superfacilmente

It’s incredibly hard to believe that it has been a year since I have posted to this bloody blog. In a year so much has changed, as might be expected. A year ago, I was in a long term relationship. A year ago, I was incredibly depressed due to an incredibly difficult job and a year ago I was living in the Lower East Side of New York City with two buddies from High School.

Now, in May of 2009, I am single, though not by own choice, and have been dealing with that in any way I can, staying up late with friends, playing my music in a band that is now a year old and has opened up for at least some moderately big names. I live nowhere, am in constant transition from NYC to the Hudson Valley and back. I am moving soon back into New York permanently, striking it on my own for better or worse to reclaim a city that has been lost to me and I need a venue to vent.

That’s where this dear blog comes in. I imagine it still stands as a place of record which people may come to read, but I imagine as of now has a readership of few to none. Frankly, I have been thinking a lot about keeping a highly personal blog, a place to remember some of the people and places I have lost over the last year, so that I don’t forget them completely. Lately, I have been obsessed with remembering every moment in every way that I can for better or worse and to cherish the immediate moment rather than worrying about past or future.But, despite the melodrama, I am not sure if that much has changed. I am still an explorer, trying to understand the nuances of a city through its enterprise: it’s restaurants, graffiti, theater, music and life. I just hope to turn this venue into an all purpose log for all of this, so that I never look back on my life with regret, or, even worse, simply not remembering it at all. So expect hopefully the best and I will certainly enjoy writing.

Just a note for everyone wondering, I am not dead. I wanted to update the site for a long time, but have been waiting for a replacement camera and a new account for photos. The latter will occur later this week. Then the posting begins again!

While Yesterday was exciting biking down Avenida Callao (and thereby taking my life into my hands) only a very little was caught on camera, namely a quick stop near El Ateneo a gorgeous testament to book stores. Not the greatest quality. These were the two best:

Sorry to leave it at that, but Superfacilmente will be on hiatus for the next five days, at least when it comes to pictures. I am traveling to Uruguay and North of Buenos Aires (Tigre, Carmelo, Colonia, y Montevideo). I will try to blog, if I have the time, but no pictures until I come back. However, Someone is lending me a camera so the pictures will be at least high quality if you wait. Enjoy some of the archives now. And submit your photos for The Cell Phone Project (see below).

In a conversation with a friend of mine in the states, I brought up the idea of buying what is labeled a “pianica” in the fair city of Buenos Aires. After describing the instrument to him, a piano that you blow into (seen often on the New York subways and streets throughout my childhood) I was informed the instrument was a melodica, not a pianica. So, I went to Promusica in Recoleta and asked for a melodica to buy.

The owner was quite hilarious. He informed us, in spanish that he did not have a melodica. He only had a “Supermelodica!” made by the fine people at Suzuki. He played a little tango, the theme from Mr. Bean, and New York, New York before I simply had to buy the thing. It looks something like this: minus the fancy case

I love the sound of this instrument which is basically something between a harmonica and an accordion. I can’t help but think, due to the cute-as-a-button instructions (expect a picture) that instrument is used often as a precursor for the accordion, and would love to be told if I am wrong.

I already started playing with it and Itunes. Below is a little 3 track serenade:

And here is a version of it, with too many effects…

So for those of my audience in America, you may have little experience with Telecom commercials. One for Father’s Day is currently happening here and it’s really really funny with lots of running people and flying people, etc. I tried so hard to find it online, but couldn’t. However, I did find a bunch of other Telecom commercials from the last year worth laughing about. I include them below and will add the father’s day one the minute that it ends up on Youtube. If anyone has it somewhere online and wants to send it my way, please do.

The last one if funny if you know spanish… Really funny

A lesson that should be learned by all is that if one calls their blog “Superfacilmente” nothing about their trip is going to be fácil. Already I have had to face many trials and tribulations. My first flight to Atlanta Georgia was 2 hours late due to the absence of the pilots for the plane. As a consequence I read many a comic book but became increasingly more worried and of course upon landing in Georgia at 8:38 (with an 8:40 flight) found out the gate was closed and my flight was gone.

Undaunted though, I made my merry way instead to Santiago, Chile and it’s itty bitty airport housed between these giant beautiful mountains that kept the fog close around the airport. I then took a much later flight and arrived, undaunted, in Buenos Aires a mere 10 hours later than I was supposed to.

The apartment has a few amenities that are somewhat fascinating: a hot water heater which actually shows you the gas light that heats the water, a rickety spiral staircase to an upstairs bedroom and the SLOWEST internet. Our landlord actually hacked into the cable chord and then just attached an ethernet connector to it and the thing runs fast, but certainly not fast enough. Well c’est la vie.

Pero, las personas en Argentina son muy agradables y la persona que operó el taxi es un buen ejemplo. Él habló mucho de la cultura de Argentina y Buenos Aires y Lunfardo. En Buenos Aires personas no dicen “mujer.” Ellos dicen “jer-mu” como “fe-wi” en inglés. La comida es muy delicisiosa y el apartamento es muy grande pero es viejo también. Kira y Yo estamos muy felices y Yo tomé muchas fotos. Yo incluyo unos más tarde. Usaré más en mi comicos.

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