A long anticipated update.

So I really thought that I was going to use this blog. I did. I had the best of intentions to update it regularly with amusing anecdotes of my zany adventures here in italy. but like most things I grew overwhelmed with the prospect of regular updates and my zany adventures seemed too detailed and boring to list the details of. I have my regular blog so I just use that to vent about life and this little guy was just.. well he was the red headed step son. ignored.

I suppose however since I am so amazingly terrible at keeping in touch with friends and family back home that I should really put in a bit more effort.

that and it's 2am and everyone is asleep and I'm bored so I have nothing else to do.

Anyway where to start? Since I last wrote I have just been living life in Rome for the most part. I've grown very used to living here and the thought of life in America is very distant and vague. I've made some good friends. I go out too often. I spend way too much money. I sketch alot and read a bit. I enjoy my walks to class the best because they are my only moments of alone time.

I've been to Sorento, Capri, Pompeii and Florence with API and Munich for Oktoberfest with Joe and Tim. Capri was easily the most beautiful place I've ever been to in my life. Pompeii was interesting but a tourist trap. Sorento was nice but my hotel had ants and I spent the entire 2 nights there in a frenzy slapping any stray string or hair that grazed my skin, screaming profanities and slamming shoes into walls every ten seconds. Florence was kind of a let down. After living in Rome it was juts kind of lame to be honest. I really liked the city and the river arno and thought it was very nice and clean compared to Rome. But there were so many american students there and the florentines were grade A assholes. it was very touristy and hectic. It made me happy to be living in the quiet rustic neighborhood of trastevere with the sound of my tram and the smell of the tuodi bums.

Oktoberfest was easily one of the most ridiculous weekends ever in my life. It was really fun to have a boys weekend with Tim and Joe who have become my best friends here along with britt. We spent far too much money but I block it out and pretend it didn't happen. I stole one of the giant bier steins, took pictures with passed out kids in burger king, watched a crazy german do a line of coke, snuck into beer tents, danced with 50 year old germans and had an amazing time. It felt so great to be back in germany again. I don't know why I refused to let myself study abroad there, I bet it would have been amazing. It was great to be able to speak the language again. I am so utterly and beyond excited for colleen to come so we can go together.

We went to an AS Roma game which was fun despite them losing, and today we took the train into Marino this small little hilltop town for their annual grape and wine fesitval when they pump free wine through the city fountains and party in the streets. It was so amazingly simillar to fiesta in gloucester that I couldn't believe it. It made me miss summer a little bit but the delicious sparkling red wine that tasted like juice helped numb that homesickeness real fast.

This weekend I'll be staying in Rome to prep for midterms and help Joe entertain his friend and my aquaintance Harrison Sanders from home. It should be a good weekend.

This post is already quite long so I'll hold off on any other details but hopefully I'll update again soon. Ciaooo.