middle school play

a cut version of Thornton Wilder's the Skin of Our Teeth was performed by the seventh and eighth graders very inventively. My friend Shayna did a great job with the look and the pacing of the play---kids were, on the whole, very alive with it. Glad that I came, afterwards, quite by surprise, ran into Desiree, a graduate from 2009, whom I have not seen in a long while. Good to see her---not a lot of time to talk, but maybe the three of us (she, Shayna, and I) can get together sometime soon. Kind of amazing, I was wondering if I ever would run into her again, and there she was. I will be at Friends tomorrow, and talk to Shayna further.
  Afterwards, went to the Quad and saw a film from 76 entitled, Next Stop Greenwich Village. It is part of a Jeff Goldblum retrospective, even though his part in this is very small. It is a film written and directed by Paul Mazursky and takes place in 1953---the locations and scenes are very truthful---a nice evocation of an all Jewish Brownsville circa 1953, and the west village at that time.Lenny Baker, an actor who died much too young, in 1983, played the young man, Larry Lapinsky, who leaves home in Brooklyn to become an actor in the village. Also good performances from Ellen Greene (really good work!), Chris Walken and Lois Smith. I did not see the movie when it came out---I think the reviews were kind of negative, but it is really a beautiful movie, with a great screenplay that moves easily from scene to scene, and has very well fleshed out characters. I was totally immersed in it last night---really glad I decided to see it.
 The rest of the night was just at home---some fitful sleeping and then off to get my blood taken at the Ryan Health Center in preparation for another visit with my doctor next Monday. Got a lot accomplished. Not sure about this evening---after a session I am free; will I be tired? We will see, will report soon.