Um........

So I've been here all by myself all week. Other than a couple of movies with friends, I have caught up on my TV watching and some home projects. I thought I would relay something that happened last week. I'm cheating by taking it word for word from an email that I sent my family, but you get the point:

So check this out... I happened to be in Sao Paulo yesterday which is where the final of the Copa Libertadores (a major south american soccer tournament) was being played... I caught some of the game in a hotel lobby and saw the Brazilian team Santos put two goals in against Uruguayan Peñarol's one goal. The first Santos goal was scored by this young phenom with a lame mohawk.... The same kid assisted on the

second Santos goal.

So earlier this afternoon while waiting in the security line at the SP airport for my return to Buenos Aires, I see all this commotion and its the mohawk making his way through the airport... with another
Santos player (Elano Blumer who has played for the Brazilian National Team)...

Me, of course, being an NCAA basketball fan more than anything take only a passing interest....

THEN at the gate, I see these two schmoes get escorted onto the plane before anyone else. So I think at least I'll get a close up of them while I walk by. As it turns out, they're sitting in the row right in front of me on the plane (i'm in the 2nd to the last row). So about 20 pairs of people come back to take pictures with the dudes (the top of my head is super famous now).... Neymar dropped his phone... and guess who picked it up? Me... Not that I care cause it wasn't like Wayne Rooney or Landon Donovan or David Villa... but then again, none of those three would be flying unescorted in coach class on a LAN flight. Neymar just might be the next Ronaldo though... Rumored to be on his way to Chelsea or Real Madrid for several million dollars.

So funny... I should have asked him for tickets to the Copa America (another big south american soccer tournament.. this one hosted in Argentina). It was funny that about a dozen Peñarol fans (all decked

out since they probably didn't sleep (or shower) all night) were on the plane... some taunting.. ha ha ha...

Love it.