Shameless Self-Promotion
Morning. I´m going to completely and utterly abuse my blog privileges by directing you towards these websites where I´ve just been published:
What´s Up BA http://www.whatsupbuenosaires.com/news/news.php?ln=e
Road Junky www.roadjunky.com
Scroll down a bit on the main page and my article is on the bottom right side. Just to whet your appetite, here´s the intro:
The Man Kiss
I’m not gay, but I kiss men.
Not on the lips, pervert. In Argentina – as in many Latin countries, the cheek-to-cheek greeting (though in some parts, like Italy, cheek-to-cheek-to-cheek) is as standard as the handshake in English speaking ones. My nonchalance at this most intimate custom, though, definitely didn’t come easy. For the first few months after my arrival to Argentina I’d awkwardly interject my arm just as a male friend (most intelligently I didn’t shy away from the opportunity to get up and close with any Argentina) would lean over, ready to commit the act that, I thought, was reserved only for girlfriends and, on occasion, family…
Also - this is has nothing to do with Argentina but it´s absolutely too good to pass it up: Self-styled MC ¨DJ Average Homeboy¨ breaks it down on the pitfalls of being white, middle-class, and having to mow the lawn on the weekends. Life can just be so hard sometimes. This line says it all: ¨I don´t have a butler/or a maid/and my exter-min-a-tor is a can of Raid.¨ Let´s just say I haven´t seen a performance this moving since Dirk Diggler´s ¨Feel My Heat¨
Feel feel feel feel feeeeeeeel…feel my heeeeeat (gets me everytime)
Tags: About Me, Argentina, Buenos Aires, customs, jaja
