Valientes for Fundación Discar

I've seen this billboard all over BsAs recently...proud of the cast of Valientes, using their popularity for the good!

...but what is going on with Mariano Martinez? Que cara de boludo.

Lesson Fifteen: Che, Flaco, Dame la Guita

Today in our Spanish lesson, we learn about how to describe people. Alta, baja, rubia, morocha, linda, fea, etc. We also learn that the terms gordo and flaco are used in a different way here in Argentina.

Flaco is used for people you meet on the street or people you don’t know well. Gordo is a term used among friends—it is a term of endearment. In Argentina (and many other Spanish-speaking countries as well) people are quite open about the obviousness of one’s looks. While in this case the term gordo can be used when speaking with a thin or fat person, if there actually is a chubby kid in the class, he is nicknamed gordo. Same with flaco. People are kinda okay with who they are down here...what a concept.

Aparencias shouldn't fool us, though:




Anyway, David has a hot neighbor in this episode, so he enjoys describing her: alta, flaca, rubia, ojos muy grandes y azules, labios como dos frutillas llena de jugo, piel como sábanas de miel. My favorite Argentine DJ also gets an accidental shout out: Hernán Cattaneo! Again, I’m happy the Bueno, entonces...crew throws in so much of the Argentine culture stuff—really, it shows that the research was done. Cattaneo plays at lots of the music festivals down here, and he's got a huge fanbase...probably because he is AMAZING.

We end with David calling Jimena an alcoholic. She gets defensive and he tells the oyentes to send letters of support to help her through this. David David, David...such a troublemaker.

Celebrity Sighting in Palermo

So, here I was on Wednesday afternoon. Sitting on the 111, going down Paraguay, jammin' to some old Mana tunes, and who do I see in front of the Disco? MARITA BALLESTEROS!

...okay, so you may not know who she is if Valientes is not your religion, but because it is mine, I quase flipped shit when I saw her. Bah!

Nelly is Tired of English

I've been reading a lot about Nelly's new switch over to Spanish. Apparently, she's bored of the whole singing-in-English thing:

"Después de la gira de Loose estaba sentada en el estudio intentando escribir más cosas en inglés y no fluía. No estaba inspirada. Nada. Estaba bloqueada. Después de diez años de mostrar mi alma en inglés, de mostrar mi alma canadiense en tres discos... Estaba cansada. Estaba aburrida del inglés, de todo esto." (excerpt from Clarin, author Guillermo Zaccagnini)

To read the rest of the article (and hear her new song, Manos al Aire) click here.