Condemned!!!! In Arlington

The tunnel to the metro in my neighborhood has been re-Arlingtonized: no more Who posters, but rather a series of exclusive invites to live in brand new high rise apartments. The row of posters consists of photographs of clean and modern yuppie accommodations, juxtaposed with grainy black and white photographs of crumbling rat hole rooms. I, of course, find the latter waaaaay more interesting to look at. The posters feature huge arrows either pointing up (for the clean nice apartments) or down (for the abandoned crack house rooms). Oddly enough, the arrows are suspiciously reminiscent of the Who arrow. Coincidence?

Feel it Coming!

It's getting sunny and not every step I take feels like certain death anymore! If I moved back from San Diego, it was for the excitement and tension of waiting for something to arrive.

On another note, there are huge subway posters announcing the upcoming Who concert. When I was 16, this would have meant soon salvation would be mine. The posters make my metro tunnel look really snazzy. I feel like running through the old E Center field with Roger Daltrey

Sunday Evening Ballet

This coming Sunday, Sean Connery and I are going to see the NYC Ballet's production of Midsummer Night's Dream at the Kennedy Center!

Afternoon of a Faun

Youtube is a poor substitute for my magical one wish in life: to go back in time and see Nijinsky dance one of Fokine's ballets (although, I perhaps would settle to see Nijinsky dance his own "Sacre du Printemps.") This is Nureyev, but I cannot think of another male dancer who had the same overwhelming masculine/feminine power as Nijinsky. It's not all hype, right? Anyway, at least some recorded Nureyev performances exist:



This is how I would like to spend my afternoons from now on, like a faun.

duder.

Here's the pilot of an online show called Duder, hosted by Superdeluxe.com. The creators describe it as "web sitcom about youngish duders who do things and don't do things, etc." It's witty and creative, with debts to Seinfeld and Noah Baumbach's "Kicking and Screaming". There are a lot of great characters, but my favorite is the gay virgin. Russian History majors (cough) will enjoy the Communist party. We should have one of those.

Grouse Berries

Friends of grouse! Welcome to the launching pad of the revolution! Grouse Pilot 1 and I have been planning this since we were in high school, for crying out loud!



Yes? You liked that video, it's relaxing!