September 30, 2011

Prosecutor: "The People strenuously object!"

Judge: "Why doesn't that surprise me?"

--Murder One

    Dreamed of using invisibility to go into a courthouse in my pajamas and occupy an unused room; re-entering the place without invisibility and getting caught; the John Denver song "Calypso"; translating the chapter in Tom Sawyer where he persuades the other boys to whitewash his fence.

    Went out and dropped some more NDP flyers in my neighbourhood, between Greensides and Arlington avenues.  I got really sweaty.

    Dinner was scalloped potatoes and ham.

    Started a new computer game called Airport City.

September 29, 2011

"Boys, times have changed.  I changed them"--Junior Bonner

"He's your father's dog.  He'll shake your hand or bite it off"--ibid.

"I have a better idea, Arnold.  Why don't you take a flying leap off the Hollywood sign?"--Murder One

    Dreamed of an off-colour video for the non-existent song "Big and Somewhat Dimmer."

    Went shopping.

    Baked cheese bread.

    Dinner was salmon.

    Saw the DVD of Sam Peckinpah's unusually subdued Junior Bonner.

September 28, 2011

"I don't want luxury!  I wants happiness"--Popeye the Sailor

"Isn't that dirty pool?"

"When she does it to us, yes.  When we do it to her, no."

--Murder One

    Dreamed of visiting an interactive museum south of Amherst, N.S.

    I've started a new computer game called City of Wonder. (I also tried My Vineyard, but it didn't appeal to me.)

    Dinner was scalloped potatoes and ham.

    Headache.

September 27, 2011

"People are so concerned about... dogs"--The Body Snatcher

"Don't get too high and you won't get too low"--Murder One

"Weirdness."

"It's Mom."

--Weeds

    Dreamed of the Tijuana Brass number "A Taste of Honey"; a non-existent animated cartoon involving a bad imitation of Robert Frost's poetry.

    Saw the DVD of the Val Lewton-Robert Wise thriller The Body Snatcher, with Boris Karloff at his best.

    Dinner was beef stroganoff.

    Went to the second Toronto City Opera rehearsal and registered there. (Giuseppe wasn't there because he's gone to Italy.) We went through the Lucia di Lamermoor wedding scene, which I found pretty familiar.

September 26, 2011

Seeing a meteor: "Everything good dies here, even the stars"--I Walked With a Zombie

"Was General Grant stoned when he won World War I?  Was Al Gore stoned when he defeated global warming?"--Weeds

 Dreamed of reflecting that bullfighting has lost its official cultural protection in Spain; not much regretting it; driving in England near Dover.

    Dinner was the rest of the Indian food.

    Saw the DVD of the Val Lewton-Jacques Tourneur thriller I Walked With a Zombie.  The creepy atmosphere was pretty impressive.

September 25, 2011

"Peasants breatfeed"--Weeds

Homer: "The internet--is that thing still around?"--The Simpsons

    Dreamed of looking up information online about the Jet Li movie Once Upon a Time in China.

    I was in bed till almost 14:00! (That cold still has me weak.)

    Baked whole wheat bread.

    John and Kathrine came over for dinner, so we ordered Indian food.

    Got sick later that evening. (I must have eaten too much...)

September 24, 2011

    Dreamed of changing my shirt on a bus.

    Dinner was scallops.

    Started playing a Disney game called Gnometown. (I have a soft spot for these kiddie games!)