first, i'll be back home tomorrow, but that doesnt mean i'll be fully back at gamespot. i'm already catching up with some late blogs, but dunno about unions. there's nothing left to happen on my trip, so i'll start it now :P

lemme see... first couple days my mom wasnt around, she was on a business trip. nothing really awesome happened, days were cloudy, but not cold, so we still enjoyed the beach.

tuesday at 11pm my mom came, but before she arrived, we (tried to) enjoy a nice, absurdly stormy day. morning at the beach, then we tried to go sandboarding at the dunes (imagine snowboard in the desert). i used to be pretty decent for someone who can only do it for an hour, once or twice a year, but this day i was specially bad. did my first time okay, got all the way down without falling, but after that i didnt do one "race" to the end, usually falling right after starting. oh, and the wind was so strong you could think you were in a sandstorm. seriously, it blew away all the "powder sand" from one dune, leaving only the wet, near-mud sand to be seen.

the next day, after lunch i felt bad... just to find out hours later that i got sick... imagine a hyper seasickness that is caused by a virus and lasts 1 day. i had to go to a clinic to receive serum for 1 hour because i couldnt stop throwing up >_> then my dad got it (after we were done with the serum part and came back home). luckily, we knew how to prevent it from getting worse. the day after my brother went with his friends to the beach and me and my dad stayed on bed the whole day while my mom took care of us (thats when i found time yesterday to check some stuff).

but yesterday was worth the whole trip. first, we picked an awesome beach to go. imagine those pictures you have of the caribeans... clean, transparent water, warm, sunny weather, perfect water temperature (not too cold to freeze you but not too hot to not feel refreshing), and dont forget the fishes swimming around. i wasnt sick anymore by now, BTW. i just couldnt barely think of eating something. if it werent for the crowd that appeared later and started using the sea as trash can, it would've been perfect. i have a pic of me (with my sunglasses), but i wont be able to post it now. i think i may have a pic of the sea from far away, but im not sure.

still on the same day, we went kart racing. this was my first time actually racing, and although i was 9th (of 9), i'm sure it was because of my inexperience. why? because i performed better than i thought i'd ever be able to, and who was watching said that i improved alot at the end. so true i did the 4th best lap time.

the day after it is today. we went to the beach on the morning, but it started raining. not only that, my brother felt sick. guess what? he's throwing up like crazy next to me >_> he'll be better by tomorrow, i just wonder if he'll be good enough for us to come back.

NOW THAT I'M DONE WITH MY JOURNAL...

i said i'll start writing editorials. you know, like the ones that appear on "soapbox" and many like to write. i just decided to do it because many themes are coming to mind. i thought about doing weekly, monthly, but i decided it'll be just randomly. when i finish writing, i post. right now i have a couple themes, one of them i'll send to EGM and see if they publish (not sure about the american, but EGM Brazil has about 10 pages of user-made content, and who gets their work published wins prizes). so lets put the ones i can remember now and you pick which one will be first

option 1: is everyone nerd? - about the use of the term "nerd" and how it makes no sense nowadays.

option 2: revolutionary, yes. intuitive, not so much. - a little something i've noticed about the wii. nobody, except "core gamers", feel the simplicity of the wii at first. i almost started writing about it now :P

option 3: the art of gaming - editorial about art in gaming, in its many different and possible ways. its the one i plan on sending to EGM.

pick your option! after seeing my themes, i guess i'll send them all to EGM, even if it means translating 3 articles.

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BrunoBRS holding katana and looking at the "generic post about the trip" counter >_>