I know I don't have a lot of followers here, but I wanted to share something with you, something that maybe could interest you! I am *drumrolls* starting another blog with a different goal: teaching Italian!!!
I am, in fact, Italian, in case you didn't know. The blog is called Spaghetti Language (yeah, kinda ridiculous, but it sounded good) and you can already check the very first lesson which deals with the sounds of my first language. Take a look at it and feel free to leave a comment there and give me feedbacks about it!
You can easily find it on www.spaghettilanguage.com and on Twitter @spaghettilang if you want updates!
These are a few of the quotes I've been gathering on my wall and keeping in my heart for a while. The one from Curt Mega is quite recent. I suggest you follow him on Twitter, his tweets are always inspiring - he's a humble and sweet guy. You may notice that most of these quotes belong to people related to the amazing HP/Starkid fandom.:)
1) Fight evil. Read Books. (The Remus Lupins/Alex Carpenter)
2) Check out the bees, they don't buzz around for money! They do it for free, making love, making honey, spreadin' pollen, how can you not fall in love? And it might make you sneeze, but you better believe it's beautiful stuff! (Starship - Beauty)
3) That which makes you different makes you strong. Whether you're gay, straight, orange, purple, dinosaur...I don't care. (Darren Criss)
4) If you wait for opportunity to show up, you drown in impatience. If you actively create, you find yourself surrounded by opportunity. (Curt Mega)
5) Apprendre plusieurs langues, c'est s'ouvrir au monde, c'est s'ouvrir aux autres. (from a blog about learning French)
6) I'd rather be a comma, than a full stop (Coldplay)
7) I'll witness wonders, never ceasing
so much more than I could imagine with my mind (Ascendio, by Ministry of Magic)
This is an amazing group I'm in. I can't believe I'm writing about it only now, since it's been part of my life since January/February of this year. I'm talking about Starkid Life Missions. More than 250 people from all over the world, accomunated by admiration for Team Starkid (if you don't know what I'm talking about, open this link please, you won't regret it I swear http://www.youtube.com/user/StarKidPotter ), have formed quite a family. People can fangirl to the highest and craziest level, share feelings/thoughts/problems/joys/opinions and never be judged. Acceptance is the key word in SLM. And love. Yeah, there are love fests basically every day. We support each other as we were in a real family. We even have study groups now! I'm so proud of being part of something as special as this. It makes me feel alive. I love reading SLMers's experiences and dreams and plans for the future. Each one of us is unique and TOTALLY (or should I say TOASTERLY??) AWESOME and supermegafoxyawesomehot...and BEAUTIFUL. We're all beautiful. *proudsistertears*
I've been away for a while, I had to think about many things...
Tonight and in the last couple of days the only things that cheers me up is my latest crazy obsession with the amazing guy in this photo. His name is Darren Criss and he's basically my inspiration. He does everything I wanna do, he's a singer, a songwriter, an actor and he's an adorable person. With a bunch of friends (StarkidPotter: look them up on Youtube) he put up some brilliant musical plays, like the parodies of J. K. Rowling's saga, A Very Potter Musical and A Very Potter Sequel, but also a short series called Little White Lie and a hilarious play concerning the facing of the "trials of growing up: love, sex and high school", Me and My Dick.
Since Autumn, Darren has joined the Glee cast: he portrays the role of Blaine, a gay student who helps Kurt (Chris Colfer) facing the struggles of being picked on because of his sexuality.
There are a lot of things that make Darren Criss so special to me, and he has come in a time in my life when I needed someone who could be my model, my inspiration. Thanks to his fantastic songs and his positive example my life is quite better. Maybe I'm clinging too much to him, but I feel like I need it.
Besides, today is his birthday! :)
I'm probably gonna write more about him. In the meantime, google his name! You'llbe amazed by his totally awesomeness (AVPM-AVPS reference, you'll understand if you watch them!^^)
This morning a member of the American consulate of Milan came to University to talk to us about the education system in the US and how universities are there. I was thrilled and excited by his speech, looking at the presentation and all the different opportunities which are there just waiting for us to take them, and I was like "hey, I've got to do something about!" because it would be a dream to cross the Atlantic and live there, talk, listen to AmE anytime, anywhere... It would be a great opportunity to improve my vocabulary and speaking skills!
And now I'm just feeling discouraged because I know it would be hard...not just for the money (quite a big problem, though), but also for the tests and requirements and all that stuff. Sometimes I don't believe in my potentials and I just give up. Next year it'll be the year of my degree (my BA)...and I know there are lots of things I don't know yet! Studying here at home or at university is not enough, I should go abroad and learn and listen and be able to talk about anything in a fluent English. Not mentioning French, of course! I should improve it as well... I don't know. Any advice?? :)
I had never heard about it until I found out that two members of the TV show Glee (Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff) were the main characters of this musical which seems to be fantastic.
Another musical I would like to see is "Next to Normal", I guess it deals with family problems; just seen the Tony performance on Youtube and I think it might be very moving.
This leads me to think about the latest version of "Rent" in theatre, the one with Vanessa Hudgens and Nicole Scherzinger. I've seen a few videos on Youtube and I was horrified by the way Hudgens ruined the musical with her performance. Out of tune, out of key, completely wrong. What surprised me was the performance of Pussycat Dolls's leader who played Maureen. Great interpretation! Different, of course, from Idina Menzel, but still funny and unconventional!
Don't you think that he's lovely???
This clip is from "500 days of summer", a super-cute movie starring Joseph Gordon-Lewitt and Zooey Deschanel, a tale of love and life which is going to surprise you. I loved it! I watched it a few days ago and its freshness and power and its beautiful soundtrack made me smile scene by scene. Joseph is really nice and a good actor, I envy her!
This is my favourite scene, guess why! :) Kind of a musical scene: Tom has completely fallen in love with Sole (Deschanel) and he just walked out the door walking on sunshine and the world is suddenly bright: every person he meets shakes his hand and smiles at him, everything is so perfect, it's a brand new day since love has come into his life. :)
Simply wonderful! Enjoy it!
I can't wait to see "Burlesque" with Christina Aguilera (who's got a beautiful voice, plus a fantastic haircut!!) and Cher, I'm curious about the plot and how Christina will act, I don't remember having seen her in any film yet, I think it's her first.
Recently I've been more and more amazed by rétro style, by the 20s actually, I love those dresses, the music (Bessie Smith in particular) and the power of beauty and magnetism actresses of that time had. It all started when I saw "The Great Gatsby" with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow, a sad, sad story, I loved their costumes and the atmosphere...
...then I saw "Chicago", the movie version of the famous Broadway musical, with a splendid Catherine Zeta-Jones and a surprisingly good Renée Zellweger (her number "Roxie Hart" is unforgettable); finally, the 20s scene set in New Work in True Blood, when Bill is singing at the piano and Lorena is chatting with the house's owners (I'll post it below).
I think I'd love to go back to the "Roaring 20s" to see how life was - even if with the Prohibition and all it must have been an uneasy and contradictory period both for the lower and the upper classes. I don't know, maybe this could be one of my next investigation.:)
I'm so ignorant about many things... I've never loved History, but now I'm realizing that knowing the past is vital. Not just because it's important to know how things were, but it could help if I wanted to write novels or drawing costumes or make a movie which is set in the past. So, again: I need to study! and find out all that is possible to know!
A curious thing happened to me a few months ago and keeps happening since. I love watching series. Now I watch episode after episode, enjoying every scene in the original version, and I can't get enough! Starting from Glee, to 10 things I hate about you, The Vampire Diaries, True Blood, and recently I re-discovered Lost. At the same time, though, I'm realizing that I spend less time reading books, novels, even newspapers... and this is bad - I'm really concerned about it. It's just that images, animated images and turns of the camera, lines, soundtrack and many other features of series (as well as films) attract me more than written words, which I never thought could happen to me. I've always been a hungry reader since I was a child, always went to the library, fascinated by the millions of stories waiting for me to be read...and now I'm just a series-addicted! I "have to go back" (quoting Jack from Lost eheh) and don't forget the magic of books.
Summer's not coming to an end yet, but I feel like it is...
I don't know, maybe after my holidays in France and then - I haven't told you - those to the seaside in Italy (where I met some friends of mine from other places), the time has come of opening books, checking things about University, the courses I will attend, maybe because I can't wait for classes to begin! Of course after a month or two I will say the opposite, but for now I feel like this. :)
I wanna do a lot of things, even out of university...like learning Spanish on my own, subscribing to a movie magazine, reading new books, watching new films... I'm hungry of culture!
Probably I should relax now that I can, but I'm so curious! Lately I've been "creating" a personal theory about my personality: I've got some recurring "diseases". The first is that I'm envious. Of others, of others' life...and it'd be better if I stopped being so. The second is that I'm anxious. A lot!!! I think that's my biggest problem. Not only am I anxious for the duties I have to fulfil, exams and all that stuff, but also for the time, which runs inexorably, and I'm afraid I won't have the time for all the things I'd love to do...a little crazy, ah?
Keep reading this blog, though, please.:)
I think this will be the last post before my departure to Paris. Last night I went out with some friends of mine, especially one who had been my best friend during high school...but it is not high school anymore.
Some friendships stay, others go, take other directions...and it hurts. But there's always something that makes me smile. The only fact that I'm alive, that I'm feeling these feelings, makes me feel I can work it out. I'm here, writing on this blog, and I know life could surprise me, again and again and again. I just have to let it go when it feels like this, and learn to move on, even if it hurts. I don't need people who don't give a damn about me and how I feel, they're not friends. Friendship needs to be equal: if it's not, it's not friendship anymore.
Wednesday morning I'll be on the plane with my boyfriend, and that's all that matters. :)
