"He's creepy and he smells like flea-collar!"--Weeds
Dreamed of realizing I was late for opera rehearsal; the song "Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie."
Dinner was hash.
The family went to my choir's second Lucia di Lamermoor performance. They all liked it.
Journalist Peter Newman came by again to buy another book. (Mother says he's like Father.)
"That happens sometimes."
--Weeds
Dreamed of a tour bus stopping at Beech Hill Park (on the Trans-Canada Highway between Moncton and my hometown Sackville, N.B.); trying to read a book but being stuck on a single paragraph.
Went to see my shrink Dr. Hassan.
Dinner was KFC.
Saw the DVD of the first episodes of Every Picture Tells a Story, with Waldemar Januszak telling the background stories behind famous paintings. Fascinating.
"They usually have a wife, but not always in England"
--The Maltese Falcon
To a flatfoot team: "What's your boyfriend getting at, Tom?"--ibid.
Dreamed of being in my hometown Sackville on the day of the spring convention at my alma mater Mt. Allison University; deciding not to attend it.
Went shopping.
I've reached Level 25 in Farmville and opened a bakery!
Went to an Aspergers Meetup at the Tim Horton's near St. Patrick station.
Dinner was salmon.
Saw a special screening of John Huston's The Maltese Falcon, yet again, at the Paramount. It still packs a punch: Humphrey Bogart dared to play Sam Spade as disturbingly tough. (Several Meetup groups went to see it, but I ended up seeing it independently.)
Baked whole wheat bread. (I was going to bake multigrain, but we're out of multigrain flour.)
Dinner was shepherd's pie.
At opera rehearsal, Die Fledermaus director Beatrice was grateful that we've memorized so much of the score already.
Dreamed of a werewolf movie climax being filmed in daytime(!) at the place where the US-Mexico border meets the Pacific Ocean; wondering why the area wasn't more urban.
Dinner was roast beef.
Skipped choir practice so I could see the DVD of the Steve Coogan movie Hamlet 2. (I waited till Moira returned from Kingston. I've been getting a bit behind in the zip.ca videos.
We also saw the DVD of the first episode of The Music of Primes, a show by the same people who made The Story of Math.
Dreamed of meeting the actor Darren McGavin in a supermarket; McGavin complaining that the USA didn't spend enough money on international summits; the Jewish mother's line in Todd Solondz' Happiness sequel Life During Wartime "We voted for Bush and Cheney because it was good for Israel, even though we know they're total idiots!"; wondering if she'd really admit it openly.
Saw the DVD of the Chinese action epic Warriors of Heaven and Earth. Pretty fun, though the CGI stuff at the climax was a bit silly.
Dinner was curried shrimp.
My choir did the first Lucia di Lamermoor performance. Sinead was in great form!
Frontierville has some bug that means when I clear a cattle skull and clobber the snake that appears, the connections goes away and I get set back to before the skull was cleared. One thing I can do is have a hired friend clear it instead.
Dreamed of going to a military recruiting office but chickening out; Philm Phan (one of my friends at mrcranky.com ) coming to town; sleeping outdoors and getting soaked in the rain.
Saw the cinemacast of the Metropolitan Opera production of Donizetti's Don Pasquale. John de Carlo was really funny in the title role! (I met my singing teacher Giuseppe during the intermission.)
Dinner was pizza.
Went to a Games Meetup at the Runnymede Starbuck's. I played Apples to Apples, Ticket to Ride (smoked 'em again!) and a card game called Werewolf. In the second round of Werewolf I was the Hunter, and when they lynched me I was able to take the real Werewolf with me! (That would make a good horror movie ending...
