http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5Y6uFjEYBM
Rafaella Carra...latin lady gaga of the 70's?...some of her music was banned for a long time because of vulgarity. You would NOT believe how much the inseperable trio of me, michelle and david (argendoug...haha) laughed at this song Friday night.
Argentina for me has been a great mood polarizer. When I'm in a great mood it's exhillarating, exciting and fills me with an energy and confidence previously unparalleled in any of my experience. When I am in a bad mood it makes me feel insignificant and isolated; when you're in a foreign country nothing is easy, that is the reality. As I am already an intensely volatile person this change is especially drastic.
It's a SHAME I can't find my camera chord...it's another casualty of our messy loft. it will turn up eventually but don't worry, I have plenty of pictures. Overall, this was a great weekend. I woke up Friday morning absolutely missing home and unexplicably nostalgic. David pried me out of the house and we tromped around the city, got ice cream, went shopping (new summertime dress :-), and went back to his apartment where he cooked some AMAZING pasta and we sipped mate, talked about ex's and the complexity of Argentine politics. He made a very good point that we live in a microcosm of Argentina that is the well educated, hyper peronist left wing. Later that night my host mom claimed that the flu doesn't exist and is a product of capitalism...point taken
I think this experience is just what I need to live in the moment. Take each moment for what it is and just that. We are all doing some changing, thinking and growing here (waistline included), but I lately I believe that you get what and who you need when you need it. If you take the time every second to focus on self betterment progress is inevitable. In 5 years from now, who knows if I will be a counselor, yoga teacher, professional tie dyer, or converse saleswoman...but I do know I will look back on these little moments with gusto knowing that I did everything I can to become who I am.
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