Five
I'm seeing David Sedaris at Symphony Hall on October 27th. I own most of his essay collections, and I plan on buying the ones I don't have before I go. Are people genetically funny, or is it that the Sedaris family was so insane when David and his sister Amy were growing up that it resulted in two of the most talented comedic personalities we currently have? I don't know; frankly, I don't really care--I'm just excited to be going.
My Junior Year of high school was spent going to concert after concert; I don't want to waste my money like I did back then. I'm worried that early October is going to be an expensive time for me. I know I'm attending The Weakerthans & Murder By Death, Rilo Kiley & Tilly and the Wall, and Q & Not U and Joan of Arc shows. I don't want to fall back into the repetition of going to shows. Back home, it was pretty much the same group of kids at each event. I tell myself that this is a city and things should be different here, but I'm weary that they won't. I don't want to be friends with those people. I like all kinds of music. I like instrumental music, I like classical music, I like indie music, I like rap music, I like hip-hop music, I like jazz music. Fuck, I like Ashlee Simpson. I don't like music snobs, even though I probably am one.
Sometimes I wonder if that's who I'm meant to be. I can't evade it if it's true. We grow up in a small town, move to the city, and find it to just be a collection of small neighborhoods, each with it's own population. I've run into 2 childhood friends who I barely talk to, and one former co-worker in the small time I've been here. There's over a million folks here, and I've had brief conversations with under 100--how come I know any of them from home without purposely trying to? It's a small world.
My Junior Year of high school was spent going to concert after concert; I don't want to waste my money like I did back then. I'm worried that early October is going to be an expensive time for me. I know I'm attending The Weakerthans & Murder By Death, Rilo Kiley & Tilly and the Wall, and Q & Not U and Joan of Arc shows. I don't want to fall back into the repetition of going to shows. Back home, it was pretty much the same group of kids at each event. I tell myself that this is a city and things should be different here, but I'm weary that they won't. I don't want to be friends with those people. I like all kinds of music. I like instrumental music, I like classical music, I like indie music, I like rap music, I like hip-hop music, I like jazz music. Fuck, I like Ashlee Simpson. I don't like music snobs, even though I probably am one.
Sometimes I wonder if that's who I'm meant to be. I can't evade it if it's true. We grow up in a small town, move to the city, and find it to just be a collection of small neighborhoods, each with it's own population. I've run into 2 childhood friends who I barely talk to, and one former co-worker in the small time I've been here. There's over a million folks here, and I've had brief conversations with under 100--how come I know any of them from home without purposely trying to? It's a small world.