since my last post. Since Tuesday of the new year, I have been subbing at Friends---back again, mixing with all my old friends---students and teachers alike. And amazingly enough, my stamina has been strong-knowing that I have to be there seems to have charged my body up---another day there planned for tomorrow--would like to continue.
Maybe because of this, maybe for other reasons, this has been a"passive" weekend for me. I had one tutoring committment on Saturday at the 145 street library, only to arrive there and find that the library had closed for one day. I offerred to tutor the student at his home, but he said that he was okay with canceling, so I returned to the apartment. At that point I tried to figure out what movies I might want to see, or even a play, but things got bogged down, and my one attempt to go to the Film Forum, to see I Know Where I am Going, was derailed by subway problems. That was my one time out of the house, so I ended up at the Drama Bookstore and stayed there for about an hour. I am always amazed at the amount of plays they have shelved---mostly plays from the last 10 or 15 years---no John Van Druten or Hugh Wheeler theater in sight. Awed by my choices, instead I opted to read the book that I had brought with me to read on the train---Wide Sargasso Sea, by Jean Rhys. Moody, deep, a novel really about isolation, it drew me into its sadness--so strong that when I returned home, I could not read it any more. Instead I turned to the other book I am currently reading---a non fiction book about President Roosevelt's actions or inactions while the Nazis were building their machine to take over the world. Good clear writing---but sad that this build was aloud to happen, and so many people were destroyed, without us stopping it.
Spent today (its around 6 now) quietly at home---somehow not excited about seeing a movie---maybe I just want to let quiet happen while I prepare for my comittment to Friends tomorrow. At any rate, that where things are at now----will report soon.
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