woke up at 12 or 1 today. uggghh the day is already
half over because we were out so late last night.
dang it. we missed the tour by the german, but
seeing as that is completely unhelpful, i don't
care at all. i can see rome on my own in the next
few days. so today is the diploma review for
students that are doing their theses. its at the
hotel where zaha and patrick are staying. moritz
and i went over there to see the work and get a
glimpse of zaha. and get one we did. she didnt
attend the review, of course, but she did make an
appearance. haha.
she walks out into the lounge area where reviews
are going on, and yells "PATRICK!!" like he is her
little pet. apparently she does this alot. he stops
the review and goes to talk with her. they walk
towards to front of the hotel...he mentiones
something to her...and shE blows up! meanwhile all
of us are watching what is taking place. (and by
the way...seeing zaha face to face is a little
scary...if u dont know what i mean..look up zaha
hadid on google and you will understand. but it was
cool nonetheless to get to see her finally). she
then yells really loud, "WELL, I WAS INVITED TO
LUNCH, AND I CANNOT STAY! SHIT!!" and then she
continues to yell so loud that everyone in the
hotel is looking at her to see what the heck is
going on. haha. so she left for lunch, and patrick
comes back in smiling. hahaha. there was no way she
would show up for our review the next day if she
didnt even care about the diploma reviews. geeez.
stayed there for a bit more and then went exploring
again. found the piazza del popollo where a protest
was taking place. SO MANY PEOPLE WERE OUT THERE
SINGING AND YELLING IN ITALIAN ABOUT LABOR AND
STUFF. very cool. climbed up a hill overlooking the
piazza and the prostest. saw the whole city again
at dusk. geez this place is so amazing! walked over
to the spanish steps. really cool, except there was
a stupid exhibition about the falling of the berlin
wall set up ON THE STEPs. does that make sense?
wierd place to do that.
later met up with bin and antonio for some dinner.
met at the fontana de trevi, a famous and massive
fountain somehwere in rome. went for dinner.
italian of course. lasagna this time. wine
included. sat outside in an alley. amazing. cant
get enough of this culture. i could sit out here
for hours, or days. after we went for a beer in
preparation for the zahas museum opening party that
we were invited to! this was going to be great.
dance party with zaha in the house. yaaaa. found a
really cool cafe with moritz and antonio (guy from
spain) that was covered with vines, and filled with
people. they were even coving the street so no cars
could get through. crazy. stayed for a bit but then
found a jazz bar up the street, where i basically
felt like i was in new orleans all of a sudden.
didnt need that in italy, so we peaced out pretty
quick and got ready for the party action.
how many architecture students does it take to find
a museum? about 15, apparently. it took a while,
but we got there. and zaha had already rolled in.
she looked pissed to be there. they had her dressed
up in clothes a 21 year old should be wear, and
were photographing her like she was angelina jolie.
and she haaated it. bin and i were loving it
though. i ran behind her a few times while bin took
my picture looking like a retard in the background.
it was great. bin eventually got a real picture
with her...but she didnt even look at the camera.
she was looking somewhere else...in a realllly
uninterested manner. :) figures. the museum was
amazing. interesting design for sure. after
exploring it was dance off time. at this point it
was about one in the morning, and our whole studio,
along with all the employees of zaha hadid
architects, were dancing like crazy. it was a
blast. kind of fell in love too. not really...but
ya. didnt stop dancing till about 6 am, when the
party ended. time to find a bus back home. this
took about an hour for some reason. got back to the
hostel at 7 am. ugh.
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