explosions and broken things

how was your easter?

mine was pretty awesome. as you most likely read in my previous post, i was planning on going to see the exploding cart in the Piazza del Duomo. which i did. and i did take video. now, before you watch, i only took about minute snippets because i thought i might get boring going on for a long period of time. and i was in the middle of the massive crowd. it very much reminded me of a Sonshine mosh, and so i was jostled, hence the unsteady cam. anywho...at least you can get a little taste of this. and it really did sound like a machine gun when the firecrackers were going off by the way. and you'll notice how it gets more smoky as time goes on. we were covered in ash by the end.







in other exciting happenings, i thought i broke my iPod last night. let me tell you that was probably the worst thing that has happened to me in a long time. haha. i know, you are all thinking "rough life." but here, my iPod is basically essential. so i was playing a movie that is on my iPod while it was plugged in to my computer (big screen) and all the sudden the movie froze. and i tried to pause it and play and and nothing worked, so i figured i'd just eject my iPod and things would be cool. instead i ejected it and my iPod got stuck on this screen:and nothing happened. i tried to shut it off. i tried to charge it. i tried to plug it back into my computer and my computer told me that my iPod had "malfunctioned." malfunctioned. a little over a week before i am supposed to get on a plane for 7 hours. before i spend 20 hours traveling. and not to mention i use my iPod to fall asleep basically every night. the walls are thin here. and my roommates computers are loud. haha. needless to say, i was having a panic attack. i took my iPod into Ada's room and she grabbed it, held a couple buttons and it restarted and it was fine. heart attack averted. so now i know that you reset your iPod by pressing menu and the middle button at the same time. haha. anyway, that was traumatic incident, just thought i'd share : )

okay, i have to go be productive now.