paving paradise

You know that tired old phrase, time flies? Well, it does. Today we said ciao without the ci vediamo to Humanities 201--and Alessandro.

Oh, where to begin? We loved him the moment he first sprinted into the library, shirt too short and curly hair every which-way. Then he started talking and we loved him even more. Today, he shivered about the cold because he was "dressed like a summer tree", then wished us a "good comeback to America." This from the man unafraid to single out cities as "adorable" and sport a purple sweater.

He's guided us through Ancient Greece and into Renaissance Italy with a million dozen detours in between, and I don't think I'm really ready to give him up quite yet. Oh, you guys! Let's reminisce about

THE STATE OF OUR WHITEBOARD ON ANY GIVEN DAY:

rose

HORACE

Petrarch

carpe diem

(now you try to connect the dots)

A FEW FABULOUS PHRASES FROM VARIOUS AFTERNOONS:

"Hmm, yes. I would like to make a parentheses here."

"Did that answer your curiousity?"

"We're really running through history here."

"This is a very pregnant title."

THE WORD THAT WE'LL USE THE REST OF OUR LIVES:

changement

Today is the first day I've started to miss what I have and oh dear, I'm getting all nostalgic already. Not a good sign for a girl who tends to hold to the past with fierce fondness. But boy, what a lovely living these past months have been. And with Alessandro? All the better.