here we are...

my second day off----first time since October I have had two days in a row where I am not called. But I will be back there tomorrow; either for a half or full day. Will hear soon. So what now? Stay at the library then have to kill time while my apartment is being cleaned. Tonight: not sure---South fourth has the Hitchcock showings (I don't know which one) or possibly visit my bartender friends at the Dive Bar (they also have trivia there tonight, which might be fun). I have one session later in the day, how I feel after that will probably determine where I choose to go.
  Last night---did go to my friend Zoe's comic project at the Pit, an improve place on 29th street near Penn Station. Sort of disappointed. Zoe has incredible range, but her monologues did not show it---instead, they got bogged down in (what is best called) "messy internal junk". Do you know what I mean? But saw several friends there, including an old buddy from South Fourth, Will. We compared notes---he has renounced South Fourth, as he no longer lives in the area, but it was good to talk to him. Saw many other people I know there as well---nice to touch base---one of the actors was telling me he is "supering" at the Met---an interesting way of spending one's time. Maybe I will see him in one of the operas that he is appearing in.
 Have not been to the Met this year. Why? Certainly part of it is the banal group of operas they are presenting this year, but also there is something else. What?  Not sure, maybe the whole experience might be a little too overpowering for me at this time. But in terms of repertory, what is there to see?
Saw the first two acts of "Nozze de Figaro" two seasons ago---really hated the staging---now it is back. Maybe should go for the last two acts. Nothing else in the next couple of weeks really calls out to me. When The Merry Widow seems like an avant-garde piece, you know you are in trouble.
  Not much else to say---will discover soon what the next day will be like, and will report soon