Firsts (and probably not lasts)

- Ate asado — which I think is fillet mignon still on the bone and grilled. It was good — but a lot of work to eat. Also, what made it harder to eat was the dog that was standing next to me while I ate — it was just waiting for me to give it a piece I think. The dog eventually went away. Still, it’s pretty scary when you arm is the only think that stands between a dog(whose owner, if it has an owner, you can’t locate) and a steak is your arm.

- Stepped in dog poop on the sidewalk.

- Drank apple-flavored Gatorade. Tasted weird. Though I finished it in less than a minute.

- Lost to an Argentinian in pool. Though I call bullshit on this one. The guy I was playing against, Juan, and I were tied at one game a piece. He proceeded to sink the eight ball on the last shot, but also sank the cue ball. I think he was telling me that since the eight ball went in first, I lost. I don’t exactly have the Spanish skills to argue with that, so I simply gave him dos pesos (about 70 cents) and made plans to play with him again tomorrow.

- Ate dulce de leche ice cream.

- Was shot at by my next door neighbor’s children – with a play-gun of course.

- Drank by myself. Shit. It was only a small bottle of wine though.

- Was told I look Argentinian. You may think that I’m just flattering myself, but I’m starting to think that this really is true, especially because yesterday I saw an Argentinian man who looked just like me. Also, I’ve had to disappoint two Argentinian people so far who’ve asked me for directions. On a sidenote, I haven’t been around so many white people ever except for Camp Nebagamon. There’s no question that Lafayette had more people of color than this country. I’ve seen one black guy since I’ve been here. Yes, I guess that the average white person here has darker skin than the average whitey in American. But still, there are a fair amount of white, pale, white people here. I guess that’s why I fit it. Also a lot of Jews so I guess that helps my cause as well. Oh yeah, and I spotted my first Manu Ginoblli lookalike today.

- Saw a kid, must have been six or seven, smoking a cigarette as he was walking with looked to be his mother and his sister.