Maya Angelou
So I saw Maya Angelou speak tonight. I was one of the lucky people who got there an hour before doors and a seat in maybe the first third of the ballrooms they used which was still kinda far back. A lot of people didn't make it in though so I consider myself lucky. I had a hard time hearing her stories but I could hear a little here and there. (She alternated between standing and sitting but the microphone remained in the same place.) I did hear her poems clearly and also when she sang which was pretty cool for someone of her age. I didn't think it was amazing but it was pretty cool, I would definetly never have that chance again. I probably would have enjoyed it a lot more if I had heard everything but I've never been obsessive about her or anything so that might also have something to do with it. Maybe that just means I should read some more of her work, I only have one book by her. I do love Phenomenal Women though.
Brandon didn't make it because he had a DJ meeting beforehand. Bo got in line shortly after me though so I talked to her while we waited in line. Since it was Bo, we had interesting things to talk about. I concluded that if I could have a superpower it would be invisibility so I could listen to people's conversations, if I was an animal I would be a monkey, and if I had a sidekick I changed my mind and would want to be an elephant with my monkey sidekick riding on my back. I think I wanted to be an elephant because they seem like if they were womanly they would have large hips to swing around. Since I possess such hips, it would best embody me. I would also like using my trunk for everything. She also performed a poem for me. It was in a spoken word kind of style so I really enjoyed it. She's a really interesting person.
I think I'm going to sew and read this summer. I don't know what I did last summer but it doesn't seem like I did much of anything. I've been cutting out squares from all my shirts that don't fit to make a quilt for my dorm next year. Now I don't know how to make a quilt but I figure it can't be too terribly hard. And I want to read to make up for all the tv I watched this year. It's very hard to read in my dorm. I'm also going to Pitchfork in Chicago this summer where Sonic Youth will be playing Daydream Nation in it's entirety. I'm mainly going for that but I think I'm going with Brandon to see Yoko Ono, Of Montreal, and a few other people who will also be there. It should be a good time, I think Martin is going with us.
Love and Sunshine,
Ginny
Brandon didn't make it because he had a DJ meeting beforehand. Bo got in line shortly after me though so I talked to her while we waited in line. Since it was Bo, we had interesting things to talk about. I concluded that if I could have a superpower it would be invisibility so I could listen to people's conversations, if I was an animal I would be a monkey, and if I had a sidekick I changed my mind and would want to be an elephant with my monkey sidekick riding on my back. I think I wanted to be an elephant because they seem like if they were womanly they would have large hips to swing around. Since I possess such hips, it would best embody me. I would also like using my trunk for everything. She also performed a poem for me. It was in a spoken word kind of style so I really enjoyed it. She's a really interesting person.
I think I'm going to sew and read this summer. I don't know what I did last summer but it doesn't seem like I did much of anything. I've been cutting out squares from all my shirts that don't fit to make a quilt for my dorm next year. Now I don't know how to make a quilt but I figure it can't be too terribly hard. And I want to read to make up for all the tv I watched this year. It's very hard to read in my dorm. I'm also going to Pitchfork in Chicago this summer where Sonic Youth will be playing Daydream Nation in it's entirety. I'm mainly going for that but I think I'm going with Brandon to see Yoko Ono, Of Montreal, and a few other people who will also be there. It should be a good time, I think Martin is going with us.
Love and Sunshine,
Ginny