The blog is back! I have no excuse for the long gap in posts.... Sorry! Also, the aspect ratio is off. Not sure why. I'm not that wide in real life.
As always, I miss and love you all.
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Much delayed post!
I humbly apologize for the number of times I say "umm" and "which is cool". My speaking skills are somewhat wanting....
Here's the movie I made for the talent show:
Once again, I love and miss you all!
"Athens" by Marissa Linzi is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License
Friday, October 30, 2009
Miscellany
Just an update on some miscellany:
Pictures from the Peloponnese are up on my Picasa: http://picasaweb.google.com/Marigumi/Peloponnese
I tried at least three times to put them on Facebook, but Facebook is horrible and it didn't work. I'll probably just put them on Picasa from now on. Pictures from the two Hold Thy Peace shows that I costumed also happen to be up there, if you feel like browsing.
I've gotten some much-needed rest and relaxation this week. It was nice to spend a day or two lounging around in bed with nowhere to go and nothing to do. Classes start again on Monday, however. Alas! It will be nice to have everybody back again, though.
I just got back from Maria Erini's house. My visit this time consisted of a trip to the farmer's market, where I got her to say "apples" and "grapes". When we were at the grape stand, she did something I've never heard her do before--mixing Greek and English. She kept saying "I want" in Greek and "grapes" in English. Except her R's come out as L's so it sounded like, "Thelo glapes." For some reason, I can't get her to say verbs in English. However, back at the apartment, when it was time for me to leave, I said, "I'm going home now, will you say 'goodbye'?" and she responded, "Bye! Ciao!" I consider that a marked success.
My hair is getting to that unbearable length, where I can feel it on my neck. My friend Tiffany said she'd cut it for me. I'll be sure to post pictures and/or video of the result.
I guess that's all for now. Happy Halloween!
Pictures from the Peloponnese are up on my Picasa: http://picasaweb.google.com/Marigumi/Peloponnese
I tried at least three times to put them on Facebook, but Facebook is horrible and it didn't work. I'll probably just put them on Picasa from now on. Pictures from the two Hold Thy Peace shows that I costumed also happen to be up there, if you feel like browsing.
I've gotten some much-needed rest and relaxation this week. It was nice to spend a day or two lounging around in bed with nowhere to go and nothing to do. Classes start again on Monday, however. Alas! It will be nice to have everybody back again, though.
I just got back from Maria Erini's house. My visit this time consisted of a trip to the farmer's market, where I got her to say "apples" and "grapes". When we were at the grape stand, she did something I've never heard her do before--mixing Greek and English. She kept saying "I want" in Greek and "grapes" in English. Except her R's come out as L's so it sounded like, "Thelo glapes." For some reason, I can't get her to say verbs in English. However, back at the apartment, when it was time for me to leave, I said, "I'm going home now, will you say 'goodbye'?" and she responded, "Bye! Ciao!" I consider that a marked success.
My hair is getting to that unbearable length, where I can feel it on my neck. My friend Tiffany said she'd cut it for me. I'll be sure to post pictures and/or video of the result.
I guess that's all for now. Happy Halloween!
Monday, October 26, 2009
Back in Athens
Whoo. Greetings, all.
I'm back from the Peloponnese and ready for a week of chilling in Athens. This week is fall break for CYA, so a lot of people are traveling. Once again, I find myself with an empty apartment. No complaints here, though. A couple of my friends are also staying in Athens for break, so I won't be alone. In any case, I'm looking forward to sleeping in and getting some time to myself.
As for the Peloponnese trip, it was so much fun! Way more fun than the Crete trip. We were less rushed and really got to appreciate the sites. Also, we went to my favorite archaeological site in Greece, Epidauros. It's the location of the most acoustically perfect ancient theatre in Greece. If someone crinkles a piece of paper in the center of the theatre, someone sitting in the back row can hear it. Some of the students sang songs; my friend Ella and I performed what we could remember of the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet.
There was one other site that was super cool, because it had a lot of stuff that was really well preserved or well restored. I think it was called Messene? That was my second favorite place, no doubt.
I promise I'll put up some pictures in my next post, and I'll put up lots of pictures on Facebook.
I do have one regret from the trip, though. My friend Gary won a stuffed bunny for me from a crane machine, and I left it at the last hotel we stayed at. It was the most amazing bunny ever. We named him Hector Hephaestos. He will live on in memory.
I hope you all are well! Congratulations to HTP for its successful run of Romeo and Juliet (I thought of you all at Epidauros).
As always, I love and miss you all.
I'm back from the Peloponnese and ready for a week of chilling in Athens. This week is fall break for CYA, so a lot of people are traveling. Once again, I find myself with an empty apartment. No complaints here, though. A couple of my friends are also staying in Athens for break, so I won't be alone. In any case, I'm looking forward to sleeping in and getting some time to myself.
As for the Peloponnese trip, it was so much fun! Way more fun than the Crete trip. We were less rushed and really got to appreciate the sites. Also, we went to my favorite archaeological site in Greece, Epidauros. It's the location of the most acoustically perfect ancient theatre in Greece. If someone crinkles a piece of paper in the center of the theatre, someone sitting in the back row can hear it. Some of the students sang songs; my friend Ella and I performed what we could remember of the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet.
There was one other site that was super cool, because it had a lot of stuff that was really well preserved or well restored. I think it was called Messene? That was my second favorite place, no doubt.
I promise I'll put up some pictures in my next post, and I'll put up lots of pictures on Facebook.
I do have one regret from the trip, though. My friend Gary won a stuffed bunny for me from a crane machine, and I left it at the last hotel we stayed at. It was the most amazing bunny ever. We named him Hector Hephaestos. He will live on in memory.
I hope you all are well! Congratulations to HTP for its successful run of Romeo and Juliet (I thought of you all at Epidauros).
As always, I love and miss you all.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Short update: Babysitting!
I had my first babysitting gig on Sunday! The girl is two and a half and her name is Maria Erini (probably not spelled like that). She is utterly adorable. I love her.
Plus, now I have an income. Woot!
Plus, now I have an income. Woot!
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Κρήτη
Going to Crete this week! Will try to take many pictures and video.
In other news, I managed to stumble across the Athens International Film Festival. What luck, eh? Unfortunately, the two movies I most wanted to see were sold out. But I got to see Harold and Maude and a number of very good short films.
Packing now.... Be back on Friday!
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Lawl Internet
Just a quick update to say:
I have wireless internet in my apartment now.
My roommates and I got back from a garden party at the CYA president's house (classy, right?) to find a mysterious box with blinking lights attached to our wall with a note: "Ho ho ho, enjoy!"
We all sort of went "squee" and jumped up and down for a while. Anyway, this probably means that if you have AIM, I'll actually be able to talk to you. I'm going to try not to be online all that much, though. I was actually quite enjoying the freedom of no internet.
I have wireless internet in my apartment now.
My roommates and I got back from a garden party at the CYA president's house (classy, right?) to find a mysterious box with blinking lights attached to our wall with a note: "Ho ho ho, enjoy!"
We all sort of went "squee" and jumped up and down for a while. Anyway, this probably means that if you have AIM, I'll actually be able to talk to you. I'm going to try not to be online all that much, though. I was actually quite enjoying the freedom of no internet.
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