an altar

electrocutions and meat platters

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September 9th 2005
so, i feel better. i'm still pretty confused and aggrevated frequently, but i don't want to just sit and cry anymore. i went to the post office today all by myself, dealt with the shame of not knowing what was going on, and actually got some help from a couple of nice italian ladies. i have discovered that two of my classes should really be renamed sight-seeing 101 and sight-seeing 102. we j ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more