Wednesday, January 25, 2012

animal instincts

Liv Tyler photographed by Ruven Afanador

Siena is composed of 17 contradas each named after an animal or symbol with a long history of heraldic and semi-mythological associations. I live in the dragon contrade, go to school in the porcupine contrade, and am jealous of every single person living in the unicorn. I take long walks in the golden goose contrade, a crest so regal that it puts my lovely unicorn to shame, and am fascinated that the caterpillar contrade is the most saintly of them all. Wether it be my 5 classes that talk about the palio in some fashion, the fact that I frolicked stared at cows last week at the Poggio al Sorbo, or that I was taught the word for cat today in italian class (gatto!) I am having a strange fixation with all non bipedal creatures (JAH4EVR.) So chin chin to qui quo qua (donald ducks italian newfew), Liv Tyler, and the crested porcupine.

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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more.

-The Little Mermaid, Hans Christian Andersen

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Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels

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Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things

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Monday, January 16, 2012

The Top 12 Reasons Why Italy Does it Better

1. The way their clothes swing in the wind.
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2. The Architecture.
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3. Gelato. All Day. Every day. Twice a day.
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4. That you wake up feeling like this.
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5. That when I get homesick I can look to the sky.
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6. The art.
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7. The secrets.
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8. The surprises.
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9. The glorious glorious fruit.
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10. SHOES.
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11. 2 1/2 hour lunch break for all of Siena.
More time for dreaming.
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12. Ignoring the things that don't matter.
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& paying attention to the things that do.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012