July 5th: Bologna:
What a strange sensation! The film festival is over… Our schedules were so free today that is was a bit reverse of the expected emotion, and instead became stressful. A free day in between the festival and classes? There is too much to try and accomplish! Laundry? Groceries? Working on film projects?
By the way, you can take an underground tour of Bologna to look at the medieval structure that lies beneath, the canals and river systems, etc. You enter in through the sewers in hard hats for the tour. Must!
Somehow, we made friends with the fellas over at Bar Romano near Piazza Maggiore. Adrian is from somewhere near Russia and Ervin is from Albania. More than kind to us, they have restored our faith in the possibility that us Americans can be appreciated too! Ervin, whom I had the opportunity to spend some time with today, is obtaining his law degree at the University of Bologna and works at Bar Romano part-time. I believe we may be grabbing drinks sometime this week, which will be nice…except for the fact that he speaks only about 3 words of English: “good”, “ beautiful”, and “yes”. I can say about the equivalent in Italian…let’s hope the music that is playing is good? In any case, I think it sounds fun to have friends here in Bologna to stay in touch with once I return to the ole US of A. You know…just in case I am ever dramatically forced to escape the United States and flee to Albania? I know I’ll have a couch to crash on.
Speaking of my homeland, I am a touch sad that I missed the 4th of July, but I am sure I represented my country just fine…I resisted singing any particular tune from Team America: World Police. That says enough.
Tonight I really miss New York. I miss my apartment. I miss my fire escape. I miss taking the trains, or walking the length of the island on my day off. I miss going to the park and running by the river. I miss everyone there. Nostalgia is absolutely destroying my brain tonight! I don’t handle nostalgia well and do my best to document things that occur and then leave them behind. I overanalyze.
Okay, focus…
Tomorrow I am attending class to show a draft of my storyboard and grab some feedback. After that, a few of us are grabbing a camera and heading over to the piazza to pull pranks on tourists and tape it. That’s right, that’s how I am choosing to spend my time after class. Harnessing all that creative energy and feedback to throw it into a gag clip. This is the life of Jessica Ramsey. However, after this wonderful activity takes place, I want to catch sunset with some of my photos that I am using for my photo essay. It’s buckle down time and I need to stop being such a neurotic perfectionist!
A quick thank you to everyone who has emailed me or facebook messaged me in regards to following my blog. I really appreciate such kind encouragement and thoughtful words. And of course, hugs to my brilliant family and my lovely friend Chris for finding time to somehow indulge all this nonsense I write and even comment on it! I am so truly grateful for the people I have in my life.
It is 5am here…I swear, I’ll never sleep. I am going to squint my eyes real hard and see what happens. Wish me luck! Ciao!
*Hug to Tophers*
*HUGGGGGGGS* So sweet.
ReplyDeleteI hope your second presentation goes well. I have total faith in you! You're determined, you persevere, and you're smart. *que Karate Kid theme song*
Let me know how it goes.
Maybe Ervin can help you with some "storyboarding", if ya know what I mean!! I don't, either.