Tuesday Kelly and I went to the NYPL to look at old books. They have a lot of them. It’s not too hard to find stuff, but you can see why the library is not a business. Lots of paperwork and procedure that the customer wouldn’t put up with if they had to pay at the end of the experience. “Can I take pictures of the books?” “Yes, but you have to do it over there and fill out a form.” “Ok. Can I just look through the books?” “No, you have give us a slip of paper, and we’ll retrieve the book and you can get them 3 at a time.” Fair enough. That night I met Nick J and Aug at GBM and listened to some italian klesmer and squeaky jazz while we doodled with ink. It was real “arteests in the café” style.

Watched the Kansas vs. Missouri “Border War” basketball game on Sunday.

Big snowstorm today. Glad I bought some rubber boots this year. I’ve worn them 2 times now.

Film
Valley of the Dolls. I thought this was supposed to be good. Then I check the wikipedia after and it’s famous for being bad. I wish I’d known that.
Wild Strawberries. Ingmar Bergman, a Swedish writer/director contemplates the meaning of life.
Street Fight. A documentary on the mayor’s election in Newark NJ. Dirty old incumbent vs fresh faced do-gooder!
Man on Wire. I heard this won an Oscar. Who doesn’t love excitable French people?
2 Lovers. Not so great.
Fitzcarraldo. Early Herzog movie. In German and long, but enjoyable.
Ken Park. Larry Clark and Harmony Korine (they both made the movie “kids”). I tried to block this movie out of my memory as soon as I’d finished it.