The first day - Comic book 8 | 2 | 2009

Before I came down here I wanted my first week in America to fly by and that's exactly how it went.  Now that I'm here in Brasil I've realized no matter what kind of preparation I had done, I still wouldn't have been prepared for this kind of transition.  There's a certain kind of acceptance here in Brasil that as an American I've never understood.  During my first day right after I got picked up from the airport we were driving around Ilha do Governador (Governors Island)  in Rio picking up furniture to move and the truck we were using broke down about five times.  Nobody yelled at us or gave us a hard time, we would just hop out push the truck out of the way and it was all good.  I remember thinking to myself "Man I could get used to this"  people here in Brasil have a special way of dealing with situations and it's really cool to see how everybody works together.  So here I am dealing with all sorts of things I'm not used to and I couldn't be happier.