Dissertation This morning I sent the first chapter of my final dissertation to my supervisor in order to correct it. I'm a bit nervous, because I've spent so much time on it, that now I'm afraid I made something wrong and I have to re-write it again. The topic of my dissertation is a Sixteenth Century poet, Vittoria Colonna, a noblewoman who wrote sonnets for the death of her beloved husband. In the last months I have read a lot of essays about her and the more I read, the more I found her figure interesting. She was very powerful, surrounded by the most important italian personalities of that century, expecially the great artist Michelangelo. I still have a lot of work to do before graduation, let's hope for the best.

Writing I’ve decided to spend some time, every day, writing in English. Why that? Mostly, because I have very few occations to improve my writing skills. Since I have finished high school, the only chance I have to keep my English fresh is to watch movies and tv series, which is definetely good for listening, learning idiomatic expressions and becoming aware of the differences in pronunciations. I read English books as well, last month I started reading the last book of the Harry Potter saga, so it was a bit easier since I already knew the plot. I found it funny and very useful, even if at first it’s been hard: there were many words I had never heard before, expecially the ones regarding magic ad spells, but since I studied Latin, it progressively became easier. So, I read in English and I listen to it by watching movies. Sometimes, I can also speak it: a couple of weeks ago I was in Hungary and I met a lovely American couple during a cruise on the Danube. They were extremely friendly, we started to talk in English and I found myself quite good at it. Unfortunately, when it comes to writing, I always make a lot of mistakes: the spelling is the hardest part for me. I never write e-mails in English or anything like that, so when I found out that Italki gives me the opportunity of sharing my notes, I was really happy and relieved: finally I have the chance to strengthen my writing weaknesses!

Star Wars Well, it's about time I let the world know the truth: I had never watched a single episode of Star Wars until last week! When my friends found out, they practically started looking at me like a was a sort of strange alien. I have never been a great sci-fi movies fan, but this saga is legendary, it made the history of movies, its characters are icons... so I could not wait any longer: I HAD to watch it. Then started the problems. What problems? Well, the order of watching! I asked my nerd friends whether I should have started from "Episode I - The Phantom Menace" or from "Episode IV - A new hope", which was actually the first movie back in 1977. There were different views: some of them told me to start from the "Episode I" only if I already knew the plot (and I actually did, I already knew who was the father of who...so there was no real risk of big spoilers!), others told me that the best way to enjoy the saga is to start from the original trilogy, so Episode IV. But then, I found out that there's another theory: you can go for 4-5-(1)-2-3-6. In this way, you can enjoy the story by considering the prequel trilogy more as a flashback, plus you can skip Episode I because, as EVERYBODY said to me, it's pretty bad. Want to know what I did? Since I already know the story, as I said, I started from Episode I. And yes, I found it a bit boring and confusing; the second Episode is a bit better, but things become great from the third! I really loved the story of young Anakin, even if the actor seems made of wood... Anyway, the orginal trilogy stole my heart and I can definetely say that "The return of the Jedi" is my favourite. So, after spending a week seeing an Episode every evening, now I'm looking forward to seeing the next chapter of the story... And my friends are finally starting to talk to me again! What else can I say? Oh, yes. May the force be with you!

To suggest Hello everybofy, How do I use the verb "suggest"? -I suggest you to go or -I suggest to you to go Thanks for your help!