hubris

Went to buy bookshelves at Ikea. Looked nice. But then I thought - for my books, the best. Or at least I should do better than IKEA. So I went to a midtown store and ordered a nice unit. Paid and after six weeks inquired about my purchase. The midtown fancy store was out of business.

like him

All alone. His causes forgotten by all, long ago, still carries on his fights talking to empty walls. Never changed his extremist opinions. Half paralyzed since 1991, carries on. Saw him several weeks ago, my far away cousin, and realized I have same readiness to fight to the end.

Mother tongue

Afternoon from the opera. In the break Angela Gheorghiu gives an interview. The interviewer asks her if she wants to say something in Romanian. Why? It is New Year time...your Romanian audience...So Angela says in Romanian "I have a cold today." How else would one use one's mother tongue but to complain about the life's little miseries...