so it begins....

the vacation, that is---after a day yesterday spent "supervising" the Friends library. Lots of fun, really, it gives me a chance to do a  lot of interacting with the upper school kids, but when I left, I was exhausted. Hoped to go to a lecture at Friends yesterday evening by my friend in the Arabic department, but by the time I got home, it was no-go. Body could not go anywhere, after getting my "supper" sandwich from Citarella.
That sort of sums it up for the rest of the night Now, I sit in the Lincoln Center library, and after leaving here I will go to the Winter celebration concert at Friends, and...that will be it for two weeks.
So what do those two weeks hold. No real plans---will improvise my way through it----many friends who I have not seen since the summer might want to "hang out" with me. Will see the Arturo Ui play (Brecht) tomorrow afternoon---then of course there are movies galore, circulating around the city---a new movie theater has opened in Park Slope, and though I do not like any of the first entries, it might be nice to just go there and hang out at their bar--the kind of adventure I like. Two operas at the Met---La Traviata and Otello interest me---more for their conductors then for their productions---that is a distinct possibility---and then there are the Tourneur movies.
  Which brings me to Tuesday evening. With the wind bracing and feeling tired, I opted out of the party for old South Fourth participants in Williamsburg---simply could not make it across the river. Instead, after a little rest, went to see Experiment Perilous, part of the retrospective at the Bunin honoring Jacque Tourneur. And what movie it was! Beautifully shot--wonderful in its slow moving mystery approach---amazing camera angles---a murder and obsession mystery, somewhat in the same vain as Vertigo, but with some flashbacks---every moment seemed incredibly well crafted. Must see some more of his movies during the next two weeks---they are doing about four a day.
  So that's it---my mind seems to work at dazzling speed---something exciting needs to happen at every moment. And when it doesn't? Well, you just have to deal with it cityboy---right? Will report soon.