Staying out late, my boys, like a great many more

[sovay]

I have had an absolutely rotten day, in which I think I can safely say that the best thing that happened to me was getting rated a "Yiddish flirting expert" by YIVO in an online quiz. (I mean, I don't know about that, but I can certainly read Yiddish well enough to translate those pick-up lines. I'd love to know where they came from.) I am also entertained to learn that the Massachusetts Historical Society has been tracking John Quincy Adams across the sea thanks to his daily habit of recording latitude and longitude on transatlantic voyages. Other than that, I wish it had been logistically possible for me to spend the day in bed.

[edit] After watching Vincente Minnelli's The Band Wagon (1953), I actually feel better. I love when that works. The "Girl Hunt Ballet" is even funnier if you have spent the last year and change immersed in pulp fiction and still bounced off Mickey Spillane.

Comments

[yhlee]

*support support*

[sovay]

I appreciate it. Thank you.

[umadoshi]

*quiet hugs*

[sovay]

*quiet hugs*

Aw. Thank you.

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, I hope today is a little better! <3

[sovay]

Aw, I hope today is a little better!

Thank you. It has better weather, at least.

[negothick]

Your choice of music (and title) brought back memories: I used to be part of a band called Flash Company. Alas, the fiddler is dead, the couple who played guitar and flute broke up, spectacularly, and the survivors have scattered.
On the plus side, keeping Flash Company did not ruin me quite.