Mondays

Well, for me, modays start at 6AM with my lovely alarm clock beeping. Big yay. It means I have to get out of bed, shower, make breakfast, eat it, pack lunch, dry hair, get dressed, tidy up my bedroom, pick my books and start running to the metro station. Then take the L1 metro, change to L3 or L5, leave at the train station, C6 train until the last stop, then take the bus and... there we are, school! At that time is like a whole day has gone by, because I've had time to listen to the radio, read the papers, take a little nap, do some homework, catch up with my reading and even eat a little snack. But the truth is, I still have a whole day ahead.

My first class of the week is Cinematographic Representation Modes. We generally watch a movie, and then, while we are still looking puzzled (sometimes because we didn't understand a thing, sometimes because we've just woken up after a nice nap on our desk) the teacher tries to talk about it. Ten minutes later people start responding, and then it's quite interesting.

Today we watched "Un chien andalou" by Luis Buñuel. Funny how I made up my own interpretation, where everything made sense (to me) and then the teacher revealed that it was something completely different. I was tempted to shout out loud: hey! everybody is free to understand it in its own way, and my interpretation is just as good as yours! But actually it's not, he's the teacher and I'm not, and he realy knows what he's talking about.
Anyway it's the third time I've seen this movie (Introduction to Film class, in Thessaloniki, and the museum of cinema, in Torino) and every time I get a different explanation... Who knows what was in their mind...

After lunch I've got Science&Technology translation, which I don't think I'm attending today, since my cousin is at hospital having her heart cut open and I feel like I should better be there... After all, she's my twin cousin! I'll go, buy some chocolate, and make her day (or try to)

I hope I'll finish today my summaries for Legal&dmin. translation, otherwise I have no hope for thursday's test. How sad is that. I should be printing out my schemes and summaries tonight and start with the final 3 units (out of 10) I still haven't sarted working with. Lovely busy life.

The start line

I'm pretty sure you've all seen those sexy, independent, proficient young girls pictured in TV series, movies etc. And I'm pretty sure too you've all wished you could be like them. But the truth is, you can't afford eating burgers and fries at a diner every single day, because after a week you would be broke and too fat to move. You normally can't have super efficient days like a normal thing, because some mornings you just can't move, and you should get a prize just for making it to school. Ah because you have a 2hours commute to school because you can't afford moving out of your parents unless you work full time, impossible when double-majoring. Also, you can't spend a week doing some serious studying for class because not only you have to keep attending classes, but you also have to keep going grocery shopping, laundry sorting, room cleaning, part-time working and oh so many delightful things that happen in anybody's daily life. Like having the period, or a headache, or being upset with your couple/ Because not all our friends look like Logan, Colin, Finn, Robert or Marty, not to talk about Dean or Jess. Our friends may not be top models, but they are the best, and need our attention and time. Sooo... that paper can wait, but I have to go to Anna's, she's so sad after the break-up and all... Oh yes. We don't get straight A's, but we do get a life. A hell lot of a life.
Does anybody know if there's a japanese restaurant in town that can cost 100$ to have dinner in? I don't think so. Although maybe, there is. And that's where all the pretty girls take their friends (in love) to suffer under the (spoiled) rich guy's talk. Oh well, it's life. The super intelligent girl picks the rich jerk over the loving sweet (not-so-rich) friend. Oh well. Maybe, it's life. But I hope it's not my life.

Anyway, after all these thoughts about real/fictional life, just a snap of MY reality. I woke up too late and I spent the morning doing nothing but wandering around... did one load of laundry, went to the bookstore (they called me yesterday about the cinema books I ordered last week, so it was about time...) then came back home, had lunch and now I'm just trying to find motivation to start studying. I have that crazy "Law & Bussiness translation" exam on thursday, so... I should at least get started if I don't want to get a big fat F.

Tuesday is the internships meeting. Then a bunch of students willing to go to the exact same place to do our internship will fight to get it. I'll be one of them, wish me luck. Mostly because at the end it'll be some kind of "the one who gets the lowest card loses" thing.