March 20, 2007
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I don't update this as much as I used to. I keep track of other people's blogs and I think: oh - I wish he'd update more, and I am happy when they do, but I rarely update myself. So maybe someone somewhere who I don't know is reading this (because the people I read don't know I read them) and is taking note. I'm not sure why I don't update more. Part of it is that I'm tired after the end of the day. I do start a fair number of entries that I never finish because I don't have the energy to follow through. But if I try to untangle the why of this further I might abandon this entry too, so I'll simply abandon the topic instead.
I spent the weekend in SF. It was a lot of fun. Went to see the SF Symphony w/ Adam. The program: Brahms Symphony No. 3; Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1; Ravel Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2. Killer combination!! This program is actually what convinced me to fly up in the first place. Brahms 3 is worth it alone, and when you throw in the Liszt and Ravel, it's a great night to come and listen for the first clarinet. I'm not quite sure what makes a good piano concerto. There's lots of different ways to do it. I think Liszt falls under the category of a good ensemble piece that works because of how the piano plays off all the other solo instruments (violin, cello, viola, clarinet, oboe, triangle (!), flute). Contrast that with a piece like Beethoven Piano Concerto 3 where the orchestra doesn't do much of anything other than fill in the tutti sections, but the dominating piano solo carries the day by itself. The modern example might be Rachmaninoff 3, which has some nice orchestral colors but is really all piano.
One thing I like about SF is that there's all sorts of different places to try -- different cafes, restaurants, neighborhoods, etc., and that it's all accessible via walking and public transportation. San Diego frustrates me because while I do have a fair amount of things to walk to in my neighborhood, I can't really grab a bus to downtown or a train to the beach (or even work) very easily. There's some public transportation here, but it's just not the same. I feel like it's the kind that's installed after the fact rather than while the city is growing, which is the same problem from which LA suffers.
Maybe this advantage I see if SF is illusory, for if I lived there maybe I'd fall into the same routine, eat at the same two or three places all the time, never leave my neighborhood, etc. Maybe it's not.
I'm not really sure what I'm doing with my life in San Diego. I love my firm, and I have no intention of leaving it. And I do like Hillcrest. It's just not the place I saw myself ending up, and I wonder whether the solution to that is to eventually move somewhere else or to start seeing myself here long term. Going to SF always makes me think about those things, because it makes me realize that life during law school is over; we've all moved on. Whether it's because we were ready or because we had no choice, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter whether I was ready or whether I had no choice. What matters is where I am now, and what, if anything, I think needs changing.
There's nothing on my horizon but everything. Everything is on my horizon.
you're so gorgeous i'll do anything
i'll kiss you from your feet
to where your head begins
you're so perfect
you're so right as rain
you make me make me make me
make me hungry againeverything you do is irresistible
everything you do is simply kissable
why can't i be you
why can't i be youi'll run around in circles
'til i run out of breath
i'll eat you all up
or i'll just hug you to death
you're so wonderful
too good to be true
(you make me) make me make me make me
make me hungry for youeverything you do is simply delicate
everything you do is quite angelicate
why can't i be you (iiiiiiiiiiiii be you)
why can't i be youyou turn my head when you turn around
you turn the whole world upside down
i'm smitten i'm bitten i'm hooked i'm cooked
i'm stuck like glue!
you make me make me make me
make me hungry for youeverything you do is simply dreamy
everything you do is quite delicious
so why can't i be you
why can't i be you
why can't i be you
why can't i beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee you
why can't i be you
why can't i be you
why can't i be you
why can't i be youyou're simply elegant
Comments (2)
I know how you feel. I have the same attitude toward many sites and toward my own posting habits. There are about five sites (yours is one) that I like to read often; but I don't post enough myself, so I have no reason to expect others to write any more frequently.
my subscription list goes in order of who updated most recently...it's been a while since you've been at the top. he lives!
San Francisco is a great city
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