Il dilemma morale (noun): the moral quandary. The escalator to the metro wasn’t working yesterday. No surprise there. The down escalator always works when I am heading above ground in the morning, and magically stops operating by the time I return to head below ground in the afternoon. As everyone bunched together to walk down… [Read more…]
January 16, 2012
Le opzioni (noun, pl.): options. I may or may not have mentioned this, but I have reapplied to graduate school. Yes, after last year’s series of rejections, I have forked over hundreds of dollars for the opportunity to have graduate admissions committees decide my future. Now, as I wait for their responses, the question becomes:… [Read more…]
January 3, 2012
Tremare (verb): Shiver. It was cold today, the coldest day of the season thus far. The weather people were predicting it wouldn’t get much above the freezing mark, which I realize is nothing for some, but for us in Washington, D.C., perpetually warmed by all the hot air coming from the politicians, it’s a little… [Read more…]
January 1, 2012
Se… poi… If… then… Happy 2012 everyone! I know I didn’t post for the greater portion of 2011, but it’s a new year, so let’s start it out right. Maybe this will be my new year’s resolution–start blogging regularly again? Nope, probably not. This is why I don’t make new year’s resolutions. Why set yourself… [Read more…]
September 10, 2011
Il giorno precedente (noun): the day before. I’m too tired to write a proper post. (It may have to do with forcing myself to walk 10 miles today as a punishment for eating a bowl of cereal, but I don’t want to get into it.) I do, however, want to share something that I heard… [Read more…]
September 9, 2011
Insoddisfatta (adj.): unsatisfied. Every week, by the time Friday rolls around, I am ready to blow my brains out. Metaphorically, obviously, because I value my brain far too much to let anything happen to it. I start off Monday optimistic that the coming week will be different. I will be busy. I will love my… [Read more…]
September 5, 2011
La turista (noun): tourist. On Friday everyone was super pumped about the three-day weekend, and I was dreading it. I can barely keep myself together for two days off of my normal routine–how was I going to handle three? Solution: Play tourist for the day in D.C. The great thing about being a tourist… [Read more…]
September 2, 2011
Sbadata (adjective): scatterbrained. I have become completely unfocused. Unfocused is not an adjective I ever thought would be used to describe me. I am usually the epitome of focus, drive, and utmost ambition. And maybe that is part of the problem. Maybe you can only be focused for so long before losing it. I can’t… [Read more…]
August 29, 2011
Semivuoto (adj.): half-empty. I’m a little bit of a Negative Nancy. A Debbie Downer, if you will. I’m a glass half-empty kind of person. And not only is the glass half-empty, but it is the last glass, and I will probably end up spilling it down the front of my shirt. I’m a sarcastic cynic,… [Read more…]
January 21, 2012
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