was freezing and we had to pass soap and shampoo to one another under the water because the security guard kept looking at us.  Hah, so funny. 

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