Sunday, April 18, 2010

La bomba del tiempo

Friday night I arrived home from my buddy Josh´s house at 6 AM, went to sleep, and woke up at 10AM because of ridiculous construction always happening outside of my room. I tried to go back to sleep but my mind wandered to all of the work I have to do this week and the small amount of time I have to do it. So, I jumped out of bed, made myself a coffee, ate some Ser cookies (delicious), and started reading. With a short break to make some rice for myself, I read from 10ish to 4PM, 6 whole hours, and got roughly 30 pages done. The articles I am currently having to read for my UBA class are so heavily theoretical, so based in abstract notions with no tie to reality whatsoever, and so highly technical, that even if they were translated to English, I would probably shrug them off and not even try to understand them. However, this coming Saturday, the 24th, I have a midterm exam on this material, and if I want to pass it (and I do, considering that if I don´t, they boot me from the class, midway through the semester), I have to get at least a 4 out of 10 on their grading scale (1,2 and 3 are failing grades). My reading continues today, although I cannot start until I return from the asado that I am attending (asado means barbecue) with Roberto and his entire extended family. I am expecting a lot of small talk in Spanish with a lot of people. It should be exhausting haha.

Last night, on a different note, I went to dinner, a bar, and then a super high energy drum show at a cultural center called Konex. First, about 12-14 American friends of mine met up at a restaurant in the ultra chic Palermo to celebrate Adam´s birthday. I had pork ribs, not quite sure what to expect, and they came exactly as they would in the US, barbecues, slathered in barbecue sauce, with a side of french fries. Very funny. The only difference - they don´t bring you napkins, a wet nap, or a plate to put your bones on (c´mon Argentina, get it together).

We then headed over to an expat bar where we enjoyed a few 7 peso drinks (that is, just under 2 dollars for mixed drinks and pints of beer) before heading to la bomba.

La bomba del tiempo is a concert that takes place every monday and sells out, from what I am told, every monday. It is held in a cultural center downtown, basically a giant refurbished warehouse with a stage, that is filled up with dirty hippies, choked with cigarette and marijuana smoke, sweat, 1 litre plastic cups of beer, and awesome awesome high energy drumming. It was fun, I got to get my hippie dancing on, something I only really get to fulfill at music festivals. The concert ended around 3:45 and then I headed home to try and get a few hours of sleep before heading to this Asado.

I am off to try and get some reading done while Roberto makes some salads. More coming soon!

1 comment:

  1. 7-peso drinks? Could it be... Sugar? My favorite bar in BA?

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