Song of a Reformed Headhunter

When we arrived yesterday, the Pyramid of the Sun was covered in fog. The misty cover disappeared in the course of the morning, by the time we took our photo in front of the Pyramid of the Moon. The whole complex was truly impressive. What we did not expect was the colorful murals in the complex and surrounding residential ruins. In the murals, the liquid-shaped things coming out of mouths are speech bubbles. Can you spot the "football player"? Our guide Rogelio from With Locals was excellent. He was informative and skeptical at the same time, very unusual for a tour guide.   Back in the hotel, started watching The Witcher: Blood Origin , with Michelle Yeoh in it. Then found out on IG that Henry Cavill has been dropped from both Superman and The Witcher. When Guy joined me, we watched Glass Onion , with Daniel Craig as the detective and Edward Norton as the Meta-like CEO. Not brilliant by any means, it was worth watching.

 Read Louise Gluck's The Triumph of Achilles for the first time yesterday to prepare for Poetry Seminar. Here are the famous short lyrics, "Mock Orange" and "Hawk's Shadow" that capture the Gluckian mythos and tone. I found the poetic sequences less convincing, as if length dilutes the typical intensity of her work. "The End of the World" is the most achieved sequence, I think, but otherwise she had not yet found the way to write long poems.  Watched Enola Holmes 2. Entertaining. Not done with it, as GH switched to another episode of Blacklist. After, we watched another episode of Smiley. Carlos Cuevas is endearing. The sexiness he projects is charmingly innocent and kind, unlike the sexiness of Henry Cavill in Enola.