Today I sailed off to Dallas early, after walking the hills in the cold with Alice and the dogs. Had to go by Salvation Army to try to get the package of teeth and CD to Ross. They did not take them, but let me leave him a note. Then on to Dallas for the Opera. Handel's seldom performed "Rodalinda". When I got to Fair Park and found my favorite parking spot on Expsition, I noticed not many people about, except this artist looking fellow with a big digital camera taking close-ups of a fine looking foreign car, of a make I did not recognize.... I look at my ticket. It is for January 29th... last Sunday. Shit. It is the second opera I missed this year for just pure dumbness!!!!! And mis-management.

And now must get my seat for next season, before I loose it. Hope I can remember when the operas are next year!!!!

Called Sixto, and got up with him early. We headed downtown to the Library. A great show of very retro art was on view, black artists dowing black-themed art... One fellow was doing Picasso influenced cubist imagery. Looked real good!

After getting the forms for Six's incometax, the 1040EZ, and finding that his withholding covers things real well, and he will get more than a grand back!!!

We head for the movies, find that we both want to see "Walk the Line". And sure enough, the critics had it pegged pretty good. Reece was a great June Carter and Phoenix did a nicely nuanced Johnny Cash.... They managed to sound like the stars, singing. The film was not as tightly edited as it should have been, but it covered lot of emotional territory, and brought in a lot of characters. Many of the rock and roll originals were presented. Notable was Jerry Lee Lewis....

We ate at Jack in the Box. My turn to pay, and I only had plastic by that time!!!! We talked about Mexico. Taking two months for a mid winter spree....