Game-Day Shirt.. CHECK! Game-Day Face.. ON!

RED RIVER RIVALRY:

UT vs. OU - as a longhorn fan, you know thats one of the biggest games of the season. I searched and searched trying to find some magical sports bar that for some reason was showing American college football. Then, I found Shoeless Joe's , this American Sports Bar open 24 hours a day. Can't get much better than that right, pretty on target. On game day I was SO pumped, had my game day gear layed out the night before and everything.. haha the big decision was which UT shirt to wear... I drug a couple friends with me to watch the game. I figured if I was lucky it'd be me and 3 other fans watching the game, maybe. We walk in right after kick off and there it was... a sea of burnt orange!!!! My people! Not gonna lie, my eyes gotta a little watery out of pure excitement!

The only downer was that the Wisconsin game started before the UT game- so the entire restaurants surround sound was set on the Wisconsin game until the 4th quarter of the UT game, but it didnt matter. Ah it was such a great day! UT ended up beating OU :)

FUTBOL ARGENTINO:

Argentina wasn't doing too hot in futbol (soccer) and they were in 4th place to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Out of the South American bracket, only the top 4 teams go. They still had one more game against Uruguay and they was only a point behind Argentina. So they had to either beat or tie Uruguay in order to advance. Anddd Argentina won! Maradona cried. And also got new gotti diamond earrings after his other ones were seized by the Italian government to help pay off his debt he still has back from when he played in Napoli. Maradona sucks, well his attitude and macho- joe coolness annoys me. I was glad Argentina qualified because we'll still be down here next year while the World Cup is going on - so it'll be more fun getting to sport my blue and white.

Santa Rosa's coming... get the rain boots!

On Sunday for Felipes birthday, ( the guy in the picture) we invited a bunch of people over and had a huge asado for at our apartment. Bryans the grill guy and I was like wellll what am I going to make? I have to contribute something. So, I decided, "Perfect! An apple pie!" Very American and I love apple pie. I found a recipe that seemed legit, figured it wouldnt be that complicated... make some dough- cut it in a circle, throw some apples and cinammon in, put dough on top and stick it in the oven. Bam! done! So, I didnt bother to read the recipe before I started. Classic Elise cooking mistake, classic. There's always that weird surprise that pops up, like.. "let sit for 4 hours" or "tie with green fishing string" something weird like that.

It turned out wayy harder and way more complicated than I realized. Apparently I picked the recipe geared towards those that "love baking" so there were more special steps than usual. It was one of those recipes with all kinds of the hidden, "let sit for 2 hours" instructions. The only minor bump in the road was that we calculated wrong for the dough and didn't have enough at all. So.. our apple pie didnt really have a top, it was just a bowl of hot apples pretty much. haha. Me and Bryan were the only Americans, so no one really knew how it was supposed to be. This is the only picture I have of the "infamous A.P.," pre- crust and oven stage.

What else.. Bryan changed schools and degrees, instead of being at the smaller private school, he joined the big dogs at The University of Buenos Aires (UBA). Its #1 among Latin american schools and ranked higher than a lot of US schools. Go Bryan go! But hes one of those naturally smart people... you know the type. He changed to International Private Law, which is like if you live in Columbia and want to buy a house in Argentina.. Bryan would be your guy, something like that. His school is really intimidating looking.

My first week of real gradschool started on Monday! The summer school class counts, but not really. Im taking four classes and its going pretty well so far. Im the only native english speaker in my classes. There was a mexican guy in my class last night and I automatically felt like we were friends. Hey neighbor! haha. Everyone else is from Central or South America. My sports marketing and internet convergence in media classes seem interesting , but my core classes seem like they are going to be a draggggg. Administration of Human Rescources and Marketing... bummer.

Every year in Buenos Aires around the end of August, comes a big storm called "La Tormenta de Santa Rosa", its named after her because it coincides with her holiday (August 30th). The storm marks the end of the cold season and the beginning of spring! Woo! Anddd , supposedly shes coming this weekend... bum bum bum.. hopefully our apartment wont flood this time!

Oh! and Thursday, me sol bryan felipe and maria are going to Rosario ( 4 hrs north of Bs As) for the Argentina vs. Brazil soccer game! Were going to try and get tickets for the Brazilian side, just to be brazilian for a day. Plus, I think it'll be a lot easier to get tickets that way rather try and battle Argentines for a huge home game. Argentina vs Brazil is a big rival game, so, of course, I already have my face paint :)

Ok welllll, Ive gotta go to this meeting with a guy from EMI, to see if he'll give me a little job! Yikes! what to wear what to wear :)