tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10295229375126656542011-08-05T12:33:49.535-04:00Turning the world on its axis in search of some answers.Briana Kerenskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010397364105380187noreply@blogger.comBlogger541100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-63514303361099138762010-11-07T21:47:00.003-05:002010-11-07T22:27:57.672-05:00

I keep trying to brainstorm something weekly to put up on Flip the Globe. Something that really captures the zeitgeist, that's both pop culture and fierce modern statement.Unfortunately, Lesbians who look like Justin Bieber has already been claimed. Damn!So instead, I decided to start with things that I already created during the week. I keep complaining about not having enough content for this

Briana Kerenskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010397364105380187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-19475807842114809682010-10-21T16:50:00.004-04:002010-10-21T17:13:23.944-04:00

I saw Neko Case perform as the opening act for Rufus Wainwright during his "Release the Stars" tour a few years back. She was kind of a weird choice. Rufus Wainwright tends to be big and brassy during his performances, talking a lot and cracking jokes between songs. Neko Case just hammered threw the music. It was good, not great, although I absolutely fell in love with "Wish I was the moon

Briana Kerenskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010397364105380187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-77146731596660684562010-09-04T15:40:00.003-04:002010-09-04T15:59:43.795-04:00

I can't believe that it's already Labor Day weekend. The hell?I can't believe that classes started at Ithaca College two weeks ago, and I'm not there. In my mind, it's still summer vacation and I'm just waiting to go back to school. Am I going to feel this way when there's snow on the ground?It's weird. My super-long winter break before Argentina was similar, because all my friends were in class

Briana Kerenskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010397364105380187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-26473455580959756392010-05-06T23:17:00.005-04:002010-05-06T23:28:51.838-04:00

Sleep? What is sleep? I do not know the word.Here's what I have done these past two weeks, instead of giving my body some rest.-I wrote a 5,000 word feature on the Tompkins County Workers' Center for my narrative journalism, which just got picked up by The Ithacan. They printed it on the front page.-I edited the newest issue of Buzzsaw and wrote an article about a local coffee shop's baristas

Briana Kerenskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010397364105380187noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-63932239589197614652010-04-27T22:40:00.003-04:002010-04-27T22:43:19.049-04:00

...Because otherwise listening to The Vaseline's "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam" while pulling the night shift in the chapel would seem pretty blasphemous.

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-72512631384734922722010-04-25T10:50:00.004-04:002010-04-25T11:16:30.059-04:00

When I was a wee, wide-eyed freshman at Ithaca, the school's chapter of Amnesty International had their first benefit concert. A Jamnesty, if you will. We managed to book the lounge above the Lost Dog Cafe (rest in piece, Lost Dog), and in that tight space managed to fit WAY over the legal limit of people for music, booze, and an awesome raffle. I won twenty-five dollars to the local guitar

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-83873084583873874082010-04-21T14:11:00.003-04:002010-04-21T14:19:20.228-04:00

Hey all,Here's the link to an article I recently wrote for Buzzsaw. It's about guest worker programs in the United States, which allow people from other countries come here for a specific amount of time to work. While this seems like a great idea, you know, giving people the opportunity to make it in America and all that jazz, the program has been poorly executed and has resulted in numerous

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-49076547431691097522010-03-17T09:25:00.014-04:002010-03-17T11:28:35.204-04:00

So this post is long, long overdue. Chile's earthquake was almost a month ago.Then again, they've felt over 300 aftershocks since then, and they're still happening.When the earthquake in Haiti happened, it was absolutely horrifying. But because I have never been to Haiti, there remained a kind of distance between me and what was happening. I never walked the streets of Port au Prince myself.

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-58677464770263134602010-02-24T22:09:00.003-05:002010-02-24T22:21:56.620-05:00

This is just a piece I had to write for my narrative journalism workshop a little while ago, to learn how to write without interpreting what we're seeing. We had to sit in a busy place for a few hours,to "become aware of our surroundings. Allow the place and it's inhabitants to pervade your consciousness..." Then we had to write about it all in a way that was showing, not telling the audience.

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-7090672427635253082010-02-23T22:30:00.008-05:002010-02-23T23:51:21.329-05:00

This is all so cheesy, but this is how the night just kind of felt and worked itself out.When I got out of work, there was this really thick, strange fog just covering everything. I'd been in the office since 6pm, and the skies were clear when I arrived. I wasn't expecting the change in weather at all.There was rain, but was more of a drizzle and it was mixed with snowflakes. For all the

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-2564678322814876252010-02-22T17:36:00.006-05:002010-02-23T23:39:30.997-05:00

The Vagina Monologues performance was last week, and it was AWESOME. Even more awesome was the fact that I remembered all my lines, didn't trip/pass out/vomit on stage. Go me!All-in-all, through ticket sales and merch sales (and by merchandise, I mean chocolate vagina lollipops), IC Players and IC Feminists raised over $2,400 dollars. 90 percent of the proceeds are going to the local womens

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-83435048873627824532010-02-10T18:11:00.003-05:002010-02-10T18:28:23.570-05:00

The civil war that has been happening for the past twelve years in the Democratic Republic of Congo has taken over six million lives. Thirty times more than the earthquake in Haiti. But it constantly escapes the media's attention.Why? Is it a matter of race? Another sad story about Africa? What is it about the civil war in Congo that makes no one want to report about it?I am an avid believer

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-54495022502145857852010-02-09T00:06:00.006-05:002010-02-09T00:48:00.890-05:00

So I've been back at school for three weeks. And to say things have been hectic is...kind of an understatement. It's my final semester! I'm supposed to just be applying for jobs and lolling about. Preferably lolling about drunk.Instead, I'm just beginning to crawl out of an awfully draining cold, and lots of fun other things. After four years, I still get surprised when college isn't what the

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-11741387558658364872010-01-17T10:16:00.003-05:002010-01-17T10:27:46.983-05:00

For as much time that I spend on the computer, I never seem to have the time to write for this thing. Sharpening my mad procrastinating skills.My apologies to people that actually follow!Anyway, now that my digital journalism workshop has been put to rest, I'll start posting again. Pinky swear.Digital journalism, for all the time that it sucked from my schedule and all the joy that it sucked

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-26388171469179246952009-10-11T11:43:00.009-04:002010-02-23T23:56:45.143-05:00

Take note, Amnesty International. This is how you do it.Silverman has made a very interesting and valid point here...without having to make a poop joke. Kudos.

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-62433824725707990212009-10-06T21:34:00.004-04:002009-10-06T21:54:00.018-04:00

Another weekly digital journalism project is in the can!Check it out here. I don't know if it's going to make The Ithacan yet, but I like it. And it was really fun to make. I basically want to be Daphne Solá when I grow up. She's really a strong woman with a point of view and and the strength to follow her passions. I hope that as I grow older, I'll be able to retain that kind of power and

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-85847471758797200292009-10-04T14:21:00.003-04:002010-02-09T00:48:33.936-05:00

Just noticed in the New York Times that Mercedes Sosa, one of the most famous folk singers of Argentina, passed away this morning.Sosa's face was everywhere when I was living in Buenos Aires. She released a new album not too long ago, and it was recently nominated for a few Latin Grammy Awards. Even though she was 74 she would record songs with some of the most popular musicians of 2009,

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-58954000550673869302009-10-01T09:52:00.005-04:002010-02-09T00:49:16.064-05:00

Sorry for the delay. Life just seems to take over sometimes.The past two weeks saw the coming and going of two major holidays, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. This was the first time since high school I've been home for the new year, and it was AMAZING. Even though I was only home for one day, it was fantastic just to relax and spend time with my family. And eat the five pounds of mashed

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-41535345992059239352009-09-14T09:10:00.005-04:002010-02-09T00:49:41.097-05:00

If heaven exists, it would be an apple orchard.Across the street from a peanut butter factory.And I, armed with a knife and a spoon, would have unlimited access to both.Yesterday I went with Hillel to Littletree Orchards in Newfield, NY for some pre-Rosh Hashanah apple picking. And being that apples are one of my favorite foods, I was like a kid with a golden ticket in Charlie and the Chocolate

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-87344781484939103382009-09-13T01:12:00.005-04:002010-02-22T18:06:40.937-05:00

So at the beginning of the school year (only three weeks ago?!), my friends and I sat down and made a bucket list. Even though it was only August, we could feel graduation breathing down our necks and decided to make a list of everything on and off-campus that we had yet to experience. Even though we've been in Ithaca for almost four years now, there was really SO much in the area that we never

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-57346266091899170562009-09-09T09:08:00.005-04:002010-02-09T00:50:13.224-05:00

Every year since I started at Ithaca, I've been going on Hillel's hike down Buttermilk Falls on Labor Day. I love this event, it's always a chance to meet new people and go swimming without lifeguard supervision :)It's a shame it's my last hike with Hillel. This year we had over 40 people attend, the most that I've ever seen. It was amazing to see so many Jews from campus concentrated in one

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-26003831627539549932009-09-07T10:43:00.003-04:002010-02-22T18:08:13.497-05:00

Sorry for the posting gaps...I found other ways to shirk my responsibilities for a little while.Like moving back to school! I didn't realize just how much I missed Ithaca until I got back. Yeah, I've mentioned a lot that I missed it. But just pulling onto campus with my parents...it was crazy. I missed the trees, the wonky weather, the people, the DECENT CLASSES. IES' classes were a nightmare;

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-10956730463045544342009-08-17T22:40:00.007-04:002010-02-22T18:08:38.495-05:00

Summer's not over quite yet, but my vacation almost is. Last week I quit my job and have been using the extra time to pack up the bags I feel like I've just unpacked from Buenos Aires. Saturday is Ithaca, until mid-October.Home is kind of becoming something of a posting station between my travels.Over the weekend I decided to check some cookbooks out of the local library, to you know, practice

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-14540754706744485142009-07-19T19:01:00.003-04:002010-02-22T18:09:10.258-05:00

Jeez Louise, I've been home almost a month. Sorry not to post sooner. Returning to a state of normality has been a pretty taxing experience, both physically and mentally. Like the simple act of coming home. Fun story: while I felt fine during my last day in Buenos Aires, during the flight home I came down with a cough.By the time I arrived in Philadelphia the next morning I had not only a

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-61804016664140145782009-06-24T20:10:00.003-04:002010-02-22T18:09:30.589-05:00

So I finally recharged my ipod, and have been listening to it as I walk to school and my internship. But for the past few days, I've unconsciously been going back to the same few songs, listening to them again and again. Seem like with only three days to go, my mind has created a "good bye get traveling" playlist. So for your viewing pleasure, here's what has been on repeat on my ipod and

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-76854111655183567442009-06-19T19:18:00.009-04:002010-02-22T18:09:50.061-05:00

As my time in Buenos Aires is drawing to a close (Saturday makes one week WTF), I've begun to explore all the little nooks and crannies in the city that I walk by almost every day but have never really noticed.And they're strange nooks and crannies.For instance, take in this beauty.This is Floralis Generica, a GIANT metal sculpture with its own park in the Recoleta barrio. It runs on solar

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-46692953032084784072009-06-17T14:01:00.003-04:002010-02-22T18:10:58.989-05:00

Ten days and counting, folks. ¡Diez días!It`s really weird for me to think that next Sunday, NEXT Sunday I`ll be getting off the plane in Philadelphia and my parents will be there waiting for me. If they remember that I`m arriving on Sunday, and not Saturday, that is. But I have faith they`ll figure it out. I come from smart stock.Every time I walk home from school, or go to my favorite cafe

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-8923939976602472362009-06-15T16:50:00.007-04:002010-02-22T18:11:14.149-05:00

This is something I've wanted to post about for quite some time: movie titles. You know, some movie titles just don't translate well into Spanish. So the film companies play around with them for a bit. For instance, I was watching TV the other day and A Very Brady Sequel came on. But it wasn't A Very Brady Sequel, it was "El Impostor."For those who don't speak Spanish, El Impostor means...The

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-24041745024908854842009-06-09T14:38:00.005-04:002010-02-22T18:11:26.391-05:00

It finally happened. Every semester...every semester since I was a freshman at Ithaca College I manage to become sick or injured once. Just once, but it makes up for the rest of my healthy time by being the worst illness or injury ever.Some highlights:Freshman: pulling my back out and a stomach virus that kept me from eating chocolate, dairy, caffeine or anything else that made me happy for two

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-54029167378214837442009-06-04T17:06:00.008-04:002010-02-22T18:11:42.331-05:00

Sorry this post was such a long time coming! I ended up going to Uruguay not once, but twice, and decided to just stick both weekend adventures together for your reading pleasure.Oh, and I'm lazy. I'd rather watch reruns of "Miami Ink" and season two of "So You Think You Can Dance" than tell fuel my ego with this blog sometimes...sorry.So anyway. You must be wondering, "Bri, why are you

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-83179725675840958582009-05-21T19:42:00.006-04:002010-02-23T23:54:22.968-05:00

Don't know if the creative title tells you anything about my state of mind, but yeah. I think I've blogged enough about my break, don't you? All that's really left to talk about is how I didn't pack enough socks and I kept having a weird dream that I was married to Chandler Bing.Oh, and Bariloche. That place was pretty important.Bariloche is in the northern part of Argentine Patagonia, AKA

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-62764145447221633722009-05-19T13:41:00.003-04:002010-02-23T23:54:56.188-05:00

We now interrupt your regularly scheduled "Spring" Break broadcast to get you up to date really quickly with what I´ve been doing since I got home from my trip.I got stuck in a riot.On Sunday afternoon my friend Danielle and I went to an Israel Independence Day celebration being hosted by the city. There were speeches, music, and dancing and there was a pretty decent sized crowd. The event was

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-57728703571469086722009-05-18T15:46:00.008-04:002010-02-23T23:55:16.523-05:00

I'm leaving for Uruguay this weekend, and I'm still not finished posting about "Spring" Break! I'm just going to have to put my homework off more, so I can play more with this blog. Not a problem.Anyway. We stayed in Santiago for less than twenty-four hours, from Sunday night to Monday night. So I really didn't get the best impression of the city, but it was still cool to see.For one thing,

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-40193849610472603862009-05-17T19:42:00.005-04:002010-02-23T23:55:33.533-05:00

So on our last day in Valpo we made a quick stop at the number one place I wanted to go in the city: Pablo Neruda's house.Yeah, of course I reserved an entire post for this. I'm spreading the Gospel of Neruda!I didn't make it to all three of his houses in Chile like I originally hoped (although Jeremy Green did, the lucky bastard), but the opportunity to even see one was absolutely amazing. You

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-24640321341427646962009-05-15T11:42:00.004-04:002010-02-23T23:55:49.101-05:00

What to say of Valparaiso...It was heaven on earth. I was always really excited to go because I knew Pablo Neruda had an amazing house there, but it wasn't prepared for the rest of the city. It's all built on the side of a steep hill, so all the streets are really steep and twisted and narrow.We didn't do too much there, other than walk around, shop, and eat. But that's all we really needed to

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-58142351771420980612009-05-12T17:50:00.010-04:002010-02-23T23:56:28.930-05:00

So after a brief fifteen hour bus ride to Mendoza, me and my friends Sarah J, Brenna and Lizzie hopped on a bus for Valparaiso, which is a port city on the coast of Chile. The bus took eight hours, but felt like longer because we had to get off the bus to go through border control.A note to travelers: when a country says "don't bring produce across the border, we'll make you pay," they mean it.

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-71356919646866010462009-05-11T11:24:00.004-04:002010-02-23T23:57:01.163-05:00

Hellooo!I`m back from my fantastically awesome "Spring" Break, and I have to say...I never want to take a bus again as long as I live. If my calculations are correct, I was on a bus for a total of 61 1/2 hours during my ten-day break. Some of the movies they showed on these buses included:-Transporter 3-Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins-Lakeview Terrace-The Best of Mana-The Women-Latin American music

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-50636048026292133982009-04-29T21:01:00.003-04:002009-04-29T21:10:39.996-04:00

...but I'm not. I'm a little white Jewish girl with a serious penchant for procrastinating. Now I have two midterms tomorrow that I still need to study for AND I need to pack for Chile and Bariloche.I blame surfthechannel.com, the final season of E.R. and Carter's successful kidney transplant. Damn you, Doctor Carter, for entertaining me and making me smile at your anesthesia-induced cuteness

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-73798075545040304402009-04-27T17:17:00.005-04:002010-02-23T23:57:18.429-05:00

So my house brother and friend Nacho is a med student. And apparently, in Buenos Aires they let med students take home unclaimed skeletons from cemeteries to play with.I named him Earl.

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-76223521220236178612009-04-26T14:25:00.007-04:002010-02-23T23:58:23.610-05:00

I'm really trying to ignore the fact that my semester in Argentina is almost halfway over but it's staring me in the face.To borrow some imagery from "The Time Traveler's Wife," it feels like I've been at the top of a roller coaster. The first two months here I was kind of chugging up hill, getting used to things and just having a relaxing time. Now I'm at the final two months, and every day

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-35615552021032216272009-04-22T10:16:00.006-04:002010-02-23T23:58:45.807-05:00

So people are actually reading this thing...and asking me to update it? Definitely not the type of response I was expecting, so thanks everyone for reading it and encouraging me to continue!Not that I would stop without your support...I like to think that I´m kind of a big deal.Fun Fact: Briana googles herself quite a lot.Anyway, here´s a quick Argentine update.My 21st birthday was on Sunday!

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-36606794402836987172009-04-13T15:32:00.009-04:002010-02-23T23:59:03.976-05:00

Hey, I don't know if this company exists in the United States. If it does, has anyone seen this music video? It's my life right now. I love Argentine television a little too much. There is a television in my room here and that's something I'm definitely not used to. There's always been one in my dorm at Ithaca, but because I had a roommate that's not one that I could turn on whenever I wanted,

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-42688381866155204272009-04-06T16:16:00.011-04:002010-02-24T00:00:14.807-05:00

I came, I saw, I conquered the vineyards.The title of this post comes from our friendly neighborhood bus ticket salesmen, who was smart enough to realize my friends and I are all idiots.So here is a brief account of my brief visit to Argentine wine country.After a lovely 15 hour bus ride sitting next to an even lovelier man named Max (forever known as "Christian" by my friends because of his very

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-25441140027499851262009-04-01T10:23:00.008-04:002009-04-01T13:52:50.448-04:00

So I`m off on my first big trip out of Buenos Aires, and it`s about time! I`m loving this city more than life, but Argentina`s an awfully big place and I need to see it all.So I am going to see it all. On a 15-hour bus ride to Mendoza. That`s right...this lightweight`s going to wine country.Mendoza is essentially the Napa Valley of South America, the home of the tasty tasty Malbec. And oh, do

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-39147556330264572642009-03-30T16:45:00.000-04:002009-03-30T17:08:07.807-04:00

I know, I'm a little behind with the whole "March 24" thing. But I figured you guys would like to see my pictures of the day.March 24, 1976 is the day in which the "democratic" (and I say it in quotes because it was super corrupt) government was overthrown by the military in a coup. It was the first day of the Dirty War, in which over 30,000 innocent people would be labeled subversives and

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-48107210265641712662009-03-22T14:48:00.001-04:002009-03-22T15:00:03.130-04:00

I'm in a cafe with wifi, so I'm finally able to post a few more of my pictures! Huzzah! This is by NO MEANS all I've done in Argentina, and by no means all the photos I've taken. They're just the ones I've saved to my computer...so it's really just a smattering of my trip thus far.The cemetery in Recoleta. These are all HUGE mausoleums dedicated to hundreds of the wealthiest and most powerful

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-82497030674129125612009-03-17T12:21:00.000-04:002009-03-17T13:02:40.306-04:00

Going to eat in Argentina, or even getting a cup of coffee in Argentina, is like going to see a show. Every meal is like a little coreographed performance.A cup of coffee is not just a cup of coffee. You get the coffee, but you also, no matter where you go, get little sugar cookies and a shot glass of mineral water. No extra cost.If you go to a restaurant and order water, you don´t just get

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-9463407962659719152009-03-11T09:02:00.000-04:002009-03-11T11:41:56.830-04:00

So yesterday I decided to take the afternoon easy, just run some errands, take a siesta, and read "Slumdog Millionaire." A nice, relaxing day in Buenos Aires.Until I tried to run those errands.All I wanted was some yogurt. Some nice, Activia 0% strawberry (frutilla) yogurt, to mix with my cereal in the morning. Instead I was unwillingly dragged through the gates of hell and my soul was ripped

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-25153703477674643582009-03-10T19:32:00.001-04:002009-03-10T19:41:43.854-04:00

I`ve never had luck with internet, and in Argentina my luck seems to be taking a long smoking break. So here are two pictures to tide you over, until I can hunt down some elusive high speed.The fabled shower. Notice the fact that it`s not in a shower stall, but in the bathroom. No curtain. Just a squeegie. I can shave my legs and wash my hair while sitting on the toilet. My life will never

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-75433669292356004972009-03-07T17:43:00.000-05:002009-03-07T17:54:29.179-05:00

So yeah, Argentina's been a load of fun. Crazy showers, sangria (Oh the sangria), and just lots of crazy awesome stuff you can never find in the United States. Other than sitting through hours of Spanish review in orientation, I haven't been bored. There is ALWAYS something exciting to see or do in Buenos Aires, the city that really never sleeps (suck it, New York).All the coolness almost

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-76908246481703276602009-03-04T14:54:00.000-05:002009-03-04T15:12:59.787-05:00

Orientation is done for the day, so I have a little free time to write. Actually a lot of free time, since in Argentina the typical dinner doesn´t start until 9pm. This is something I have to seriously adjust to, considering at home my family starts dinner around 5:30. Argentina is glorious. I´ve only been here since Sunday, so obviously I haven´t seen a lot. But what I have seen has made me

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-23178480545605641302009-03-03T13:28:00.000-05:002009-03-03T13:40:03.522-05:00

I don´t have too long to write, just because I´m at orientation.After a pretty harrowing trip (my plane from Philly to Atlanta was canceled because it was struck by lightning on the tarmac before takeoff), I made it to Buenos Aires late Sunday afternoon. Even though the forecast said it was going to be sunny, it was pouring rain. But the weather was so hot and humid outside, that the rain was

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-4031443982831366072008-11-08T00:06:00.000-05:002008-11-08T00:53:42.350-05:00

When you decide to go on vacation, you get so excited that you tend to forget all the shit you need to do before hand to make the vacation happen. Buying tickets, taking off work, packing packing packing, all that not-quite-so-fun stuff.So I decided to do a little more than a vacation; I decided to live and study in Buenos Aires, Argentina for four months, from the beginning of March to the end

Briana_Kerenskynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029522937512665654.post-90991521835543872472008-10-23T22:15:00.001-04:002008-10-23T22:15:33.177-04:00

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