Is that you....

cityboy. He goes down to Transition center on Canal street to speak his peace about better education in the poorer schools. Makes the video, but Oy! Is that what you look like? Face is kind of old, isn't it---not anywhere near your vision of yourself, but still perhaps the vision will win out! Nevertheless, dissappointing to see an old man's face---can't possibly be yours, cityboy...this vital, energetic being that moves from place to place, nevertheless, people seem to find me attractive, per se---so where do we go from here...?
Last night, went up to Harlem for Maysles Cinema showing of Continuing Ed, fascinating film about trying to teach poor students---high school founded on compassionate principal, doesn't always work needs some pruning, nice way of me coming to terms to with my own vision of myself as a teacher of poor children.
Very important movie, like My Brooklyn, LIke Zoned Out from several years ago.
Today, after tutoring Kyla, probably go out to Brooklyn to visit Austen, this will be hard to negotiate, since L train does not run into Brooklyn at all this weekend, same goes for tomorrow, on my journey to South Fourth---so there will be a need for inventiveness as we use the other trains and buses to move around, and of course on foot, just took a nice walk (today is a beautiful fall day!) from Canal to Leroy Street and body seems to be working well, after two days of being fairly tired.
Tonight, Debate Society work in progress, wonder if I will meet anyone there I know, should be a number of
"usual suspects" in the audience, afterwards not sure if I will go out or what.
Monday, back at Friends for at least a half a day.....

cityboy is...

tired...physically, that is---after two long days at work and also tutoring yesterday---returned home around
7, out like a light, woke up, as usual, around 2, lots of energy---stayed up around two hours, then back to sleep, then woke up with "nothing in the tank". Happy no subbing today, though i don't know when the next day will be, no advance commitments, still, plenty of tutoring and a decent amount of money in the bank---making things palatable for the next few weeks. Today, not sure, would love to do some moving around, but am I able to do so...last day for Frederick Wiseman's doc about Berkeley, should catch it, but not sure...looking forward to the weekend...

last two days....

extremely busy, with school, did not expect to tutor at all, but had one on Thursday, and one on Friday, also
FUREE meeting on Friday as well---did not expect to feel as strong as I do today, but I do. Also, leak from radiator and excess heat in apartment---no response so far---well I guess that is par for the course.
Otherwise, comfortable with all situations, will sub at least two days next week, and probably have a decent
amount of tutoring---that should keep me comfortable. Not sure about the rest of the day...many options, that is if no water in the aparment....

today...calm....

body very relaxed at this moment===next two days (actually 4 out of 5 at this point) will be at Friends. that's good. Today, should be relaxed for the two tutoring sessions I have one with Michaela at 4 :30 and one with Terry's daughter (first time) at 5:30.
Yesterday, finally visited La Flaca, saw Bob for the first time in a while, things seem to be good for him and the restaurant, very nice to touch base with him and rest of La Flaca staff. Stopped off for coffee at Bean before heading home; read a little and finally returned. Today woke up at usual time, waited to see if I would work---kind of relieved that I was not called, not overwhlelmed by today's tutoring schedule. After that...?

and yes, today...

is totally "free'---a little bit at loose ends, will cityboy finally catch up on a movie? Where should he be tonight, at another art event, following the election, watching the two basketball games at La Flaca, possibly?Just wrote a nice statement on franklin avenue blog, wonder if I can take this idea any further---feel it is important. But why has no one thought of it before.
Yesterday, two tutoring sessions---tired at the end of it, tired through most of the day, but did okay.
Came home and slept---today....one the move, I hope.

how far can....

you go, cityboy? No subbing today, but two sessions of tutoring, including one in an unknown zone on
140 street and fifth avenue. Are you pushing things a bit, cityboy? No pay until 11/15, that will be sufficient, but until then you are still acting like you have to budget with a vengeance. Stale pizza yesterday, because of same? Woke up okay, then  slept a bit around 9, surprised that I was so tired, but that is the way it is. Two sub days planned, Thursday and Friday, perhaps more...?
Yeserday, traveled between my two "bars", South Fourth and Cobra---good conversations at all places.
Fun to watch football at Cobra. On way there, tempted to walk up Stuyvesant Avenue in Bed-Stuy, such a yearning to do so---but walked the south-north length of Willoughby in Bushwick instead. Good walk, lets felt strong. Not sure about tonight, tomorrow may be "free"...would not mind that, I think....

three days later....

cityboy is exhausted---three straight days of tutoring followed by three tutoring sessions in harlem, followed by sleep! Not much else---but seem to have stabilized finances for a while.Tonight will see Sibyl's play, late, not sure about the rest of the day, don't want to go on one of my monster walks---might be too tired for
late show---also still feeling kind of lethargic---seems like the body needs a day to recover from the intense work it put in over the lst few days. So what does that mean...? so far....nothing...? Tomorrow, have a little more financial flexibility than last Sunday, but amazingly enough, may do the same thing---enjoy making it my
"hang out" day, and now with those wings at cobra club on Sunday evening.....wow! Anyway, we will let it all play out....