In reference to may 12 post...

Hey folks,
On May 12 I made a post about wanting to see the John Lennon exhibit at the Annex in NYC. Well, I just happened to be in that part of town when it was still going on. I had made that post pretty much knowing I would probably not be able to see it, and this bummed me out as I am a huuuuge John Lennon fan. And by fan, I mean that I almost feel like i knew him. He died the year before I was born, I've always loved his music and have over 20 biographies on the man, his life, his music. Very fascinating. I cry when i watch documentaries on him. He's brilliant, thanks to my Dad for enlightening me with his music! So anyways, I was with some friends and family driving into NYC, when we were looking for a place to park and get out to troll around the city. Weirdly enough we just happened to park right across the street from the Annex! I didn't even notice the John Lennon posters saying the exhibit was up for one more week! I walked right on by, cell phone in face to trudge around getting lost and shopping most of the damn day, and picking up some food at bar 107. As we headed back to the car in hopes to run into something fun going on, I saw the annex signs. I almost passed out and couldn't believe this was still going on! i begged my aunt and my best friend Matt to go with me to see this. They all said yes right away, knowing how much this meant to me. We walked through with headphones on, picking up a little info on each artist through rock n' roll history..nearing the end, I see the opening to a pure white room. That must be it! It looked just like the white room he used to play piano in, that I had a huge poster of while growing up. As I entered, there were films playing...photos and films of when he got shot, newspaper headlines, the work he did for the peace movement, tv bits, starving children he visited, etc. It was pretty much impossible to not get emotional while viewing all of this, especially because we were wearing headphones that played "imgagine" over and over. I could have stayed for hours viewing all of the things i had never seen before, and never even knew about that were on display here. Reading about and seeing alot of things he produced, including music, art, and poems was absolutely the best experience i had had in NY all day. Toward the end of the room, I saw it. The bloody clothes. I wanted to run over there and push everyone out of the way, and then again I wanted to not view it at all because it made me feel sick to the very core of my stomach. I looked around for Matt, nowhere. I walked up to it by myself as everyone cleared out. And there it was.. a brown paper bag full of John Lennons bloody clothes from the day he was shot at the Dakota building in NY. My reaction was a surprise, even to myself. I started crying...and couldn't stop. I looked around and other people were crying too...This was probably the most sad moment I've ever felt in New York, almost comparable to viewing ground zero after the 9/11 attacks. Emptiness, sadness, wanting to know why someone would do this??? There was a simple note under the clothes. Since Yoko had gathered it for the display, the note read, "John came back to me in a paper bag". After fighting back a few tears, I looked to the corner of the room where there was a white rotary telephone. There was a note under that as well that read, "if this phone rings, pick it up, Its Yoko". And It made me remember when i used to watch her and John on live tv shows calling random people just to say, "i love you", and how great of an impact that was for that special person to be on the receiving end of that call. The phone on the wall didn't ring. I left after I noticed all of my friends were waiting for me in the lobby. Overall, it was a great experience and Yes I would definitely go see it again. I think its all torn down by now, with some other musician replacing John in that room..