Stacy Horn

I have to call the landlord. Sigh. They keep patching the roof when they really need to put in a new roof. I’ve lived here 30 years almost, and it was really bad then. Now it’s to the point where I’m afraid one day my ceiling is going to cave in on top of me.

Time Warner Update: New cables run. They need to switch over to the new cables and splitters and taps and stuff, and also run a new line to my apartment. My tv is working in the meantime, hence my good mood. I’ll be posting about the new season in a week or two!

I hadn’t followed the Troy Davis case but then I read this op-ed. I understand that friends and family want justice, but this is not it.

Americans invoke the name of God every chance they get, but ignore his commandments when it doesn’t suit them. Thou shalt not kill. (I’m agnostic).

I know people in this country like to think we’re better than everyone else, but so many times when we get the opportunity to prove it we fail. IE: We’re better than the Moslem extremists, in America we practice freedom of religion, except don’t put a mosque downtown. We’re slipping in so many areas, science, innovation, education, because we don’t seem to value knowledge and learning anymore. And now this.

I never supported capital punishment, but after researching my book about unsolved homicides and learning what I did about witness testimony I feel very strongly that if you’re going to put someone to death you shouldn’t do it without physical evidence. It feels like such a “duh” thing to say. I can’t believe anyone would argue with this point. I also want to point out that I say this feeling very strongly about unaddressed wrongs. What enrages me most about this is the fact that the person who fired the gun that night allowed someone else to die for his crime. He murdered twice (and who knows how many other times.)

I weep for humanity, we are so fucked up. Sometimes irredeemably so. I didn’t know what picture to put up following this post so I’m bringing back my rescued pigeon.

They’re rerunning cables. There’s some confusion about what’s to be done about the one cable running to my apartment and by whom. I want to run up and take a picture, but I think I’ll wait until they’re done. I don’t want to make them feel defensive or self-conscious.

Here’s another picture from that lovely early evening when the city was lit with a pretty orange light. Almost doesn’t look real, but the colors are accurate.

What is with this guy and the schizophrenic rhythms? One measure is 4/4, then 3/4, then 5/4, then 7/4. Make up your freaking mind, composer. Jesus. I didn’t learn my pieces this week and it matters in a choir like mine. We sit and sing in quartets. I’m not singing in a sea of sopranos, I’m going to have either a tenor, bass or alto on either side of me. If you don’t know your part, not only will everyone know, you’re going to screw them up.

I’m going to try to catch up as much as I can this afternoon. But I’m a slow learner. And Bernstein likes to mess with us. This season we’re doing his Missa Brevis (and lots of other pieces).

This is One World Trade Center shot from Fulton Street. God I can’t wait for it to be done. I can see it now from my building, I think I mentioned. I should do a shot now so I can have a nice before/after when it’s done.

I am not being paid to say this. But I really have found the perfect jeans. I went to Lucky Jeans to get their Classic Rider, but they no longer carry them in the store and I literally have NO pants that fit me and had to get something. So I tried this new style called the Sofia Boot, which comes in a stretchy fabric.

PERFECTION. I think these jeans would work on any size person. I got a pair in both blue and black and the black jeans are so gorgeous they’d work as a good jean for work. The pictures on the website are not impressive, you have to try them on. They’re not cheap, $99, but considering how expensive jeans can get they are not the most expensive in the world.

Great free thing in the city alert. Every Monday at 1pm you can hear the amazing Trinity Choir and Trinity Baroque Orchestra for free at St. Paul’s Chapel as part of a series call Bach at One. I am just filled with tips today!