Tuesday, September 28, 2004

jeanne

Am I the only one who loves this weateher? Tropical storm Jeanne, formerly known as hurricane Jeanne is pouring cats and dogs on Gotham. It's nothing you've seen before.

The water is up to one's ankles and my pants are wet to my knees. Outside my window there's nothing but a big fluffy cloud.

I love it.

I love the tropic nature of this wetness that steams the windows and if I were wearing glasses, my glasses too.

I love it to the degree of wanting to turn my pants up, throwing my shoes into the bin and running to my meetings barefeet.

Half an hour spent mending my 3 dollar umbrella. The deal is that I refuse to buy another umbrella in this town of crappy umbrellas. They all break the first time around anyway.

I love it. I love all of it.

New York, there are times that I totally love you!

Wednesday, September 22, 2004

all the president's men

It's been a crazybusy week of crisp weather and now - June weather. Blue skies that seem to go on and on and on. I had the window open and I was cold. Good kind of cold. The kind of cold that kept me sharp and let me ponder.

Everything seems to be wrapped in Sade's music - that for the most part brings a lump to my throat. I clean my house and I play host. I am being well entertained.

With all the president's men I spent three hours at a deserted hangar at JFK. Bomb squad, panic squad. Secret Service. Every morning I watch the snipers take their positions on top of the UN building.

I see tents being erected for fashion week in Bryant Park, and I see them torn down the next day. Stepping on a sharp object that goes through the sole of my shoe I cut myself. That fascinates me. I had the tetanus done a year ago - we're good.

The town feels sad at times. I feel busy. And why is it that for months on end whenever I look at the watch it shows identical digits?
1:11, 4:44; 17:17. That scares me.

A lot of things need to change. There's a fork in the road. For the most part I walk blindfolded.
The books I read tell me that there's an end of the world in each and every one of us. And Mary Magdalene wasn't really a whore.
Perceptions - of your mind and mine.