Tuesday Jan. 26th 2010
Beggars. You either hate them, or you don’t mind them. Nobody loves beggars- and in Florence, they’re everywhere! Gypsies and beggars roam the streets of Florence looking for anyone to give them money- especially American students. There could be a group of people walking past a gypsy and the first person (and usually only person) she’ll go up to is the American student. Im sorry miss, but you’re not having my frickin money. This one gypsy with rotten missing teeth, she looks to be about 4-4 ½ feet (no lie!), and long greasy hair and a crooked, wretched nose comes up to me EVERYDAY and asks me something in Italian and shakes that cup with coins in it… no, you’re not getting any money from me, ever. They even try to make you feel bad by laying on the sidewalk with dogs and pets, even children. Today I was walking past the Duomo by myself. A group of Asians were taking photos, multiple Italian men and women were walking past in the same direction, even some Italian students and students from other countries were there- but the only person the gypsy came up to to ask for money was me: the American student. Its like we have a target painted on our foreheads- they think we’re loaded, generous, maybe even scared, unconfident people- not used to the culture and customs of Italy. This may be true- but im not dumb. You will never see an Italian man give a gypsy money- and you will never see Brandon Young give a gypsy money. lol
Today was a very long day of classes. Its going to take probably another week or two to get used to this schedule. In Italian we discussed the test we’ll be having on Thurday, in Sketching and Drawing I fell asleep- it was long and boring what can I say, and in Italian Art we talked about St. Francis Assisi and the rise of the Renaissance. Okay, well studio was interesting- nobody can really understand Franccini- so it makes class twice as hard as it already is. He rambles on for twenty minutes, asks us a question and laughs cause we have dead looks on our face. Im sorry we cant understand your accent! And when he doesn’t know the English term he replaces it with an Italian word- so his sentences are in Italian and English. Good thing I don’t have him for Italian. Regardless, he is extremely good at what he does. His firm in Milan, Metrogramma, is taking on a city plan for the future of Milan that will continue on until the year 2030! He is even doing a project in Detroit and Cleveland if im not mistaken. This guy is huge. And I think ive seen his shoes at Armani for 400 euros. Anyways, he left early cause he is just that cool and we found out he’ll only be in studio on thurdays. Meanwhile “his assistant” will be our professor on Tuesdays. That just sucks doesn’t it?!
When I got home I made a pizza, took a nap, worked out with Bryce, then made a burger and did the dishes. I went back to the bebop to see the infamous Beatles cover band again. It is so convenient because the Bebop is right across the street from us- and they play every Tuesday night and its free! So why not go right?! Plus it reminds me of the days when I was rocking out on stage. Of course, that was only 3 weeks ago I suppose.
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