I roll with the stars

Here's my day in the life, for Thursday, 7/23/2009:

11am: Wake up. Oh, I hate mornings. They should really not exist at all.

Noon: Ceci picks me up. She recently bought a new car, this is sorta kinda the awesome. Awesome in that she drives me places, not awesome in that I have to give her directions in Capital in Spanish (obviously, this results in lots of jokes about who exactly is the foreigner).

12:30: We show up at Sudestada, the best lunch in Buenos Aires (and subject of enough posts here), where I am on a first name basis with many of the waitresses. Ceci does not like the panAsian food, she thinks it is "raro."

1:55: We're driving, and Ceci starts freaking out. Apparently it's an actor that is in every novela here. "He's really not as good looking in person." I am pretty sure I've seen this dude in Sudestada multiple times. Yeah, I didn't think he was that good looking.

2: We start circling in Centro (downtown), looking for parking. But wait, there is a random union strike (btw, if you think unions are overly powerful political in the US, you will probably not like Argentina).

2:40 Parking space. Ship it. Yes, note the timeline, welcome to my life. What was my dollar expectation during those 40 mins? I'd rather not think about it.

3: Is that the first government line here that didn't take an hour?

3:30 Last 30 minutes was a talk in the car with the girlfriend. She is great, and in the midst of a very very cold day, her car is warming up naturally from the direct sunlight. Good choice on the parking space.

4-7 Coffee shop in Belgrano. Girlfriend likes her caffeine.

7:15 Try to decide what to do next. Apparently that whole making decisions thing isn't my forte.

7:45 Arrive in Las Canitas mall. Buy tickets to see La Propuesta (The Proposal) with Sandra Bullock. Guess whose idea this was? Movie doesn't start til 8:30, walk around for awhile. I dance in the aisles.

8 Ceci is ready to leave me forever because I won't stop dancing. I swear, it's the fact that the shoes I have right now have zero traction, and these tiles are super slippery, so I just have to do the moonwalk.

8:05 Wow, he's really famous, i can't believe it! I'm still not clear as to who this guy was, but he was seated with 2 other people, 1 of which was also famous.

8:30 Moviements. I don't remember the protagonist's name, but I thought he acted well. Very forgettable, don't recommend it (Ceci gave it 2 stars out of 5). On the other hand, I don't regret it. Stupid premise, yet executed well. I got to sit next to a beautiful woman for more than an hour, I'm happy.

10:30 Leave theater. I go to bathroom.
10:31 Old man leaves urinals slightly before me. Dude literally takes 15 seconds of standing in front of the washbasins to decide which to use.

10:32 3 girls pass me. Yawn.

10:32:30 "Did you see those girls?," says Ceci excited. "Which?" say I. "The ones that came out of the bathroom before me?" "Uh...not really...I think there were 3 of them, that's about all i can remember." "The blond is one of the most famous models here..." "Really?"

It's no joke to say I would choose Ceci a million times before any of those models. That's the end of this post.