GREEN

I must say that this past weekend was the shortest one I’ve had all year long. That was due to the fact that I had a visitor. This little art student I know flew all the way from LA to come spend three days with me. She also happens to be my girlfriend… I know, Lucky me! We spent almost all of the weekend in museums, which neither of us had any problems with at all. Besides, they’re (say it like Tracy) “FRRRRRRRREEee!” Friday, we went to the Victoria and Albert museum where we saw everything from JMW Turner and John Constable paintings, to plaster casts of Michelangelo’s David and the front of the Baptistery at the Duomo, to two of the dresses from the recent film production of The Phantom of the Opera. Spent most of the afternoon there, then walked around a little while more before diner. Saturday, we went to the Tate Britain. Not only does this museum have a number of great artists in its galleries, but they had on a Turner Whistler Monet exhibit which both of us really wanted to go to, so we did. It was so much fun to sit there, staring at these incredible, world renowned, paintings and see if I could hold my own talking about them with a second generation art student. I really didn’t have a chance, but I put up a valiant effort none the less. If you’re overcome with jealousy and want to drool more, you can check out the actual paintings that were included in the exhibit at www.tate.co.uk. After the Tate Britain, we went over to the Tate Modern. There we looked at more Monet, Picasso, Mondrian, Warhol, Rothko, and so on, and so on. We followed that up with a good old fish and chips diner and headed to Trafalgar Square to go to the National Gallery. Only, we didn’t make it to the National Gallery because there was a huge anti-war rally going on. Interestingly enough, I was dressed more blatantly American that day than I have in a long time. Laci? Well, she was wearing her ‘It’s Better In Texas Shirt’! Awesome. We strolled through the piles of beer cans and stood in the background watching the insanity for a while. The ignorance was amazing. I particularly found the phrase “21 countries is another word war” to be quite humorous. Especially considering the fact that a couple moths ago the problem was supposedly that we didn’t have enough other countries. Anyway, Sunday morning we had to get up early and be on the Tube by nine in order to get Laci to the airport in time to make her noon flight back to LA. It was a great weekend, but it was way too short. But, I’ve only got 22 days left before I make it back to Texas… until then I’ll have to play Pat Green and Jerry Jeff a little louder and study a little harder. Adios