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“He sparkles, shimmers, shines, and delights! It’s Mr. Summer Sun Safety himself! Theodore Seville!”

“This dress has been so fun to design and draw. I love all the details.”

“Triangles were chosen not only for the sun design, but to reflect the letter A for August.”

Le maschere della commedia dell’arte

GIANDUIA Questa maschera - di origine piemontese - non aveva un ruolo particolare nella Commedia dell’arte, ma entrava in scena come caratterista, impersonando, con l’uso del dialetto e del costume, la regione d’origine.

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The masks of the commedia dell’arte

“Isn’t that what guests are supposed to do?” I sarcastically smiled down at her and hugged her after stepping into the large, open foyer. Her amused smile made the corners of her eyes wrinkle and she shook her head while motioning with her hands for me to take my jacket off.

“You’re not a guest!” A booming voice pierced through all the others as I placed my jacket in Pamela’s hands and in a split second, big arms pulled me into a suffocating hug and kept me from turning around.

“Air would be nice.” I half pretended to choke and he somewhat loosened his hold, giving me some space to turn around and hug him back. It didn’t matter if it was a month or even just a day since Trev had seen you, he always greeted you with the same massive grin and rib crushing hug and it was honestly one of the things that I missed the most with him living hours away.

“Seriously,” he mockingly scowled down when we released each other, “don’t ring or knock from now on. Door’s always open.”

I chuckled, nodded and patted him on the back as we turned away from each other. Giving me a second to notice Pamela and everyone else joining us before being bombarded by another hug. That time from my teammate, Wes.

"Tiff, stop!" His voice was so commanding I found myself heeding it and it seemed like an eternity before I heard Tiff's voice.

"Have I missed something? Surely you know I'm interested in you."

There was another excruciatingly long silence before he responded. "I know, and this whole situation is my fault. I should have tried harder to talk to you at ASU." He loudly sighed. "Tiff, I like you. You're fun to be around, you're nice, but. . .I can't get involved in a relationship. My main focus right now has to be my recovery and career." I felt horrible for Tiff, but also relief that he hadn’t lied during the summer.

"What if I'm not looking for a relationship?" I felt the blood rush out of my face.

"Tiff. . ." I heard movement followed by a brief pause. "Whenever I do decide to enter the relationship waters again, it won't be for a fling. I don't want that anymore. I want the kind of relationship that my brothers and sister have; that my parents had and your parents have. . ."

"And you don't think that you can have that with me." She said and there was another pause.

"Do you honestly think that we could have that kind of relationship?" The tenderness in his voice took my breath away and I turned to leave but not before I heard Tiff's reply. "No."

BLUE STREAK

SPEEDS BY

TOO FAST FOR THE NAKED EYE

SONIC

HE CAN REALLY MOVE

SONIC

HE'S GOT AN ATTITUDE

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