Reading xiled's journal,
encountered a bit where people at a dinner party are talking
about a movie they just saw and I was reminded of my "fifth wheel" position
at one where they'd all just seen the new Spike Lee (that "mo' better" one) and
I hadn't, and how these white people around me were all suddenly erupting with
their imitations of the Negro patois, repeating lines from the film, I
suppose. Whatever, I felt extremely embarrassed, and gazed down at my plate,
shame-faced. Fortunately talk soon moved on to other subjects.
Had a dream about David last night, but didn't recall any details. 'Xiled'
just mentioned Watergate, and I remember once driving back to D&Gs at
Walnut St and him saying how upset he was when Nixon resigned (feelings of
impending doom, etc) and how I recalled as he said that how in actuality
we'd had a splendid time goofing around that day - saw that animated feature
"Cheap" at the Cerebus in Georgetown, then paused at the White House on the
way back because we knew Something Was Up (and how we fit my Dad's VW Bug
into a tight spot nearby by my nosing it in, then we all picked up its
stern bumper and swiveled it into position) and we attempted wise-guy
chatter with the few media types out front (boy has the magnitude of THAT
type of scene changed) but they weren't talking, and how we finally wound
up in C's summer-school dorm room watching Nixon say "bye"
while we smoked & drank -- David with me all that time, and he was upset?
Not as I recalled, but I didn't say anything, didn't want to be argumentative
... that woulda been about five years later, 1978.
Tried to get tickets to Garrison Keillor, wotta laff. How could I have gotten so worked up
about such a thing? Lines always busy, and of course once I got through it
was sold out. This is why you see fans (and scalpers' lackeys) camped out
overnight to get concert tickets. And of course the fans would be legion for
someone that big, heard for free weekly on the radio - being in a hall full
of them woulda been intolerable.
Churchill quote of the day:
"France had much to worry about, and only very silly people, of whom
there are extremely large numbers in every country, could ignore
all this."