Earrings

(picture forthcoming. we decided the original is gross.)

here are Rach and I with our new earrings we found in a little shop downtown one day after visiting Gab at work. these are worth mentioning because shopping for them involved an important lesson on Brazilian culture.

one day, we were with Gabi visiting the Paraguayan Market and we found these sweet hoop earrings that we both liked. they were on the big side. Gabi sternly informed us that we could only buy and wear such earrings if we were planning on implying that we were not interested in our chastity. whoa. okay. so we passed on the earrings. such little Brazilian between-the-lines facts are important for us to know.

another way one could imply they were interested in being more than just friends with a guy is waving at them. yeah, that's right. waving.

again, we were with Gabi. the three of us had been swimming at a lake and as we were leaving i noticed three guys also heading out. when we were pulling off in the car, i saw that they were watching us, so i just gave them a little wave. not even like a flirtatious wave; merely one that acknowledged that i saw three guys staring at three girls. it just seemed socially appropriate.

little did i know the gesture is a green light.

Gabi said, "Heather, did you wave at them?"

"yeah."

"oh great. here we go."

then ensued a game of bumper cars/chase/please-let-me-swerve-around-on-the-road-to-show-the-girls-how-cool-we-are game. i guess this is the way two parties meet up and exchange digits. luckily Gabi kept her cool and it ended without incident and without any phone numbers given out. as if i knew my phone number, anyway.

so, i'm not too pleased with the fact that left to my own devices, i could be a Brazilian hooch. luckily Gabi is around to keep everyone in line.