Posted by finelinebob on September 4, 2006, at 0:20:49
In reply to Re: I must be bored today, posted by llrrrpp on September 3, 2006, at 23:11:08
Got up just in time to get to Quaker Meeting. Sat in one corner of the Meeting Hall where nobody sits, because it just seemed so unanchored. Wondered about reflections on offering cheeks and doing nothing and inevitable loss and wondered if standing and speaking would be an act of humility or hubris. Bought a book on Rumi at the social hour after Meeting.
Got to Union Square, my friend called and said she'd be about 40 minutes late, so I got to wander down the 7 blocks or so of Broadway that had been shutdown for a street fair. Bought a t-shirt for myself that says "01.02.09 Bush's Last Day In The Oval Office" (although I believe that's inaccurate -- should be 01.20.09), did NOT buy the shirt that says "I hated Bush BEFORE it was popular" because (1) I did, and (2) only posers wear shirts like that; plus I bought a t-shirt for a dear friend who just lost a dear friend (9-yr-old pit bull, sweet as molasses) to cancer, the t-shirt says "Christopher Street 10014 New York City" (that's the location and zip code for the Stonewall Inn ... wiki that and you'll understand why that shirt might mean something to my friend who happens to be a lesbian, if you don't already).(not that you don't know she's a lesbian, but that you don't know what the significance of the Stonewall Inn is.)
Took pictures. Did NOT eat any zeppoles. Met my friend who was late. Stopped by "Max Brenner -- Chocolate by the Bald Man" and had some chocolate that was as ridiculously expensive as it was ridiculously tasty. Went to Spring and Mulberry and spent too much money on a Crumpler camera bag. Headed down to City Hall park, took a good long look at the Hole in the Sky without panicking, then helped her pick out a $700 multifunction laser printer that will help her considerably with her home business. (She happens to be my T; I happen to be her computer consultant. Barter is a wonderful thing.)
Came home, walked and played "kick the racoon" with Leyna, then Babbled for way too long.
If you want to vicariously relive my day, feel free to imagine it as you would have it. You can even eat some zeppoles if you want. But it has to be fun, because that's what it was.
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