If New York City was a sport, I'd be a world champion!
Here was this weekend's itinerary
Friday
-Masterclass at Manhattan School
-ate at everybody's favorite Halal Cart (53rd + 6th)
-MoMA, checked out some of the new exhibit Reinventing Color
-read the Times at a Starbucks
-Ensemble ACJW - a select crew of quarterlifers dedicated to the performance of contemporary music
Saturday
-Union Square - Ate a delicious apple
-Academy Records - bought 10 used cds of all contemporary/classical music for $35
-walked 40 blocks uptown because it was a nice day
-Pre-Concert Talk and Skampa String Quartet (excellent Czech music!)
Sunday
-chilled
Monday, April 14, 2008
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Wash and Dry
I finally figured out why I hate the bathroom hand blowers. It stems from my unfathomably complex desire to be lazy. I pretty much only use my intellect and powers of deductive reasoning to further my quest to be the laziest person in the world. So how is wiping your hands with a paper towel lazier than having a machine do it for you? Multitasking! Thats how!
Some say multi-tasking will never be faster than single-tasking, and then single-tasking again. Say the alphabet from A-J, and then count from 1-10. It will assuredly be faster than alternately reciting the digits, A-1, B-2, etc... Its a logical argument, but it doesn't apply in this situation.
The fastest way to exit a bathroom with dry hands is to walk out while drying your hands, and you can't do that with any kind of stationary blower.
Some say multi-tasking will never be faster than single-tasking, and then single-tasking again. Say the alphabet from A-J, and then count from 1-10. It will assuredly be faster than alternately reciting the digits, A-1, B-2, etc... Its a logical argument, but it doesn't apply in this situation.
The fastest way to exit a bathroom with dry hands is to walk out while drying your hands, and you can't do that with any kind of stationary blower.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
NY Times (followup)
I subscribed to the New York Times shortly after mentioning it in the blog. It was awesome. I recommend anybody try it. I kept up with the world for about 8 weeks. Read it every day, and ever purchased the occasional $4 sunday paper extravaganza (it'll take you the whole day, try it sometime). I kinda got off the habit when the end of the semester happened. And expecially now that I'm broke (come on summer work!) I had to end our relationship. We experienced highs and lows together. It was a spring fling. It just wasnt meant to last. In some future time and space, we will meet, and perhaps dare to dance again.
Three Questions I Fear
In simplest terms:
1. Where have you been?
2. Where are you now?
3. Where are you going?
I never seem to have a good answer. I usually just take a deep, deep breath and start the uncomfortable verbage. I even avoid some social gatherings because of a deep fear of feeling forced to answer these questions all night.
The problem is, theres no simple answer. All throughout school, we've been tought to summarize and condense our responses into concise, neat little cubelike answer-packages. Verbose essay responses are graded as 'fuzzy' or 'unclear'. But summing up any of these answers into a complete sentence or less will not satisfy the question. I'm terrified to talk about myself, so lets talk about you.
1. Where have you been?
2. Where are you now?
3. Where are you going?
I never seem to have a good answer. I usually just take a deep, deep breath and start the uncomfortable verbage. I even avoid some social gatherings because of a deep fear of feeling forced to answer these questions all night.
The problem is, theres no simple answer. All throughout school, we've been tought to summarize and condense our responses into concise, neat little cubelike answer-packages. Verbose essay responses are graded as 'fuzzy' or 'unclear'. But summing up any of these answers into a complete sentence or less will not satisfy the question. I'm terrified to talk about myself, so lets talk about you.
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Independant Film
I love independant films (as I may have mentioned before). Here are a couple great ones I've seen from the new Netflix downloads section.
Living In Oblivion - Steve Buscemi plays a director of an extremely low budget movie where everything keeps going wrong on set. Very funny.
One Last Thing - A 'make a wish' kid wishes to spend a weekend with a super-model rather than go fishing with a football star.
Conversations with Other Women - Helena Bonham Carter and Aaron Eckhart meet each other at a wedding, the story unfolds in a very interesting way. The film is shot with a split screen the whole time. Cool dual camera work, but it doesnt add much to the movie.
Living In Oblivion - Steve Buscemi plays a director of an extremely low budget movie where everything keeps going wrong on set. Very funny.
One Last Thing - A 'make a wish' kid wishes to spend a weekend with a super-model rather than go fishing with a football star.
Conversations with Other Women - Helena Bonham Carter and Aaron Eckhart meet each other at a wedding, the story unfolds in a very interesting way. The film is shot with a split screen the whole time. Cool dual camera work, but it doesnt add much to the movie.
Thursday, March 8, 2007
The New York Times
I really want to subscribe to the New York Times, but I have several factors disuading me at the moment. 1) No steady job. I'm still a college student buying day old bread and meat thats about to expire. 2) What do you do with all those papers afterwards? 3) Do I really want the New York Times, or do I just want to be that guy who subscribes to the NYTimes? 4) Would I actually want to read it everyday? 5) Would I have time to read it everyday? 6) What if someone takes my paper in the mornings? that would suck. 7) Am I really ready for this kind of commitment? A twelve week subscription would be longer than any relationship with a lady friend I've had. (maybe thats because I insist on refering to them as 'lady friends')
I just bought last monday's paper, and it was awesome. I enjoyed reading it. I read it while waiting for some laundry at the corner laundromat. So actually, I'm not sure if I actually greatly enjoyed reading the paper, or just found it more interesting than watching my clothes get dry. I'd love to have more of a connection to NYC, and to be more in the know of all the happenings. I just dont know if I'd read it every day. Maybe I'll just subscribe for a week. I wouldnt want to move too quickly, or be too forward.
I just bought last monday's paper, and it was awesome. I enjoyed reading it. I read it while waiting for some laundry at the corner laundromat. So actually, I'm not sure if I actually greatly enjoyed reading the paper, or just found it more interesting than watching my clothes get dry. I'd love to have more of a connection to NYC, and to be more in the know of all the happenings. I just dont know if I'd read it every day. Maybe I'll just subscribe for a week. I wouldnt want to move too quickly, or be too forward.
A guy younger than me just won a job with the Boston Symphony. He hasn't even finished school yet. I'm sure there were guys there with many years of experience playing in major orchestras. And they lost out to a kid.
What lessons can be drawn from this? Theres hope for newbies. Anything can happen. But more appropriately, it doesnt matter how many years of experience or how much education you have, you're still likely to get beat by some 22 year old phenom.
What lessons can be drawn from this? Theres hope for newbies. Anything can happen. But more appropriately, it doesnt matter how many years of experience or how much education you have, you're still likely to get beat by some 22 year old phenom.
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