October 19, 2011

"I'm a big girl!"

"Yes... and in all the right places too!"

--North by Northwest

"Are you the gentlemen who want to murder my son?"--ibid.

    Dreamed of a comedy about a small group of cardsharp grifters always on the move; one of them sneaking into a fancy gentlemen's club and signing the guestbook with "Yog, Monster From Outer Space" (an actual Japanese movie title); a space station; Alfred Hitchcock's line "Some directors' movies are slices of life.  Mine are slices of cake."

    Headache.

    Dinner was salmon.

    Saw Hitchcock's North by Northwest yet again, at the Scotiabank with the Movie Meetup group.  What a glorious slice of cake it is!

October 18, 2011

    Dreamed of having a big pile of laundry to do while on vacation; scrubbing the bathroom floor in our old house in Sackville, N.B., and finding a deep layer of dirt; a deep snowstorm; a deer on the sidewalk of York Street in Sackville.

    Dinner was pork roast.

    I had to leave opera rehearsal early because I wasn't feeling well. (It might have been the pork roast.)

October 17, 2011

    Dreamed of waking up at 17:00 and realizing I was going to be late for opera rehearsal.

    Dinner was the rest of the lasagna.

    At choir practice we rehearsed Norma and got to "Casta Diva."

October 16, 2011

    Dreamed of getting to read someone else's almost-finished Ph.D. dissertation; a long, controversial 19th-century French novel turned into an expensive, unreleased movie; writing on confetti.

    The cold weather's arrived!

    Went to a new Classical Music Singles Meetup organized by Mia.  Seems that Mary's group gave her some trouble, so she's discontinuing the group as a Meetup. (I encouraged her to start a Facebook group.) I had a Very Berry crepe.  They were disorganized and we had a long wait before breing served.

    Dinner was lasagna.

    I've been enjoying the City of Wonder game, but now I can't load it!

October 15, 2011

    Dreamed of trying to play a tenor saxophone. (I briefly played an alto sax in my youth.)

    Went out and bought a new watch at Zeller's, along with a new pair of pants.

    Dinner was butter chicken.

    Went to Beatrice and Adolfo's concert at Blythwood Baptist Church. [She sang and he accompanied her.] It was mostly jazz and ragtime, and pretty fun. (Giovanni gave me a lift home.)

October 14, 2011

    Dreamed of a movie being filmed in my hometown Sackville, N.B.

    Baked multigrain bread.

    Dinner was sausage & mashed potatoes.

    Saw the DVD of the second half of that National Film Board documentary on the War of 1812.

October 13, 2011

"I always cry at divorces"--Phffft!

"I almost feel sorry for him."

"Don't.  If you're ever in a nuclear attack, stand next to Gary Blondo.  He's a survivor!"--Murder One

    We picked apples at Orchard Home Farm. (They were all out of Golden Delicious, but we got Jonagold and Mutsu.)

    After we got home I had an afternoon nap.

    Dinner was primavera.

    Went out to 2Q and rented the DVD of the Jack Lemmon-Judy Holliday divorce comedy Phffft!  There was a funny mambo scene. [I also liked Kim Novak's cheerleader routine.]