BsAs.

This isn´t the Buenos Aires I travel....but number 3 looks sort of interesting.

Tomorrow, December 22, 2007 is......

The second annual Global Orgasm for Peace. So set your alarm for Solstice and get busy.

Billy Idol - Jingle bell rock

I saw this cheesy video of Billy´s performance the other day when I was stringing up my Christmas lights and it reminded me of Bill Nighy as Billy Mack in Love Actually, see below. Tina´s post reminded me of the video.

Billy Mack - Christmas Is All Around

Charlotte Gainsbourg-Little Monsters (Original Music Video)

For my own little monster.

Club Atlético

I have always been meaning to post about Club Atlético, and was reminded to do so via Robert over at Line of Sight.

At the end of October 2005, I was staying at a guest house on Cochabamba kitty corner to El Club Atlético. I would often catch the collectivo on Paseo Colón and would have to walk past this haunting memorial on a daily basis. Eerily enough every time I was standing near the memorial my ishuffle would randomly play the Gotan Project´s Confianzas, of which the lyrics are from the poem by Juan Gelman, spoken by the formidable Argentine actress, Cecilia Roth. The hair on my neck would stand up on end and shivers would run up and down my spine, as the poem is about los desaparecidos, the disappeared. Need I say more?



Poema Confianzas de Juan Gelman

se sienta a la mesa y escribe
«con este poema no tomarás el poder» dice
«con estos versos no harás la Revolución» dice
«ni con miles de versos harás la Revolución» dice

y más: esos versos no han de servirle para
que peones maestros hacheros vivan mejor
coman mejor o él mismo coma viva mejor
ni para enamorar a una le servirán

no ganará plata con ellos
no entrará al cine gratis con ellos
no le darán ropa por ellos
no conseguirá tabaco o vino por ellos

ni papagayos ni bufandas ni barcos
ni toros ni paraguas conseguirá por ellos
si por ellos fuera la lluvia lo mojará
no alcanzará perdón o gracia por ellos

«con este poema no tomarás el poder» dice
«con estos versos no harás la Revolución» dice
«ni con miles de versos harás la Revolución» dice
se sienta a la mesa y escribe

Hatched!

We welcomed Isabella Azul into the world Sunday evening, December 2nd at 10:00pm. We had gone to our company Christmas End of Year party the night before, so Papa Tango announced that Isa was going to arrive the next day. Mama said, no I want to go to your Father´s asadao, she will come lunes (Monday). After coming home at around 4am, Mama Tango woke up at 6am in the morning with some sort of funny jolts and back pain, Papa always seems to be right! Finally around 8:30pm Mama went into the contractions of 2 minutes apart, and we decided to go to the hospital. Luckily hard labour was only 20 minutes or so, although it felt a hell of a lot longer! And it is much harder to push than I thought it would be. Thankfully Isabella kept her part of the deal and came out with the least amount of effort that could be humanly possible. She weighed in at 3.16 kilos and 48cm, and lost very little weight afterwards, only 200 grams or so, which is good because Mama wasn´t sure if she was getting fed enough or not.

We love her so much, and can not help but just stare at her all day long, kiss and hold her.