returned to South Fourth, the first time in a long time I have been there on a weekday evening. Turns out it was a smart choice. I had a very good time. Bartender-manager Mark was showing Sullivan's Travel's, a film by Preston Sturges; ironically I had seen the film for the first time about a year and a half ago at another small film screening. Great dialogue, in this venue it was very enjoyable. Followed this up by some good conversations with some old and one new friend--and a watchable Mets game. Left feeling very fulfilled.
Not much else to say---on the way home I read on the subway one of Grace Paley's essays (I think they are actually better than her short stories)--this one about a first assignment that she gave to her writing students. It is to write a short story in the first person, and this person must be someone that you feel in conflict with. A great idea---I could almost feel the story focusing in my mind. The person that would narrate my story would probably be a 70 something Jewish hedge fund manager---someone who, unlike myself has made a lot of money, feels good about it and has no trouble in believing in his own "eleteness". Will I write it? Possibly, just one of several things to do in the near future.
Nothing much else, have two sessions today, afterwards there is a rally to save a hardware store in northern Crown Heights which, if I am not too tired, I will go to. And from there.../ We will see, will report tomorrow.
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