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E Grazie…
Adesso viene la parte più difficile. Chi mi conosce sa perché il soprannome che mi è stato dato è imperatore…spero davvero di non lasciare fuori nessuna delle persone a cui tengo, che sono un’infinità. Se non ci siete, ragazzi, non fatemene una colpa, non mi sono dimenticato, sono solo stanco morto.
Devo ringraziare prima di tutto i miei genitori, per avermi permesso di arrivare fin qui, per avere avuto una pazienza infinita e avere aspettato tutto questo tempo che loro figlio si laureasse: grazie, papà, grazie mamma. E grazie Giorgio, Geoffrey e Wendy di avermi sopportato fino a oggi.
Un doveroso grazie va alla professoressa Giuseppina Barsacchi e a Massimiliano, che mi hanno guidato in questo mio ultimo periodo di studi e a cui ho rovinato le vacanze di Pasqua con la correzione della tesi..mi spiace, vi sono veramente riconoscente.
Un grazie a Silvia che, poverina, mi ha dovuto sorbire negli ultimi tempi, un ciao a Cristina, un grazie a Marzia e Dona, senza cui probabilmente starei ancora a colare gel, e un sentito grazie a tutti i fontiniani perché l’ambiente che create fa sentire veramente a casa, tanto che ci piace passare pure le notti e i week-end, in laboratorio. Un sentito saluto in nessun ordine preciso quindi a Marco, Riccardo, Devid, Teresa (che mi ha insegnato a microiniettare), Sara (M.O.V.), Robert, Federico, Emanuele, Robertina, Gaia (che mi ha fatto vedere come NON si tiene un bancone), Andrea (arriverà il giornoin cui te le farò IO le domandine su Otx2), Simone, Simona, Claudio, e mi fermo qui altrimenti ci scrivo un’altra tesi.
Come studente lontano da casa (fuori sede si dice) ho cercato di trovare una nuova famiglia di amici che surrogasse alla famiglia che mi ero lasciato dietro. Continuo sempre a ripetermi che sono molto fortunato: ne ho trovate tantissime.
Prima la Vecchia Guardia: Antonio, Rocco, Vincenzo, Pie, Simo, basta rubare le caramelle ai bambini! Grazie ragazzi, non so cosa farei senza di voi, forse sarei migliore, alla fine se davvero avrò un reddito potei mettermi a giocare coi pupazzetti, e voi sapete di che parlo.
Poi tutto il gruppone degli scardacci, con cui ho sprecato tutti questi anni giocando e ridendo: ne è valsa e ne varrà ancora la pena. Soprattutto grazie Renato per avermi fatto vedere la via; grazie Marcello, fedele amico e timoroso seguace (aspetto ancora le offerte sacrificali) e Lillo che ha dato nuovo significato alla parola “giocare”, Pippo, compagno anti-ferrarista e anti-juventino, Remo, Albert, Marcelluzzo, Mattè, Paola, Angelo. Lucio, accidenti a te, non so dove infilarti (termina tu questa frase, please e poi dammi il poema che ne avrai tirato fuori).
Una citazione di gruppo a tutti quelli che hanno cominciato con me e con cui ho scherzato a lezione: Paolo (Facerchia), la cara Delfo (i NAB non hanno speranza), Gianmarco, coinquilino fresco di pacca, Monica, Francesco, Yuri (Elio), Paolina (saluto rispettosamente in qualità di Guardia), Eleonora, ed Ennio, inarrivabile.
Devo ringraziare in special modo Socrate e Erasmo da Rotterdam, chi sa capirà, perché è merito “loro” se negli ultimi tempi mi sono arricchito dell’amicizia vera di una congerie incredibile di straordinarie persone che mi hanno insegnato a essere europeo, in tutto, anche e soprattutto nel modo di festeggiare. Mi è davvero impossibile ringraziarvi uno per uno, sapete benissimo di essere centinaia, ma sappiate che i ricordi non mi
abbandoneranno mai. Un grazie ai “pionieri”, Guillermo, Virginia, Carlos, Diego, compagno milanista e acerrimo nemico ferrarista, Vanesa, Ana, Marcos (il Primo), Steffen, Benjamin. E poi la seconda ondata, Miguel, Javi, Pedro il Mitico, Luisa LuLu, Jose, Pilar, Virginia, Blanca, Laura, Nines. E ancora altre persone incredibili, Dani, Daniel, Angel, Carolina, Alice, Julien, Katrien, Coralie, Alfonso, Joao Pedro, Joao Nuno, Diogo (grande!), Jesus, Pedro. Mi fermo qui, a tutti gli altri, vi ringrazierò di persona…
Joana (Minogue), Marta, Hunor, Lilla, Carolineee, Kathrin, Susi, Leonardo (Pintalho), Anica, Nils, Norberto, Enrico, Kata: voi siete la mia famiglia Erasmus, probabilmente ho passato con voi uno dei periodi più belli in assoluto, è stato un anno indimenticabile, non mi vengono le parole per farvelo capire, ma davvero, grazie.
Continuo a ripetermi di essere una persona molto fortunata, accanto a questi cittadini europei eccezionali, ho trovato anche altre persone eccezionali. Zava, tu sei il primo perché dici che nessuno ti ringrazia mai nelle tesi; io si, ti ringrazio e anche di cuore per la tua amicizia, così come ringrazio Andrea, davvero, siete fondamentali. Per non parlare dell’altro Andrea, l’informatico surfista o di Francesco (senza il Papato in cui specchiarsi cosa sarebbe l’impero?) tutti e due conosciuti alla festa della lavatrice. E ci metto dentro pure i Geologi. Un ringraziamento speciale poi va ad Alfonso, fedele Ciambellano. Senza di te accanto forse passeggerei per strada più tranquillo, ma mi annoierei. Non cambiare. Zoran,Marco e Vincenzo non vi lascio fuori, non temete.
Sicuramente dimentico qualcuno. Perdono.
Spero di avervi dato qualcosa di mio; per parte mia sappiate che da tutti voi ho preso qualcosa, una frase, un pensiero, un atteggiamento, un modo di dire, e tutto questo fa di me quello che sono oggi.
Se da che ero così quando sono arrivato a Pisa:
ora sono così:
un po’ è anche colpa di tutti voi (e anche di Valeria e di tutti i ragazzi della palestra). Grazie.
