Hello internet! it's been a moment since my last entry, things have been...........CHAOTIC since we last spoke.
i visited the UK for my birthday and ended up having to stay for a month because a form i needed to proceed with my visa got stuck in customs.
i should've figured something like this would happen, before moving to italy i had heard the whole shabang about how immigration would go something like: you go to government officials with the forms you think you need only to find out that you need yet another form then you go back weeks later after receiving that form only to discover you need yet ANOTHER form etc etc.......
then it took so long to process the form that got stuck that i used all of my allowed time in the EU so NOW i am couch surfing for two more months. (ouch)
but robbie, how could you be so reckless and use up all your days??? a.) im bad at math and calculated wrong b) my beloved clown teacher passed away and i wanted to attend his funeral (sue me!)
despite being in a shit situation now....attending the funeral was sooo very worth it. it was lovely to see everyone from that little time period of my life, and to take time to reflect on how important and influential my teacher, and his school, were for me.
when i graduated high school, i told everyone i was going to become a mime. this was said in jest because it was too boring to say i couldn't afford to go to college, but because i was a relatively unknown character, people took my mime aspirations seriously. and i, like the rascal i am, yes anded them!
to be fair it wasnt a complete joke, i was actively searching for a physical theatre based school, but when the school newspaper interviewed me about my plans post high school i said i was going to become a self taught bedroom mime.(oops)
anyways, i found only ONE school that 1. taught what i wanted 2. i could afford, 3. would let an 18 yr old with no training in (well not exactly but more on that some other time).
i intended to go for 3 months, and like so many other students, i ended up staying for 6, and only stopped there because of covid.
going there was the best decision i ever made in my life and it sent me on a path i never would have considered before. i am who i am today largely because of my experience there.
so im glad i went to the funeral to pay my respects to the most important creative figure in my life, but DAMN! being stuck couch surfing is miserable.
there's much more i could moan and groan about but ill leave that for my private journaling.
let it be known, web friends, things are tough for lil ol robbie right now......but in a couple months my life will be super normal and cool again (i hope!)