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Basically Identical
Sep. 4th, 2015 10:45 pmHave been in Pescara three days. Have keys to the apartment and have been in and out of the (beautiful) apartment, but we're still in the (overly expensive but makes good breakfast pastries) hotel until we have electricity sometime next week.
Being in Italy long term is less strange for me than occupying a beach town. I'm living in shade and sunscreen but have freckled considerably, hair has lightened, skin is darker. My optimal climate, speaking in terms of genetics and not temperament, is the south of England - dim, damp, and temperate - so I'm firmly in Elizabeth Barrett Browning territory, assuming she needed lots of bug spray.
It's not much like New Mexico, but they have hot peppers as well as pine nut ice cream, so I pretend it's exactly like New Mexico to annoy Ciro. The sea is kiddie wading pool depth to at least 300m out, which puts me in the unique-for-me situation of needing a swimsuit that doesn't have to stand up to any swimming - consequently a mismatched push-up bikini with minimal coverage, because that's what's for sale. Cup sizes here, if you're curious, are numbers instead of letters - C is 3, D is 4, etc.
Went ahead and cut off the back of my hair so it's short all around - easier to manage when I'm in and out of the water. I'm fixated on the idea that I now look too much like Shailene Woodley, even though my face doesn't look like Shailene Woodley and my hair doesn't look like Shailene Woodley's hair.
Being in Italy long term is less strange for me than occupying a beach town. I'm living in shade and sunscreen but have freckled considerably, hair has lightened, skin is darker. My optimal climate, speaking in terms of genetics and not temperament, is the south of England - dim, damp, and temperate - so I'm firmly in Elizabeth Barrett Browning territory, assuming she needed lots of bug spray.
It's not much like New Mexico, but they have hot peppers as well as pine nut ice cream, so I pretend it's exactly like New Mexico to annoy Ciro. The sea is kiddie wading pool depth to at least 300m out, which puts me in the unique-for-me situation of needing a swimsuit that doesn't have to stand up to any swimming - consequently a mismatched push-up bikini with minimal coverage, because that's what's for sale. Cup sizes here, if you're curious, are numbers instead of letters - C is 3, D is 4, etc.
Went ahead and cut off the back of my hair so it's short all around - easier to manage when I'm in and out of the water. I'm fixated on the idea that I now look too much like Shailene Woodley, even though my face doesn't look like Shailene Woodley and my hair doesn't look like Shailene Woodley's hair.
