This week went on forever. I started my "pasantia" (internship) for real, though, and it was really cool. I just get to sit in the "clipping room" at a public relations firm with some really cool people and read whatever magazines/newspapers I like. The only catch is that I'm supposed to mark pages with a post-it note if I find a reference to one of the company's clients; these clients include Apple, a traveling Anne Frank play, and local car dealerships (I only found Apple mentions my first day). Anyways, it should be a great way to practice my Spanish and meet people. One guy told me if I came out with I'd have "mucho exito" with the girls at the club...
Classes are a drag on the day, but I'm getting better at reading Spanish so the assignments are definitely feasible, if still terrible boring. My Argentine football class had a special guest speaker this week that was supposed to tell us about youth soccer in the country but he spoke too fast and his Powerpoint presentation included way too many pictures of pubescent penises. I'm not sure what point he was trying to get across, it just kind of grossed me out. I told some people we learned about penises the whole class (3 hours), and they didn't really believe me. Or they thought I was being perverted. So I asked Meagan, the only other "gringa" in the class, "Hey Meagan, what'd we learn about yesterday in football class?!"
"[pause]... Penises?"
In our "Advanced" Composition class (I can't put enough quotes around "advanced"), the teacher taught us how to order coffee at cafes here. Obviously, she doesn't know me that well as I definitely learned that through practice the second day in Buenos Aires. Then, today she was mad we started speaking to each other in English when she left the room for a minute and said we were acting like children. I guess she had a point?
Football starts tonight. Football starts in like 2 hours. Less! I'm worried I'm the only one on the trip obsessed with college football, so I'm just going to have to find some sort of patchwork of friends to sit at the American bar and watch with me. Wish me luck.
Speaking of football, some organization of referees has suggested that all the teams shake hands before their first games. The Oklahoma State coach has already decided it wouldn't be a good idea in their opener against Georgia. However, UMiami and Florida State have decided to try it. That's going to be must-see TV right there.
Tomorrow we're going to El Tigre really early in the morning.
PS: She won't read this, but happy 21st birthday, ANITA.
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