so the eclipse....

came and went---and where was cityboy? Like he predicted, in a movie theater watching "The Big Sick", a movie so disappointing, it almost made me want to go out and look at the sun. Well, it got the job done, and to my surprise, I was not alone. Definitely the Loews theater was not crowded, but there were at least nine or ten people watching this movie with me. And what made it so disappointing? I am always suspicious of rom-coms, but this movie got some serious reviews---I just found it inane. Nothing at all original in the dialogue or situations, and a lot of repetitive actions. I would have liked to know the cast, out of curiosity, but by 4 (the eclipse safely over) I simply left. The rest of the afternoon and evening taken up with the BAN meeting, some nice progressions as we move towards the 9th. Also, one woman whom I had invited, came, and brought another person, But as the meeting went on, I experienced an incredible fatigue spell; I could hardly keep my eyes open. And on the way home on the subway, also extremely tired. Why? I don't think I slept much the night before---I was feeling very anxious about what I would do and how I could protect myself during the eclipse. Got to sleep very quickly, and feel quite solid at this given moment.
  Tonight, the much anticipated (by me, I guess) Primer for a Failed Society at Roulette, done by my friend, The Team.  A really incredible challenge, to come to terms with the last 50 years of America--at least that is what I think it is about. Some older people who experienced the sixties will be performing---I wonder how and whether I will relate to them. I have my own vision of the sixties and how it has evolved into the present--and I wonder if those on stage will be in agreement with me. At any rate, should be interesting, also I  should know many people there. I will wear my Brooklyn Is Not For Sale shirt, and bring a few flyers for the march with me. For a normal theater project I would not do this, but since this is an "activist" and political work, I think it is appropriate. No hard sell, but if the shirt gets some attention, I will try to explain why I am wearing it and what it stands for.
  Just took out a novel from the library called, Behold the Dreamers that looks interesting. Another book in the library that caught my attention was a biography of Diana Trilling. Who was she? A "liberal" icon of the sixties and seventies, and the wife of the well respected Columbia Professor, Lionel Trilling. But the world they inhabited---a kind of elite class of fifties, sixties and seventies "liberals" seems so protected, so "white" (for want of a better word). Do I really want to spend my time reading about her and watching her life in this world?
Anyway, all this should be clearer tomorrow, when I will report on the evening and other things.