North Americans and a Raven

         Well my internet's been down for a week, go figure. In my absense I have done a few noteworthy things. Number1.... I have met all the lovely ladies from North America who are on this island with me. I thought there was going to be a wide range of different countries, but only North America. Let's see if I can remember the states... they are from Idaho, Washington State, California, Michigan, (can't remember the others in America), and there is one girl from Vancouver. Where is Vancouver you may ask... it is on the western shores of great Canada. Also this is where the 2010 Winter Olympic Games were held. Unfortunately she did not go to them, go figure. I'll describe the day I guess. The trip to Catania was normal as always. I had some time to get in a good fill of 'Alice's Restaurant'. Did you know you can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant, accepting Alice of course. Anyway, the night before I read that I would need to give a speech at the meeting, so with grand tradition I went to the meeting and winged it, but I always turn out fine with these things and it went off without a hitch, just have to remember to breath. After wards I got some time to get to know everyone and we talked about how we are doing with the language, it turns out I am doing incredibly well. Say what you want, but Mr. Olivo is teaching Italian and lays a great foundation for future study of the language. Overall, everyone is good and we will be setting up hang-out weekends and stuff like that.
         Secondly.... I have read 'The Raven' to my class in school and to my family. Unfortunately student in Sicily don't have control of themselves and couldn't pay attention to me, so I feel it was a bust over-all. Now if I took an Italian student and brought him to America, everyone would pay attention and be quit out of respect. Afterwards I let one of them read it in Italian with the same result. I then gave them an explanation of E.A.P.'s life and why he was so good in depressing writing. Then tried to show them the crux of 'The Raven', but still no enthusiasm. I guess a guy can't read 19th century poetry like the old days. When I read the poem to the family though it great :) We talked about it and read it in Italian and English. We then went to the movies to see a film called 'Il Peggior Settimana della la mia Vita' (The Worst Week of my Life). It was hilarious but was so close to 'Meet the Parent' that I almost think it might be a bit plagarized.
         Again I am sorry about not posting for a while, but I would like to point out that I have 4 new countries to add to the list of countries that have viewed this blog. We now have Norway, Belgium, Mexico, and Brazil. Thank you for looking and don't be afraid to comment if you feel the urge. Tomorrow I'll write about Halloween in Italia, don't worry.