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Friday, 07-Dec-12 12:02:39 UTC from web-
@astah there we go. Italian, ah? My favorite Italian... though I guess it's technically Sicillian phrase is "agitta" (i'm probably totally misspelling that... i'm a very creative speller.... :P )
Friday, 07-Dec-12 12:03:59 UTC from web-
@astah xD I lived in Sicily for a year and heard what might be that one. I don't actually know the Sicilian spelling though xD It reminds me of accita. I remember it used ans an exclamation
Friday, 07-Dec-12 12:07:06 UTC from web-
@pony my old English teacher Chris Arigo told me that it literally translates to "heartburn" but they use it (with the iconic hand-chin-fling motion) as "mild irritance". i.e. the children are running around making a ruckus so you say "Heeey! Quiet down there! You're giving me accita!"
Friday, 07-Dec-12 12:09:14 UTC from web-
Friday, 07-Dec-12 12:10:23 UTC from web
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@pony Well, if you're studying language BYU is an excellent place to be. Lots of people rag on it but their language programs are the bee's knees
Friday, 07-Dec-12 12:21:08 UTC from web-
@astah so true! I'm a computer science and visual arts minor so I like to think of myself as well rounded.. or I would except it feels like I've taken WAY too long to graduate. xP
Friday, 07-Dec-12 12:23:03 UTC from web-
@pony darn typos again! Ugh... computers are over-glorified typewriters to me... despite being only 26... * sigh *
Friday, 07-Dec-12 12:24:33 UTC from web -
@pony anyhoo... my first roommate did computer science. I believe he's programming for NeoPets now... and acting in a sketch comedy troupe called The Big Game Hunters in LA. What sorts of visual arts do you do?
Friday, 07-Dec-12 12:25:40 UTC from web-
@astah Neopets is still a thing?
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@fortecadenza yus! http://www.neopets.com/userlookup.phtml?user=sonic_rainb00m one of my sidee accounts here: http://www.neopets.com/userlookup.phtml?user=sonic_rainb00m
Friday, 07-Dec-12 12:34:48 UTC from web-
@pony Same link both times? Also I can't even remeber the last time I logged on to Neopets. I was eight I believe.
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@fortecadenza yeah lol sorry
Friday, 07-Dec-12 12:36:53 UTC from web
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Friday, 07-Dec-12 12:36:43 UTC from web
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@astah oh! my wife and I play on Neopets! lol I studied VA at first because I was trying to get into the animation program here. It's been called the best in the US by John Lasseter. After 3 years of failing to get in I gave up and switched to CS, then to Italian shortly after. (I have a love-hate relationship with programming.) My emphasis in art therefore is on animation you could say, but also Italian art history, particularly Baroque period art in Spain, France, and Italy above all else.
Friday, 07-Dec-12 12:30:44 UTC from web-
@pony often the 'best' universities don't produce the top people in the field.... it's more a means of having a 100% certainty of getting a job. My father's met plenty of Harvard grad lawyers who were mediocre at best (if not morons) and for writing there are plenty of people who come out of Iowa's program with nothing to show for it academically or creatively. Whenever I get discouraged, I try to remember things like the fact that W.C. Williams was a pediatrician, Wallace Stevens sold insurance door to door, and Philip Larkin was a librarian. My old mentore himself has worked as a high school teacher, a chef, and a tattoo artists. Some of these feilds lend themselves to a necessity to find additional income...
Friday, 07-Dec-12 12:36:50 UTC from web-
Friday, 07-Dec-12 12:37:41 UTC from web
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@pony well, for example, BYU has one of the top programs in foreign language, and their law school is in the top 95% as well. UNLV where I went is one of the top 5 creative writing post-graduate programs, USC has film, football, business, you name it
Friday, 07-Dec-12 12:39:43 UTC from web-
@astah yeah BYU's business school and nursing programs are pretty good too. When employers ask me why I'm an italian major I explain that I just love it and BYU's program is world class, that it helps me understand people and cultures etc.. I hope to ultimately go into Social Work, but first I'm going to take a break from school and get more work related experience maybe. I volunteer and I work at a boarding school for developmentally challenged boys.
Friday, 07-Dec-12 12:42:05 UTC from web
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@astah it's all about the piece of paper really. that opens doors, but real skill comes with experience and determination. I actually won't be using my italian for what I'd like to do as a career
Friday, 07-Dec-12 12:38:55 UTC from web-
@pony after having the pieces of paper, the economy has forced almost everyone into the position of nepotism. you gotta know someone regardless of your talents. Don't get me wrong, good grades, work experience, etc etc etc will give you a leg up, but the degree of competition is apparently exponentially higher than it was even 8 years ago
Friday, 07-Dec-12 12:41:14 UTC from web-
@astah teachers and social workers don't get paid as much, but we do have the advantage when it comes to finding a job and having job security :D
Friday, 07-Dec-12 12:42:59 UTC from web-
@pony benefits as well. plus, and this is most important to me, our job is different every day. Having to adapt to individual student needs forces (or encourages) you to stay on your toes. No day is the same as the next. I can't imagine NOT teaching, though I would prefer to teach lit or creative writing. * SIIIIIIG * oh well.
Friday, 07-Dec-12 12:49:47 UTC from web-
@astah ah yeah xD I think for me if I ever teach it will be French and Italian, but I might have to learn Spanish to be marketable out here. I moved to the east coast when I was young and there a teacher can get work with just French.
Friday, 07-Dec-12 12:53:29 UTC from web
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