Okay so I've made Italy seem like this perfect place (which it kinda is) and America seems like this crazy land (it has it's moments) and Detroit is hell on Earth (as of 2010, yeah). However, there are things that I'm beginning to get pissed about, things I'm still not used to, and things I'm really craving!
I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. I already went to bed really late, mostly because I'm stupid, but I figured since I don't have class until 4pm I should be good. False! I got woke up in the middle of a Faith Lucas/Eva Mendes dream to the frickin housekeeper taking the sheets off my bed!!! No lie! I'm literally asleep/in Heaven 1 minute, the next I'm watching Hector or Carlos or whatever his name is yank the sheets off my bed like he's Michael Jackson and I'm Macaulay Culkin! Detroit almost came out ya'll.....but I was so confused and amazed that this was happening, all I could do was sit there, bewildered and violated. I got something for him though. The stupid Italian toilets are like built to hold doo doo stains (American toilets it goes right to the water, here no matter how you sit it's hitting the wall....), so I waited til Bruno finished cleaning my bathroom and lit that joint on fire! Jerk....
That's only the beginning. The food is absolutely delicious, but I'm too spontaneous for it. I need variety. And I need well done meat. I like roast beef, but the keyword in ROAST beef is ROAST, NOT PINK! I don't want hot potatoes, fresh zucchini and cold meat man! That's bass ackwards! We had some pork loin with this prune gravy yesterday, had me on the toilet a record 5 times in one day.....Make funny faces and call me nasty all you want, this is my blog! (pouts) Then there's only so much pasta a brother can eat! Spaghetti is my favorite food, I love lasagna, butterfly noodles, penne, all of it, but can I once get a hamburger!? McDonald's is not gonna do it, I need coney island clogged artery burgers yo. Guess I just gotta get used to it....
Of course, since we're complaining, gotta throw Michigan in there. In one of my previous blogs I spoke about how they charged me tuition though I was in ITALY not MICHIGAN, but whatever. So my refund check hits my account, and hallelujah it's less than half of what I expected to be! This comes a day after I find out I'm gonna be doing more traveling that originally planned because they close the Villa for Fall Break. Can't get a budget increase because I received the maximum amount of money possible without taking out a private loan, can't avoid not spending money, cannot win for losing....go blue.....
So everyone got this Italian cell phone. I was told pay 40 euros, 20 of it being a deposit that I get back as long as it's not damaged, and I get 4000 free texts within Europe and free incoming international calls. Sounds pretty handy right? False. A week after having the phone I found myself at Esselunga (the market down the street) buying a calling card. Won't be using that very much.
And if I get asked the famous question, "Is it true about black guys...?" 1 more time, I'm gonna whip it out and put it on someone's forehead!!!!
Ok, that wasn't God-like, but it was still funny, so I'll keep it.
There is some good news though. Every weekend after this weekend I'm booked up. Next weekend is Oktoberfest, famous German beer fest in Munich, Germany. Should be hilarious, especially being the only sober clown there. The weekend after that the group is spending the night in Venice. Then there's a hiking trip to the Swiss Alps, I'm in that mug. After that, studying for midterms, and then Fall Break, where it's looking like the crew will be hittin up Barcelona, Amsterdam, and a tba location. Couple weeks after Fall Break is our weekend in Rome, and before I know it I'll be home. Hope I can make it until then.....
Until next time!
Ciao!
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