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It's been a while...

I have been traveling a lot so I haven't had the chance to update this thang as much as I'd like.  Lots of fun stuff to report, though.

Went to Spain last weekend to visit Katie, had a great time.  Madrid:  excellent graffiti.  Went to a fantastic Picasso exhibit (I got some ideas for possible thesis topics), did a lot of jumping, learned about "no-no bags," and drank Kalimocho (red wine and coke).  Oh, and flying to Madrid, the captain called the airplane an "airbus!"  I loved that, of course.

I got an internship here in Florence!  I will be interning at the SUF art gallery for the semester.  I have been assigned to work on an exhibit that will consist of a collection of photographs taken by the former fashion photographer for United Colors of Benetton, Oliviero Toscani.  Toscani has recently been noted as a controversial artist because of his shift in subject matter from fashion to the documentation of negative social aspects in contemporary culture, such as people suffering from anorexia and AIDS.  Our gallery will be displaying a body of Toscani's photos of men on death row.  As of right now, I am doing research in order to write Toscani's biography for the exhibit, but hopefully I will be doing more hands-on work as we get nearer to the exhibition opening in early April.  I am so stoked about it!

What else...ah yes.  Congratulations to the Strange Bedfellows for kicking ass at Skidmore's "Comfest!"  When I was little I had an imaginary friend named Gupperman.