sitting here, in the library...

after two successful sessions seems to have gotten the "fall" season off to a good start. Very different feeling from yesterday, when, despite spending about two hours at the West Indian day parade celebration and handing out flyers, there was a lot of anxiety in me. Why? I think just the long weekend and what it stands for..Somehow, feeling very strong and "unperturbed" at this moment.
I just provided focus for an uncle and his nephew who are trying to determine what high school the young man should go to next year. They really had no direction or vision about this at all, and I really got them started. Good for you, cityboy, keep up the good work!
  Now, briefly, the weekend. Friday: Tired in the evening, decided to see Andrei Rublev at the Walter Reed in Lincoln Center. A beautiful, slow moving movie with lots of great moments in it, yet it left me strangely detached. It is three hours; I left after the second---it ended with a long scene in which a whole community is dislocated and many of its citizens slaughtered. Hard to take, I was exhausted after that, and when the next scene began very slowly, I felt that I had seen enough, and left.
  Saturday: in the afternoon, the Wars of the Roses at the A.R,. T. theaters. Not very interesting, left after part 1. Very few actors really showed the range that was needed for Shakespeare's early plays,  A kind of "dutifulness" about the whole thing. A review in the New York Times that morning, praised it, but I think the writer was just being kind to a not for profit theater.
  That evening, wanted to see the MacEnroe doc at Film Forum, but missed it, ended up seeing The Wife at the Angelica. Not bad, kind of contrived, the most interesting part of it was the way the camera reacted to the leading lady's face. Still, enjoyed being at the Angelica.
 Sunday, baseball at Cobra Club then baseball at Standings and some good conversation with my friend Sam, the evening bartender there. Left early enough to slog my way through the outdoor film of Der Rosenkavalier at the plaza at Lincoln Center---hard to sit through, except for the final ten minutes, which were, of course, amazing!
  Monday, the BAN flyering at the West Indian Day parade---really hot there, then went to large coffee place near BAM to watch some baseball, then finally again to the center to see the film of the Madama Butterfly performance. I have never appreciated Puccini's music so much! Ms Opalais in the lead role was amazing. Also amazing---the number of people on the plaza watching the movie.No empty seat when I arrived. Then the night---somewhat difficult, and then the lessons today. I feel stronger financially then I have in a long while.
  Let's see how the rest of the week plays out---BAN meeting tonight---we are now very close to the march (eleven days). Will report tomorrow.