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i had my history of italian cinema class today and my teacher is this badass american/italian woman. shes been teaching at saci for 17 years and before that she worked in the film business for people like francis ford coppola and her godfather is berini or something (i dont remember exactly which famous italian film maker it was and i probably sound like an ass). anyways, we watched the original (and italian) version of "the last kiss" and it was really amazing to watch an italian movie and then walk out the door and realize that YOU ARE IN ITALY. we watch a movie every week and then discuss afterwards. we have 1-2 presentations for the semester and a final exam. pretty easy.
i just got out of my drawing int. class and im excited about it yet extremely intimidated. my professor is this awesome and charismatic man named dario. hes very smart and stubborn and im excited to learn from him although im really terrified that he'll just tell me im awful and send me on my way. my problem with drawing is that i get so frustrated at how bad i am that i stop almost immediately after i begin. and the only way to get better is to keep drawing, so i just need to stop being such a quitter. its an exhausting cycle.
im starting to get more comfortable here and its a really nice feeling. kate, alison and i are going to take the train to cinque terre on saturday and hike around. they were buying the train tickets so im not sure if we're staying over night or not. i just want to hike all 5 of the cities and eat a lot of pesto. i hope its as wonderful as ive heard. it will be nice to take our first trip out of florence together. brittany, my third roommate, has a field trip to ravenna so she cant come.
ive noticed that i am not the majority of italians, even europeans type of woman. maybe its because i look american? its okay though, i honestly prefer it this way because it will be less stress and discomfort ill have to deal with when i tell them to leave me alone ("BASTA!").
i have decided that as much as i love to window shop, i really dont have any interest in going shopping in this city. everything is so expensive and i would just rather put my money towards a good meal or a train ticket. id rather have memories than material objects, to repeat a conversation ive had with lahaina and a few others.
off to make dinner, ciao!
i just got out of my drawing int. class and im excited about it yet extremely intimidated. my professor is this awesome and charismatic man named dario. hes very smart and stubborn and im excited to learn from him although im really terrified that he'll just tell me im awful and send me on my way. my problem with drawing is that i get so frustrated at how bad i am that i stop almost immediately after i begin. and the only way to get better is to keep drawing, so i just need to stop being such a quitter. its an exhausting cycle.
im starting to get more comfortable here and its a really nice feeling. kate, alison and i are going to take the train to cinque terre on saturday and hike around. they were buying the train tickets so im not sure if we're staying over night or not. i just want to hike all 5 of the cities and eat a lot of pesto. i hope its as wonderful as ive heard. it will be nice to take our first trip out of florence together. brittany, my third roommate, has a field trip to ravenna so she cant come.
ive noticed that i am not the majority of italians, even europeans type of woman. maybe its because i look american? its okay though, i honestly prefer it this way because it will be less stress and discomfort ill have to deal with when i tell them to leave me alone ("BASTA!").
i have decided that as much as i love to window shop, i really dont have any interest in going shopping in this city. everything is so expensive and i would just rather put my money towards a good meal or a train ticket. id rather have memories than material objects, to repeat a conversation ive had with lahaina and a few others.
off to make dinner, ciao!