Rain and the four corners of the earth

I got drenched on the way home. There was a lull, but as soon as I started walking from Nyonya the rain began again. A block or two away and the rain turned into a downpour. My umbrella was useless.

While not officially a going-away dinner, it will be the last time I see Kit before she returns from London in September. She flies out on Friday. Eric flies out on Wednesday to help her girlfriend in Minnesota move. I fly out on Thursday for San Francisco. Cherry flies out to Las Vegas on Sunday. Of the six of us at the table, only two will remain in New York for the duration of the weekend.

This morning, Ed missed his flight. I ran into him on the street coming back from lunch in Chinatown. I tapped him on the shoulder, appearing confused. "Aren't you supposed to be in San Francisco?" I asked. He said he's always late. He was on his way back to the apartment to check his email or to pick up clothes. When he left to return to his sister's to pick up his luggage he said, "I'll see you in San Francisco" for the second time. He was late leaving for the airport.

Ian talks of going to Europe for a few weeks in August for a vacation, with maybe a little work mixed in. He's just had a few long shoots and wants a break. Sophia's leaving for Taiwan in a few weeks. On her way back to the states, she's considering spending a few weeks in Europe. I'm thinking of going to Turkey for a couple of weeks in late August with Ed. He's planning on passing through on his way back to Iraq. And there's a chance I might try to meet up with Sophia in northern Spain.

The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain. In New York, the rain has just begun again. Teru tells me he was looking to be on the shortie prowl after being cramped at home all day. But perhaps not tonight.

"Oh God, it's raining but I'm not complaining, it's filling me up with new life . . . " Posted by eku at July 28, 2004 12:26 AM