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so yesterday was my last wednesday in desenzano a.k.a my last day off. it was cool becasue one of the guys i work with took me to a friends house for diner. i was introduced to a local dish called spiedo. basically you get a rotiesserie with four prongs; some sage; and veal, chicken legs, a whole rabbit, fatty bacon, and pork ribs. put each one on the skewer one a time with season and sage leaf in between. cook it for 5 hours slathering butter and fat on it every 30 minutes or so; boil some potaotes and booyah. add in about 6 bottles of wine more cheese than you can shake a stick at(what the hell does that mean?) and kill it with 12 loud italian people and the 2 top soccer teams playing on the boob tube and woweey it is amazing.

on a not as cool note i've now had something bad happen 3 times to me. it has really made me apperciate america sense those of you who know me are aware that i am not afraid to bash my homeland. over 7 monthes i have been stopped 3 times by police and shaken down for about 30 minutes for no reason. literally walking to the laundromat(al three time) doing nothing and listening to music. yesterday it happened again and it was the worst so far. i had my ipod and the yanni was cranked so loud i didn't hear this cop calling me. he ran up behind me and grabbed me pretty forcefully and really scared the poop out of me. i turned quickly and guess that threw him off guard so he got in my face. now, my italain has gotten pretty good but a combination of the speed and the accent this guy spoke with i could not understand a thing. i asked him to slow down and told him i was american and this made it worse. "why are you here?", "where are you going?" bullshit shake down and 30 minuteds late he threw my passport at me and told me to beat rudely. i've dealt with my fair share of cops and when i was 15 i was all about talking shit and pushing back becasue i knew i hadn't done anything wrong. as i've gotten older i have learned it is in my best interest just be polite as i was in theis situation, especially because i don't know the laws or my rights here. what was funny about it is it made miss the freedoms that george bush doesn't understand but is so diligent in "defending". if yuor white and not on crack and reding this you probably don0t understand. if your black your with me. being stopped for no reason, then being yelled at, then because you've done nothing wrong being told to "get the fuck out of here" is ridiculous. it was the same as being sat down at linn park on sunday afternoon and being told i was a piece of shit because i rode a skateboard and wore a black t-shirt(all of you whom have ever commented on my affinity to black clothing may realize why it tend to bother me) and i just didn't like it. overall this is a great country and i have no complaints, but the power of the police is a scary thing. while i've ben here there have been people killed and beaten by police and that is never acceptable unless it is the most extreme measures. i'm not changing my opinion on my country or our police i think the later are especially bad; but most folks should realize we have it pretty good. there are problems but at least can't gun you down for no reason(unless you're black and under 25). it is the one thing i look forward to being back around; however as the great ice cube once said"fuck the police!"

-you can only appreciate the freedoms you have when they are abused by those who are sworn to protect them.- i said that mofos