updates n' stuff

So, these days have fortunately been a turn for the better.  About two weeks ago, the manager of a hostel my friend vicky works at offered me a job.  The only problem is that I really can't work, being a rotary student, a minor, and living in this country on a tourist visa.  (the last two don't really matter due to laws apparently meaning nothing here)  He also told me that I'm welcome to go and chill out in the hostel whenever I'd like, which is excellent.  I've been going nearly every day lately, just meeting cool people and chillin' out.  It's perfect.  Here's just a few of the people I've met/ things that have happened lately.  Three days ago, I went out to dinner with a big group of travellers, about 15 people, from australia, switzerland, germany, and the netherlands.  I mainly talked to the two people from austrailia; a guy and a girl.  The guy was trying to tell me all these tricks to do with cocaine, and how to get girls, and shit like that, and the girl (a social worker) was telling me how bad of a person he was, and apparently that's how people from sydney are (she was from melbourne).  I also met these two really cool Isreali dudes, Oren and Toli, who, like most of the other Isreali guys I had met before, had recently completed their mandatory 3 years of military time, and were now travelling south, central, and possibly north america.  Man, they were fun people to be with.  When I was telling them about my future travel plans, Toli told me "If you want to be a man, come to Israel, become a jew, and join the army." (He was joking, of course (sort of)) They were really fun guys, just chillin' out after a hardass three years in the military, and looking for a good time in south america.  There was one point where, before he knew my name, Toli was trying to get my attention, as I was talking to an argentinian girl at the same time.  So, he says "hey you! hey, christian!"  What? christian? I think that's the first time in my entire life I've been called that.  It amused the hell out of me though, and I made this clear to him in the amount that I laughed.  So he says "what? it's the same as if you say to me, "hey jew!" And that just made it funnier.  it was totally cool.  After those guys went to sleep, I stayed up until about 5am, having a lengthy conversation with a german guy about everything ranging from hitchhiking to government conspiracies.  I ended up going home around dawn, and waking up at about 5.30 pm the next day.  Whevever I went down to the hostel, I met these 4 american guys, about college age, who were just travelling around argentina for fun.  They were pretty cool, told me about some sweet raves around the world, and gave me free dinner. score!  To top it off, today I finally worked out everything I needed to for my brazillian visa, which I'll receive tomorrow.  I really wish I could work at that hostel, I mean it's such a cool, laid back, fun place, and the job offer basically just fell into my hands.  How often does that shit happen, a job that you really like/want to do for more than just the money, being basically given to you?  Figures, the one time this happens to me, I can't do it.  But, thus is life.  Whatever, I guess; shit happens.