This is the end of a very long assignment. In the begging I thought it would really be hard have to write every day, but as time was passing and I was getting used to this daily writing, I started to enjoy it very much, of course I had those days that I really wanted to stop and don’t write again, but I know it was party of this English course and I needed to had it completed. I really enjoyed this assignment, I didn’t know I could write like that, I mean, sometimes I could really pick up a topic and write about it with no problems, and the days I could not find a topic I would just do some free writing about my day and some thoughts. Writing everyday got me going and on the next day I was ready to write again. The only think that I really didn’t like was that sometimes I was just so tired and if I tried to write, it wasn’t a good writing. If I have changed as a writer? Well, I didn’t consider myself a write before and I don’t consider myself a writer now, but if I need to write about something I am sure I can do a pretty good work using the tools I learned during this course. I am very glad I did complete this 56 days of writing, I feel like with a mission accomplished.

What another lazy day. I think it is just okay be lazy once awhile, but I am pretty much lazy every weekend. Today I got up kind of early for a Saturday and started doing all my homework; I wanted to have a free day just to be lazy on my bed, watching some movies on the TV and chat with friends online. One thing that I really like doing is see the different versions of a song. I think it so fun to go surf on YouTube and find different versions in different languages of songs. Some singers sing in different languages, of course with some very strong accent in some languages, but still I think that very nice of them to try get closer to their fans by singing in their language. Some songs are sang by others singer, the pop star of their country just decide to get this well known song and make a version, sometimes their version sucks, but I must admit that I already heard some very good versions, even better than the original. Besides listening to all those versions on YouTube, I had to go shopping for food and then spent some more time on my bed. I was almost falling asleep and then a friend called and invited me to go out for dinner, I said, well, I have spent the whole day inside so I think it will be good. Then we went out for dinner, I had some fish and chips and we chatted a little and it was just a good time being out for awhile. Back home I just had to write my journal and tomorrow is my last entry. I think I will miss writing on here but I will be very happy that I did complete this assignment.

I have forty minutes until my next class and I think I will take this time to write one of my last week journal entries. The weather could not be better this week. We are having some beautiful nice warm days and I am really enjoying going for a walk every evening at the park. I am trying to come up with some ideas to write about but nothing really good comes to my mind, so I decided to read other’s students journal and find something to write about. Then my topic today is: What I would do if I became a millionaire overnight. I believe that is the whole world population dreams, don’t have to worry about money, ever. It is hard to think about what you would do just after you get the money, but one of the first things that come to my mind is that I would travel allot. Travel and think about what I would do next. But of course I would buy a very nice house for my parents, would give the gift of my brother and sister dream. But spend some time visiting some different places for sure would be one of the very first things I would do. Sometimes I just spend a few hours dreaming about that before go to bed. What my life would be if I was a millionaire. But you also have to do some work, or at least hire somebody to take care of your money, make the right investments, so your money only grows. I think have lots of money is really great, but also give you some responsibilities, etc. I am sure you would have lots of new family members trying to get a little bit of your money.

I really never thought I would live with roommates before. Never thought would be a good idea share a place with stranger people, but it now, almost end of the semester, seems that is just alright do that. I know here in the United States it is a big thing, not much like this is in Brazil. When I found this place to live and knew I would have two roommates all I wanted to be sure was that they were nice people, you know, don’t do drugs, not much drinking, no smoking and mostly no much drama. My roommates are good people. We don’t really have much contact, because everybody is busy with school and work, etc. But the times we get to talk or do a little party, we have a good time. But not always it is okay live with them. Sometimes one of the roommates go party and return late in the night making lots of noise and then start cooking around three in the morning, or sometimes on the weekends he gets up really early and start playing his rock music out loud. This one spend basically all this time when he is here in this bedroom playing video game, sometimes I can heard him at one in the morning still playing. The other one is more calm and has a job and go to school, so he is almost never here. Usually on Sunday night he cooks for his whole week, which I think it is good because he used to cook everyday and never do the dishes, so now he just finish cooking and does the dishes. Today he used the blender and took it to his bedroom to keep drinking his milkshake and forgot to take it back to the kitchen, I got pissed because I wanted to use it and could not. So, I enjoyed this experience of living with roommates, but since I used to live alone for awhile, I really prefer have a place for only me.

What nice day outside, warm and just great to start get health and go for a walk, always with my iPod. I just love music, and it is amazing how I get connect with some songs. Being a Portuguese speaker and because Portuguese is so much alike Spanish and Italian I am able to listen some songs in Italian and Spanish and get connected. If you get my iPod you will see different kind of music such as rock, pop, rap, etc. I have Italian songs, Mexican songs, French songs, of course many American songs and Brazilian, just to keep connected with my home country. I like this Italian singer, her name is Laura Pausini, she is kind of the Italy Celine Dion. I just like her as much as I like Celine Dion. Just find out she is starting a World Tour this May, hope she will be in California, so I get to see her. My great grandfather was Italian; I think that is where come from my taste for Italian music and my love for pasta. In Brazil we have some soap operas that tell stories about Italian people that migrate to Brazil and it is so cool, because they mix Italian with Portuguese, so you learn a bit of Italian language. I remember once watching this soap opera and this Italian girl used to make homemade pasta. It looked so good and yummy that I ended up learning how to make the same pasta, it is a little of work, but honestly, it worth all the work once it is done and in your mouth. I still haven’t been to Italy, but I am pretty sure I will go there someday, and hope soon, so I can taste some real Italian food and enjoy a little the country my great grandfather came from.

Last week for the journal and I am feeling like completing a mission. It has been almost two months and it will be really good complete it. I have been reading some other journals, and I need to keep track of my comments. All extra point I can get I will get. I really want to have a GPA 4.0 and I am almost there. My really only doubt is if I will finish this English course with a grade of A. The others courses I am taking I will get A. I will transfer to San Diego and I believe having a good GPA will help me allot. Pretty good day today, not cold and not hot, just almost perfect and I am so glad I am not having too much homework this week. I haven’t done much lately, just studying, working on get my documents for my transfer and watching some TV. Also have been talking with some friends in Brazil, it is holiday so lots of my friends are online. Sometimes I miss them, not all them but a few ones, specially my cousins. I really used to have a very good time with some of them. They keep asking me when I will go back to Brazil, but all I can tell them now is that I will go probably in May 2010. It is just a long way to go for just a weekend and since this summer I will be moving to California not much time for any International trip. But I told them that when I go I will spend at least three months, so we will have enough time to catch up. They were all happy.

It is Monday and lunch time, I just finished revising my English essay, and I think I did a good job. I am not hungry but I am sleepy. I had a test this morning and I think that made me not have a good night last night. I didn’t sleep until three in the morning kind of worried about the test, but the good news is that out of 75 points I just missed one. I am proud of myself. Then after the test I came to the lab and started revising my essay. I sent it to a few friends to get some feedback and I guess I did a pretty good work. But who will grade it is my professor so I hope she thinks I did a good work. It is the begging of a new week and I am almost sure this is the last week of the journal. I must confess that I will be glad to have this work done. It has been almost two months and it is a hard work to keep the journal update. There are days that you are not feeling like doing anything but still have the journal to write. I know most of my entries were nonsense and free writing, but my load of work is so much that I can’t really focus and write something very nice. Tomorrow is another holiday in Brazil and most of people don’t go to work today either. I think that is one of the things that I most like in Brazil, when the holiday is Thursday, we usually don’t work Thursday and Friday, when the holiday is Tuesday we usually don’t work Monday and Tuesday, so perfect to 4 days vacations. Of course if you have money, because something that I don’t get about Brazil, is that why it is more expensive travel inside the country than abroad sometimes.