tuesday nights in argentina

i feel like i am finally settling into this whole living-in-one-place-and-sleeping-in-until-noon-everyday thing. sort of nice, actually.

yesterday, i went to the national museum of natural sciences (museo argentino de ciencias naturales) with jonas for a while. it was fun wandering around the almost empty museum, looking at dead bugs and dinosaur bones. it was a cold, almost rainy afternoon and sort of the perfect activity for such weather. afterwards, we decided coffee was in order so we scooted over to his friend's work, where we were served cafe and some chocolate cake.

back at the apartment, i suggested we make pasta. a few tomatoes and lots of noodles later, dinner was prepared. two of my roommate's friends, miguel and jorge, stopped by to eat and drink. after a few hours of heineken, things got pretty hilarious! justin timberlake was blared from the speakers and my new argentine friends danced around busting out american pop lyrics like nobody's business. so, so great.

around 2 we decided it was time to go out to the club. yes, it was a tuesday night. and yes, the club we went to was a "local" club... meaning all the locals worked there while tourists danced their little hearts out in the middle of the week. the cover was okay but the drink prices were through the roof! the dance floor was pure electronic, which i got into a bit. what kept the night amusing was watching a very, very, very drunk miguel attempt to stay conscious, doing odd things in the process (he grabbed some girl's ponytail at one point, began hardcore dancing later on, and kept collapsing on my shoulder and slurring things in spanish to me). by about 6, we hauled him home on the bus (literally depositing him in front of his home by way of sort of gently pushing him off the bus at the stop). as soon as i got home, i collapsed on my bed and slept ... until noon, once again.

i am too lazy to think of any concepts for the day. sorry, maybe later.