a little annoyed...

re confusion in my head in terms of what job to commit to.Will see how it plays out......
Saturday; very tired after lesson hung out at bar on 140th and Amersterdam, watched most of first half
of football game, then went home, slept very quickly.
Yesterday; trip to Brooklyn Ave, then back to Williamsburg (very slowly, but I made it)  continue to be fascinated by the part of Brooklyn that I travel in---let's call it a rectangle, from the eastern edge of Prospect Park, to Utica, then from Eastern Parkway to about Church,maybe a little less. What stories that neighborhood could tell---every time I see an apartment house in the art deco mode, get incredibly nostalgic.
This morning fantasized a short story about a man named Rummadge---a retiree living on Utica Avenue in the area---a white man, who is awakened one morning by the cries of a couple who has just moved in next door----the couple are making love, and the rest of the story is Rummadge's journey to this place, and what he must do (if anyathing0 next.Got the idea passing Balfour Street, a small two block street off Empire Boulevard. Then the story traces his life up to this point, growing up in the all Jewish neighborhood bordering the block, college, the draft, avoiding it by becoming a gym teacher, a simple marriage, finally wife dies and the leaving of Park Slope, where he lived for so long. Rummadge enjoyed his new neighborhood, even though he was the only white person on the block, found himself treated kindly by his neighbors, figured he would remain in that place to the end, but now....late owner's son seems intent on bringing new people in, young white and Asian professionals, where does that leave him? Cannot even remotely consider living in Park Slope at this point.---and of course, the image that makes him cringe (will not be printed here). Anyway, that is the outline of the story---seems pretty compact, let's see if I actually am able to write it.
Arrived at South Fourth in time for the end of the first game; had an interesting conversation with William about what is happening in downtown theater, then a good long conversation with Jake about mostly what is going on in the city---hope i got him to understand the need to register to vote. Second person I have spoke to recently who is not registered---you know the ramifications of that.
Today, not sure what I will do in the evening-----may try to see Selma---should really see it-----otherwise.......