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.
"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.)
Went shopping.
Dinner was spaghetti.
The choir dress-rehearsed Nabucco. (Carrie substituted for Sinead.) I must say we sound rather good now.
"You're famous!"
"I'm noticed. There's a difference."
--Treme
Today the water did get turned off for a few hours. The water main people are now finished.
Dinner was KFC.
Went to a seminar at the Water Company office on Eglinton east of Mt. Pleasant. (They have a Meetup group.)
Yesterday Donald came over for dinner and we had Indian food.
Stayed up even later than usual following a Huffington Post forum about "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance. (One of my posts was "One nation under the Mighty Thor!")
Dreamed of the 1982 movie 48 Hours; a slapstick movie scene where someone was carrying a load of bees and they escaped into a crowd!
The water main people arrived today. (Water service hasn't been interrupted yet.)
Dinner was McDonald's.
Choir practice was at the Villa Colombo today. It's Giuseppe's birthday and someone brought a cake!
Brunnhilde (to Wotan): "Who am I if not your will?"--ibid.
"I dated your sister for three months."
"She says you were a total asshole!"
"Yeah, I can see why she'd say that."
--Treme
Saw the cinemacast of the Met production of Wagner's Die Walkure at the Sheppard Grande. Another excellent Robert Lepage production: over four hours long (plus intermissions), but it didn't seem protracted. As Brunnhilde, Deborah Voight was youthful as a bobby-soxer!
Dinner was the rest of the fettucine.
"Nice to see you too."
--Treme
"I was married to a musician. Ain't no possible way you're going to make that shit right!"--ibid.
"It's N.P.R. They get it. The "N" is for nuance"--ibid.
Dreamed of a non-existent Brazilian movie titled Cinque Oras. ("Cinco horas" is Portuguese for "five hours," "cinque ore" is the Italian.)
Dinner was sausage and mash.
Finally planted the potatoes. (Some of the onion sprouts are already visible!)
I've started a new Facebook game called Hero City. (It's like Cityville, but with rather kid-sized superheroes.)
Saw the DVD of the first episode of the New Orleans ensemble series Treme. Very promising! (It rhymes with the soap brand Camay.)
