Monday was the first day of classes for me in Rome. Kind of crazy since it will be taking up most of my time, but I mean, I am here for school and all....
So far my classes have been pretty good. For those of you who don't know my schedule, I'm taking Introductory Italian, The History of Art In Rome, Digital Imaging, and Inside Italian Design. I basically have one class on Mondays from 2 pm-3 pm, DEATH on Tuesdays from 9 am-6 pm, 2 classes on Wednesdays from 8:30 am-3 pm, and 2 classes on Thursdays from 2 pm-6:30 pm. I am considering dropping the Italian Design class because I thought it was about fashion but it seems that is just a very small portion of the course. Instead, if I get it approved, I'll be switching into Survey of Printmaking which is a hands on craft class where we learn intaglio, relief and other print techniques which I heard is a very fun class.
As for professors, they all seem to be helpful and not too difficult. I have intro Italian every day for an hour with Cristiano, who very much reminds me of Taylor Hicks (you know, the weird guy from American Idol with grey hair who won but had like one song...). He's pretty funny, very helpful, easy, and from the sound of things seems to be the most lax and speaks the most English. Lucky me for once!
My history of art in Rome teacher seems pretty nice as well and VERY intelligent and well informed. He reminds me of a cross between John Lennon and a Johnny Depp in his more skeezyish phases (longish hair, small round glasses, earrings, etc.). Our first day of class was spent on an excursion to the Piazza della Republica where we saw the remains of the Diocletian Baths (totally not what I expected...they used to be immense public bathing halls but only about half the space is left and it is now a converted into a church by Michaelangelo). We also went to the Museo Nazionale di Roma and saw rare bronze statues, and various frescos and stone and marble sculptures. It was an OK excursion but hopefully they will get better. We get to visit different sites each week which should be cool and exciting and although we have to pay I'm sure it will be worthwhile since I'll be seeing places I wouldn't otherwise have thought of going to, and some which I planned on going to anyway. Next week we'll be going to the Ara Pacis (or Arch of Peace) for our on-site visit. Sounds good to me!
Today I took my digital imaging (photography) class which seems like it will be really fun and interesting. In just a few short hours, I already learned how to use the Manual functions on my camera which I had never experimented with before. After talking about the basics of photography like F-stops, ISOs, shutter speed, exposure, apperature, etc. we went out to Piazza del Popolo and went into a church to take photos. It was actually quite fun and I think I took some good shots. Our homework assignments seem cool and creative too which will help all of us improve our photo taking skills. We have to pick an interesting location and take one photo, walk 11 steps, take another photo, walk 11 steps, until we take 20 photos. It should be fairly easy and fun. I can't wait to see what other things we do because this was the class I wanted to take the most! And you obviously all know how obsessive I can be with a camera! :)
Anywho, tomorrow concludes the first week of classes for me which is CRAZY! I can't believe how fast it went already. I know for sure the semester is going to fly by since so much time is spent in classes. But this weekend should be fun. I'm probably going to go shopping with Renee on Cola di Rienzo which has tons of shops with SALDI (sales) so I can spend all the money I don't have! Saturday is Mia's roomate's birthday so I'll probably go to her party at their apartment. And Sunday is a school arranged "wall walk" around the ancient Aurelian walls which go all around Rome and will take about 4 hours! Should be cool! Also, I might go to Florence next weekend with my roomate and some of her/our friends but we have to plan things! That's all for now. And Happy 4 years and 7 months to me and Roger today!! Looooove you my booo booo!!
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