Tuesday

saw two films yesterday -

Beasts of the Southern Wild - better than I thought it would be, a POV/story that doesn't get told, beautifully filmed, imaginative, maybe a little sappy/corny

Monsieur Lazhar - filmed in Montreal, a quiet drama in many ways, about an Algerian man taking over a class because the teacher killed herself, dealing w issues of immigration, death, children - I liked it.

also visited four galleries and spent a couple of hours at the library. Took two books out of the library - Crow Country by Mark Cocker and Thin Blue by Jonny Steinberg (the unwritten rules of policing South Africa).

The malls all have post offices which I find very useful - mailed off my ballot. I can really only vote in federal level offices, so I voted for president and senate/house of reps. Would have loved to vote on CA getting rid of the death penalty (yes!), but I didn't.

We had dinner with someone that my sister met in Claremont - and got along great. small world!