Should be Studying....

Instead I went to a PACKED cafe this morning to watch the Argentina-Nigeria game. I woke up a little late so was I walking toward the cafe when the first (and only) goal was scored. It was euphoric. There was a communal grita and the entire street harmonized. Women and teenagers ran out to their balconys and waved to me while jumping up and down. I turned a corner just in time to see a bottle rocket shot off from the sidewalk and appreciated waking up to a series of smiles.

When I got into the cafe there was barely any space but the waiter moved a table for me to join in and arranged it so that I was facing the tv. (without my asking, which amused me) They had GIANT mundial specials with orange juice, tostadas, cafe, and fruit salad for 18 pesos. It was mouthwateringly good but way too much food for my small cuerpo.

There were two televisions in the cafe- one slightly delayed from the other. I was on the side that was temprano and we got a good laugh hearing all of our reactions echoed. Every sigh, woooo, OH!, and VA VA VA, repeated a few seconds later on the other side. I enjoyed the company of the waitstaff, two girls behind me, and an older woman who also came alone. I didn't feel alone at all. We were all in this game together. Kind of the way it should be huh?

Sleepy Becca is Sleepy

Upcoming Attractions:

1. The Vestidora Protest at SOIVA

2. Becca learns to garden

3. Mundial GOLLLLLL

4. No Chains launch party o yeaa

5. Accounts from my ex-slave Bolivian friends

6. My essays

This/these post/posts will be written when I am not asleep and feel like putting off my final papers.

Protesting for Liberacion!

A protest I know that I am behind 100%. La Alameda organized a "liberacion" protest outside of an illegal whorehouse which contains enslaved women, some of whom are minors. This whorehouse was ALREADY denounced upon inspection and therefore should have shut down its operations by law. However, one girl escaped to La Alameda and informed them that it was in fact still operating. Now, considering that this location, a house btw, was already denounced, the heads at La Alameda informed the police so that they could handle it within in the limits of the law. However, knowing that the police would not follow through they also organized plan B: a "liberacion"protest.

This is where I was tonight.

The plan was to let the police go first and potentially do what they were supposed to do and shutdown the operations of the whorehouse. I think that this is fair. Then, we were to follow behind and if they did not comply we were going to protest outside of the whorehouse until 1 of 2 things happened: 1 they freed the girls 2 they allowed journalists inside to prove that operations were indeed shutdown and there was no reason to pursue the lucha (fight). Neither of these things happened.

Instead, 5 policeman blockaded the door to the whorehouse- blocking everyone who was inside... inside. Other policemen ventured inside the whorehouse. One of these proceeded up to the top window, opened it up, and started videotaping us

marching outside. I can't imagine what they would do with that footage- nothing legal thats for sure. This moment certainly sealed my understanding of the police corruption. The police were actively preventing the escape of women of an ALREADY LEGALLY DENOUNCED WHOREHOUSE. How horrifying to not be able to trust your

police forces!

I say this especially because both judicial support and police support is THE KEY to stopping the international slave trade. We can NOT do it outside of the law or without law enforcement's support. It's important to A. protect those who were liberated B. criminalize those who's wretched souls gave them the idea to exploit the life of a fellow human. Law enforcement and the judicial system allow for things like search warrants, and evidence collection. It allows for concrete recognition of this problem and concrete con

sequences.... assuming it's not corrupted.

And in Buenos Aires... it is DEFINITELY corrupted.

For more information go to La Alameda's website: http://laalameda.wordpress.com/?ref=spelling

Mala muy mala mala malparida

Dale:

-2 informes .... Make that 1 informe : )
-1 parcial
-1 monografia by myself w presentation
-1 monografia grupal w presentation
-1 6 pg monografia w presentation

Until the morning of Juen 29th

Then:

+free Andres Calamaro concert
+free trip to see Fuerza bruta
+my mom coms and we take on the town
+I leave for a grand grand trip to Chile!
+Back to the USA

Respira...respira....respira

My Playlist (more or less)

Besame
Que Suerte
Diego Torres- Guapa
Mundial en español
Celebra la vida
Parrappapa
La Pollera Amarilla
David Bisbal
Para tu Amor- Juanes

Conspiracy Theory's

I don't know if this is the norm or not, but in my experience I have encountered a lot of porteños with conspiracy theories.

My Castellano professor- To measure crime you first have to define crime, you would describe it as petty crime of robberies but I would focus more on the systemized crime of oppression through the government and businesses. While I agree with him- and he's right - that IS a crime, petty crime is ALSO a crime punishable by law. While the circumstances putting people in situations where they resort to these crimes should also be addressed you can't just negate our ideas of crime to fit your agenda. Also, how argentine to just want to overhaul the system to create change rather than consider how one can create change using the system of law already in place.


From the cutie studying to be a nuerophysicist on the 152- 9/11 was a hoax. That kind of damage can't be caused by a plane. He told me to go to a conspiracy website that I'd actually heard of before, but I forget now.

And Today from the magazine vendor who bought me a coffee: Three bombs were dropped in World War II, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Ogasawa. That's not what I heard...?

Poesia

Shopkeeper no point
washing sidewalks all morn long
Dog poop will return

Children scream bloody hell
Sitting this long causes death
all an adventure

Butterfly jumps off
Crashing waters snarl and hiss
Reappears, giggling

Already shivered once
No tengo ganas nada
Two winters is cruel

In news someone dies
every day. In novelas
more or less the same