Tuesday, Move Done

Well, when one's hand is finally forced...one does what needs to get done.  And in the end, it was only a car load of stuff, but been dreading it for a while.  Recycled three boxes worth.  Dumped everything into the living room so I had to deal with it.  Enjoyed looking through all the photos, and reading old letters, and even old college papers...I was more articulate than I remember.  Also, found some old Maria Irene Fornes' scripts from theatre class, do not remember being assigned those at all.  Surprised.  Anyway, it's all upstairs now, but somehow it's more organized than before, only I can't really get into my closet at the moment.  And at one point I was trying to play the drums, so that still has to be moved here; he's bringing the kick by tomorrow, but that's the end of it.

I feel grimy.  All the boxes have been in a damp basement for eight (!) years.  Many of the photos were sticking together, but otherwise didn't seem damaged in any way.  Got a surprising amount done today; I suppose I was focused because I had to be.

I took off today, went for a short walk in the morning: cold and gloomy.  Moody.  Reminded me of my first winter in Seattle.  Was living in a house in Wallingford, it was just before Christmas.  Used to walk into the U-District and sit on the floor of the aisles in B. Dalton (I think) it was, and read Dylan Thomas poems.  I remember it being cold and gray, and I was working at Toys R Us at South Center, swing shift, so my mornings were free.  I had just dropped out of college because I couldn't pay tuition, and I owed back tuition.  (I'd somehow talked the school into letting me stay one final quarter without actually paying for it, including room and board.  I was ballsy, because I didn't know what else to do.  They gave me almost a year to pay it back.)  Don't remember if it snowed that year; just cold and gray, like now.  I only stayed here for a few months, on April Fool's Day I was offered a job up in Bellingham that had free room and board for six months, so I took it.  (My life has changed several times on April Fool's Day; generally for the better.  That's why I remember it.)

Here's an attempt to capture the moodiness of the day.  Also, the Hellebores were in bloom; about two months early.

Heron, December 15/L Herlevi 2015

Moody, December 15/L Herlevi 2015

Greenlake, December 15/L Herlevi, 2015

Early Bloom, December 15/L Herlevi, 2015

Virus are us

Spent most of yesterday trying clean up my computer, which has been infected with something. Possibly stealing passwords. I'll have to take it somewhere. Really slows it down. Anyway, no links to anything still.  And speaking of viruses, my friend mentioned that  she'd heard that this vertigo deal is actually some sorta' virus that affects the inner ear. She mentioned she has had it, as well as a bunch of people she knows.  Not sure if I'm relieved or concerned there.

The opera tickets I won from Arts Crush were for Cornish College's production of Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme by Jean-Baptiste Lully and Moliere. I couldn't always follow the story, though it all came together in the second half. I think the idea was that the main character (new rich, putting on airs) Monsieur Jourdain was supposed to be a buffoon, but that actor played him in such a way that I had a sympathetic bend toward him. And he was my favorite character. Everyone else came across as conniving and shrill toward him (which might have been the point, to point out how he is a fool), but it only served to make me like him more. My friend described it as a farce when I pointed out the clownishness of the performance, which I really enjoyed. And the singing, set, movement, performances were all good (even with the occasional dropped lines.) My friend drove me home which was great, there was a Kanye West concert next door, and I think busses would have been packed.  As it was, even with the ride, it was after 11pm when I got home.

Feeling lots of resistance to Meisner. Dread the five upcoming hours. I hope I have a breakthough. My computer might be a goner.  Will have someone look at it tomorrow.