2/27/09
So, basically, I haven’t written in forever. Here goes nothing:
Sunday: Went to Venice. We had to wake up early, which I think we all know I don’t like, but once we got on the bus we were all asleep. We arrived in Venice around 12:30 after taking a ferry down the Grand Canal. The city was absolutely filled to the brim. From the ferry it looked like an ant colony, with flows of people moving different directions, but you can barely see the individual people. We had to get lunch first, because we were all starving, so we ate some delicious pizza/pasta before heading down the main street along the canal. There were so many costumes!! A lot of people sported the 18th Century ball-gown outfits, which were all really elaborate and beautiful. Some were less classy, like the Banana man and Telletubbies. There were lots of kids dressed up as well; some spidermen, some monsters, some princesses. I got a lot of good pictures that I’ll put up on facebook. There was also some traditional street theater, which was great. It was in Italian, so we didn’t watch tons of it, though. Plus there was so much to see. We also saw a catwalk set up in Piazza San Marco, and I think it was a costume contest, because there were different groups and these people had the most elaborate costumes. We spent the majority of the day just walking around, people watching, and taking pictures. We all got masks as well. Mine is ice blue and gold, with feathers, of course. It’s beautiful and made in Venice, so extra cool. The bus ride back was the worst part of the day. I had drank coffee, our driver was on crack, and was dehydrated. In short, I very nearly got sick many times on the ride back and remained in a state of questionable digestion for hours. Pretty, right? I managed to keep the puke down though. I knew you were wondering.
Monday was when my really awesome, incredible week ended. Italian was awful that day, because none of us understood what was going on. Plus, I was exhausted. Plus, my phone was out of credit still. Plus, I didn’t want to go to photography. I was really just a crabby pants because of Italian. The day did get better though! We went to the Odeon to see Milk that night, and it was inccrrreeedddible. I can’t even express how much I loved that movie, and I’m ecstatic that Sean Penn won for best actor, because his performance kicked Brad Pitt’s performance’s ass. I also realized that this year may have been the first year I’ve seen all the movies nominated for Best Picture. I was happy Slumdog Millionaire won. I love love loved that movie. I would’ve been happy with Milk as well. Both were incredible. I cried during Milk, both at the happy and sad parts.
I’ve been a little social butterfly this week, which is completely exhausting for me. Once my school work is done (I’ve become a big fan of the library for it’s free internet so I can get everything done quickly), I’ve gone out Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and will again tonight and maybe tomorrow. It’s not even that I’m hugely partying, because I’m going to all my classes and doing all my work, and if you hugely party, you can’t do that, but people just go out to socialize with people, like, every night. Tuesday we met up with the boys and went to a bar to hang out then went dancing. They very kindly walked us home, which I liked. Wednesday I went dancing with my girlfriends at a discotech, and we danced all night long. I stayed out way later than I intended, but we were just having so much fun dancing with each other. I’m glad my friends here like to go dancing. Every time we go, we have a great time. It wasn’t a tragedy that I was out late, since I only had one class yesterday. Then last night we met up with the boys again, and I had a great time hanging out with them. We met at the discotech, but Alyssa, Emily and I ended up going to a bar later with them. We thought we were going to do karaoke, but it wasn’t going on when we got there. Oh well. Another time. I hope I speak for everyone when I say it was a great night out. We did get home late again last night, and Alyssa and I immediately went to bed, after splitting a delicious kabob. I slept straight through until 12:30, proving yet again that socializing is exhausting. Other than Monday, though, it’s been a great week, just really, really busy.
I also had to give a presentation on Futurist Music this week, and that went well.
In other major news, Emily, Larissa and I have spring break all booked! We’re flying into Liverpool Thursday night, going to the Beatles museum on Friday, then taking the train to Bangor, where we’ll meet up with my relatives. We head to their town, where we’re going to a concert that night. We’re staying in Wales through Monday. Monday night we’re taking the ferry over to Dublin. We stay in Dublin at a sweet hotel/hostel thing until Thursday morning, when we catch a plane down to London, and remain there until the end of our trip. We got some great deals on planes, trains, hostels, etc. and I think we’re all really exciting. The excitement level is, of course, based on our fake Irish dancing to Flogging Molly after we finished booking everything. Oh yeah. Now we just have to figure out what we want to see, and that’s all fun stuff! Plus, Alyssa and Nick are going to come meet up with us in Dublin, which is a-ma-zing. I’m getting really excited now.
And now it’s time to study and grocery shop before another amazing night. Alyssa’s roommate from home is in town from Rome tonight, so we’ll see her. Plus, I think people are coming over. Plus, there’s Italian study party possibly early in the evening. Plus, Alyssa and I have become pretty good at making really good meals, so there’s dinner to plan. Basically, life is busy and just great.
And believe it or not, that's the Reader's Digest version of this week.