ring them bells

HOLY CRAP, best night ever.
okay.
so i got to go see sufjan stevens tonight at BAM. in the third row. like, i could walk up and shake hands with mr. stevens. it was coooool! i got this ticket cuz i was looking to buy some on craigslist, and one of the posts i replied to was a free ticket for the 'best story.' anyways, i got it, because i emailed first, and the guy selling it is originally from elfinwild road, which is like.....2 mi down my old street in pittsburgh. whoa! so him and his friends and i met up outside of BAM tonight, they gave me this insanely awesome ticket for free, and we went in to see sufjan premiere his BQE piece, which is about the brooklyn queens expressway... and is AMAZING. another pivotal part of it was that it had a lot to do with hula hoops...like 6 kids dressed in day glo doing insane hula hoop tricks in front of a full orchestra and movie screen projecting super 8 footage of the BQE sufjan took. WOAWEFIOVAERVOIQEWJ! so that piece lasted for a half hour, then there was intermission, then he played a full set:
(in sorta mis-order)

seven swans (amazing arrangement)
concerning the UFO sighting...
the black hawk war... (i couldn't believe they played these two in succession or even at all... so amazing i wanted to cry)
detriot, lift up your weary head!
john wayne gacy
casimir pulaski day
MAJESTY SNOWBIRD (slightly different arrangement, incredible.. put on the wings for this one)
predatory wasp of the palisades (another amazing made up story to go with it)
a new song no one had heard, beautiful and piano just ss. singing about kissing and barns and stuff
CHICAGO!

oh god it was great. and the people i went with were SO nice. we're going to hang out this week. cooool!

okay, so that was mind numbingly beautiful and nice and fun and exciting and new.
then i met another cool person and afterwards met up with a bunch of slcers (amy, nick, katie, analee, emma etc) and had a strongbow. me and amy decided to go home early, and on the platform:
i saw a girl carrying a hula hoop.. i ran up to her like "did you buy that at BAM tonight!!" (cuz they were selling 50 limited edition ss hula hoops) and the guy she was with was like, nah, its hers, and i realized: she was one of the six crazy hula hoopers on stage during BQE! WHOA! she had the red lipstick and dayglo orange nailpolish and everything. they were so nice, i felt bad for interrupting cuz they were kissing a little. i was all drunk like Heyy!!!

most of the time, nyc sucks so hard. but every so often this serendipity happens where you realize how closely the world can be connected under certain circumstances.

thanks nyc! i'm sure tomorrow i'll see more homeless guys fighting each other or someone will spit on me, but for now... nice!