Last night McCune (Irish-American) and I met up with Elina (Estonian) and Alina (Ukrainian) at Alter Roter in Neukölln to have A DRINK or TWO before heading to Kino Rollberg to see HALLOWEEN (1978), which neither of the ‘Linas had seen. Elina, who is terminally Gen Z, and thus only watches movies if I put one on, loved it. She had a kind of subtle religious experience you hope someone will have when you show them something cool. It made me feel a little better about The Dark Future . . .

Later, McCune said: “How do you know so many cool people?!” to which I replied: “I guess I’m just lucky that way!!”