ok so there are about a million things to write about. 1. i got a job! not so sure how i feel about it but i'm gonna try it for a little while. my friend rosie is basically my boss and its for this company called killer startups that writes reviews of startup internet companies so i have to look at lots of webpages and write whether they seem like they're going to bomb or would be a good idea to invest in. the good part is that they're all kind of interesting websites so it hopefully will be a little fun. and i do it from my computer whenever. and i get $8 an hour which is mad dough for buenos aires. and maybe i will start doing graphic design work for them instead. obviously i am totally unqualified for all of this but apparently that is irrevelant. so we'll see. 2. i went to the class i was super excited about, sociology of art, and it totally totally sucked. so i'm gonna drop that but the religion one surprised me and is really interesting and taught by these two young really excited professors. they walked in wearing a beastie boys t shirt and dirty sneakers and i can't understand a word they say cause they speak so casually and like they have food in their mouths. but judging from the enunciation and hand gestures i think its gonna be really interesting and if i get through it my spanish will be soo good. also already the professors are on strike so classes are cancelled on wednesday. 3. i met this amazing person named sean who is sarah robinson's friend and we went and saw The Evens (you know, ian mackaye's new band) and it was so good. probably the best concert i've been to in latin america. cause it's so rare that big underground bands can come here since it's so far and expensive but it was so fun and good and thought out and it was exciting to see Argentines into a dc band. and afterwards we went out and met these argentine girls who dance tango in the street for tourists in la boca on caminito (remember mom) and its cool to be able to look at those tourist areas from a different perspective. 4. and then yesterday was the 31st anniversary of the military golpe del estado in '76 so there was a really big demonstration at plaza congreso and plaza de mayo which was phenomenal. really different than any protest i've bee to before and really interesting to see especially compared to santiago. for one there were no police! no police interaction at all with the demonstrators. i didn't realize how used to tear gas and riot gear and molotov coctails i had gotten but it was really nice being here. the left is super divided in buenos aires so there were millions of millions of different organizations present and everyone there was part of some group or other, which was sort of intimidating at first but then we talked to a bunch of interesting people and joined up with some students and it was ok. i don't know, it's always really intense to think about the desaparecidos and actually be in the spaces where extreme acts of violence happened and see pictures of people my age who went to class one day and then were gone. but inspiring to see so many people still out and remembering and speaking out against it.