here's charlie girl in a frozen fountain cup in the dining area. under the ice i found a quarter. somebody's wish. in the pocket.

 we watched the rest of the new berlin alexanderplatz film last night. i saw the fassbinder version long ago at the music box, 12 hours over 6 sundays. anyway the reviews didn't see it the way it felt to me, which is not uncommon. watch it and see, read reviews after. it's a tale about the allure of charismatic evil figures, and it meshed with my reading of the dawn of everything, about the state and domination, and about the suave web obama weaves. the guy in berlin alexanderplatz is more obviously psychopathic, but also needy and sincere, and he draws people in by their needy sincerity, who want to be decent and do good, and then he becomes evil, and gets them to collaborate, against their own and the common good.