Seventeen Muses

I was bored and couped up in the house for a time so I decided to make this.

Finally, I got my site up, Sayarynth. It's going to be a fairly static portfolio site. Not all the pages are up (clearly) but it's the first time my site has had a layout since March.

I love summer for the ability to get into all my old hobbies again, such as web design and photography. It's turning out to be a pretty good post-Italia summer. Not at all bad.

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This post is not for the light-hearted.



Cinque Terre, Italy: the most beautiful place on earth.



Home of blue, sparkling waters...



...and sharp rocks...



Hey there rocks, please meet my back which is just dying to be ripped open by you.



6 numbing shots, 3 horse-sized stitches, and a pain-killer shot later...



And there is going to be a most excellent scar from this.

I got back to the states and got the stiches removed two weeks later. I quote, "Wow, look everyone, Italian stitches! What the heck are these made out of?" says the doctor.

But who cares because the Italian doctor rode up on a bike. How awesome is that?

Go see it. Blew my mind.

I move out mid-September. I love my home, I love my parents, but I could not be more ready to leave this place and live on my own. There is nothing left for me here and college dangles like a carrot in front of my face. I am ready to start the rest of my life. Being here feels like waiting at a roadblock that is stopping me from obtaining my freedom and progress.

Don't get me wrong, I'll miss home when I move out but after Italy I know that I'm ready for it and I can handle it. I mean, I got three stitches in a foreign country surrounded by people I had known a week! But that's a story for another time.

For the time being, I have to try and enjoy this summer of waiting, try and get a job and recover some money. It won't be easy but I know I should try and savor time at home before I go away to college. Two months.

Basically the coolest thing since sliced bread.