After three finals all in a row, two hours long each (two literature and one italian) I am burnt out. I suppose I will to this mindless survey ( Read more... )

The semester would, of course, not be complete without at least one all-nighter. Last year, both semesters combined, I pulled a total of 26 ALL nighters. I researched/typed my paper all day yesterday, all through the night, and until 12:40 this afternoon. I didn't even notice the sun come up! At one point this morning, I was falling asleep, but ( Read more... )

I didn't know that in writing a paper you had to cite facts (like Elio Vittorini was born on July 23, 1908) because I didn't think it was anyone's personal thought so much as just a fact of life. Apparently, though, I do have to cite it or I am plagerizing ( Read more... )

It is a peacefully rainy day here in Rome. I really do love the rain, even moreso when there is thunder and lightening involved. On a day like today, when I must keep my self indoors and force myself to write a paper the rain is wonderful. It allows me to feel comfortable, warm, and safe just staying inside. It somehow curbs the boredom that I ( Read more... )

Well, I did actually have to think of a new topic for my paper...but of course I am yet again procrastinating. The paper's due date is luckily extended until Wednesday or Thursday ( Read more... )

I somehow keep forgetting that I am not registered for classes yet when registration was a month or so ago! Why is this you ask? Well, one part is my fault. I chose a school for rich bastards with a financial aid office that does not give a shit about those who have no money to pay for school! Why do they tell you not to worry about the money when ( Read more... )

Salve Regina, being a fairly small school, does not have the largest library, but ironically enough, it just so happens to have the book I need for my paper which is due monday. I searched my tiny school library in Rome and all the English bookstores and every other possible place in Rome for Elio Vittorini's (a major ITALIAN author) book THE RED ( Read more... )

Since I have had this account for quite some time I decided now was the perfect time to actually start writing in it (especially since this helps me procrastinate from researching my paper on the perceptions of WW2 as portrayed through Vittorini's fascist work THE RED CARNATION and his neorealist work CONVERSATIONS IN SICILY and from studying for ( Read more... )