two of my memories of wally breese.
one is about the time i first joined the list. i got a message from wally
saying that since there had already been some confusion about a couple of
guys with the same name [i can't remember which ones] and since he KIND OF
RAN the thing [his words], why didn't i change my name. i was a little
pissed off at this suggestion. i replied that i had been a wally all my
life. so he said that i must be a waldo or a wallace or a walter so why not
sign that way. well, i answered that i was a wallyburger. so that's why --
you old-timers must remember -- i signed my first posts ''wallyburger''
before i changed to wallyk, wally le k, etc..
the other memory is about the time wally suggested i changed the correction
in my eyeglasses because i had openly flirted with him on the list and i had
confessed that i found him irresistibly attractive. [i had just seen PWWAM
where wally appears repeatedly.] this time i took it as a friendly overture
on his part, especially since he made some nice comments on my rendition of
coyote on a tape of you. i was flattered that he could still remember my
coyote because the tape was already old then.
the third memory is about late january this year. i wanted to visit wally
and say goodbye to him. but kenny talked to someone [jim or leslie] and they
said that wally was pretty much gone and there was no point. a few days
later, i ws checking my mail at the copy center at hudson and christopher
and for some inexplicable reason i decided to enter the page. and there it
was: wally's face and the dates. i started to cry then and there to the
point that a couple of people came and asked me if i was all right [YES,
they were new yorkers!]. i felt i owed wally something much better than
tears. so applied myself and went to boots and saddles where i picked up a
gorgeous man and PIP'd outrageously in wally's honor.
wally breese will live forever in our souls. every time we make a new friend
on the list, every time we hear a new cd tree, every time we sing for one
another at a fest, it will be thanks to wally and his vision. a true
aquarius, wally could see the past and the future at the same time. he truly
accomplished his mission on earth: he showed us the way to a community of
hearts and minds.
wally, i still think you're beautiful. if i go to heaven, i'll date you.
wallyK [n�e burger]
