Italian Pi

I finished “Life of Pi” not to long ago and it has since sent me into a crisis of faith and the human condition. There is no book that has ever made me feel as anxious and betrayed at the end. I am horrified and disturbed. I was an English major…I spent 4 years praying to the literary Gods and that came out of no where. I think I am losing my touch…I have become too naive and I found myself hung out to dry. Shocking that there are still books in the world that can do that. You would figure that after all of the great works that have been written and all of the archetypes exposed, that there would still be a literary piece that could knock you on your ass.
It is good to know that there are authors out there honing their craft and producing pieces that allow a character such development.

Although disturbing, it was filled with excellent prose and superior verbiage, the story sucked me in. I often have the problem that I become invested in characters and storylines so that when I am finished with a book I feel a sense of loss. Clearly this happens, as I finished “Pi” about a month ago and I am still talking about it.


On another, and very unrelated note, a year ago on July 16th I returned from a fantastic travel through out Europe. I was an AuPair for 7 months in Italy and then traveled in England, Wales, Holland and Switzerland. I have decided that I will write more about this later; however I am going to teach the blog an “Italian word/sentence a post”. I need to bring back my Italian skills and this is a good way to review my vocabulary (and give a delightful little lesson in the language of love!) So tune in to see what this wacky girl will teach you as she continues on this journaling journey…

Today’s all important sentence:
My beer is warm, may I have another one?
la mia birra è calda, potere ho un altro un?

Bonus (and very loose translation):
Themes from the in-crowd
i temi dalla in-folla

Use it friends…people will surely be impressed.