Went to a Games Meetup at the Ryerson student centre. The weather was so hot that I wasn't up to bringing my own games, as I usually do. I only stayed for one game: a new one called Samurai.
On the way home, I picked up a new Japanese-English dictionary at Indigo Books.
Dinner was Chinese food.
Went to a Karaoke Meetup at Bar Plus. I only sang three songs. (My energy level wasn't high today.)
Headache.
We sold some of our used books in a yard sale, and made almost $100.
Dreamed of movies that were in release in the summer of 1987, like Full Metal Jacket.
Baked whole wheat bread.
I've moved all three of my cities in the computer game Glory of Rome from Moesia to Dalmatia in hope of being "farmed" less. Now my alliance has a central city to concentrate resources and reinforcements.
Dinner was an Indian buffet at the Regency Restaurant in Little India with the Social Anxiety Meetup.
I've misplaced my Japanese-English dictionary so I guess I'll have to buy a new one. (Oh well, the old one was in pieces.)
Dreamed of a thriller like Body Heat but with an even more complicated plot.
Went to see my shrink Dr. Hassan. Once again I got Father to drive me to the St. Clair subway station to make sure I'd be on time, but once again the doctor was a long while getting around to me anway. (When will I learn?)
In the computer game The Kings of Camelot three of my five cities now have a full twelve Level 10 wildernesses, leaving me to focus on raiding barbarian camps near them. And I've just figured out that for that purpose I may as well have archers alone.
Dinner was fettucine alfredo (which I cooked).
"It looks like a place where they'd film a Miss Marple"--ibid.
Dreamed of trying to explain Tom Swiftie jokes to Moira; mentioning that Elmore Leonard never uses adverbs (which is true).
Moira and I went to see Michael Winterbottom's The Trip at the Cumberland, with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon improvising their way through a tour of inns in northern England. Lots of funny impersonations! (Too bad that the cinema's air conditioning made me sleepy.)
Dinner was salmon.
Went to a Classical Music Meetup at the Mad Bean Cafe. The letter was U and the subject was uncompleted works.
Dreamed of griping that my Ph.D. thesis supervisor couldn't direct traffic! (Was that fair?)
Had lunch at the Mandarin with the Movie Meetup group. The others saw the Woody Allen movie Paris After Midnight afterward, but it didn't start till 15:30 so I didn't stay.
Back home I tried to watch a DVD of Lenny Bruce's last filmed performance, but I dozed off.
Dinner was lasagna.
Saw the DVD of the first two episodes of the 1978 TV series Edward & Mrs. Simpson (for the third time). IMHO abdicating the Throne was the best thing Edward VIII ever did for the United Kingdom!
Dreamed of living in a huge house with a big library; a Harry Potter story in which Ron gave his life for Harry and Harry took Ron's form to keep the bad guys confused; the Marx Brothers movie The Cocoanuts.
Saw the DVD of the Mystery Science Theatre 3000 version of The Indestructible Man (for the second time).
Dinner was frozen pizza.
Saw the cinemacast of the Metropolitan Opera production of Verdi's Il Trovatore at the Sheppard Grande. My main interest, of course, was Dmitri Hvorotvsky's Count di Luna!
"Sometimes I feel like I'm slightly retarded in the mouth"--Weeds
The Coro Verdi performed the summer mass at the Church of the Holy Redeemer. (John George drove me there.)
Brian, a fellow Coro Verdi member, told me how he'd had an operation where they stopped his heart for a few minutes. (Some electrical dysfunction in his heart was causing his body to retain too much water.) He had an out-of-body experience where he saw his hometown Montreal, his late father and his late dog!
In the afternoon I napped till dinner time.
Dinner was corn on the cob.
Slept with the windows open. [Nowadays I do that every summer.]
