2/21/09
Ok, so it’s been a few days. Wednesday night was busy and I was thoroughly exhausted through all of it. First I went to dinner with Larissa and Ali and chilled with them, which was both delicious and fun. Then I went to meet the girls from Italian class. Of course, I had forgotten that we were going to get appertivo before the movie, so it was a good thing I ate really early with Larissa and Ali and pretty late with the Italian class. The movie we saw was called Questa Piccola Grande Amore, which basically means “this young, grand love.” It didn’t have subtitles, but I was still able to follow pretty well. I definitely didn’t understand every word that was spoken, but probably about ½, so I knew enough. I’m pretty sure that Italian movies stopped having happy endings once neo-realism rolled around. The whole movie was about two people, Andrea and Giulia, trying to be together, despite a billion (sometimes really minor) problems, and then they don’t end up together? Ok.
Seeing as I love Thursdays, Thursday was a great day. After sleeping in past 7:30, we watched a movie for Italian class with one of the beginning courses, which meant we got subtitles. The movie was called Le Fate Ignoranti (the spelling might be wrong), and it means “the ignorant fairy.” Antonia, the protagonist, discovers her husband, Massimo, was having an affair after he’s killed by a car at the beginning of the movie. Then she finds out he was having an affair with a man, Michele. Antonia and Michele become friends and stuff and try to get over Massimo’s death. It was entertaining, but Michele was a bad fake-crier. And Antonia looked a little like Meg Ryan. Good class. Afterward, I came home to make lunch, etc., before going over to hang out with Emily. When I was about to leave, someone buzzed our apartment, so I looked out to the window, and it was a two older women. I assumed they had the wrong apartment, so I didn’t say anything and pretended not to be. They kept ringing, so I did the really mature thing and waited for them to give up and leave before going over to Emily’s. We chilled at Emily’s apartment, and Keyana and Melissa joined us once they were back from class. Emily and Keyana had been invited to a get together at some kid’s house from their Italian class, so I went with them. There were at least five different languages spoken at this party: Italian, English, French, Arabic, some German, a little Russian. It was difficult to keep up, but a lot of fun. They were mostly Academia people, but we were the only Americans there, which was fun. We stayed until 11:30 or so, when I got really sleepy and started sneezing. It’s still a mystery as to why I started sneezing, but it lasted until last night, and now it’s only a sneeze every once and a while. Hopefully we’ll hang out with those people again. We exchanged numbers with them, so we’ll see. Then I came home and fell asleep after 2 days of exhaustion.
Yesterday was a lot of fun as well. After sleeping in (hooray!), Colleen and I mostly hung out at the apartment for the day. I went grocery shopping, which I desperately needed to do, did some organizing, and planned spring break. Well, researched spring break and made up a preliminary plan, but I think it’s a good one. It includes Liverpool, Wales, Wigley fun, and Dublin thus far. So I was productive! We made some delicious dinner here before Jen, Emily, and Keyana came over to have some wine and chill. Afterward we went out to the club, where we stayed until it closed. We met up with some of our Italian friends there. And before we knew it, it was almost 3 in the morning. Time flies when you’re having fun, I suppose. When we left the club, we went to get kabobs (yes!). We lingered before going home and ceremoniously falling asleep immediately.
Today I’ve literally done nothing. I slept in again, showered, and… that’s about it. I have a job interview over the phone at 6:00. I’m nervous, but prepared. It’s good to be nervous, right? Let’s hope it goes well. Afterward, we’re going out to dinner with the girls, and I think our school is hosting a carnival night at a club tonight, so we might go to that to get in the spirit for Venice tomorrow! I’m super pumped to go to Carnival tomorrow. We have to get up early, but that’s just fine. It’ll be worth it. And we can, once again, sleep on the bus. And… that’s about it!
Update: Had the interview. Nailed it. Got the job. High five!! I’m so so so soooooo excited!!! She really only asked me one question, but she said my resume was really detailed and in depth, so she didn’t have many questions. Because I can work all summer and all day, I get to work with all the different age groups. She said I get to be her right-hand person with everything, which is incredible. I can’t believe. I’m so excited and so happy. I will have worked at the two largest theaters in Minneapolis, which is difficult to do, and I’m doing a happy dance while thanking the gods of theater and karma. And I just had a delicious dinner at House of Sizzle and am fully prepared for the on-coming food coma. This week has been incredible.