Archive | September, 2007

30 September 2007 ~ 5 Comments

Hair Makeover

From time to time people tell me I ought to let my hair grow long. I try telling them it doesn’t work and it just grows out and only accents my already large noggin. So, in the spirit of attempting new things, I tried out this website offering “hairapy.” It allows you to upload your [...]

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28 September 2007 ~ 2 Comments

Job Interview?

This is weird. The person who offered me an interview for teaching English just responded again. She’s asking me to take the train to Haedo, a good hour away, because that’s where she lives. However, all the teaching would be conducted in the city, within reach of the subway lines. What?? I don’t care whether [...]

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27 September 2007 ~ 7 Comments

Giovanni’s Pizza

Growing up, we all had reasons to wallow in self-pity, anxiety, and misery during our childhood and adolescent years. During these awkward phases of life, I wore husky size jeans, wet the bed, battled terrible acne, and couldn’t socialize with girls. Yet I cannot recall feeling perpetually unhappy. Yes, there were times of frustration and [...]

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27 September 2007 ~ 0 Comments

Viva Francia

It used to be so much fun making fun of the French. I never really knew much about French culture and never met too many people from the country. However, it was great to make the “wave the white flag” jokes and make references to France whenever someone wanted to give up in a game [...]

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26 September 2007 ~ 2 Comments

Colombian Ship “Gloria”

After taking a wrong turn the day before and staying put in a different part of Puerto Madero, I headed back Friday in search of the Colombian ship that was in town for the week. It was a beautiful day and the final chance to see ARC Gloria before she departed Buenos Aires. While I [...]

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