By the MFA second years at the reading Tuesday, and by how cute Ray Zepeda was in his youth (and in fact I think he's still hot, with a kind of John-Irvingish wild look.)
Seriously, it was great. I loved to indulge myself in the all-so-different-but-so-imaginative worlds by the fictionites and enjoyed different aspects of poetry performing. Jeremy's kung fu performance was so impressive and Eitan's performance cracked me up even though I didn't know the meaning of the word, "Wakko" (I don't even know if I'm spelling it right).
The gathering we had after the reading was a lot of fun, too. I hadn't drunk much lately, so only two glasses of beer hit me good. I get huggy when I'm drunk, and I certainly did this time, too, demanding a hug (or more) from everyone. I felt so affectionate. And it's great that I always become a happy drunk whenever I drink here; it wasn't like that when I was in Japan. I sometimes became a grumpy drunk or sad drunk. Or I didn't really get drunk at all. Maybe because of the fact I usually had to expect a long train ride back home from Tokyo. Or maybe I'm more off-guard here. I feel more vulnerable because of the lack of my language skill. Language protects you, really, if you know how to handle it skillfully. If you don't have the skill but want to communicate, you have to open up more than you might usually do. So yeah I'm more open here and the openess means less suppression and less suppression means a happy drunk. Though I don't know any more if I'm making sense. Am I?
The point is...yes, the point is, I had a wonderful time Tuesday night.
And that I'll miss all the second years. Yeah. I think that was the point.
2 comments:
Nice Blog:)
"Language protects you" -- That's a really interesting concept. You're right though. I felt so vulnerable in Germany and Italy, and even Scotland for that matter (even though they're technically speaking English). I couldn't do what I wanted because I didn't know how to tell people what I wanted. Frustrating.
I second your motion about missing the 2nd years. I think I'll miss the 2nd years when we're second years too. Good luck with finals.
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