Donde esta la Discoteca?

I took a 4 hour nap today and it was one of the most amazing things I've done since I got here.

So I went to my very first discoteca (nightclub) last night.  It was absolutely insane!  this thing was 3 stories tall.  It took Nadja and I 30 minutes to find our group.  Finally someone saw my hair on the way to the bathroom and told us where the rest of the group was. It was very uncomfortable until then because I was not dressed appropriately for an Argentine discoteca (so shoot me, I've been here 5 days :) lol )  and I was getting a lot of weird stares.  I mean that happens a lot, but it's a little bit more intimidating getting stares in a new country where you barely understand the language when you're with one friend.  Once we found the rest of the group, it so did not matter at all.  We had so much fun.  It was really interesting how some of the songs were from artists released in America, but thee frequency (or whatever you call it) was higher, so the song sounded a little different.  Rihanna's "Umbrella" sounded like it was being covered by Alvin and the Chipmunks.  Lol.

It was really great to see so many different people from several different cultures come together with the common purpose of having an amazing time.  I was not sure I was going to go, and now I am so insanely thrilled that I did.  It's really funny because everything thinks that since I am from Vegas, that I party until like 8 or 9 in the morning.  Some were very surprised that I wanted to leave at 2:30 in the morning because I had class at 9.  It's almost as if they didn't think it was a good excuse.    They obviously don't know how cranky I can get when I am sleep deprived.  

This trip to the club gave rise to a new section of my blog that I am very excited about.  

Person back home of the day :  This will be a somewhat random choice, it will not be a reflection of who I am missing the most or anything of the sort.  So if it takes a while for you to be chosen, please don't take it personally.  I am thinking of a lot of people everyday, but it's a bit much to post ALL of them.  But if something blog worthy happens and it totally makes me think of someone, that's who I will probably put on here.  :)  

Todays winner........Laura Karavitis

Laura worked on the play I did this summer.  She had a theory (which I thought was brilliant) that you could do any horrible dance move (including the running man, the sprinkler, etc) as long as you had a serious look on your face.  When tested, all tests I conducted supported the notion.  The split second you look start smiling or looking like you are having fun, you look absolutely ridiculous.  Try it, you'll totally agree.  In the discoteca as I was totally acting a fool, I tried it with a few dance moves.  Whether or not they, or any other moves I do when I'm not conducting social experiments, were successful, it didn't matter. because I felt was having a great time.  Thank you Laura and your insight that still makes me laugh to this day!

Opinion/Observation of the day:

  I thought was really weird how the frequency of people who were telling me I look like Sideshow Bob from The Simpsons rose a few weeks before I left.  I think it was preparing me for life in Buenos Aires.  H-O-L-Y C-R-A-P.   I don't think I've gone a day without hearing it 3 or more times.  If I've ever had an impulse to cut my hair, it is definitely here now.   I know most people mean well, but come on people.....Really?  

Perhaps I could walk around with a sharp object and not have to worry about buying a halloween costume while I'm down here.  

Song on my head of the day

Rihanna- Umbrella

I'm still trying to figure out how to get pictures from my computer to my blog.  Right now it seems all I can do is pull pictures from other websites into my blog.  When I try to put a video or picture from my photos, I get a little spinny thing that after hours of waiting, does not yield the pictures into my blog.  Any help on how to get pictures from a macbook onto this blog will be extremely appreciated.  The person who tells me how to do it could have premier access to my photos the entire time I'm here!  (I don't know, I figured I needed incentive.  

Love you all! 

xoxo

Alex