Word: iwent
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...real Peter Kazaras?" and hewrote back, "Yes, I'm the real Peter Kazaras, andwhy would anyone want to imitate Peter Kazaraswhen they could imitate Pavarotti or PlacidioDomingo." So the next I emailed him and asked himif he would hear me sing. He said yes, and so Iwent to sing there, and he gave me a great, greatresponse and invited me to see a dress rehearsalfor Billy Budd at the Met the next day. So thenext day I went in the backstage door and walkedthrough the back hallway into the Met. There'snothing I could have done that would have moreimpressed...
Standing outside her office the afternoon Iwent to see her was a bespectacled undergraduate,who spoke rapidly and animatedly aboutUlysses, which I'd never read. He was aphysics concentrator but declared he could notabide spending all his energy on numbers andformulas alone. His dilemma, he said, wasreconciling his talent for physics with his loveof literature. There was no doubt that theirconversation was in full swing, but I'd made anappointment and was determined not to leave.Finally, she saw me and interrupted the Joyceaficionado. "Wait for me," she said to him, "Thiswill only take a few minutes." With that she sweptme...
...Iwent to the Yard Saturday to watch the first-years move in and to check out the renovations on last year's room in Hollis. On a whim, I knocked on my old door, introduced myself to the confused first-year inside, and told him his room was great. I'm jealous. He gets renovations; I get a snooker table. How do you play snooker, anyway...
...solidsurrogate dad/brother, I approached each challengethat year with a degree of confidence that I don'tthink I've ever been able to achieve since.Comping The Crimson? No sweat. It meant a place tohang out, new friends, and (what now seems) anembarassing number of dates with older guys. (Iwent on a lot of dates my first year...
...Perry Farrell (former lead singerfor Jane's Addiction) I think is the greatestthing since sliced bread. I weep that he quit.He's so beautiful the things he does and says. Iwent to see them once. It was so funny there werelike 10,000 people there. And I felt like I wasthe only person in the crowd who understood whathe was saying. I wouldn't presume to know him, butI would presume to know what its like to be up onstage behind a mike stand. He made this comment,"you guys, you're like worms out there, tenthousand worms out here...
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