Speaking of which, I love this moment of cabaret and burlesque resurgence. And I love that I am not alone in the things that amuse me, but gods, do I think it's trite that burlesque and girls kissing are some sort of magical solution to our national sexual ennui.
There is no clearer way to strike it home. I'm reading the email adverts for the various nights in NYC and it makes me all but cry. I'm feeling a pull for the days that you and I are all too famiiliar with. I can drive two hours in any direction and still see nothing more 'exotic' that something that was on a rack at torrid an hour earlier. The people are dressing the part, but they don't - they can't live the part. I would drop my last twenty before payday to have Rose ask me if I wanted ' the usual ' , and to sit in an enviroment where it's not freakish to sit in an enviroment.
As much as I loved it, I hated it. As much as I hated it, I loved it. As much as I miss it, I do so miss it.
I am one of the dreaded outsiders. When I moved to NYC I adopted it as much as it did me. There is truly nothing like it. I look around me and laugh at the people who think that the most bizarre thing they see is the one kid in the high school with purple hair. The store that can't understand my need for Etorki and Quince. The movie store with nothing that wasn't made prior to 6 years ago.
We need NYC. We need somewhere to show the world who and what we are. We need a sky to shine our star in.
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Date: 2003-04-27 11:37 pm (UTC)There is no clearer way to strike it home. I'm reading the email adverts for the various nights in NYC and it makes me all but cry. I'm feeling a pull for the days that you and I are all too famiiliar with. I can drive two hours in any direction and still see nothing more 'exotic' that something that was on a rack at torrid an hour earlier. The people are dressing the part, but they don't - they can't live the part. I would drop my last twenty before payday to have Rose ask me if I wanted ' the usual ' , and to sit in an enviroment where it's not freakish to sit in an enviroment.
As much as I loved it, I hated it. As much as I hated it, I loved it. As much as I miss it, I do so miss it.
I am one of the dreaded outsiders. When I moved to NYC I adopted it as much as it did me. There is truly nothing like it. I look around me and laugh at the people who think that the most bizarre thing they see is the one kid in the high school with purple hair. The store that can't understand my need for Etorki and Quince. The movie store with nothing that wasn't made prior to 6 years ago.
We need NYC. We need somewhere to show the world who and what we are. We need a sky to shine our star in.