nessum dorma
so that took me by surprise. i had an interesting day. i was not all that busy. i saw timmy's facebook status that the new issue of L magazine was out and freaked the fuck out. diana and i left immediately and i grabbed five copies. i was so happy and hyper. i showed everyone, including oliver when we went out for coffee.
on the way home i passed a man peddling L magazines and had to take just one more. "that's my brother!" i wanted to shout, and point at the very tiny face covered with a hand on the cover. i went shopping in gristedes, bought three czech rebels and ham--you know, the essentials. i couldn't quite remember what i wanted to buy (as usual) and as i walked down the dairy aisle one of the stock boys (a black guy, really cute) looked me up and down and liked what he saw. i started walking faster but smiled like a loon and as i turned the corner i realized he was stocking jam and that THAT was what i had forgotten. i kept walking.
then i came home and saw that my friend jason from prague had sent out a facebook invitation for the park avenue orchestra playing with carter brey this weekend. it's an all dvorak program. could it get any more perfect? i saw carter brey (principal cellist of the new york philharmonic) play when i was in higschool. his picture was on the cover of the playbill and i kept it for years. it was always on my music stand at home, right next to that bach piece i kept practicing but could never get right.
dvorak died on may 1st, 1904. i've always loved that. if you've gotta pick a day to die (especially in prague), it's may 1st. without a doubt. they're not playing new world symphony but hey, you can't win 'em all. my mother is leaving for prague soon. she'll be there from june to july. she's going by herself. until i man up and buy a ticket of course. she doesn't want to force my hand (for once)--i only have 15 vacation days. but that seems like plenty.
so maybe i'll go back to prague. on the same days as last year. and this year it'll just be me and babi and mom. we'll play cards and laugh our asses off. and i can help them with the tv and the dvd player and all sorts of assorted electronics. i'm no expert but at least i'm not 90. i feel like this is what i want to do.
it's been an odd day. it's been a good day.
on the way home i passed a man peddling L magazines and had to take just one more. "that's my brother!" i wanted to shout, and point at the very tiny face covered with a hand on the cover. i went shopping in gristedes, bought three czech rebels and ham--you know, the essentials. i couldn't quite remember what i wanted to buy (as usual) and as i walked down the dairy aisle one of the stock boys (a black guy, really cute) looked me up and down and liked what he saw. i started walking faster but smiled like a loon and as i turned the corner i realized he was stocking jam and that THAT was what i had forgotten. i kept walking.
then i came home and saw that my friend jason from prague had sent out a facebook invitation for the park avenue orchestra playing with carter brey this weekend. it's an all dvorak program. could it get any more perfect? i saw carter brey (principal cellist of the new york philharmonic) play when i was in higschool. his picture was on the cover of the playbill and i kept it for years. it was always on my music stand at home, right next to that bach piece i kept practicing but could never get right.
dvorak died on may 1st, 1904. i've always loved that. if you've gotta pick a day to die (especially in prague), it's may 1st. without a doubt. they're not playing new world symphony but hey, you can't win 'em all. my mother is leaving for prague soon. she'll be there from june to july. she's going by herself. until i man up and buy a ticket of course. she doesn't want to force my hand (for once)--i only have 15 vacation days. but that seems like plenty.
so maybe i'll go back to prague. on the same days as last year. and this year it'll just be me and babi and mom. we'll play cards and laugh our asses off. and i can help them with the tv and the dvd player and all sorts of assorted electronics. i'm no expert but at least i'm not 90. i feel like this is what i want to do.
it's been an odd day. it's been a good day.