this morning in my history of italian cinema class, my amazing teacher Tina brought in her friend Luis Colina. He is a famous editor, who has worked on films from Amadeus, to Apocalypse Now, to the Godfather Part III, even on episodes of the Entourage and played the "corvette owner" in The Big Lebowski. hes the guy who gets his corvette attacked by ( Read more... )

lahaina was here! lahaina was here! lahaina was here ( Read more... )

i feel like im being tortured. ive set aside the last 3 hours to really punch out a good chunk of my paper so i wont feel totally unaccomplished when i do nothing over the weekend (lahaina is more important than school!). i cant concentrate for the life of me. i feel like someone is slowly pulling out my hair, strand by strand, while a tiny person ( Read more... )

happy birthday big sister! i love you ( Read more... )

some photos from budapest ( Read more... )

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Although there are some really heavy things going on, I cant help but feel an ultimate high. I just hope this time I wont come crashing down like I did the last two times. Im hoping it will be a subtle decline into mediocrity. Or maybe I wont crash until I leave Europe, which seems to make the most sense right now since im all booked up until then ( Read more... )

this week has been SO good. i dont want to jinx it, but overall, one of if not the best weeks since ive been here. actually, yes, it is. i think the biggest reason is because OBAMA WON! duh, best thing ever. but i think the fact that we're 3/5 done with the semester and its basically the homestretch gives everyone a relaxed, easygoing feeling. week ( Read more... )

im sorry to pull the lazy route again but here are the links to my facebook albums ( Read more... )

after 10 long days of traveling and exploring, i have returned to florence ( Read more... )