July 15, 2008 I think I am going to start claiming that I am Italian. Dont get me wrong I love being Irish (and Native American) but wow, being Italian almost takes the gelato. If I was Italian I would be about 20lb heavier and be absolutly comfrotable with it. The food here, I have decided, is worth putting on the pounds. Everything is so incredible you cant not finish your plate, you cant not help getting another bottle of wine, a double scope of gelato, ...

July 13, 2008 Top 5 Descriptions of What it Feels like to get stung by a jelly... Feels like... 1. getting attacked by an entire beehive and getting stung in one concentrated area, and instead of the bees dying after they sting, they sting again this time with electric currents 2. getting unschedueled electroshock treatment by Nurse Ratched without consent, underwater 3. the finding Nemo scene, where Dora keeps getting stung over and over, except this time ...