May 15, 2011

Grandpa (getting a haircut): "No, the George Raft look is out.  I want Audie Murphy!"

--The Simpsons

    Dreamed of coming onto a game show; the MC saying that my job was dancing the bossa nova, and insisting that I dance with him.

    Saw Kelly Reichardt's western Meek's Cutoff at the Lightbox, the first time I've seen a movie there.  Pretty good, despite the elliptical ending. (I also looked at a Mary Pickford exhibit on display in the same building.)

    Dinner was roast chicken.

    Finished the DVD series America:  The Story of Us.  The last two episodes, dealing with the post-1945 era, were especially weak.  No mention of the Korean War or the Gulf Wars, and the Energy Crisis was only mentioned in passing!

May 14, 2011

Moe: "It's been four years since I had a date with a whatchamacallit?-- a woman."

The Simpsons

    Dreamed of joining Prince Andrew on a hike from Moncton to my hometown Sackville, N.B., through a forest path; sweat on my lower back; non-existent piano pieces that I didn't quite master.

    It turned out that the internet connection on the side of the house somehow got yanked off. (John came and fixed it in the morning.)

    Went to a Fair Vote rally in Queen's Park.  The speakers included Judy Rebick, Carolyn Bennett and William Molls.  Pretty good turnout considering the rain. (I also saw a demonstration by a group of Libyans.)

    John and Kathrine brought dinner over, which was vegan lasagna.

May 13, 2011

Child: "Psychiatrists are easy to fool"--Mad Men

    Dreamed of reflecting that the expression "One of the two or three most" bugs me. (You could just as well say "one of the three most" or "one of the most.")

    Dinner was the rest of the lasagna.

    Went to Mary's games night.  I played Alhambra and Say Anything.

    The internet connection is off!

May 12, 2011

"I'm not the solution to your problems.  I'm another problem"--Mad Men

"I don't want to believe it."

"So don't."

--Weeds

    Dreamed of visiting a public library in Brooklyn.

    Dinner was lasagna.

May 11, 2011

Young son: "Stop pretending to be a mother!"--Weeds

"Less talk, more eat!"--ibid.

    Dreamed of a western about a woman successfully investing in mines; a non-existent article in The New Yorker about the Unsinkable Molly Brown's husband (who didn't really reunite with her after the Titanic sinking--the musical ended with an audience-pleasing lie!).

    Went shopping.

    We ate out at Red Lobster, and Donald came with us.

    Headache!

May 10, 2011

"We can take the boat up the Hudson."

"I'll take the train--water doesn't agree with me!"

--She Done Him Wrong

"One of the finest women who ever walked the streets!"--ibid.

"He's the kind of man a woman has to marry to get rid of!"--ibid.

    Dreamed of reflecting that the neoliberal magazine The New Republic isn't worth the worms to eat it!

    Baked multigrain bread.

    Dinner was ham quiche.

    Went to the Toronto City Opera board's annual meeting (for the first time) at Barbara's house in the Annex.  We managed to make a profit!  Seems that our ticket sales vary with the size of the chorus. [A big chorus means lots of friends and relatives coming to see the show.]

    Saw the DVD of the Mae West vehicle She Done Him Wrong (for the second time).  I have a feeling some of the off-colour jokes went over my head.

May 9, 2011

"This country has a religion, and it's business"--Mad Men

    Dreamed of taking a music course in a place in the American west; missing a whole morning class because I'd taken a sleeping pill and overslept. [I'd just started taking sleeping pills in real life.]

    Went to see Dr. Ang, and after a long wait it turned out that last Monday's tests were unclear. (The heartscan turned out to be negative.)

    Dinner was the rest of the scalloped potatoes.

    At choir practice we basically just review everything we've learned in Nabucco. (There wasn't much time for learning new stuff.)