These are a few of my favorite things...

I am currently sitting on the couch watching game one of the World Series in Spanish on ESPN here. I have to say, it's nice to watch baseball after so many months. American sports are definitely something I miss. I like soccer, but I just don't know the teams here, so it's hard to have a strong rooting interest in the games, so it's just not as entertaining. With the World Series, I am rooting for the Phillies even though I like the Rays better. If only because I can't have the Rockies as the only expansion team from the '90s that hasn't won the World Series.

Speaking of things that I miss from the US, though, I have realized that I have been spending a lot of time thinking about things I miss about the States. A certain desire to return to the US has definitely been growing inside me for the last few weeks. This is not to say that I don't like Argentina, or that I want to leave. Merely to say that I am reaching a point where I think I will be ready to go back to the States when the time comes. I also realize that when I go back to the US there will be things that I will miss about Argentina. As such, I decided that I want to try and focus on enjoying those things while I still can, rather than thinking in vain about things that I miss from home and can't have anyway. To hopefully make this easier for myself, I am going to make a list of these things:

- alfajores
- Argentine Coke
- whatever they do to ham that makes it so much better than in the States
- clubs that play reggaeton
- dark hair, dark eyes, olive skin
- the phrase "¿qué sé yo?"
- the adjective "re"
- liters of beer that cost 85 cents
- good wine that costs less than bad wine in the US
- 30 cent public transportation
- knowing I can say pretty much anything I want if I use enough slang and speak quickly enough

I am sure there are more things that I will think of as a go along.

In other news, on Friday I am going to Pinamar for the weekend. It's a beach down that used to just be a bunch of sand dunes until some German guys decided it would be cool to plant a whole bunch of pine trees there. It's supposed to be very pretty, and I am excited to work on my tan a bit. There will certainly be photos.

Also, as I have spent most of the game writing this, I have come to the realization that as much as I conciously want the Rays to not win the World Series before the Rockies, I can't help rooting for them. So I guess I am actually pulling for the Rays.