Markuza P. posted an article on What am I Doing Here? - Nov 3, 2009, 6:55 pm
Yesterday was a holiday here in Brazil- Dia de Finados, or Day of the Dead. It doesn't bear any resemblance to the Mexican Day of the Dead, but then again, not much of Brazilian culture resembles...
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Markuza P. posted an article on What am I Doing Here? - Oct 25, 2009, 3:15 pm
Right now the Gay Pride Parade is happening within earshot of where I am sitting. I think it was in 2003 when I was living close to where I am now I heard what was obviously a trio electrico nearby a...
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Markuza P. posted an article on What am I Doing Here? - Oct 23, 2009, 8:28 pm
Well, after a week of a malfunctioning refrigerator that didn't want to cool things off anymore and lots of annoying phone calls with unreliable and overpriced service persons, and hours of wasted...
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Markuza P. posted an article on What am I Doing Here? - Oct 22, 2009, 6:23 pm
Today a bird took a dump on my head. I've been the victim of such nastiness in the past, but this was a real bullseye. Dead center. Oddly enough, Evani says this is good luck, which is encourag...
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Markuza P. posted an article on What am I Doing Here? - Oct 21, 2009, 11:39 pm
Today I sent an envelope to Tehran, with three paintings on cardboard inside. Two were painted by me, and one by my friend Sins. They will be part of the '20 x 20 Tehran' street art show/eve...
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Markuza P. posted an article on What am I Doing Here? - Oct 7, 2009, 5:00 pm
Well I got the shit scared out of me today. It happened as I was leaving my house, I was literally walking out the door. I heard a beeping that took me a second to identify, and then I realized what...
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Markuza P. posted an article on What am I Doing Here? - Sep 27, 2009, 2:12 pm
"Não Pode," or you can't, the guy said to me, looking a little worse for wear with his missing teeth and marginal flip-flops. "Do what?" I asked, but I knew very well he was telling me not to p...
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Markuza P. posted an article on What am I Doing Here? - Sep 17, 2009, 5:37 pm
Yesterday a store in the same building as our video rental place caught fire. It was a repair shop for hairdryers, and apparently there was some kind of short circuit, which is generally not real sur...
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Markuza P. posted an article on What am I Doing Here? - Sep 14, 2009, 10:34 pm
Saturday we tried to go to the itinerant amusement park that passes through here about once a year. Wouldn't you know it- after a beautiful day, it decides to start raining as we are all en route ...
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Markuza P. posted an article on What am I Doing Here? - Sep 7, 2009, 5:50 pm
Sunday is generally the day I get out to make street art, if I can pull it off. It's also a family day, and often these two agendas come into conflict. Well, maybe not anymore. I took Lucas to ...
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Markuza P. posted an article on What am I Doing Here? - Sep 4, 2009, 9:50 pm
Today I started shopping around my poor neglected Fender Stratocaster. I brought it to four music stores within easy walking distance of my house to show it to the employees and leave my card, in cas...
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Markuza P. posted an article on What am I Doing Here? - Sep 1, 2009, 8:17 pm
My mom told me on the phone yesterday that 'everyone misses me' on my blog. Well, to all fifteen of you that read this on a semiregular basis, I apologize. I won't go as far as to call m...
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Markuza P. posted an article on What am I Doing Here? - Aug 8, 2009, 2:40 pm
Editor's note: I wrote this post on Saturday, today is Wednesday. I talked to my mother this evening and she mentioned she hadn't seen any posts from me in a while, so I decided I'd bette...
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Markuza P. posted an article on What am I Doing Here? - Jul 29, 2009, 8:00 pm
Hey hey- my apologies- I decided to restrict a bunch of my content on Flickr, and it screwed up a lot of the photos on this blog as a result. It might take me a while to straighten it out, so bear wi...
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Markuza P. posted an article on What am I Doing Here? - Jul 28, 2009, 7:05 pm
I've noticed a lot of bloggers... well, some bloggers, because I don't really follow that many blogs, often start off a post after a long break by saying "I'm a bad blogger." Well, my ref...
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Markuza P. posted an article on What am I Doing Here? - Jul 21, 2009, 7:13 pm
... and a Weak Back. Why am I waking up with a sore back every day since I got home? Is this what 40 has in store for me? And just in case you're interested- 'back' (as in the part that...
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Markuza P. posted an article on What am I Doing Here? - Jul 7, 2009, 5:57 pm
Yo- I'm in Amherst, Massachusetts- sippin' on a cup of expensive coffee, listening to jazz and enjoying the free Town of Amherst Wi-Fi here at the trendy cafe. A woman with a full beard just ...
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