Merging Landscapes

I met Gianpaulo today down on the corner by the Grand Lake Theater so that he could give me a copy of the fine short he wrote & directed entitled "Parking Lot." I played the role of Jessica in "Parking Lot." I hadn't yet seen it and was particularly impressed by my co-star Nick's ability to make the dialog (written by a non-native English speaker) sound relatively natural. Gianpaulo, who is Swedish, is a very genuinely nice person and I thank him for that. He asked me today if I play tennis. I said no.

Later I went to IKEA and bought some stuff, including a new chest of drawers to stow things in. After a long and arduous assembly process, I installed my new piece of furniture in its designated spot and started to fill it up. One of the things I found in the process was an old book that I was writing in during and just after the end of college. I found a poem in there I liked called Merging Landscapes. I wrote it three years ago and it was talking about eating pancakes at the Sutro Baths, balancing a plate of sushi on top of an orange water cooler in Kansas, and swing dancing to mariachi music on a tennis court.

I liked it indeed and perhaps I'll take another look at it one of these days.