Published: May 13th 2006May 1st 2006
How to Get Ahead in Resistencia
This is not, I repeat not, an effective way to direct traffic.
...Until I realized I'll be stuck in South America when Art School Confidential opens in US theatres! Ugh! Why is my life so terrible?
Aside from the 400+ sculptures, there's not much to see here in Resistencia. Yet, for some reason, despite the constant overwhelming presence of car fumes and roaring mufflerless engines, I've in fact found myself relatively enchanted by this town. Maybe it's because some intersections here inexplicably look like Old Vegas. Or maybe because the man who single-handedly runs our lovably dumpy El Hotelito reminds me of a Spanish-speaking Charles Laughton. Or maybe it's all the labor protesting, but that doesn't really count because it's Labor Day today and that's what they do on Labor Day in a lot of countries. Or... maybe it's the aforementioned sculptures?
Too bad I won't be here in July to see the annual sculpture contest whereby they will add new sculptures to any currently sculpture-free street corner. Too bad the chances of my moving here are so astronomical, I can't take advantage of living tax-free for a year in exchange for placing a
How to Get Lucky in Resistencia
This is not, I repeat not, an effective way to direct traffic.
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I'm Kyle. I'm almost 30 and I've never set foot outside of the US (unless you count Tijuana, which I don't). I've always wanted to travel, but never had the wherewithal - until last summer when I won a round-trip ticket to Rio de Janeiro. So South America's where I'm headed, two months is how long I'll be there, and Canada's where I'll tell people I'm from. Y'know, so people won't be confused by my politeness.
I'm Eden. I spend too much time thinking of cute things to say about myself. I also usually write in lowercase, but I guess Kyle's proper capitalization made me feel sheepish. I... full info
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This is not, I repeat not, an effective way to direct traffic.
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drae j namaste-rose
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i guess the real nudity is in brazil..
hey! nice sculptures.. but i can see that kind of nudity here! looks like you are heading west... nice to see you are both feeling better..
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