Language Barriers

Today, my roomies Lauren and Kassandra went on a Helen field trip to Siena. Firstly, let me explain the meaning of a Helen field trip. Helen is one of the art history teachers here at SACI (Studio Art Centers International, my wonderful school of which I am very fond). She is INTENSE. She knows pretty much everything about every work of art produced ever. Well, I don't know about ever, but as far as Renaissance art goes, she is quite knowledgeable. Anyway, she takes her classes and anyone else who signs up on really structured, art-filled field trips every weekend. And she walks really fast. I have yet to go on one of her trips, but she's actually the one who led us around the Uffizi yesterday. I don't think half of what she said stuck. There was just so MUCH information. But it was cool. And interesting. And tiring to my poor feet. But that's ok.

Since the roomies were out for the day, I decided to get some cleaning and laundry and shopping done...because apparently I'm now a 1950s housewife...but seriously, I did need to get some things done (I finally found nail clippers! I'm SO excited!). I went to one of the many fantastic 99 cent stores around town (not the one next to Standa, but the one a little further down the street. Nine-t Nine Cent Paradise, baby!). They have lots of items for 99 cents, as the name suggests, but some of the stuff is really crazy! Like, they have ceramic plates that are really cute! For 99 cents!! Unfortunately, I didn't get any of these plates because 1) we have plates and 2) I'm not going to have room in my luggage for plates. I mean really. But I did get some other little necessities, and found some funny translation errors on the packaging. I love stuff like that. Go to engrish.com. It is SO fantastic.

Yep...that says "Spum for sew." To clarify, this is a package of spools of thread...?

This is the back of a package containing a comb. Its description amuses me, because it's not like some super-special comb, but it claims to be a better comb than other combs. And I feel like any old comb could massage your scalp...I could be wrong.

The English description on this bottle of conditioner is also pretty great. I'm so glad the cheap conditioner that I bought is a "caring substance."

At the cash register in this particular Nine-t Nine Cent Paradise, there was a large display of lighters, some of which were Valentine's Day themed. Some of them had little cartoon animals and word bubbles with badly translated English phrases. They were so great. I didn't buy one since I don't have the money to spend on a lighter when I really don't need it for anything, and I couldn't take a picture because it was at the cash register and that would have been a little awkward. Let's see...ah, I think one of them said "I am ready to give my wholeness to you." Hahahaha. That's the only one I can really remember.

My day has been pretty chill. I listened to the Beatles on Kassi's iTunes library all day, so that was good. Oh, and then I found out that stupid Ruckus has died and about 75% of my songs' licenses are expired. The rest expire anywhere from the end of February to the beginning of March, so they will all be gone soon. I am so pissed. Good thing I can creep on Kassi's playlist. Haha.

Well, that was pretty much my day. Not too much to share, but it made me chuckle. So there you go.