July 3, 2011

"We drank, we fought, he did his ancestors proud!"--Thor

    Dreamed of being appointed editor of The New York Times; the Classics Illustrated comic book version of Robert Louis Stevenson's David Balfour.

    Saw the comic-book movie Thor at the Revue.  Directed by a slumming Kenneth Branagh, it's pretty fun in a goofy way.

    Dinner was KFC.

July 2, 2011

Homer: "Taking stupid risks is what makes life worth living!"--The Simpsons

    Dinner was steak.

    Went to a karaoke event organized by Anthony Ng at Twister Karaoke. (It was a birthday party for another Anthony.)

    Headache.

July 1, 2011

 Dreamed of our old house in Sackville, N.B., being in Nazi-occupied Russia near smouldering ruins still hot; a new rival subway system in London (with a commercial sponsor for each station).

    Baked cheese bread.

    Went to an Aspie Meetup at Harbourfront. (Big Canada Day crowds!) Tonia brought her King Charles dog Scrappy.

    Dinner was Burger King.

June 30, 2011

    Dinner was pizza.

    Went on a Queen Street art walk.  We visited BYOB (a "cocktail emporium") and Artscape Gallery, and spoke to artists Morley Shayuk and Michael Toke. Someone bought us soup from Ravi Soups, but I didn't have any.

June 29, 2011

    Father and I got up early, drove to Whittamore Farm and picked some strawberries. (I also bought some Jonagold apples at their store.) The weather was unusually cool.

    After we got home, I went back to bed for over three hours.

    Dinner was sausages.

    My choir performed Nabucco for the second time. (This time the family came.  Father drove Mother home during the intermission because she had a cramp.) Giuseppe said the opera group might perform Norma or A Masked Ball next year.

    I'll soon be taking another break from the online game Frontierville. (And I'm not sure about Kingdoms of Camelot and Glory of Rome.)

June 28, 2011

On a body found on a beach: "Was she drowned?"

(sarcastically) "No, she's a mermaid."

--Young and Innocent

    Dreamed of wanting to play an arcade video game where you're a caveman attacking a mammoth; looking through a big pile of change but failing to find a quarter.

    Finally bought my new Metropass. (They didn't mail them this month because of the postal strike.)

    Dinner was more pork chops. (Moira also made some risotto with onions and barley, but I can't stand onions.)

    Saw the DVD of Alfred Hitchcock's Young and Innocent (for the second time). It's one of his early British movies, a well-written romantic comedy-mystery.  My favourite scene is the one with the suspicious aunt.

June 27, 2011

    Dreamed of the James Bond movie You Only Live Twice.

    Went to Toronto East General Hospital and got a CT scan.  They injected me with a dye and I felt a bit dizzy afterward.

    Dinner was pork chops

    Coro Verdi had one more rehearsal before our final show. (I considered skipping it, but decided my head was clear enough.) Just before we started there was a brief delay when a fire alarm went off:  we all went out to the front of the building and saw a fire engine arrive, but it was a false alarm.

    John George usually gives me a lift to the subway, but we ended early and his wife hadn't yet brought their car.  Instead Giovanni gave me a lift to St. Clair Avenue.  When I mentioned that I'm 49, Giovanni was really surprised, and said I look twenty years younger!