wedding bells.

1. woke up early this morning and drove home!!! the fall colors here are beautiful. 
2. hung out with family, got ready, went to the wedding!
3. it was so much fun. i had a great time and cried several times and it was just perfect. 

the wedding was beautiful. the ceremony was so sweet and very personal. i had a great time seeing a lot of people who i knew and enjoyed meeting new people as well. the reception was so well done. everything was very classy and in good taste, as i expected. i danced and lot with my family and it was so fun! i didn't miss college for a minute, except to wish that my friends could have been with me. but it's been a long day and i'm very tired and also think that i may be getting sick. for all of these reasons, i am now going to bed!

life planning.

1. had italian today. learned how to conjugate -ere and -ire verbs, and got an A- on the composition i got back! i was really tired, though, so i was glad class got out early. 
2. had an appointment with my academic adviser. we talked about classes for spring and graduation requirements and all that fun stuff. i have three semesters to complete 29 hours! and my history minor is finished. 
3. driving home tomorrow for a wedding, can't wait! had a fun night but i'm ready to go to sleep.

this wedding is about to be crazy. i am excited to blog about it tomorrow night. i have a long drive ahead of me, though, and need to get some sleep. 

fun fun fun. bed bed bed.

1. got my english midterm back today--A-...i'm happy with that!
2. got out early of classes today but then realized i'd left my keys at home this morning and was locked out : (
3. had a fun night with friends but now i'm really tired.

i just want to nap tomorrow. but i have to go to an advising appointment. and italian class! of course. oh well..i can just nap like i said.

awareness.

1. italian midterm today! i feel pretty good about it. i think i missed a few things but i'll find out for sure next week sometime. 
2. had a meeting with one of my lab mentors today. it was very helpful and helped me feel better about where i'm going...to an extent, anyway.
3. boxing club was so hard tonight. we had our fitness test--run two miles in 14 minutes (did not happen), do 60 situps in two minutes (did not happen--did 45), and do 30 regular pushups in two minutes (did not happen--did 25). SO, haha. the point is to assess where we are mid-semester and then reassess at the end of the semester. 

i've been reading my book, machete season, for my history book report on the rwandan genocide. it's very hard to read but also really captivating. it's essentially just interviews with perpetrators of the rwandan genocide. some of the most concentrated tutsi massacres were in the nyamta area and this is where the author pulled her sources from. they are all in prison at the time she writes the book, but she has nine or so killers she interviews about every stage of the genocide--before,during, and after. she also provides commentary along the way to help with the historical context and the facts from that time period. like i said, it's so hard to read and even harder to comprehend how it all happened, but the book makes some excellent points. i'm not finished with it yet, but should be pretty soon. also, she wrote a book before this one interviewing survivors of the genocide. i am not required to read that one but may read it just because sometime over a break. i am glad that i picked a book that is interesting and that is relatively short (only 251 pages). also, next week is fall break so i have some time to finish the actual book report during that break. the oral report is due monday, the actual report is due the 25th. but i'm also presenting for the readings for that week on the 25th so i need to be properly prepared for that. anyway, that's my blurb about the book! maybe this post will help me write my report for monday.

do un esame domani.

1. only had two classes today; one was canceled because of university day. i got to sleep in and take my time getting ready for my day. such a nice feeling. 
2. studied for my italian midterm tomorrow, took a short little nap, made some dinner, started a new book for my genocide class. 
3. had friends over for APPLE PIE that my roommate made. YUM. 

i want to just write things in italian for my blog post. sono C. sono di U.S.A. sono americana. sono bionda. this is how to conjugate -are verbs: -o, -i, -a, -iamo, -ate, -ano. irregular verbs: andare (to go): vado, vai, va, andiamo, andate, vanno. essere (to be (perm.)): sono, sei, e, siamo, siete, sono. avere (to have): ho, hai, ha, abbiamo, avete, hanno. singular-->plural (m and f): e-->i, a-->e. indefinite articles: un, uno, un', una, un' definite articles: il, lo, l', la, l'. i know a bunch of vocabulary words. i also learned several -are verbs. i learned questo and quello (this and that). that's pretty much all that's going to be on my test! i learned some basic things like greetings, numbers, the alphabet, etc. earlier in the semester, but those shouldn't be on my midterm. wish me luck!

tootsypoo.

1. italian class today! got out early, of course. spent the rest of the school day watching american gangster for a class and then going to my three hour class. 
2. came back, ate a small dinner, did some more reading. went to boxing club!
3. had a fun night after that eating a small dinner (part two) at qdoba with friends, hanging out at the apartment with other friends, and having a semi-sleepover with our third roommate!

i just looked at all these old pics of myself to show my roommate what i looked like when i was younger. they were so funny! i had such a cool haircut...not. haha. it was pretty entertaining to see all these old photos. my early class is canceled tomorrow due to university day! i'm excited that my classes don't start until two--yippee!

all about eve.

1. 12. that's a nice even number. but it's still a really high number, don't ya think?
2. been doing homework all day! well, not all day, but a lot of the day. did some cleaning and some lanudry too (yes, i washed my sheets). 
3. part of my homework was to watch guess who's coming to dinner. i really liked the movie. then i went on wikipedia and read all about spender tracy and katharine hepburn. such an...interesting pair. 

talked with my roommate after about the "golden age" in hollywood. tracy made 75 films. 75. that is so many. and hepburn won 4/12 best actress nominations. actors and actresses like that don't exist in this day and age. i think it's because anyone can go to hollywood and audition for a part. it's just seen as part of the american dream that you can go become famous. but it takes such talent and such passion and such direction to become the kind of actor or actress that was in hollywood during the golden age of hollywood. so much of it now is all trashy and gross. it's like the only time hollywood is classy is during the academy awards. but i'm sure much of my perception is skewed because i wasn't alive during that time and had no idea about what was actually happening and what was being reported. but sometimes i feel nostalgic...but for a time i never even was alive during! isn't that strange? america was so backwards in some respects (still is now, it's just transferred to different groups). but it also seemed really...romantic. but not romantic like "aww, that's so cute," romantic like how the golden age of a country can be romantic. i am having a hard time explaining myself now, probably because i'm tired of looking at a computer screen. so my bucket list item for tonight: watch all the classic old movies.