Day 5

This was another day of spotty weather with bouts of rain followed by bright sunshine. I slept late and left the apartment around noon to go down to the E Street Cinema again. Another questionable movie selection ("The Hurt Locker") but I would see it again - and that criterion is more and more my base standard of aesthetic judgement.

After the movie I joined the throng waiting for Ted Kennedy's funeral procession. I walked the length of Constitution Ave from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial and back rather than just stand in one place. I knew they would be late but had no idea how late. There was to have been a short prayer service in front of the Senate side front steps of the capitol at 4:30 and then the burial at Arlington at 5:30. But by 6:00 the procession still had not arrived at the capitol and no one was keeping the crowd informed. I am reminded of the Will Rogers saying, "I don't belong to any organized political party. I'm a democrat." As my wife keeps reminding me - these people need a stage manager. And then I remembered that I was really a closet Anarchist rather than a Democrat so gave up and went home to open a bottle of wine and read a good book. Later indulge in a marathon session listening to old Ramones CD's. Bop till you drop.