ahora las fotos. quieren fotos mas que mis palabras verdad? analysis later. amor para todos. m & p im practicing spirituality independently at the moment. religious pressure in one direction or another causes a slight aversion from that direction. i know you would love it if after a great awakening experience in a latin american country i returned home a devout practicing catholic, but please, for now i know and respect your practices and wishes, stop knocking on the door. freedom of any pressure to sway any which way or do any one thing is precisely why this experience has been [View Full Entry]

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...is the one you can thank for all these pictures in one day. you can also thank him for the image i will describe next: myself twirling around the apartment, licking remnants of half a pot of dulce de leche from my fingers, archaic windows spread their legs wide open to smoggy air, and the forced feeding of cat stevens to buenos aires. (my neighbors consequently closed their windows.) 'ooooo babay babay its a wild world its hard to get by on just a smile' oh cat, you pessimistic bastard. i will NOT remember that there's a lot of bad everywhere. [View Full Entry]

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weekend was pretty good...friday we went to a masquerade ball at alsina with edson and joe...it was so lame. the music was awful, lots of old dudes...becca, olivia, and charlotte took a cab to meet us but didn't get in even though we had 3 free passes left, i was so pissed. we left kind of early for us haha. SATURDAY..what an event. so saturday I met taryn for lunch at las violetas, what else is new, whenever it was that I rolled out of bed. In general, I hate going out to boliches all night because I inevitably sleep til [View Full Entry]

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Arhentina- Arhentina-Arhentina :) (no, I didn't misspell it...Shel knows what I'm talking about) After months of planning, we're finally in Argentina! Though I had been looking for apartments/hotels for many weeks, we didn´t actually book one until just a few days before we left Austin...many of our first choices were already booked by that time, but we were lucky to find one on Craig´s List that fit in our budget. Our trip from the states was not too shabby...10 hours on a plane is tiring, not to mention boring, but other than that, no real problems at all. Since it was [View Full Entry]

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Back home - up at 8 and packing for taxi at 9. Someone (who remains nameless is still sorting beads at 8.55). Taxi arrives and whisks us to the airport where we join the stupidly long queue for Iberia. Eventually reaching the front and and check-in (no bumping this time). We then join another line to pay our departure tax of ARG$54.90 (nothing like a stupid amount to break a note). Finally onto the plane where we endure a hot plane with sweaty people, annoying snoring, crazy food times and rubbish films make for a pleasant trip back - yeah ok, [View Full Entry]

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We wake up and I am feeling a bit rough again. This time it has nothing to do with the music outside, apparently even the best wines give you a hangover. The girls are keen to get some tat shopping in whilst I am looking forward to seeing the flower in full bloom so after breakfast we go our separate ways. Despite the Eva Peron museum having moved or closed...I never did find out I walked a circuit of the city that took me to the flower which was gleaming splendidly in the afternoon sun. After a brief rest my travels [View Full Entry]

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going to mendoza for the three day weekend :) (: back early tues. pictures at that time. ciao corazones [View Full Entry]

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We wake, to the sound of welcome to the jungle blaring out. It has been a bad nights sleep and we don't emerge until nearly lunch. To raise our spirits we go to a cafe we spotted the other night and fill ourselves with the many pastries on offer. Now full we set off across the city to view the major sites of BA. First stop the Casa Rosada (pink house) where Evita made her speeches and then to the mausoleum where she now rests. The later of this is a huge monument to the rich and famous for only their [View Full Entry]

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We are in Buenos Aires, last stop and three days to make the most of this combination of Paris, New York and London. The hotel doesn't look far so we decide to walk however we find out quickly that BA is big...very big! Wow - what an eye opener. Doors the size of houses, houses the size of castles, twenty-two lanes of traffic. You can't help but be impressed by this extravagant display of wealth from a bye-gone year. Business men and women in sharp suits speed around drinking their coffees and hiding behind thick shade. Somehow, despite several close calls, [View Full Entry]

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is what it is. dear family, 'pinche' is an adjective. it is not a verb. it does not mean anything derogatory. like saying 'oh crazy jessica. whatd you do now?' with a roll of the eyes. i dont really know if this blog has been the best of ideas. i am trying to give an honest account of whats happening and what ive been experiencing. naturally it has been met by concern, but the extent of such has been inhibiting my ability to enjoy this place. this place that i want to share with you. and thats what im trying to [View Full Entry]

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