Fun!

Last night I went to a reinactment of a famous Bob Dylan concert. Various bands played the songs in the same order. Was down at the very southern tip of the island at the World Financial Center, in an indoor mall with stairs.

It was right next to where they are building the Freedom Towers. It was strange to be there. It seemed so normal to see construction and a building going up, and also so very strange to know what used to be there. They've built a pedestrian bridge over the construction and you can see down into the site. I couldn't quite identify how I felt walking over that.

Then we wandered the West Village.

Today, down the street was a Hispanic art event I went to with a friend. They had poems, theatre, music, dance, etc. It made me jealous I don't speak Spanish, but was still way cool. It was only a few blocks from my apartment and I just can't get over that. I absolutely love being able to walk places. There were three or four little theatres randomly there tucked away in buildings on the way back.

My roomate gave me a pair of boots that were too small for her. Brown cowboy boots. I stared at them. I would die before wearing these in Arizona. I would seriously only wear them to a silly theme party or on a dare. But here, I actually thought "cool boots." I never in my life thought I would be happy to wear brown cowboy boots (except when I was 5 of course). This is technically the first pair of cowboy boots I have worn since I was 5. And those were also brown. They even look kinda similar.

I finally joined a gym. I need it, with all the pizza and Indian food here. Not that I'm complaining!
I had Mexican food tonight, which was a bit strange. I got a Chimichange. The waiter says "It's not fried, is that okay?" And I say, "So, it's a burrito?" And he says "yeah." I wondered why they didn't just call it a burrito.

Someone said "ah, you're just ordering that so you get to say it! chi-mi-chan-ga!" I realized, saying Chimichanga to someone from Arizona, is about as exciting as saying "potato" or "pasta salad." Really not so exciting.

I hear I should buy snow boots, just in case.