so my charming yet overly dry and sarcastic sense of humor has gotten me into trouble...again. one of the girls here says things that i find extremely hilarious (like, "wouldn't it be cute to see a midget riding around in one of those smart cars?") but she doesn't find it funny that i find what she says funny. it's a vicious circle. so this blog is a declaration that i am not intending to pick-on this girl, i truly find her bright, interesting and fun to hang out with, and i hope that there are no hard feelings.

take dinner the other night: the cesano crew and i went out to dinner at a cute little pizza place that is run by a guy (the chef) his wife and his daughter. the fun thing about this place is that everyone eats outside, and there are a number of televisions with blaring speakers that broadcast past events of the day, csi: italy, stunts gone wrong, and other such programs. our table was having a good time, drinking some wine, laughing it up and drawing some attention from the table of military boys across from us. this is when my friend goes, "you know, we're kind of like the black people of italy." we all start laughing and she protests, "well it's true, we're acting just like they do back home!" what's funny about this is that most of the people i hang out with do not say phrases like these...or follow them up with, "well if we were in japan we'd really be the black people there." so i can't help but chuckle because though i know she is not racist, her quips like these make your ears do a double take. i think the fact that we've been laughing so hard at her serious statements has made her feel picked-on, and that all we do is laugh at her and make jokes stemming off from what she says in all seriousness. it's too bad that we aren't all on the same humor plane...but i guess this is just one of those learning experiences. but seriously, i'm not trying to make anyone in any way feel badly about themselves--i laugh at everything and make a smartass comment about it, that's who i am. i'll try to keep myself in check more often.

in any case, this weekend was a typical day of nothing, straight out of office space. we spent the whole weekend looking out the window at the rain and wind, watching arrested development, freaks and geeks, half baked, and robin williams stand up. we purchased a 5 liter bottle of wine, lugged it home, and there's still a third of it left--we're pretty happy about it. my roommate mark has been demonstrating his cooking skills and has been coming up with some tasty culinary delights with our limited resource kitchen. no more than one person can be in our kitchen at a time, the pots and pans are made out of aluminum and can be easily bent, and our drying rack for our sink is the cupboard above it with racks for dishes as opposed to shelves. saturday we wined and dined, talking until about 1...i had a great time, and saved so much money by not going into the city that this weekend i am trying to go to switzerland to see the honorable emily tully. i've been doing a lot of reading, and definitely recommend the book Deadwood by Pete Dexter. that's all for now...i'll try to come up with something funnier for tomorrow.

p.s. for all you people doing laundry in the states: it's six dollars per load where i am, not including drying. be thankful for what you have. that is all.