Nel Mezzo

Midterms are in full fling here, and despite the fact that I don't have any, the papers and such are stacking up like clouds before a thunderstorm. That's to be expected, I guess, when DS isn't my schedule anymore, the planets don't align quite so nicely that there is no overlap between papers.

Italian is still the best thing around; I'm learning so much in this three person class. We can speak so well, and can use the razzle-dazzle of pronouns competently. Watching a movie once a week is also nice, in that it gives us a chance to hear someone other than our professor speak. We've recently since graduated from English subtitles to Italian subtitles, which is a point of excitement; I managed to understand most of "Concorrenza Sleale" without a word of English. Also, as the months go by, I cannot wait to go to Italy.

Fall foliage is starting to happen, and campus is as beautiful as ever. The air has just started to nip at my cheeks, but the sun is still warm. It's scarf weather, the weather of apples and wonderful food and it's October, by far the best month ever. I love this part of the season, when it's cool but not cold, but still warm enough that it's nice to be outside. New Haven doesn't have that much time in this state, so I'm enjoying it while it lasts.

Speaking of apples, I had a little cooking party with some friends yesterday, and we made copious amounts of food. In addition to gnocchi and soup and linguine, we made apple desserts of wonderful types. This was all that was left by the end:
It was a very good evening.