The Beginning of the End

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6-13-10
I woke up and after getting photos uploaded, I started studying for Spanish. I spent most of the afternoon studying. I am not too worried but refreshers never hurt. I also skyped my dad and Abbey. I have so little time left. I am totally feeling bittersweet. Ellis is coming into town tomorrow for a few days which will be fun despite me being in the midst of finals. After Tuesday morning, I only have three orals. I got dinner and spent some of the evening studying as well.
7 days left. So weird. Final push we come.

Waking up to the Copa

6-12-10
I woke up to the city exploding from Argentina's first goal of the world cup against Nigeria. Good way to woke up. I am so glad I am here for the first part of the copa. I watched the game which Argentina ended up winning 1 to 0. I got lunch and chilled with friends and discussed our nights. I then watched the US and England tie 1 to 1. Good game, bad play by the English goalie. It was a day of heavy rain so I didn't do much. I did start the packing process.

Spent most of the afternoon, chilling and enjoying people's company. I got dinner with friends. Then hung out at night. I watch a movie because I was too exhausted to go out. 8 days left more or less. So weird.

Weekend of Goodbyes...Uploading Photos...Writing Papers

6-4-10
After a fun night celebrating my friend Melissa's birthday, I got up in time for my first make up class. We talked about the military dictatorships and the democratization. After, I headed home. There I got lunch and did homework for Spanish class, I eventually went to that class. We talked about the subjunctive. After, I hung out for the afternoon, and tried to start some of my papers. I then went out with two of my NYU friends, Lilly and Desiree, Andrea and Chelsey. We got some food. We then met up with other NYU people for their last night/two of their birthdays. It was fun though it was filled with goodbyes. But there was also a hello in the form of meeting the next door neighbor to my mom. For my final goodbyes for the night to some of the ones I am closest with, we got pizza and said goodbye. It was sad. I may go to NYC for my break in October to see them.

6-5-10
I woke up and worked on my papers. I also sent some postcards and got lunch. I eventually helped Desiree and Lilly get their bags in the cab and said my goodbyes, though I plan to see Desiree in Seattle where she lives. I spent most of the day saying working on papers and uploading photos. I got dinner and kicked it. I went out and hung out with some friends for a bit before coming home and going to bed.

6-6-10
I woke up and uploaded the last batch of photos. I met up with Matt and we got food and ice cream and continued our catching up. After, I wrote a good portion of my literature paper that is due on Thursday. I also skyped with my mom. I ate dinner and continued on my my paper.

All my photos are finally uploaded.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsinclair88/collections/72157623292085454/

Colombian Drug Dealing Model

5-31-10
I woke up and grabbed breakfast. I worked a bit on my homework and uploaded photos. I also dropped off laundry (maybe the last load before I leave). I then grabbed lunch and ate with friends. I then headed to school. At school, I talked to friends while waiting for class to begin. In history, we talked about our papers due next week, I am doing one about the School of Americas, as well as our final that is going to be less intense than our not so difficult final. We then watched a documentary about the failure that was the Falklands war.

I hung out with some of my program heads and friends. We talked about various things including my cuts (ps, I am slightly afraid of the buses now or at least really hesitant about getting off). In Spanish, we talked about another future tense as well as the subjunctive, my mortal enemy. I had my presentation about a newspaper article. I chose an article about this 30 year old Colombian model who got arrested here for being a head of a narcotics trade. Its been one of the big stories recently.

After school, I headed home, where I tried to upload photos and talked to friends. I had dinner and chilled and read for class.

Tomorrow's plan: Class, lunch, going to a cafe to work on a paper/upload photos, dinner, then a friend's birthday party.

5-27-10

I got up for breakfast this morning. I ate some food and then got ready for class. I headed to school and printed my paper that I wrote last week. I then headed to class. We talked about Jorge Luis Borges among other topics. I headed home after school. I ate lunch, and uploaded photos. I napped for part of the afternoon. A pretty simple day. Unfortunately I have class tomorrow which I am not too excited for especially since it is a morning class. I also have to come up with topics for various papers that I have. Hmm...

My photos are slowly getting uploaded. I will let you know when they are all up.

The Parade/Editing Photos

5-25-10 continued
I hung out for a bit. Then Andrea, Chelsey and I headed into the madness that was downtown. We got off at Nueve de Julio. We walked around. I bought an Argentine flag. We met up with friends and walked around. We sat in Starbucks and kind of relaxed from the insanity of the big day. We finally headed into Plaza de Mayo for the parade. After like 20 min, not much was happening so some people headed back, leaving Tracey and I there. We watched it for like 30 minutes or so. It was really disorganized in a very comical way. I got video. I will put all my videos up when I get back stateside since the internet is bad and I can also edit them. We then headed home.

I relaxed and edited photos till bed.

5-26-10
I woke up and edited more photos. I then ready for school and ate lunch with friends. I went to class. My economics class was alright. Next week is our last class class which is really weird to think about. So much left but so little time. In Spanish, we went over imperatives. It was good to review it since I haven't learned that in like 3 or 4 years. I headed. I chilled for a bit and edited photos. I got money from the bank. I ate dinner with friends. We caught up on things.

I started the process of uploading photos, we shall see how long it takes. I went to Starbucks for a hot drink with Chelsey since it is starting to get cold here. No me gusta. Then I hung out and talked to friends.

Getting the paper done

4-28-10
I woke up and had breakfast. After, I continued to work on my paper while uploading my photos from the weekend. It was really taking a while. I then had lunch with friends. I headed to school to pick up some papers that could help with my paper. I decided to swipe in. I thought my economics class was canceled but it was not. But he barely was on topic. I passed my midterm but hope to improve my score for the final.

After, I had Spanish class. I had a headache relating to my cold. So I went to the nurse to get an aspirin. We went over some stuff that will be related to the midterm that is next week. Eventually school was over, and I talked to friends. I then headed to Starbucks to work on my paper. I got myself a Blueberry Muffin and went to work. I was able to write some more pages before I headed home. At home, I talked to some girls about my trip to Peru since they are going there some time, while I ate dinner. After dinner, I finished my paper. I then rewarded myself with some ice cream and started the Natural before I fell asleep