Monday morning...

awoke with a lot of gut pain in my stomach. It has since regressed--feeling basically much better---two weeks until day of scheduled colonoscopy preparation. Feel more motivated now, would like very much to know what is going on in my stomach that is causing this problem. Also, good to get all the "gunk" out of my system. But can I do it?  Will need a lot of support--I have contacted a group that gives support to (I hope) all levels of dealing with colonoscopy. Hopefully they may pair me up with a "buddy"---that is what I need, someone to help me through the day---there is something so cold and analytical about the way the colonoscopy vision is handled---I know it is considered good for everybody---but I need a human face on it, not just statements from friends and acquaintances that it is "dooable". Well, hopefully I am closer to dealing with it.
  Thursday--no Philharmonic (no senior tickets) ended up seeing the movie, The Highwaymen, a very skilled feature starring Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson. Totally a genre movie and yet written and performed and directed in a way that kept my interest completely. Anyone who is studying screenwriting or who desires to be a successful screenwriter should definitely see this movie. I was totally engrossed, even if these characters were ones whom I was acquainted with from past movies.
Saw it at Landmark 57, that strange theater that is all the way west on 57th street--has really comfortable seats and great prints in the small screening room.
  Friday---to Brooklyn in the morning (thank goodness!) hung out a bit at Cobra, touched base with my bartender friend Olivia---then home then back to Brooklyn in the evening, to Jack to see my friend William's play Variations. Similar to most of William's other efforts, this is a dense piece with dialogue that is disconnected from any real sort of narrative. So the play stands or falls on that. Sometimes offputting, but some very evocative moments and some good music statements from William's collaborator Catherine. Very small house--I think it created a much greater sense of intimacy and sharing which the play really needs. As I watched the piece, I could lounge on the platform for spectators, since there was no one near me. Perfect for this play. Two actress friends who are really talented, Kate and Layla were in it, and they really did a great job.
 Stomach starved after it was over---I chose to go to the Pizza place on Fulton near Annex--they make really good pizza, then went home, even though I "toyed" with the possibility of having a beer. Did not need it.
  Saturday, just work and tiredness afterwards. No night existence.
 Yesterday (Sunday) off to LIC to see a work in progress directed by my friend Sarah---an interesting piece about climate change, and what I would call, bourgeois complacency. Some parts obvious, some parts very entertaining--great cast---where will they go with this. Afterwards hit the diner at Court Square for a blt and coffee, then headed to La Flaca, where I watched the Duke-UCF game which UCF came very close to winning. Bartender James was very nice to me--allowed me to watch most of the game with just a coke an later some small guac. Left about 9, instead of going to the subway right away, the body wanted to walk and so I traveled from Grand and Clinton to Grand
and Christie---north on Christie (past an obnoxious smelling development sight) to Houston then over to Broadway--Lafayette quite a walk. Then home.
  Let's see how the day evolves health wise, will probably stay home this evening and will report tomorrow.