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!

June 26, 2011

    Dreamed of a non-existent film of animated toys made back in the 19th century; trying to figure out who owned a legendary Los Angeles cinema.

    Went to a Games Meetup at the Yellow Griffin.  I played Fireball Island (which I won, to my surprise) and Ticket to Ride (which I also won).

    Dinner was salmon.

June 25, 2011

    Dreamed of a British family that spent part of their time in London and part out in the country.

    Dinner was McDonald's.

    Went to Karaoke Meetup at Barplus.  I sang Simple Minds' "Don't You Forget About Me" for the first time.

June 24, 2011

    Dreamed of recalling how when I was a kid I couldn't deal with the pain from going to the dentist, and ended up not going for ten years.

    I weakened and ended up playing the new Facebook game Empires and Allies.

    Started reading Daniel Boorstin's The Creators, a history of the arts.

    Dinner was lobster rolls.

    We performed the first of the two Nabucco concerts. (Just before showtime I felt a bit sleepy.) The audience was pretty enthusiastic.

June 23, 2011

"Fucking is fucking, but music--that's personal!"--Treme

"Some of the fights worth fighting are ones you know you're going to lose"--ibid.

    With the water main fixed, our water pressure is now stronger than before. (The bathtub fills up quicker.)

    Baked whole wheat bread.

    Finished the Lapham's Quarterly work issue.

    Dinner was chicken with apple juice and mushrooms, from a recipe Moira made from a book about running (which included champion runners' favourite recipes).

    Moira caught up with me and we saw the last two episodes of Treme together.  Can't wait for the next season! (The flashback from just before Katrina was a bit confusing.)