Ciao, Ragazze!

just came back from the National Geographic LIVE World Earth Day Concert! Rome Chapter! kickin' it from the infamous piazza del popolo!!!! fuckin' AMAZING! there were THOUSANDS of ppl! THOUSANDS!!!! and we pushed ourselves through all the way from the ramses' obilisk to the front stage! the lights were incredible! the opening act,Nat Geo's newest artist Bibi Tanga, was really amazing! she had a stunning voice with a gorgeous african folk beats it was soothing and moving to listen to her. then next was the italian group Subsonica who were like rock music meets electronica. let me not get into how much italians love their fuckin' house music. my god---it's their version of baltimore club music except a thousand times worse! anywho----they were REALLY badass and totally rocked the crowed! everyone was jumping up and down and screaming. there was a lot of pushing and shoving and at one point i was practically lifted off of the ground in the pushing. 

but i had tons of fun regardless. and they were some really nice (and one incredible HOT) italian guys nearby who helped us and stuck by our sides and made sure we were ok when things got too rough. then the main act, ben harper came on. i personally don't think he's that great but his live performances changed my mind a little. he has a really strong and beautiful voice and he's very amazing at playing the guitar. truthfully i only kno him through the video that heath ledger (RIP---LOVED HIM SO MUCH!) directed for him. SO beautiful! but his musical style overall is a bit---meh---for me. 

yesterday was rome's birthday! i went to circo massimo and saw a reenactment of the story of the birth of rome with the brothers romulus and remus. it was pretty good. even tho it's legend, the romans take the story pretty seriously mostly because it connects them to i guess who u could call the "father" of all romans, Mars (Ares). then i went to some place near the colosseum (totally can't remember what it's called) to watch this famous italian singer (can't remember her name either) sing songs in commemoration of the day! 2, 762 years old! whew! ALL HAIL THE ETERNAL CITY! this place has really been through so much...