Now that I'm done with my first day of classes...I want it to be summer again. Ah well. At least 2 out of 3 of my classes are interesting. One of them because the subject matter is interesting (Witch Trials) and the other because....well, I'm 95% certain the professor is British (his accent was kinda hard to pin down) and because we got stuck in ( Read more... )

50 Books in a Year Update:

20. Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
21. Storm Front by Jim Butcher (Book One in The Dresden Files)

Reading Lolita in Tehran was great, but in some parts it felt like reading an English class. Still, an eye-opener into life in Iran in the early-ish 90s.

Storm Front was awesome, and I finally have a book series ( Read more... )

50 Books in a Year update:
14. Julius Caesar by Shakespeare
15. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

My flight connecting from Chicago to Seattle was delayed about an hour because.....well, actually, I don't really know why. They had issues parking a plane, I think?? Or even beyond that, having a plane to park? Anyway, I got back to Washington fine ( Read more... )

I realized I never rarely put my own original work up here, and...while I'm still not terribly inclined to do so, I randomly had the desire to post a few poems exercises up.

( Stuff that is nowhere near being my best work. )

So, as a little souvenir for myself from Rome, I bought a Venetian mask magnet. If you don't know what one looks like, it's like this, though Doctor Whovians might be more familiar with these villains. Nikki, if you'd like one to adorn your own room, let me know. Or if you'd much rather keep the villain away. And of course the offer is extended ( Read more... )

50 Books in a Year Update:

11. Coriolanus by Shakespeare
12. Rome: a Biography by Christopher Hibberts
13. Metamorphoses by Ovid ( Read more... )

Yesterday we went on a Caravaggio walk to 3 different churches. It was interesting that people had to pay up to 1 euro to light a Caravaggio set-up at times. Otherwise the effects presented in the paintings were ( Read more... )

I meant to. Really. Really seriously. I'd planned to at least go to Castel San Angelo, if I didn't make it to Pompeii or the catacombs.

But I had the apartment to myself, and it just felt nice not to have to fight with the other girls (meaning 3 of them) for rights to the apartment. It felt nice to sit back and not be required to go someplace ( Read more... )

A blase entry, seeing as this is my break and therefore no extravagant places were visited. I'm still mulling over going to Pompeii, Castel San Angelo, and the catacombs, and for a while Capri was thrown into the mix, but I don't think I'll be going to Capri. A sign of encouragement for another trip to Italy sometime in my future, perhaps?

( A little bit about the apartment, I guess. )

I almost forgot that it was the 1st of July. My days here in Rome have been so hectic and long, they seem to run together so I can only think of them as "That one day we went to [insert place here]." And sadly? That's exactly how everybody else on this program is thinking, too. School six days a week suits me unwell ( Read more... )