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Came home yesterday afternoon from a little five day trip to Milan. We were staying with our friend Lucy, who is a wonderful lady and was doing a semester abroad there. It was a really nice week, spent eating pastries, drinking espressos, and a little bit of beer. I even got a bit of culture, the night we arrived we attended a free pianon concert at a conservatory in downtown Milan and it was totally awesome. I also attended the opening of an exhibition in which two of Lucy friends had pieces. I really hate modern art. It seems to totally reject any notion of objective evaluation. Previously I had hated modern art (maybe I should say post-modern) because I thought that at the very least a University educated person (in a subject other than art) should be able to understand and discuss the work. However, I was suprised to find that the insane (and utterly pointless) level of subjectivity that artists now work on means that even the 3rd year art students (who are very good students who get top marks) could not understand, engage with, or discuss the work being displayed on a meaningful level. I can't see how anyone could have actually enjoyed it or found anything to appreciate unless they were a self-deceiving, pretentious fart-head.

Fortunately that was only 10 minutes of a wonderful week. I meant a few very nice people, and got to know our friend Lucy better and appreciate what an excellent lady she is.

Milan is crazy, everyone rides bikes that were designed in the 1930s that make you sit up totally straight and people cruise by on Vespas with long cigarettes hanging out their mouths and leather briefcases between their legs. I won't bore the reader with anymore details, but I have posted a boatload of pictures at http://web.mac.com/drewfasa which are really nice actually.

I hope you my friends are doing well and enjoying life.

Ciao!