Day Fifty-Seven.

• Contemporary art seminar. Two local industrial artists came in and showed us some of their work via PowerPoint and answered questions and then we went to visit their exhibition space. They were very, very modern with very, very modern outlooks on art. They are currently working on mass-producing their art, putting it in a box with assembly instructions (they are 3-d wall installations) like Ikea furniture. They are also very graphic color-blocked boxes and angles. Not really my thing. Too watery and substance-less. I feel like they are too easy to walk past and ignore to really be appreciated as art. But, then again, they were also of the opinion that art shouldn't be held to such high standards as we have given it in the past. I found them very philosophically (art-wise) difficult.
  
• Got out of the seminar early and hung out upstairs looking at the collection of books that has gathered there. Took out two books to read over Spring Break: Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury (looked cute, witty, and funny and might potentially [if a miracle happens] inspire me to write for fun [shock!]) and The Road by Cormac McCarthy which has semi-recently been turned into a movie.
• Lunch. Not so good--weird cheese sauce.
• Gym for an hour.
• Attempted to nap.
• Early dinner at Osteria Nuova: had mini asparagus souffle as an appetizer which was new. Personally I think it's a bit too watery and mushy in texture to be good. Would be better as more of a quiche.
• Read for a little bit and started watching Modern Family which is a hilarious new TV series.
• In the future: bed.

Tomorrow:

• Skipping Religions since no one else will be there (they all leave early tomorrow morning for their flight to Barcelona).
• Sleeping in until 9.
• Gym at 10.
• Shower after gym.
• Lunch after that.
• Study slightly for Italian test.
  
• Italian test.
• Nothing.
• Get Duchessa to go in order to avoid eating alone.
• Something.
• Bed.