Dear Friends,
I apologize most sincerely for the lack of postage you've received from me for the past (insert amount of time it's been since I've blogged, for I hate to reminisce on all the moments I've deprived you of), but you see, I have been recording things in another blog of late. Mind you, I'm much less proud of this new blog than I am of this one, for I am admittedly about half as honest and a far fewer fraction as confident, but I am at least truthful of the events that have been occurring in my life (aka traveling to ITALY and ENGLAND), and should you wish to update yourself on the happenings of this speck of dust (yours truly) you need only click you shoes together three times and click on this hyperlink.
That is not to say that this blog is dead, by any means. If anything, I will restrict my posts to this blog to mainly outbursts of creative writing. That is all.
Sincerely,
Me, Myself, and I.
2/11/13
1/10/13
Where Am I?!
Never fear, avid readers! I have not yet fallen off the face of the earth - just straight through it, I suppose.
First and foremost, I apologize fiercely for my absence of late - I've been incredibly busy getting ready to travel abroad (yes, you heard correctly), spending time with my familia, and loving my dogs to a pulp. Christmas was nice this year, despite the fact that we didn't get a tree...completely ruining our family tradition of Christmas Tree Hide and Seek. I got super drunk with my familia and friends at the surprisingly many parties we had, played a lot of board games, met and hung out with my brother's new girlfriend, and got last minute study abroad paperwork and stuff done. It was nice not having to worry about anything for a bit and enjoy my family's company.
But alas, the time has ended and where am I now?! In the center of culture and fashion: Florence, Italy!
I've recently been assigned to my host family and roommates (one from a college in Iowa and one from Brazil who speaks Italian benissimo e Inglese, anch'io). See, look how good I'm getting? Giorno 3 in scuola Italiano :)
I'm super excited to be able to talk in Italian. Though my host mamma speaks pretty good English, she can't understand me very well, and I'm sure would prefer we speak Italiano. It was so cool, the first night at dinner, there were all these different languages being thrown across the table just trying to understand each other! English, Italian, Portuguese, Latin, French, Spanish! It was so fun just trying to understand one another and get ideas across. After that, Karena (the girl from Brazil) invited us out to an Irish pub with a bunch of other Portuguese students at Linguaviva, which was awesome. Hannah and I both had a "Sex in the Duomo." If you're unfamiliar, the Duomo is a MASSIVE religious monument in Florence.
First and foremost, I apologize fiercely for my absence of late - I've been incredibly busy getting ready to travel abroad (yes, you heard correctly), spending time with my familia, and loving my dogs to a pulp. Christmas was nice this year, despite the fact that we didn't get a tree...completely ruining our family tradition of Christmas Tree Hide and Seek. I got super drunk with my familia and friends at the surprisingly many parties we had, played a lot of board games, met and hung out with my brother's new girlfriend, and got last minute study abroad paperwork and stuff done. It was nice not having to worry about anything for a bit and enjoy my family's company.
But alas, the time has ended and where am I now?! In the center of culture and fashion: Florence, Italy!
12/13/12
Winding Down in the Windy City.
Things are starting to come to a close, y'all. It's pretty sad. I'm sorry I haven't kept you as "In the Loop" as I'd hoped. Jesus, where are all these puns coming from today? Seriously, I'm never this witty.
Anywho, here's the breakdown of notable events this semester:
1. CPS Shakespeare! and changing the lives of passionate young ones.
2. Making new close friends in the hostel and at work.
3. Seeing some remarkable theater (Sweet Bird of Youth, Sunday in the Park With George, Black and Blue Boys, The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Heart, School for Lies, Sister Act, Metamorphoses...I'm probably forgetting a couple.)
4. Going back to campus for choir and voice lessons. Seriously, saved my life this semester. Probably the best part of my week. I don't know what I'm going to do not singing all next semester and summer...my host family is probably going to get sick of me reals fast.
5. Making a Christmas CD with one Jessica Steele. If you are at all interested and would like a copy, please put your name and address in the comments section and I would be happy to mail you one.
6. Using public transportation...on some occasions.
7. Dressing all fancy shmancy for work.
8. PARTIES, of course.
9. Seeing the Chicago Christmasy changes.
10. Having my own room...however messy it may be.
I'm sure there's more, I just can't think of any right now. But it's been a fabulous semester, and I'm grateful for the things I've learned - about life and about myself. More on that to come, obviously. What is a good "I'm Proud of You" post without some philosophical mind-fuck shit?
For now, just get psyched because after Christmas break, what is to come, but...
EUROPE!
Anywho, here's the breakdown of notable events this semester:
1. CPS Shakespeare! and changing the lives of passionate young ones.
2. Making new close friends in the hostel and at work.
3. Seeing some remarkable theater (Sweet Bird of Youth, Sunday in the Park With George, Black and Blue Boys, The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Heart, School for Lies, Sister Act, Metamorphoses...I'm probably forgetting a couple.)
4. Going back to campus for choir and voice lessons. Seriously, saved my life this semester. Probably the best part of my week. I don't know what I'm going to do not singing all next semester and summer...my host family is probably going to get sick of me reals fast.
5. Making a Christmas CD with one Jessica Steele. If you are at all interested and would like a copy, please put your name and address in the comments section and I would be happy to mail you one.
6. Using public transportation...on some occasions.
7. Dressing all fancy shmancy for work.
8. PARTIES, of course.
9. Seeing the Chicago Christmasy changes.
10. Having my own room...however messy it may be.
I'm sure there's more, I just can't think of any right now. But it's been a fabulous semester, and I'm grateful for the things I've learned - about life and about myself. More on that to come, obviously. What is a good "I'm Proud of You" post without some philosophical mind-fuck shit?
For now, just get psyched because after Christmas break, what is to come, but...
EUROPE!
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