You know you are a Vianopolis MK when…

2007-07-20T12:57:16-03:00

1. You find yourself shutting off lights and opening windows because you hear U. Miles in your head.
2. You find yourself asking your American friends if they have “Orkut.”
3. All your socks are stained red on the bottom.
4. You find yourself walking down the street instead of the sidewalk.
5. You find people looking at you funny when you say “refei” instead of cafeteria.
6. You are thoroughly irked by people who say “Mango” instead of “manga.”
7. And are also very irked by paying almost a dollar for those big mangas at the store when you could just go down to U. Jacks and pick one of his.
8. You become homesick when you see any car even remotely resembling a “GOL.”
9. You won’t buy any flip-flops in the states because they aren’t the same as Havaianas.
10. And you refer to your flip-flops as “chinelos” and people look at you funny.
11. You get annoyed that people automatically think you lived by the beach in Rio or something when you tell them you are from Brasil.
12. You know what Demerits are.
13. You look forward to “Ant-bottom” season.
14. You think there is no “breakfast” when there isnt Pão de Sal to go with your coffee.
15. You are sad that they don’t have “Toppers” at the shoe store.
16. You look at a tower and reminisce.
17. One word dating couples..."broom closet.”
18. You think a date is sitting out under a tree six inches apart and talking.
19. You see a leather cowboy hat and you miss U. Roger.
20. No Burger King or McDonald’s compares to X-Tudos
21. You can’t help but laugh when you remember Danny Boys joke he used on all women when he said “Hey...want to go down for X-Nadas.” Or while playing volley ball and the score was 7-11 and He yells out “...and it ain’t the covenience store!”
22. You find yourself calling the gym the “Quadra.”
23. You are fascinated that you can walk through the grass barefoot at night and not pull off a couple cupim from the bottom of your feet.
24. You think that all American meat tastes like rubber and you tell your friends about Churrasco.
25. You find yourself dying to go out and play soccer when it rains.
26. A school play consists of the entire school
27. You know that “Butter Creek Bridge” is a fallen tree branch over a small creek.
28. You have sneaked out at 1 a.m. to buy espetinhos
29. You look up in a tree hoping to see a blue refei cup stuck in a branch
30. One of your teachers was one of the seniors.
31. You start to want to sing “parabens..” after someone sings happy birthday.
32. You eat your pizza with a knife, fork, and mayonnaise.
33. A trip to the mall consists of piling everyone into the Kombi and driving for over an hour to get to the mall.
34. Field day consisted of running the 5 K on a dirt road
35. “Senior privileges” meant you could go home for study hall.
36. You look at linoleum floors and remember the days you had to wax and buff floors.
37. Being good at volleyball meant you were picked for second half on Friday nights.
38. You find yourself hearing the words “Goooool” and “Bra- SIL-SIL-SIL” *fades* going through you head when you watch soccer games.
39. You thought being “bad” was stepping OVER the praça bushes when the adults weren’t looking instead of going around.
40. You cringe when you have to sing “As the Deer”.
41. And you know the thrill of touching fingers under a song book.
42. You eat green mangas with salt.
43. You remember Richie Armour throwing up during a school recital.
44. Driving the “dumpy” was cool.

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