It’s Saturday and I went out to dinner tonight with my “Other.” You know the wine “swirling, sniffing, slurping, spitting enthusiast” noted in No More Whining.
We went to a local restaurant where you can BYOB. It’s very casual, the food is good and inexpensive. We go often.
But I digress.
This is really about the fact that it’s Saturday night and we ate early.
When we were almost done I said:
“Want to go to Shop-Rite after dinner?”
“Why, do we need anything?”
"Not really, maybe fat-free cookies?"
“Then why go?”
Long, long pause.
“Because I can’t think of anything else to do, and it’s only 6:30.”
Another long pause.
“Well, That’s your next blog!”
It was 6:30 on a Saturday night and I couldn’t think of anyplace to go but Shop-Rite .... to buy fat-free cookies.
I’m not sure what is most pathetic about this. That is was 6:30 and we had no plans, that it was 6:30 and Shop-Rite seemed like a normal thing to do on a Saturday night or that I was even thinking about fat-free cookies.
Wherever the pathos lies, I’m sure I’m much too young to think Shop–Rite is a destination on a Saturday night.
We did NOT go to Shop-Rite.
But here I am, writing a blog in an attempt to void grading papers; it’s 8:45 on a Saturday night.
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Sunday, February 4, 2007
Get me to a Subway
My nephew is an actor. A year ago, he and 7 other actors/writers wrote segments/scenes to a play whose premise was roughly this:
People get on a subway at Union Station in NYC, and the subway breaks down. Stuck on the Subway, they tell their stories, I guess to pass the time. Some were hysterical, some were thought provoking some were sad, but none was written by anyone over 35.
My question here is: Don’t people over 35 ride the subway? Or is the assumption here that people over 35 just don’t have anything worth saying?
The play was VERY good, but I have to say I was a bit annoyed.
I have things to say! I have stories, and some of them are quite funny. I don’t think we stop getting provocative or intelligent or humorous when we reach a certain age. Andy Rooney is still funny. So why wasn’t my demographic on that subway? Believe me, I know we aren’t walking and we can’t afford a cab; we’re on that subway! The director tried very hard to reach every other demographic: White, Hispanic, Black, Gay … but not “old.”
Does youth think it has a corner on creativity? You don't! We’ve got more money than most under 30 and if you want us to support your play, you’d better have at least one token AARP member. Maybe he/she could die early on in the play, and they could just slide that character out the door, or ignore her (which would be most appropriate). But come on, we have a weath of experience to draw from. Let us ride the subway!
People get on a subway at Union Station in NYC, and the subway breaks down. Stuck on the Subway, they tell their stories, I guess to pass the time. Some were hysterical, some were thought provoking some were sad, but none was written by anyone over 35.
My question here is: Don’t people over 35 ride the subway? Or is the assumption here that people over 35 just don’t have anything worth saying?
The play was VERY good, but I have to say I was a bit annoyed.
I have things to say! I have stories, and some of them are quite funny. I don’t think we stop getting provocative or intelligent or humorous when we reach a certain age. Andy Rooney is still funny. So why wasn’t my demographic on that subway? Believe me, I know we aren’t walking and we can’t afford a cab; we’re on that subway! The director tried very hard to reach every other demographic: White, Hispanic, Black, Gay … but not “old.”
Does youth think it has a corner on creativity? You don't! We’ve got more money than most under 30 and if you want us to support your play, you’d better have at least one token AARP member. Maybe he/she could die early on in the play, and they could just slide that character out the door, or ignore her (which would be most appropriate). But come on, we have a weath of experience to draw from. Let us ride the subway!
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