Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas ( Read more... )

Ready to come home...oh so ready to go home... lol. My painting teacher is astonished that most of us are actually counting down to going home. Lol, but he doesnt understand that we've been spoiled all our lives by the luxuries of American and we need to return to those. We're all tired of pasta. We're all tired of having to go to the grocery ( Read more... )

Wow, where do I start ( Read more... )

I had such an awesomely wonderful day yesterday. I woke up, Andrea fixed coffee, I went to classes, the model for drawing was late, so Kirsten and I hit up the 1 Euro Capuccino Place, which is wonderful. So then we go back and drawing flies by because we are sugared up and listening to Christmas songs. I cant even express how excited I was to ( Read more... )

Oh and I got my Art History midterm back. A-. I wrote a frickin book and I got an A-. At the Art Academy it would've been an A. Gr. And when Helen (the teacher) was handing them out she made comments aloud about the grades... "Matthew, you could've done better. I think you got some facts confused...", "Lori, this is the best paper I've seen. If ( Read more... )

Today is Wednesday. Which may mean that the week is half over for most of you, but to me, it feels like the week is over. Lol. After Tuesday, its all downhill for me. Perhaps cuz time moves weirdly here. So last night in Painting, Michelle is all "yo! you, me, kirsten, and some hot tim burton action at the Odeon." So I put off my chicken pot pie ( Read more... )

Its only noon and today has been so incredibly odd. First I sleep in, then when I do get up, I knock over a whole bottle of india ink on the wood floor in my apartment, the desk, and the laundry basket, nailing two pairs of jeans with permanent black ink. Way to go Emily! Score one for the team! Lol. I felt like such a loser. I ended up getting it ( Read more... )

Hi, I'm alive. Just been internet-deprived for a few days. Well, Mom got home safely and now I am here alone again in Florence. Which for some reason feels a lot more like home now that I've been through the craziness of other Italian cities. I like knowing where I am going and knowing that I can walk there. Its too expensive when you have to ( Read more... )

Yesterday went to Venice, which was a pretty surreal place. Cant really say that I loved it, but it was just like another world. No highways, just water with tons of overcrowded water buses floating on it. There seemed to be no rhyme or reason to the organization of the streets, but I enjoyed San Marco. The church has this crazy design based on ( Read more... )

Saw the Pope today. Was blessed by the Pope...Benedictus or whatever his name is. He's a cool guy. Speaks pretty much every language, rides around in a sporty fast Pope-mobile-roadster thing. Lol. That was the highlight of Rome. Seriously, we didnt do a whole lot there, but go to the Pope's mass/blessing. But that was good enough. Tomorrow is ( Read more... )