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Travis

About Me

Neurotic, together, self-deprecatory, narcissistic cynical, trustful, selfish, selfless.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Those people on the street.

My Blog

Juramento and Cabildo

Ya se.. ya se& ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />  It`s now 5.55am.  I was at Luciana`s house with a few people to celebrate her birthday, and returned...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:23:00 GMT

Precarious suburbs, precarious buildings

WELCOME TO ONCE Once, godbless.  Once, not even an official suburb.  Once, the favourite suburb.  Once: cheap clothes, the train station to the north, the infamous Plaza Miserere (some ...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:50:00 GMT

Independence Day

Since the winter hit Argentina at the end of May, the country has experienced some if it´s coldest days recently; the difference is profound, because I was here at the same time last year and walked a...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 08:42:00 GMT

Football Argentine style #2

It was rush hour and the cars were banked up, but not a horn sounded.  There was a cacophany of noise, not coming from the traffic, but from something else:  the football fans.  I work...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:01:00 GMT

First Gig: Ciudad Oculta

At 1pm, the sky was blue, and the sun glistened the stage.  We were in La Rosa street, and didn´t leave the area until the sun was down, and the sky ochre.  We were in Ciudad Oculta, the slu...
Posted by on Mon, 21 May 2007 13:33:00 GMT

Update

The tropical storms, the end of the mosquito plague (which means the end of the threat of dengue fever), the first and final recuperation in candle light of the flooded apartment.  The easter wee...
Posted by on Thu, 03 May 2007 20:52:00 GMT

The Hidden City

Yesterday I started voluntary work in Conviven;  I had discovered the place after reasearching voluntary centers on the internet and in newspapers, and several weeks ago had gone to the poor subu...
Posted by on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 06:03:00 GMT

Black Souls

A good friend Ramon came to my place on Sunday night; he arrived happy and cheery, but I was not to expect that an hour later he would be in my room cursing, refusing to eat and wanting to punch the w...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 06:24:00 GMT

Dark Side Of Buenos Aires

I got a message from Ayelen the other night: ¨I´m in Independencia, altitute 2000... how do I get to your place from here?¨  I went into panic overdrive when she told me she was walking the 15 bl...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:55:00 GMT

Uruguay for a Day

Last week I went to Uruguay for the day.  It´s rather a surreal experience to go to another country so quickly and for such short time, because from Australia it´s impossible to do.  I manag...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:34:00 GMT