Argy-Bargy & Christian Slater!

For a long time, I thought Argy-Bargy meant Argentine or Argentina or something pertaining to it in British slang. Perhaps I was inspired by my LatAm professor here? But instead I found out it is British slang for argument. My mistake. However, it is relevant because I have read LatAm until blue in the face. And I still have more to do. However, it's really interesting yet bizarre, the economic history of Latin America. For example, did you know in the Argentine (as my teacher calls Argentina for some odd reason), there was a higher quality of life than many areas of Europe during the Fin de Siecle? And it was a leading country until the 30s and has had the highest amount of foreign capital ever invested in a country? But the million dollar question is, why is it not a developed country? Why is Latin America not OECD yet? Hopefully, we'll see in the course...

But yes, my apologies, talk about work and class does not an interesting blog make, however it is relevant. Last week, I let shit get out of hand probably because I had been spoiled by a 3 week vacation and the lack of work thereof. I slept for the majority of the time I was in Britain, didn't do enough work and procrastinated. I let it all backlog: bad idea. Now I'm back on track and in control of life. My apologies to any that were negatively affected by this.

So now to what I have been doing. We finally tracked down a place that plays Georgetown basketball games: a BBQ joint on Poland Street in Soho called Bodean's. I actually had walked by this place before and is right by 2 of my favorite record stores in London, including Sister Ray. There were sooooooo many Hoyas: maybe 30+ and around 18 or were undegrads studying abroad? I think the remaining few restaurant patrons were confused as to what was happening. I tried to start the fight song in middle of the game, but I didn't have the balls to shout "Hey Hoyas, how long's it been?" Next time though, I will. My friend shouted it at the end of the match, after we had narrowly won and the whole restaurant (and by that I mean all the Hoyas) went into a rage singing it. I got a kick out of the fact some Brit was recording the whole proceedings on his cell phone video camera.

In other news, my radio show is back on again! This time I think my production is even more slick! http://pulse.dj Be there or be square! Also tonight, I go with Jess to see Swimming with Sharks, starring none other than CHRISTIAN SLATER! I realized just in time that the pay ends its run the 19th so I got tickets luckily.

Also, in closing, I have to say I saw one of the lamest op-eds ever in The Hoya. I won't say who authored it, but the writing was bad, it was all truisms and platitudes, was too stereotypical, and didn't give any insider insight into London. Hell, I could have read that shit on any nickel-and-diming blog on the web. My British "efficiency" rant I think would be a great basis/start for a rebuttal op-ed by me. Hehe, maybe I will make a response op-ed: don't know if I will get it published. After British efficiency, I can move onto other topics I have brought up in my blog and in other places/emails on numerous occasions: crazy driving, chavs, street "navigation", accents & the subtle class system, how a British bar argument ensues and is resolved, the police state, lack of good genetic material, British uni/school culture, and many other fun topics as I re-read them or re-remember them. If I do actually write this, I'll let you know. Oh yeah and on the Lancastershire hotpot, a great stew thing made with lamb and potatoes, carrots, and other vegetables. It's good and I can avoid getting Mad Cow disease by eating it. I need to work on eating more veggies and fruit. So after a long hiatus, you get a long blog post from me. Enjoy! More to come!