Week of nothing to do - conclusion

Movies: The King's Speech, The Tempest, Howl x 2, Black Swan On DVD: The Last Picture Show Art: Mayan art @ the Kimbell, Salvator Rosa at the Kimbell, Latin American art @ MFA-Houston, Kurt Schwitters @ the Menil x 2, and others Books: Michel Houellebecq: The Elementary Particles, Edward Said: Music at the Limits & throughout the week poems by San Juan de la Cruz, Heinrich Heine, Emily Dickinson I ran into the beefy cop one last time at the Houston gaybucks before we headed out. When we stepped outside, I mentioned to Israel that he was smiling at me. Oh he was stumbling over himself to smile at you, he said. (Why is it that these rare moments come always at the most inconvenient times?) On the plane from DAL to AMA Monday morning, I boarded and sat toward the back. At the last minute the plane filled up with a Colorado hockey team. They filled most of the remaining seats at the back. I was surrounded on all sides. They fell into deep sleep en masse within five minutes of takeoff.