Monthly Archives: May 2007

the history channel in spanish is great

So on Sunday, I did not leave my apartment the entire day. We had some friends over at our place and Amy cooked mexican food. Its remarkable that quite a lot of people in Argentina have never had Mexican food (which was evident, when Horatio’s girlfriend called the enchiladas cannelonis and thought the bowl of [...]

a night at the opera

Mi tia Victoria nos regalo entradas a la opera el viernes pasado que tambien fue el dia de la revolucion aca en la Argentina (el dia en que la gente aca declararon su independencia de Espana que es distinto al 9 de Julio que es el dia en que Espana la reconcio). Bueno, la opera [...]

vi esto en el piso enfrente de la biblioteca nacional cerca de mi departamento

all the numbers i had to type to cancel my cellphone in the US from Argentina

0822212333969098483700188821147272 and then half an hour more of explaining that i don’t want to switch to another service or transfer mine to another person, and that yes, all i want to do is cancel it, and pay off any outstanding debts (luckily my account was month by month so i didn’t have any cancelation fees).. [...]

the clouds

i won’t sign if you won’t

words. “we moved weeks ago and headed west to stay with folks who we hadn’t seen in years with the intention of coming back in no time, but then weeks turned into months and we found out that the water damage was more than we had ever thought. they said they’d tear it down with [...]

no todos los grupos de rock nacional son malos

. here are some links related to the local music scene in ba: estamosfelices zonaindie super45 encerradosafuera musicismygirlfriend compas2007 nicetoclub whatsupba proyectov operacionescuchar My friend Tian invited me to a show to watch bicicletas the other night, but I couldn’t make it. I checked out there stuff online though, and from the little I’ve heard [...]

delivery gratis

Aunque todo el mundo dice que la gente en los EEUU son muy perezosa (y siendo yo mismo yanqui y perezoso se algo de eso), en Buenos Aires casi cada lugar que vende cosas, o sea supermercado, restaurante, tienda de video alquiler, “hardware store“, mueblaría, etc.. también ofrece el servicio de enviar lo que compres [...]

ypf full

So I’ve taken to working off and on at the cafe/convenient store which is located conveniently right across the street from my apartment, and happens to be home to many students who study there so it doesn’t look as awkward when I spend large amounts of time using their WIFI for work, drinking orange juice [...]

our apartment warming