Where am I?

Watched a movie from 1985 tonight - The Breakfast Club. Someone recommended it but I can't remember why but I enjoyed it and am not sure why. Perhaps I could identify with some aspect of each characters' lives. Who knows but it sure held my attention.

This has not been a good week for me as I learned that my friend's cancer continues to progress despite repeated chemotherapy treatments. As a result they have been discontinued and the only treatment will now to make him as comfortable as possible. Hospice care will probably be needed but we do not know how soon he will get to that stage of his life.

I have planned a trip back to Thailand in January but now I wonder if I should. He still has his siblings to help take care of him and we just do not know how slowly or how fast his health will deteriorate. Perhaps I should just take it one day at a time and not cancel the trip and least not yet. This is so difficult for me.

Night out at the Opera (or symphony)

I have been a season ticket holder since 1976 and during all but the first few years I have been attending performances on Saturday evenings. During the intervening years things have become crazier and crazier in this city and as I get older and older I just can't tolerate the attitudes and actions of some young people. They have no class, they are rowdy, and some of them are complete jerks. So I think it is time to switch back to Sunday afternoon, Series L, where I started. The commute home, whether by foot or by bus, is very trying these days and puts me in a fowl mood which is the opposite of what the music has just done and I am tired of having those good feelings undone by a bunch of immature imbeciles. And yes, I know I am letting them get to me and that is not good. Why can't I ignore such foolishness?

Anyway, I will not be able to make any changes right away as I have been sharing a subscription with a good friend who is now ill and I do not know what will happen in the days ahead. One thing I could do is take a taxi home but that gets expensive to do week after week and I just don't have that much money these days. Oh, what to do, wtd, wtd, wtd???

Hey, where are we?

I have a couple of friends who have flown Northwest (I haven't) but do not like their service and now try to avoid them when and where possible. Now I think they could add another reason to their list of complaints. By the way, would Capt. Sullenberger have missed his destination? I don't think so!

Mahler and the SF Symphony

After reading Kosman's review regarding the Mahler 5th Symphony this week I thought he was once again having a bad day. Well, I attended the Friday night concert and I have to agree for once with Kosman as I found it to be a tedious evening which found me looking at my watch, something I rarely ever do.

What happened maestro? This performance was uncharacteristic of you?