kids in prep schools today

8th graders, even college students--a steel-clad narcissism?

know thyself

in the city they argued imperiously shaking the walls
in the country they were puny and shrill
blinking to no effect under the cold night sky

Reserves

The kind of people who were out of reserves, of humor, compassion, even anger. Paper thin people who I couldn't bear to spend soul-sucking minutes with. The bereft room looking for a roommate on top floor overlooking Park Slope brewery. Marion of Carroll St a bit, though she was a little funny, a little wise, a little cute.

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my affinity with the Brothers K

was that everything filtered through our emotions first

Ken Loach

The director's job is to let the actor be as good as they can possibly be. If they aren't then the director has failed.

Always shoots in sequence.

People going down

grab for excuses
effuse accusations
grapple friends into a deathlock down

remember A. D. Smith said recently, the most productive time of life is that when you own responsibility for who you are.

blame, while it may be true, even therapeutic at times, drags like a g-force on your life