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March 29, 2005
Buenos Aires Day 26: a taste of my own medicine
In which I:
1. Get a taste of my own medicine...and it`s awful....
Posted by kelly at 9:25 PM | Comments (0)
Buenos Aires Day 24 & 25: group C
In which I:
1. Sheepishly back out of a 2 for 1 cell phone deal when the salesman keeps insisting that the rate
on their phone cards is "about the same" as the card i´m using now
2. Feel vindicated when the same phone purchased by my pal Matias fails to work less than an hour after purchase
3. Make dinner plans with a new friend
4. Break dinner plans with a new friend
5. Feel conflicted about eating cheese
Posted by kelly at 9:09 PM | Comments (0)
Buenos Aires Day 22 & 23: opening day
In which I:
1. Impress everyone with my drywall installing and furniture recovering abilities
2. Get into stealth mode for "milk crate shopping"
3. Mistakenly tell two boys at a fabric store that i need to have sex with something, laughter ensues.
("to staple" is slang here for have sex....)
Posted by kelly at 8:46 PM | Comments (0)
March 25, 2005
Buenos Aires Day 21: dude, the keys here are brass...
In which I:
1. Pay for 2 hours of internet, use 40 minutes
2. Decide to stay with my family permanently, lucky me!
3. Revel in telling people "No, I.m not travelling, I live here."
Posted by kelly at 8:38 PM | Comments (0)
Buenos Aires Day 19 & 20: band practice first, tequila next
In which I:
1. Give female perspective on the collective appearance of a popular Argentine rock band
2. Find peanut butter! (very expensive)
3. Eat bizarre combo of Chinese/Argentinian food at an all you can eat buffet
4. Help school the Argentines in the fine art of tequila shooters
5. Swear at a friend in Mexican spanish to great laughter and applause
6. Pass out on the bare wooden slats of a bunk bed
Posted by kelly at 8:11 PM | Comments (0)
March 19, 2005
Buenos Aires Day 17 & 18: vancouver nostalgia
In which I:
1. Call my old job and bother the employees
2. Realize that apartments in BA are like steak in Calcutta
3. Think a lot about Vancouver
4. Generally miss people and feel kinda glum
Posted by kelly at 1:01 AM | Comments (0)
Buenos Aires Day 16: meat is still murder
In which I:
1. Ridicule a close friend.s pshycological problems for laughs and realize i do have a bit of a personality in spanish
2. Stock up on Tang
3. Get shut down at the Museo del Arte Latinoamericano
4. Feel guilty about quoting Propaghandi
5. Give a guy my phone number after warning him not to be "creepy"
Posted by kelly at 12:27 AM | Comments (0)
March 16, 2005
Buenos Aires Day 15: powersocks
In which I:
1. Witness the unintended creation of tofu
2. Compare myself to David Sedaris
3. Discover why 10 peso shoes cost 10 pesos
4. Feel confused after watching arsty B & W film
5. Admit to myself that i cant live with 25 other people
6. Admit to everyone else that i cant live with 25 other people
Posted by kelly at 9:13 PM | Comments (0)
March 14, 2005
Buenos Aires Day 14: i.m not a racist, but...
In which I:
1. Defend my views on immigration
2. Start prep work for making "PowerSocks"
3. Observe common themes among soap operas from different countries
4. Praise two letters to the editor in The Economist
5. Renew my commitment to A Clockwork Orange
Posted by kelly at 4:47 PM | Comments (0)
Buenos Aires Day 13: thoughts on pretending (delux edition)
In which I:
1. Get snubbed by hot restaurant hostess a second time
2. Double my hatred
3. Realize that not everyone who uses the word vegetarian knows what it means
4. Criticize article in December issue of The Economist
5. Have second thoughts about living in a house with 24 other people
6. Feel grateful for not being a blind black man in the south in 1948
Posted by kelly at 4:41 PM | Comments (0)
March 10, 2005
Buenos Aires Day 12: baby, i.m an anarchist
In which I:
1. Relate lyrics of a song to my own personal life (how original)
2. Experience feelings of solidarity with a convicted felon
3. Introduce my "Trash Exposure Theory"
4. Engage in a battle to the death with an insect
5. Discover the truth about line dried clothing
Posted by kelly at 10:26 PM | Comments (0)
Buenos Aires Day 11: besame mucho
In which I:
1. Introduce my listeners to Daniel Quinn
2. Realize I can.t understand a word people are saying to me
3. Am unable to tolerate inefficiency at an office supply store
4. Forget to kiss everyone on the cheek
5. Feel the need to apologize for being boring
Posted by kelly at 10:20 PM | Comments (0)
Buenos Aires day 10: this isn.t that
In which I:
1. Experience the Subte during rush hour
2. Fail, yet again, to enjoy the freedom of wireless internet access
3. Shed tears in the street
4. Learn that shotglasses aren.t just for shots?
Posted by kelly at 10:16 PM | Comments (0)
Buenos Aires Day 9: feminism
In which I:
1. Find tofu
2. Reevaluate city.s worth based on frequently absent street signs
3. Get snubbed at the only Indian restaurant by superhot hostess
4. Hate aformentioned hostess
5. Prepare to do battle
Posted by kelly at 10:00 PM | Comments (0)
March 7, 2005
Buenos Aires Days 7 & 8: como se dice "creepy pervert?"
In which I:
1. Encounter a seriously creepy pervert
2. Learn the meaning of the term "Culture of Fear"
3. Move in with my new family!
Posted by kelly at 11:17 PM | Comments (0)
Buenos Aires Day 6: i hate tourists
In which I:
1. Am unable to sucessfully eat at a vegetarian restaurant
2. Appreciate the availability of fruit salad
3. Miss my boyfriend teribly
4. Drink my 1st (and 2nd and 3rd) Argentinian beer
Posted by kelly at 11:11 PM | Comments (0)
Buenos Aires Day 5: machismo on the subway
In which I:
1. Point out the difference between me and other hostel people
2. Get a lead on a place to live
3. Realize the importance of electrical outlet transformers
4. Buy my first spanish language newspaper
5. Finish the new douglas copeland book
Posted by kelly at 11:08 PM | Comments (0)
March 4, 2005
Buenos Aires Day 4: riot cops
In which I:
1. Feel what it.s like to experience 98 degree heat AND pouring rain
2. Discover that there is no "Plaza Florida"
3. Pick up the Clarin classifieds for both job and living prospects only to gawk unawares at abbreviations like:
MOZO: s/DNI, no birr. nes. pro. 4585 8021
4. Get a taste of what it would be like to play hide and seek with riot cops.
Posted by kelly at 3:03 AM | Comments (0)