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1. Dear Mrs. Russell...I was delighted to hear your comment on Vatican by your lovely daughter and obviously, we think alike. Serrah didn't say anything before hand and in fact, me and Serrah went on the different route during the field trip because it was simply the fact that there were too many people in already too big of a place...you get the picture. Anyway, I would like to send out my appreciation to you, Mrs. Russell, for a such an outstanding mental connection between us. The telepathy between us is simply magical and these norms of society do not have a clue what they are talking about, usually. Maybe someday, we will have a chance to lie down on the floor of Sistine Chapel without those finely dressed yet pesky guards yelling at us and also those ignorant tourists flashing flashlights like they can't distinguish colors without any hint of lights on. I'll bring coffee and please bring your delicious cookies, if you don't mind...i love them. By the way, your daughter is doing just fine...I think you know that already. Love, your daughter's dearest friend (I hope), David. 
2. I am so sorry but I'm not that fun person to hang out with...you should've known
3. Last night was a lecture with a fine gentleman named Gordon Bowker...he was one of the founders of Starbucks and Red Hook Brewery. The lecture was pretty chilled and cool...he was not funny but amusing and very calm. I thought his loose nature was really what made him who he is now. He didn't really think too much before starting anything and he took failure and success just as equally; it's just part of life. One thing I got out of that lecture was that it's not the failure or success you dwell on but what you do with them afterwards that will make you golden. It was nice, it was chilled, it was entertaining and obviously, he was very kind old man who means no harm. Then...
4. There was a question time which was outrageously stupid. It was so stupid that a word 'stupid' should've been a compliment for that segment. It was unbelievable. So the guy, Gordon, has been lost touch with Starbucks since like mid-80s so there's good 15-16 years of gap that he missed out, this isn't the same guy who created a venti caramel frappucino and double shot can and decided to step down from the business like week ago. no, no, no...he only had six stores, all in Washington state, when he sold the company to that weasel (Howard, yes, I'm talking to you).  He even said it before he talked about his involvement with Starbucks that he's been out of connection with them for awhile. But people just decided to open a can of worm on him like as if he's the epitome of evil root in American capitalism. Somebody was asking whole Ethiopian farm situation with Starbucks that's only been in question for like last five years while some random lady screamed, 'I don't know what you guys are talking about!!!!! Can somebody explain to me what is going on?!!!', other person is asking some random stupid questions like, 'My son is 8 and he has a great business idea right now, what were you thinking when you were child?' and then there's a douchebag who loyally dared to the man and asked, 'why do you think that there's no Starbucks in Italy?'...I would punched his face and called the lecture off if I was Gordon, he kept it well for himself. 
5. Yes, aren't us Americans just so polite and well-educated?
6. I'll tell you exactly why there's no Starbucks in Italy. IT'S A DIFFERENT CULTURE IN ITALY WHEN IT COMES TO DRINKING A COFFEE! Italians never, NEVER, do a take out coffee. If you ever to come in a Italy, do not ever order a take out coffee because that means you are a tourist and you actually are deserved to be pick-pocketed. Italians always either sit on the table or stand front of the counters to drink coffee. Coffee in here is something you ENJOY, not something you must have because your lazy ass is 2 minutes away from being late to work and you still haven't woke up from a keg swimming the night before. A barista from the cafe I often go to told me it is actually little insulting to order a coffee and expect it to be a take out. And also, no one wants to spend 2 euros for a tall burnt-roasted drip coffee. You could get the nicer and waaaaaaay more flavorful coffee for a half of the price. Beat that. 
7. I voted, for the first time ever. I finally felt like I'm an American...like...about 2 minutes. Yes, I'm still naturalized. Oh, well.