Playwright's Horizons and Edward II

I have a job! I have a job! I'm working Off-Broadway! Moving up in the world! I'm very excited at the opportunity to work Off-Broadway. I am witnessing something very rare here. People actually know what they are doing! It's nothing like off-off-broadway. It's a bit like watching a film crew do their work and understand the limits and what can be done and what can't.

I'm also making contacts in the process. Everyone is professional and thus far very kind. I met a few of the actors. They are all scrumptious. Wonderful people. No large egos and no divas as far as I am concerned.

I hope to work with them again in the future. I can't wait till they open. I hope lots of people come to see the play.

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Just a few notes about recently. I just read the book "The Fuck-Up" and I must say, I'm never going to pick up and read another Urban Fiction novel again. It was horrible. I want a book where it doesn't take me 1 day to finish. What is the fun in that? I want something where I can be completely into it and that I won't breeze through. The writing was mediocre and the spelling was worse. Urban Fiction is the trashy romance genre for the young generation of the 21st century.

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The ride into town was wonderful on the Q Train. I am in the middle of cleaning up my library and the books on my shelf. I took "Angels & Demons" by Dan Brown from my brother a few years ago. I wanted to read the beginning of Robert Langdon. I'm torn about this book. I'm wondering how much of this book is bullshit and how much is not. The only thing I can assume is that the names and titles are true, and everything else is fabricated. I'm on the train at about 12:30pm and reading when from behind me I hear a man getting very upset about something. I notice people all start looking in that direction. The man is becoming very aggravated by this woman who apparently stepped on his pants (baggy jeans) and his duffel bag. It gets to the point where the woman moves to another seat --obviously trying to avoid a confrontation. This man just constantly bombards this woman and now has moved to the man sitting across the way. He starts yelling about how it is disrespectful for someone to step on their pants. He accuses the man across the way of enabling the woman. It gets to the point where the man across the way says "Just leave it alone." and "Everyone just wants to go to work in peace." and "No one is talking to you." It has gotten to the point where another person has now entered the scene. This guy I think was a detective of some sort. He pulled out of his back pocket, a leather case --which I'm assuming is his badge. Then he asked the aggravated man who is now standing and getting in both these people's faces if he wants to be arrested. If he does not want to be arrested, then he should sit down and be quiet. This goes on for about 5-6 stops. The aggravated man finally gets off with the detective at DeKalb.

I have never in all my time living in New York City seen anything quite like this. Riding the train is normally uneventful. I'm usually sleeping on the train, listening to my music, or reading. It's really that boring. But this was exciting. I'm glad it didn't escalate to the point where people were fighting, but it's an interesting way to start off the day.