December so far

This month has been pretty awesome so far.
We got out of school Dec. 5th, so now I have even less of a permanent schedule than I did before. My days normally are filled with tennis, college work, and friends. That suits me fine.
Some specific adventures I have had so far are...
A week ago Pablo and I went out together both Friday and Saturday nigh. Friday night was fun, but uneventful. We went to a club called La Osa (The Bear), and had an ok time dancing and playing some pool. But the next day was more interesting.
We went out at around 2 am. to the center. We were supposed to meet up with a group of Pablo's friends for a birthday party. Well...the friends took a really long time in coming to the center, and we ended up waiting like 2 hours in the middle of the city. Kinda dangerous.
At one point, a fairly ragged looking guy came up to us. He offered us a few small pieces of paper with drawings on them. This is one way that poor people ask for coins here in the city. When we told him we didn't have anything, he seemed to get angry. He proceeded to very obviously put his bare finger under his shirt and tell us he had a gun. He asked us to give him more. That just pissed me off. I told him I didn't have anything to give him. He proceeded to feel my pockets and when he felt my cell phone, he asked me to take it out, claiming he just wanted to see the time. I am not an idiot. I refused to take my cell phone out of my pocket. That seemed to make him angry, and he grabbed me. Not in a very threatening way, but in a way that said, ''You are not leaving yet.'' Well I was already angry, and now I was just intolerant. I shoved the bloke and tried to walk away. He grabbed my by the neck, and I turned around sharply. I am not stupid enough to start a fight. But is stood there looking at this guy and was angry enough that in the moment I wouldn't really have minded if he tried to attack me, because I was more than willing to defend myself. But he didn't do anything, so I shoved him again and walked away. He shouted and yelled after us, but since we were in the middle of the city with people walking by all around us he couldn't really do anything. Later that night we passed by the same spot and I checked to see if he was around. He wasn't. Better for both of us.
That was the first time in my life someone had tried to rob me like that in the street. How pathetic people can be...
This weekend (today is Sunday) was fun. Last night, Mariano, Pablo, and I took a bus to Carlos Paz, a city about 45 minutes away that has some really amazing clubs. We went to a club called Molino Rojo (which means Red Windmill...). I met up with some exchange student friends of mine, a boy from Germany, Moritz, and a girl from Denmark, Nannah. We all hung out in a group in the club and generally had a great time. It was a really fun night. We met lots of cool people and the music was really good.
Now I have to work on college apps. Chau