December 2008
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Moon=UFO? →
Ahahahahahahah!
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Pompeii and the Roman Villa →
An excellent exhibit that I visited this morning with my grandparents. For those of you who can’t make it to Washington D.C., here is a the link to the National Gallery’s website that includes a video (a little corny but informed nonetheless), and audio clips from the host Barbara Tempchin and Carol Mattusch, a guest curator and professor from George Mason University. The exhibit was...
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Vatican Approves iPhone Application →
I wonder what my atheist Italian friends have to say about this..
(Taken from the boyfriend’s roommate, Chip, from a post on the boyfriend’s Facebook wall. Citing sources TO THE EXTREME. Hooray provenance.)
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“I have nothing interesting to say!”
– Isn’t it a horrible day when you realize how boring you truly are? School bills are in order, and my visa application is mailed out. Happy Holidays to all! Now back to enjoying Grandma’s internet and quality time with the family. :)
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It's my birthday!
And I dancedancedance, and I dancedancedance.
Aside from that, I’m actually back home in the United States. Right now I’m annoying my boyfriend by being on my computer at 7:46am. But I can’t fall asleep!!!
Anyway, when I first got into Dulles international, I had two dead phones. Terence found me at the baggage claim and gave me a wonderful kiss and pink roses. We spent the...
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The Price we Pay for Social Networking...
I sign into Facebook after a long day in rainy Rome, exploring, hoping to find a message from a friend that I’ve been waiting for and perhaps do a little stalking (but it’s not really, if they put information out there for everyone to see, right?), when I see the notification:
Name removed just answered a question about your personal life. [What Did same person Say] 6 hours ago.
So...
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Actually I do care, a lot.
Me: I'm stuck at the last third of my paper...I have to pick 6 ancient or medieval works of art to illustrate my views on when the early medieval ages began.
Erin: Pick "Starry Night" six times. Not medieval? Who cares?
Me: NOT ME!! BWAHAHA.
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Ocarina per iPhone →
noneun:
Dopo 5 mesi… la prima applicazione a pagamento che ho acquistato per il mio iPhone… e ho detto tutto.
This is so cool! XD
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Melissa's Visit to Rome →
There’s a public link to her facebook album with photos that she took (since my camera is broken ;_;), and here’s another.There are still more to come, including pictures of our “adventure” to Ripacandida, but she promised me she’s putting them up slowly so she can caption them all. XD
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Almost done!
But wait…what do I find in my inbox at 4:30 in the morning, after waking from a nightmare? Another nightmare! Or so I had hoped. Oh well, I guess I could have figured this was coming.
“Take-Home Final Examination Question AH363 Culture Clash and Innovation in the Early Medieval Mediterranean Prof. Lila Yawn Fall 2008 Historians through the centuries have expressed highly varied ideas...
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My Wölfflin paper intro (as it stands now)
ilouvreyou:
Heinrich Wölfflin, man that guy was baller. He was all, there’s a difference between the Renaissance and Baroque guys – STYLISTIC DIFFERENCES, ya heard? And then he was all, Italy might have rocked the Renaissance, but Germany totally owned the Baroque like nobody’s bizniz. But sometimes he’s actually wrong because, well, Romantiism and Neo-Classicism and Realism, man that doesn’t...
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Best way to pick up chicks ever.
M: I saw a guy on the way home today wearing a T-shirt that said "Amico." Doesn't that make you want to be his friend?
Me: Oddiomio, YES.
Me: We're just so used to creepy Italian guys trying to pick up American girls that the "amico" shirt seems like the best strategy so far. Although, us going up to him might make us the creepy ones.
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“Disciplines and constraints liberate us only when they fit with the reality of...”
– -Timothy Keller, The Reason For God
Keller continues with the analogy of someone who gets piano lessons. They’ve removed freedoms by imposing the structure & discipline of the lessons, but they gain a new freedom; the freedom to explore joy in playing beautiful music. Now, am I FREE to play...