We saw the Degas exhibit at the Sackler Museum at Harvard and explored the Fogg Museum next door as well. Afterwards we went to see The Aristocrats; a film about an old vaudevillian joke that has made the rounds with comedians. Each time it's told it's changed by the teller, and the film discusses the joke and shows how the comedians all tell it in their own special way or how they heard it. It's like a game to see how over the top they can take it, how bad they be. It's not a movie for everybody and a few people did walk out but it was funny and interesting to see the great comedians of the past 60 years, and the rising stars of today, including Cartman from Southpark, put their spin on it.
We saw three people tonight in Harvard Square begging for money. Two girls and one guy, not very old...one of the girls looked to be in her twenties... she held a great sign that read "Spare Change for Poor White Trash". It was so much better than the punk who goes around asking for .50 cents all day...I still see him once in awhile and someday when the time is right I'm going to give him a penny and ask for change...
I saw an interesting fellow on the bus the other day that I forgot to mention. He was on older man with what looked like a goiter on the back of his neck. He seemed to be the happiest person in the world because he kept singing or chanting the same thing, "Bibbity bobbity boo" Over and over, almost under his breath like it was his personal mantra that helped him to deal with life and keep him from going insane. Or perhaps like most of us he was already a tad over the edge and he just practiced his mantra outside instead of inside his head. I don't know for sure. What I do know is that I've found myself repeating it (silently) since I met him.
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