la prima settimana

buona sera! come state? i'm still goin strong here in rome. we had our first week of core classes, which is both a good and bad thing. good because it means 3 day weekends, and after this first one i can greatly appreciate the no class friday lifestyle. plus the classes do mix up the monotony of 3 hrs/day italian. so now my schedule looks a little like this:
10-11 italian
11 30-1 30 renaissance city and society (on tues/thurs)
2-4 sociology of rome (on mon/wed)
2-4 museum history and theory in rome (on tues/thurs)

if you're asking yourself if i made a point of not getting into the class from 4 30-6 30 you are spot on. who on earth would want that? it would've been a really poor decision for me to pick one of those classes. anyway, i am excited about them because i believe all have at least a handful of site visits including a trip to an as roma match (the local soccer - or football or here in italy 'calcio') team.

of course, 2 hrs per class is about 1/2 hr too long. and boy does that last half hour drag. good times though because it leaves enough time to both get work done and stay focused on the really important things, like finding a perfect leather jacket, eating well and making sure to hang out as much as i can.

speaking of which, my first 3 day weekend was splendid (apart from the steadfast flea market shoe vendor -- no one's buyin your pointy shoes amico, sell em to me at half price.) i decided to taste a bit more of the night life of rome, via its clubs, and was not in the least disappointed. even in spite of my own poor dancing skills there will always be a goofy italian guy just so into it regardless of not being able to dance. the patrons range from older mid 40's to the 20ish crowd and just about everything in between.

and the music, boy oh boy. i mean, i know they have dj's but for a good 80% of the time it might as well just be a soundtrack they're mixing. not that i'm complaining, you get used to em and hey when you're out there dancing (or in my case, faking it pretty poorly) it's kinda more about le ragazze anyway, and they dig it.

that and when every now and again a song comes on that is recognizable (they're almost all american songs, so it doesn't feel that far off from home) only it's about 4-5 years late. for example, did he just mix a beyonce song with any will smith song? oh he did? great. that's right folks, here in rome we party like it's 1999 just about every week, and that's mostly just the music. but good times were had by all and due to their late hours i've made a point to either nap or sleep in enough to ensure i get adequate sleep.

that said, no pictures this week as i'm clearly still lagging on the last ones. but also because you can pretty much paint a picture of me at a desk, sleeping, or eating. and as for the club, with my dancing skills, its probably best we not document any of that. until next time. ciao ciao!