Hey hehey (like a black girl would say it!),

So once again it's been a little while, I know. I've actually been really busy. Sean (cousin) came into town about a couple of weeks ago. Right around then I was finishing up classes, and also me and him went down to Puerto Madryn (which is further south in Arg.).

That was a cool trip, but the only bad thing was it was super short. But I got to see whales and elephant seals and a dead penguin (haha so sad) and llamas and other animals. And the whales were so close to the boat it was crazy (its their mating season so they were gettin a little frisky lol!). Anyways, I had to leave after a day or two because the rest of the fam was getting into BA. Sean (the lucky bastard) stayed on and actually dived with the sea lions and got to play with them! Im very jealous!

So ya then Mom, Dad, Tess, Alex, Aunt Lynda, and Lauren all came to visit a little over a week ago. Let me just say my family is effin crazy. Its really supperrr difficult to organize and please 8 people! But overall I think they had a good time. The weather wasnt too cold, and there were even some really nice, sunny days. Also, I got to do some things with them that I hadn't even done yet, so that was real neat.

Then last night my friends and I and Sean all went to this Fuerza Bruta show. Actually it was one of the things that my family really wanted to do, but it was all sold out the entire time they were here (sucks for them haha). Ya so, I can't even begin to explain this show. It was like the creator was on acid when he/she came up with it haha! But it was way sick. All I can say was that it was part dance party, part light/water/acrobatic show, part rave, part acid trip, part story all rolled into one. I know that makes no sense, but you would just have to see the show to know what Im talking bout! Oooo and also during it, I was one of the people chosen from the audience to be "picked on" if you will. This crazy actor man comes up to me and smashes this paper box thing on my head that had all these pieces of paper in it, and hits me on the head with his hands and stuffs my wallet down my shirt...I was molested hahahaha. Yes, that was the kind of show it was lol. But dont get me wrong it was waaaayyy fun!

O ya and saturday night I met this gorgeous man! Actually I had met him before and even danced with him, but at the time he was just getting out of a relationship and all this stupid shit. Anyways, ya all I can say is that he is a great specimen and God put a lot of work into him haha. His personality was even cooler than I thought, but still I get the feeling he isn't the sharpest tack ever lol. But whatever, I had fun. This whole last weekend was actually the craziest, silliest weekend. No sleep, alcohol, dancing, and mad friends can do wonders haha. Lots of good times!

Sooo now me and Sean are trying to get outta Argentina to go to Peru! But this is a little difficult, because the flights are pretty effin expensive! I mean the cheapest we can find will cost us bout $470! Thats way much. I cant keep spending this much money haha. Basically right now we dont know what to do. I mean Im going to miss Argentina sooo much, but I really want to see Peru and Colombia. We definitely will, its just a matter of getting there. I guess we'll figure something out!

O ya, also I have been watching a lot of the world cup...or I should say watched. I really enjoyed it. Some of the games were a ton of fun, especially at the bars or down at Plaza San Martin or wherever. The atmosphere is so different down here than in the US for it (obviously). It is such a big deal. And let me tell you the Argentines cant even really talk bout their loss to Germany (what a disgrace lol)!

Ok, well Im goin to go but have a splendid day everyone! Ill be seeing you all shortly! Love ya! O and please please please comment on some of these blogs. I want to hear from you!

Ciao,
Nicole

Hey Everyone just giving a quick shout out,

So how's life back in the good ol' USA?! Down here in buenos aires its been pretty great. Right now I have actually been pretty busy with school (finals time) and Sean, the cuzzz, got here on Wednesday, so Ive been doing stuff with him! And in a week the rest of the family comes too. Its going to be pretty nuts haha.

Next week me and Sean are going down to Puerto Madryn (in Southern Arg.) to see the whales and swim with the sea lions. That should be really cool. Also we've just been working out all the logistics for our jaunt to Peru and Colombia. I really cant wait to go! Its gona be awesome. And Im so glad to be going to the beach in Colombia first before coming home because I am seriously white. I mean even my face make up doesnt really match as well anymore, and that doesnt happen even in the winter in AZ haha! So I will be pretty properly tanned when I get back (or at least thats the plan!).

Hmmmm what else is new?! Idk just living life I guess. Sean is going to go stay in a hostel here soon and it got me thinking...whoa going back to a hostel is going to be weird. Iv gotten used to having my own place.

The weather here has been up and down. Some days its super freezing and others its super nice. I cant get my head wrapped round it! Sometimes still im a little under dressed and people look at me all funny hahaha. But whatever! Soon enough I will be back in blazing heat lol!

Well I hope everything is going well for everyone else! No one seems to comment on my blogs. Granted I dont do a very good job on keeping them updated, but if no one comments it gives me less incentive to write...its a VICIOUS cycle hahahaha! But I will let you know all the good little nuggets of info from the upcoming travels. Oooo spice is nice!!!

Kk hugs and kisses. Abrazos y besos!

C ya soon,
Nicole

Y hello everybody!!!!

Yes, it's been quite awhile since I last updated this lovely little blog of mine. I know! But really since Iguazu I haven't had anything extraordinary to report.

Lets see.... I've just had school, going out, COOKING (yes I said it! I really have been cooking so much more down here and I must say I am real proud of myself lol), umm wat else. Not too much. A lot of my group of friends are starting to leave this month, which is kinda sad.

My love life is just alright. I would like to go on a really nice date though. I mean there are definitely guys at the clubs and bars and what not, but I havent found one that i really wan2 see outside of there. It still doesn't help that im not fluent in spanish.

Ooo there was this one gorgeous guy last weekend who i was like daaaammmnnn. But he had "separated from his gf but still lived with her" whatever the eff that means haha! Some bullshit is what i call it! (And to be honest Im not sure if behind that wonderful face there was much going on lol!) And there was this other guy that I met that same night, who said he was from Florida but his english wasnt fluent. So idk, but anyways he kept calling me "baby" all the effin time! And I absolutely hate that! I think at one point, when I was talking to another guy, he said something to the effect of, "Don't go straying on me baby." Sooooooooo soooo sooo nasty! I mean come on, really?! Who the eff does that work on?! But anyways, ya guys shmuys. I don't need em lol!

Well thats all I got for now! My cuz Sean will be here real soon, and then the rest of the fam. Im pretty stoked for that!!! But anyways, keep in touch everyone.

Much love,
Nicole

Okkkkk everyone Im back.......from IGUAZU!

So Iguazu is on the very tip of Argentina that shares a border with Brazil (and I think Paraguay is pretty close too). A nice 17 or so hour bus ride woohoo! Anyways its this tourist attraction because it has these amazing waterfalls in the middle of the jungle. The town itself isn't much to brag bout, but the waterfalls and scenery are gorgeous.

I went with my two girlfriends (yes, I know, I actually do have some girlfriends here haha) Lisa and Zoe. We went on an overnight bus on Friday and got there bout mid-Saturday. The rest of that day we didnt do too much, just walked round the town.

But Saturday night was funny. So we had these two Australians (of Asian descent) and a Canadian (Montreal) in our room with us. They were real cool and funny, and we sat with them at dinner in the hostel. The dinner was this asado with a salad bar and shit...it was pretty good but thats not the point lol. Also the dinner included a Brazilian dance show. Let me tell ya the show was somethin else. All three performers were black Brazilian...1 guy and 2 girls. The girls were in these costumes that looked like they were out of carnival or something. They just had sequinsy things covering their nipples, a flashy thong thing, high heels, lots of makeup, and head pieces. The guy just wore a sequins shirt and pants. But the girls grinded and ass shook and basically gave free lap dances to some guys from the audience. It was definitely some hard core sex dancing! The guy (which always came over to me and chose me for everything lol) had girls come up and learn different dance moves. Overall it was the old, guys get a nice little show while the girls in the audience had to have a workout...hardly fair haha. Then everyone got up and followed the performers through all these different dancy things. I cant even begin to explain this show well at all...let me just say it wasnt exactly what we were thinking haha. My friends and I were like wtf?! Lol.

Then after that we just hung out at the hostel with the guys from our room and played drinking games for awhile, nothin too crazy. But then these 2 other guys come over a lot later and ask if they could join us. We said ya, and they asked what game did we want to play. Lisa said "O I don't know if I know anymore drinking games, we've been playing for a long time." And one of the guys answered, "You've played all the drinking games you know and your still not drunk...it's because your with asians." And he said it really quietly too, so that I didn't even hear him at first. But Peter (one of the asian australians) did and was like, "Wait what did you say?!" And the guy actually repeated it! What an idiot! So Peter smacked him across the face and got up and wanted to beat the shit outta the guy. I mean I can't blame him...who says shit like that?! It was super rude and just stupid (4 one thing "asians not being able to drink" isnt even a stereotype that I know of)! I dont know if the guy meant it as a racist comment, but idk what other conclusion could be drawn from it. But then the other guys got in between and no one actually ended up fighting, although for like an hour after Peter still wanted to go haha. And when Ken (the other asian australian) reached across the rickety table to hold Peter back, all the beer bottles were knocked over and shattered and made a huge mess. So it was quite a night let me tell you!!!! (P.S. Peter was pretty cute lol!)

Ok now on to the main reason for our trip...the waterfalls. So we got up early the next morning and got to the park by like 10 or 1030. All 3 of us were wearing shorts, tank top or tshirt, and a light jacket. They brought their swim suits with them and extra clothes, but I just wore my bikini underneath. Anyways, the day was rainy and gray and cold....and FREEZING! I mean I dont think it gets that cold there since its more tropical, and if the sun had been out it would have been a nice day, but with the rain and shit we were soooooooooo cold.

And of course the 1st thing we do is go on this adventure tour thing. It was part jeep tour through the jungle and part boat ride up to the falls. The jeep ride was cool but it was just so cold. Then on the boat ride, which they warned us was gona be like a shower haha, I stripped down to my bikini top and shorts so I could keep my other clothes "drier." They were these power boats that we took up the river, through these rapids, and up to the falls. Then after all the pics were taken, the driver drove us up suuuppperrr close to the falls. I mean this wouldnt fly at nigara falls where there would be a lawsuit just waiting to happen. We literally got so close that spray and water were flying everywhere and I couldnt even keep my eyes open. But it was a blast! We all loved it so much. We went up real close four times (2x's for each area of waterfall). O let me explain that...there were three main waterfall areas with other smaller ones all over the place. And they were GINORMOUS! These are some massive waterfalls, but they were awesome.

The rest of the day (after we dried off as much as possible and warmed up as much as possible even though that was never really accomplished) we walked around the rest of the park, saw all the different waterfalls, the jungle, ate lunch, went on these trains that reminded us of the trains in disneyland lol, and basically had a good time. It was such an incredible sight. I have pics, but they dont even begin to do justice to them. Mom, you really would have loved them! Then at the very end, when Zoe had almost given up hope, we saw tucans (she had been wanting to see them all day haha)! She was so excited and they were pretty cool. O and there were all these coatis all over the place and they tried to always steal your food (well they are a relative of the racoon lol). So despite the cold, it was a fantastic day.

Then we went back to the hostel, changed, ate, and went back on the bus Sunday night. A super quick trip! But really there wasn't too much else to do. But I definitely would like to go back when its sunny and a lil warmer...maybe in spring when things would be blooming!

Anways, there is one more story to this trip (I know this has been an extremely long post!). Ok, so everyone knows i can be a little messy when i eat sometimes haha. So Lisa and Zoe figured this out, and after the dinner they served on the bus I stand up to shake off the crumbs and Lisa asks if I spilled anything this time. Mind you, I still have the tray with the leftovers of the meal that i didnt eat in my hand. (The "main course" had been burgers and fries, if you could call the burger actual meat or one big ball of preservatives as Zoe put it. Suffice to say the food on the buses is not the greatest!) Anyways, so Im standing with the tray, cuz it wouldnt fit properly on my seat, and I shake my blanket, when either there was a bump or the bus lurched or something. And the seperate container that held the burger and fries was a little unsteady on the tray, and basically I fall forward and hit the seat in front of mine and the container of burger and fries spills onto the man in front of me's head!!!!! Ironic, no, that Lisa just asked me 2 seconds before if I had spilled anything?!

Well, this guy was super pissed. I immediately say "Lo siento" and keep on apologizing and picking the fries off his collar and shoulders haha. The man is mumbling in spanish, and throwing (and when i say throwing I mean literally THROWING) the fries onto the aisle floor, where Im bending down and picking them up. I finally sit down, totally embarassed and upset. But while this is happening i hear Zoe and Lisa desperately trying not to laugh, but they cant hold it in very well. So I sit down, and just looking at Zoe was some funny shit. I mean she was so red in the face and gasping for air from trying not to laugh. And come on, it was pretty damn funny! So Im sitting there, tears welling up in my eyes from not laughing...all three of us literally couldnt look at each other for a long time or we would have burst out! I was just sitting there praying the guy wouldnt turn around or see my reflection in the window (cuz I could see him) and see me basically laughing. Then the guy stands up to wipe off all the rest of the crumbs and turns around and says (in his bad english) "Thank you." with his hands spread out, indicating "look what you've done you stupid bitch" haha! The guy was mad enough to say it in english! I just sit there looking up at him and say, "Im sorry" back in english hahahahaha! I mean what did he expect me to do...it was an accident! But it was so effin hilarious. And of course the three of us couldnt talk bout it till today, cuz the guy was sittin in front of me. But Zoe said it might have been one of the funniest things she has ever seen! O what a classic Nicole thing to do...there you have it folks!

Yep, well thats all for now! O and Im posting pictures (ya I remembered my camera this time), but dont judge my hair from these pics cuz it looks horrible (well it was rained on and soaked and had a hoodie on it all day)! And p.s. Zoe is the one with the red hair and Lisa is obviously the other girl.

Mmk love you all and miss you tons!

Peace,

Nicole

O and fyi another change...no piercin on the lip anymore. Not that it lasted long anyways, but I was in the club and I don't know exactly how it fell out (possibly could have somethin to do with the guy i was makin out with haha) but ya it just disappeared! The rest of that night I lost it was pretty funny but i wont go into details now (im too lazy to type haha).

Its almost completely healed by now, which is awesome. O the miracle of skin haha! But ya just lettin ya know.

Ciao,
Nicole

Ooooooooo I forgot to tell ya...my hair is effin short again. I cut it a week ago. Really i didnt go in there lookin to cut it all off but it happened. I was thinkin o ya ill take a little length off cuz some of it was dead and wat not. I was thinkin a long bob or somethin and keepin it at shoulder length or a lil longer. So of course there was a slight language boundary and they were like o what bout a bob and i was like ya i was actually thinkin that, but i dont want it too short.

So then the guy who cut my hair went to work and the first thing he did was cut the back layers super short...like above the chin level. And i was like o damn well there goes all my hair haha. But whatev, its pretty cute and it will grow back. And even tho for so long i had real short hair it was still pretty shocking. I dont think its been this short since high school lol. But ya so there you have it folks, short hair nicole!

O but im still bright blonde haha. No worries cuz i no u were freakin out lol!

K peace out!

Hey everyone,

Doin great, just livin life in good ol buenos aires. Its kinda weird cuz I still kinda feel like I should be doin and seein new "touristy" things all the time, but Im actually livin here haha. Im livin just like I would at home (ok with a few exceptions but basically the same).

Speakin of livin it up down here, did u know i am on a boondoggle?! I am officially a boondoggler hahahahaha!!!!!! Thats what my dad said to me the other night and i was like wat the F is a boondoggle dad lol...i had never heard of the word in my life. Well I guess its usually when people go on "business trips" but actually just golf and drink and use the word business trip as an excuse to have a good time. I said I havent golfed once since bein down here but I supposedly this trip still fits in that category, since Im supposedly goin out a lot and not super "focused on my studies" hahaha. My parents assume the worst of me lol (cuz my studies ALWAYS come first hahahaha)! But I like that word mucho and am damn proud to be a boondoggler! So sweet tits.

Anyways a lil shout out to danielle, "Will milk be made available?!" "If he gets up, we'll all get up, itll be anarchy!" Hahaha, thanx man for the comment (ps I havent watched that movie in a long time...im ready for a lil bc in my life!).

O and christie do you have skype man? If not u should get it and we will chat and wat not haha. That goes for anyone else who wants to speak to the n-man (hahah that may be the lamest thing i have ever said, but as my dad also told me the other night...im the queen of lameness lol! Aww thanx dad i love you too hahaha!).

K guys well talk to ya later. Besos y abrazos!

-N dizzle (the names just keep gettin better!)