Catching up

So, it's been quite a while since I last updated, and I apologize for that. Life has gotten really busy all of a sudden. Since I last posted, I have been extremely busy - so much so that today was the first day that I've actually done nothing, which, by the way, felt amazing! In any case, since detailing the extent to which I lazed around today will likely be of interest to so few of you, I figured I might catch y'all up on the more eventful days I've had recently.

Work has truly picked up. I have tons of assignments and lots of things to do that are really interesting. Starting tomorrow, I am going to be working with another lawyer in the firm in order to draft a response to a complaint filed by the Argentine equivalent of the SEC against one of our clients. So, as you can tell, I'm being included on decently cool projects - which excites me because that is the whole reason why I came here.

Other than work, I have been traipsing around the city, meeting new people and exploring new barrios. On Tuesday, I played on the firm's female soccer team and was told that I held my own, which allayed my fears that I would be seen as the stereotypical American who sucks at futbol. On Wednesday, I went to the Universidad de Salvador and saw a movie called La banda perdida, which is a story about an orquestra from Egypt that gets lost in Israel. It was a decent movie with many hidden elements, but I wouldn't say that you have to hurry to watch it right away. On Friday, I went on the Buenos Aires Pub Crawl - a must-do tour according to everyone I have met. We started at Run Bar with endless wine/beer and pizza and then traveled to three other bars in the area before ending the night at some crazy disco. I met some interesting people, including a girl named Kelly who is in the process of moving to Buenos Aires for good to be an English teacher/volunteer coordinator. She reminded me a bit of my law school friend Kim because she is from South Carolina and is also a Gamecock. After chatting with Kelly and dancing at the club until 4am, I decided to call it quits. I came home, talked with my doorman (the sweetest man ever), and passed out. Yesterday, I spent some portion of the day hanging around, watching the USA World Cup Team play like a bunch of 4th graders in AYSO and just taking in the beauty of free time. At night, I went to an event called Spanish at a bar called Club V. The idea is that you spend 10 minutes talking to a given person, 5 minutes in English and 5 minutes in Spanish. In this way, you each practice languages while making connections with locals. Afterwards, everyone hangs out in the bar for the great happy hour prices that you get as a result of attending Spanglish. I met some really cool guys from the United States, Argentina, and Ecuador, and I plan on keeping in touch with them and maybe even doing a little bit of traveling with them in the coming weeks.

Anyway, that's enough blogging for me for now...


Un beso a todos...and, as for Argentina's soccer team, VAMOS VAMOS!