v i e n n a

You can count on flicks and books to be good maturity meters… I’ve been meaning to re-read E.L. Doctorow’s The Book of Daniel, which I read twice in 2005 (or ‘06, I’m not sure). It’s a very difficult book to read, exploring familial ties in a political atmosphere, depression, insanity, intelligence. Politics is not my thing, I’m an Oates reader so if I wanted human nature delved minus politics I could not have swayed to a Doctorow. But no, this book is a must-read. I wonder where my copy is now, with young Timothy Hutton’s face, pensive on the cover.

As with flicks, I had an enchalada this weekend and among them was 13 Going on 30, which, surprisingly had a great soundtrack; and even more surprising was that I never really liked the 70s or 80s [The Beatles, for me, has no era. Timeless, therefore.] but found myself bobbin’ to the music. Here’s a really good one, a first-heard for me. And I think every adult should listen to it:
[I’ll attach an audio file if I can get one]

Vienna
[Billy Joel]
  
Slow down you crazy child
You’re so ambitious for a juvenile
But then if you’re so smart tell me why
You are still so afraid?

Where’s the fire, what’s the hurry about?
You better cool it off before you burn it out
You got so much to do and only
So many hours in a day

But you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want
Or you an just get old
You’re gonna kick off before you even get halfway through
When will you realize…vienna waits for you

Slow down you’re doing fine
You can’t be everything you want to be
Before your time
Although it’s so romantic on the borderline tonight
Too bad but it’s the life you lead
You’re so ahead of yourself
That you forfeit what you need
Though you can see when you’re wrong

But you know you can’t always see when you’re right
You got your passion you got your pride
But don’t you know only fools are satisfied?
Dream on but don’t imagine they’ll all come true
When will you realize
Vienna waits for you

Slow down you crazy child
Take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while
It’s alright you can afford to lose a day or two
When will you realize…
Vienna waits for you.
 
 *Vienna is a metaphor for the “rest of your life” accdg to the writer

The laundry hangs wet from the strong rainshower which got through from between the grills. That’s what you get from putting off the laundry on Sunday to sew your sketch into life with Tita Fe’s Singer sewing machine… I like Mom’s Janome better, more modern.
I’m posting a photo of the long-sleeved polka-dot kangaroo top sometime soon. Believe me, it’s not as corny as it sounds. It’s just too bad I have to redo the stitches, maybe have a round at all the seams, else It’ll be a peek-a-boo that the public won’t be able to grasp. Nyikez…

Last Saturday, before the laundry and the rain and the polka dots: I watched the first half of Mirrormask. Thanks to Joanne for lending me a copy. The darn DVD player can’t read it but our t.s. guys were kind enough to transfer it to our pc and so I watched it in the office… Will check out the second installment later whilst I wait for the bank to open… There are just some days you no longer anticipate paydays. How swift the moolah travels from palm to palm.

more in the next few days… Self: Remind me to delete Browsing History. Or it’ll be the last of i.ph for me.
Ciao.