..So I heard..

All of the following are separate stories i wanted to share. Even though i could have saved them and posted one at a time, in the even that i had nothing else to write for a day - i figured i'd tell all so i dont forget. The only thing they really have in common is i either overheard the conversations, or i possibly should have rephrased them. ...you'll figure it out in a bit.

First should be a continuation of my Pisa post. I was just running short on time when I first posted Pisa. Anyway, as i was riding the train alone back to Rome, I woke up to a conversation between two couples in italian. I think one of the couples was actually some nationality other than italian. ...i think that's the only reason i understood the conversation. ...because the italian couple would repeat things sometimes as many as 3 times. The non-italian couple was trying to figure out how to get to St. Peters from Termini (Rome's main train station). In turn, the italian couple responded with "Adesso è San Pietro. Poi Trastevere, e poi Termini." ...lucky for the St. Peter's-seeking couple, the train was stopping at a small station right behind St. Peters. then it was stopping at Trastevere Station. ...Trastevere station?? that's two blocks from my apartment. Nice. I didn't have to deal with buses from Termini to get back home. I just hopped off at Trastevere, and was home less than 5 minutes later.

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i overslept my Italian class on wed. it was all i had to do the whole day, and i missed it. I almost felt worthless, missing my only obligation that day. Today, the moment i walked through the door, she asked where I had been. I'd had a long night. At about 2pm, i felt I needed a nap, or there was no way i woulda made it through my 3:30-5:00 Italian lecture. ...so I took a nap. Right thru Italian lecture. I'd set my alarm for 2:45, but either it never went off, or i was in such a deep sleep that i never heard it. I know i didnt unconsioucly turn it off and fall asleep again, because my alarm was still in the 'ON' position. I woke up at 5:20. I guess i really needed that nap.
"Preferisco non dire" would probably have been a better answer to my professor than "ho dormito lungo...."

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"I really wanna shoot a homeless person"... with a camera, for my photography assignment. I was one the tram with Justin, talking about out photography class. We have to put together our 15 best pictures for next week, as our "mid-term" We take use stuff we've already shot, re-shoot pictures if we liked an idea but needed to improve the shot, or shoot new stuff. But whatever we use, somehow we need at least one element in each picture that connects it to the next one. When we were walking to get our film developed on Monday, we passed by a homeless guy, and there was an element of the background that would make the shot a perfect fit in my sequence. I've seem him in the same location a few times, so I hope I can find him there again. ...but to avoid strange looks from people, maybe next time i should make sure there aren't any American students around next time, unaware that we were discussing photography...