i have daymode on the twitter app for my phone and nightmode on the browser site on my laptop

it came to my attention that what i know as a 'tazcal' or 'taxcal' other people just call 'tortilleros.' which isn't wrong i guess. but i've reserved the word tortilleros for the non-basket ones. tazcales are the basket ones, with the decorations on them. the more recognizable ones. tortilleros are the ones made of cotton or something. not really a basket, but more of a sleeve. in my experience. i could be wrong. or maybe i'm more, like, cultured. i don't know. just found it interesting

i was accosted on the subte the other day. some, what i assume to be homeless, guy kept trying to give me a slip of paper that i think had a picture of the virgin mary or some other catholic church figure on it. i kept denying it, but he kept mumbling something and trying to force it into my bag. he also kept raising it to my face and trying to force me to look at it. i told him i'm good and what not. i feel like i heard him call me 'chino' which makes me think he thought i was asian and that i needed some sort of salvation from the catholic church. i almost channeled my sarah-at-car-seat-headrest 'get the fuck off me' energy but the other people between me and him told the guy to stop. thank god for them

four-hour classes are the worst. i don't know how i'm gonna deal with that for the next few months. like, i know they're only once a week, but still

i ordered new glasses today. they're rounder. they're this gray faux-wood. i like them, but i'm still not sure ho i feel about them on my face. i know it just takes some getting used to, like the transition from sambas to non-sambas i had last year. they should be here by next friday. i ordered the ones woth anti-glare, even though they were more expensive. felt that, since i use them everyday, i might as well not skimp out. still cheaper than in the u.s. though

been listening to 'creep' by radiohead a lot recently. does that say anything about me?

just bought a new domain for myself. kevinleon[dot]org. feel free to click around. i've started to use my vimeo, which, if i haven't said before on here, is just weird vlogs of myself. i didn't realize how useful they were until i rewatched a video of myself from a year ago. there was just something in the naivete of it, the youth, i don't know. i liked it. so i know that even if ya'll don't watch them, i will. i'll go back and relive the feelings and sentiments i had at this point in time. like this blog. but with images. moving images

i also feel that i've been distant and kind of a dick to people i've known for a while. even if i don't agree with the way they conduct their lives, i want it to be known that i still care and what not. that i don't hate or dislike them. at this point, i've had a lot of time to reflect on myself and after nervously oscillating between certainty and uncertainty, i've concluded that i can't trust all the feelings i've had while my mind has been clouded in a sort of dread and anguish. i've managed to clear my head more, and i thank my absence from the internet for that

i may have managed to get an internship at a publishing house. i have an interview tomorrow. hopefully that goes well

my favorite thing about argentines is how politically active they are. there was a march the other in honor of 'los desaparecidos'. i feel like, if i were here at that point, i probably would've gotten kicked off a helicopter into the rio de la plata too. sad thought