School is going great. For the first time in college, I am excited to go to every one of my classes. Being in Tisch is so much fun, and I am learning about things that actually interest me. I am finally exactly where I need to be. There are still a few kinks to be worked out in my schedule, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that all will go well ( Read more... )

Things have been looking up this past week. After a short bout of depression triggered by low self-esteem, working too much for too little, and just general existential crises, I am now happier than I probably have been in a while ( Read more... )

Things have been going well; very very busy, and not always stress-free, but well nonetheless ( Read more... )

I have now worked three shifts at Piola. Saturday, I went in at 11 in the morning to begin my training. I was let in the yet-to-be-open restaurant by a nice Italian woman named Susanna, who soon enough complimented my Italian and said I have a very Italian face. I think I later overheard her telling my boss that I remind her of her son. My boss is ( Read more... )

Class is over. I feel very empty inside ( Read more... )

I now have only one week left of my summer course. And although it has been fun and I have learned loads, I must say thank God; this past month or so has been one long, giant marathon of filmmaking. I am a bit tired ( Read more... )

Tonight when I left from editing, there was a huge thunderstorm outside. Rain was pouring down in buckets, and the wind was blowing and lightning was flashing all over the place. Only a few idiots were out walking the streets, and I decided to be one of them ( Read more... )

First of all, since I have not updated since before the final, I must say, Viva l'Azzurri! What a tense match that was! Both France and Italy played very well, and in spite of tauntings and head-butts, it was a great game to watch. But Italy winning on Sunday was a fitting final chapter in my Italian saga this year. Ok, enough about football. For a ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a fun day. I spent the afternoon with my friend Emily, who goes to school at Mary Washington in Virginia. We met in Florence, where we both gave tours of Santa Maria Novella. She's in New York City for a summer internship. I showed her around Greenwich Village and the whole NYU area at large. We later went down to Battery Park to ( Read more... )

It has now been exactly a week since I have been back in New York City, although it seems longer. With my class being four hours in the morning and four hours in the afternoon, every weekday seems like two separate days. In spite of that, I am still getting used to the city again. I came and dived right into class, so only in the past couple of ( Read more... )