brain scraps

and for everyone who has asked: alvin ailey is a modern dance company founded by said alvin ailey. he created a work in the 1960's called revelations, which has become a classic of american dance because it was the first modern dance work to use images and music from black church-goers of the time. he passed away in 1989, but his artistic director, judith jamison, keeps the company in good health.
and don't i sound like a playbill? you know, it's funny that i know these things. it's not like i ever had a conversation about alvin ailey. i don't think anyone ever told me about alvin ailey. it sort of feels the same way kids in my family learn about sex -- one day, you just know.

i woke up this morning with the thought in my mind that i would like to become famous, which i thought was odd, and then i followed my dream back a bit, and realized i was thinking about maitland. maitland is a boy i met in taiwan. he was this tiny, skinny thing with a full beard from the bay area. and he, even though he didn't know me from eve, from the first day, would take me riding on his motorcycle, just around and around taipei. he never introduced me to any of his friends, or his girlfriend, and i didn't have any friends to introduce to him (ha). i've also never even said his name to anyone, not for the year and a half i've been home from taiwan.
he always told me that his name was the scottish word for marsh. i think the dream was that if i were famous, maitland and i would find each other again. and i would say, "hey look. i'm alright." and he would say, "yeah. hey, let's go the art museum." and i would hop onto his bike, like before, and we would go. i'd have to become famous, because i only ever had his taiwan cell phone number, and that's just not going to work.