my french onion soup didn't work
Feb. 28th, 2001 05:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
threeplusfireIn the paper today, I read an article about the murders that happened across the street from me right before Christmas. A man stabbed his wife and son to death, and then set the house on fire. I remember coming home that morning at 4am, seeing the fire trucks on the street. There is just something that chills me about it. I grew up in this neighborhood, I knew the girl Dana who lived right next door to that family. The boy's cousin survived. How do you get up every day with the image of your uncle murdering your cousin?
I wanted to write about going to Mass at St. Austin's this afternoon. I've never been inside the church before; it's beautiful. I love old cathedrals and churches with stained glass and creaking wooden pews. I like the feeling of connection to all of the other people in the Mass, and all of the people who celebrated it here before. The ashes get on my glasses. I like seeing all the others in my classes. We nod to each other silently.
Professor P. is furious because there are plans to build a giant aquarium on the base where the Stalin statue once stood. They want to tear down the Metronome! To build a guady tourist trap in the center of Prague?! Who goes to Prague to see tropical fish?? You go to the Bahamas for that! Bah! I can't believe this. Perhaps our Czech class will write perturbed letters to the Mayor of Prague. Aquarium. How ridiculous.
I wanted to write about going to Mass at St. Austin's this afternoon. I've never been inside the church before; it's beautiful. I love old cathedrals and churches with stained glass and creaking wooden pews. I like the feeling of connection to all of the other people in the Mass, and all of the people who celebrated it here before. The ashes get on my glasses. I like seeing all the others in my classes. We nod to each other silently.
Professor P. is furious because there are plans to build a giant aquarium on the base where the Stalin statue once stood. They want to tear down the Metronome! To build a guady tourist trap in the center of Prague?! Who goes to Prague to see tropical fish?? You go to the Bahamas for that! Bah! I can't believe this. Perhaps our Czech class will write perturbed letters to the Mayor of Prague. Aquarium. How ridiculous.
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and another thing
Date: 2001-03-03 12:13 pm (UTC)