Aaaaand the drama begins. Roomates talking shit... not having it. I'm not in Italy to be liked by anyone, so I am staying out of the drama. Heads up to those people: say what you want, I really couldn't care less, and you look absolutely ignorant and unintelligent for judging someone you barely know, and INCORRECTLY judging me at that. Good luck being here for three months if you already have problems in the first two weeks. That is all.
So it's Saturday and I just got back from lunch at Il Teatro, one of our favorite voucher restaurants right near our apartment. I was planning on going to the beach today, but decided not to spend the money since yesterday I spent quite a bit getting my nose pierced! I went with Gabby, Mackenzie, Jenna, and Amazjah. Jenna got her nose pierced as well, while Gabby got a snake bite on her lip and Mackenzie got a monroe. It was a lot of fun all getting piercings together. It was kind of hard because only one person there spoke any English and it was barely any, but we amused ourselves trying to communicate what we wanted in mixed languages and using our hands. I think we all ended up pretty happy with what we got.
On the way to the piercing place, we were starving and wanted to stop for sandwiches. We were looking into a small cafe to see if we wanted to stop there, and one of the men inside came out and started talking to us. He spoke absolutely NO English, but really wanted to have a full conversation. He ended up ushering us inside and we had no choice but to buy something. We got pretty good sandwiches for only a couple euros, but it was all a little weird. He even slipped a business card into Mackenzie's pocket on the way out. The men here are obviously very forward and outgoing and usually pretty touchy feely. It takes some getting used to.
After getting our piercings, Gabby and Mackenzie stopped at, get this: Ben & Jerry's. Yeah, they have Ben & Jerry's in Italy. Pretty crazy considering there are gelato places every ten feet, but I guess everyone wants icecream once in a while.
Our apartment has been pretty filthy, and yesterday I decided I couldn't take it anymore. While most people were out around town, I washed all the dishes and cleaned the kitchen, then, with some help from Casey, tidied up the entire common area. It's really frustrating that people haven't been cleaning up after themselves here, especially in the areas that are supposed to be for everyone. I hope that changes soon and people realize they need to keep things clean.
I will probably spend the rest of the day working on a paper for Animality (yes, we are here for school! I know it's easy to forget) and then if I decide I want to pay for the club tonight, a bunch of people are going out to Sinful at Space. The weekends seem so long here since they start at 4 on Thursday, which is really nice. I'm off to get some work done! Ciao!
