Una Giornata di Film

I spent several hours on the roof this morning.  It was a good move- it was a beautiful day.  There were a lot of people out on all of the surrounding roofs working- I watched one man paint the roof patio on the church right in front of my building- it was boring but for some reason I couldn’t look away.  The OCD in me had to be sure that he covered all of the spots.

My Italian class was a little bit better than Monday… we just watched an Italian film the whole time.  There was too much dialogue for my international film taste, but it was funny.  It was called La Tigre e la Neve.

Again, I got fed up with the computers.  I had a lot of things to get done today (with the use of the internet) but I quit soon after I started because I felt very impatient today.

For the bit that I was patient enough to be using the computer though, I emailed back and forth with the B&B I will be staying at in Roma.  It is called Amarcord B&B, if you want to look it up.  It’s the best choice I’ve made with traveling yet (well, I hope so, we’ll see after I’ve been there). But they’ve been really helpful- they wrote out the easiest way to get there from the train, said that they will order a cab for me to take me to the airport in the morning, breakfast is provided, I can pay when I get there so that I can avoid the online purchase convenience fee, and it’s only 25 euro!!!!!

I should have studied this afternoon, but instead I read Sense and Sensibility. It was wonderful.

Wednesday night is movie night, with dinner in the family room.  There was tons of pizza (basically just mozzarella, basil, and big slices of tomatoes on bread)- I had quite a bit.  There was also some fish sticks! I snagged a couple of those, as well as some chips, carrots, celery, leek, a piece of the pizza that was pretty much bread with tons of spinach piled on top with a little bit of sausage, and for dessert I had a red orange (arancino rosso- they look like regular oranges on the outside, but when you cut them open, it looks like they’re bleeding!  They’re good- they taste slightly different from regular oranges, but I can’t quite place the taste…kind of like an orange and a grapefruit mixed together).

The movie they picked was Stardust, which I would like to see again because I remember liking it (I watched it in the co-op at like 4 am during my first semester’s finals week instead of studying), but it didn’t have subtitles, and I had already watched one film today that was in Italian, and like I said- I was running low on patience today, so I only watched until I was done eating, then I went to my room and borrowed Lost in Translation from my roommate, which wasn’t the best choice because it’s all about being uncomfortable and in a new place, and I already have enough of that feeling.  So now I’m feeling slightly home sick, but I’m excited to go to sleep!  I hope I’m able to… I accidently fell asleep earlier today when I got back from my Italian class.

Tomorrow, I must get a phone, make sure the ticket I bought from Paris to Naples is legit, and go register myself as a student of Federico II.

Buona notte!

P.S.-the things I miss from the U.S. today- Being able to do my own laundry. English.

P.P.S.- I forgot to mention- Natalia told me something that I thought was funny when we were walking the other day.  She had been asking Dr. Myers for months and months (possibly years…she’s been there a long time) to come to Naples, but he always said no, because he didn’t want her to come alone.  When he told her that he was sending me, she was very confused why he was letting me come by myself (..and it was his idea that I come, no begging was involved).  (Mom, I told you he doesn’t likeme!!!  hahah)

Mmkay, I thought I would post this earlier, but I did not, and some great things have happened (they are great for me, but they may not be so exciting for you)

This morning I tried using the internet again, but after literally 30 minutes of

waiting for the computer to turn on and for my email to load, I still had not been able to look at a single email.  1 hour later, I had only been able to read 2 emails, delete one, and the website I needed to get to in order to check in with my ticket from Paris to Naples had been loading for 15 minutes. I was mad.  So- on to the exciting thing….. I bought an internet stick thing!!!! So now I will be able to use the internet on my Mac! Which speaks English!!! And I can use it anywhere, not just in the computer room! (the computer room happens to be the ugliest room in the entire Villalta, and with the most depressing, pinkish, fluorescent lighting, and it has been where I have spent most of my time, waiting for the stupid internet to work.  Now I can use the internet in my room! Or in the beautiful sitting room! Or on the roof!!    Ooooooooh che joya!   I am a little bit excited…  One of my roommates was talking to her boyfriend on skype in our room the other day, using one of the things like what I bought, and I was really jealous. I asked her how much it cost, and she said the port was 100 euro and the internet was 20 euro per month for only 100 minutes of internet.  I felt like this was not worth it, I would stick it out with the computer room, or learn how to live without internet.  But when I went to get my phone with Begonia today, I asked about the internet sticks, and there was a sale going on!  The usb port was only 39 euro, and it only costs 10 euros per month!!!  Waaay better than what I was expecting.  So, now I will have internet that doesn’t make me pull out my hair (goodness knows I don’t have enough of it to be pulling out).  Also, I have a phone, which is tiny and cute and has zero features, which is perfect, because it was only 20 euro.  I got the smallest plan offered, because who am I going to call? (other than Jenn in order to find her in Paris, Rome, and Spain…I was sure to get an international (only Europe) plan so that it will connect to her British phone).  The phone is solo per le emergenze.

Also, because I waited so long to get my phone, I only have to pay for 3 months of it, rather than having to pay for this past month!  It all has worked out very well.  The problem is, I have to wait tomorrow to use my new, fancy internet!! And I can’t wait! But I will…

Other than that, not much else is new.  I feel very good because I was actually productive this morning, rather than sitting in front of a non-functioning computer all morning, which is how I usually spend my mornings.  I finally hand-washed some of my clothes (I have run out… I hope the laundry comes back soon) and my Toms!  And when I was out, in addition to a phone and internet, I bought a pencil, an Italian-English dictionary (long overdue), nail polish!, soap, gum, face wash (when I bought this, they gave me several free samples of shampoo….so I will have something small enough to take with me on the plane so I will be able to wash my hair this weekend!!! I set out to buy a mini shampoo thing, but they don’t sell those.  Oooh, for a trip to Walmart...  But this turned out even better!), and a bueno bar (sooo good…I will try to bring some back for you people), which was not necessary, but I felt like rewarding myself for all my productivity. 

After lunch, I am going to sit on the roof, stare at the sea, eat my bueno bar, paint my nails, and read my bible.  Life over here is hard, huh?  haha   I’m sure there will be a change in my schedule once my other class and research have started..

Mmkay, BYE! CIAO! LOVE! AMORE!

(I heard one of the town matadors(sp?) (..reference to GG) singing “When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s amore!” the other day-it was cute)