End of a Busy Week

Finally the weekend!! Pretty much a lot of the same story. Last real day of classes yesterday...only Intercultural Comm next week! After class, Cassidy and I ran around trying to get our stand-ups done for our videos and getting B roll. I guess I should probably explain what some of this stuff is?? A stand-up is basically what you see on the news when reporters are on the scene or whatever and talking directly to the camera, so we both use a stand-up at the end of our videos. I was really against doing one at first, but I needed something different to conclude and had NO B roll to support it, which lends itself to doing a stand-up. Plus Dan really wanted us to do stand-ups, so there you go. B roll is basically like....secondary footage, so supporting visuals like people walking around and whatnot. So it was pretty crazy yesterday afternoon and REALLY hot, which didn't help. We were both exhausted by the end, so we went out for pizza with a few other girls. Man...it was SO good! I got pizza bosciola (I think that's the right spelling...) which is pomodori (tomatos), mozzarella, funghi (mushrooms), and salsiccia (sausage). Yum! Also, when I ordered, I spoke in a complete sentence which pretty much floored the waiter after a bunch of Americani pointing at things. Pretty funny. I went to Caffe d'Italia with Charlotte, Victoria, and Nicole for a little bit, but we were all pretty exhausted after a long week. This morning I woke up, did the tracking for my video package (the voice over narration), and then headed to the lab to start editing. I didn't get very far because I ended up not liking the audio, so I went back to the apartment to retrack and by the time that was all imported and subclipped, it was Cassidy's turn to use the computer. I didn't really have any way to get things done, so Charlotte, Dan, and I went to lunch "for Father's Day" at La Lanterna. It was kind of silly because we invited Dan to come with us and he ended up taking us out for Father's Day. A little backwards? Absolutely. Quite tasty though. We had prosciutto e melone for an appetizer, which sounds kind of gross, but is actually crazy delicious. I had gnocci as a main course, which was good, but this region isn't known for gnocci. I skyped during the afternoon after I got back from lunch and then finally got to work on my editing. I ended up finishing my video around 9 and I was SO glad to be done! Just web production from here. Yes!! I threw together some pasta when I got home and then ended up going out with everyone. We went to Seven's for a little while, but then ended up at some random party at a caffe near La Lanterna. It was a little too crowded and a little too hot for me, so I didn't end up staying for a terribly long time. Charlotte and I left after an hour or so and then ended up sitting in the hallway of our apartment building chatting for an hour. Good times. Tomorrow I have to wake up early for our trip to Assisi! I don't really know much about it, but it should be cool. Buona notte!