Italians...



                                                                           Looks
When you think of Italians....what do you picture? Well let me tellllllll you, first there is your typical italian like hoochie mamas and pimps and they are freaking hilarious looking. The men crack me up with their long, greasy, slicked back hair and shirts buttoned up half way with their nasty as chest hair curling over, butt hugging pants and their thousand dollar shoes. Once my cell phone starts working i am definietly taking some candid camera pics so you all can see because it makes me laugh every time. Same with the women...its all about the shoes. Im not lying, i have seen women in sweat pants and a tank top but they still rock their 6 inch pumps or hooker heels and its so ugly but to them its style. The less the shoes and outfit match, the better! Weird. The mall is my favorite place to go to see people because there are two extremes. The first is crazy like im-goin-to-a-hollywood-party type of look where they are dressed so nice and in the nicest, tallest shoes with tons of makeup and extreme hair. And then theres the kind that look like they just rolled outta bed. Its perfectly normal to not wear makeup or do your hair here and just wear comfy clothes. Which one do you think im doing? pff i want mermaid hair so yessss ive definitely taken it upon myself to never do my hair :) Its been a whole week since my hair has seen a blow dryer or straightener yayyyyy! Id say the "casual" wear is leggings. All the women wear leggings as pants and then either just a shirt or a dress and some type of sneakers. But geez these italians are a crack up.

                                                                        The people
Italy has become the place where people from any other country come to because of the Catholic pope and charity, welcome everyone, blah blah blah so there are all kinds of people here and the italian- italians hate it. People come from Pakistan :O Kenya, Russia, germany, i cant remember where else they told me but a bunch of muslims and indians and black people. If you walk down the street there are food shops for just muslims or indians because they wont eat beef or pork. I kinda sorta maybe have a fear of muslim looking people. Im an American...they attacked my country...so whenever i see one i think oh my gosh terrorist!! is that such a crime?? Idk i cant control it, it just scares me but luckily they scare Luisa (the mom) too so we stay away from them together :) I havnt met anyone yet who speaks fluent english  besides the mom and dad of this family so whenever i follow luisa around or am with them in public and people come up and talk, i just stand there like a lost puppy dog and the people think im rude cuz i dont say anything or laugh or react but hellooooo "i no lo comprendo" thats a movie quote...i hope someone gets it. Its from stick it. go watch it.  Anyways then eventually luisa tells them im from arizona which is in america and then the people get all excited and will tell luisa they just thought i was a snob at first and then they will talk to me about america and ask me how i like it here and luisa will translate. Even in another country i first come off as a B-word....just my luck. So i've leaerned to just laugh randomly in conversations and smile all the time :) Last night lusia(the mom) luciano(the dad) and i stayed up super late talking about beliefs and differences in our countries and views on guns and stuff and luckily they are just like my family. Whewwww! Luciano even showed me his gun collection and told me we will go shooting sometime so im excited.

                                                                        The family
Because the house is hugeeeee there are 3 different families living in all sorts of the house but its sealed off so we never see them unless they all meet out in the front gardens or porch. I met all the little girls- Ludovicka (uhhh okay? i call her Ludo cuz i cant pronounce it right) Benedicta, Sofia, Fillipo, Carlo, and i cant remember the baby's name. But all these kids are under like 6 years old so it was overwhelming but hilarious at the same time cuz i had all these little kids goin off in italian to me and i had no clue what they were saying and so they would run inside and learn an english phrase from Luisa and run out and say it to me all proud. "My name is!" then theyd run off.....they didnt realize they were supposed to say their name after haha but they like to copy what i say all the time and they are just so cute. Benedicta reminds me of squid (my sister lydia) cuz she has the muscle and just looks like her in the face cept she has crazy curly hair. Fillipo looks like the little boy off of "Little Giants" the skinn "dont you be talkin bout my mama" kid....he is super skinny but has the cutest long dirty blonde hair with brown eyes and long lashes and little freckles across his nose. He walks like Jaela (my little sister) cuz his pants are always falling off so he is darling. Sometimes i feel so useless tho cuz they have  6 adults living in this huge house so when they all come outside i dont know if im supposed to take charge of the kids or what and then theres the grandparents of each family that are always there too so theres a lot of people. Then they have house cleaners and laundry ladies and so i havnt quite figured out my place yet but once all of the construction workers leave and my floor of the house is finished i think i'll fit in a little better. No complaints here :)....cept i wish i had rosetta stone to help me with this language but thats all! CIAO.

Leone :) I taught him to say "Cheeseeee!" and he thinks it is so fun and he makes the biggest smile every time.