I don’t know why…
…but I get one too many stares from people on campus. Is it because I have loo roll stuck to my shoe or ketchup from a hot dog around my mouth?…Or do I just scream ‘English’?
Some Turkish man came up to me today and started talking to me about photography (considering I was reading Emmet Gowin’s “Photographs”) and then proceeded to ask me how he could subtly tell his best friend that his girlfriend is a crazy woman and that he shouldn’t marry her!
So, yes, I’ve had an interesting day so far and now I need to decide what food to bring that’s even remotely British to Alessandro’s multi-ethnic feast this evening. Without an oven this may prove difficult. Any suggestions are welcome.
Halloween weekend was good by the way. Everyone got into the spirit rather nicely (which is how it's done in America apparently). I dressed as Beetlejuice the whole weekend, which was actually a fluke costume; all it took was borrowing Morgan's striped blazer and realising that it was totally Beetlejuice-esque rather than Gaga (Gaga was my original choice). I ended up at a Jewish Fraternity party on the Friday with friends dressed as pandas, leopards and angels and then a house party on Saturday with Flo, Morgan and Oxiclean dude (actually, this was my friend Zach, not Billy Mays). There I saw some guy dressed as Princess Diana with a wheel over his head - a tad distasteful to say the least and I don't think he expected to see anyone English at that party to be quite honest!
I need to update you all soon on recent happenings, including a cheeky trip to Niagra Falls a few weeks ago, a day trip to D.C and also funny little incidents involving hookah, First Friday, Flight of the Conchord's 'Business Time' being sung at an open mic night at Saxby's and acquiring a carta d'identita from my friend. (Hello, my name is now Alessandro!)
I have also acquired some new friends which I shall splurge about soon.
The White House in Washington D.C
(Vincent, Me, Josh, Becca, Federico = Internationals)
Thank you mother!
Until then... :)
Some Turkish man came up to me today and started talking to me about photography (considering I was reading Emmet Gowin’s “Photographs”) and then proceeded to ask me how he could subtly tell his best friend that his girlfriend is a crazy woman and that he shouldn’t marry her!
So, yes, I’ve had an interesting day so far and now I need to decide what food to bring that’s even remotely British to Alessandro’s multi-ethnic feast this evening. Without an oven this may prove difficult. Any suggestions are welcome.
Halloween weekend was good by the way. Everyone got into the spirit rather nicely (which is how it's done in America apparently). I dressed as Beetlejuice the whole weekend, which was actually a fluke costume; all it took was borrowing Morgan's striped blazer and realising that it was totally Beetlejuice-esque rather than Gaga (Gaga was my original choice). I ended up at a Jewish Fraternity party on the Friday with friends dressed as pandas, leopards and angels and then a house party on Saturday with Flo, Morgan and Oxiclean dude (actually, this was my friend Zach, not Billy Mays). There I saw some guy dressed as Princess Diana with a wheel over his head - a tad distasteful to say the least and I don't think he expected to see anyone English at that party to be quite honest!
I need to update you all soon on recent happenings, including a cheeky trip to Niagra Falls a few weeks ago, a day trip to D.C and also funny little incidents involving hookah, First Friday, Flight of the Conchord's 'Business Time' being sung at an open mic night at Saxby's and acquiring a carta d'identita from my friend. (Hello, my name is now Alessandro!)
I have also acquired some new friends which I shall splurge about soon.
The White House in Washington D.C
(Vincent, Me, Josh, Becca, Federico = Internationals)
A statue based on Arcimboldo's work in the National Gallery of Art in D.C
Two atoms in a molecule, inseparably combined.
Thank you mother!
Until then... :)
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