Yesterday morning we went to The Loft, Matteo's salon, for my interview and to get B roll. It was pretty sweet. Matteo was such a good subject. He speaks English, so we didn't need a translator and he could talk about hair and fashion for days on end. It was cool to see the salon, finally, and we all made appointments to get hair cuts. I'm getting mine cut Tuesday! A little later than I was expecting, but I'm still pumped about it. I guess it will just be more fresh for when I get home! After the interview, I came back to the lab for a looooong time to do photo editing, which was just frustrating. Whatever I did I pretty much ended up hating. I think I liked my original pictures better. Whatever, I guess. I made a few attempts and they look alright now. I took a long break to go have lunch at Dan's apartment with him and Mac. It was SO awesome!
We stopped at the porchetta truck for a panini and then brought them up to his terrace. You can see over Cagli to the mountains and it's freakin' awesome. I could try to describe it, but I can't do it justice. Not even a picture can. It was nice to relax for a little bit before coming back to school for classes and then to work on my article. In our intercultural communication class, the lecture was about gypsies and I'm pretty sure it was the most offensive lecture of my life. Our professor actually asked us if we had seen any gypsies during the market that day pretty much equating them with homeless people. I don't even know how to describe everything he said, but it was SO offensive. He basically just reinforced common stereotypes of gypsies instead of trying to clear them up. Crazy. After classes, I stayed in the lab until like...8:30 and then got home and was exhausted. While I was at school I went to La Foccacia for my first suppli and patate frite. Yumm. Suppli is a pretty traditional Italian snack...more around Rome...where they roll mozzarella in rice and tomato sauce, then roll the whole thing in breadcrumbs and spices and deep fry it. I think that was the only fried food I've really seen in Italy thus far. I also got fries and they tasted SO good! I was dying for some french fries. We've all been talking about how much we miss things like take-out chinese food and taco bell. I don't miss American food too much, but I won't lie--a burrito from Chipotle sounds pretty good right now. Just kind of chilled-out last night because I was exhausted after everything today. Today was a lot more of the same, with working on my video script. We meant to go out and get some B roll, but we kind of ran out of time and energy. Dan didn't completely shoot mine down, but he ripped it up a little bit, so I wasn't in the greatest mood. I went back to Casa Lapis and watched the Corpus Cristie procession with Charlotte, which apparently happens twice. It was kind of interesting watching it from one spot. 
After everyone passed, the kids ran into the street and started jumping in the leaves and flowers. It was pretty cute. I relaxed for a little bit, then everyone started to get ready for Karaoke night. Charlotte straightened my hair, which was really weird. I couldn't stop touching it just because it kind of freaked me out. Maggie also lent me a dress and Sylvia lent me a necklace, so I pretty much looked nothing like myself. I wish I would have taken a picture, but alas. Karaoke was a good time. I actually got up and sang a few songs with other people, so I had fun. At the end of the night, the guys Charlotte was trying to convince to sing American songs for her project came in, so I played wing-man for a little bit. I was about to leave, so I went up to pay for my beer and some guy was standing at the bar and started going on about how pretty I was and trying get me to kiss him on the cheek and I was like, "ummm...no." Then I went back by Charlotte and her friend's (Ale) friend (Luca) started going after me and like touching my hair and putting his arm around me and stuff. Not cool, but he was at least kind of nice and talked to me for a little bit first. The Italian guys seriously treat American women like meat because they all think we're crazy easy. Maybe true for some, but definitely not me. I left shortly after that and went to bed! Long night. Overall, quite enjoyable despite some uncomfortable moments!
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