Finding Leah - April 28th, 2006

Unfortunately and to both of our grand dismays, apparently Pippo WON'T be able to obtain the correct type of passport and/or visa which would permit us to follow through with our early June departure itinerary to the USA. He applied for his passport soon enough but presently Italy's passport offices are TOTALMENTE INGORGIATO- choked. He's visited several offices, I also visited the local issuing comissariato and have googled the hell out of the any possible alternative useful or helpful information ma non c'e un cazzo di fare...The French government surprisingly, is even in a worse mess than the Italians'..Newly passported French visitors are required to possess a visa as well as their passport, since neither government was able to create Condaleeza's BIONIC passports within her deadline. The Italians atleast, were given a one year extension for visa waiver rights because they are able to produce digitally photographed passports which are halfway to the full out BIONIC ones required if applying after Oct. this year. BUT the new requirement has created an effect not unlike 10,000 toothpaste tube tops jammed into the bathroom sink drain with capable plumbers vacationing eternally.
Sadly, frustated and desperately we try to pour our dreams down the drain, but they just sit in the sink leaving smelly discoloring muck.
Condaleeza's bionic passports contain chips that will tell the USA if you ever forgot to pay a parking ticket in Italy, as well as any and every detail about your entire life and image, digital fingerprints, etc.
And well, she's right. You don't want fucking Frogs jamming your streets or Provenzano's crew topping the foam off Starbuck's profits, do ya? She has successfully smothered our creatively ingenius desire to cut Parmesan cheese with heroin, and make drug pasta potlucks in Duke City, hooking everyone and anyone American that we might have been able to dupe with evil intent. The notion of receiving a fat 'UNDESIRABLE' stamped by USA security entry officials on one's passport before they send you back on your way to where you just departed from is God awful.
Now I must consider new arrangements. I've already subletted my Rome apartment for the month of June and made arrangements with Gil's Dad to have her stay with him until the beginning of July. Shall I depart alone to NYC and train to DC and fly to ABQ following Pippo's and my original idea, but cropping him out of the equation? This would mean not seeing him for 2 months which is longer than I'd feel good about being separate from him. It would also mean spending some more weeks alone in ABQ...Should I stay with Pippo at his place for the month of June and then fly to ABQ with Gillian at the beginning of July? I have no work in Rome in June and so really have no reason to stay here other than being able to spend some time with Pippo who likely will be working in June, although I like the idea of flying to ABQ with Gillian as opposed to her flying there alone even though SHE likes to make lengthy adventures on her own. Pippo and I both thought at first well, we could go to Calabria or Ischia but then we both after thought, we prefer to not spend money for substitute arrangements.
Bah...no lo so...no lo so....

c'é lo cmq una buona notizie- almeno una..non imagino pero, che nessuno che legge questa blog puoi importare però..MA
come sono disperata x notizie buone.. AUGUSTO ha vinto Grande Fratello VI.
There were three final candidates;
Fabiano (Fe-Fé)--- a tattoed vain country boy who likes to wear bright green fluffy collars and a liter of hair gel, says 'Mamma Mia' after every sentence and has never done anything but eat fettucini and pick-up girls at tacky discoteques.
Filippo- a friendly street talking hardcore Roman boy, who thinks togas and moving the Colosseum around seven hills is really fun but is pickier about meatballs than fettucini. He also, incidentally, is afflicted with discoteque attending disease.
Augusto- Easily a foot and a half taller than F&F. Throughout the 100 day captivity was nominated by his peers to leave more often than all other candidates. He can't act, sing, or dance BUT he LOVES to be in the goal gate. He didn't need the money..his family had paid a several million dollar ransom for his release when he was kidnapped as a kid and similarly held captive in a cave for 3 months.

Pippo, Gillian and I were all tifoso for Augusto.
Pippo because he was the only candidate to never cry watching a video of his mother saying that she missed him (infact his mother refused to appear televised).
Gillian because anyone good enough for goal keeping is wicked, and me because he wasn't a picky eater.